504: Chapter 504 Blue Factory Releases New Model, Sends Voice Transmission to Help.

The buzz was soaring at a speed visible to the naked eye, yet everyone in the Vivo headquarters conference room was extremely anxious.

After all, a good reputation is bought with real money.

The price of this generation of X Shot was a full 1,500 yuan higher than the previous one; originally, each phone had at least a 50% profit margin, but now, depending on the memory capacity, it was only 300 to 500 yuan per unit.

Moreover, they didn't know if there would be new attacks or unexpected surprises in the future.

...

Guangzhou, Transsion Headquarters.

Shen Fei knew their concerns, so he used the Digital Chat Station account to help them promote it.

After all, since a partner had come to help, he, Tang Shen Fei, had to support the cause.

"Vivo has really gotten their hands on something good this time. The Taishan System isn't a stripped-down version, and when paired with the Taishan series chips, the experience will be excellent.

Besides, although it's an ultra-thin and light phone, Vivo managed to cram a large 3,500 mAh battery inside. Given its weight, it certainly justifies the price."

Many fans following Digital Chat Station were greatly surprised to see this account actually posting news about Vivo.

After all, who didn't know that Digital Chat Station was the account used by Transsion and Huawei to steer public opinion? Could it be that Vivo had also gotten the account password?

"Listening to Station Brother's analysis, it actually seems pretty good!"

"My younger sister has her eye on this phone. We went to touch it, and it really is very thin and light. Plus, it's the overclocked version of the Taishan 710, so the gaming experience is also quite good!!"

Digital Chat Station: "Compared to before, the gaming performance is indeed good, but the performance of the 710 overclocked version isn't perfectly unleashed due to thermal issues."

Watching these messages in the comments section, Shen Fei called over the head of marketing, Li Qing.

"Don't skimp on the traffic above. We need to continue following up with reviews and gradually release the real-world test data for the Taishan 710's performance, power consumption, and system fluidity. Vivo is a signal; we have to help them hold their ground!"

"Understood."

Li Qing instantly understood Shen Fei's strategic layout. If this step succeeded, the future ecosystem of the Taishan System would be incredibly promising.

"Boss, people online are guessing now: will other manufacturers join the Taishan ecosystem next?"

"They will!"

Shen Fei had plenty of confidence regarding this matter. After all, as long as Vivo fired this shot successfully, the others would naturally follow. Google's shares were money.

But this wouldn't make him abandon his poaching plan; domestic phones should use domestic systems. Of course, this was only the first step.

The second step was to make foreigners use domestic systems as well, and starve Android and iOS to death!

Although the second step was difficult, the layout had already begun! This war had only just started!

...

Meanwhile, at the Xiaomi Technology Park in Beijing.

Lei Jun had just hung up the phone with the regulatory department. Regarding this collateral responsibility triggered by Transsion, Lei Jun ultimately blamed the whole issue on Shen Fei.

After all, how could he dare to go and find Silver Lake Capital!

Just then, Lin Bin knocked on the door again: "Old Lei, it's said that Vivo's sales have already exceeded 80,000 units."

"Right now, the internet is filled with discussions about Vivo and the Taishan System. The pre-launch hype for our new product has been suppressed."

What Lin Bin was referring to was naturally the Xiaomi 6. This meticulously polished product had undergone continuous chip replacements and finally used Qualcomm's latest flagship Snapdragon 805 chip.

This "Ice Dragon" that appeared under pressure from Transsion once again let Lei Jun see Qualcomm's "toothpaste" (squeezing out performance).

With a benchmark score of 68,000, its power consumption was a full 30% lower than the Snapdragon 801 and 810—it was definitely an "Ice Dragon."

Yet, the hype for this comeback product had actually died down.

"What is the marketing department doing? Marketing has always been our top priority; how could we be outperformed by Vivo, which only does offline phones?"

After saying this, Lei Jun wanted to call over the marketing director to interrogate him on why his performance was so poor. If you can do the job, do it; if you can't, get out.

But at this moment, Lin Bin held him back: "Old Lei, don't get angry. This isn't something the marketing department can solve. There's a shadow of Transsion in this; they are causing trouble behind the scenes."

After reviewing the plan, Lei Jun did indeed notice something wrong. In the past, Vivo only focused on offline channels, but this time, they were actually doing a massive amount of promotion online.

Their reputation was indeed a bit better.

But Vivo's good reputation was not a good thing for them; after all, the online market was only so big.

They were already struggling to compete with Honor. As a result, this month there was an additional Bird, and an additional Vivo—how were they supposed to survive?

But what really worried Lin Bin was the trend. Once the other party gained momentum relying on the Taishan System, other friendly manufacturers would inevitably follow. Xiaomi would be completely isolated!

By then, not to mention failing to break into the high-end market, they wouldn't even be able to hold onto their core base.

"Old Lin, don't panic!"

Lei Jun forced down the irritation in his heart and began to comfort Lin Bin, though in reality, he was also comforting himself.

"It's just a newly released device; sales haven't even broken 100,000 yet. It's not certain how things will go in the future.

You immediately arrange for the public relations department to release word that we are also self-developing the Surge chip, and our Surge system is also steadily progressing. In the future, Dami Phone will be equipped with self-developed chips and the Surge system."

Speaking of this, Lei Jun knocked on the table again. "Emphasize again: Xiaomi insists on independent technology research and development; the investment prospects are broad, and R&D is not just empty talk."

Lin Bin was stunned. Self-developed chips, self-developed systems—what were these things?

"I say we have them, so we have them!"

Lei Jun said again. After all, for him, this was just a matter of saying one sentence; there was money in the account anyway. At worst, they could just be like Lenovo; it wouldn't cost much money.

"Let's show our attitude first to stabilize the market and the dealers. We can't let the outside world think that Xiaomi is lagging behind Vivo in supporting domestic products."

...

That afternoon, the official Xiaomi account posted a long article about self-developed technology.

It was over 20,000 words long and introduced three self-developed technologies, detailing these three independently researched technologies and claiming they had applied for over 170 technical patents.

Currently, the entire industry couldn't do without them.

At the same time, they hinted in the comments section that the progress of the Surge chip and the self-developed Surge system was very smooth.

"Mr. Lei, is it true? Is the Surge chip really coming?"

"We have been keeping a low profile! Yet we were maliciously slandered by that kid from Guangzhou. Because of that, we're not pretending anymore; we have self-developed chips and self-developed systems too. This wasn't even important technology to begin with, yet a certain manufacturer kept using it for patriotic marketing. They have lost their shame."

"The person above! You're right. Our Surge chip will definitely be able to compete with the Taishan 930!"

"To the person above, ask his master if he can pull out a chip that rivals the Taishan 920. And he's talking about the 930... This is the biggest joke in the world."

Just as Xiaomi was putting on a brave face on Weibo, the Lenovo headquarters in Beijing welcomed a special guest.

Qualcomm China President Meng Pu.

Originally, his first stop was Dami Company, but recently Lei Jun had been at the center of the storm, so it really wasn't very convenient for him...

If this pawn really died, that would be a disaster!