90: System upgrade

After the press conference ended, various news reports began to spread across the internet.

The most discussed topics were still the smart speaker and the Yangtze River Battery.

People originally thought Red Star only conducted research on screens and processors, but they never expected Red Star to pull out a Yangtze River Battery as a counter-move.

It's lighter than yours at the same volume, has a larger capacity than yours, and is much smaller than yours at the same capacity; how can anyone compete with that?

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These domestic mobile phone manufacturers discovered that ever since they started using Red Star's type-c interface, they seemed to have been pulled onto a path of no return by Red Star.

Red Star charges quickly; if you try to keep up, you can't.

If you don't keep up, their charging is indeed much faster than yours, and the gap will only further widen.

Meanwhile, Yang Tuo began rolling out the planned advertisements immediately after the press conference ended. Many netizens found that no matter what webpage they browsed, they would see Red Star's slogan, "Charge for 5 minutes, talk for two hours," and they were nearly brainwashed by it.

I'll buy it!

I'll buy it, alright?!

As long as I can snag an ultimate collectors edition!

The Vice President of Apple China was constantly considering the possibility of putting Red Star's Yangtze River Battery into a Apple phone on the way back.

The battery capacity of the Fruit 5s, which was just released on the 20th, is only 1560mAh. If they used Red Star's Yangtze River Battery, they could directly reach over 2000mAh without changing the volume.

Coupled with iOS's excellent power management system, let alone an extra three to five hours of battery life, one or two hours would certainly be more than enough.

Furthermore, the interaction method of Red Star's little star speaker also opened up the thinking of Michelson Abbott, the Vice President of Apple China.

Since Red Star can make a speaker, why can't Fruit?

Moreover, Fruit Company has better Engineers, more powerful R&D institutions, and suppliers.

When he was communicating with Chen Chen backstage just now, Chen Chen had already agreed to send him a few units. He could get the goods a few days early, and after a teardown evaluation, he could submit a proposal to the USA headquarters.

Perhaps by relying on the proposals for the Yangtze River Battery and the smart speaker, he could even go a step further and remove the "Vice" from his title.

Having thought all this through, Michelson Abbott couldn't help but speed up a bit, wanting to return to the Apple China headquarters as quickly as possible.

From the end of the press conference until 6:00 PM, the cumulative number of pre-orders for the Kunpeng mobile phone had already surpassed 800,000.

It was still continuously growing.

Especially the limited-edition ultimate collectors edition of 50,000 units, which accounted for more than half of the pre-orders.

You have to realize that's a phone in the 5,999 price range, not 599!

To have over 400,000 pre-orders in just a few short hours is simply terrifying.

"Holy crap! Over 400,000 people have pre-ordered in just this short time? Are you guys crazy?"

"No need to pre-order anymore. I'm good buddies with Red Star's President Chen; we used to drink together often. He told me that because the ship importing calfskin from Italy capsized, there won't be any ultimate collectors edition, and pre-orders and purchases are canceled."

"For real? A ship can actually capsize? How come I haven't seen the news?"

"Come quickly, there's an honest man here."

"I can hear your scheming all the way from Italy! To be honest, what's the use of the ultimate collectors edition? Isn't it just replacing the glass back cover with cowhide? Besides, for every ultimate collectors edition you buy, a calf loses its hide. It's a sin! Let me bear this sin alone!"

"Humph, could my hand speed from being single for 40 years still not beat you guys this time? But this Yangtze River Battery really opened my eyes. 50W fast charging, a 5500mAh battery, and they could still make the phone so thin. Red Star is truly awesome."

"I think that classmate xiao xing is the real deal. It can control any Red Star device. Now I'm just looking forward to when Red Star will make air conditioners."

"I won't say much else, but I'm definitely buying little star this time! I said it!"

Lu Weiqi was also extremely happy looking at the netizens' comments online; the hype was indeed high!

The prerequisite for high hype is still a powerful product.

The Yangtze River Battery and classmate xiao xing smart speaker that Red Star brought out this time were practically like black technology for the 2013 market.

As a participant in the mix series, Lu Weiqi couldn't help but think that once that full-screen phone came out, combined with its jade-like microcrystalline nano-zirconium ceramic shell, consumers would be so shocked that the sky would collapse!

However, Lu Weiqi got a headache just thinking about how he would have to fly back and forth between Europe and China starting at the end of the year. The European and American markets absolutely could not be abandoned.

With the product strength of the kunpeng phone 2, wouldn't those foreigners who haven't seen the world be scared to death?

The world's only charging and battery technology.

A world-class S-grade photography experience.

He was looking forward to taking out this phone and blinding those foreigners at the Consumer Electronics Show at the end of the year.

"Minister Zhang, the pre-order volume for our smart speakers has already reached over 600,000. You need to be mentally prepared."

"You must communicate well with the factory in advance."

Lu Weiqi called several executives over for a small meeting to prepare for the product launch in a week.

"Don't worry, CEO Lu. Over 200,000 units have already been produced in the warehouse. As long as there are orders, the factory's full-throttle daily capacity is 50,000 to 60,000 units."

Seeing Zhang Feng's confident look, Lu Weiqi also felt relieved.

This Zhang Feng was originally the general manager of the Inventec OEM factory. He knew more about scheduling and capacity than Lu Weiqi did; Lu Weiqi was merely giving him a reminder.

Because the increase in pre-orders for the little star smart speaker was currently too terrifying.

One moment it was 600,000, and in the blink of an eye, it became 610,000.

As for Chen Chen, after handing over the company's affairs to Lu Weiqi, he immediately rushed back home.

He had been looking forward to this moment for a very long time.

In his previous life, the system upgraded because of the release of the Xiao Ai hardware. In this life, after integrating the company, Chen Chen immediately initiated the smart speaker project.

And this was exactly two years later.

"Detection of the hardware's existence in this plane. The system is about to upgrade."

"System upgrading, please wait..."

It was still that emotionless synthesized electronic voice in his mind. Lying on the bed, he waited for this upgrade with an excited heart.

"System upgrade complete."

"Xiao Ai?"

"I'm here."

Chen Chen tried calling out to Xiao Ai in his mind.

"I am Xiao Ai, your voice assistant."

"What did you upgrade?"

"Since the system hardware exists in this plane, Xiao Ai can bestow part of its abilities onto the initial hardware."

Initial hardware?

This plane?

Chen Chen instantly caught these keywords.