During the busy period, Wei Qingfan did not take a break during the National Day holiday. He took Jiang Qinghuai on a business trip to the other side of the ocean to conduct final negotiations with Qualcomm in person.
As a result, he got back important patents including wishful gestures, knuckle screenshots, etc. as he wished, including agreements on the patents that will be used in the future.
Qualcomm's future 200, 400, 600, and 800 series processors will exceed a total of 60 million pieces!
This is only the price for getting back the patents already used in mobile phones equipped with Qualcomm processors. The patents used in subsequent products equipped with Qualcomm processors are another price.
This price was not beyond Wei Qingfan's expectation, but it still made him feel angry. However, the situation was stronger than others, so he had to swallow this breath.
What he can do is try to determine the proportion of different series of processors according to subsequent product planning.
In fact, this result is not bad, at least it is much better than the price Huawei paid for Qualcomm processors in later generations - Qualcomm's condition for Huawei is that if it wants a flagship processor, it must carry several 778 processors in stock.
Huawei will start selling these 778 processors in 2021, and they have not sold out until 2023. The models equipped with them include nva9, nva9pr, nva10, nva10pr, p50e, p50pet, ate50e, nva11, nva11pr, nva11utra... That’s it.
It is not sold out, which shows how stringent the conditions for purchasing the Snapdragon 8 series were back then.
Of course, although it is helpless, consumers are innocent, and consumers who are willing to still support in this situation are even more valuable. Huawei can sell Snapdragon 778 at a price of 4,000 in 2023. It is cruel and thick-skinned.
It's to such a high level that people have to admire it.
The three major operators did not solve the problem so quickly, because Lingxi did not have much room to retreat. The other party was asking for a high price, so they could only negotiate slowly. Anyway, it would be in Lingxi's benefit to continue to drag it out.
BOE was the most worry-free and smoothest, going both ways. After finalizing the decision to acquire 2% of Gushici Company's shares, subsequent R&D cooperation was carried out more smoothly.
Wei Qingfan's goal is to make a flexible folding screen mobile phone in 2014, which is very difficult. Historically, BOE did not put into production the country's first flexible AED screen production line in Chengdu until 2017.
Of course, Wei Qingfan is not very worried, because in the original history, BOE completed the research and development of flexible AED screens in about 2014-2015 at the latest, but the yield rate was too low and there was no way to mass-produce it.
The next step is to overcome the problem of mass production.
The flexible AED screen production line was put into production in 2017. In 2018, the first mobile phone equipped with BOE's curved screen, Huawei ate20pr, appeared. This was because Huawei wanted to support a reliable supply chain after Samsung cut off supply of Huawei ate9, and BOE's own efforts
more important.
In this time and space, with the help of Gushici Company, the rise of domestic screens will be greatly advanced.
Because Gu Shi is more powerful than Huawei in the consumer business field, and many things will not be secrets in later generations. As an insider, Wei Qingfan does not know much about the technical details of AED screens, but he can give directions for research and development.
, avoid unnecessary detours.
Samsung nte2 has been launched in Tianzhu in early September, and the price is equivalent to RMB 4,400. The national bank price cannot be so cheap. It will most likely not be as expensive as the first generation, and may be closer to the price of iphne5.
As for the national bank price of iPhone, Wei Qingfan remembered that it was 5,288.
The first batch of iphne5 was released on September 21st, including Hong Kong Island. After that, a wave of purchasing agents quickly started in the mainland. The purchasing price was once as high as 100 yuan in the early stage of the sale, and there were still people who did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy them.
This is iphne!
By October, the price of iPhone 5 had gradually dropped, but it was still above 6,000 yuan.
At the same time, parallel-imported Samsung nte2 has also begun to circulate in some channels. The 55-inch large screen and round body represent a completely different direction and experience from the iphne5, but they are equally expensive.
These are all big international brands!
Under such grand circumstances, Gu Shi, which led the trend of large-screen mobile phones earlier in the minds of domestic consumers, is about to enter the wine market, and finally there is more news.
In fact, long before the release of Samsung nte2, there were reports that the screen of Gushi Jinjiu 2 would be further increased to 55 inches. At that time, a large number of people lamented that it was too big.
There are also some media figures who criticize and criticize, believing that this is going further and further down the wrong path.
After the release of Samsung nte2, these voices disappeared, and there were reports that Gushi will continue to maintain the 53-inch screen size at the reception.
As a result, some people began to say, "Development still depends on international manufacturers like Samsung", "Domestic manufacturers are too conservative and find it difficult to innovate", "Standing on their own laurels" and so on.
Wei Qingfan commented on iPhone 5 on Weibo and predicted that Apple would release a 55-inch iPhone in a few years. He was scolded by a group of people for being fanciful. Naturally, there were also people who defended it, because no matter what Wei Qingfan said so far, he had not missed it.
It is said that iPhone will increase the screen size. Does this mean that iPhone 5 will become larger?
In this case, it is said that Apple will release a 55-inch iPhone in a few years. Although no one can imagine what a 55-inch iPhone will look like, it does not affect a considerable number of people and fans to defend Mr. Wei's statement.
It hasn't arrived yet after a few years, you're a maggot!
A few months ago, weren't you still shouting "35 inches is the most suitable for human use" and "iphne will never increase the screen size"... iphne5 is out, you keep shouting! Does your face hurt?
Among the noise, there were also voices who were more concerned about Jiang Jinjiu. They thought that since Mr. Wei said this, then there is a high probability that Jiang Jinjiu 2 will have a 55-inch screen, otherwise Mr. Wei would not have mentioned this size intentionally.
There are those who agree with this, there are those who oppose it, there are those who look forward to it, and there are also those who criticize it.
Together, these new wines have become quite popular on the Internet before they even begin to warm up.
“Does anyone know when the new version of Gushi will be released?”
"I also want to ask. I am holding an iPhone 4. I don't want to use a 5. I want to buy an Android phone as a backup phone. It can be a Samsung iPhone or a Samsung NTE. A bigger battery would be better."
"Double Ninth Festival, if there are no accidents, it will be October 23rd, the ninth day of September."
"It should be the Double Ninth Festival, and the launch of ancient poetry mobile phones is a traditional festival."
"I'm also waiting. I am Guci 1. I want to buy Linjiangxian's wine, but I also want to wait and see what the new wine will be like."
"It seems that this year's new model will be called Jiangjinjiu 2, and there will be no other poetry names."
"That's okay, otherwise I wouldn't be able to remember it."
"It's almost done. Why haven't you announced the news yet?"
As time went by, the voices of discussion and urging on the Internet became louder and louder. On the morning of Monday, October 15th, Gushici Company finally released the poster for the press conference.
The poster continues the theme of sunshine and bird's nest from the previous generation, but the perspective has changed, as if seen through the gaps between leaves, causing the theme color of the entire poster to turn green.
The blank space reads
Traveling far away from home, a gentleman is like an orchid
Double Ninth Festival, see you or not
There are small words next to it stating that on October 23rd at 1430 pm, the global press conference of Ancient Poems Will Enter Wine 2 will be held.
Invitation letters to various media were also sent out, but these were invitations to domestic media. Foreign media received invitations earlier because they had to prepare visas to travel to China.
From a rational point of view, Wei Qingfan is very clear that Huawei's approach of first launching a press conference abroad and then launching a press conference domestically is more beneficial and will make it easier to attract attention in the country.
However, it was really difficult for him to accept such an approach emotionally.
Therefore, after internal discussions, we decided to be a little more arrogant and directly follow Apple's example, holding a global press conference at its home base and inviting overseas media to come.
There were also voices of opposition to this within the company, believing that it would be better to go abroad first to develop the press conference. After all, no matter what it is these days, the overseas gold-plated gold will be more powerful after it comes back, but in the end Wei Qingfan forcibly suppressed it.
Naturally, some media are disdainful to come, but naturally there are also media who are willing to come and have some fun. After all, there are food, drinks, travel expenses, and writing an article later.
Isn’t this more stylish than going abroad to hold a press conference?
Anyway, no matter where you go to hold a press conference, you will have to spend a lot of money on publicity.
Although the Gushi mobile phone has begun to be sold overseas, its sales volume and influence are far less than those in China. This is the first global launch, so the overseas media did not pay much attention to it. In addition to the confidentiality clause, they did not pay much attention to it.
Much news spread to the country in advance.
After the launch poster was announced in China, the main information revealed was the product name and launch time, but some people also noticed the words "global launch".
“Changed the global press conference?”
“Both Jiangjin Wine and Niaomingjian have been launched overseas.”
“Didn’t someone say before that food taken out abroad is much more expensive than at home?”
"Isn't it good for people to buy Apple, Samsung and Google? Does anyone buy it?"
"Domestic sales should be better"
"After all, it's the first generation."
"It is said that the total sales volume of imported wine will exceed 4 million units."
"Everything is difficult at the beginning, just take your time. If you can really open up sales overseas, you will be as proud of being domestically produced as Lenovo."
"Hehehe, I don't think so."
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Because this time it was going to be live broadcast overseas, Wei Qingfan chose subtitle translation and gave him the manuscript, and then delayed it for some time so that he could change the details.
The rent of the Bird's Nest is too expensive and it is impossible to wait until that day for debugging. The company's technical department conducts tests in advance, while he himself is busy with the entertainment of the channel dealer.
Because Samsung nte2 has once again increased the screen size, the general public seems to be more accepting of large-screen mobile phones. Coupled with the impact of price cuts, the sales of the first generation have increased rapidly in more than a month.
On the eve of the press conference, the shipments (non-sales volume) of the first generation of Jiangjinjiu had exceeded 5.5 million units. The price reduction of Niaomingjian was smaller, but the shipment volume was still able to exceed 5 million units. The sales volume throughout the life cycle
There must be more than 6 million units.
This has caused major channel dealers to quickly raise their expectations for the second generation of wine, and they have already obtained the machines. Some people are already using them. They are quite satisfied with the quality improvement of this generation, and they are more confident.
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There are some things that Wei Qingfan cannot avoid, but he still leaves things to others as much as possible. He revised the draft of the press conference several times and concentrated on preparing for another press conference after more than half a year.
On the eve of the press conference, the most direct competitor of the Niaomingjian series mobile phones, Samsung nte2, was officially launched on October 20, priced at 5,199.
Channel dealers have also received sales information from the National Bank of China, the most important product in the industry, iphne5, which will be sold for the first time on December 14, priced at 5,288 yuan.
Everything is ready, and Wei Qingfan is gearing up to once again challenge two major international manufacturers at the press conference. One is the founder and leader of smartphones, and the other is the internationally recognized leader in Android mobile phone manufacturers.
It will be the most powerful competitor of ancient poetry mobile phones for a long time to come.
The rear seats of the Continental GT can accommodate people, but they are not that comfortable (it will occupy the space of the front seats and automatically adjust the front seats according to the leg positions of the people in the back). However, it is not suitable to drive such a car to pick up elders.
, I didn’t take this into consideration when I wrote it, and it has been modified to two Mercedes-Benzes and no Continental.