Reborn: Billionaire in College

Chapter 314 Orange super 2 mobile phone launch conference

The Orange S2 mobile phone launch conference was still the same as before, adopting an online and offline approach. The online event was presented through multiple channels such as Renren, Weibo, and Qvod, while the offline event was so popular that the number of reservations exceeded the capacity of the Dongjiang Convention and Exhibition Center, and it was far exceeded.

Even though the reservation channel was cut off five days in advance, one hundred people still got the invitation letters in the end. These one hundred people could only stand and watch the Orange S2 mobile phone launch conference.

It was a sunny day on March 3. In the early spring in Dongjiang, the weather was refreshing. Although it was still a little chilly, the sunshine at noon still made people feel a lot warmer.

On the way to Dongjiang Convention and Exhibition Center with Lin Bin, Chen Pingjiang joked: "This year is my last time to attend a mobile phone conference. Starting next year, you will be the keynote speaker."

Lin Bin was a little puzzled. "Mr. Chen, didn't you say it very well? I'm already old, and my appearance is much worse than yours, but the most important thing is that I don't fit the user positioning of our mobile phone."

Chen Pingjiang waved his hand and said, "It's different. Look at other companies. How many press conferences are held by the chairman himself? I think we should leave more opportunities for you and other middle and senior management."

When Huawei holds a mobile phone launch conference, it is not Mr. Ren who attends it in person, but Yu Dazui who attends it.

This is probably because Yu Dazui is the head of the mobile phone department and knows the status and performance of the mobile phones best.

As time went on, Chen Pingjiang had less time and energy to focus on the mobile phone business.

The most important thing is that he also hopes to make a distinction between himself and Orange Mobile. After all, he is different from Lei Jun.

When the two arrived at the Dongjiang Convention and Exhibition Center, there were already streams of people at the entrance, like winding streams, finally gathering together, waiting for ticket checking to enter.

As soon as Chen Pingjiang got off the car, he attracted a lot of people's attention.

Reporters heard the news and ran over. Without saying a word, they put the microphone directly into Chen Pingjiang's face.

"Hello, Mr. Chen. I am a reporter from Chutian Metropolis Daily. Are you the speaker today?"

Chen Pingjiang smiled and said, "You will know in a moment."

"Mr. Chen, we would like to ask what is the current inventory of the Orange S2 phone? Will it be like the S1 phone, where we have to wait a long time to get the goods?"

"You'll know when the time comes. Don't be so anxious. Isn't the press conference about to start?"

When other reporters wanted to ask questions, Lin Bin quickly stood in front of them and shouted, "Everyone, please make way. We are in a hurry. Please refer to the press conference for specific information."

"Hey, have you noticed that Mr. Chen is getting more and more handsome?"

"Isn't this normal? Look at those celebrities. They look completely different before and after they become famous. Besides, money supports people, so they have fewer worries."

As Chen Binjiang and Lin Bin walked towards the gate, they heard female and male fans shouting around them.

The male fan screamed: "Mr. Chen, I want to give birth to a baby for you."

Instead, the female fan waved quite subtly.

It’s true that when men get coquettish, women have no chance to show their true colors.

Seeing Chen Pingjiang and Lin Bin coming over, the security personnel in charge of the side door immediately opened the door and let them in.

After arriving backstage, Chen Pingjiang took a sip of water, and then adjusted the switch in his hand and the microphone at his mouth as usual.

It was not until 1:30 in the afternoon that all the staff entered the venue.

At two o'clock, the music in the venue stopped and the lights dimmed.

A spotlight accurately hit the stage entrance.

In that direction, Chen Pingjiang was walking towards the stage with firm and slow steps.

Today he was wearing a black sweater and white canvas shoes, and he looked very young.

As soon as he came on stage, fans cheered from the audience.

After waiting for a long time, the shouting gradually faded away.

"Hello everyone, the last time we met was on March 3th last year. Just one year has passed in a flash."

"But this year is truly extraordinary for Orange Technology."

"This year, we have gone through and accomplished things that other companies may need three to five years to complete."

"During this year, the Orange S1 mobile phone was released and has been selling well until now, occupying the top position in the national smartphone market, with annual shipments reaching 2200 million units and a market share of 29%, far ahead of its competitors. I am personally very satisfied with this achievement, but I also know that such an achievement is inseparable from the support of Orange fans. Without you, Orange Technology would not be what it is today."

It is worth mentioning that because Chen Pingjiang took the lead in disrupting the situation, he actually fanned the butterfly's wings.

In the original time and space, the total sales of smartphones in 2010 were only 3500 million. But now, the shipments of Orange and Apple alone have reached 3000 million.

This change in numbers is quite astonishing.

Because WeChat was released earlier, Renren Weibo developed the mobile version earlier, and the affordable price of Orange phones boosted sales, the smartphone market has grown rapidly.

Nowadays, it has become a consensus that buying a mobile phone is to buy a smart phone. Even the middle-aged and elderly people are gradually moving towards smart phones because of the existence of WeChat. This has provided deep soil for ZTE, Huawei and even Lenovo.

It can be said that Chen Pingjiang changed the landscape of the domestic smartphone market in one fell swoop.

"During this year, we not only did well in mobile phones, but also achieved impressive sales in tablet computers and Bluetooth headsets." In order to make our products more competitive in the market and to give back to our users, our technical staff has spent a year of continuous research and development and finally brought out a new Orange phone, the Orange S2."

As Chen Pingjiang spoke, the front and side photos of Orange S2 appeared on the big screen.

The exclamations were not prominent because everyone had already seen the true appearance from various leaked spy photos.

After all, there are really too many people paying attention to Orange S2.

"Without further ado, let's take a look at the new generation of Orange phones with their high-tech features."

After Chen Pingjiang finished his opening remarks, he began to formally introduce Orange S2.

"Alas, it feels a little different from the pictures that have been leaked online."

"It was probably an engineering model before, but now it's a real model. I think it may be better looking than the iPhone 4."

Seeing the beautiful appearance of Orange S2 on the big screen, Lei Jun's face darkened. Compared with this one, the image of his own Xiaomi M1 was too different.

"The first thing I want to introduce is Suzaku glass. I think many people have a problem when using large-screen mobile phones. The screen of the mobile phone is too fragile. If you accidentally drop it, the screen will break, and then you have to replace the screen. Now it costs at least 800 yuan to replace a screen."

"In order to solve this pain point for the majority of users, our engineers spent a year and a half to finally develop the first generation of Suzaku glass technology. It has obtained the world's first Swiss SGS five-star glass drop resistance certification."

"Suzaku glass has gone through 108 microcrystalline raw material and panel processing steps, 24-hour high-temperature nanocrystal growth, and 1600-degree platinum precious metal smelting technology. Because it is made of nano-crystalline glass, by growing up to million high-strength nanocrystals in the glass, the toughness of the glass is greatly improved. It not only has the advantages of high strength, weathering resistance, and good light transmittance, but is also wear-resistant."

"When ordinary screen glass and Kunlun glass were scratched with a high-hardness borosilicate rod, Suzaku glass left almost no marks. In the actual screen scratching test, Suzaku glass also did not leave any scratches after being scratched by a hard object with a Mohs hardness of level 7."

Chen Pingjiang pressed the switch and the picture on the screen turned into a cell phone glass.

The phone glass on the left is full of scratches, while the Suzaku glass on the right looks brand new.

Chen Mingjiang continued: "Suzaku Glass not only has amazing performance in the laboratory, but also brings many benefits in daily use. For example, you don't have to worry about damaging the phone screen when it is scratched by hard objects such as metal keys in your backpack or accidentally falls to the ground."

"Some people may ask, does a mobile phone really need such strong protection? My answer is that it does. We visited nearly 100 mobile phone after-sales repair centers. Screen damage is very common, and nearly half of them are broken, which has become the biggest risk of using the phone. At the same time, it is very expensive to replace the screen. In fact, it is not just the screen that can be damaged. Falling and water ingress can also become unexpected situations, which bring a lot of trouble to users. It is precisely because of this core pain point of users that we have further improved the dust and water resistance of mobile phones, and the waterproof performance has reached IP65 level."

On the stage, Chen Pingjiang introduced his own products in a serious manner.

However, the users in the audience and those watching the live broadcast in front of their computers felt a little uncomfortable.

"What's going on? Is this still the Chen Pingjiang we know? He didn't even diss anyone."

"Apple and Samsung were hiding in the show, trembling, and kept repeating, 'Don't see me, don't see me.'"

"Haha, the above is very vivid, it gives me a sense of picture."

"Now that you mention it, it's true. The press conference has been going on until now, but no one has mentioned it. This is unreasonable!" "Brothers, start posting comments. Why hold a press conference if you don't want to diss it?"

But as soon as this comment was posted, Chen Pingjiang's tone suddenly changed. "To be honest, the security of our mobile phone is much better than that of other competitors on the market. It has to be said that our Orange mobile phone is the benchmark in the industry. A real man must be tough!"

"Hmm? Something strange seems to have come out of the press conference?"

"The car was going so fast that the wheels ran over my face before I could react."

"Mr. Chen, I'm not a boy, I'm a girl."

"What's wrong with girls? Girls like hard things too."

The style of the barrage gradually became distorted...

"In addition to the Suzaku glass on the front, our frames are all made of one-piece titanium alloy and have a ceramic back cover. Some people may ask, will the ceramic back cover be very resistant to drops? Then I will tell you that it is definitely more resistant to drops than the glass back covers of our competitors."

"Ceramics are warm in winter and cool in summer. They feel very good and do not shield signals like metal. Therefore, the antenna does not need to be exposed in a fuselage made of ceramics, and the fuselage has a stronger overall feel. The appearance and feel of ceramics and glass are very similar, but the Mohs hardness of ceramics is higher than that of glass, so they are not easily scratched in daily use and are durable."

When the audience heard Chen Pingjiang start to diss iPhone, they all smiled knowingly.

This taste is authentic!
"That's right, why are you being so serious? We're not here to listen to your report, Mr. Chen. We're here to see you do something."

At this moment, Jobs had already cursed and left the group chat.

"It's awesome. You can find all kinds of high-tech stuff when you open it, such as Suzaku glass and ceramic back cover. I think this one must be more expensive than the S1."

"Don't feel it, I'll eat shit if the price is less than 6000 yuan."

The faces of the competitors in the audience became more and more ugly. What else can they compare this to?
They didn't expect that Orange Technology had so many new technologies and was willing to give them away for free. In comparison, they could only be called an assembly plant.

We have accomplished so much in just one and a half years. Does that make us look incompetent?
But at the same time, everyone felt more admiration.

Research and development is really a very expensive thing. The key is not that you will definitely get results just by spending money. Some projects may have been developed for three to five years, but nothing will come of it.

Without strong belief and financial support, research and development is really difficult.

After Chen Pingjiang announced some parameters such as the hardware part, he began to focus on introducing the software of the mobile phone.

"It is worth mentioning that the beauty camera function of the Orange S1 mobile phone has won the favor of many users. Of course, I am not saying that the beauty camera is not good, but it is modified later anyway. In the Orange S2 mobile phone, we have developed a unique software and hardware combined with the core technology of image processing, including color algorithm, exposure algorithm, and technical expansion of functional modules. The new generation of Orange S2 has better performance in low-light night photography, and its color saturation is stronger during the day."

"The Orange S2 is equipped with a camera that can rotate along the X-axis, allowing users to face the screen at different shooting angles. The lens group consists of 10 modules, 50 connecting cables, and 67 parts, all of which have been treated with anti-static technology. The maximum rotation angle reaches 206 degrees, covering the effective viewing angle required for shooting, and can stay at any angle and complete the real-time preview of the framing. The rotating component has been tested to withstand 10 trouble-free rotations."

"At the same time, an independent original picture engine image processing module is used. The improved AWB algorithm can handle color balance more accurately, and the authenticity of picture restoration is improved. The imaging system uses AF to determine the direction of the camera module through gyroscope information to improve the speed and accuracy of the motor moving the lens, and AE is responsible for controlling the accuracy of exposure. At the same time, there are 7 scene modes that can be automatically recognized in the phone: indoor, landscape, night scene, portrait, macro, sports, and mixed light."

“The photo function supports the “slow shutter” scene mode. Once turned on, users can freely select an exposure time of 0.5 seconds to 8 seconds according to the shooting scene, achieving long exposure similar to that of a SLR camera.”

"We have further optimized the beauty camera function, added more styles, and used Photoshop technology to make it more realistic."

"So, sisters, with such a great camera phone, what are you still thinking about? Go for it now."

Many audience members in the audience were actually confused by Chen Pingjiang's introduction which was full of professional terms, but they just thought it was awesome and high-end!

Especially the girls, they couldn't hold it anymore.

For girls, they don’t need to play any mobile games. In fact, the hardware requirements for the phone are not very high, as long as the phone is not stuck, but they have an almost fanatical demand for the camera function, which is why most girls use iPhones. To put it bluntly, it takes good-looking photos.

Taking good photos is the biggest killer!

"It's over, it's over. It looks like my New Year's money is gone again, and it's only been over a month."

"Although my S1 is still very new, if you don't change it, I won't change it either. How can Orange have the money to develop advanced technology?"

"You are worthy of being my idol. You really care about girls."

"Are there any handsome guys looking for a girlfriend? My requirements are not high. As long as you can buy me an Orange S2, I will agree to go out to dinner with you."

"Don't even think about it, the guy upstairs must be a big bastard."

The expressions of other mobile phone manufacturers who were watching the live broadcast became increasingly grim.

The Orange S1 ushered in the era of beauty cameras. Other manufacturers with strength have already started copying its work, while those without strength can only pre-install Meitu Xiuxiu on their phones.

Yes, the photoshop technique, which is known as one of the four major evil techniques in Southeast Asia, was jointly launched by Orange Technology and Meitu XiuXiu.

In fact, Meitu XiuXiu was launched in October 2008. At first, it was just a simplified version of PS and was named "Meitu Master".

In 2009, Wu Xinhong changed the slightly serious name of "Meitu Master" to "Meitu Xiu Xiu".

Meitu Xiuxiu has similar beauty functions to the Orange S1. In addition to basic functions such as cropping, rotating, and resizing, it only has a few basic filters, such as classic LOMO, soft light, beautiful, memory, retro, black and white...

The main point is to be stupid enough.

In January this year, the Meitu XiuXiu APP version was officially launched on the iPhone store.

From the initial five major functions of "whitening and skin smoothing, freckle and acne removal, face and body slimming, dark circle removal, and eye enlargement", to the current realization of "one-click beautification", and then to the continuous expansion and refinement of more beauty details, as well as the activation of beauty selfies, real-time beauty and other functions.

Originally, your peers thought that the beauty function that Orange Technology spent a huge amount of money to develop has now been directly replaced by an APP. What is the selling point of your Orange phone?

But I didn’t expect that Orange Mobile is now starting to play with hardware.

"Cough cough!" Chen Pingjiang coughed, drank some mineral water, and then pulled up his belt.

After a long time of hesitation, they started to introduce the next function.

"Do you think the main selling point of Orange S2 is still photography and beauty? I'm telling you that you're wrong. One of the main features of Orange S2 is HIFI high fidelity.

"As we all know, song data will be lost during the transmission process. Therefore, we added a HIFI chip inside the mobile phone. This allows students who listen to songs with headphones to hear the sound quality closest to the original CD, truly realizing lossless transmission, and further improving the decoding capability, so that users can hear more pure and realistic music effects."

"Our mobile phones have been tested and can achieve the same sound quality as a thousand-yuan player. The most important thing is that we will randomly give away a pair of HIFI headphones. With the HIFI sound quality guarantee, the dynamic range of the mobile phone can be improved, the sampling rate can be increased, and the total harmonic distortion and noise can be reduced."

"I will play two pieces of music below. Please listen carefully and hear the difference between them."

"Hotel California" then rang out in the venue.

After a while, even the most obtuse person could feel the difference.

“Although the sound quality of the broadcast in the venue is somewhat distorted, I feel that the second part may be better and the sound is clearer.”

"Yes, yes, I also wanted to say that the sound of the first paragraph is a bit muffled."

"This is good news for us music lovers. I really can't listen to any rubbish music."

Lei Jun in the audience applauded along with the others, with a look of admiration on his face.

awesome!
Various new technologies emerge one after another.

He knows both Zhou Guangping and Lin Bin.

Lei Jun knows that they are great, but they are more of executors. When it comes to designing directions, they don't have to be so dazzling, otherwise they should have stood out long ago.

"Alas, maybe this is also the reason why Chen Pingjiang is so powerful. He can always turn decay into magic."

After watching the conference, Lei Jun felt that he would have to make drastic changes to the Xiaomi M1 when he returned. The Orange S1 had already pointed out the future direction of mobile phone development for him, and he would be a fool not to copy the homework.

Even if it can't reach the level of Orange mobile phones, isn't it child's play to add two HIFI chips?
Lei Jun felt somewhat relieved. Fortunately, he had planned to let Xiaomi take the low-price route from the beginning. If it had taken the mid-to-high-end route, it would have been beaten badly by Orange S2.

Haven’t you seen that apples don’t get what they want from oranges, let alone yourself?

The world is changing, you have no choice but to accept it!
(End of this chapter)