This star is going to the moon

Chapter 225 You have all been sanctioned by the United States. Cooperation and win-win is the best counterattack!

"This is Huayao's Mate Xs outward-folding screen phone. It is an upgraded version of the previously released Mate X, not a second-generation product."

(Image from the internet, Mate Xs render)
"Its main upgrade is the use of a chip with an integrated 5G baseband, which significantly improves chip performance compared to the previous external baseband solution."

"In addition, the hinge, screen, system, and so on have all been optimized and upgraded..."

An Fangfei excitedly introduced the specifications of the Mate Xs foldable phone to Lu Yun, showing that she genuinely liked Huayao's foldable screen phone.

Lu Yun knew this, after all, she was a loyal user of Huayao folding screen in her previous life, and even became a car spokesperson later.

In this life, An Fangfei came into contact with Huayao even earlier, and had previously given Lu Yun Huayao a Mate 10 Pro phone, before Huayao was sanctioned.

They continued to send the latest model every year, and many reporters and fans have photographed the two using Huayao phones in public.

Of course, many people believe that Lu Yun bought the phone as a gift for An Fangfei. After all, mobile phones are high-tech products, and Lu Yun is also a person in the high-tech field. This line of thinking is not wrong.

Many believe that Lu Yun was expressing his protest and support in this way.

In fact, very few people know that An Fangfei, who seems to have nothing to do with the high-tech field, bought the phone as a gift for Lu Yun.

After all, in many people's eyes, An Fangfei is still the "fairy sister" with flowing clothes.

Given this relationship, and considering that Lu Yun and An Fangfei are both celebrities with huge followings and outstanding achievements, it's reasonable for Huayao to choose them as spokespeople.

However, what puzzled Lu Yun was that while he should be happy to receive an endorsement of this caliber, he really hadn't expected An Fangfei to be so interested.

Could it be that the endorsement fee was exceptionally high?

Hearing Lu Yun ask this, An Fangfei blushed, then rolled her beautiful eyes at Lu Yun and said, "Am I that kind of person who loves money? If I really loved money, would I be so lazy as to not act... ptooey, so leisurely enjoying life?"

"Ha~"

Lu Yun burst out laughing: "That's true."

An Fangfei rolled her eyes at Lu Yun and said, "Actually, I also considered it when they came to us. I feel that you have all been sanctioned by the US. If we can cooperate and achieve a win-win situation, it can be regarded as a counterattack against the US."

"But what really impressed me was that they said this kind of foldable screen phone is perfect for couples like us to endorse, because its dual screens are integrated."

"When closed, they look like two normal phone screens; when unfolded, they form one large screen, just like the intimate relationship between lovers..."

Hearing An Fangfei's excited tone, Lu Yun didn't say anything discouraging.

For example, Huayao will release a foldable screen phone in the future, which has two screens, one large and one small, but when put together, it is equivalent to the size of three normal phone screens.

Later came tri-fold phones, which unfolded into a large rectangular screen comparable to a mini tablet.

However, when put together, it will be divided into three normal mobile phone screens.

How do you explain that?

Three people...?
An Fangfei didn't notice; she was showing Lu Yun the benefits of the large screen, saying as she did so, "Actually, I wanted to buy the Mate X when it came out, but it was the first generation product, so there were bound to be some problems, and I didn't buy it."

"I didn't expect an upgraded version to come out so quickly..."

Lu Yun took the phone and looked at it. Actually, he felt that this kind of square screen that folds once is a bit useless. The later three-fold design is the more ideal folding screen.

However, humanity's current technological advancements have reached this point; it's impossible to achieve everything in one step.

Although Lu Yun has a golden touch, he mainly focuses on advancing in aerospace technology, with film and television as a side business, and doesn't have much time for anything else.

What he can probably do is to take on this endorsement together with An Fangfei, and then let Huayao sell more products and invest more profits in research and development.

In fact, Huayao is very willing to invest its profits in research and development, and its research and development covers a wide range of technologies.

Putting aside other aspects, just looking at mobile phone products, Huayao has indeed produced quite a few new products. Since the era of diverse feature phones passed and the era of smartphones arrived, smartphones have gradually become homogenized into tablets.

Huayao developed external folding and internal folding, and then combined internal and external folding technologies to create triple folding, and later they also developed fat folding.

Of course, while the propaganda may be abstract, they have certainly done a good job in maintaining innovation despite being sanctioned.

Moreover, the price cannot be lowered because humanity's technological advancements are currently insufficient.

"how is it going?"

An Fangfei then took out a Mate Xs phone: "Isn't it interesting? Huayao wants us to use it for a month first, and then give us a reply at the beginning of next month, because they will be holding a press conference at the end of next month."

Lu Yun nodded.

He could actually answer right now, since he knew about foldable phones in his previous life and could even offer some advice to Huayao. However, in this life, he had to act as if he had never used one before.

An Fangfei didn't stay here for long. She had already finished filming her scenes with Lu Yun as a married couple, and there were no scenes for her at the "Asian Defense Council Operations Center" in the museum, so she left after watching for a while.

Of course, she didn't actually leave; instead, she went to check into a hotel because she had a date with Lu Yun.

The crew filmed intermittently, and during one segment, Lu Yun took out his foldable phone to check messages, attracting attention from onlookers several times.

"This phone is great, the screen is big, and I can see a lot of things."

"It's a bit heavy, 300 grams, which is equivalent to two mobile phones."

"Judging by its appearance alone, this phone is suitable for a sci-fi movie. It's a pity that we're filming in the 2007 timeline, so we don't have this. Otherwise, we could have the crew buy a batch for us to use, haha."

"This phone sold out in seconds. I wanted to buy it before, but it was always out of stock."

"This is the upgraded version, right? I saw the news before, it hasn't been released yet. Brother Lu, did Huayao send it to you?"

"Brother Lu, is Huayao going to ask you to be their spokesperson?"

"Wow, now that you mention it, it really makes sense. No celebrity in the entertainment industry is more suitable to endorse technology products than Lu Yun, especially such novel and high-tech products."

"However, Huayao has been sanctioned by the US. Will Yun Ge's endorsement of its products be affected or implicated in anything?"

"Have you forgotten? Brother Yun has long been sanctioned by the US, and so has his Blue Star Aerospace Company."

"Oh, that's okay."

"Tsk, in the plot of 'The Three-Body Problem,' the Trisolarans want to block human technology. Now, some people in our crew are being blocked and sanctioned by the Americans. Why do I feel like the things in 'The Three-Body Problem' are getting more and more real?"

"The Americans are far inferior to the Trisolarans. They don't have 'Sophons.' Although they have a lot of nuclear weapons on their aircraft carriers, while we have fewer missiles on our aircraft carriers, there is no qualitative difference."

"The key is that Lu Yun's Wooden Kite space shuttle is more advanced than the US space shuttle. This time, they failed. They claimed to be blocking and sanctioning Lu Yun, but in fact, they also blocked and sanctioned themselves!"

Lu Yun wasn't surprised at all as a group of people smoothly transitioned from talking about their phones and TV dramas to international politics.

This is a hobby for many people.

However, Lu Yun didn't have time to chat with them; he had more important things to do.

"Alright, I'm done for today. You guys keep chatting, I have a date."

Everyone burst into laughter upon hearing this.

In reality, Lu Yun's [Physical Performance] skill was just one point away from breaking through, so he could no longer perform.

(End of this chapter)