457: Chapter 457 Completed Android Full-Screen Adaptation

"Why are you still reading news like that?"

"Do they have no money, or do they lack resources?"

"Cai Xukun's contract now belongs to Transsion Film & Television; his talent management contract, music copyright contract, and film/TV contracts are all represented by us."

"Just flatly reject those who want to take advantage of the situation to cash in!"

"We are in the business of star-making. Although we primarily focus on collaborations right now, that doesn't mean we should hand over the fruits of our labor to others."

Li Qing's mouth twitched slightly; this was very much in character for the boss—after all, what was theirs was theirs.

So, that afternoon, the official Transsion Film & Television Weibo account posted a status update.

It was a black-and-white photo of Cai Xukun sitting in front of a piano. He was facing the camera in profile, with light streaming in from a window, leaving half of his face illuminated and the other half in shadow.

"The recording for Transsion Film & Television's first music album, 'Spring Overture,' has officially begun. This summer, let us hear your voice alongside Cai Xukun."

"Transsion's execution is truly fast. Cai Xukun has his own music album now. It feels like Transsion didn't just decide this on a whim, but had it planned all along."

"Releasing an album right after finishing? Need I say more? I hope the veteran entertainment companies feel some pressure and stop just creating 'hype' for us."

"Holy crap, it's not just one! Yang Chaoyue has also made an official announcement on her side!"

"Damn, every album is a full set of songs; I feel like my wallet can't hold up. This is truly a happy problem!"

"I thought Transsion was just a mobile phone company, but it turns out it's also a veteran entertainment company. I just wonder when they'll enter the animation industry!"

...

Meanwhile, on the other side of the ocean, at Google headquarters.

Android Deputy Chief Engineer Dave Burke had just finished an urgent development session.

Android 4.4.3 was officially packaged.

Theoretically, everyone should have been celebrating; they had completed the task pressured down by headquarters, but there was no color in their faces—instead, they were as numb as robots.

After all, during this period, aside from cleaning up spaghetti code, all they had done was develop a framework; there had been no actual progress on the specific adaptation work.

So, rather than calling this a Full-screen Display version of Android, it would be better to call it a shell—and an extremely unstable one at that...

"Finally submitted."

"But... is this really going to work? What if the system crashes?"

"That's not our problem anymore. After all, the time they gave us only allowed for this much work. We've done our best!"

"Done our best!" These three words kept echoing in everyone's minds.

"But if it crashes, we'll be the ones who have to pick up the pieces. How about we re-develop it?"

But before the voice of this whistleblower died down, everyone's eyes were fixed on him.

Some people even started clenching their fists!

So that person panicked instantly: "I was just joking. I don't want to develop it either."

"After all, those guys on the board of directors aren't acting like human beings. How could it be possible to finish development in such a short time?"

Dave Burke ignored their bickering. He was well aware of the hidden dangers in this framework, but as long as it didn't launch, it was perfect.

As long as it could be submitted, that was enough!

After everyone had discussed for a while, Dave Burke tapped the table, and the conference room immediately went quiet.

At this moment, Sundar Pichai also pushed the door open and walked in.

"Warriors, I heard you've completed the development work. How are the results? Can we start the global rollout on March 3rd?"

After speaking, Sundar Pichai sat in the main seat next to Dave Burke, but when his gaze shifted across the people present, he couldn't smile anymore!

"Wow, what on earth happened?"

"President, it's still the same thing: it's simply impossible to complete the development work in such a short time!"

After saying this, he pushed a report in front of Sundar Pichai.

This was the final result of the internal compatibility test that had just been completed before the meeting started.

Because they had adapted some of Transsion's driver engines, the compatibility rate of the Full-screen Display version with existing applications had reached 78%.

Plagiarism? A not-so-good outcome surfaced in Sundar Pichai's mind.

After all, Transsion's legal department dared to go head-to-head even with Congress. If they plagiarized, the other side would really dare to sue, and might even demand a stake in the company!

But even with such measures, the system remained unstable.

78% might look high, but in other words, it meant that out of every 10 applications, at least 2 to 3 would experience varying degrees of anomalies.

Such as crashes, stretching, black screens... and a series of other issues.

And what scared him even more was that this data was obtained under Google's standard testing environment.

Once it reached real users, the compatibility rate would only be lower!

Seeing that everyone there was keeping their mouths shut, Sundar Pichai tapped the table lightly.

"I know the time is very tight, and everyone present has done their best. But I must make myself clear! The product released on the 3rd cannot be such an extremely unstable version. We must undergo sufficient testing, otherwise, this is just giving Transsion free advertising."

"Boss, we don't want to do this either! But a Full-screen Display is equivalent to a major version update. To develop this product, we need at least one year! That's 9 months for development and 3 months for testing. But now you've only given us three months in total; being able to achieve these results is already a miracle."

"Yes, Mr. Sundar, you are also a technical manager; you should know what kind of problems software development can have!"

The support team sent by Google also kept speaking up to help. After all, although they had earned enough overtime pay during this period, they really didn't want to go through this kind of life again!

It was too hellish; this kind of behavior is probably something only those workaholics in China could accept, right?

After saying this, he shook his head silently in his heart!

Sundar Pichai glanced at the head of operations, Dave Burke, but the other party didn't say a word:

"So you are gambling?"

"I am gambling that developers can finish the constraints in a short time, gambling that users can tolerate certain compatibility issues, and even more, gambling that Transsion's legal department won't put you all in jail?"

Sundar Pichai's anger was completely ignited. After all, the time was indeed a bit short, but he had done his best!

Development funds were sufficient, and he had even humbled himself to ask Google for support!

Yet these people... were still gambling! And gambling on a situation that was almost guaranteed to lose!

"Dave, what if you lose the gamble?"

Seeing that everyone was avoiding the question, Sundar Pichai shifted his focus directly to the person in charge.

But the other party had the stubbornness of a dead duck.

"I am of course aware that if we lose, the Android Full-screen Display experience will be torn to shreds by users and will become the best free advertisement for Taishan System! But this is the best result we could deliver within the limited time!"