On the third and final day of CES, the number of people has increased.

Most companies are holding their own press conferences, followed by contract negotiations for orders. More than half of the tens of billions of dollars in transactions will be completed on this day.

With the stunning watch of the Polaris S1, Polestar Electronics has contributed more than $40 million to this figure.

This is already more than the total sales of the two best-selling machines of the K series to date, and this is only the first order.

Xia Yu was also emotional, the magic of CES is really strong at this time, and it is easy to make money in the global market.

Of course, not all companies have this opportunity for all products. I don't know how long the patriots and Chaohua have been working hard for this goal, and they still can't find a way.

And those like Langke who are not ranked in the domestic market are even more hopeless.

After yesterday's Polaris S1 press conference, Langke also seized the time to clean up and held his own small press conference.

Of course, it's not just MP3 players, but the core is their trump card products - flash USB flash drive and PC storage hard disk.

As one of the top three mobile storage device manufacturers in China, the strength of Langke is also quite strong.

Xia Yu remembers that this company successfully landed on the A-share GEM a few years later, becoming the only listed company in this segment, and its performance is not bad.

Why did Hu Xiaocheng, who is just the president of the MP3 division of Langke's emerging business, have the right to temporarily lend the showroom to Polestar? It is not surprising that the founder and controlling shareholder of Langke is his father, so he is a rich second generation with good roots.

But Hu Xiaocheng is not stupid at all, and he knows how to read people since he was a child.

Eighteen-year-old Xia Yu started Polestar from scratch, how promising is the future of this kind of character? Even if he fails, he has more opportunities for trial and error than others!

Moreover, judging from the observations of these days, the young Xia Yu has a calmness and composure that does not match his age. He has unique insights into many things, and he is old and decent when he gets along with people, and his future prospects are absolutely limitless. Having the opportunity to help him and build relationships when he needs it is much more important than fighting with his eldest brother at home.

Therefore, even if the MP3 he is responsible for is really just a face at CES, he has no pressure at all, but a sense of accomplishment.

After the glory of Polestar, when the time comes, give Lanco a piece of the pie, and it is estimated that he will be able to support what he wants.

That's his logic.

At this moment, he was sitting with Xia Yu in the crowd-filled press room. Waiting for the birth of one of the hottest category awards at this CES.

Cell phone!

In fact, in addition to computers and laptops, mobile phones are currently the most influential single item in the industry.

Because these "large items" not only have an amazing output value, but also involve all aspects of the entire technology industry ecology, from the most core chips to the most ordinary shells, which can support a larger market dozens of times larger than their own sales.

On the big screen in front, the introduction of mobile phone classification has begun, and the people who are about to fill the audience have quieted down.

Hu Xiaocheng asked absentmindedly: "Xia Yu, do you think that there will be another dark horse in our Huaguo?"

How is this possible?

Two or three years ago, with the rise of companies such as Xiaxin, Bird, and Tianyu. Domestic mobile phone manufacturers did once occupy half of the local market. However, this trend did not last long before it was broken by the giants who gradually became familiar with the Chinese market, and now it has recovered to more than 30%, and it is mainly in the low-end market.

So Xia Yu replied directly: "Impossible." Mobile phones are no more complicated than MP3s. At present, there is no such mid-level company in China. ”

He explained his thoughts to Hu Xiaocheng, and at the same time silently said in his heart, I hope Polestar Electronics has the opportunity to stir up this market as well!

Hu Xiaocheng's eyes lit up when he heard it, but he didn't expect Xia Yu to also have research on the mobile phone market!

I really don't know how this kid could be just eighteen years old. I'm still in school.

However, he didn't express this shock, but echoed a few words, and finally sighed: "Hey. That's not interesting. ”

At this point, the screen has started to change, and a product introduction video appears.

It's Samsung's i730!

History has not changed. Based on the i700 model released last year, this slider smartphone SCH-i730, which is fully upgraded with ultra-high hardware configuration + full keyboard design, has indeed conquered many people.

It uses Microsoft's main Windows Mobile operating system, and is equipped with a very amazing 520MHz processor and 64MBRAM, 128MBROM memory combination, and supports SD card expansion.

And under the slide design, it is equipped with a full keyboard and a large screen at the same time, and the size of the fuselage is very exquisite, and the design of the whole machine is also exquisite and atmospheric, which can indeed be called a classic design at this time.

Deserved!

This is the unanimous view of many people in the industry at the scene, including Xia Yu.

Even Hu Xiaocheng couldn't help but sigh: "This is too strong, okay, Samsung is really still Samsung!"

Xia Yu didn't reply to him, and everyone began to applaud, but he knew in his heart that there are too many products in the field of mobile phone design, and those that can win awards at CES are generally monster-level, and the characteristics of a certain aspect are too prominent, and it is often difficult to have a good response in the market.

Ten years later, this situation has not been broken.

Like Nokia, which was never recognized by CES in its heyday, it became the undisputed number one in the industry, and after finally winning a CES award with the Lumia 900 in 2012, it was already on the waning ground and was soon sold to Microsoft along with the company.

But what he was really worried about was something else.

Another obvious sign of the current mobile phone market is that whether it is Nokia, Motorola or Samsung, they are all giant manufacturers, and their product lines cover a wide range.

From the most expensive high-end models to the general public, it is not relatively distinct like the MP3 market.

This also creates the greatest difficulty for the rise of mobile phone manufacturers in China.

Even since 2007, the total shipments of Huaguo mobile phone manufacturers have exceeded that of international manufacturers, but almost all of them are supported by low-end "copycat machines" and "OEM machines", and profits and market influence are not at the same level at all.

Moreover, the R&D and manufacturing of mobile phones are not MP3 much more complicated, the accumulation of talents and technology is not at the same level, the production cost will also surge several times, and the market competition will be more intense.

So. At this time, even if Xia Yu has the impression and ideas of many classic best-selling models in later generations, and knows the functions and design trends of mainstream mobile phones in the future, he does not have the same confidence in the MP3 market in a short period of time.

The grade of the opponent and the size of the stage are different.

But there is nothing to be discouraged about.

With nearly two years to lay out a broader smartphone market, and to be familiar with the popular applications and operation methods in the subsequent intelligent era, this is his real confidence.

Seeing that the representative of Samsung had already come to the stage to accept the award, Hu Xiaocheng felt bored, and winked at Xia Yu and said, "Where are you going to go in a while?"

Xia Yu was a little embarrassed: "Brother Hu, I'm not an adult yet!"

"Haha. Forget it, come over next year, my brother will definitely help you choose a good ......."

"No, I really don't!"

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Coming out of the press room, Xia Yu's next target is still the main venue, because it is about to be the time for celebrity speeches, this time it is the famous female CEO of Hewlett-Packard Carly Fiorina, a very insightful and skillful woman, nicknamed the "Iron Lady" in the industry. She has been listed as one of the "Top 50 Global Business Women" by Fortune magazine several times.

Because almost all of the technology circles are dominated by men, women generally become vice presidents at most, and there are very few direct positions.

Well, HP is probably a special case?

Because after a few years, there have been three presidents. Its board of directors has chosen another well-known female CEO - Meg Whitman, the former "Queen of eBay".

Well, Xia Yu didn't come to gossip, because Xiao Wenjing went to see a friend. So he found a cheap corner by himself, spread out his small notebook, and prepared to listen to the speech quietly.

This small 180-page book is now densely filled with half of the contents, most of which are based on his later memories and current sights. The inspiration and ideas that come to mind after being touched are extremely precious, so I always carry them with me and never show them to others.

Of course, there are also a few pages of cartoon characters who are bored and drawn only by themselves, Zhang Xiao in the early days, and then Liang Qian, and recently they are all Xiao Xueba's.

I don't know what friend she went to meet, so she didn't say anything if she asked......

was stunned, when suddenly a voice came, "Compare, is there anyone sitting here?"

"Oh, of course!"

Xia Yu put his coat in the middle of the two, a little suspicious of occupying a seat, and hurriedly put it away after listening to the questioning, but suddenly found that the person in front of him was actually very familiar.

It's Paul Graham!

A few years later, the founder of YCombinator, the hottest venture capital accelerator in Silicon Valley!

This little old man with the same surname as Buffett's best partner and investment guru Graham is no worse than him in the tech circle.

YCombinator is a model of technology incubators in the United States and even the world, it is different from traditional VC, completely adopts the incubation model, only focuses on the startup team at a relatively early stage, and the startup company gets not only a sum of money after the guòYC assessment, but a comprehensive guidance and training from YC - an entrepreneurial guidance course that usually lasts 2~3 months.

Here the office location, lectures by well-known entrepreneurs, as well as financial and legal information, technical guidance, talent recommendation, ......

In short, what is urgently needed to start a business, YC can rely on his professional "alumni" resources of more than 800 people to provide you with anything, and it is free!

And YC does not have many shares, only about 6% on average, and there will be no incidents such as grabbing controlling stakes with the founder.

This model is too important for young people who want to start a business with only one idea, and it has a great impact on Xia Yu, who was just entering the industry at that time.

When he first came out of Google's X real yàn room, he even submitted a resume to YC!

So when he suddenly met Graham here, Xia Yu was really a little excited, and immediately stood up and asked, "Excuse me, are you Mr. Graham?"

"Oh, you know me?"

Graham was a little surprised, the young Asian in front of him should be an international student, he looked very young. But I don't seem to have been very active in the past few years.

Well, Xia Yu was a little stunned, and suddenly remembered that it was the beginning of 2005, and YC would not be established until two months later! Before that, Graham was very low-key, basically writing books and doing some venture capital consulting work.

Before that, although he was a well-known software engineer and entrepreneur, it was very early.

He was in a hurry and said, "I've read your books, especially the latest Hackers &Painters, and I like it very much!"

Realizing that he hadn't introduced himself yet, he hurriedly stretched out his hand: "Mr. Graham, I'm Xia Yu from Huaguo, forgive me for my presumptuousness, I'm so excited to see you!"

"Young Chinese national, your English is very good!"

Graham is a little clear, the book he published last year is a bestseller, and it is normal for this Chinese international student to read it if he is majoring in computer science.

He shook hands with Xia Yu and asked, "Young man, which university are you studying in? Do you have any plans to start a business?"

Sure enough, on the eve of YC's establishment, did this start digging entrepreneurs?

However, he didn't need YC incubation now, he pointed to the sign in front of the convention hall and said, "Mr. Graham, I'm here for CES, I own an MP3 player production and design company!" (To be continued......)

PS: The book "Silicon Valley and the Painter" is highly recommended, there is a Chinese translation by Ruan Yifeng, and the translation is also very good.

This is the second shift of the day, almost almost without leaving the computer, now go to dinner, and then move on to the next chapter! But don't wait, not necessarily, I will get up early tomorrow to have an interview. If it does, then I'm writing hi......