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Chapter 492: 3 Million Users, 100 Million Daily Active Users, Money-Making Edition! Tiangong A1 Makes its Debut!

October 18th, an ordinary Friday.

Sina Weibo has submitted its IPO application in the United States, planning to raise $5 million.

Zhifubao has partnered with Yintai Department Store to promote its offline payment business.

Liang Bo, CEO of Toutiao, posted a message on his Toutiao account: "Through thick and thin, two years of hard work have paid off."

Today's Headlines has over 3 million users and over 1 million daily active users.

To thank our users, we will be launching Toutiao Lite on October 25th.

Today's Headlines Lite is a news app that allows users to "read news, earn coins, and redeem cash" specifically developed within the project to differentiate between advertising, content, and target audience. It is primarily aimed at the lower-tier market.

Speed ​​version?

Faster?

Users were completely confused after seeing it, but the information revealed by Liang Bo was extremely limited, and no one could figure out the purpose of launching Toutiao Lite.

What kind of product would be launched in two versions in the same market?

Not only are users confused, but even industry peers are bewildered.

However, the fact that Toutiao accumulated 300 million registered users in just one and a half years, or 18 months, has truly surprised the industry, making people realize for the first time the enormous power of algorithm recommendation engines.

at the same time.

At the International Conference Center in Luzhou, the huge conference hall was bustling with activity and people.

More than 3,000 people gathered together, including representatives from competitors, suppliers, chip industry experts and scholars, domestic and foreign news media, and fans of Orange Mobile.

With so many distinguished guests in attendance, the reporters' shutter buttons never stopped; they were busy taking photos and recording videos the entire time.

Looking back at China in 2013, this was undoubtedly the most grand new product launch ever.

As a leader among domestic mobile phone manufacturers, Orange Technology ranks first in shipments in China and third globally, leading Huawei, which ranks fourth, by a significant margin.

With such a grand display, it's no surprise that it's not surprising.

Sitting in the second row, Lei Yijun glanced at Huang Zhang not far away, then at Zhou Hongyi in his red clothes, and felt a chill run down his spine.

With the hot sales of Redmi 1 and Xiaomi 3, Huang Zhang's dislike for Lei Yijun reached its peak, and he frequently criticized Lei Yijun by name on the Meizu forum.

'If I hadn't taught Lei Yijun how to make mobile phones, he wouldn't know anything about them!'

This annoyed Lei Yijun to no end!

What is the connection between Xiaomi's success and Meizu?
I use Orange Technology's operating system, and we share the same supply chain and production line as Orange phones.

I copied you?
Meizu only sells so many units a month, why would I need to copy you?

Lei Yijun wasn't one to just take the insults without fighting back; he swiftly filed a lawsuit against Meizu.

Helpless, Huang Zhang eventually deleted the post and apologized.

From friends arguing to going to court, everyone looked terrible.

Now Huang Zhang doesn't curse online anymore; he can only curse in his heart.

Apple's Asia President, Ge Yue, was both engaging in conversation with the Qualcomm representative and observing Chen Yansen.

At this moment, the other party was chatting and laughing with Meng Yuanzhi, Hu Ruihui and Ren Zhongfei. His calm and composed demeanor made it impossible to tell that he was a 21-year-old young man.

"The North American media didn't exaggerate. Compared to him, Zuckerberg is indeed far behind, whether in terms of business management or public relations."

Ge Yue pondered to herself.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but curse under her breath.

Even if one starts learning how to conduct oneself and do business from the womb, there's no reason why one could achieve such success in their early twenties.

After pondering for a long time, Ge Yue shook her head with a smile. It seemed that the only explanation was "genius".

"President Chen, will Qingcheng release a new model?" Ren Zhongfei didn't speak, but Yu Chendong asked from the side.

"Does Mr. Yu hope for it, or does he hope for it not to?"

Chen Yansen raised an eyebrow and teased him playfully.

He knew very well that OPPO, Meizu, Lenovo, and Coolpad were behind him, and many people were calling him a "troublemaker." The 799 yuan Qingcheng D2 and the 599 yuan Qingcheng D2 SE had turned the smartphone industry upside down in 2013.

To use Huang Zhang's exact words when he scolded Lei Yijun, he was "a despicable person who despises himself and his industry!"
Orange Technology has taken concrete actions to bring smartphones to third- and fourth-tier cities and rural markets.

With over 3,000 Yunsu Express service stations and over 4,000 Orange Mobile phone micro-direct stores, Orange Technology has completely overwhelmed a host of low-priced mobile phone brands such as Nica, Newman, and Ramos.

These brands have either switched to selling digital peripherals or followed Orange Technology's approach, tinkering with lower-priced feature phones or smartphones with extreme cost-effectiveness.

Since we can't make big money, we'll just have to make small profits and sell more!

If they weren't afraid that Chen Yansen wouldn't approve, manufacturers like Nica, Newman, and Ramos would actually want to follow the example of Xiaomi, 360, and NetEase, join Orange Technology's software and hardware system, and become its subordinates.

After all, working for Chen Yansen meant that although the profit margin was lower, the production capacity, product performance, and sales channels were guaranteed. All I had to do was focus on sales and after-sales service.

Companies like 360 ​​and NetEase have even outsourced their after-sales services directly to Orange Technology.

At this press conference, both the chairman of Ramos and the chairman of Newman attended, hoping to take this opportunity to board the big ship of Orange Technology.

Upon hearing this, Yu Chendong chuckled dryly, pretending not to care, and said, "Of course I look forward to the new products from the Qingcheng System."

"Thank you for your help, Mr. Yu. Please wait a moment longer."

Chen Yansen raised his hand, glanced at the Patek Philippe on his wrist, and added with a smile, "Fifteen minutes left." Orange Technology's new product launch event will begin at 9 o'clock, and the host will still be Wang Teng.

Although the vast majority of Orange Phone users wanted to kick Wang Teng out and replace him with Chen Yansen, Mr. Chen had long lost interest in hosting the new product launch.

Wang Teng is intimately familiar with the product's technical details and market positioning. Coupled with his rich experience, he can both control the pace of the process and handle professional issues with ease.

Besides, netizens are just saying it casually.

Wang Teng has hosted the new product launch for more than two years. In the eyes of hundreds of millions of Orange Technology fans, he is the most sensible "son". How can he be replaced so easily?

In fact, at this moment, the Douyin live stream room is filled with bullet comments about Wang Teng.

"Could it be Wang Teng hosting again?"

"This guy can talk for three days and three nights straight with just an Orange B1 smart bracelet, trying to explain everything from rubber planting and harvesting to production and manufacturing."

"Who did he learn this style from?"

"Hey! As a ten-year longtime fan of Orange Technology, let me tell you the truth: Wang Teng learned this from Chen Yansen."

"It's a pity that Chen Yansen only hosted Orange Technology's first new product launch event. Back then, the conference hall couldn't even gather 100 fans. Unlike now, there are more than 1000 fans on site alone!"

"It's 8:55, only 5 minutes left!"

"Can someone check the Orange Mall website to see if the new product link is up? Don't get so caught up in watching the live stream that you'll miss out on the important task of getting the first release."

Time passed by, and soon it was 8:59.

Many office workers put their phones in front of their computers to watch the live stream.

They wouldn't have dared to be so extravagant before, but after the Star Card became widespread, netizens' concept of mobile networks changed from blurry pictures to high-definition images, and then to short videos and long videos.

Watching live streams using mobile data will not incur any extra cost for Star Card users, as the Douyin app itself is free.

Some office workers hide in the toilet, taking a dump while watching live streams.

The chip development plan for Tiangong A100 was announced to the public as early as six months ago.

The preview for this new product launch also mentioned that the Yao Cheng X2 will be equipped with the first self-developed chip in China.

For the first time, Chinese smartphones have abandoned MediaTek, Nvidia, Sanfos, and Qualcomm, and instead used a purely domestically produced chip.

This move not only drew the attention of the entire industry to the press conference, but also made countless consumers clench their fists in anticipation.

If it succeeds, it means that domestic mobile phones have finally made a breakthrough in core technologies and no longer need to depend on foreign chip manufacturers.

Backend data shows that the number of users watching the live stream at the same time exceeded 10 million. The most frequently used words in the barrage were "You must do your best", "Waiting for a surprise", and "Develop your own products, don't put on a show".

In the scene, a spotlight suddenly turns on.

Wang Teng smiled slightly and waved at the camera.

Compared to usual, Wang Teng seemed a little nervous this time, knowing that the brand department had also opened a live streaming room on Mimo.

Although the press conference was held in Luzhou, it was aimed at users worldwide.

To date, Orange phones have garnered a large following in Asia, Africa, and Europe.

Zhou Shouzhi is currently busy negotiating with carriers in North America. Once there is progress, Orange Technology will be able to sell its products to the United States and Canada through carrier channels, as well as the online and offline networks of Walmart, Best Buy, and Amazon.

Wang Teng took a deep breath and walked steadily toward the stage. He was wearing a striking orange short-sleeved T-shirt with Orange Technology's brand slogan printed on the front: "Let technology change lives."

She wore casual pants, sneakers, and an Orange B1 smart bracelet on her wrist.

Clean and tidy, they looked more like fans attending a press conference than hosts.

"Hello everyone, I'm Wang Teng from Orange Technology! First of all, I want to thank the more than 3000 audience members here. It is because of your support that Orange Technology has been able to continue to grow. Thank you!"

After Wang Teng finished his opening remarks, he pressed the controller and switched the image on the giant LED screen behind him to a large CG image of the Tiangong A100 chip.

"As you can see, the first product launched at this event is not a mobile phone, nor a computer, tablet, or smart speaker, but the real star of today—the Tiangong A100 chip."

"From the processor to the graphics processor, and then to the digital signal processor and baseband module, it was all completed by more than 800 R&D engineers of Tiangong Technology after 365 days and nights of overcoming countless difficulties. This is the first fully self-developed domestic SoC chip."

Wang Teng said slowly and deliberately.

He then thanked Huawei, ZTE, and Nvidia for their support in terms of technology patents.

Frankly speaking, the Tiangong A100 chip uses some foreign patented technologies to some extent, but Wang Teng also made it very clear that Orange Technology uses cross-licensing of patents to replace them, which is reasonable and compliant.

The representatives from Qualcomm and MediaTek exchanged glances, their faces expressionless, making it impossible to guess their thoughts.

In their view, the Tiangong A100 was within both parties' expectations. The emergence of the Tiangong T100 revealed Chen Yansen's ambition in the field of self-developed chips.

However, Orange Technology seems to prefer a more diversified approach when it comes to processor selection.

As suppliers, no one knows better than them how many new products were launched at this event, and whether they were equipped with their own chips.

At the same time, executives from potential competitors such as Qualcomm, Apple, and ARM were also watching the live stream.

They wanted to know how much of the technology in China's first self-developed processor was actually substandard.
"The Tiangong A100 processor module adopts the Tianhe 64-bit heterogeneous multi-core architecture, with a core configuration of 4 Tianhe 100 super cores at 2.7GHz and 4 Tianhe 100 performance cores at 1.8GHz."

After rigorous performance testing, compared to the Snapdragon 800, single-threaded performance is improved by 60%, branch predictor accuracy is 40% higher than the Cortex-A15, and power consumption is 25% to 30% lower.

Wang Teng, in the video, speaks eloquently.

Upon hearing this, Qualcomm CEO Paul squinted and frowned deeply.

(End of this chapter)