115: Internet conference! Daxia wants to be a real mobile

Chapter 115: Internet Conference! Da Xia to become the true leader of mobile internet!

The heatwave of June had already swept across Da Xia.

The temperature in Jinling, always known as the ‘land of fish and rice’, had reached thirty degrees Celsius, and the midday sun was so bright it was hard to open one’s eyes.

The Jinling International Expo Center was the venue for this year’s Da Xia Internet Conference.

A highly classified, high-level meeting was being held in a conference room capable of accommodating forty to fifty people.

The attendees were all familiar faces, coming from major Da Xia domestic mobile phone manufacturers and internet giants.

For example, Tencent’s Ma Huateng, who is constantly cursed in games as “Dog-faced Ma Huateng, RNM, refund!”, or representatives from Alibaba, Baidu, NetEase, and other top internet giants in Da Xia were all present.

As for mobile phone manufacturers, there were even more, with both Da Xia-controlled enterprises and large private enterprises invited into this conference room.

Despite over forty people attending the meeting, not a single sound was made at this moment.

Everyone seemed to be waiting for Fan Chaoxian to speak first.

At this moment.

Someone broke the deadlock.

“Academician Fan, I wonder why you’ve invited us to this meeting… what is it for?”

Huang Zhang from Meizu’s face flashed with doubt.

He truly couldn’t understand why he was invited to this meeting. After all, although Fan Chaoxian was an academician of the Academy of Sciences, his research field was mostly in mobile phones.

But that was more about software application compatibility on mobile phones, which had little to do with him as a mobile phone manufacturer, right?

After all, assembling mobile phones was more about various supply chain production issues, rather than software problems.

Hearing this, everyone turned their gaze to Fan Chaoxian.

“The main purpose of gathering everyone for this meeting is to announce a piece of news.”

Fan Chaoxian didn’t keep them in suspense and said straightforwardly: “Da Xia has developed an OS System, and its performance in all aspects is superior to competing products of the same period.”

“I hope everyone can develop various applications based on this system.”

“OS System?”

Everyone immediately frowned.

Upon hearing this term, the first impression that came to their minds was that this was about a PC desktop OS System.

“Microsoft’s system already has a 99.99% share of the civilian market. Other OS Systems simply can’t get in, can they?”

“We are very willing to develop software based on this system, but it doesn’t seem to be of much use, does it?”

“That’s right, even if its performance is better than Microsoft’s system, it’s useless… For ordinary people, the cost of replacement is too high, and the market share won’t be able to go up.”

“On desktop OS Systems, unless Microsoft makes some major strategic mistake, such as forcefully requiring all pirated versions to be paid for… otherwise…”

For a time, the conference room began to buzz with discussion.

If he had said they developed something else, it would have been fine, but this thing, it’s not that it’s useless, it’s truly useless.

It wasn’t that they thought Da Xia lacked the ability to develop a desktop system better than the Windows system, but rather that the market share of the Windows system dictated that no challenger could currently threaten its position.

Its over 99.9% market share in the ordinary civilian market meant its throne was virtually unshakeable.

Even if Da Xia’s internet companies were willing to move all their software to another OS System, what then?

Where would the users come from? Without a user base, all of this would be meaningless.

‘Could it be that Microsoft is truly going crazy and going to force all pirated users to pay?’

This thought immediately arose in everyone’s minds.

Only this possibility could explain why the Da Xia official would start to lay out plans in the desktop OS System field after receiving advance notice.

However.

Facing these doubts, Fan Chaoxian decisively shook his head: “No, Microsoft is not going to force payment for desktop systems.”

“Furthermore, what we are doing is not a desktop system, but a mobile OS System for smartphones.”

He gave an example: “Just like the Android system that was open-sourced recently.”

“Smartphone system?” As Ren Zhengfei, who already had intentions to enter the smartphone field, his expression clearly became serious: “Academician Fan, you are also aware of the current situation of Da Xia’s mobile phone manufacturers.”

“If only our Da Xia manufacturers use it, and foreign manufacturers do not adopt this system, we might not be able to compete.”

After all, all of Da Xia’s mobile phone manufacturers, including Meizu, were currently following and imitating foreign mobile phone manufacturers.

And the market share of domestic mobile phones in 2008 was just over 10%.

If foreign mobile phone manufacturers universally did not use this kind of mobile OS System, it would become a fatal flaw, because these domestic mobile phone manufacturers would instead become the minority.

Hearing this.

“I believe no manufacturer will refuse to use this OS System.”

Fan Chaoxian shook his head: “In the future, mobile phone manufacturers who do not use this OS System will probably be the true ‘minority’.”

“Hiss…” Everyone simultaneously took a sharp breath, contributing to global warming.

Those who don’t use this OS System are the minority? Isn’t that a bit too much to say?

Many people immediately put away their inner disdain, their faces becoming much more serious.

After all, everyone at the meeting knew Fan Chaoxian; he wasn’t a ‘bombastic’ person. Since he dared to say such a thing, he must have the confidence to achieve it.

Ignoring the astonished looks of the crowd, Fan Chaoxian picked up a mobile phone from the table.

In an instant.

Everyone stared intently at the phone, and Huang Zhang was the first to recognize it: “Is this our Meizu M8?”

As a product manufactured by his own company, he had polished this phone for a long time; every detail was almost ingrained in his bones, allowing him to recognize it at a glance.

Fan Chaoxian nodded, smiling: “That’s right, it’s General Manager Huang’s Meizu M8. It’s not only the first domestic smartphone but also the most popular smartphone among current domestic mobile phone manufacturers.”

“So, this time, we’ll use this smartphone as a demonstration. What changes will occur after it’s equipped with the ‘OS 8.0’ system?”

Although this phone had extremely low specifications, not only did it still use the old Samsung 6410 chip, but its operating memory was also only 265MB, making it somewhat unable to run this ‘OS 8.0’ system.

But with Fan Chaoxian’s exquisite ‘Old Huang’-like knife-work, many highly power-consuming features, such as voice assistants like Siri, were all removed, finally allowing it to be installed and run smoothly.

He gently pressed the power button.

The OS System’s logo had not yet been set, so it still simply displayed the two characters ‘OS’ in black on a white background on the screen.

Watching this scene, everyone quietly awaited the revelation of the answer.

In terms of system startup time, it didn’t seem to have any advantage.

However, once it finished booting up.

It directly entered the homepage. Without even using the various software inside, just looking at the icons above.

Huang Zhang, the head of Meizu, suddenly changed his expression: “This system is too exquisite, isn’t it?”

Just the smooth animation display upon entering the homepage, and the original artwork and aesthetic appeal of the various icons—this alone was a dimensionality reduction strike against all current mobile phones.

Subsequently, watching Fan Chaoxian continuously demonstrate various system functions.

Everyone’s gazes became even more astonished, because they discovered a problem.

“Why is this system not laggy at all, so smooth??”

Even the recently released iOS 3.0 system would become laggy after multiple operations.

But this OS System, no matter how many application pages were opened, still maintained the most basic system fluidity, rarely experiencing lag.

“Because… it also has a multi-tasking interface and background program killer.”

Fan Chaoxian gently swiped his finger upwards, and only two programs were actually running.

This system would automatically close other unnecessary programs when it couldn’t maintain fluidity, to ensure the best user experience.

The multi-tasking interface allowed users to quickly navigate to the next application without returning to the homepage.

And these two points were merely two of its many features.

Its other functions were countless, each one a unique characteristic for current mobile OS Systems.

“A brand new system application logic…”

“A brand new user mindset, optimal mobile phone fluidity…”

Whether it was Huang Zhang, Ren Zhengfei, or even Pony Ma and others involved in the internet industry, their eyes revealed a shimmering eagerness as they looked at that Meizu M8.

They couldn’t imagine what kind of colossal waves this system would stir up once released!

“This system… is truly awesome.” Some, being cruder, could only think of this adjective.

As for the Symbian system??

Excuse me, who is that old antique?

After all, if the chip is considered the ‘heart’ of a mobile phone, then the OS System is equivalent to the ‘brain’, making it the most crucial part of a smartphone.

Just like a person, no matter how healthy and vibrant their ‘heart’ is, if their brain isn’t good, they can only be a healthy fool.

And now, with a smartphone possessing a highly intelligent brain, even if its specifications are a bit low, it can still achieve extraordinary things.

Before a dominant hegemon firmly established itself in the mobile phone OS System market, this OS System was no less than a royal flush at the start of a game.

Any manufacturer that did not use this OS System would no longer be competitive.

These manufacturers naturally understood this point.

“Our Huawei is in!” Ren Zhengfei decisively agreed!

“Meizu’s next-generation smartphone will use this OS System!” Huang Zhang also said impatiently!

They even offered various conditions, only asking for priority access to this system.

Fan Chaoxian looked at everyone, still smiling, and said: “This is still just the minimalist version of our OS 8.0 System.”

“You don’t need 998, and you don’t even need 98!”

“This system, like Android, is free and open source. Additionally, the integrated solution for ‘smartphones’ is also openly available for Da Xia’s mobile phone manufacturers to use.”

Suddenly, the conference room became even livelier than a bustling market!

And just as the internet conference was in full swing.

On CTV and GNTV, a distressing piece of news was being broadcast.

“Dear viewers, now let’s turn our attention to Gaza, which is currently experiencing the ravages of war.”

“Here’s the latest report from war correspondent Ye Ying.”

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