"As for the operating system, we both want to try to bring in some more talent. ”

I have to go to Silicon Valley, there is no other way, Han Zhifeng remembered the great god.

"Chris, do you think HiSilicon's first-generation CPU can be developed in time to provide services for domestic and local mobile phones?"

Joshua Han turned to the chip department.

"There is no problem, the current mobile phone can complete the task as long as the single core and multiple groups, especially whether it is Huaxia or the first generation of mobile phone pre-research here is a low-end mobile phone, such a CPU has no problem at all, but, the development of the next generation of single-chip dual-core and multimedia chips I can not give the exact time. ”

Christensen thought for a moment.

Now the mobile phone has entered the 2.5G, 3G era, of course, the domestic 2G era, and the country will develop its own communication standards, but no matter how it changes, it is still a 2G pattern, even the upcoming Nokia 82 series and Siemens 38 series is the 2.5G pattern, at most there is a blue screen, the color screen has not yet appeared, shooting, pictures, videos and other multimedia content has not yet appeared, so Christensen said that it is relatively simple.

"Chris, I give you full authority for the pre-research and progress of the chip, follow the single-chip, multimedia, dual-core, and quad-core directions we talked about,"

The two have already exchanged all kinds of information and reached a consensus that in order to reduce the energy consumption of mobile phones and save battery use, a single chip is the trend of the times, and because of this, it is not easy to add Bluetooth, IFI, and multimedia modules to a single chip, but that is the general trend of the industry, no matter how difficult it is, it must be gnawed down, otherwise the developed chips will also be eliminated.

Christensen nodded, his previous hesitation has disappeared, Han Zhifeng has convinced him that in the future chip field is small, multi-functional, power-saving, multi-core is the general trend, so other ideas and pre-research will be abandoned, the focus is on these requirements, even if the grouping double hanging function is good, he will not invest money and personnel in research and development, because it is destined to be eliminated.

Several people met and negotiated together for two days, and made a lot of adjustments, such as the company will increase the purchasing department, marketing department, and internal liaison department, the purpose is to coordinate the interconnection between the company and the outside world, China and the United States, and integrate the market and pre-research well.

After two days of close contact and discussion, Harson, Christensen, Foreman and others can be regarded as a real acquaintance of Han Zhifeng, although Han Zhifeng is not a professional, but he is definitely a qualified product manager and system integrator, step by step planning is stepping on the node, is an excellent leader, which allows them to rest assured to invest in their own research, do not have to worry about the company's products and market fit.

After three days, HiSilicon's complete system was finally established, and Pete, who was in charge of business liaison with Huaxia, immediately set off for Huaxia Pengcheng to join Xue Na to inspect the mobile phone market in Huaxia.

Throwing a piece of the company's business to Kong Miao, Han Zhifeng took Liu Rong and drove straight to San Francisco.

There is a well-known canyon zone Silicon Valley, which is the heart of Internet technology in the United States, giving birth to one after another Internet giants with global influence, and companies such as Microsoft, Cisco, and Google have all gone out from here.

Now there are many seeds that have blossomed here, some will stand on their own and become a blockbuster, and some will be acquired by other companies and become a boost for the rapid growth of other companies.

Danger is one such company, which is a commercial mobile phone operator, as the name suggests, its customers are mainly business customers, and the customer group is very distinct.

The company's three co-founders, Andy Rubin, the company's current CEO, and the future father of Android, are the purpose of Han Zhifeng's trip.

Drove to the mid-mountain villa area of Silicon Valley, parked the car in front of a three-story villa, and out of the villa came a slightly chubby somewhat Mediterranean man with glasses,

"Andy, thank you for waiting for me at home,"

Liu Rong smiled and walked over to greet this Rubin, the two came to a very American-style veneer ceremony, at this time Liu Rong was full of smiles, and Rubin was very familiar, showing her true character of talking, in short, the two looked very familiar.

"Andy, this is my boss, Joshua Han,"

"Boss, this is Rubin, the CEO of Danger,"

Liu Rong introduced the two,

The two greeted each other with a smile and stretched out their hands to shake it, Han Zhifeng could see that Rubin was faintly detached, although he smiled very briskly.

Rubin let the two into his living room, which looked a little messy, there was a delicate mobile phone on the coffee table, very forced, this is a split mobile phone, much larger than the average mobile phone, now its screen has been pushed to the top, below is a dense full keyboard, yes, not some handheld computer or mobile phone simple keyboard, this is actually a pocket-sized full keyboard.

'Oh oh oh, I didn't expect your phone to be produced so quickly,'

Liu Rong sat down and stared at this mobile phone very familiarly, the royal blue body of this mobile phone, the big screen and the delicate keyboard deeply attracted her.

"Yes, 2,000 have just arrived, and we are still in contact with the operators to get them on the market as soon as possible,"

Rubin looked at the phone with a doting look in his eyes, this is his hard work for several years, and whether it is successful or not is in the past few months.

"Can I try it?"

Liu Rong looked at Rubin hopefully,

"Liu, whatever, it's my honor that my product can attract you,"

Liu Rong's fan sister appearance has long made Rubin's heart bloom, there are not too many opportunities for technical otaku to attract beautiful women, and it is difficult to attract women with short and chubby appearance.

Liu Rong immediately got started, but because he was not familiar with it, he soon walked into a dead end, Rubin instructed Liu Rong on the side how to use this mobile phone, and was very proud to talk about the new functions of this mobile phone, this mobile phone can browse the web, can send and receive emails, and there are several instant messaging software in it, that is to say, the basic functions of the office are readily available, and you can forget about notebooks and mobile phones with it.

“it's cool，”

Liu Rong exclaimed while playing.

"Do you want to bring together mobile phone manufacturers and carriers to launch a commercial Internet handset?"

Han Zhifeng was also amazed by the advanced nature and professionalism of this mobile phone, he suddenly found that he was already in the center of the Internet tide, seeing this mobile phone, you can imagine how many new products and new services adapted to the Internet are being bred here, which will be launched in the next few years, and then profoundly affect the whole world, you must know that many mobile phones can only have a call function, and this mobile phone has begun to step into the Internet field.

'Oh, Han, you're a professional too, I'm sorry, I didn't think of that,'

Although Han Zhifeng's Chinese English was a little lame, Rubin understood his words and was a little surprised that Han Zhifeng said his purpose.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you that our boss is from China and he is also a mobile phone manufacturer,"

Liu Rong interjected at the right time.

'Oh, it turned out to be a peer, haha,'

Rubin laughed and shook hands with Han Zhifeng again, this time his handshake was much more powerful,

"Far from it, I've just invested in this field, and our goal is mainly contract machines, so it's not comparable to your innovative model,"

Han Zhifeng said humbly.

Before I don't know much, he won't say much, if the other party treats him as the owner of a company that produces contract machines, he is very welcome, and it is best that no one pays attention to him, and the last blockbuster is the best.

"Although you are a contract machine, but you said my thoughts in one sentence, and you must have your own ideas, can you try this mobile phone and talk about your feelings. ”

Rubin said that it is not easy to find suitable trials, especially those who are proficient in related industries, and they will make a lot of useful suggestions.

"Okay, then I'll take a look at this phone,"

Han Zhifeng picked it up and used it, this mobile phone is very huge, Han Zhifeng's hand is not small, but it is also a little uneasy to hold in his hand, its mobile phone screen is in the middle of the mobile phone, it is embedded in the middle of the mobile phone, you can slide to one side, and then put it horizontally is the appearance of a handheld computer, after pushing the mobile phone screen, it is under the full keyboard in its original position.

Han Zhifeng tried to tap a few times, and found that it was not easy to use, too small, he picked up the special pen and clicked up, this is much stronger than a finger, but the rate is not too fast, and there are many times when you are not proficient in making mistakes, and you need to correct mistakes from time to time, but the current resistive screen mobile phones are basically like this, and this full keyboard is already a great progress.

After browsing the menu and the content inside, which Han Zhifeng took a closer look at and tried it.

Han Zhifeng's mobile phone actually has the function of IFI, well, yes, it can save users a lot of money.

It's just that this network speed is really not high, and it's very difficult to use, but thinking about the current era, no one seems to put forward unrealistically high requirements for network speed, which can be regarded as a passing level.

After half an hour, Han Zhifeng basically finished thinking about this mobile phone,

"It's a pretty good phone, a very innovative internet phone. ”

Han Zhifeng exclaimed, how many years has the concept of Internet mobile phones been hyped here, and some pioneers have begun to want to enter this industry, Rubin is such a person, but he has run all over the road,

To put it bluntly, Rubin is a good developer innovator, but he's an otaku type, not a good product manager.

His experience until later generations shows that he is good at development and clumsy in marketing, and the products he presides over marketing are basically failures.

Jobs is not as good as Rubin in the professional field, but he is a top product manager, has a keen sense of the market, and has the spirit of perseverance, trying to develop the corresponding product and achieve the final success, this is the difference between Rubin and Jobs.

"Thank you, I'm still very confident in this product,"

Rubin was very excited, and of course he was very happy to be admired by his peers, but he didn't know that the rule of Huaxia was to promote first and then suppress.

'Can I ask about the price of this product?'

Han Zhifeng asked.

"We haven't finalized it yet, whether it's going to cost $699 or $759,"

Rubin's answer made Liu Rong gasp. What is this concept, the current American families with an annual income of more than $20,000 are barely considered middle-class, that is, with a monthly income of more than $2,000.

The problem is that more than 90 percent of Americans have moonshine consumption habits, and if they don't get it right, they have to swipe their credit cards.

In such a situation, it is very difficult for them to take out more than 700 dollars at once, how to buy this, if it is deducted in monthly installments like a contract machine, it is almost the same.

Han Zhifeng also grinned, the fruit of the later generations was only 600 US dollars, and it was a few years later, at that time, there were still many Americans who could not accept its high price, not to mention that it is now 2,000 years, and it is more expensive than that mobile phone by 100 US dollars, this situation, hehe, there is a reason why these co-founders, including Rubin, did not succeed in the end.

"It's too expensive, the audience is limited, and it scares off a lot of people who are interested in buying,"

Han Zhifeng basically judged that this mobile phone would not have a big future,

"Although this phone is amazing and will make your company famous in the industry, there will not be much sales and profits. ”

The first meeting, according to the tradition of the Chinese people, Han Zhifeng gave a little face, if it is said bluntly, then this mobile phone is a failed product, an unsuccessful attempt at the Internet mobile phone, the mobile phone is not destined to achieve too good results without a good audience.

"You're right, that's the biggest problem,"

Unexpectedly, Rubin was not hit too hard, he nodded honestly,

"The three of us actually recognize this problem, but if the resistive screen, embedded keyboard, ifi Bluetooth component, GPRS Internet access, these new functions are all added, the price of the mobile phone will not come down anyway, but if one or two functions are removed, this is not an epoch-making product. ”

Rubin is also very regretful, he went on to talk about their final decision is to classify this mobile phone as a business mobile phone The purpose is that business people are relatively rich and have corresponding office needs, so they can also accept this mobile phone, so that they recover profits, and at the same time start the brand, if the profit is more ideal, then then develop popular products, if the profit recovery is not ideal, then it is necessary to finance and develop.

Well, the idea is good, who said that otaku have no brains, and the three of them also made a fairly reliable decision, but it is estimated that they didn't realize that the price of their products was still too expensive, these games equivalent to the rich, ordinary people can't afford to play at all, and the final profit situation can be imagined.

To put it bluntly, technological innovation is too advanced and it is a cup, these three people are not in that rhythm, and if they don't step on that point, they won't have the honor to be a blockbuster.

"Understand, in fact, I admire the innovation of several of you very much, if you have already established your own company, I would very much like to cooperate with you to establish a company,"

Han Zhifeng half-truths and half-truths, in fact, cooperation is possible, but this is not a person who can live idlely, it is better to start a business together, this person is too fierce, and he is not a person who can be subdued at all, even if he works together temporarily, this person will have to stand on his own sooner or later.

"Hahaha, what I've been doing in the past ten years is this interconnected industry, and I can do it when I think about it, otherwise I won't be able to settle down,"

Han Zhifeng's praise made Rubin very useful, well, he met a confidant.

When he met a confidant, Rubin gushed about his experience in the past few years, Apple Inc., Microsoft and other first-class companies have worked in it, and they have done well, but they can't calm down.

The two people who started the business with him were colleagues from Microsoft when they worked, and the three of them were like-minded and planned to develop an Internet mobile phone, so they established this company.

At noon, Rubin, who didn't have a good chat, stayed for two people to eat, well, ordered pizza takeout, this is Rubin's daily life.

After eating, Rubin asked,

"Han, can you tell me about your company?"

Han Zhifeng sighed in his heart, well, this guy finally remembered to ask this sentence.

"My company has just been established, and I plan to take two roads, one of the road of contract machines, after all, this return of funds is fast, and then I plan to pre-develop an Internet mobile phone,"

Han Zhifeng told the truth, since he wanted to cooperate, he would be open and honest.

Rubin looked at Han Zhifeng in surprise,

"Oh, I didn't expect you and me to walk on the same river,"

Rubin was really surprised, because he didn't expect a Chinese person to be so consistent with them, who are at the forefront of the Internet in Silicon Valley.

"No, no, no, I'm still far away, I'm just starting to think that your phone is already on the market, and there's no comparison,"

Han Zhifeng took the initiative to show weakness, or he didn't care about the fact that others despised him now, it was actually better.

"Han, I have to say that this road is not easy to follow, and even the company will eventually go bankrupt because of this, you have to think about it carefully,"

Rubin saw that Han Zhifeng and Liu Rong were both his friends and persuaded him, but this posture was a bit condescending, he couldn't do Han Zhifeng, obviously he thought he could succeed, Han Zhifeng, a Chinese man, still forget it.

Han Zhifeng was speechless, but he really couldn't help it, the current Silicon Valley does stand at the top of the relevant field, and the posture of looking down is obvious, you really can't refute it, the successful companies here will be copied in Asia, Europe and South America in a few years, so they have proud capital.

Han Zhifeng also hopes to take advantage of Rubin's posture,

"Rubin, you don't know that I've thrown myself in, but it turns out that it's a huge trap, and now I can't go back, so I came to Silicon Valley to find help,"

Han Zhifeng's performance made Liu Rong on the side pull the corners of his mouth, well, but, a few days ago, he entered the Internet mobile phone industry with great fanfare, and now he has no way back, the boss is quite talented in acting, why didn't he know it before.

"Oh, how much so much you've put into it so badly,"

Rubin was suspicious.

"50 million dollars, my whole net worth,"

Han Zhifeng scratched his hair in pain.

Rubin was startled, he looked at Liu Rong,

Liu Rong couldn't help but smile and nodded, but her face was very sad,

"Oh, that's unfortunate,"

Rubin didn't expect this Han to invest so much money, it's terrifying, you must know that they founded this company together but invested less than 10 million dollars.

"I invested in the pre-research of resistive screens, IFI, Bluetooth modules, etc., but the problem is that the operating system of this networked mobile phone stumped me, which was too difficult for me and the company's engineers, so I heard Liu Rong say that you have the corresponding operating system here and rushed here, I hope you can help me,"

After Han Zhifeng finished speaking, he looked at Rubin with anxiety and sincerity.

Rubin was speechless for a while, just now he seemed to sympathize with the other party, and now it was a little difficult to categorically refuse, but why did he provide the other party with his operating system,

"Oh, I didn't make it clear, I want to hire you as the host of our company's operating system to help us build such an operating system, of course, your remuneration will be very good, well, the annual salary is half a million dollars, you don't need to work, you just need to maintain communication with the relevant people in the company, and become the leader of this system, and the final result is shared by both of us,"

Han Zhifeng laid out the conditions in one go.

This deeply touched Rubin, he is not too satisfied with the operating system of his mobile phone, he can only say that it is basically enough, but it is far from perfect.

He wants to improve this operating system very much, and he thinks that his operating system architecture is very good, there is a lot of room for expansion and leeway, but he has no funds, this system is estimated to be incomplete without a few years of continuous modification and improvement, that requires a lot of personnel and financial support, he does not have such conditions now, but now this Chinese people want to work with him to improve this operating system, so yes or no.