After the layoffs, I became a tech godfather

Chapter 18 Cooperation is finalized

He Gang's visit was not just to deliver photos and information. He wanted to urge Hao Cheng to register the company as soon as possible and then implement the things that had been discussed to avoid any further complications.

“It’s not that urgent, is it?” Hao Cheng was speechless as he followed He Gang to the computing power center located in the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center of Linzhou High-tech Zone.

He Gang didn't hide it at all. Hao Cheng even wanted to ask him, with your eagerness, aren't you afraid that I will raise the price?
"Of course it's urgent!" He Gang was not the only one who was anxious. Yu Dong was not in a good condition yesterday either. He rushed back to Pengcheng overnight and restarted a technical route for AI training.

It was already past two o'clock, and he called He Gang to wake him up. The conversation ended at almost four o'clock, and then he started to work on the plan. He Gang didn't get much sleep that night.

"In addition to the computing center and cloud servers, there is also an office area of more than 100 square meters, which can be directly used as the company's registered place."

He Gang was so thoughtful and considerate that he was afraid that Hao Cheng would be delayed if something went wrong, so he even found the property certificate and prepared it for him.

……

Hao Cheng naturally did not refuse. There was a lot of work that needed to be done, and the strategic cooperation with Huawei had been basically finalized, with only the last step of signing the contract.

Moreover, company registration has now become very simple. You can even handle it without leaving your home using the mobile industrial and commercial app. Name application, material submission and even identity authentication can all be done on the APP.

Especially in the High-tech Development Zone, they promise to settle matters on the same day. As long as there are no problems with the materials, the business license can be obtained on the same day.

Take the logic of [Time flies by, boundless exploration, open up the future]——

Hao Cheng immediately registered a corporate entity called "Linzhou Baiju Technology Co., Ltd." and everything would be ready once it passed the review.

……

"We have prepared everything here overnight. I will officially hand it over to you." He Gang said solemnly:

"On behalf of HarmonyOS Next, the users of native Hongmeng, I ask you to release the official version of Zhifeng Quicksand as soon as possible."

"Huh?" Such formality scared Hao Cheng.

"You don't know, our customer service has been driven crazy. They kept urging us to send WeChat messages a few days ago, and these days, almost all of them are asking for quicksand. If you don't believe me, search on the short video platform and see that netizens are going crazy now."

"These few days?" Hao Cheng suspected that He Gang didn't know how to count. If you count both ends of the quicksand line, it would only be three days in total, right?
I was paying attention to it yesterday morning. It was a bit noisy, but not as exaggerated as He Gang said!
Hao Cheng also opened TikTok with suspicion.

Wow, the comments on the videos I previously collected have exceeded 10,000, and they are all complaints:
"What the hell is this? I upgraded the system just for Quicksand, and now you tell me that an APP also has a quota?

"It's fine that WeChat has quotas. They can release a little every day, so there's still hope. As long as you are determined, you can always get it. What about Fingertip Quicksand? In the past few days? Except for the day it went online, it has never released a quota!"

Oh my goodness, I applied the day before yesterday, but there was indeed no spot available yesterday.

"Please, hurry up, I'm fine with paying for it! My colleagues are all using it, but I'm still here posting ads on WeChat Moments every day! Do you know how painful this feels? Hehe, I uninstalled it when my colleagues weren't paying attention, and now it's balanced!"

This is really hurtful!
“Please hurry up. We understand that the Hongmeng ecosystem is not yet complete and needs time, but there is no progress day by day, and those who are waiting are really anxious!”

“There was a loophole in the AG App Market that could capture packages and install apps. It was used when we were working on WeChat, but it has now been blocked.

"But I have a new method. It's to find a mobile phone that has Fingertip Quicksand installed. Then, by changing the phone through the phone-changing software, all the applications on this phone can be synchronized to the phone. It has been tested and it works. Go and try it!" Hao Cheng was speechless. This group of people was really amazing. They used all kinds of crooked tricks.

Moreover, in the mouths of some people, I am almost a boaster: "Make a wish, I can use it at noon today. If I use it, the developer is a handsome guy. If I don't use it, then I am a boaster!"

Just for this, I received more than 60,000 little hearts!
Hao Cheng was disappointed, but this also shows the popularity of Finger Quicksand.

Then go ahead, you can go now!
The biggest problem with Fingers Quicksand was originally the problem of server computing power. Now that the ready-made computing power centers are here and all the authority is in our hands, there is naturally no problem anymore.

As for the career system, it is not a problem to update the version later. As for the model, it is also easy to transfer, the total size is only 12G, and it was transferred in a short time. Hao Cheng also directly upgraded the APP from the Beta version to the first major version 1.0.0 of the official version.

He Gang saw nothing, but he knew the bandwidth here. Based on the time Hao Cheng operated, he could roughly calculate the total size of the model.

"More than a dozen Gigabytes, that's really impressive! We can confirm that new training methods and new model evaluation systems exist!"

Otherwise, a model would at least have to be calculated at the TB level. He Gang was extremely excited and eagerly talked to Hao Cheng about the system-level Xiaosha AI capabilities on the Mate70 series and the subsequent Pura series of Xiaoyi. He couldn't even wait for the subsequent business team.

"I determined the pricing standards yesterday. For advanced services, ordinary users are charged 16 yuan a month, and there is an 8% discount for annual packages. If you integrate it into the system, I can directly give you a % discount." Hao Cheng smacked his hands and said so.

"Monthly fee?" He Gang thought about it and felt it was not appropriate: "This is definitely not suitable for our users, especially business users of the Mate series. It is not very convenient.

"In this case, we will buy it outright. If we calculate based on the average lifespan of a mobile phone, which is three years, or 36 months, the total price of a device should be 288 yuan."

"Yes, that's right!" Hao Cheng nodded in approval.

"How about this? In the future, our Mate series and Pura series will all be pre-installed. This will be a huge volume, at least 20 to 30 million units a year. And we pay directly in one lump sum. Can you give us a discount?"

"Okay!" Hao Cheng didn't hesitate at all. His offer already left room for bargaining for He Gang.

Moreover, according to industry practice, the price difference between volume licensing and individual purchases is huge. For example, the price of Windows pre-installed by the manufacturer is almost one-fifth of the retail version.

However, the difference between AI and operating systems is that after the development of operating systems such as Windows is completed, the subsequent maintenance costs are very small and can be almost ignored.

But AI is different. The subsequent computing power cost is not small. So, Hao Cheng thought about it and gave a price of about 70% off, which is basically appropriate: "For the convenience of settlement, let's just charge 200. I will charge 200 for each terminal sold."

What the hell is convenient for settlement? Settlement between enterprises does not require change. This is just an excuse.

Of course, this price also takes into account the long-term cooperation with Huawei. In addition to money, Hao Cheng has other demands, the main one being the supply of computing power cards in the future.

However, He Gang had no say on the matter of the computing power card, so he went to ask for instructions on the spot.

But it’s not a big problem. It’s just selling. It doesn’t matter who you sell to. Strategic partners have priority.

Finally, the two sides quickly reached an agreement on all the details, and they just had to wait for Hao Cheng's business license, official seal, and public account to arrive, and everything would be done in one step.

(End of this chapter)