314: Chapter 314 The Rabbit's Defenses Are Breached

Looking at the numbers on the big screen, many people in the audience rubbed their eyes in disbelief.

They were aware of the AnTuTu version update, which reportedly modified the underlying model to better align with current data and reflect the phone's true performance, but they hadn't expected...

Was this an improvement in phone performance, or just in the benchmark scores?

This is just too ridiculous!

"So I'm quite curious," Zhao Ming said, shrugging his shoulders, his tone practically overflowing with sarcasm, "Is this a genuine improvement brought about by the version update, or is it the result of some custom optimizations?"

"After all, with the same chip, the benchmark score doubles just by switching versions. This kind of miracle is something brands like ours, without the right connections, just can't learn."

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Zhao Ming's aggrieved expression made him laugh even louder.

"Help! Brother Ming is way too bold with this sarcasm, right? He's openly implying that AnTuTu does exclusive optimizations for a certain competitor's chips, and as soon as the version updates, the benchmark scores are just inflated."

"AnTuTu probably didn't expect that someone would publicly execute them like this, right?"

"I don't know if AnTuTu dares to speak up, but if they dare to imply anything, I reckon Mr. Shen will make his next move!"

"Tell us more about the move, guy below!"

"This is the comment section, not the fast lane. We just need to remember that Transsion is the major shareholder of Tencent. AnTuTu is just a small company; if they dare to speak up, another bully will naturally enter this industry!"

"Don't put it so harshly. AnTuTu is just a benchmarking software; what bad intentions could they have? They just want to adapt it for certain chips individually [aggrieved, pitiful]."

On stage, Zhao Ming changed his tone and looked back at the camera: "Of course, benchmark scores are just a reference; everyone knows that."

"The performance of the honor 6 is something you'll naturally feel the difference in once you get your hands on it to play games or browse apps. After all, a user's real experience is probably much more reliable than a score that can be 'adjusted'."

Meanwhile, the live broadcast of the press conference, after an urgent report, was being played synchronously in the conference room at AnTuTu headquarters.

Founder Boss Cai's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. He was digging his fingers into the tabletop, while the technical team beside him didn't even dare to breathe.

In the live stream, Zhao Ming's teasing remained completely unfiltered.

"In contrast, our honor 6 has no money and no connections. It doesn't have any special model adaptation, nor does it have any extra optimization bonuses..."

"It's even lower than the score on the Mate. You all need to be clear: this is a chip we've spent a year tuning. Not only is there no improvement, but on the contrary, there's..."

"Bang!" Boss Cai slammed the table hard, causing the water in his cup to splash out.

The secretary beside him quickly pressed the remote control to save the TV, otherwise the next one...

"What does Zhao Ming mean by this? He's biting the hand that feeds him."

Boss Cai couldn't calm down at all; right now, he was like a furious little flame...

"Publicly insinuating against us, saying we do exclusive optimizations for manufacturers—do we?"

The technical leads looked at each other, then guiltily lowered their heads.

Their expressions seemed to say that whether exclusive optimizations were done or not, others might not know, but the company's finance department and Boss Cai definitely knew.

"Boss Cai, Zhao Ming's words... were indeed aimed at us."

"There were already people online saying our benchmarking had double standards, but we didn't expect him to openly accuse us at the press conference."

"I want results, not to hear you say these things." Boss Cai interrupted him again, then pointed at them and said, "I spend so much money to support you, just so others can point at my nose and curse me?"

The conference room went quiet again; many technical staff were already cursing him in their hearts.

At this moment, Boss Cai calmed down a bit, then swept his gaze over the technical staff and said in a sarcastic tone:

"What did I tell you back then? Optimization is fine, data can be adjusted, but can't your methods be a bit more sophisticated? Did you have to make it so obvious that anyone could spot the problem at a glance?!"

Old Li's heart skipped a beat, but on the surface, he immediately bowed: "It was our lack of consideration, Boss Cai. We will immediately adjust the subsequent optimization algorithms to make the data changes smoother, so there won't be such glaring discrepancies."

But the corner of his lowered eyes betrayed him as he cursed Boss Cai thoroughly in his heart.

Sophisticated, my ass! Who was it that slammed the table and demanded it back then?

"The performance of Kirin and Taishan absolutely cannot be optimized for them; in fact, you need to suppress it. The scores cannot rise too quickly; it's not conducive to unity."

"The generational gap needs to be narrowed, and then widened again; you need to make users feel that domestic chips just aren't good enough."

The technical lead, Old Li, had originally formulated a plan to start adjustments from the next generation, from a brand-new chip.

With Qualcomm and MediaTek facing pressure from Transsion, they revealed their bottom-of-the-barrel technology, which explained everything, but Boss Cai wasn't willing; he insisted on starting now.

Now it's great; after adjusting it, they were exposed in public, and he turns around and blames the technical staff for not being sophisticated enough.

So they do all the dirty and tiring work, and they take all the blame.

Boss Cai forced them to do targeted optimizations back then to curry favor with those foreign investors and brands, and now that something has gone wrong, he's managed to distance himself completely.

Although he cursed him thoroughly in his heart, Old Li still wore a humble smile on his face, his tone as submissive as could be:

"Boss Cai, don't worry. We'll work overtime tonight to change the algorithm. In the next update, we will definitely make the data look natural, guaranteed that this situation will never happen again."

But in his heart, he had already greeted all eighteen generations of Boss Cai's ancestors.

How to be more sophisticated? To put it plainly, it's about wanting to have it both ways.

You want to help partners step on competitors, but you don't want to be caught holding the smoking gun—how can such a good thing exist in this world?

Boss Cai was clearly satisfied with his attitude and snorted coldly: "It better be."

"Also, change that version update optimization log for me. Just say it's an algorithmic iteration, that we optimized multi-core scheduling scenarios, and some issues appeared... leading to a deviation in scores. The team has already located the problem and is working hard to improve it."

"Understood, we will handle it immediately."

Meanwhile, on the other side, Zhao Ming had finished introducing other selling points, such as the thousand-yuan flagship with 2GB of RAM and the High-density battery. Finally, a brand-new technology appeared on the big screen.

"The honor 6 is the global debut of LTE Cat6!"

"Our honor 6 is the first phone to support this technology."

As soon as the words "LTE Cat6" appeared on the big screen, the pride in Zhao Ming's voice pierced directly through the stage lights.

Thanks to "Dad" for handing this technology over to him for the debut!

"Many friends might ask, what exactly is this LTE Cat6?"

He smiled and raised his hand, and the subsequent PPT immediately switched to a clear comparison chart.