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Xiao Shan knew how much manpower, material resources, and financial resources had been spent on this machine.

It is a machine that is painstakingly processed and polished piece by piece and then assembled.

This is a high-precision lathe. With this lathe, other high-precision industrial machine tools will soon be available.

"Thank you for your hard work these past two years. With the first machine, the second one will be ready soon. Once we have a complete set of industrial mother machines, Taishan's industrial development will be on the right track, and we will soon see breakthroughs in other areas that have been limiting us."

The lithography factory has not been completed for so many years because it lacks many high-precision components.

However, with the completion of the industrial mother machine, various machine tools will soon be produced, and the obstacles that restrict the lithography factory will disappear.

Only then will Taishan Group be able to operate without any restrictions and achieve self-sufficiency.

After leaving the high-precision workshop, Xiaoshan arrived at the Artificial Intelligence Research Center.

The first AI chip has been completed, and Taishan's intelligent program is now undergoing intelligent training.

Despite behaving like someone with intellectual disabilities, this nascent intelligent system attracted the attention of everyone in the field of artificial intelligence as soon as it appeared.

"Mr. Xiao, our large-scale artificial intelligence model is becoming more and more complete, and our algorithms are becoming more and more advanced. If we could equip ourselves with a few supercomputers, our research speed would be even faster."

Xiao Shan said nonchalantly, "That's easy to say. I'll see if I can order a few units later."

07 was a year of rapid growth for Taishan Group. Xiaoshan invested heavily in building a supercomputing center to solve the group's computing power problem.

In the second quarter, the second high-precision machine tool in the high-precision workshop was launched.

Taishan has developed its own procedures for producing industrial machine tools. With Xiaoshan's unreserved investment, every part has undergone hundreds of trials and errors, and the cost of each machine is basically ten or even twenty times that of foreign industrial machine tools.

The huge investment yielded huge results. Taishan has developed its own operating logic for experimental manufacturing of industrial mother machines, with costs gradually decreasing and efficiency increasing.

In 07, Taishan's mobile phone adopted a five-inch large touchscreen, gradually showing the shadow of later smartphones.

Many functions are unavailable due to network speed issues.

The new phone caused an instant sensation upon its release.

This time, the Taishan mobile phone store has added a blog app. The mobile blog has been officially renamed Weibo, or microblog.

At the same time, Taishan issued a notice hoping that major internet companies would develop mobile applications based on the Pangu system, join Taishan Mobile's mobile phone store, and expand their mobile phone business.

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However, since not everyone is aware of the importance of confidentiality when Xiaoshan publicly announces its revenue and net profit, information about Taishan's sales and net profit in 07 spread instantly on the Internet.

"Holy crap, over 400 billion in revenue and over 100 billion in net profit! I knew Taishan was amazing, but I never imagined it was this amazing!"

"Private enterprises are definitely number one. I wonder how many state-owned enterprises can surpass Taishan. I heard that 60% of Taishan's revenue comes from exports. Making money from foreigners is really impressive, much better than the internet companies that only know how to fleece domestic consumers."

"I heard that Xiao Jingshu, the CEO of Weibo, is still unmarried. This is a great opportunity. Not only can she inherit Weibo, but she might also get shares in Taishan Group. Even if it's only one percent, she'll never have to worry about food and drink for the rest of her life."

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Netizens made all sorts of jokes, which was quite amusing.

Taishan Group, however, issued a global talent recruitment notice.

We are recruiting talents from all over the world, especially high-end talents in algorithm and chip design, chip manufacturing, industrial design and manufacturing.

Next year, Taishan Group plans to complete the manufacturing of the remaining industrial machine tools.

With a complete set of industrial machine tools, it becomes much easier to produce more industrial machine tools.

High-precision machine tools are no longer a problem that plagues Mount Tai.

Two years have passed in the blink of an eye, and it's now 09.

That year, 3G was fully popularized, 4G was under development, and wireless networks were already widespread in China.

Today is the monthly meeting. Xiao Shan looked at the group's many senior executives and said, "The time is ripe. It's time to launch our first-generation smartphone and leave all other phones behind. Each department, please report on the latest progress."

Li Xianguang stood up first and said, "We have now developed a high-definition image-stabilized camera, which can be perfectly matched with our latest smartphones."

At the same time, Xu Siwei also said, "Our OLED mobile phone screen can be said to be the clearest screen in the world. It has the world's highest resolution and is perfectly compatible with our next generation of smartphones."

Subsequently, other departments also spoke, outlining the new technological breakthroughs achieved that year.

After listening to the speeches of the heads of various departments, Xiao Shan nodded and said, "We should make a concerted effort in the low, medium and high-end mobile phone market. Foreign mobile phones still occupy a small part of the domestic market. It's time to drive them out. Let's start the era of smartphones at Taishan and eliminate those stubborn and ignorant guys."

Luo Zhenliang nodded in agreement, saying, "Xiao Sheng is right. I've been waiting for this day for a long time. Finally, we can make a big splash."

Zhou Chen, head of the chip design center, said, "We have now designed a 45-nanometer chip that can be used in our new mobile phone. We can notify the chip manufacturer to start tape-out immediately."

"Our memory department has developed 1GB of RAM, which can be installed in our mobile phones, and the storage memory can reach 6GB."

"The Pangu system has been gradually improved. Let's look for vulnerabilities again during this period."

Xiao Shan said with satisfaction, "Good, whether we can win a great victory this time depends on everyone. Our industrial machine tools are all ready, and the second generation of industrial machine tools will be launched this year, which will be an improvement on the existing ones. Soon, various high-precision machine tools will be able to be put into production, and a high-precision machining workshop will be established."

"The next step is to study our own processing center, in which Japan and Hanscat are in the lead. Our goal is to shake their position, to make them step down from their current positions and replace them with our Taishan name."

In the summer of 09, Taishan's mobile phone launch event finally began.

This was a press conference that Mount Tai had been preparing for a long time, and it had been promoted for a month, appearing on television and the internet.

Many people are also looking forward to the launch of Taishan's new product.

This press conference attracted worldwide attention, and even some high-tech companies in the United States watched it via live stream.

Apple will also have a launch event this year. Their iPhone 3 is relatively complete and it's time for it to be released.

Apple's CEO, Booth, is very excited about this phone, believing it will be revolutionary.

In recent years, the closest thing to a smartphone has been Taishan's mobile phone.

Booth believed that when Apple's smartphones were released, even Mount Tai would have to admit defeat, because that was true art.

Of course, Booth didn't know the real story behind Tarzan's press conference, otherwise he wouldn't have been so happy.

The press conference began quickly.

Amidst the anticipation of the audience, Luo Zhenliang stepped forward: "It's a pleasure to see everyone, including those in front of the camera. Many of you may have already heard the rumors that Taishan will be making a big move this year, and yes, it really is a big move. At this press conference, Taishan Mobile will officially enter the smartphone era. Kaitian Mobile will also be officially renamed Liangyi!"

Then Luo Zhenliang took out the Liangyi Yi mobile phone and said, "This is a large touch screen developed by Taishan, 5.5 inches, a pure touch screen."

"The camera is a high-definition, image-stabilized camera developed by Taishan, and the photos and videos are crystal clear. It is equipped with our self-developed 45-nanometer chip, which is definitely the fastest mobile phone chip in the world right now."

"We will be holding a mobile software conference later, where we will invite outstanding companies or individuals from around the world to join our app development program. We will provide you with high-quality content. This phone has 1GB of RAM and 6GB of storage. The ten most downloaded mini-games we previously ran will appear on the phone."

"The phone also comes with its own app store, which contains a variety of software and games developed based on the Pangu system. Apart from some large games and some work software, this phone is almost no different from a computer. The many experiences that playing games on a computer can give you can also be given to you on your phone."

There was immediate applause at the scene.

Once the room quieted down, Luo Zhenliang continued, "How much will this excellent phone cost? I believe many people are already looking forward to it!"

Looking around at the expectant crowd, Luo Zhenliang didn't keep them in suspense any longer: "Its final price is 4,588 yuan, and it comes with a free fast charger and a pair of high-definition headphones."

"Many people may say it's too expensive, which isn't Taishan's style. But that's okay, we also have two other phones. Please be patient and let me introduce them to you."

Luo Zhenliang then introduced two other smartphones, priced at over two thousand and over eight hundred respectively.

Upon hearing the price, the scene immediately became incredibly lively.

Many viewers watching the live stream are already itching to buy a smartphone and experience this completely different product of our time.

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Although Taishan has been producing touchscreen phones for many years, the advent of a true smartphone still revolutionized people's perception of mobile phones.

"Connecting to the mall's Wi-Fi allows me to browse Weibo and watch live streams right here in the mall. It's so great! I don't have to stay in an internet cafe all the time."

"Many software programs that could only be played on computers can now be played on mobile phones, especially this Three Kingdoms Kill card game."

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Smartphones became an instant hit as soon as they appeared, and within a month, all three million smartphones prepared by Taishan were sold out.

This year, other domestic vendors were still preparing ordinary mobile phones, completely unaware of the huge changes at Taishan.

By the time major mobile phone manufacturers received the news and bought Taishan's smartphones, it was all too late.

When an era eliminates something, you may not even notice the change.

Long queues formed at the Taishan store, while other mobile phone stores were deserted, mostly with elderly people who didn't know how to use smartphones and could only buy simple, ordinary phones.

Samsung, Nokia, Motorola, and even some domestic manufacturers all purchased Taishan's Liangyi mobile phone for research.

At Nokia headquarters, a group of experts completely dismantled the two-piece mobile phone.

Everything, including the battery, memory card, and chips, was tested.

"How's the situation? Can we figure it out and manufacture it as soon as possible?"

"Boss, Taishan's screens are currently the best in the world, and they have a strong sense of foresight, having laid out their plans for smartphone screens very early on. Other screens are ultimately a bit lacking."

"Memory is also a major challenge. Other memory manufacturers mainly produce 64 or 125 MB of RAM. After all, people never imagined that mobile phones would have so many functions."

"If we want to increase the RAM of our phones to 1GB, we can only use parts from Taishan. Even if we are developing at full capacity now, it will take at least a year."

"The system is the simplest part; our Symbian system can be improved to be compatible with smartphones. Other components can only be sourced from Taishan, and Taishan's phones have completely surpassed all other phones on the market."

Nokia's CEO must have been incredibly frustrated. Using Taishan's core components meant that most of the phone's profits were going into Taishan's pockets.

This was the strategy that developed countries in Europe and America used to have towards China, for example, with Lenovo computers.

Aside from the fact that the entire machine is from Lenovo, none of the core components are produced by Lenovo itself; 80% of the profits go into the pockets of the suppliers.

Samsung is also researching Taishan's phone.

However, they are in a much better situation than Nokia. Apart from lacking a system, they can assemble a low-end smartphone by taking the most advanced components from the laboratory.

“If we start editing the system from scratch and then improve it, it would probably take several years. Taishan’s Pangu system is an open source system, and we can apply to them to use the Pangu system.”

Samsung's CEO immediately frowned: "Using their system is like doing their bidding, helping them improve their system. Xiao Shan's reputation as a strategic mastermind is well-deserved; he conceived of developing and perfecting the Pangu system years ago. Who would have thought they were already planning for smartphones so early?"

"Starting today, Samsung will also fully enter the smartphone operating system market, and we'll leave this year to Taishan. I heard that Gu Ge also acquired a smartphone operating system, which has been improved over the past two years and was open-sourced last year. Contact Gu Ge immediately to test their system. If it works, we'll apply for a license and then adapt it to our phones to develop a system suitable for our devices. We'll strive to produce our own smartphones within a year, and we absolutely cannot let Taishan monopolize the market."

"Okay, boss."

Unlike foreign mobile phone manufacturers, most domestic manufacturers are now assembly plants.

Since Taishan was the first to develop smartphones, we can buy their parts, integrate them, and create our own brand of smartphones.

In the past, foreigners made most of the money, but now that domestic manufacturers are making money, they feel a little better.

The first person to come looking for me was Hua.

Xiao Shan received a report from his assistant that Mr. Ren, who had been transformed, planned to formally visit Taishan's headquarters tomorrow morning for business talks.

Both companies are located in Shenzhen and are quite close to each other.

The next morning, Xiao Shan met with Mr. Ren, the CEO of Huawei, and his negotiation team in the conference room.

"Mr. Ren, we meet again."

"Mr. Xiao, Taishan's strategic planning is truly admirable. Many people are still researching ordinary mobile phones and touch screen phones, but Taishan has already released smartphones. This year, Taishan's sales are estimated to be number one in the world."

Xiao Shan smiled and said, "Thank you for your kind words, Mr. Ren."

The two sides then entered into in-depth negotiations. Huashan's main business is communications, and mobile phones are not their forte. They need to purchase most of the core components from Taishan.

From the screen and battery to the camera, memory, and chips, everything needs to use TaiShan's technology, and the system also needs to be authorized by TaiShan.

Xiaoshan offered a preferential price to the first domestic manufacturer to arrive, a 20% discount off the market price.

Manufacturers who purchase in large quantities will only be able to offer a maximum discount of 10%.

In this respect alone, Hua has gained a great advantage.

Taishan and Huahua are the most technology-focused private enterprises in China, and also a giant among private enterprises.

"Mr. Ren, it's a pleasure to cooperate with you."

"Mr. Xiao, it's been a pleasure working with you. Taishan's far-sighted planning and technological research are truly admirable. I'm afraid you foresaw this day long ago, seizing the future of the mobile phone industry ahead of time. Taishan basically covers all the core components of smartphones."

"Mr. Ren, you flatter me. Huayi's investment in technological research and development is equally admirable. Especially in the communications industry, Huayi's industries are now spread all over the world, and there are many aspects that Taishan can learn from."

Xiao Shan and President Ren are about the same age and both focus on technological research and development. It's rare for them to sit down together, so they have a lot to talk about.

The negotiations and conversations lasted for three hours before they ended.

That evening, news spread online that Hua had partnered with Taishan to order two billion yuan worth of core components for smartphones.

Over the next month or so, Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, and other manufacturers also placed orders for a batch of components to prepare for smartphone production, so as not to fall behind completely.