103: Chapter 103 Lei Jun: Who Stole My Words?

The giant screen switched to the Mate1 poster, with a line of large text below: "Number one domestic product in the 2500-3500 price range."

After showcasing it briefly, Big Mouth Yu looked toward the guest seating area, and looking at Mr. Ren as if to claim credit, he said, "Actually, this adjective is incorrect."

"In the domestic mobile phone market, this sales volume is number one without any qualifiers."

"From its launch in mid-September to now, it has sold over 4 million units in two months, averaging over 2 million per month; it is the undisputed number one."

"Perhaps our colleagues in the publicity department were being too low-key, so they added some qualifiers... Don't do that next time; if it deserves to be promoted, it must be promoted!"

Having said that, he glanced at Mr. Ren again, then hurriedly moved on to the main topic.

"This achievement is truly excellent. It was so excellent that when we established the Honor project team, some of my team members asked me, 'CEO Yu, Mate1 is already a success, why do we still need to make Honor?'"

He took a step forward and changed his tone: "Because I saw a user's comment in the Weibo comment section."

The giant screen switched to a screenshot of a comment. The ID was hidden, leaving only the text:

"The phone is very good, but it's too expensive. It took me three months of work to save up enough money."

The giant screen also displayed the domestic minimum wage table: 600-700 yuan, and the factory wage table: 1200-2000... As for the wages of other units, they were not listed on the PPT, showing only the wages of the general public.

Accompanied by the heavy background music, the venue went quiet for a moment.

"This sentence instantly triggered my reflection. A 2500-yuan Smartphone is indeed very cheap, but there are still many people who cannot afford it. That night, I called Mr. Ren." Big Mouth Yu's tone was slightly twitchy, and his speaking speed was much slower than usual.

"I said, 'Mr. Ren, can we make a phone that fresh college graduates, young people working in the city, and students who just graduated in the county town can afford to use?'"

He paused for a moment, letting the emotions ferment properly!

"After hearing my proposal, Mr. Ren was silent for a long time and said, 'Can costs be controlled? We are not the same as before; we have to be responsible to Huaxin Investment. They spent so much money, not to let us do charity.'"

A new set of comments began to scroll on the giant screen; those were real messages scraped from various comment sections.

"Over 2000 is still a bit expensive, can you release one under 1500?"

"The smart era is coming soon, I want to buy one for my parents, but the old folks think it's too expensive and don't want it."

"Student budget is limited, it's too expensive, can't afford it."

Big Mouth Yu did not look back at the screen. After the display was finished, the PPT on it changed once again, turning into a meeting of the three giants.

Relevant introductions were also revealed: Huang Tianya (head of Huaxin Investment), Mr. Ren (founder of Huawei), and Big Mouth Yu...

Big Mouth Yu once again told the story of this meeting: "During this meeting, I told them that costs could not be controlled. If we crammed all the Mate experience into a 2000-yuan shell, we would lose 200 yuan per unit. But this price would allow more people to afford a Smartphone and experience the joy of technology."

"Hearing this, Mr. Huang only asked me one question: 'If we lower the price to under 2000, how much would we lose?'"

"I replied at the time: 'Selling 100,000 units loses 20 million, selling 1 million units loses 200 million.'"

"Mr. Ren said: 'What about 10 million units?'"

On site, Big Mouth Yu's voice suddenly softened: "I said, 'Mr. Ren, we have never sold 10 million phones before. Don't set such a big goal, I don't dare to calculate it.'"

On the giant screen, the originally quiet image suddenly turned into a video:

Huang Tianya threw the report directly on the table: "It's just a few billion, isn't it? We at Huaxin Investment, Mr. Ren, are we doing this or not?"

"Since Mr. Huang is so generous, what are we at Huawei being pretentious for? Chengdong, hurry up, mass produce it as soon as possible, and launch it within two months. Make technology no longer high and mighty, but a product that everyone can afford."

After the video finished playing, the image of the three disappeared, leaving only a line of text: honor play 1, the first Smartphone made for young people.

Lei Jun sat under the stage; the smile on his face hadn't had time to tighten before it froze in place the next second.

His originally relaxed gaze suddenly narrowed, his pupils dilated slightly, and the corners of his mouth twitched downward subconsciously. He looked like someone who had been stabbed in the back, and even his breathing slowed down for a long time.

He wondered why it was so familiar, thinking he had met a kindred spirit, but it turned out these were all his lines!

He stared blankly at that line on the stage, a line that couldn't be more familiar: Technology is no longer high and mighty, but for the purpose of serving the people.

Moreover, the entire press conference, the rhythm of the speech, the logic of the rhetoric, and even the tactics were highly consistent with the first generation of Xiaomi that he had polished countless times in his mind.

In this instant, his face was filled with incredulous shock, the bewilderment of being accurately backstabbed, and a bit of confusion from not having reacted yet...

Who exactly backstabbed him? No! He had never told anyone about these plans; even Lin Bin only knew about the 1999... So who exactly leaked it?

The Huawei team thought, impossible, it couldn't be such a coincidence in the world.

Just as Lei Jun widened his eyes, his brows slightly furrowed, and he was stunned there, the audience at the scene had already burst into loud applause...

Some people watching the live broadcast were immediately moved by this story and started calling friends to watch together.

In a dormitory at Peking University, an Apple fan using an Apple phone hesitated slightly when seeing this news, but still called a friend over to watch: "Old Liu, haven't you always wanted to buy a Smartphone? Look at this..."

"A Smartphone costs at least several thousand, how can I afford it..."

"This price doesn't seem expensive... Of course, its experience might not compare to our Apple, but the price should be quite tempting."

While many people started calling friends to watch the live broadcast, the press conference scene directly entered the introduction segment of the honor play 1.

First was the technical parameter section that Big Mouth Yu was most familiar with. He didn't say much, directly displaying the parameters on the giant screen and letting the audience below watch.

Screen: Five-inch HVGA, full-view IPS, 16 million colors.

Processor: MediaTek MTK6573.

Battery: 2500mAh.

Fast charging chip: Taishan PM100 (the world's first mobile phone to support fast charging).

Seeing these parameters, many people below immediately widened their eyes, and some even took out their own Mate1 to compare with the parameters above.

Screen is the same. Backstab, uncomfortable.

Same chip. Backstab, uncomfortable.

Battery is a bit smaller. No backstab, comfortable.

Plastic middle frame, plastic back cover. No backstab, comfortable.

Fast charging, a feature the Mate series doesn't have, Honor debut; it's practically play taking a dump on Mate's head...

Chatter immediately came from some of the audience seats: "It's unreasonable, Mate has become a test subject, honor play gets to enjoy new features first."

"The little brother backstabs, the big brother's knife technique is shattered!"

"Could it be that this honor play 1 is positioned even higher than the Mate..."

"It's clearly our product that has been downgraded."