Chapter 41: Watching Summer
"What do you mean?"
Jobs obviously didn't come to his senses, and Jonathan on the other end of the phone continued: "Our Huaxia person in charge contacted me and said that there is a company in Huaxia that has made smartphones!"
"Wait, what are you talking about? Smartphones? What kind of smartphone is it?"
"It's a real smartphone!"
"You mean..."
"Yes, and their products have already been mass-produced and marketed, which is a problem, and their secrecy makes it impossible for us to get specific information in advance."
Jobs can't sleep right now, Apple's ongoing "Purple Project" is to create a real smartphone, but they have just entered the first stage of research and development, and it is still very early before mass production is launched.
In fact, Jonathan was also very shocked when he heard this news, even if the person in charge of Huaxia repeatedly affirmed that this was the truth, he was a little unconvinced, but he understood that the person on the other end of the phone could not joke with him.
"You know, Wilson has always been very rigorous, and the survey data he provided when he was at the head office never disappointed us, he has already gotten some Huaxia smartphones and is doing research..."
Wilson was in charge of Apple's IOD business in Huaxia, saying that it was to open up the Huaxia market, but in fact, both Jobs and Jonathan knew that this was just to separate Wilson from participating in the core business.
On the surface, Apple's top management is very united, but in fact, if it weren't for Jobs, some top executives would have looked at each other unpleasantly and were ready to fight, and Wilson was the victim of Apple's last high-level struggle.
Even so, Wilson was still diligent, and in just four months in Huaxia, he increased IOD sales by 35%, and at the same time, Jobs and others deepened their understanding of Huaxia's electronics market.
In Jobs's view, Chinese people like to abide by traditional rules, and their culture has been inherited for a long time, but once people are traditional, they must be conservative, and once they are conservative, they will lack the spirit of innovation and adventure...
This is also one of the reasons why Apple's top management has not looked very highly at the Huaxia brand, of course, even the Huaxia market, which has a demographic dividend of more than one billion, has never been as important as other markets in Jobs's view.
Including when planning the first finished product of the "Purple Project", Jobs did not have the idea of entering the Chinese market, but now Apple has not made a smartphone, but the Huaxia brand has made it first.
"I need more detailed information, let Wilson send it to my email as soon as possible, and ask him to send someone to deliver the Huaxia smartphone as soon as possible!"
The price of Huamei's flights is very high, Jobs can't take care of it so much, he needs to see the product as soon as possible, Wilson's engineer level is not high, he is researching in Huaxia... What can be studied?
As for whether the Huaxia brand is so good at secrecy, did Wilson press it and didn't report it... It is not known that the "Purple Project" is still in progress, and now is not the time for infighting.
"It's already been sent! I also received a copy of their products that I already have in the company... See for yourself!"
Needless to say, Jobs has already taken out his laptop and connected to the ifi, speaking of ifi, a company called BALD has recently come back to life, and the patent fees alone have made a lot of money. ….
At present, Apple uses BALD products in many places, including Jobs's place of residence, but he doesn't have the heart to think so much now, and after clicking on the mailbox, there is indeed an email from Wilson.
It not only contains the detailed information of Stardust Technology, but also the data of the three products of "Sea", "Box", and "Stardust 1", the technology used, and the most critical operating system, Stardust OS.
There are even some employee information of Stardust Technology, Chen Zifan, Zhao Wuxian, Wang Jinli, Li Yuan... As well as the information of most of the Stardust network engineer team, the investigation is called a detail.
At a glance, it was clear that Wilson definitely didn't notice Stardust Technology recently, he had been prepared, but he just hadn't contacted Apple's headquarters.
"Sea" and "box" are okay, but MediaTek's casing products, at most the design is good, and there are some unique Bluetooth technologies, but Stardust 1 is different, and Jobs has a look
material, directly confused.
"Wilson!"
Something so important to tell him now? Every detail of Stardust 1 is like a hammer in Jobs's heart, and Stardust Technology not only made it, but also achieved it almost perfectly.
The most important thing is that Stardust OS can do far better than Apple OS under development by the "Purple Project", especially the Stardust application, the importance of the software store Jobs knows better than anyone else.
Even if Stardust OS is just an ordinary operating system, the hardware level of Stardust 1 is also very high, a complete 10-point touch screen, and the resolution and pixel density have reached an amazing level.
For a while, Jobs only felt that something in his heart suddenly collapsed, and he leaned back in his chair a little depressed, looking at the information on the screen, and felt overwhelmed in his life for the first time.
But it lasted less than five minutes before he picked himself up again: "It's okay, we still have a chance to adjust..."
As Chen Zifan guessed, how could a tech maniac fall without even seeing the product? He didn't know if Jobs slept well or not, anyway, he didn't sleep well tonight, a phone call in a while.
In the end, he simply stopped sleeping and began to deal with some product problems about the Stardust ecological chain, Bluetooth headsets are just the beginning, in addition to Bluetooth headsets, there are laptops, smart watches, etc.
But Huaxia already has Lenovo, and Lenovo is the real "light of domestic production" in the hearts of many people, and their various computer products have always occupied a very high market share in Huaxia.
Including mobile phones, don't look at the sales of the "sea" and "box" two feature phones, which have millions of units, but they are really not enough in front of Lenovo, of course, this situation will soon be changed by Stardust 1.
It is a bit too fast to enter the laptop and engage in cross-border, and laptops and mobile phones are not the same type of products, and the things they need are completely different, and Stardust Technology has no supplier channels.
So Chen Zifan doesn't plan to wade into the troubled waters of his laptop now, he still needs more preparation, CPU, graphics card, system... Even product design, each one is not easy to solve.
As for the issue of the Stardust ecological chain that he mentioned at the Stardust press conference, he is going to take out the "tablet" to expand the product line of the next generation of Stardust 2, which is a big killer. ….
"Study, work..."
What study, work, most of them are just a façade of publicity, the early situation is that people enjoy the pleasure of taking out a tablet with a large screen and easy to carry from their bags in the eyes of the surroundings.
The large screen attribute is indeed more refreshing in terms of audio and video, and when the tablet computer develops, people will begin to use him to handle work and study~
In addition to the particularity of tablets, another reason is that Chen Zifan needs to come up with more innovative products, and it is best to label Stardust Technology as a "leader in the electronic era".
The so-called Internet of Everything, in fact, is the main concept of the development of the 4G network, and before the 4G era, the ecological chain products were naturally Nokia, but at this time Nokia became a mess.
Stardust 1 caught them off guard, who would have thought that yesterday Nokia was still the king of high-end machines in the Chinese market, 4000+ gears are unmatched, and today they received a large number of returns from high-end machines...
Just kidding, there is Stardust 1, Nokia can't break even if it falls from the 18th floor, and it doesn't work with an ultra-high pixel camera, the two are not at the same level, and the same price is completely dimensional.
They have already gotten dozens of Stardust 1 units ready to be sent to Nokia's headquarters, ready to crack the hardware and software of Stardust 1 before considering new products...
Other mobile phone brands, whether they are international brands or domestic brands, are generally similar in terms of decision-making, the difference is that international brands have stronger R&D strength, and some domestic brands are still taking the road of imitation.
Stardust Labs.
Chen Zifan found some design drafts, and handled official business while changing them, and at eight o'clock in the morning, he was just about to stare at the first sales data, but unexpectedly received a call from Jirun Food:
"Hey, hello, is it Dong Chen? That's right, our first batch of bubble tea shops has a total of 36, the preparation has been completed, and then I would like to invite you to our ribbon-cutting ceremony, you see..."
"When?"
"June 18th, next week..."
"Okay, I'll think about it. By the way, the specific situation of the bubble tea shop now..."
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It stands to reason that Jirun Food is directly connected with Wang Jinli, but Wang Jinli is busy with a marketing war, and he has been promoting Stardust Technology and Stardust 1 all night, and Zhao Wuxian has more things to deal with~
So this time, the person in charge of Jirun Food Processing Factory directly found Chen Zifan, what they originally wanted to invite was Chen Zifan, but there was no way, they were also afraid that the Chinese milk tea chain would lose money...
After all, Stardust Technology is an investor, so it takes more contact to do it, but when Chen Zifan heard that the name given to the milk tea shop by Jirun Food Processing Factory was "Guanxia", he was silent for a moment, what is the situation?
Isn't Guanxia a niche aromatherapy brand more than a decade later? And is it really suitable for use in bubble tea shops? But when he heard the name of the person in charge, he realized that this was really a person!
"Don't make aromatherapy, come to a bubble tea shop? Yours is it! And the same name! Forget it, I'll go check on the situation..."
After all, Jirun is also half a subsidiary of Stardust Technology, and the milk tea shop can not only make money when it is operated, but also play a wave of advertising, but Guanxia is not going for affordable milk tea, which is a problem...
Otherwise, it is bound to be inconsistent with the positioning of Stardust Technology products, and publicity may have the opposite effect, of course, the current Stardust 1 does not need to rely on milk tea shops and IFI to open shipping channels.
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