My 1999

March 7, 2007.

9 o'clock in the morning.

Hongmeng Art Center, Beijing Future Science City.

The scene was crowded with people, and the flags and decorations printed with the Kunlun Technology logo filled the entire venue.

Every guest who entered the venue could go to the sign-in desk to receive a gift, and then carry the gift bag, pass the security check, and enter the venue.

The long queue was enough to show the popularity of the press conference.

Standing in front of the huge transparent glass window on the second floor, Xu Liang overlooked the lively scene below and was very satisfied.

The audience and guests attending the press conference included not only major domestic technology media, but also many Internet celebrities from Penguin, Facebook, and YouTube platforms, as well as students from nearby Beijing and Shuimu University. The audience was very precise.

Kunlun K1 mobile phone issued a total of 3,000 press conference tickets this time. He took a quick look and the number of people who came to the scene should not be much lower than this number.

The estimated 3,000 audience members, after attending the press conference, should be able to convey the epoch-making functions of the Kunlun mobile phone to 30,000, 300,000 people...

Until the name of the little-known Kunlun mobile phone is known all over the world!

But that will be in the future. Now he has to do the first step, that is, hold this press conference well.

"Xu, I see the lively atmosphere on the scene, and I know that the press conference is half successful."

Gates walked towards Xu Liang with a smile. The old man was still wearing the same clothes that he had never changed for thousands of years. The light blue shirt was paired with a round-neck light gray sweater. The colors of the two clothes were very light, making the upper body look particularly clean, and therefore particularly young.

This is the public image that the stylist carefully created for Gates. Gates also bought many pieces of the same clothes, so the outside world felt that Gates was like he had never changed his clothes for thousands of years. In fact, it was strengthening the public's memory of Gates.

"Thank you for the compliment. It's too early to talk about success. I'm very nervous now. This is the first time I'm giving a speech in front of so many people."

In order to build momentum for Kunlun Mobile Phone, Xu Liang mobilized his connections and invited this old guy from the United States to China.

Gates laughed and raised the black mobile phone in his hand.

"This phone is very good. Can you give it to me?"

"Of course."

Xu Liang invited Gates to appear to raise his status and didn't spend any money. Giving Gates a mobile phone is nothing. They have already made hundreds of similar mobile phones, which is much more generous than a few months ago.

"Thank you, Xu. I really love this phone."

Gates stroked the smooth screen of the phone.

"Full touch screen, multi-touch, gravity sensor... This is really a work of art."

Then he looked at Xu Liang, "The operating system on this phone is called Android, right?"

Xu Liang smiled and nodded.

"If Microsoft also plans to make smartphones, you can also use Android software."

"Are you willing to do that?"

"Android's goal is to become the most widely used mobile operating system in the world. Kunlun is just its first user, but not the only one." Xu Liang smiled.

"How do you plan to charge?"

Xu Liang smiled calmly and said slowly.

"Free."

"Free?"

"Yes, any mobile phone company can use the Android operating system for free."

Old Gates' eyes flickered. As an old capitalist, he understood better than anyone that there is never anything truly free in this world.

Many seemingly free things are often more expensive.

"Xu, investment needs a return. Where is the return of Hongmeng?"

"We will charge according to the download volume and revenue of App software on the Android platform."

Xu Liang did not hide it.

The Android operating system has been successfully developed, the promotion strategy has been determined long ago, and it has already begun to promote it. There is no need to hide it.

Old Gates' eyes lit up.

"A genius strategy."

Android software is free, so most mobile phone companies will use it.

Just charge for APP, anyway, they don't have to spend money.

In this way, Android can easily become the world's largest mobile phone operating system.

If other apps want to succeed, they must go through the Android platform.

Then Android can monitor downloads and revenue in real time and charge "Android fees".

Looking at the old man's appearance, Xu Liang knew that he probably also had the idea of ​​plagiarism.

Microsoft is the world's largest computer operating system company.

It also has a mobile operating system business.

It's just not taken seriously.

With this old man's keen business sense, he probably understood his prospects when he saw a smartphone.

He had the idea of ​​imitating.

However, Xu Liang was not worried, because a qualified smartphone operating system is not so easy to make.

In the case of the acquisition of Android, Hongmeng spent nearly 2 billion US dollars and took four years to finally make it.

Even if Microsoft has a certain foundation, it will take two years to develop the same software.

At that time, Android had already dominated the world.

"Xu, I always heard you talk about the Internet 2.0 era before. Although I agree with it, I always thought it would take more than ten or twenty years to achieve it. Now it seems that you are right.

We have already stepped into its threshold with one foot."

Old Gates' eyes were full of appreciation.

If you want to become an entrepreneur of a top technology company, in addition to firm confidence, you must also have a foresight far beyond that of ordinary people.

In the 1990s, he predicted the arrival of the smart home era and built Taohuayuan 2.0 according to his own ideas.

Xu Liang also predicted the mobile Internet era and built this cross-era smartphone according to his own ideas.

"Bill, everything has just begun."

"Haha, that's right, everything has just begun."

Seeing Lei Jun waving at him, Xu Liang gestured to Gates, indicating that he would leave for a while.

Gates nodded, "Don't worry about me, go and get busy."

Lei Jun pulled Xu Liang into a small room, took out two identical black mobile phones, and then said solemnly:

"Mr. Xu, you will use one mobile phone for demonstration later, and put the other mobile phone on the demonstration table for backup. If something unexpected happens, you must quickly switch mobile phones."

Xu Liang was silent for a moment, then nodded.

"Okay, I know."

Lei Jun had a trace of shame on his face.

"This is our first press conference. I am just worried that the performance of the phone is unstable and something unexpected will happen. After all, there is still a lot of room for improvement in the stability of the phone."

"I understand. You have done well enough. Don't worry too much."

Xu Liang smiled at Lei Jun, with a hint of affirmation and encouragement in his smile.

In fact, the mobile phone development team has indeed done well enough.

The reason why the performance of the mobile phone is not very stable is more due to the background of the times. Many technologies have not been fully understood, including some problems in the supply chain.

Lei Jun left to work, and Xu Liang sat alone in the small room to rest.

After a while, Li Jinling knocked on the door and walked into the room, whispering:

"Mr. Xu, it's time to go on stage."

In order to maximize the influence of this new product launch conference, Xu Liang not only personally invited old Gates, but also replaced Lei Jun to host it himself.

Xu Liang stood up, straightened his hoodie with the Kunlun mobile phone logo on his body, and strode out.

After passing through a dimly lit alley, Xu Liang suddenly saw the crowd sitting below the stage. It was so dense and dark that it was full of heads.

The staff put on the headset for Xu Liang and checked it carefully.

After confirming that everything was ready, Xu Liang took a deep breath, held two mobile phones in his hands, and walked onto the stage with firm steps.

The stage for the speech was very wide, and there was an extra-large projection screen on the wall, which showed the logo of Kunlun Mobile Phone. The light was dim, as if something was covered by the curtain.

On the other smaller projection screen, Xu Liang's figure appeared.

There was a podium on the side of the stage. Xu Liang walked slowly to the side of the podium, put down the two mobile phones, and then picked up a bottle of mineral water, unscrewed it, and drank a sip.

After getting the momentum right, Xu Liang walked quickly to the center of the stage. Facing the 3,000 audience members, he slowly said, "I used to say that the Internet has three eras.

1.0, the era of portals.

2.0, the era of mobile Internet.

3.0, the era of AI.

Many world-renowned scholars and business elites including Oracle CEO Larry Ellison have ridiculed and mocked me..."

Ellison, who was watching the live broadcast on YouTube, was so angry that he smashed his phone when he heard him diss himself in front of so many people.

"Now I will use practical actions to prove their stupidity and short-sightedness."

Xu Liang did not hide his arrogance.

When facing TV media and the public, his speaking and doing styles were sharp.

Young people, if you are not arrogant, you are still called young people?

Xu Liang turned sideways and pointed at the super large screen behind him with the PPT controller.

"Kunlun mobile phone, a product that condenses the efforts of thousands of engineers for one year and three months."

Thunderous applause instantly rang out from the audience.

The 300 members of the atmosphere group were particularly hardworking. After all, they were paid and had to have professional ethics.

The atmosphere on the scene heated up immediately.

After the scene quieted down, Xu Liang continued with a smile:

"I will show you a few groups of photos now, so that you can evaluate Kunlun mobile phones later."

After that, Xu Liang pressed the controller, and photos appeared on the screen.

"Mobile phones for making calls, MP3, MP4 players, handheld game consoles, computers for surfing the Internet...

So many electronic products, what will happen if we integrate them into one?"

Then, Xu Liang pressed the PPT, and a new picture appeared, which was a four-in-one product with the characteristics of various electronic products.

Seeing this spoof, the audience cheered again and whistled.

"Now let's take a look at some smart phones on the market. In addition to the calling function, they are generally equipped with email functions and some Internet functions that are more difficult to operate, and they are also equipped with a small plastic keyboard."

Xu Liang showed several representative models of mobile phones from friendly companies, and then a new picture appeared, and the keyboards were all cut off.

"If we remove the keyboard and only have a large screen on the phone, how do we control it?"

"It's simple. The computer has already shown us the way. Click on each icon with the mouse to enter the application you want to enter."

"Then how about we equip the phone with a mouse?

Put it in your pocket at ordinary times, and take it out to connect it to the phone when you need to use it."

There was laughter from the audience.

"Oh, many people may say that a company has already thought of inventing a stylus, but what if the pen is accidentally lost? Then it's over, half of the phone's functions are useless."

After hearing this, everyone in the audience became more and more curious about Kunlun's mobile phone, and they vaguely guessed something, but they were not sure yet.

At this time, the big screen on the stage suddenly flashed, and the true face of the Kunlun mobile phone appeared. It was a large-screen mobile phone without a keyboard, and there was only a circular button in the bottom center.

After seeing the true face of Lushan, some people exclaimed that it was really what they thought, completely abandoning the traditional keyboard. This design is really bold.

Some people are confused, how to operate it without a keyboard?

"We didn't prepare a stylus because it was too easy to lose. We prepared this thing that won't be lost."

Xu Liang raised his hands and made a gesture like a kindergarten kid's "twinkle, twinkle, twinkle".

“Using our ten fingers instead of a mouse and a stylus to control the phone.

Our phones will fall off, but our fingers will not. This is the safest and most convenient mouse and stylus in the world.

We named this technology multi-touch and have applied for the corresponding patent. "

The atmosphere team in the audience clapped and cheered hard, and other people who didn't know the truth also cheered.

At this time, someone took out their mobile phone and secretly started editing text messages, while someone else made a direct call.

Xu Liang continued: “We have made many breakthroughs in terms of hardware, but in terms of software, we are not idle at all.

The Kunlun mobile phone is an epoch-making product that combines software and hardware to redefine mobile phones. Let’s take a look at our operating system..."

Xu Liang posted a few sets of pictures and introduced Android in detail.

Then he looked at the audience and smiled:

"I believe many people are here and can't wait to see how this phone is used. But please be patient, I will introduce its appearance at the end."

3.5-inch screen, 160ppi resolution, 12.12mm thickness, 2-megapixel camera, home button that can return to the homepage at any time with one click, volume button, power button, headphone jack...

Xu Liang introduced all the appearance displays, then he quickly walked to the demonstration stage, took another sip of mineral water, and started to connect his mobile phone to the screen projection cable.

A mobile phone interface immediately appeared on the big screen. The background was a picture of the Great Wall, majestic and grand.

At the bottom of the screen, there is an unlock bar with an arrow.

"Attention, don't get distracted, this is the moment to witness the miracle."

Along with Xu Liang's voice, the mobile phone page suddenly flashed on the big screen. The picture of the Great Wall disappeared and was replaced by a main interface with several neat rows of applications.

There was an uproar in the audience. Many people opened their mouths widely. They didn't even see clearly. They didn't know why the page suddenly jumped.

Xu Liang smiled and turned on the camera on the demonstration stage.

At this time, Xu Liang's fingers appeared on a small screen on the stage, and various small movements on his hands could be clearly seen.

I saw Xu Liang's hand gently moving to the right, and the arrow in the unlock bar quickly slid to the right, and the interface jumped immediately.

Seeing this, people who were originally skeptical and cautious about multi-touch no longer doubted or were cautious. It turns out that fingers can really control the mobile phone screen.

At this time, Xu Liang clicked on a watermelon icon that was cut in half on the main interface.

"Now let's try the games that come with the phone and see if they can compete with some handheld consoles."

Soon, the game begins.

On the big screen, a large cartoon watermelon began to fall.

On the small screen, your finger swiped gently.

The watermelon on the big screen is split in half, and you can see the juice flying everywhere. The picture quality is very high-definition!

The mobile games produced by Hongmeng Games are also very exciting.

"Wow..."

Many people in the audience have mouths so big that they can swallow an egg. How can they still play games like this?

But the bigger surprise is yet to come.

On the large projection screen, watermelons are falling faster and faster, and even smaller pineapples and apples are joining in the fun.

The screen was filled with fruits, and then the screen was filled with chopped fruits, and the juice was splashing everywhere, almost overflowing the screen.

Through the projection of the camera on the console, the audience can clearly see Xu Liang's fingers sliding at a high frequency at a speed that can kill Teacher Kato Takashi after being single for more than ten years, so fast that an afterimage can even be seen.

What the hell is this a mobile phone? Handheld consoles aren’t that awesome either!

Love it, love it!

The young people in the audience stretched their necks and widened their eyes, watching the superb hand speed and listening to the sweet sound of the fruit being cut...

For a moment, the entire audience fell silent, silently watching Xu Liang play the game with envy.

"I'm exhausted. The game is quite fun, but it's a bit fiddly. If you continue to play, the sparks will be rubbed out."

Xu Liang finally stopped what he was doing, shook his hands vigorously, and complained.

The audience burst into laughter, laughing and applauding.

The atmosphere team stood up and shouted in unison: "Redefine mobile phones...".

Infected by the emotions at the scene, the melon-eating crowd also stood up, applauded, and joined the shouting army.

As far as the current performance is concerned, Kunlun mobile phone is worthy of the name of redefining mobile phones.

Below the stage, Gates watched all this silently.

Then he took out the mobile phone that Xu Liang gave him, looked down at it, and then looked up again, his eyes seemed meaningful.