Chapter 189 [The only thing it's not perfect is that it wasn't born in Silicon Valley]

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[With a slight slide, an era is drawn, the era of mobile Internet!] β€”β€”"Science and Technology Express"

[The development of technology is beyond people's perception of the times, and on September 27, 2006, the first generation of ACC's smartphone Azure-X was announced, which was tantamount to dropping a bombshell!] - Daily Mail

[Sexy tech!] But the most incredible thing is that this mobile device was born in a place that is not Silicon Valley, and that's the only thing that isn't perfect! β€”The New York Times

[This is an electronic product of the Chinese people?] Are you kidding? β€”AFP

[Look at the iPod from five years ago, that monochrome interface, that clunky roulette wheel, it looks like something that a caveman would use.] Now imagine that the future of Azure-X may be a big improvement, you will have a super awesome phone in a few years, and it will be cheaper, if you are not ready to see the difference, then look further! - Silicon Valley Magazine

After the product launch, a number of tech people and journalists made a variety of comments about the Citra d'Azur's first product, with most users focusing on screen size, focusing on what Azure-X can do but other smartphones on the market can't.

Among these comments are some visionary opinions, who have a keen sense of what Azure-X really means.

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CitΓ© Azur company, executive meeting.

Luo Sheng, Feng Yi, Yao Jianhong and others gathered together, and yesterday's press conference was a successful conclusion, which also made all the staff members breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the preparation was extremely sufficient, there were no accidents during the press conference, and the whole process ended smoothly.

"The response of the media is not bad, now the news around the world is reporting on yesterday's press conference, I especially went to see the reports and comments of foreign media, generally speaking, it is a positive report, but more comments are surprised, of course, there is no lack of sourness, to be honest, especially the comments of the Western media, it looks dark." Yao Jianhong said with a smile.

Everyone smiled smartly, and everyone was secretly reading the reports of foreign media.

"It's not surprising at all, Europeans and Americans probably wouldn't have imagined that this kind of high-tech product was actually a product launched by a Chinese technology company, and we are pure novices, right? It is estimated that they will have a hard time accepting it. Feng Yi said with a smile.

The company is now in a state of excitement, more than 7,000 engineers have worked hard for three and a half years, and now they have finally launched a revolutionary product, and everyone involved in it is excited and proud that there is code written in this product.

After a while, Luo Sheng looked around at everyone and said, "How is the voice of the industry?" Nokia, Motorola, Microsoft? I'm kind of concerned about their comments. ”

Qin Weimu shook his head and said: "For the time being, I haven't seen the relevant people from these international manufacturers come out to comment, and they have remained silent so far. ”

In fact, these international giants are very calm and do not feel as if they are facing a big enemy.

The CΓ΄te d'Azur did surprise them, but they still believe that plastic keyboards are the future, and touchscreen phones are not going to be the mainstream.

Their highest evaluation is that this product on the Cote d'Azur is at most like Apple, a non-mainstream product that is not popular, gathering a group of niche fans and losing mass consumers.

There is always a striking similarity in the trajectory of things, Luo Sheng's last life, when Qiao Gang launched the first real touchscreen smartphone, those international manufacturers did not realize that the subversive change node has come.

And this also put Nokia and Motorola on the road to decline.

Luo Sheng nodded, then looked at Yao Jianhong and said: "The priority at the moment is publicity, and if the $180 million publicity and distribution cost is not enough, then the allocation will be made, focusing on publicity in Europe, as for the North American market...... Let's take it step by step, and finally in the strategy of this market, now our focus is Europe, the domestic market in a short period of time does not need to be considered, the sales volume will not be too large, so the European market is the top priority at the moment. ”

Yao Jianhong nodded and said, "Understood." ”

In terms of marketing and publicity, Luo Sheng did not skimp on money, and immediately added: "What about offline stores? In this way, a batch of prototypes will be sent to each offline store as soon as possible, and consumers will be welcomed in advance, so that they can come to the offline store to experience it for free. ”

Everyone couldn't help but be surprised when they heard it, this is no longer in the sequence of making plans, and the boss really never plays cards according to the routine.

Yao Jianhong hurriedly said: "Mr. Luo, the prototype products are not rich enough, will this be ......?"

Feng Yi also nodded again and again and said: "Yes, boss, Bluestar Technology's 'Family Bucket' is currently the internal beta version, and it will take a month before the official version is launched." ”

The product has not been contacted by consumers at the most perfect time, and if the word of mouth is smashed, wouldn't it be the rhythm of exploding on the spot?

Feng Yi and others heard Luo Sheng's decision and said that they were not panicked, it was fake, for this product, the Cte d'Azur company has not only paid the sweat of more than 7,000 engineers in the past three years, but also invested more than 17800000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

Although the press conference was a success, and the response of the news media is not bad, and it has earned enough eyeballs all over the world, in fact, there is still a stone hanging in everyone's hearts.

The product is excellent, but the ultimate success or not depends on the sales, which is related to the company's life and death.

Despite Luo Sheng's support, after more than 1,000 days and nights of continuous struggle, many people have already developed feelings for the Cote d'Azur company, and they definitely don't want to die before they get out of the school.

Luo Sheng disagreed, and said confidently: "Just do it, believe me, don't you have confidence in Azure-X?" ”

The crowd shook their heads.

Seeing this scene, Luo Sheng took the opportunity to say: "Isn't it enough to have confidence?" Just imagine, if users are still satisfied after the offline store experience, it will definitely be a bigger surprise when it is officially released, the reviews of people in the technology industry and the news media are worthless in my eyes, they are just like those film critics, they can't represent the audience's preferences, the truth is the same, they can't represent the preferences of consumers, we should care more about consumers' reputation, what we have to do is also to cultivate consumers' reputation. ”

Everyone looked at each other, Luo Sheng's words always had a magical power, and his unparalleled self-confidence was slowly infecting everyone.

"Besides, what if it fails? It's a big deal to reopen quickly, and the technical precipitation will not come to naught because of product failure, even if one or two hundred billion dollars are lost, I can afford to lose, and I will cover the bottom. Luo Sheng finally said.

Everyone: "......"

These words simply made everyone's scalp numb, the key is that he is powerless to refute, even if he really fails, and Luo Sheng is all in the end, compared to his current worth, he has only lost a little more than 8% of his wealth.

This matter was settled in Luo Sheng's decisive decision, and he did not give any chance to refute.

After the meeting, Yao Jianhong began to arrange, and in the afternoon, a batch of prototypes began to be sent to major offline stores, and overseas markets were also directly airlifted to Europe by a plane on the same day.

On September 30, the Cristiana Azur's directly-operated stores in major markets opened ahead of schedule for consumers to experience for free.

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