Rebirth of the Internet: Starting from Games

Chapter 518 Three new orange products

Qiu Ciyun, Liang Mengsong

Looking at these two names on the paper, Chen Hao had never heard of them, but to receive such praise from Zhang Rujing, he must be a big shot in the industry.

"Well, I visited the thatched cottage three times and invited these two people here."

"I'll say hello to them in advance and lay the groundwork to make things easier for you."

Little did the two know that the three divine swords of SMIC in later generations were fanning the wings of butterflies at this moment and would set off a huge storm in the future.

After the initial intention is reached, what remains is a series of specific implementation-level operations.

Last day of June.

Century Zongheng made a strong investment in SMIC.

Coinciding with the financial crisis, SMIC's share price fell from HK$1.4 to HK$0.8. Century Zongheng spent US$7.04 million to acquire 33.2% of SMIC's shares.

At this point, Century Zongheng Group replaced Modu Industrial as the largest shareholder of SMIC.

The announcement of the news caused quite a shock in the capital circle.

Although SMIC is in crisis, it has attracted the attention of many capital institutions, who are optimistic about its future development prospects.

No one would have thought that Zhang Rujing would choose a private enterprise for a long time, but when he found out that it was Century Zongheng, its scale and size were worthy of it. It was indeed a brilliant move.

Becoming a major shareholder of SMIC is just the first step in Chen Hao's plan. There will be second and third steps in the follow-up. It's like playing chess. You have to think at least five steps before you can be a master.

In the past few days since I came back, I have first asked the Beihai Legal Team to assist TSMC in its lawsuit against SMIC.

Secondly, Wu Hanqing was asked to use Zodiac technical resources to investigate the background information and past experiences of other SMIC board members.

He spent the rest of the time in constant communication with Qiu Ciyun and Liang Mengsong.

It is not an exaggeration to say that he visited the thatched cottage three times, and he almost tried his best to capture Meng Huo seven times.

Nearly half of the wool that Teng Xun collected some time ago was spent before he could even keep it warm in his pocket.

However, Chen Hao is not distressed at all. Money can only be earned if it is spent, because Lei Jun's oPhone2 has already faced some difficulties. He understands the importance of mastering the core technology, and OEM is only a temporary expedient.

The hot market caused by oPhone1 has made other major mobile phone manufacturers a little afraid, and they have even mobilized their respective relationships to create obstacles in the parts supply chain.

As a result, the cost of oPhone2-related parts has become higher, and some key parts, such as chips, even have to sign a gambling agreement to obtain supply.

Orange Technology led by Lei Jun has resorted to all kinds of tricks, such as driving the tiger to swallow the wolf, and using the fox to fake the power of the tiger. However, there are still some parts that have no choice but to choose second-tier manufacturers to cooperate with them, so that they will rush to launch the oPhone 9 in September.

In fact, in previous years, September was the time for Apple’s autumn press conference, but this year, Apple has not made any news.

Relevant media sources speculated that this move may be related to the new product launch conference of Orange Technology.

Sure enough, Orange Technology announced that it will hold an autumn new product launch conference on October 10.

The day after the official announcement, Apple announced its own press conference, only one day later than Orange. No one would believe it if it was not intentional.

The last time Apple suffered a heavy loss, after releasing all its products, it was stabbed in the back by Orange Technology, crushing them in terms of feature pricing, app store, etc., which left Steve Jobs' memory fresh.

So this year they plan to strike later.

At this year's press conference, Chen Hao gave full authority to Lei Jun, and the group's business was handed over to the pair of Xu Pengkun and Zhou Xiao. He personally led the troops to deal with the demons and monsters at SMIC, hoping to take over SMIC's side within a month. Smooth.

With last year's successful hosting experience online, Lei Jun followed suit and kept up with the warm-up and marketing promotion of the event, making it a success.

<divclass="contentadv">On October 10, the Orange Technology Press Conference was held at the same venue as the Centennial Lecture Hall of Beijing University.

Lei Jun presided over the entire event this time. He first reviewed the global sales of oPhone in the past year. Despite the encirclement of Nokia, Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and other giants, it was still able to capture 13% of the market share, with sales of up to 2700 million units, which aroused the audience's amazement. .

oPhone2 is the first to appear as the protagonist. Its appearance is thinner and lighter than the previous generation. The four corners that were originally sharp and angular are more rounded. The overall style is between oPhone1 and iPhone3.

All software and hardware configurations were iteratively upgraded, and Yu Chengdong and Luo Yonghao took the stage to introduce specific parameters and functions.

In addition, oPhone2 also supports 3G.

In fact, China Mobile officially started the commercial use of 4G network as early as April this year, and it gradually began to become popular in China.

Of course, Lei Jun is not as unscrupulous as Chen Hao. He announced the prices in a regular manner, 4399 yuan and 4599 yuan, corresponding to the 4g and 8g versions respectively.

Then, in order to take care of the low-end market, it also launched the oPhone2SE version, which is slightly smaller in appearance and is priced at only 2 yuan, on the condition that some hardware is castrated.

The audience cheered.

This is not over yet. When the oPad slipped out of the large envelope and the thin and light oBook appeared, it caused a sensation in the audience.

The oPad screen is as big as three oPhone2s. Except that it cannot make calls, all functions are similar to oPhone2s.

Comparing the oBook with the competing MacBook, the size and thickness are almost the same, but the price is half of the other.

This is because the laptops are OEM and the hardware is provided by Tsinghua Tongfang and other manufacturers. Orange Technology is only responsible for the appearance, assembly and after-sales, so the cost is not very high.

These two products focus on cost-effectiveness.

After the price was announced, the audience burst into thunderous applause one after another, each wave getting stronger than the last.

Next, there are a series of preferential policies, such as trade-in, oPhone1 can be exchanged for a new generation oPhone2 at a discount of yuan, or other Orange Technology products can be purchased.

Moreover, the Orange Technology store will also stock new products, such as power banks, power supplies and data cables.

The last item is the Orange App Store OAS (Orange App Store). First, it introduces various popular applications in the app store, such as wps in cooperation with Kingsoft, its own foxmail, YY, and various popular games on the entire network.

He also briefly posted about his income in the past month. The audience was constantly buzzing with modalities, and the live broadcast room was filled with beeps and beeps.

Lei Jun announced a blockbuster, that is, OAS will open an interface to developers around the world. As long as you have creativity and technology, you can release your own products, and developers can get 70% of the revenue generated.

Finally, I mentioned the release date of all products, which will be released globally on January 1st, New Year’s Day next year.

At the end of the press conference, it was the usual press conference. Lei Jun, Yu Chengdong, and Luo Yonghao became the new trident of Orange Technology and answered relevant questions.

On the second day, all participating media gave favorable comments in their reports, generally using innovation, domestic production, etc. as key words. In particular, the emergence of the oPad became the focus of people's topics.

Of course, the media reports did not dare to exaggerate too much. After all, there was Apple's press conference later, so as not to be slapped in the face for the awesomeness it boasted.

However, to the surprise of the media, Apple suddenly announced that the conference originally scheduled for October 10 would be postponed for three days, which caused a lot of public discussion.

It is speculated that the Orange Technology conference has a head start, disrupting Apple's existing pace.

In fact, even if the result is not successful, it is not far off.