300: Chapter 300: What is Glory's Goal? The Second Fire!

The entire audience burst into laughter.

Zhao Ming laughed as well; he waved his hand and then made a gesture as if to hush everyone.

"CEO Yu is my leader after all, and we are all making progress together.

Honor's goal is to let everyone use a good Smartphone.

Not just a cheap phone, but a good phone."

Zhao Ming repeatedly emphasized that it's not that only cheap phones are good, but that good phones can also be cheap.

After the press conference ended, Digital Chat Station immediately posted on Weibo.

"Zhao Ming said today at the press conference that he would take down Huawei. CEO Yu is a bit angry and is preparing to cut off the chip supply to little Zhao."

Hahaha, just kidding.

With Zhao Ming joining, Huawei's promotional style is indeed much more interesting than the old Honor."

"Little Zhao is really stirring things up; he even brought out the 'take down Huawei' line."

"Old Yu: Little Zhao, you have a lot of ambition; no need to come in tomorrow."

"Cutting off chip supply? Are you kidding me? Mtk6574 isn't a kirin chip anyway."

"Honor's marketing has finally improved. It used to be too serious; when fighting against Xiaomi, you have to be unconventional."

"To the person above, Lei Jun has already been beaten all the way to the India market; what else do you want him to do? Exile him to Africa? But that's Transsion's stronghold; what could he possibly fight there? [Dog head]"

"Digital Chat Station, do you have the launch data? I want to see..."

Redmi really couldn't compete. After the honor 3c was released, the daily sales of the first-generation Redmi plummeted across all major e-commerce platforms.

Some offline distributors also started frantically dumping stock, no longer bundling it with other products, and were even willing to sell each Redmi at a loss of 50 yuan.

Because if they didn't sell it now, it would just end up stuck in their hands.

Lei Jun was in his hotel room in Mumbai when he received a call from back home.

It was Lin Bin calling, and his voice sounded very heavy.

"CEO Lei, Honor has caught us completely off guard; we have a backlog of 1.7 million Redmi units domestically.

This was originally prepared for our Double 11 promotional event, but now..."

Although Xiaomi Company's focus had shifted to the India market, they hadn't completely given up on the domestic market...

They were still paving the way for offline channels and e-commerce platforms; after all, the domestic market was always Xiaomi's fallback route.

But now, that fallback route had been completely blocked by Honor.

699, how are they making any money? Are they really using refurbished parts?

"1.7 million..."

Lei Jun confirmed the number once more.

"Yes, some distributors can't move the stock anymore and are communicating with us about returning it.

The warehouses are already overflowing."

1.7 million Redmi units, with a cost price of 630 yuan each, amounted to a total value of 1.07 billion yuan.

This money had already been spent, but if the goods couldn't be sold, it was like throwing money down the drain.

Fortunately, Xiaomi had the India market, which could be used to clear the inventory.

"What about the other domestic models?"

"The newly launched Xiaomi 3s series isn't doing well either. The Honor V series and the Honor digital series have already eaten up the 2000 yuan price bracket; we can't even get a sip of soup.

Now Xiaomi 4 has been delayed; the earliest it will arrive is March next year."

Faced with this catastrophic situation, Lei Jun finally made a decision.

"Old Lin, do you think there is still any space for us in the domestic market?"

Lei Jun already had thoughts of completely withdrawing from the domestic market, but he knew this choice wasn't wise... which is why he needed to think about it repeatedly.

"CEO Lei, to be honest, there isn't. Those two companies dominate the market; now we can only rely on the openness of Android to retain a portion of our fans."

After hanging up the phone, Lei Jun once again calculated the current situation.

Anil's shares were definitely not given in vain; the construction permit for the factory had already been approved, and work could start next month.

As long as the equipment arrives, production is expected to start in January next year.

A couple of days ago, Lei Jun even personally went to the site to inspect it, and the design plan was almost identical to the ones in China.

The Indian government also sensed that Transsion lacked sincerity and gave all the supporting facilities originally intended for them to Xiaomi instead.

The supporting power plants, substations, highways, as well as the construction of the auxiliary factory buildings and recruitment, were all underway.

What was currently in short supply was Xiaomi's technology and the corresponding workers.

Lei Jun gritted his teeth and made a decision.

He would transfer another batch of engineers from China to accelerate the construction of the factory and strive to complete the construction of the first zone before the end of the year.

...

Just as Lei Jun was personally overseeing the factory construction, Zhao Ming lit his second fire back in China.

On November 6, 2012, Honor officially announced the press conference for the Honor X1, scheduled for November 8.

Less than a month later, this press conference venue was moved to the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center, which was several times larger than the last one.

During this period, the Honor 3c Play Edition had sold like crazy, with first-day sales hitting 1.2 million, and total sales had already exceeded 8 million; breaking 10 million in the first month would not be a problem.

Zhao Ming became famous overnight; no one considered him a scholar-general anymore. He was a wolf in sheep's clothing...

This time, the press conference attracted not only local digital enthusiasts but also a large number of fans.

When Zhao Ming took the stage, the cheers from the audience were several times louder than last time, all chanting "Brother Ming," though, of course, mixed with some voices shouting "Take down Huawei"...

The director even intentionally provided a comparative close-up shot.

First, they filmed the corners of Zhao Ming's mouth; although it was still that same uncontrollable smile, the curve of his mouth was noticeably higher.

And Big Mouth Yu, sitting in the guest seats, although wearing a similarly smiling expression, had a different curve to his mouth.

This piqued the immense interest of everyone in the audience.

"Hello, friends!

Brother Ming has brought you a brand-new product once again. Before the last press conference ended, an internal survey report we issued was secretly leaked out by someone.

Although I was very angry, I heard your voices, so we urgently created a product for everyone."

The name Honor X1 appeared on the big screen.

"But this problem exposed that our team still has some issues. However, rest assured, I have already caught the person who leaked the information.

Their performance bonus for this year is gone!"

The audience burst into laughter again, while the comments in the live stream were all saying, "No self-entertainment allowed."

But at this moment, the director very appropriately gave Big Mouth Yu a close-up shot. Big Mouth Yu, who had been a bit angry, now had a much bigger smile on his face; you could even see a hint of schadenfreude,

Could it be that someone's salary really got deducted, and it was actually Zhao Ming's...

Everyone in the audience wore an expression of watching the drama unfold.

Meanwhile, Zhao Ming on stage was in no rush to talk about the product; instead, he imitated Lei Jun and began telling a little story.

A photo appeared on the big screen.

A young man was holding his phone on the subway to watch a video; his hand got tired, so he switched hands, swiped a few times, and finally put the phone down.

"This young man is me."

Zhao Ming smiled.

"I used to take the subway to work every day; it took an hour from home to the company. I wanted to watch videos on the subway to pass the time, but the phone screen was too small, and my eyes hurt after watching for a long time. I tried bringing a computer.

The computer was too big; it wasn't convenient to take out of my bag, and it was also very inconvenient to use while on the subway."

Someone in the audience nodded.

"I was wondering if there was a device with a screen larger than a phone but smaller than a computer, something that could be held in one hand, didn't take up space in a bag, and wouldn't tire out my eyes when watching videos."