Not long after Zhang Shuo returned to the office, rotating president Lu Qi came to visit.
"Chairman, at the board meeting held by Qingcheng Group last week, a director raised the issue of Qingcheng Group's listing, hoping to determine a time point to promote Qingcheng Group's listing," Lu Qi reported.
"What did you think about it?" Zhang Shuo asked without answering.
"My idea is to wait until the bike-sharing and taxi-hailing business stabilizes before considering the issue of going public. It's a little early to go public now," Lu Qi said.
Qingcheng Group, which has just completed financing, is not short of funds.
"Then do what you want."
After Qingcheng Group has experienced three rounds of financing, subsequent listing has become an unavoidable topic.
It doesn't even depend on Zhang Shuo's personal will.
In particular, the Sprout Group recently took out part of the Qingcheng Group's equity and implemented an employee stock ownership plan. Even those within the Sprout Group support the Qingcheng Group's listing.
"People's support" is irreversible.
"I agree that when conditions are ripe, we should promote the listing of Qingcheng Group, but one thing is that the listing location cannot be overseas, either Xiangjiang, Magic City or Binhai City."
Not only because Zhang Shuo has a prejudice against beautiful countries.
The most important thing is that Qingcheng Group, as a local life service company, holds a massive amount of basic data and must not open it to the regulatory authorities of the United States.
Especially if there is any subsequent wrangling, it would be better to avoid the beautiful stock market directly.
"OK."
With Xiangjiang as the base, Lu Qi had no objection.
Especially as the Xiangjiang stock market shows signs of interconnection with Magic City and Binhai City, listing in Xiangjiang is indeed a very good choice for Chinese companies.
It can not only complete listing financing at the minimum cost, but also benefit ordinary Chinese investors.
Don't let the rich water flow to outsiders' fields.
"Another point is to promote the listing of Qingcheng Group, but the corporate culture, values and business strategies of Qingcheng Group cannot be significantly adjusted to cater for the listing."
Zhang Shuo was worried that in order to go public, Qingcheng Group also launched a subsidy war.
This puts the cart before the horse.
"clear!"
Lu Qi is also very clear about the expectations, or expectations, that the big boss has for Qing Cheng.
It is no exaggeration to say that the values and business philosophy of Qingcheng Group were shaped by Zhang Shuo and bear Zhang Shuo’s very distinct personal imprint.
………
Thursday, September 12th.
In the morning of that day, in order to avoid the Maili
It is also the last part in the Honkai Impact Trilogy by Mihayou Studio.
Of course, the quality of "Honkai Impact 3" cannot be said, but for players with increasingly demanding appetites, "Honkai Impact 3" is still not a hit mobile game.
Not to mention phenomenal.
For four or five months, Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment has not produced an eye-catching mobile game, which inevitably makes the outside world question that Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment seems to be declining in the field of originality.
The only thing that can redeem him is the demo animation of "Black Myth".
But in fact, Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment is holding back big moves behind the scenes. It plans to launch "Clash Royale" next month and "King of Pesticide" in December, both of which are first-class phenomenal mobile games.
By then, it is bound to ignite the enthusiasm of players around the world again.
………
The time will soon come to Friday, September 13th.
The much-anticipated MaiLi X2 will be unveiled tonight, proving to the world whether the birth of the MaiLi X1 was a momentary luck or a true manifestation of strength.
This battle is directly related to whether Maili Mobile Phone can truly establish its brand heritage.
Everyone is waiting to see.
For the birth of MaiLi X1, MaiLi Group invested more than 30 billion in just over a year and employed more than 9,000 R&D personnel.
As for Maili X2, Maili Group’s monthly research and development expenditure alone exceeds 1.5 billion.
The number of R&D personnel has also exceeded 20,000.
If the research and development of Maili X1 is mainly about digesting patented technology from Nokia, then the research and development of Maili X2 is a more in-depth exploration and integration of technology.
From the inside out, from hardware to software, it has been completely re-polished.
How demanding is Maili Group's pursuit of technical details? From the feedback from Maili Group's suppliers, it can be seen that as small as a structural part, there are two pages of technical indicators.
They will torture the suppliers crazy.
The good thing is that as long as it can accept orders from Maili Group, this supplier will be reborn and will be confident in accepting orders from any other mobile phone manufacturer.
Including overseas giants such as Pingguo and Sanxing.
The existence of Maili Group has indeed promoted the overall upgrade of China's smartphone industry chain, and has personally cultivated no less than ten high-quality agents that are world-renowned.
Tell the truth.
Two years ago, Zhang Shuo based his memory on the more than 20 key domestic suppliers identified by the Maili Group. In terms of scale, R&D level, and technology, there was a gap between them and the original time and space.
The standards of many suppliers are far from the standards of some Korean and Japanese manufacturers.
Including Whale Oriental who made the screen.
This is also the reason why friendly companies such as Xiaomi and OV prefer overseas suppliers.
It was the dual drive of the demand for mobile phones from Germination Smartphone Investment Fund and Maili, which provided both funds and orders, that led to the transformation and upgrading of technology by these suppliers.
It has raised the level of the entire supply chain to a higher level.
In addition to supporting suppliers, in the past year, in the field of core components, including mobile phone baseband chips, processors, video decoders, image processors, cameras, etc., Maili Group has personally ended up.
And they don't hesitate to invest a lot of money.
After making heavy bets, not only star products such as the Zhulong Z1 chip were born, but Maili X2 has made great progress in video price, image processing, photography and other aspects.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! And they have mastered their own secrets, so they will not be stuck by overseas manufacturers.
Due to the failure of Pingguo's autumn launch, the launch of Maili X2 has naturally attracted attention from all parties, and Maili Group will also launch an unprecedented global live broadcast.
The location is still chosen at the Binhai International Convention Center.
The invited guests are still media reporters, app developers, digital product testing experts, budding fans and other groups, but the composition of each group has undergone earth-shaking changes from last year.
Among the media representatives, in addition to local Chinese media, there are as many as 36 overseas media.
Others, such as app developers, digital experts, budding fans, etc., also come from all over the world. In one sentence, Maili’s press conference will be more international.
It has truly attracted global attention.
Finally, there are some business tycoons specially invited by the Sprout Group. In addition to the familiar Mr. Ren, the second master, and the third master, there are also Gaotong President Ke Meng and Xiaomi founder Rebus who actively applied to participate.
As well as Ping Guo, President of Greater China Region, President of Three Star China Region, etc.
Many of these people were obviously drunkards who did not care about drinking, but adhering to the concept of "everyone is a guest", Moya treated them all equally and gave them warm hospitality.
The International Convention Center tonight is a gathering of stars.
With Zhang Shuo appearing in the spotlight, Maili Group's autumn conference officially began. "When Maili X1 was released last year, the theme was - Maili X1, redefining smartphones."
"It sounds like bragging, but in fact, we did it."
"Bah bang bang!"
As soon as Zhang Shuo finished speaking, there was warm applause from the audience.
As if paying tribute to the grain of wheat.
Because it is true that the keyword of Mai Li was once considered arrogant by the outside world.
But the fact is that in just one year, metal casings, fingerprint unlocking, voice assistants, etc. have all become standard features of flagship smartphones.
Without these configurations, it would be too embarrassed to even call itself high-end.
This is the change that Maili X1 has brought to the smartphone industry. In a sense, it has indeed redefined smartphones and become an indelible page in the history of mobile phone development.
"So, what about Maili X2? Will it fall into mediocrity or continue to be amazing?"
As Zhang Shuo asked, the PPT on the back showed a comparison picture. On the left was MaiLi X1 and on the right was MaiLi X2. From the appearance, there seemed to be no major changes.
It just became a little thinner.
Then the camera changes to dual-camera mode, eliminating the headphone excuse.
There is innovation, but it really can’t be called amazing.
In the audience, Pingguo, President of Greater China Region and President of Three-Star China Region, already had a smile on his lips.
"That's it?"
Seeing that Mai Li X2 was ordinary, they were relieved.
"It doesn't look like much has changed, right?"
Zhang Shuo seemed to have guessed what the guests in the audience were thinking, and changed the subject, "But the fact is that in addition to maintaining the classic appearance design, compared to the MaiLi X1, the MaiLi X2 has completed a transformation from the inside to the outside."
"The brand new Zhulong Z1 chip is specially designed for Maili mobile phones!"
"The brand new video decoder, image decoder, and audio decoder bring users the ultimate audio-visual feast and support 1080P high-definition smooth playback."
"The 13-megapixel high-definition camera brings a supreme photography experience."
In order to achieve breakthroughs in the field of photography, Maili Group and Laika established a joint impact laboratory to achieve breakthroughs in various aspects such as night photography, delayed photography, and portrait photography.
“It can be said that the photography experience of Maili X2 is the best in the world.”
Zhang Shuo has never understood what modesty means. Since Maili X2 has such strength and has made such breakthroughs in research and development, it must show off boldly.
"Wow, that's awesome!!"
Both the guests and the online audience who were a little disappointed at first became excited again as Zhang Shuo introduced the detailed configuration of Maili X2.
"Is this Maili's original creation? It doesn't even have Pingguo or Three Stars."
"It's a bunker!"
"As expected of a sprout, there is indeed a surprise!"
If Maili X1 surprised consumers with its appearance design, then Maili X2 continues the classic appearance design while diligently improving its internal strength to make up for the shortcomings of Maili X1.
The audience's emotions were immediately aroused.
Friends and businessmen were even more surprised. As industry insiders, they knew better that a stunning appearance design might indeed be just a coincidence.
Or maybe it was just a sudden inspiration.
The major breakthroughs made by Maili X2 in functions such as chips, decoders, and cameras truly demonstrate the R&D capabilities of Maili Group, which is enough to match its high-end positioning.
Rather than just showing off!
With the emergence of Maili X2, the outside world can no longer doubt that Maili Group is a speculator who relies solely on appearance design to win, but is a real smartphone giant.
Didn't see it.
The president of Pingguo Greater China and the president of Sanxing China frowned because they really felt the threat from Maili Mobile.
It's already very close.
As for friendly businessmen such as Mr. Ren and Rebus, they only have one word of admiration in their hearts. They are impressed by Maili Group's investment in research and development. The key is the success of the project.
This is really amazing.
Gaotong President Ke Meng looked solemn and seemed to be re-evaluating the competitor of Germinal Group.
It’s really strong!!!
Zhang Shuo's explanation continues. In addition to breakthroughs in hardware, Maili X2 is also a phoenix reborn in terms of software, achieving extraordinary achievements.
The core achievement is the launch of the intelligent assistant Wheat 2.0.
Notice!
It's a smart assistant, not last year's language assistant.
This is the artificial intelligence laboratory under the Maili Group and the Fertile Land Research Institute. It took more than a year to come up with a killer weapon, which is definitely a major breakthrough.
Where does it manifest specifically?
If we sum it up in one sentence, it is the realization of true artificial intelligence.
Make human-computer interaction a reality.
The newly upgraded wheat, under the cover of Zhang Shuo, is comparable to a low-end version of artificial intelligence.
It's like stepping from science fiction novels into reality.
First, Wheat can implement full-content, full-coverage language search and image search.
The so-called full coverage means that wheat searches can go directly to the content end of each app, instead of being like Siri, which can basically only display the search content of the browser.
That one is too rigid.
Apps owned by Sprout Group, including Weixin, Qingcheng, Pinxixi, Pangda Live, Frog Browser, Feixun, Tiantian Toutiao, etc., are all open to Mai.
You can order takeout directly through Wheat, search for news, etc.
Second, Wheat plays the role of mobile phone butler.
It can remind and help the owner to perform smart cloud backup, set smart alarm clock, smart reminder, smart memo and other functions, and even perform smart diagnosis.
Remind phone owners what personal information is being collected by every app they use and whether it violates any regulations.
And this.
It is undoubtedly in line with the recent official regulatory policies, and it has immediately penetrated into the hearts of users.
Third, wheat can also play the role of a connector.
The next era of mobile Internet is the Internet of Everything. Although the Xirang operating system is still under development, some of the results have been applied on Maili X2.
Through Wheat, you can automatically retrieve connectable smart devices, such as smart TVs.
Fourth, Xiaomai can chat with the phone owner.
“Wow, that’s cool!!!”
"Wheat 2.0, it feels like super evolution, which is so cool."
"Wow, oh, oh, suddenly I feel like I have a girlfriend."
"Wake up upstairs, that's my girlfriend!"
"Don't argue anymore. Didn't King Meng just introduce it? Wheat can be customized, and different personalities will be generated based on the owner's chat history."
"So, everyone's girlfriend is unique?"
"It's very exciting just thinking about it."
"Axi, I really can't stand you nerds. Isn't she a good girlfriend in real life?"
What she got in return was Qi Qi's contempt——
"hehe!!!"
How can a girlfriend be as good as artificial intelligence?
In addition to the launch of Wheat 2.0, the newly upgraded MILI 3.0 operating system also adds many practical and interesting functions, such as photo recognition and text conversion.
This is definitely a great weapon for student parties and office workers.
There is no doubt that the realization of these functions, in addition to the efforts of the software department of Maili Group, also involves many black technologies from Fertile Land Research Institute.
The photo search function of Wheat is the latest success of Search Lab.
After the third master in the audience saw this scene, his eyelids couldn't help but jump. He didn't expect that in just one year, Moya had made such a major breakthrough in the field of search.
He quickly thought of Lu Qi and couldn't help but feel a sense of crisis.
With Zhang Shuo's introduction, the demonstration of Maili X2 has quietly come to an end, but this does not mean the end of the conference.
Because next.
Zhang Shuo also introduced the MaiLi model and the first generation MaiLi tablet.
"Let me take a look, the 5.1-inch big screen is too nice, isn't it?"
“Compared to Pingguo’s conservative screen size, Maili X2 is bold.”
"I really can't love the big screen party anymore, watching dramas is so fun!!!"
"Since Maili Group has also launched a tablet, is it trying to steal Pingguo's job? (Gotou)"
"If you can make it from pinguo, you can't make it from wheat grains?"
"That's right, I think it's pretty good. I just want to surpass Pingguo in all aspects."
In the audience, Pingguo, President of Greater China, had a dark expression on his face. He didn't expect that Maili's ambition was so great, not only to make mobile phones, but also to make tablets.
Will we also expand into notebooks in the future and imitate Pingguo?
They are all going to be bald, okay?
Finally, Zhang Shuo announced the pricing of MaiLi X2. The 16GB version is priced at 4988, which is 400 yuan more expensive than MaiLi X1.
This is by no means to say that Maili Group has become more greedy.
But after all software and hardware upgrades, both R&D expenditures and spare parts procurement costs, especially chip procurement costs, have skyrocketed.
Seriously, the profit of MaiLi X2 is equivalent to that of MaiLi X1.
Even slightly lower.
As for Maili, as a model positioned as "luxury", there are only two versions, each priced at RMB 10,000.
Although it has gone up a level, the principle is the same, it is all due to the superposition of cost factors.
It's not a random price.
Moreover, compared with the pricing of Pingguo 5S and Pingguo 5C, whether it is Maili X2 or Maili, they can definitely be called conscientious prices.
"It's okay, it's still acceptable."
Guests and online viewers also accepted the pricing of Maili X2.
After all, there is Pingguo "bead and jade ahead".
Moreover, the conscientious configuration of Maili X2 is indeed worth the price.
The only concern may still come from the distrust of the Zhulong Z1 chip. I don’t know if the Zhulong Z1 chip it is equipped with is as awesome as Zhang Shuo explained.
to this end.
After announcing the pricing, Zhang Shuo took advantage of the situation and announced the official release time of MaiLi and MaiLi Tablet 1.0, "Tonight, MaiLi official website will accept reservations."
If it's quick.
You can receive the goods within a week.
Absolutely amazing speed!
"Is it so fast? I love it, I love it!!!"
"I really can't wait for a moment..."
"I just like Mai Li's unpunctuality. Compared with Ping Guo's indolence, Mai Li is really a conscientious person."
………
With comments from netizens and thunderous applause from the audience, the entire press conference finally came to an end.
At the end of the press conference, Zhang Shuo stepped down from the stage as usual, greeted all the guests, and thanked them for coming today. Because there were too many people, he only chatted a few words.
no doubt.
Today's press conference is enough to shock these colleagues.
Maili Group has used its own strength to prove to global peers and global consumers that it has hard power and is not just a silver bullet.
Of course.
Whether Maili X2 can achieve ultimate success depends on its subsequent sales performance.
After a brief exchange of greetings, Zhang Shuo was very sensible and did not bring everyone together for dinner. After the party was over, Wang Yan, Tang Yu and other relatives and friends took him to have a supper.
Celebrate together!
After the show, the big discussion about this grand press conference has just begun to ferment, and the hot searches for scarves are almost completely covered by this press conference, with five of the top ten related to it.
"Maili Group Autumn Press Conference..."
"Wheat grains X2..."
"The first generation of Wheat Tablet..."
"The grain of wheat points directly at Pingguo and initiates the Battle of Tianwang Mountain!"
"Wheat grain pre-sale starts!"
As the speech video spreads overseas, related topics will also ferment on a global scale.