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Chapter 258 Rejecting the Plague God! Zhou Hongyi: Oh no, this is coming for me!

Yanjing, 798 Art Center.

Chen Yansen looked the fat, dark-skinned man up and down, his heart filled with disdain. In the business world, there were two great jinxes: one was Zhang Jindong, and the other was none other than Luo Yonghao.

What's the difference between an entrepreneur who can't make money and a good-for-nothing?
This guy started a blog, which went bankrupt; sold mobile phones, which led to bankruptcy; invested in e-cigarettes, which were blocked by policies; and tried live-streaming e-commerce, which resulted in the banning of more than a dozen top streamers and a long line of thousands of streamers queuing up to pay back taxes.

He's a jinx!
Chen Yansen took a step back, afraid of being afflicted by bad luck.

He wouldn't be so simplistic as to think Luo Yonghao lacks vision. An entrepreneur who can spot trends in blogs, mobile phones, and e-cigarettes demonstrates a keen sense of industry trends.

But apart from achieving some success in live-streaming sales, all other attempts have failed without exception.

It's obvious that Luo Yonghao is just incompetent; he simply lacks ability.

"What's your business?"

Chen Yansen asked calmly.

"Mr. Chen, I would like to establish a partnership with your company and purchase the patent license for your memory cleanup algorithm."

Luo Yonghao was slightly taken aback, noticing the slight impatience on Chen Yansen's face, and quickly made a request.

In 2012, the best solution for Android phones to solve the problems of cache fragmentation and lag was to run the Aurora OS operating system or obtain a patent license for Orange Technology's memory cleaning algorithm.

Luo Yonghao did consider developing it himself, but he had inquired with people in the industry and found that even Huawei and ZTE were using Orange Technology's technology patents.

He knew perfectly well that his research and development team alone was absolutely incapable of mastering this "cutting-edge technology".

"You can contact Orange Technology's intellectual property department. I generally don't get involved in patent licensing cooperation matters."

Chen Yansen politely declined.

Whether the Intellectual Property Department will agree to the cooperation is ultimately up to him to decide.

"Okay, Mr. Chen." Luo Yonghao forced a smile, his face full of embarrassment.

If someone 'openly' refuses, it would seem rude of him to keep pestering them, so he can only silently step aside and make way for them.

At this moment, Li Wanqiang received the message and ran over. He shook Chen Yansen's right hand and said warmly, "Mr. Chen, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. Please come in."

In just one year, Chen Yansen's status in the industry skyrocketed.

When facing Chen Yansen, Li Wanqiang unconsciously lowered his posture and led him to sit down in the first row of the conference hall.

"Mr. Chen, congratulations on Orange Mobile's global cumulative sales exceeding 2000 million units."

Yu Chendong sat on the left and greeted him with a smile.

There was no malice in his eyes when he looked at Chen Yansen.

This is because Yu Chendong had long had the idea of ​​expanding online sales channels, but there was too much internal resistance, especially from senior management in the terminal sales department, who felt that online channels were not feasible, could not generate significant volume, and might even damage Huawei's existing sales network.

To put it bluntly, his strategy of building an e-commerce platform and joining third-party channels has affected too many people's interests.

However, since the Orange Phone was launched, it adopted a sales strategy that focused on online sales and supplemented by offline sales, and sold 2000 million units in less than a year.

I slapped those people hard across the face!

With the pressure on Yu Chendong greatly reduced, and with the strong support of the big boss, he was able to launch on Huawei Mall in March, opening up online sales channels for the company.

In his view, if Orange Technology hadn't achieved great success using online direct sales channels, the Huawei Mall project would have been very difficult to implement.

Therefore, he was both grateful to and admired Chen Yansen.

"Thank you, and congratulations to Huawei for surpassing Nokia in domestic mobile phone shipments for the first time," Chen Yansen replied with a smile.

"Striving to be number one is what makes it interesting," Yu Chendong said with a grin, exuding confidence.

"That's what I think too," Chen Yansen said with a faint smile, his eyes narrowed.

Wang Xiang, president of Qualcomm China, who was sitting to his right, couldn't help but chuckle to himself after hearing this.

Huawei shipped only 400 million smartphones in Q1, and with feature phones included, it barely broke 500 million, still far behind the top-ranked company, Sunstar.

Orange Technology, on the other hand, shipped a whopping 900 million units in Q1, which is less than 100 million units less than Sanxing's sales figures, demonstrating its ability to compete with Sanxing.

Of course, this only applies to the domestic market. If the scope is expanded to the global market, Samsung remains the undisputed industry leader, with Nokia, Apple, and HTC among its rivals.

Wang Xiang knew that it was impossible for Huawei to surpass Samsung in shipments in a short period of time, but since Samsung was a major customer of Qualcomm, he still smiled and complimented, "I believe in Mr. Yu's abilities."

Yu Chendong was taken aback. He knew his own family members knew his own situation; the man was just bragging.

With Wang Xiang joining the conversation, the three discussed everything from Xiaomi's new products to changes in the international market, and the ten-odd minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

Suddenly, the lights in the venue went out, plunging the room into darkness.

The big screen lit up, displaying a cool countdown reminder!
Immediately afterwards, a video played on the screen showed a Xiaomi user using a Xiaomi phone to control a remote-controlled car, a remote-controlled airplane, take pictures of the moon with a telescope, and play online games with friends.

Three minutes later, the video ended, the lights came back on, and only Xiaomi's orange logo and the classic brand slogan "Born for enthusiasts" remained on the big screen.

Seeing this, many media reporters smiled knowingly.

Over the past six months, Xiaomi phones have been the subject of numerous complaints from users due to overheating issues.

Lei Yijun, wearing a black polo shirt and gray jeans, strode onto the stage while waving.

A fleeting look of confusion crossed his eyes!

His feelings at this moment were far more complicated than at the Xiaomi 1 launch event, with Orange Phone blocking his way in front and 360 Phone chasing behind.

If the sales of Xiaomi MI2 and Xiaomi 1S fall short of expectations, the project is very likely to fail.

The cheers from the Mi Fans in the audience quickly brought Lei Yijun back to his senses, and he thought to himself: Xiaomi does have supporters.

"thank you all!"

Lei Yijun had a heavy local accent, and he stammered after speaking, subconsciously licking his lips, clearly too nervous.

"Thank you all for taking the time to attend our Xiaomi new product launch event. In particular, I would like to thank the 1000 Mi Fans who are here today, Xiaomi's supply chain partners, and media friends from all over the country..." Lei Yijun took a deep breath and continued.

"Today I will introduce two new products to you: the second generation of Xiaomi smartphones and an upgraded version of the first generation of Xiaomi phones."

"The Xiaomi MI2 features a Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8064 quad-core processor and a 4.3-inch high PPI touchscreen. Let me show you a full-body picture first, and then we'll run a benchmark test on the spot!"

Lei Yijun spoke slowly.

Benchmarking?

Yu Chendong's lips curled into a smirk as he gave Chen Yansen a look, as if to say, "President Chen, this guy copied your press conference agenda."

The first person to use AnTuTu benchmark tests at a product launch event to demonstrate the performance of their own products was Wang Teng of Orange Technology.

Lei Yijun's current imitation demonstrates his strong confidence in Xiaomi's processor performance, memory specifications, and operating system.

A high-definition CG image of the Xiaomi MI2 appeared on the large screen, showcasing the phone's design, bezel width, and thickness from multiple angles.

It's worth noting that this time Xiaomi has removed the three Android navigation buttons and, following Orange Technology's lead, switched to global gesture controls.

The advantage is that the phone is smaller and lighter, and more comfortable to hold.

The downside is that if the hardware and system are not properly adapted, it can easily lead to problems such as phone lag and slow response.

They copied the design of the Orange phone again!

Many people were secretly complaining to themselves.

But for users, as long as it's easy to use and cheap, they don't care who copied whose work.

Then, the real-time AnTuTu benchmark scores scrolled on the big screen until they reached 13742 points before stopping.

This is comparable to Orange C2's 13891 points.

Chen Yansen sneered. In terms of processor performance, the Xiaomi MI2 is indeed slightly better than the Orange C2. One is a new product, and the other is an old product.

If Aurora OS weren't superior to MIUI, the Orange C2's benchmark score might not even be as high as the Xiaomi MI2's.

But he didn't pay much attention. Besides hardware, software is also crucial for a phone to become a best-selling model.

"2GB RAM + 16GB storage, 200MP front camera, 800MP rear camera, equipped with electronic compass, gravity sensor, gyroscope..."

Lei Yijun then added.

He would go into detail about each core module, from design and production to application, in such a thorough way that it would make you want to doze off.

But the effect was also obvious. Users in 2012 really liked it. Perhaps because they had seen Orange Technology's press conference, Lei Yijun's speech vaguely carried the style and shadow of Wang Teng.

To highlight the Xiaomi MI2's exceptional value for money, Lei Yijun pressed the remote control to switch the large screen display.

A table lists comparison information between the Xiaomi MI2, HTC One X, Galaxy S3, and Apple 4S, including CPU, memory, battery, screen, camera, and pricing.

With similar configurations, the latter are all priced above 4500 yuan, but Xiaomi's price is a question mark.

What is the price of the Xiaomi Mi 2?

Lei Yijun paused deliberately at this point.

"1999 yuan, is that a good deal? Actually, the production cost of the Xiaomi MI2 is 2350 yuan."

After making the announcement, Lei Yijun listened to the cheers of the fans below the stage, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

Chen Yansen chuckled, glancing at the excited fans, and wondered to himself, "These people actually believe it?"

As the OEM and supplier of some parts, no one knows the material cost of the Xiaomi MI2 better than him; it's at most a little over 1600 yuan.

Moreover, by the time the Xiaomi MI2 is mass-produced, it will be at least six months later, and material costs will continue to decrease.

After all, the price of electronic components decreases significantly over time.

For example, the material cost of Orange C2 was 1800 yuan, but after only three months, it dropped to 1640 yuan.

On the one hand, Senlian Capital's investments in batteries and screens, coupled with large purchase volumes, have enabled them to secure lower supply prices. On the other hand, increased competition among suppliers and overcapacity have led to lower selling prices.

A phone that was originally priced at 1999 yuan can still be sold for 1399 yuan a year later without losing money. What you think is a clearance sale is just that the configuration is outdated and the manufacturer is taking advantage of the situation to lower the price.

As for losing money?

What businessman would do a business that loses money?

The cheers lasted for five or six minutes before Lei Yijun managed to calm things down.

"The following product is an optimized design made by Xiaomi's R&D team for the first generation of Xiaomi phones. We named it Xiaomi 1S, or Xiaomi 1 Super."

"Qualcomm S3 MSM8260 dual-core processor, 4-inch touchscreen, 1GB RAM + 4GB storage, 200-megapixel front camera, 800-megapixel rear camera."

"Because the Xiaomi 1S uses a 1.7GHz main frequency version, its performance is 20% better than the first-generation Xiaomi; the addition of a graphite heat dissipation film effectively reduces the heat generated by high-performance phones..."

Lei Yijun introduced them one by one.

As you can tell from the name, the Xiaomi 1S is Xiaomi's first-generation phone. It only improved the overheating issue and downgraded the Sharp IPS screen, replacing it with a 4-inch TFT screen from Eastcom.

The price has also dropped from 1999 yuan to 1299 yuan!
Lei Yijun's idea was simple: he wanted to use the Xiaomi 1S to counter 360 phones. With the same configuration, he didn't believe that users would continue to buy 360 phones.

"It seems like Orange C1 should be discounted."

Chen Yansen muttered to himself.

Following Xiaomi, Huawei, Lenovo, ZTE, and Coolpad all have plans to release new models, which will inevitably impact the sales of the Orange C1.

However, he didn't care. Orange Technology's main products were Orange D1 and Orange C2. Anyway, the improved version of Orange C1, Orange F2, was very popular in the East African market. When the sales rate was too low, he could just dump the remaining stock in Africa without affecting Mr. Chen's profits at all.

The two-hour press conference has finally come to an end.

After seeing the photos and text in Pacific Daily, Zhou Hongyi immediately realized: Oh no, this is aimed at me!
(End of this chapter)