I can see the commodity price curve

So Li Peng was completely confused.

After standing there and thinking for a long time, he found Guo Ziliang again.

"Engineer Li, is there anything I can help you with?" Guo Ziliang asked politely.

Li Peng mustered up his courage and said, "Director Guo, I'm not going to hide anything from you.

I just mentioned the system development casually.

There was no plan and no people involved.

So I'll return the 2 billion to you!"

It was a pity for Li Peng, as this was a decision he made after mustering great courage and having prepared himself mentally for a long time.

In fact, he really wanted to take on this project for a long time.

After all, building a system is a mega project that costs over 10 billion yuan.

It is very helpful for his growth and qualifications.

If it really works, when I return to the company I will no longer be an ordinary researcher, but a project manager.

The treatment of a project manager is not comparable to that of an ordinary researcher.

But the problem is that mobile phone system development is no joke.

Li Peng had no confidence at all.

So until now, he has been very conflicted.

Fortunately, I have already said what is in my heart, and it is too late to regret it now.

Unexpectedly, Guo Ziliang looked at him in surprise: "No plan?
Why don't you just write a plan?

You are a software engineer and are responsible for system maintenance.

You know everything about Apple and Android, so it shouldn't be hard to make a plan, right?"

Li Peng nodded: "This is not difficult."

When it comes to his profession, he has endless confidence.

“That’s it, as long as you have a plan, the rest is just money and people.

Just come to me for the money.

This time, major mobile phone electronics companies sent nearly 300 R&D personnel.

There are so many people, you can take your pick.

If just saying hello is not enough, let’s go out and recruit in the society.

Do you have any other questions? "

"I..." Li Peng was stunned.

He never expected Guo Ziliang to say this: “I still don’t think it’s possible.

In fact, mobile phone system development is not difficult, what is difficult is the ecosystem.

Is the software compatible with the system?

Take WeChat, which we often use, for example. It actually has many functions.

If it is not compatible, or the compatibility is not good enough.

Then when we use it, some functions are missing.”

Guo Ziliang was puzzled: "Some functions are missing?
Isn’t WeChat just for chatting and sending red envelopes? Does it have other functions?”

Now it was Li Peng's turn to be stunned: "WeChat has many functions, including video accounts, live broadcast, scan, listen, watch, search, nearby, shopping, and various mini-programs."

Seeing Guo Ziliang's bewildered face, he asked him to open his phone and find the corresponding icons: "See, these are the corresponding functions, and each function is more powerful than you think, but you just don't use them normally.

If you don’t believe me, just look at the memory your WeChat takes up on your phone; it’s almost 30G.

In addition to your usual chatting, many of these functions are used here.

If I'm not mistaken, your phone should be often lagging, right?
Come, let me help you clean it up.

Try it again now, do you feel better? "

Guo Ziliang took the phone, swiped it twice, and found that the lag during previous operations disappeared and became extremely smooth.

He was stunned for a long time, then suddenly raised his head: "You mean, the reason why my phone is lagging is mainly because of those functions in WeChat that I have never used but actually exist?"

Li Peng nodded: "Almost.

However, this situation exists in all the software you use, such as Alipay, which is full of various mini-programs.

There is also a short video platform called Kuaishou, which, like WeChat, can also be used as a chat software.

It’s just that people are used to chatting on WeChat, so they rarely use it.

This is also why mobile phones often experience lags even though their configurations have surpassed those of computers.

The computer configuration is lower, but it runs very smoothly.

The mobile phone systems are becoming more and more bloated.

In this regard, the fruit system is much better. It will optimize some useless functions to improve fluency.

Many old Apple fans still insist on using fruit, and it is precisely for this reason.

Even though the configuration of fruit phones is lower than that of Android phones, they run more smoothly. "

Guo Ziliang looked at Li Peng and said, "According to what you said, if we develop a new system and some functions of many software are not supported due to adaptation issues, it is actually a good thing?"

"Ah? This..." Li Peng didn't expect Guo Ziliang to say that, and quickly explained: "The two are different.

This involves compatibility, code matching, and…"

Seeing his endless explanation, Guo Ziliang interrupted him: "Okay, you don't have to say these, I won't understand even if you say them.

Let me ask you, if we develop a new system, can common software be installed normally?"

“There’s definitely no problem with this. Even if it can’t be installed, we can help it adapt.

This is not a big task and can be easily solved.

But if you want to adapt all the functions, it will be too difficult.

So we can only provide a unified adaptation code and let the software companies adapt it themselves."

Guo Ziliang smiled and said, "That's good, as long as it has the basic functions.

Go ahead and get busy. Try to come up with a plan as soon as possible so I can help you recruit people."

"No." Li Peng didn't expect Guo Ziliang to be so arbitrary, "You don't understand what I mean.

Those softwares have corresponding functions but users do not use them, and our system does not support this function at all. These are two completely different concepts.

It's like a fire extinguisher.

We don't usually use this thing, but it must be placed on every floor of every community, so that it can come in handy in case of fire.

Do you understand what I mean?

For example, WeChat’s Moments, you don’t usually use it, and I don’t usually use it either.

But there are quite a few users who use this function.

If our system does not support this function, then regular users will not buy a phone with our system."

Seeing Guo Ziliang's confused face, Li Peng said, "Director Guo, I'm really not exaggerating.

Do you know why Nokia disappeared?
They cooperated with Microsoft to develop the WP system.

To be honest, both the hardware creativity of Nokia mobile phones and the WP system itself are very easy to use and very smooth.

But no one buys it because this system does not support most of the functions of common software on the market.

Such as Alipay.

There are many plug-ins in this program. Although these plug-ins are messy, they are necessary for many people.

For example, when you take the bus or subway, you can use Alipay to scan the code.

For example, if you want to check your social security information, you can also use this software.

Etc., etc.

There are many similar examples. As I said before, you can choose not to use them, but you cannot lack them.

Because even if users only use it once a year, that one time can ruin all the goodwill you have accumulated over the years.”

Guo Ziliang was stunned.

Especially Li Peng's repeated statements made him realize that this seemed to be a problem.

Although in his opinion, this doesn't seem to be a problem. A mobile phone can be used to make calls, chat on WeChat, and use Q&A, isn't that enough?
The presence or absence of other features is irrelevant.

Forget it. When in doubt, of course I’ll look for Zhang Yue.

"You come with me."

Guo Ziliang brought Li Peng to Zhang Yue's office.

Zhang Yue was very enthusiastic and immediately poured tea for the two of them.

Guo Ziliang told Li Peng what he had said, and then asked, "Boss, what do you think should be done about this?"

Zhang Yue frowned, and suddenly he said, "I think what Engineer Liu said makes sense.

Any software must have all the functions. Customers may not use it, but we cannot do without it. "

Li Peng nodded subconsciously.

Although Zhang Yue held the same opinion as him, it was much more authoritative when Zhang Yue said it than when he said it.

It seems that the plan to develop this system is going to fail.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Yue changed his tone and said, "But Lao Guo, your point of view is also correct.

Today's mobile phone systems, especially those of Android phones, are too bloated.

My phone is a high-end model that costs over 7,000 yuan, but it still frequently freezes and runs out of memory.

Not to mention those ordinary thousand-yuan phones.

I have used thousand-yuan phones before, and these phones can only be used for two years before they become completely unusable.

But the configurations of these phones are often higher than those of fruit phones of the same period.”

Guo Ziliang asked: "What should we do then?"

Zhang Yue: "How about this, let's cut off the apps on our phones."

"Cut it open?"

"Yes, I think so. Take WeChat for example. In addition to chatting and transferring money, it also has many other functions.

For example, friends circle, live broadcast, people nearby and so on.

I usually don’t use WeChat live broadcast or watch live broadcasts, so this function is not available to me.

But it has always been installed on my phone.

But I will use WeChat’s friend circle to share some of my updates.

So is it possible that if I need to use the WeChat friend circle function, I can just install this function.

I don’t need the live streaming function, so I uninstalled it? "

Li Peng broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this.

He thought Guo Ziliang was unreliable enough, but he didn't expect Zhang Yue to be even more unreliable than him.

Separate the various small functions of a software? He was so smart that he thought of it.

"Boss Zhang, absolutely not!"

Zhang Yue looked at him in surprise: "No?"

He also doesn't understand the technology, so naturally he doesn't understand the ins and outs of it.

Li Peng nodded: "Yes, how should I put it, a software is equivalent to an apple.

You can leave it there if you don't want to eat it, but you must never cut it.

As long as you cut it, it will destroy its integrity and cause the apple to oxidize and rot in a short period of time."

Before Zhang Yue could speak, Guo Ziliang said, "Engineer Liu, your analogy is not quite appropriate, right?

The software is different from Apple, and I think Mr. Zhang’s method is completely feasible.

For example, WeChat did not have a live broadcast function when it was first launched.

It was not added until the live streaming industry emerged.

The reason for adding is that the other party saw that the live broadcast industry is quite popular and wanted to get a piece of the pie.

But like chat software, live streaming software also has a siphon effect.

Others have already done it, which makes WeChat live streaming useless.”

Zhang Yue nodded: "Old Guo is right. Since it was added later, it can be deleted naturally."

Li Peng said: "We can delete it, but the key is that we dare not delete it!

Do you still remember the 3Q war? The reason was that 3 blocked Q's ads.

If we dare to do this, we will definitely offend everyone."

Zhang Yue looked at him: "You mean, we can actually do this?"

"Correct!"

"Just do it, don't be afraid of offending people." Zhang Yue smiled, "Just develop according to this idea and do it as needed.

If you need the cooperation of software companies, just inform them and don’t be afraid of offending them.”

"Ah?" Li Peng was even more confused now.

He was totally unable to understand Zhang Yue's thinking.

Zhang Yue didn't think it was a big deal because he never expected the mobile phone system developed by Li Peng to be successful.

Unlike Guo Ziliang, Zhang Yue has a deep understanding of the development history of mobile phones.

For example, the decline of Nokia, and the Thousand Machines War back then.

It can be said that this industry is very profitable, more profitable than any other industry.

But if you think this industry is easy to do just because you can make money, you are totally wrong.

This industry is far more cruel than you can imagine. Don’t be fooled by the seemingly prosperous businesses of Youwei Mobile, Xiaomi, and Alphabet.

But they climbed up by stepping on the corpses of countless mobile phone manufacturers.

For example, Luo Chuizhi lost 600 million yuan because of making mobile phones, and it seems that he has not yet paid off his debts.

There is also Sister Dong who works on air conditioning, and she can also cool down very quickly.

Youwei’s success is due to its close integration with operators, where mobile phones are given away as gifts when you pay your phone bills.

The success of Alphabet Mobile was due to its expansion into small towns.

By recruiting a group of young beauties to deceive the small town villagers who don't know much about mobile phones.

Da Mi is even more ruthless. Others sell their mobile phones for one or two thousand, two or three thousand, but I sell them for 699.

The key point is that my 699 yuan mobile phone is of better quality than your one or two thousand yuan one. Are you afraid?
But so what?

When Zhang Yue was developing the mobile phone system, he never thought that this system could develop.

He did this just to avenge himself for having his phone forcibly filled with various useless functions.

I'm going to castrate these functions for you, what can you do?

As for making money...

Zhang Yue lacks everything now, except money.

"Well, Lao Guo, Engineer Liu, regarding the development of the mobile phone system, you should come up with a plan according to my ideas.

Then we will hold a shareholders' meeting, talk about this project and see what others think.

If they agree, then develop it together with mobile phone chips.

If you disagree, you can withdraw from the project. I will set up a separate project for you and approve the funds for you separately.

I will be responsible for the profits and losses of this system by then."

Li Peng looked at Zhang Yue for a long time and had no idea what Boss Zhang was thinking.

But since that was the case, he had no reason to object.

If someone is willing to pay for you to do research and development, only a fool would refuse.

So he spent a day coming up with a plan, and then, as Zhang Yue said, he told other partners about the project.

As expected, all collaborators opposed it.

To them, this is sheer nonsense.

So Zhang Yue waved his hand and gave the mobile phone system development plan to Guangming Electronics Factory, and named this mobile phone system "Wuji".

This means that there is no limit to reducing the number of useless apps on your phone. (End of this chapter)