Thursday, September 5th.

Under the spotlight, Pingguo held its annual autumn press conference as scheduled.

The Pingguo 5S, which looks similar to the Pingguo 5 but has a starting price of RMB 5,288, cannot be said to be exactly the same as the "leak pictures" leaked online. It can only be exactly the same.

There are no surprises at all.

Although it is the second high-end model after Maili X1 to be equipped with fingerprint recognition, despite the excellence of Maili X1, Pingguo 5S is still so ordinary in the eyes of consumers.

There are too many points to complain about.

In an era when 4.7-inch screens have become common, the Pingguo 5S has a 4-inch screen, which is really shabby. The main camera has 8 million pixels, which has no advantage at all in an era when 10 million pixels have already been exceeded.

It all shows Pingguo's arrogance and lack of innovation.

Well....

In fact, there are still some changes, such as changing the color to gray, gold, and silver, canceling the black color that consumers like most, and replacing it with the local gold launched by Maili X1.

If this were the original time and space, Pingguo would be arrogant.

But not in this life.

Local gold replaces the classic black. In the eyes of consumers, this is plagiarism.

And the copying is so poor.

The most surprising thing is that in order to give users more choices in the color of their mobile phones, Pingguo has launched leather protective cases in as many as six colors.

The price is 298 yuan, do you want it?

A proper IQ tax!

Especially in the eyes of Chinese consumers, isn’t a mobile phone case worth ten or twenty yuan worth of Mobao delicious?

In addition to the Pingguo 5S, which has a "high price and few innovations", Pingguo also thoughtfully launched the Pingguo 5C, a new model targeting the mid-range market, and also launched a rainbow color scheme.

The starting price is 4,488 yuan. Is it very conscientious?

Consumers, especially Chinese consumers, can only curse Pingguo for being shameless. What a mid-range market. The price is 4,488. Isn’t it delicious to buy Maili X1?

What the hell is Pingguo 5C?

Even mid-to-low-end mobile phone manufacturers such as Xiaomi, Huawei, and OV have not really felt the threat from Pingguo 5C, because it is really "unworldly".

no doubt.

Against the background of Maili mobile phone, Pingguo's autumn conference is far from being called a success.

Although, in order to debut before Maili X2, Pingguo not only took great pains to advance the press conference, but also deliberately leaked the relevant parameters and data of Pingguo 5S, just to prove to the outside world——

Pingguo is different from Maili mobile phone.

"Well, it is indeed very different. I always feel that my IQ has been humiliated!"

For Chinese consumers, Pingguo 5S once again disappointed them, and their confidence in the Pingguo brand also suffered an unprecedented setback.

Pingguo doesn’t seem to be that good!

After watching Pingguo's autumn press conference, global consumers, especially Chinese consumers, have added expectations for the Maili press conference a week later.

I look forward to saying that Maili X2 can bring some new surprises.

………

The next night, Binhai City.

Ordinary consumers were disappointed with Pingguo's autumn press conference, and Zhang Shuona didn't pay much attention because he already knew the answer.

What surprised Zhang Shuo was that Rebus actually came to Binhai City to treat him.

Obviously, there is nothing else to ask for.

After three rounds of drinking, Zhang Shuo glanced at Rebus sitting opposite and said with a smile: "Mr. Lei is here not just for a drink, but I can't afford it."

"Ahem, there is one thing."

Although he didn't have much contact with Zhang Shuo, Rebus also knew that Zhang Shuo was an "upright" person and he didn't like to mince words when speaking. He took advantage of the situation and said, "It's Gaotong. Let me be the middleman and pass a message to Mr. Zhang."

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"Gaotong?"

Zhang Shuo raised his eyebrows slightly.

Due to the Gaotong Incident, China's mobile phone industry has been very unstable in recent times. Major mobile phone manufacturers have been fighting openly and secretly, and they have been fighting fiercely.

Although you can't see the flash of swords, there are hidden murderous intentions everywhere.

Even Maili Group was affected. One of its suppliers made a temporary plan and said that it would give priority to supplying spare parts to other mobile phone manufacturers.

As a result, Maili Group directly kicked the supplier out of the supplier list.

As early as last year, when Factory H tried to cause trouble with the supply chain, Maili Group began to prepare emergency plans, and many spare parts suppliers had backups.

The same type of spare parts may be obtained from two or even three suppliers at the same time.

Of course the standards are all set.

This makes Maili Group's supply chain system very resilient. Even if one or two suppliers are temporarily instigated, the supply chain can be adjusted in the shortest possible time.

It doesn’t matter which supplier takes advantage of it.

After the Maili Group resorted to thunderous tactics and eliminated the "outstanding player", other suppliers suddenly became more obedient. No matter what conditions other mobile phone manufacturers offered, they would give priority to Maili Group.

They even wish that some of their peers would continue to jump on the bandwagon so that they could reap the benefits.

This is the deterrent power of industry overlords.

"That's right, Gaotong hopes to be able to reconcile with the Germination Group. If a settlement can be achieved, Gaotong promises that it will not initiate intellectual property litigation against the Maili Group in America, Europe and other places."

Rebus was also entrusted by others.

Of course, if Mei Ya and Gaotong really reconcile, it will also be beneficial to Xiaomi.

On the Internet, the negative public opinion against the four mobile phone manufacturers, Xiaomi, OV, and Meiyuan, is still continuing to ferment. Although the four mobile phone manufacturers are not going to be criticized by everyone, they are still having a hard time.

It's okay to not dare to think about it, since the mobile phone business is not their core business anyway.

Meiyuan has also been on the decline. Even though Hongyi Capital and Ali invested successively, it was still unable to turn the tide. Founder Lan Zhang retired again, and the future was worrying.

As a result, some of the talented people in the company have begun to submit their resumes to Maili Group.

For Mei Dao, this turmoil only accelerated Mei Dao's decline. Even without this incident, it would not have been able to prevent Mei Dao from sliding into the abyss.

Generally speaking, Xiaomi and OV have the biggest impact.

In 2013, OV was actually at a disadvantage when facing Xiaomi. Only in the next year or so after launching the celebrity endorsement and offline sales model did OV gradually catch up with Xiaomi's pure online model.

so.

Xiaomi was the most hurt by this turmoil, and it happened to be that Xiaomi 3 had just been released, so it was almost life-threatening.

This is not difficult to understand.

Why was Rebus able to put aside his shame and come all the way to Coast City to work as a lobbyist?

"Gaotong, how do you want to reconcile?"

Zhang Shuo's eyes flashed slightly, sensing Gao Tong's threat.

It means——

If Suya is unwilling to reconcile, then Gaotong will use its intellectual property sword against Maili Mobile in major overseas markets outside China, forcing Maili Mobile to withdraw from overseas markets.

Relevant departments in China cannot control markets outside China.

But the problem is, if we look closely at the conflict between Sprout and Gaotong, in essence, it was Gaotong who started the attack, instigated rebellion against Xiaomi, OV and other manufacturers, slandered Zhulong chips, and wanted to ban Maili phones.

Germination was just a passive counterattack, which made Gaotong unbearable.

It seemed as if he had suffered some great grievance.

"What Gaotong means is, firstly, he hopes that Suiya will not put any additional pressure on the relevant departments in this antitrust investigation; secondly, he hopes to seek cooperation with Suiya in order to clear up the past feud," Rebus said.

Gaotong's move was obviously guided by an "expert".

The current situation is obvious. As the main accuser, Sprout Group has unparalleled influence in the Chinese business circle, coupled with Zhang Shuo's strong personal connections.

If the pressure continues, it will probably be enough for Gaotong to drink a pot.

As for settling old feuds, Gaotong's real purpose is to use cooperation with the Sprout Group to achieve the purpose of "whitewashing" the company in the Chinese market and no longer encounter resistance from Chinese consumers.

Along with Gaotong's partners such as Xiaomi and OV, they can also "wash their name".

It's a very clever strategy.

"Gaotong, how do you want to cooperate with Moya?" Zhang Shuo was noncommittal.

As for the investigation of Gaotong by the relevant departments, what they can do has been done before it started. Zhang Shuo is not interested in putting any additional pressure on this matter if it is not necessary.

That's not necessarily a good thing.

As for cooperation with Gaotong, Zhang Shuo was skeptical.
To be continued...