Chapter 444: Press Conference in Progress
Nowadays, Gao Yuan's video comment area has become a gathering place for netizens to make jokes.
Various jokes, sometimes when Gao Yuan has nothing to do, he will browse the comment area, reply to comments and likes from netizens, and when he is not busy, he can just browse the comment area for more than an hour.
Especially when taking a special plane, Gao Yuan connects to the wireless network, then browses the comment area, browses short videos, sleeps for a few hours, and will be in Australia soon.
"I sometimes check your comment section, and I see that many people there express love for you." Li Mengqing said with some jealousy, "There are also people who want to marry you and give you a hundred sons."
"Hahaha, a hundred sons." Gao Yuan couldn't help laughing.
But if he really had so many sons, he could afford them.
It's just that when the family property is divided in the future, I'm afraid there will be a fight. In ancient times, the emperor only had one or twenty children and they were fighting fiercely. .
Having too many children is not good either.
It is enough to have two or three lofty goals.
"Get the lottery done as soon as possible, and then contact the fans to buy them air tickets and book hotels." Gao Yuan ordered, "The press conference is about to start. No mistakes can be made at this juncture."
This matter was handed over to Li Mengqing, not that it was for Li Mengqing to handle it. She also had many employees under her, so those employees must be responsible. Li Mengqing only had to supervise the progress.
"Don't worry, we are already being selected one after another. At least you have to be a big fan to be selected." Li Mengqing said.
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On the other side, Xiaomi Technology Co.
Rebus received an invitation letter from Yuanfang Group, inviting Rebus to attend the launch of Yuanfang Mobile Phone on May 27th.
The person who sent this email was not Gao Yuan, but Li Mengqing.
Of course, Rebus knew Li Mengqing's identity. She was one of Gao Yuan's confidants and had Gao Yuan's trust.
For her to send him an email would not be an insult to Rebus's identity.
"Can mobile phones be manufactured so quickly in faraway places?" Rebus muttered to himself.
Although he knew that Gaoyuan was going to build mobile phones last year, and he also received part of Gaoyuan's technology investment.
But what Rebus didn't expect was that Gao Yuan actually built the mobile phone in the first half of the year.
"Ding dong!"
The next second, Rebus' cell phone received a message from Li Mengqing.
"Mr. Lei, on behalf of Yuanfang Group and Mr. Gao Yuan, I sincerely invite you." Li Mengqing said.
"Don't worry, Mr. Li, I will definitely participate."
Rebus replied.
Logically speaking, at the launch of a new mobile phone, Gao Yuan should be given a gift.
But for a big shot like Gao Yuan, what kind of gift is both noble and collectible? Rebus was in trouble.
"Buzz buzz..."
At this time, his cell phone rang again, it was Mr. Xu calling.
Mr. Xu is the rotating chairman of Warwick Group.
Warwick Group is different from other groups in that it has a total of three rotating chairman. Each rotating chairman has a six-month term. During these six months, he enjoys the highest control of the company, which is equivalent to the head.
As for Big Mouth, he is just a director of the company. In terms of actual power ranking, he is not even in the top five. It is just because he often appears in front of the media and participates in various press conferences, so he is relatively famous.
Mr. Xu is currently the rotating chairman of Warwick Group, and his term of office will last until September this year.
"Mr. Lei, I don't know if you have time today. I happen to be on a business trip in the imperial capital and would like to meet you and have a chat." Mr. Xu on the other end of the phone said, "The last time we met was at the Internet Conference. , it was already last year.”
"I haven't seen you for such a long time. Mr. Lei, your Xiaomi hot series of mobile phones have become a hit. I haven't had time to send my congratulations yet."
Mr. Xu on the phone was very polite.
In terms of size, Warwick Group is now several times larger than Xiaomi Group.
However, Rebus is the unequivocal president of Xiaomi Group, and Mr. Xu’s power has been divided into three parts.
In terms of status, they are almost the same.
"No problem, Mr. Xu, let's have a meal together."
Rebus readily agreed.
Mr. Xu came to him at this juncture when Yuanfang Mobile was about to be released. He definitely did not come to him to reminisce about the past. He probably wanted to inquire about the news about Yuanfang Mobile.
Thinking of this, Rebus had an idea and went to a five-star restaurant in the Imperial Capital.
Not long after, Mr. Xu appeared in the private room. The moment he saw Rebus, Mr. Xu walked up to Rebus in three steps and said, "Mr. Lei, I wish you a great success in the Xiaomi Hot Series. Now Xiaomi’s hot series of mobile phones has become a benchmark in the industry.”
"After our Mr. Ren learned the news, he immediately purchased the Xiaomi Sizzling Series mobile phone. In terms of user experience, Mr. Ren said that the Xiaomi Sizzling Series mobile phone is currently the most cost-effective mobile phone in China."
This sentence is undoubtedly flattering, and mutual compliments are common in business.
And it only talks about the most cost-effective mobile phone, not the best mobile phone.
But Rebus was very pleased to hear these words from Mr. Ren.
Mr. Ren is a senior. The Warwick company he led had already achieved 100 million in revenue thirty years ago.
You must know that in that era, although the term "household with ten thousand yuan" was no longer a new term, people with hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars were already considered to be the local rich.
The average salary of most people is two to three hundred yuan a month, and three to four hundred yuan is good.
Today, Huawei Enterprise has businesses in dozens of fields. It has not only made achievements in the field of mobile phones, but also has its own advantages in the fields of communications, terminals, and cloud computing.
It's just that Huawei mobile phones are the most profitable business among them.
"Thanks to Mr. Ren's recognition, our Xiaomi Group will continue to work hard to continue to create high-performance, low-priced mobile phones for the people and serve the general public." Lei Jun said.
Seeing that Mr. Xu was so polite, Lei Jun actually had no idea.
If Mr. Xu wanted to find out the internal information, actual performance and other key issues of Yuanfang mobile phones, Lei Jun would definitely not say it, but doing so would inevitably offend Huawei Group.
Xiaomi has only reached a cooperation with Yuanfang Group on mobile phones, and in other fields, it still needs to rely on Huawei, such as cloud computing, big data services and other fields.
"This is a gift from our Huawei company."
Mr. Xu waved his hand, and the secretary immediately took out a box from the bag he was carrying.
Then, Mr. Xu handed the box to Lei Jun.
"This box contains the first chip developed and produced by our Huawei company." President Xu said slowly.
The research and development of domestic chips is a long way to go.
Huawei has been independently producing and researching chips for more than ten years. This chip is 40 nanometers and was developed sixteen years ago.
In this era, 40-nanometer chips can no longer be said to be backward, but completely out of touch with the times. Most electronic products will not use them.
But the most important thing about this chip is its historical value.
This is the first domestically produced chip, which is enough to be recorded in the history books. If a chip museum can be established in a few years, there must be a place for this chip.
This gift is particularly valuable. Lei Jun was a little shocked. He didn't expect President Xu to give it to him.
"Thank you, President Xu, this gift is too valuable."
Lei Jun took the box from President Xu and put it away carefully.
"Hahaha, it's just a commemorative value. If you really want to talk about practicality, I heard that Lei Jun's Xiaomi Hot Series may use 1-nanometer chips for the entire series by next year."
President Xu smiled.
The previous approach was just a drop in the ocean. His real purpose was still on the chip and Yuanfang Group.
As old foxes, Lei Jun certainly knew what Mr. Xu was thinking, and then he said, "The outside world is exaggerating more and more. That's a 1-nanometer chip. If our Xiaomi Hot series of mobile phones can use it, it would be a great fortune."
Lei Jun didn't say it too hard.
Because if Yuanfang Group replaced all 0.5-nanometer chips next year, their Xiaomi Hot series might really be replaced with 1-nanometer chips.
Gao Yuan has helped him solve the problem of the mobile phone system. Now if the problem of the chip is solved, Xiaomi mobile phones will definitely be the overlord of the bottom-end industry in the future.
I have to admit that Gao Yuan is indeed his benefactor.
"Mr. Lei, Yuanfang Group..."
When Mr. Xu was about to ask, he was interrupted by Lei Jun, "If Mr. Xu asks me about the situation of Yuanfang Group, I'm sorry I can't tell you."
This is the bottom line.
Yuanfang Group is currently the largest supplier of Xiaomi Group, and it is also a shareholder of Xiaomi Group.
Lei Jun can't do anything to betray Gao Yuan.
"Hahaha, President Lei, don't worry, I won't ask about the inside story of Yuanfang Group." President Xu laughed, "I just want to find out when Yuanfang Group will hold a press conference, and by the way, I want to ask for an invitation letter for the press conference through President Lei."
Huawei Company and Yuanfang Group are competitors, and President Xu and Gao Yuan are not familiar with each other, so it is not a good idea to ask for an invitation letter directly.
So President Xu set his sights on Lei Bushi, hoping to get an invitation letter through his relationship.
Of course, the invitation letter that President Xu is talking about is not just any invitation letter, but a formal invitation letter, sent by Yuanfang Group to Huawei Company.
It is not the kind of invitation letter that is bought at a high price in the market and mixed in.
"Well, I think I can still do it. President Gao is open-minded and generous, and he will not refuse this matter." Lei Bushi said, "Even if Huawei Company directly contacts Yuanfang Group without going through me, I believe it will get an invitation letter. But since President Xu said so, I will definitely find a way to help you get it done."
"Thank you, President Lei!"
President Xu arched his hands and thanked him.
He was indeed very curious about the new mobile phone released by Yuanfang Group, but Warwick Company also had to save face.
Contacting Yuanfang Group through the company seemed like they were begging Yuanfang Group, which was not very nice.
And President Xu wanted to go to the press conference in person to experience the Yuanfang mobile phone.
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After finishing the business, President Xu and Lei Jun had a meal and chatted.
The content of the chat was the future development of the Internet.
Both Lei Jun and President Xu had their own profound insights on the development of the Internet.
In fact, President Xu always felt that the current development of the Internet at home and abroad was a bit off. On the one hand, the entertainment of the Internet has been increasing, such as the explosive growth of virtual games and the popularity of the virtual metaverse. These Internet companies always want to pull people into a virtual world.
It looks good, but will the development of the virtual universe affect the real world? President Xu thinks this is very likely.
Perhaps in a few years, as the technology improves, players can wear helmets and live in the virtual world for a long time, paralyzing themselves all day long.
Technology is the primary productive force. In Mr. Xu's usual impression, technology should drive economic development and benefit real life, rather than creating a virtual world to weaken people's spirit.
On the other hand, domestic Internet rarely has its own core technology. They often spend money to follow the trend and learn from foreign models when foreign projects are popular. Foreign countries are engaged in metaverse, so China is engaged in metaverse on a large scale.
Foreign countries are engaged in chat-gpt, so China also started to engage in this, and some directly changed the shell and went online first.
Why can't domestic Internet lead the trend and let the world imitate China's Internet?
This is a very serious question.
Developing early means enjoying dividends, and developing late and starting to follow the trend means being cut leeks.
Lei Jun did not have a suitable answer to these questions. He could only say that after attending the launch of Yuanfang Mobile Phone, Lei Jun would take General Manager Xu to meet Gao Yuan and listen to Gao Yuan's opinions.
General Manager Xu readily agreed.
After the meal, Lei Jun and General Manager Xu left together.
After returning to his office, Lei Jun called Gao Yuan as soon as possible.
At this time, Gao Yuan was processing documents in the office. The launch of Yuanfang Mobile Phone has become the most important event for the company at present, and no accidents can be allowed.
Gao Yuan looked at many small details very seriously.
After seeing that it was Lei Jun's call, Gao Yuan put down his work and answered the call.
"Mr. Gao, Mr. Xu from Huawei Group contacted me today. He is very interested in the launch of Yuanfang Mobile Phone. I think we can send an invitation letter to Huawei Group."
Leibs said, "After all, Huawei Group is the top mobile phone company in China and has a high prestige. Although they are competitors, it does not prevent the heads of the two companies from sitting together and chatting."
"No problem. I was worried that Huawei would not attend if I sent an invitation letter to them. But since they are interested, I will ask my secretary to draft an email and send it to them." Gao Yuan said.
Gao Yuan has a good impression of Huawei Company and admires Mr. Ren very much.
Since the other party wants to come, Gao Yuan welcomes them.
"In addition, I would like to report to you about the situation of Xiaomi's hot series of mobile phones. Last month, Xiaomi's hot series of mobile phones successfully completed the task and sold 3.76 million units, breaking the domestic mobile phone sales record on the first day and the first month..." (End of this chapter)