The 159th final decision was made to usurp power

Zeng Binxiang ended with the rumors as the first question: "The reason why ZTE, which actively supported API standards in the early days, did not join the API industry alliance at the first time is rumored to be because of conflicts of interest. ”

This rumor is not accurate.

As far as Wei Dongsheng knows, ZTE did not join the first batch of API industry alliances because of other reasons. However, ZTE's rumors reflect to a certain extent that everyone doubts the purpose of the existence of the API Industry Alliance, and also reflects the huge differences within the API Industry Alliance.

Zeng Binxiang continued to look at the decline of API: "The second problem is that its technical solution is not excellent. ”

"The advantage of API standards is security, which is indeed more secure than IFI, but the problem with API standards is not whether they are safe or not, but how to achieve security. Zhiyu surveyed the employees of other companies who wrote programs for APIs, and found that they were all confused and questioned about the "smooth deployment of APIs". Employees who have written the program for a year still do not know how to securely store certificates on APs, and how to safely and securely put certificates on laptops, PDAs, mobile phones, and other nodes. ”

"Also, are these certificates monitored? If so, by whom? If so, which department is responsible? These are troubles that are difficult to distract. ”

"If you monitor, the market is already narrow, if you raise the cost, how can consumers be willing to accept you? Without monitoring, the security claims of the API are meaningless. Truly confidential departments, which are not allowed to use wireless LANs; In places such as homes or cafes and stations, the security requirements do not need to be so high, and it is purely meaningless to increase the complexity of the system. ”

Qiu Weizhong also expressed a pessimistic opinion in Mandarin, which he is not proficient in: "In fact, technical problems are not obstacles, the key is the determination of the Chinese government." Before I came to Zhiyu, I worked for Marvell, and I followed Dr. Hu Guorong, the technical director of Marvell's Huaguo branch, to Xi'an to negotiate with Xidian Jietong. Not only Marvell, but also many companies in the IFI camp are as half-hearted as the API Industry Alliance. In order to raid the Chinese market and obtain excess profits, what is it to betray the IFI alliance. Director Hu Guorong led us to talk with Xidian Jietong for more than a month, how could we have imagined that as soon as an agreement was reached here, there was a notice of indefinite extension of the API standard. Since the Chinese government was not determined to enforce API standards, Marvell would not waste money on developing API technology, so the so-called cooperation ended without a hitch, and I simply resigned and came to Zhiyu. ”

Wait a minute.

Similar to the API Industry Alliance, Zhiyu Integrated Circuit Design Company is also pessimistic about API standards.

Wei Dongsheng slapped his right hand and left palm, announcing that the API standard complaint would come to an end for the time being: "Everyone has made it clear about the difficulties of APIs. However, why Zhiyu Group is facing difficulties and developing APIs, please ask Jiang Hongxing, CEO of Zhiyu Technology, to explain to you. ”

Jiang Hongxing quickly switched to PPT speech mode: "Everyone knows that Zhiyu stepped into the field of mobile phone sales, not to get a piece of the leftovers in the fierce competition, but to subvert the definition of smart phones." Smart Music is just a test of the waters, if it were not for the problems in the component supply chain, in June 2006 it was ready to try to launch a capacitive screen smartphone. ”

"The smartphone strategy doesn't allow us to wander around because there are other competitors who want to reinvent the concept of smartphones. At the beginning of the year, Zhiyu Technology began to prepare for capacitive screen smart phones, and contacted Chenhong (TPK) on Wanwan Island to purchase capacitive screen components, and found that Apple reached a cooperation agreement with Chenhong as early as the end of 2004. This year, Chenhong recommended capacitive screens to international giants such as Nokia. These are all threats. ”

"Zhiyu is a vigorous enterprise, you and I both know that Zhiyu is running forward at a super high speed, but in the eyes of the outside world, Zhiyu is an untrustworthy company after all. In terms of sales, Zhiyu Information Industry, Zhiyu Integrated Circuit Design Company, Zhiyu Technology and other series of companies combined, this year's sales may be able to barely rush to 16 billion yuan. ”

"16 billion, about one-third of Huawei's, has no sense of existence in the world."

"Zhiyu was born in 2003 and achieved a revenue of 16 billion yuan in three years, which is a very, very remarkable achievement. Unfortunately, whether it is the credibility accumulated over time or the absolute value of revenue, we cannot compare with Apple, Nokia and other companies, and component manufacturers must give priority to them. If Nokia makes capacitive screen smartphones, there is an idea in early 2005 and it can be launched in early 2006; If Apple makes capacitive screen smartphones, the decision will be made at the end of 2004 and it will be available at the end of 2006. And Zhiyu, with the current influence, we will not be able to enter the market until the end of 2007 at the earliest. ”

"The cost of purchasing components is also very high due to compatibility issues. Based on the current price of components, if the capacitive screen smartphone launched by Zhiyu Technology can sell 1 million units, the minimum price is 7200 yuan per unit, and Zhiyu Technology will not lose money. If the first smartphone is launched at the end of 2007, the guaranteed price of Zhiyu Technology may be reduced to 5,500 yuan. ”

"The above is the grim reality faced by Zhiyu capacitive screen smartphones."

"Zhiyu Technology has deduced that if a capacitive screen smartphone wants to beat a Nokia Symbian system smartphone, it needs to meet two basic conditions. One is 3G, faster Internet speed, cheaper Internet package, users can use capacitive screen smartphones anytime and anywhere; The second is the wireless LAN, the signal coverage cost of operators such as China Mobile and China Unicom is very high, even if 3G is launched, it is difficult for users to enjoy 3G packages in a short period of time to freely watch videos on the web page. It is necessary to lay enough cheap wireless LAN signal at home, in small restaurants, in cafes and other leisurely entertainment places, so that users can achieve the goal of watching videos on their mobile phones and have the willingness to buy capacitive screen smartphones. ”

"That's the problem."

"Zhiyu capacitive screen smart phones need wireless LAN signals, and smart technology needs wireless LAN signals."

"Whether it is API or IFI, there must be a wireless LAN foundation before there is a living space for capacitive screen smartphones. Zhiyu Technology actually doesn't care about the dispute between API and IFI, using API and IFI does not affect the experience of capacitive screen smartphones. However, we must pay attention to the Chinese government's dedication to API standards, and we must also understand that API standards are part of the Chinese government's support for domestic related industries. If we don't do something about it, and the Chinese government continues to fight against the IFI Alliance, the future will definitely be: IFI standards have completely won the international market and then swept the Chinese market, forcing the Chinese government to recognize the current situation that API standards have failed miserably. ”

"We have to do something."

"We can't support IFI. Even if we support IFI, the road to IFI popularization will be difficult, and the price paid by Zhiyu to promote capacitive screen smartphones against API standards may exceed the profits made from capacitive screen smartphones. ”

"Due to the political environment and market fundamentals, we have no choice but to support API standards and bring API products to market."

After the successful tape-out of Zhiyu's first mobile phone chip, the senior management of Zhiyu Group knew that Zhiyu's ultimate goal was a capacitive screen smartphone, and would not meet the results of Zhiyu Music's millions of sales. The operating system and supporting applications that match the capacitive screen smartphone are in full swing; In the industrial chain of capacitive screen smartphones, Zhiyu Technology is also trying to find more reliable suppliers based on the principle of domestic first and then international. Although the first product of Zhiyu Technology and the subsequent second product and even the third product are all red and blue machines with gimmicks, the core strategy of Zhiyu Technology has always been unswervingly aimed at the future of capacitive screen smartphones.

Capacitive screen smartphones are the core strategy of Zhiyu.

The senior management of Zhiyu integrated circuit design company also understands that the capacitive screen smartphone is the product that Zhiyu really wants to launch, and what they don't understand is why Zhiyu spends energy to participate in the API industry alliance. Wei Dongsheng convened this high-level meeting to unify everyone's understanding and guide all high-level executives to pay attention to the API industry alliance as much as possible on the grounds that API standards are an important part of capacitive screen smartphones going to the market.

Wei Dongsheng is accustomed to fighting on the front line, and Zhiyu Music's Leader series chips, the operating system and application software of capacitive screen smartphones have all incorporated a large number of Wei Dongsheng's concepts and theories. The more senior executives who are familiar with Wei Dongsheng, the more they admire Wei Dongsheng's achievements. Under the influence of Wei Dongsheng, the content of this high-level meeting quickly transitioned from "why to join the API Industry Alliance" to "how to do a good job in the API Industry Alliance".

Consensus was quickly reached.

Zhiyu must be deeply involved in the API industry alliance, but he can't obediently be a demining soldier of Xidian Jietong and other enterprises. On the contrary, Zhiyu wants to usurp the power, usurp the rights of intellectual property manufacturers such as Xidian Jietong, and obtain the leadership of the API Industry Alliance.

As mentioned earlier, Xidian Jietong is just a small vest, and complex interest groups are involved behind it. If he wants to usurp the power to seize the leadership of the API Industry Alliance, and wants to usurp the power to obtain the power of API standards, Zhiyu must win over another group of interest groups with a more enlightened attitude.

Operators Huaguo Mobile and Datang Group are regarded as reinforcements by Zhiyu. In Wei Dongsheng's vision, Zhiyu has carried out in-depth cooperation with China Mobile and Datang, and has taken the opportunity of the "dual-mode solution" compatible with API standards and IFI standards to propose better technical solutions in the process of cooperation. When Zhiyu completely proves his value with his technical background, he will join forces with interest groups such as Mobile and Datang to rebel, usurp power and personally lead the direction of the API industry alliance.

Now that he has decided to usurp power, Wei Dongsheng doesn't have to stick a hot face to a cold ass.

Wei Dongsheng neatly handed over the trivial matter of contacting the API Industry Alliance to a fictitious vice president of Zhiyu Integrated Circuit Design Company, and he flew back to Panyang City to celebrate the settlement of Cambrian 2004D as a supercomputing center.

The Spring and Autumn Building, which rises from the ground at the old site of Weijiazhuang, has been completed for a small time.

If you ignore the steel jungle construction site around the perimeter and focus only on the renovated buildings, this place seems to be a remote corner of a big city. Wei Dongsheng slowly walked towards the Spring and Autumn Building, and suddenly seemed to see an acquaintance, and stopped in doubt: "Ran Qianqian? ”