The Immortal Warrior: From Reverse Engineering to Forging Swords for the Country

Chapter 253: A Product of Subversive Times

Yes, Jobs could hardly believe his eyes! Because the iPhone that Jobs ordered Apple's technicians to make was actually very simple.

The iPhone they are preparing to release as a finished product does not have any mature functions except making calls.

Of course, they also developed two small games for this iPhone.

Too simple!

Compared with the product shown by Yu Chengdong, the iPhone is simply trash!

Nothing!

It’s ridiculous that I actually think that Huaxing stole my intellectual property.

"Everyone, after watching my demonstration just now, do you think that this product in my hand can be regarded as a subversion of traditional smartphones?"

After Yu Chengdong finished speaking, he asked loudly to the audience.

"Calculate!"

Those attending the press conference responded loudly.

They were all shocked by the full touch-screen smartphone in Yu Chengdong's hand.

They didn't expect that a mobile phone could cause this.

It is really cool to hold a mobile phone like this in your hand.

"Excuse me, Mr. Yu Chengdong, when will your mobile phone be launched on the market on a large scale?" a reporter in the audience asked loudly.

Yu Chengdong smiled and nodded, "When do you expect it to be available on the market on a large scale?"

Everyone responded in unison.

Some even said they hope to be able to buy it right away.

Yu Chengdong looked at the enthusiastic people in the audience with a smile.

He knew that this groundbreaking smartphone shocked everyone.

Yu Chengdong waited until the crowd in the audience calmed down a bit before he said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I can tell you responsibly that this epoch-making mobile phone will be launched on a small scale in China in three months at most."

"Of course, we will open a booking channel on the e-commerce shopping platform later."

“Everyone can book online!”

"We will ship in the order of pre-orders!"

After hearing what Yu Chengdong said, someone asked loudly: "Excuse me, how much do you plan to price this product?"

Yu Chengdong smiled and said, "The price won't be too expensive, but of course it won't be too cheap either."

"The price of our product starts at around 5 RMB, and the most expensive in the series is around 9999 RMB."

This price was set according to Zhang Zhipeng's request.

Since we are a mobile phone disruptor, we should focus on high-end products from the very beginning.

Then, leave the low-end models to other domestic manufacturers.

Yu Chengdong originally thought that this price would be booed by the people at the scene as being too expensive.

But he was a little surprised by the reactions of the people at the scene.

“For such a disruptive product, the price is still very reasonable!”

"The price is very fair! The product should be brought out as soon as possible."

"I told you, Huaxing Company is relatively conscientious."

"It starts at 5000, which is much cheaper than when computers first became popular in China."

……

Zhang Zhipeng was sitting in the audience, listening to the discussions around him, and suddenly he felt a little dazed.

Recalling the early 90s when he had just traveled through time, the average monthly income of Chinese people was only a hundred or even dozens of yuan. At that time, all technological products that dominated the market from abroad were incredibly expensive.

A random computer with only a few dozen KB of memory can be priced at nearly 10,000 RMB.

Any imported car can be priced at around 200,000 yuan.

At that time, the country could only produce relatively low-end shoes, socks, clothing, as well as mineral products and agricultural products.

Ordinary people generally live in hardship.

In the blink of an eye, ten years have passed, and the income of the Chinese people has generally increased several times. Now, only in the year 2000, the average monthly income has reached more than 3.

Most importantly, today, China can produce almost all high-tech products.

An ordinary car can be purchased for only 50,000 or 60,000 yuan.

A low-end computer only costs more than 2,000 yuan.

A feature phone can be bought for only three or four hundred yuan, and it is very durable.

In the past ten years, this country has really changed dramatically, as if it has become a completely different world.

Zhang Zhipeng was very emotional.

After the new product launch conference, the news that Huaxing released a full-touch smartphone to the world quickly spread.

This matter has been trending on Weibo.

Subsequently, news and on-site pictures of the Huaxing smartphone launch conference began to spread on Twitter.

There’s even a video version of the entire conference circulating.

The whole world was shocked.

……

On Flower Street, Nelson, chairman of the famous Chase Bank, frowned as he watched the news and sighed repeatedly.

After reading the entire news, Nelson knew that this so-called smart phone might bring about a disruptive industrial revolution!
Because communication represents the flow of information.

As mobile phones enter the smart era, people’s lifestyles may undergo earth-shaking changes!
The era of mobile Internet may be coming!
This will probably bring huge business opportunities!
Nelson had such a profound understanding mainly because he had been beaten.

He once underestimated the Internet economy in the computer age, and as a result, he missed a lot of great investment opportunities.

Now, the computer Internet has spawned many new giant companies.

As mobile phones enter the era of smart phones, traditional mobile phone manufacturers may be in trouble.

Of course, if they could quickly follow up and start producing smartphones, they might be able to survive the crisis.

However, the production of smartphones is completely different from that of traditional feature phones...

It is not easy to transform.

What frustrates Nelson most is that the mobile phone revolution happened in China...

Even a financial giant like Chase can’t get a piece of the pie through investment!

……

Yahoo CEO Yang Zhiyuan was also watching the news.

Yang Zhiyuan has been in a very bad state recently.

His Yahoo was at its peak, but he could hardly find anyone who could compete with him in Amei.

But now?

First, KK Chat came out.

Then Twitter started to become popular in Amei.

Yahoo is really in a bit of a mess right now.

Yang Zhiyuan felt that if he could not reverse the downward trend, Yahoo would probably lose its power completely and become an outdated Internet company.

After reading the news that Huaxing launched a full-touch smartphone, Yang Zhiyuan was shocked.

Yang Zhiyuan thought, it seems that the era of mobile Internet is about to arrive.

I have to be prepared.

Well! I should immediately ask someone to write an information app that can be used on mobile phones.

However, it is not that easy for Chinese-made smartphones to enter Aramco, right?

Unless the Chinese are willing to build a factory in Aramco for production.

At the same time, it must be fully registered as an Aramco domestic company.

Yang Zhiyuan suddenly thought of a business opportunity: Could he learn from IBM, cooperate with Huaxing, produce his own brand of smartphones, and then sell them in the United States?
If this can be done, it will be a turning point for Yahoo.

……

After the Huaxing smartphone launch conference, Zhang Zhipeng convened a meeting of the heads of Huaxing-related companies.

Lei Jun, Hua Teng, Qiu Bojun and Ren Zhengfei were all there.

Of course, Yu Chengdong was also present.

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and glanced at everyone present, and asked, "What do you think of the release of the new smartphone?"

Everyone laughed along, but no one spoke.

Yu Chengdong did not try to please his boss, mainly because he knew that Zhang Zhipeng was not talking to him.

Although Yu Chengdong can almost be considered a local lord.

However, in this launch of smartphones, the Huaxing headquarters he manages is the biggest beneficiary.

As the saying goes, don't be ungrateful when you get an advantage.

It’s better not to speak casually.

Zhang Zhipeng said: "If you guys keep silent, I will make the decision."

He looked at Ren Zhengfei: "Mr. Ren, what do you think?"

Ren Zhengfei said: "Once smartphone shipments start to explode, it goes without saying that Huawei's feature phones will be the first to be killed." "We have to find a way to avoid too much volatility and downward movement."

In today's global mobile phone market, Huawei is a well-deserved giant, ranking first in the world in terms of shipments.

Their global mobile phone share can reach nearly 20 percent.

This is a remarkable achievement.

Unfortunately, after the release of Huaxing smartphone, if Huawei cannot keep up in time, its performance will definitely decline sharply.

It's normal for Ren Zhengfei to be a little unhappy.

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said, "Mr. Ren looks a little unhappy."

Ren Zhengfei waved his hands and said, "No, no! I'm just blaming myself. In fact, our researchers should also be able to develop a smartphone."

“But we slacked off.”

"We are enjoying the benefits of the feature phone era, and we are a little complacent."

"This result is actually a warning and punishment for us."

I didn’t expect that Ren Zhengfei would feel so guilty about it.

This also surprised Zhang Zhipeng.

Zhang Zhipeng nodded and said, "It is gratifying that President Ren can reflect on this."

"Well! Actually, I think this way. Huaxing can give you some of its technology and resources, and then you can develop your own smartphone. What do you think?"

"Well! Actually, the most important thing about smartphones nowadays is the operating system."

"Huaxing's Hongmeng operating system for mobile phones can also be used by you. You can adapt it according to your own needs. How about that?"

Ren Zhengfei was stunned.

He didn't expect that Zhang Zhipeng would be so magnanimous.

Originally, Ren Zhengfei always felt that Huaxing was Zhang Zhipeng's biological son.

Warwick can only be considered as doing it.

Now that smartphones have been developed by Huawei, it would probably be difficult for Huawei to get a piece of the pie.

But now it seems that I was judging others by my own standards.

Ren Zhengfei thought again: Huawei’s mobile phone business unit was actually established with the full support of Zhang Zhipeng.

He felt even more ashamed.

He said: "Thank you, Mr. Zhang. I am a little narrow-minded."

Zhang Zhipeng smiled faintly and said to Ren Zhengfei: "Mr. Ren, I don't have too many selfish motives."

"It is enough for us to work together to make our country better."

Ren Zhengfei nodded repeatedly and said, "You are right."

“We should all work together towards this goal.”

Zhang Zhipeng glanced at Yu Chengdong and said, "Chengdong, you should coordinate with Mr. Ren later."

"We must work together to make our mobile phone industry bigger and stronger."

Yu Chengdong had already talked to Zhang Zhipeng before.

He smiled and nodded, "Okay, boss."

He turned to look at Ren Zhengfei and said, "Mr. Ren, the global market is huge. We should work together to strive to capture the largest share."

Ren Zhengfei quickly said, "Good! Good! You are absolutely right. The global market is huge, and we Chinese must unite and strive to gain the largest share."

Zhang Zhipeng nodded with satisfaction. He then looked at Lei Bushi, Hua Teng and Qiu Bojun and said, "I have been telling you that the era of mobile Internet will soon arrive."

"Now, do you believe it?"

Hua Teng nodded and said with emotion: "Boss is very far-sighted! But I really didn't expect that this day would come so soon."

Lei Jun also said: "Yes, yes! Hua Teng and I have the same feeling. This day came too quickly. I didn't even realize it. It came suddenly."

Qiu Bojun smiled and said, "Smartphones have just been released. It will probably take at least three to five years for them to become popular, right?"

"So, I would say that it will probably take another five years before we truly enter the era of mobile internet."

"However, from this moment on, we must quickly develop our own Hongmeng system APP and strive to be able to pre-install it on the first batch of Hongmeng system mobile phones when they are launched. This is the kingly way!"

Zhang Zhipeng nodded appreciatively and said, "Yes! I called you to this meeting today just to mobilize you, haha!"

"Buse, Huateng, Bojun, you all should work together with Chengdong to design and develop a dedicated APP according to the requirements of the Hongmeng system."

Several people agreed.

Zhang Zhipeng glanced at Ren Zhengfei and said, "Mr. Ren, the global 3G conference starting tomorrow must unify the world's standards, including the WIFI standards. We must unify them as well."

"This is very important for the promotion of our smartphones!"

"In the 2G era, smartphones were almost unable to access the Internet without WiFi, which meant they could not fully utilize their functions."

"It was not until the 3G era that the functions of smartphones could be fully unleashed."

Ren Zhengfei nodded and said, "We are already working hard to coordinate and persuade telecom operators and equipment manufacturers around the world to recognize our standards."

"But it's obvious that Lizard Fang won't surrender so easily!"

"They have always dominated the world's technology standards. If we ask them to completely abandon the 3G standard and follow our standards, they will definitely cause trouble."

Zhang Zhipeng smiled faintly and said: "The Lizard Party has now become a small group."

"Even if they cause trouble, as long as we can convince the majority of the remaining countries, they won't be able to cause any waves!"

……

There are many telecommunications operators coming to Shenzhen to attend the Global 3G Conference this time.

Those coming from Amei include Gaotong, Cisco and Motorola.

Those coming from Europe include Lugia and Ericsson.

Sony, NEC and others have come over.

Although these communication equipment supply giants have been severely suppressed by China's communication giants in the past few years, their strength is still not bad.

They have also made a lot of efforts in 3G research and development.

However, their technology is not comprehensive yet, and they have only a few relevant 3G patents.

Today, Warwick has an absolute advantage in 3G research.

Warwick has applied for more than a thousand 3G patents alone.

The remaining European and American companies have applied for no more than 3 G patents.

Among them, Gaotong Company applied for the most 3G patents.

In the previous life, Gaotong Company was also a company that started out by relying on mobile communications.

It has applied for or acquired a series of mobile communication patent technologies.

It has created a patent wall known as the Gaotong Wall, and any company involved in mobile communications must pay huge patent fees to Gaotong.

In the past, Qualcomm could earn $10 to 20 billion every year just by collecting patent fees.

A true vampire.

However, in this life, because Zhang Zhipeng had made early arrangements, companies such as Huaxing, Huawei, Datang, etc. jointly developed and applied for the most mobile communication patent technologies.

These companies also formed an alliance, shared technical patents, and formed a strong barrier to the outside world.

This also makes several large foreign companies very uncomfortable.

……

Alvin is the vice president of Qualcomm and he is also the representative of Qualcomm who came to China to attend the Global 3G Conference.

On the night before the Global 3G Conference, Alvin came to the consul's residence in Amy.

He is going to hold a meeting here with the communications giants of the Lizard side.

The reason for choosing to hold the meeting here is mainly for confidentiality.

Today, representatives from all of the communications giants in the Lizard side came to attend this meeting.

They came to this meeting mainly to deal with the current crisis.

In the 2G era, they lost complete control in the final period, and they were very unwilling to accept that.

They are determined to gain complete dominance in 3G research and development.

However, to their disappointment, China once again took the lead this time.

Not to mention that Warwick has registered more than a thousand 3G technology patents at one time, now Warwick is actually going to host the Global 3G Standards Conference.

What does this mean?

This means that China will dominate international standards in the communications field.

This is something that all the communication giants in the world do not want to see, because whoever dominates the standards will have the absolute initiative and can obtain the greatest benefits.

After everyone arrived, Alvin cleared his throat, looked at the executives of various communication giants sitting on the sofa, and said, "Everyone, I asked everyone to come here today mainly because I want to discuss something with you."

"How can we seize the leading position in standards at tomorrow's Global 3G Conference?"

"Everyone, please share your ideas now."

Exley, the Nokia representative at the conference, sighed and said, "Mr. Alvin, I think it will be difficult for us to dominate the 3G standard!"

"The other companies have as many as 1,200 to 1,300 patents combined, while our total number of patents is less than 1,000!"

“How can we take the lead in this situation?”

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