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Chapter 547 A resounding success in its North American debut, with sales reaching $1.3 billion! Coolpad: Brother Sen, I want to join!

At the beginning of 2014, a data report released by Analysys and Gartner sent shockwaves through the mobile phone industry.

In just one year, Orange Technology jumped from sixth to third in the world, and the gap between it and Apple is narrowing at a visible speed.

What's even more surprising is that a company like 360 ​​actually ranked seventh on the national sales chart, which is really hard to accept.

Nokia ranked eleventh with total sales of 817 million units, while NetEase ranked above it with total sales of 1040 million units.

Meitu ranked nineteenth with sales of 290 million units, while LeEco ranked seventeenth with sales of 370 million units.

Orange Mobile remains firmly in first place, leading by a wide margin with total sales of 8260 million units.

Shanxing ranked second with total sales of 4300 million units.

However, compared to last year, the growth rate has slowed significantly.

Led by Orange Technology, Xiaomi, 360, NetEase, LeEco, and Meitu followed closely behind, shattering Shanxing's market defenses in the Greater China region.

Lenovo, Huawei, Coolpad, and Apple ranked third through sixth, respectively.

This shows that in the domestic mid-to-high-end market, Orange Technology has already surpassed Apple iPhones.

Cook's move to adopt the Orange Z1 instruction set technology has gradually eroded the "filter" in the hearts of many Apple fans.

In their view, Apple's core A7 processor has the same underlying logic architecture as the Orange phone.

In that case, who would still be willing to pay a high price for an apple?

Despite the significant improvement in performance and power consumption control of the A7 processor compared to the A6, users familiar with Apple and the Radiant series know that in terms of system experience, Aurora Future completely outclasses iOS.

The system comes with a built-in memory management function that can clear cache and zombie files with one click, freeing up more storage space for users.

Under the same network conditions, the App Launcher on the iPhone X2 is faster than the iPhone 5s in terms of app launch and response speed.

Many users have reported that when trying to buy concert tickets on Kuaiying, they can often easily get them with the Yaocheng X2, while other phones cannot.

For a time, many mobile phone manufacturers were trying to figure out the secrets to the success of Xiaomi, 360, and NetEase Mobile.

"Abandon Android and adopt the Aurora Future OS?"

"Join the Orange Technology Ecosystem Alliance to gain access to a more comprehensive supply chain and manufacturing services?"

"Or perhaps they would purchase speech analysis development tools to develop an intelligent voice interaction assistant?"

Not only Meizu, OPPO, Vivo, and Tianyu are repeatedly considering this, but even Huawei, ZTE, and Coolpad have taken notice.

As the Aurora Future application ecosystem becomes increasingly rich, the advantages of the Android system are constantly shrinking, and using the Aurora Future system can also earn you a good reputation for supporting domestic products.

Zhu Fanghao, the project manager of Coolpad's Great God series, called immediately, hoping to exchange support for the Aurora Future system for the right to purchase Deep Blue batteries.

Although Deep Blue Battery has been on the market for six months, its initial production capacity was mainly supplied to the Middle East market and brands such as Tesla, Apple, Orange, and BMW.

Previously, Zhu Fanghao had inquired multiple times, but the answer he always received was "out of stock".

Zhou Shouzhi readily agreed over the phone, patting his chest and assuring everyone that he would handle the battery issue.

Chen Yansen spent two years transforming the mobile phone businesses of companies like Xiaomi, 360, and NetEase into benchmarks for success even for those "unfamiliar with the industry."

If you work with Boss Chen, you can sell 10 to 20 million mobile phones a year.

Manufacturers only need to complete the hardware and industrial design, and the rest of the process is handled by Orange Mobile's factory, which provides a complete one-stop service from electronic component procurement to production and after-sales service.

For Chen Yansen, his biggest concern is the market share of Aurora Future OS.

According to the data, the number of smartphones in China is 6.2 million, of which Aurora OS accounts for 9.8%; globally, this system accounts for 4.3%.

It is far less than Android's 57% and iOS's 21% market share, but it is much higher than Microsoft's Windows Phone and BlackBerry.

In other words, Aurora OS has become the world's third largest mobile operating system.

In fact, that's what the media is promoting.

"iOS and Android are no longer the only options! Aurora Mobile will become the world's third largest mobile operating system!"

"The tripartite balance of power has been officially established, and the Chinese people now have their own mobile operating system!"

"In 2013, Aurora Mobile's global market share reached 4.3%, surpassing Microsoft!"

Before Chen Yansen even got off work, related media reports had already become trending news, elevating Aurora Future OS to a legendary status.

Coolpad seized the opportunity and immediately announced that it would release the Coolpad Great God F1 on January 20, at which time a version equipped with Aurora Future OS would be launched.

Zhu Fanghao is good at riding the wave of trending topics and has gained a lot of traffic.

In the following days, sales of Qingcheng D2S, Chengzi C4 and Yaocheng X2 increased significantly. They not only ranked high on the best-selling lists of major e-commerce platforms, but also saw wave after wave of purchases at offline stores.

Chen Yansen, on the other hand, was busy with meetings all day long.

The year-end performance review meeting of Senlian Capital finally ended on January 17.

For him, the meeting was not the goal; his real intention was to take the opportunity to observe the abilities, thoughts, and character of each subsidiary's CEO.

After waiting for three or four days, Cui Wei, the interim CEO of Orange Literature, finally got the opportunity to communicate with Chen Yansen alone.

He first reported on the current business situation of the novel website under Orange Literature, and then added revenue and profit data.

Annual revenue of 7.2 million yuan, net profit of 1.6 million yuan, and a total of 897 employees.

Among the many projects under the Senlian Group, few have fared as badly as Orange Literature.

Even Xiaohongshu, which was only established a year ago, has surpassed Orange Literature in advertising revenue.

To this end, Chen Yansen specifically gathered Cui Wei, Liang Bo, Pei Yi, Mao Chaorong, and others to make detailed plans for the development direction of Orange Literature.

In the conference room of Zhuxianzhuang Science and Technology Park, Cui Wei truly felt the formidable strength of Senlian Capital for the first time.

Toutiao has 4 million registered users and 9600 million daily active users.
Douyin has 2.4 million registered users and 7400 million daily active users.
Kuaishou has 1.3 million registered users and 3200 million daily active users.
The homepages of Orange App Store and Aurora Future App Store received as many as 4000 million impressions.
Lingxi Browser has 2.8 million registered users and 6200 million daily active users.

……

These products will all become part of Orange Literature's promotional channels.

Changing your boss is like changing your life.

Although these products will only allocate a small portion of Orange Literature's traffic, it is still an enormous fortune for a novel website.

Such a strong push in terms of traffic alone is enough to propel Orange Literature to the pinnacle of the industry!

Therefore, on the afternoon of the day Cui Wei returned to Shanghai, he convened the company's management team and decided to make comprehensive improvements to employee compensation and benefits, the website's traffic recommendation mechanism, as well as authors' full attendance bonuses, royalty sharing, and copyright management.

"Six insurances and one housing fund? Rent subsidy, transportation subsidy, meal allowance, holiday bonus, and travel fund are all included. Awesome! We now have the same benefits as Yunsu Express and Kuaipao delivery drivers!"

"Luckily, Brother Qiao sold Shanda Literature to Senlian Capital. If it had been sold to Tencent, the benefits would probably have been cut in half!"

"I heard that the author's perfect attendance bonus is also going to increase!"

"How much?"

"How would I know! The big bosses up there are still discussing it!"

At No. 690 Bibo Road, the headquarters of Orange Literature, several editors and operations staff gathered together, discussing animatedly. ...

……

At 10 a.m. the next day, an event called "Collect Five Blessings and Share 300 Million Yuan in Cash" popped up in the center of Orange Pay's homepage.

"It's here! The annual collection of lucky cards has begun again!"

"From 1 million to 3 million? Mr. Chen is rich and capricious!"

"Last year, each person received more than 2600 yuan; this year, it must be seven or eight thousand!"

"Hey buddy upstairs, it's not even dark yet, stop daydreaming!"

“The first 1000 users to collect all the items each day will receive an extra 4999 yuan in cash, and there are also 100 chances to win a gold bar.”

"I've collected them all!"

The comment sections of major social media platforms were instantly flooded with invitation links to collect lucky cards.

Suddenly, someone commented that they had collected them all, which surprised many people.

The event has only been running for ten minutes, and they've already collected them all?

Is this an insider?
Of course, most netizens left comments asking the other person for card collecting tips.

"It's very simple. Just go to the Orange Mall's points redemption section and spend 10 points to redeem a 'Dedication Fu' card."

This is how the netizen replied.

But as soon as he said that, the onlookers immediately dispersed.

Are you kidding me?
10 million points?
It's important to know that Orange Mall only offers three ways to earn points: daily check-ins, marketing events, and shopping.

You can randomly earn 5 to 28 points by checking in daily;
For every 1 yuan spent on shopping, you will receive 1 point after confirming receipt of the goods.

10 points are equivalent to spending 10 yuan in the Orange Mall.

In an ordinary person's account, the balance of points is only a few hundred or a few thousand.

What does 10 points mean?
You'd need to buy more than 20 X2 units just to accumulate enough!

"Don't bother going, there's no stock left! There were only 50 tickets in total, and I tried for ages but couldn't get one."

"Put out the inventory at 10 AM tomorrow, 50 tickets per day!"

"Damn it! I'm too late. I got the points, but I lost the 'Dedication' card."

The annual "Collect Lucky Cards and Share Cash" event has already topped the trending lists on major platforms since its launch.

Whether it's WeChat Moments, Weibo, or various chat groups, the screen is almost entirely filled with messages like "Requesting to exchange for a Fu card" or "Missing one Dedication Fu card".

Many friends who don't usually contact you will suddenly send you a greeting: "Do you have any extra 'Friendship Fu' cards? I'd like to exchange them for 'Patriotic Fu' cards."

After all, whoever collects them all first will win a cash prize of 4999 yuan.

In addition, 100 lucky users will receive a 20-gram gold bar every day.

At the current gold price, it's worth about 5000 yuan.

With just a tap of your finger, you could have the chance to win 4999 yuan in cash or a gold bar. Who could resist such a temptation?
at the same time.

Long lines formed at the Best Buy checkout counters across the ocean.

The Orange phone's release date was teased in North America for two weeks, and thanks to the promotion through Mimo short videos, a large number of potential customers interested in the Orange phone were successfully attracted.

"Hardy, I'm really fed up with Apple. Small screen, low memory, slow charging speed. That bastard Cook would rather spend money to buy Deep Blue batteries than upgrade the charging solution."

One of the young men in the group turned to his companion and complained.

“Tuttle, my cousin has done his research, and Aurora Future OS is much smoother and more stable than iOS.”

Hardy agreed.

Are large-screen smartphones popular in North America?
The answer is beyond doubt.

Samsung's flagship and near-flagship models are equipped with high-resolution touchscreens of 5.0 inches or larger. The fact that the Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S III sold 2000 million units in the US in one year shows that people of all genders prefer large screens.

The iPhone 5s only has a 4.0-inch screen!

"If you ask me, Aurora Future OS is the most powerful in terms of underlying security mechanisms, permission management, and data encryption."

Hardy shrugged.

As for the actual performance of the Tiangong A100 processor, many bloggers in the digital and technology circles have already made relevant test videos.

Test results show that the Tiangong A100 outperforms the Snapdragon 800 in terms of power consumption control, processing speed, graphics processing performance, and connectivity.

After exchanging a few words with Tuttle, Hardy went to the cashier to pay.

The 64GB high-end version is priced at $299 and comes bundled with a T-Mobile plan; while the unlocked version, the Shiny Orange X2, is priced at a whopping $999.

The standard 32GB version is priced at $199, while the unlocked version is $899.

Unfortunately, in the United States, smartphones are entirely tied to data plans, and unlocked phones account for less than 20% of sales.

This is also the main reason why Zhou Shouzhi spent nearly half a year lobbying the five major telecom operators and giving up some of his profits.

Meanwhile, Yuri from DST Capital also contributed significantly.

Compared to the domestic price, the unlocked version overseas is obviously 20% to 30% more expensive.

It's not that Zhou Shouzhi maliciously raised prices, but rather that he had to consider taxes, transportation, warehousing, and distributors' profits, so the prices were naturally much higher than in China.

Of course, only a minority of users will buy the Shiny Orange X2; the Green Orange D2S and Orange C4 are the main models targeting the North American mass market.

With its balanced configuration and smooth experience of Aurora Future OS, the Qingcheng D2S quickly attracted students and users with limited budgets.

Many people immediately posted unboxing videos on Mimo after buying the phone, saying that they enjoyed the experience of a flagship phone at the price of an entry-level phone.

The Orange C4 precisely targets young white-collar workers, with the performance of a Snapdragon 800 or Tegra 4 processor, a 5.5-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen, and 3GB of RAM plus 16GB of storage, which is sufficient to handle daily office work, gaming, and multimedia needs.

On its first day of launch, Qingcheng D2S sold 1.7 units.

The Orange C4 sold 11.2 units. This was because local carriers used a contract phone subsidy model to reduce the price to $149, thereby attracting a large number of users to sign up for the phone.

The Shiny Orange X2 sold 6.3 units.

On its first day of operation in the North American market, Orange Technology sold a total of 19.2 units, generating $1.3 million in revenue.

Judging from market feedback, Orange phones have not experienced any issues adapting to the local market.

With promotion across all channels including carriers, Best Buy, Walmart, and Amazon, its sales performance is in no way inferior to that of brands such as Motorola, LG, BlackBerry, and HTC.

When the news reached China, various media outlets rushed to report it.

The headlines in the tech sector were almost entirely dominated by news of "Orange Phone's resounding success in its North American debut"!
(End of this chapter)