168: Zhao Ming, who wants to be a father

As the saying goes, Huawei itself hasn't fully established a foothold in the high-end market; allowing Zhao Ming's Brand to use it would definitely have a certain impact on the Huawei Brand.

After all, he currently had a P7 equipped with the latest Kirin 910T processor that hadn't been released yet; this processor integrated Huawei's own Balong baseband and could support 4G signals across all frequency bands.

Yu Chengbei was still thinking of using this phone to fight a turnaround battle and show off in the international market.

Afterwards, Yu Chengbei stopped discussing this topic, leaving Zhao Ming extremely disappointed.

But Zhao Ming had no choice; the entire mobile terminal department was under Yu Chengbei's management, and if he didn't agree, there was nothing Zhao Ming could do.

Right now, Brand was Huawei's sub-Brand, but your father would always be your father.

Overthrow Huawei!

This was the biggest thought in Zhao Ming's heart.

Suddenly, Zhao Ming had a new idea.

Since Red Star had a mid-range processor chip, why couldn't Huawei have one too?

Since Old Yu wouldn't agree to his request for the Kirin 910T, he could settle for the next best thing; asking for a mid-range chip should be fine, right?

It wasn't that the semiconductor department had no work in this area, but rather that the previous two processors both had various issues, so the entire semiconductor department had focused all its efforts on tackling the high-end 910T processor.

The development of mid-range chips was thus temporarily suspended.

Now that the development of the 910T was long finished, continuing to develop a mid-range chip based on the 910T or resuming development of the original chip would definitely not be a problem.

If you, Yu Chengbei, won't let me use the 910T and won't give me a mid-range processor either, I'll just stop playing with you and go find Old Man Ren!

I don't believe there isn't someone who can uphold justice!

"President Yu, look, I have a presumptuous request..."

Having thought of a solution, a smile appeared on Zhao Ming's face as he spoke to Yu Chengbei.

Yu Chengbei looked warily at the smiling Zhao Ming. What was this kid thinking now?

"Let's be clear first: if you still want the 910T, then swallow your presumptuous request; I won't possibly agree to it."

Yu Chengbei directly shut Zhao Ming down.

Want the 910T? No way!

"President Yu, no, I'm not asking for the 910T chip."

Zhao Ming shook his head.

Yu Chengbei also breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he wasn't after his 910T chip, everything was negotiable; he just didn't know what kind of trick this kid was cooking up.

"Then tell me, what is this presumptuous request?"

"It's like this, President Yu. Since Red Star can produce a mid-range processor that supports 4G, with the capabilities of our Haisi Semiconductor, we can surely come up with a mid-range processor by making some modifications to the 910T."

Zhao Ming explained his idea to Yu Chengbei, who frowned as he listened.

"You want Haisi Semiconductor to develop a mid-range processor for you based on the 910T?"

"And it has to support 4G?"

"And the performance can't be too bad?!" Yu Chengbei said in disbelief.

"Yes, President Yu. Now that other manufacturers' sub-Brands are using their own processors, our Brand is starting from scratch. If we aren't even given this mid-range processor..."

"I might as well apply to President Ren to cancel the internet Brand altogether!"

Since Zhao Ming had put it that way, Yu Chengbei could only take a deep breath and say, "Little Zhao!"

Zhao Ming waved his hand somewhat helplessly at Yu Chengbei. Currently, the Honor brand was struggling to make a breakthrough, and there were only three paths before him.

Either continue to rot and wait for the Kirin chip Yu Chengbei mentioned to be trickled down.

Or simply scrap the project and be done with it.

Or the company agrees to his idea, either using the previously designed mid-range chip or designing a new one based on the 910.

Other than that, Zhao Ming couldn't think of any way to break the deadlock.

Looking at the seemingly discouraged Zhao Ming, Yu Chengbei couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Currently, the China market was still a blue ocean market. If the Honor brand couldn't gain traction in a blue ocean market, then by the time the mobile market saturated and entered the red ocean stage—where manufacturers fought with bayonets and real swords—the Honor brand would truly have no chance at all.

Scrapping the series would be the only outcome.

Zhao Ming watched the pensive Yu Chengbei in silence, waiting for Yu Chengbei's decision on the fate of the Honor brand.

After a long time, Yu Chengbei finally spoke, "Zhao Ming, I agree to this."

"But you know, I can't be the only one to make this decision; I still need to discuss it with President Ren."

After all, to redesign a mid-range processor, the company's semiconductor department would have to invest a massive amount of resources.

Currently, Huawei's prospects in the high-end market were unclear. The Kirin high-end chip series alone had consumed a lot of the company's resources, and the previous generations of the p series had barely broken even.

The company had mid-range chip designs before, but according to Zhao Ming's idea, the mid-range chip he wanted also had to support 4G networks.

That meant either starting the design from scratch...

...or making major modifications.

In short, a lot of resources would definitely have to be invested.

After hearing Yu Chengbei's words, Zhao Ming's expression became excited.

Sure enough, Mr. Lu was right.

When you want a window, you have to tell everyone you're going to tear off the roof.

See, he had actually come with the intention of getting a mid-range chip from the start. If he had asked Yu Chengbei directly, he would have surely been flatly refused.

But by settling for the next best thing and asking for a mid-range chip, Old Yu had agreed immediately.

Yu Chengbei didn't know the little scheme in Zhao Ming's heart and was still calculating how to persuade President Ren.

His previous generations of high-end machines couldn't be called successful; to get the company to invest resources in designing mid-range chips, he would probably really need to show some results.

And Yu Chengbei's reliance was the trump card he now held in his hand: the Huawei P7 equipped with the Brand-new Kirin 910T!

Compared to the Kirin 910, the 910T had breakthroughs in power consumption management and performance release. Its main frequency had also increased from the 910's 1.6GHz to 1.8GHz, making its performance slightly stronger. More importantly, this 910T integrated a 4G baseband!

"President Yu, then I'll leave the following matters to your care." Zhao Ming adopted a very humble stance; after all, he had just played a little trick, and once Yu Chengbei realized it, he would definitely see through it.

Once I get the Kirin chip, the entire Brand will no longer need to rely on you, Yu Chengbei. By then, it's not certain who will be the father!

Overthrow Huawei!

Overthrow Xiaomi!

Overthrow Red Star!