171: Chapter 171: Similar Content (Pure Water)

"A gentleman is like an orchid?"

Yang Tuo and Chen Chen looked at each other in dismay as they watched the latest promotional video released by Huawei.

No way. Since I transmigrated, I've always been the one copying other people's copy. How did my copy get copied by Huawei instead?

Yang Tuo has already been poached by me, so who wrote this copy for Big Mouth?

This is clearly the copy meant for the ROC Phone I'm about to release!

"Um, General Manager Chen, how about I plan another one? How did the promotional copy end up colliding with Huawei's..." Yang Tuo was also speechless. This promotional video couldn't be said to be exactly the same as the one he planned; it was practically indistinguishable.

If one had to point out a difference, it was that Yang Tuo's copy was still on paper, with filming scheduled for next month.

Huawei's had already been released.

"Plan another one for our third-generation ROC Phone."

As the global marketing president of Red Star, Yang Tuo had come to see Chen Chen to submit the latest promotional video for the Full-Screen Display series and the promotional copy for the upcoming ROC Phone.

As it turned out, Yang Tuo's copy had directly collided with the p7 promotional video just released by Huawei.

It left Yang Tuo completely speechless.

However, Chen Chen knew that in the original timeline, this copy had come from Yang Tuo's hand, planned for Huawei, so he didn't say anything.

Just change it, that's all.

It was just a pity that he hadn't even used such good copy himself yet.

Time and space have inertia, even if this little butterfly of his had changed some things.

After watching the promotional video for the Full-Screen Display series, Chen Chen was very satisfied.

In the video, Yang Tuo did not deliberately emphasize how great this phone was.

Instead, through various shots and voiceovers, he emphasized Red Star's spirit of exploration, placing Red Star in the position of a pioneer and trailblazer.

This was truly important. Back when Fruit redefined the smartphone, Jobs was one of the trailblazers of smartphones.

Now, emphasizing Red Star's spirit of exploration was also about establishing in the users' minds that Red Star was a technology company that truly possessed a pioneering spirit, rather than an assembly plant or a manufacturer of knock-off phones!

If Jobs redefined the smartphone, then Red Star would redefine the form of the mobile phone.

"General Manager Chen, latest news, Samsung is also releasing a new phone in August. They just launched their first promotional video."

Song Ziwei handed the latest Red Star Tablet Proplusmax (just a joke) to Chen Chen.

"Hello, General Manager Yang."

Yang Tuo moved his gaze away from Song Ziwei's legs and hurriedly said, "Hello, Assistant Song."

He dared not underestimate the assistant by Chen Chen's side; this kind of secretarial figure might look like they didn't hold a high position, but in reality, the power in their hands was truly not small.

"Um, Song, go, go make a cup of tea for General Manager Yang," Chen Chen said while looking at the tablet.

The engineering units for the Red Star Tablet had already come off the line this month. Chen Chen had taken a batch and handed them to company personnel to let them test them for a period of time. After all, Chen Chen wanted to build this tablet for office use, so it was very necessary to let the company's management try it out.

If there were any problems, they could be improved in a timely manner.

"Samsung is going to release the Galaxy note4?"

"Didn't they usually schedule it for September or October in previous years? Why is it so early this year?"

Chen Chen was very confused, because according to the normal release cycle, it was only July now. The Galaxy note4 hadn't even been on the market for a year, yet Samsung was rushing to release a new phone early. They couldn't possibly be here to snipe Xiaomi and Huawei, could they?

Thinking about it, that wasn't right either. The only competitor Samsung acknowledged was Fruit; it was impossible for them to treat Xiaomi and Huawei as competitors.

Even Red Star was only considered by Samsung to be a slight threat in the high-end market.

Regarding last year's Samsung Galaxy note and the Red Star ROC Phone, some people thought the ROC Phone was the king of phones for 2013, while others thought only Samsung's Galaxy series could be called the android king of phones, and as for Red Star, it shouldn't try to compare itself.

To be honest, the product strength of the Red Star ROC Phone was actually not bad at all: a larger battery, faster charging, and capacitive fingerprint recognition; it was not weaker than Samsung in terms of photography either.

However, the status of Samsung's king of phones was built by Samsung over three years; Red Star was still a bit lacking in terms of brand.

"General Manager Chen, last year's Samsung Galaxy note3 was considered the first failed phone from Samsung in recent years."

"The general reaction to the fingerprint recognition was that it didn't work well."

"The Exynos 5 Octa 5420 dual-quad-core processor wasn't powerful enough, and later Galaxy note4s all adopted the snapdragon 800."

"In terms of the screen, that OLED screen had vivid colors but was very prone to screen burn-in."

"This year, Samsung announced they had a new screen—the E-grade screen that we didn't manage to purchase."

"Plus, the battery capacity and charging were both surpassed by our ROC Phone, so the product's competitiveness had greatly decreased."

"That's why Samsung is rushing to replace the generation early."

Chen Chen nodded. Yang Tuo was indeed someone who came out of Samsung China; he was quite knowledgeable about Samsung.

Yang Tuo was also full of excitement. The Red Star ROC Phone had stirred up a mess of Samsung's market in Europe and America. He had kept harping on Samsung's battery life and charging, and Red Star had directly eaten up a slice of Samsung's share in the high-end market.

The Samsung Galaxy S5 released in the first half of this year—the product manager was probably provoked, so they directly used 18W charging power and a removable battery structure.

However, Samsung was indeed impressive. The Galaxy S5 managed to support an IP67 waterproof rating while still allowing for a replaceable battery; that was indeed quite impressive.

You have to know that Red Star didn't have a single phone that supported waterproofing yet.

In Chen Chen's plan, once their own factory was finished next year, Red Star's high-end phones would also support waterproofing.

"General Manager Yang, would you like tea or coffee?" Song Ziwei brought over a small tray, first placed a cup of coffee in front of Chen Chen, and then asked Yang Tuo.

"I'll have a cup of coffee, too. I've been really busy lately." He took the cup of coffee from the tray and took a light sip.

"Haha, after this phase before the end of the year is over, General Manager Yang can take a break for a while."

"Forget it, I'm just destined to be unable to sit still. Let me count how many more products we have to release."

"This year alone, we still have the digital series, the ROC Phone, and the tablet to release."

"Next month is the k series and the Full-Screen Display series."

"After finishing up domestically, I still have to go abroad. Where would I find the time to take a vacation?"

That's right, where was there time for a vacation? When Chen Chen first came to Red Star, he was very resistant to coffee and tea, but as the group grew larger and larger, there seemed to be endless things to be busy with every day.

He had also slowly adapted to coffee and tea.

"General Manager Yang, if you have nothing to do this afternoon, accompany me to the factory to take a look. It can count as a break."