76: Chapter 76 The Big Mouth That Lives Up to Its Name

Just as Taishan OS completely ignited the digital forums, the Huawei Terminal official Weibo account released an official announcement.

"September 15th, Beijing National Convention Center, a brand-new smart experience is about to debut. The Huawei mate series is officially arriving."

The accompanying image was a silhouette, where one could vaguely see the outline of a phone and the words 'Taishan OS'.

After the official confirmation, the digital forums completely exploded.

"It's confirmed. This new system is definitely what Huawei will be using."

"Then is this actually developed by Huawei or... Transsion?"

"To the person above, why do you care about that question? You just need to remember that Transsion's largest shareholder is Huaxin Investment. But this investor also holds 50% of Huawei Terminal's shares."

This simple piece of news once again shocked the entire digital market.

Huawei Terminal sold 50% of its shares? When did this happen? Didn't they say they gave up on selling earlier? How did they sell it off so quietly?

Consequently, Huawei selling 50% of its terminal shares became a hot topic once again. After all, the previous valuation was as high as 4 billion USD. In a situation where everyone was short on cash during the financial crisis, being able to spend such a large amount of money...

This Huaxin Investment is truly not simple.

Could it be United States capital wearing a disguise, having finished harvesting leeks globally through the financial crisis, and now launching another round of deep strategic deployment into their Chinese tech industry?

[Wall Street: Who are you saying is harvesting whom? These are my lines...]

Wang Tao looked at the frenzy on the forums and couldn't help but chuckle foolishly.

Because he remembered another private message that 'Big Mouth Yu' had just sent him.

"Moderator, thank you for the review and the promotion. Actually, I am from the Huawei Terminal product line. The Taishan OS EMUI beta version was co-developed by us and Transsion. The mate series will launch domestically first. After the press conference, I would like to invite you to visit Huawei. If you have any thoughts after graduation, you can join us."

Seeing this direct invitation from the boss, Wang Tao's hand suddenly trembled, and he almost dropped his cup.

Big Mouth Yu? Yu Chengdong?

He had checked some information over these past few days. This person was the head of Huawei's terminal mobile phone business. According to some senior students, this CEO Yu was highly valued and had a great chance of being promoted to CEO or Chairman in the future.

This big shot actually replied to him personally... Joining now, once this business develops, he would definitely be part of the inner circle.

He calmed himself down slightly and hurriedly replied: "CEO Yu, it is a great honor. I will definitely be there on September 15th. I certainly have the idea of joining Huawei; I hope to contribute to domestic mobile phones in the future."

Over the next few days, Huawei continued its normal promotion, letting more people learn about the Mate1 phone.

At the same time, the channel negotiators also began to take action. Their main targets were telecommunications carriers. As long as they could get the Mate placed in their stores and offer a certain rebate, then it would be fine...

And in some communications business deals, their negotiations went smoothly; many China Telecom operator storefronts had already hung up Mate1 banners.

Mate1, a step ahead...

This major operation also allowed Lei Jun, who was still working at Kingsoft, to sniff out a trend. He also silently made a plan in his heart.

...

Time quickly arrived at September 15th, Beijing National Convention Center.

This press conference was indeed very lively.

The venue, which could hold 5,000 people, was already packed. In the media area, many media outlets were fighting over good camera spots, and if not for the on-site management, they would have almost started fighting.

The audience area below the stage was also full. Many digital enthusiasts curiously craned their necks, very eager to know how Big Mouth Yu would introduce this Mate phone, as well as the Taishan OS it was equipped with.

Would he admit it directly or continue to claim it was customized?

In the guest area below the stage, Shen Fei and Zhang Mingzhu sat in the first row, with Mr. Ren and some other executives sitting next to them...

"Are you nervous?" Zhang Mingzhu asked softly.

Over these past few days, she had also learned of a major event. What exactly was the 'small business' Shen Fei mentioned when he first picked her up? A small business of over 2 billion USD...

Shen Fei looked at her, stroked her smooth hair, and then shook his head: "Not nervous. Everything that needed to be done has been done. Now it depends on CEO Yu's performance. But we will definitely succeed."

Watching the two of them, Mr. Ren, who was to the side, also revealed a kindly smile. Others might not know who this young lady before them was, but he knew very clearly...

The lights on the stage gradually dimmed, the large screen lit up, and a teaser video began to play.

From switchboards to PHS phones, then to Feature phones, and finally to today's Huawei Mate...

Finally, it froze on a line of text: "Born to change... Huawei mate series"

Amidst the applause from the audience, Big Mouth Yu walked onto the stage.

For this press conference, he had dressed up quite well today, wearing a dark gray suit, and holding a small box in his hand.

Compared to the Big Mouth Yu who would later spout golden quotes at press conferences, he was clearly a bit green at this moment, but the aura in his eyes was already beginning to take shape.

"Everyone, good evening!"

"I am Yu Chengdong, head of Huawei's terminal mobile phone business. At today's press conference, I want to introduce to you a product that may change the landscape of China's Smartphone industry."

The opening was very much in character for Big Mouth; right off the bat, he wanted to change the Smartphone landscape...

But this aura also caused scattered applause to ring out from the audience, though, of course, it was interspersed with some sounds of disdain.

Change the Chinese mobile phone landscape? Why don't you say you're changing the global tech landscape? You don't even draft your boasts!

"Before introducing it, let me ask a question first.

Last year, Apple released the world-shocking iphone 3g. This year in February, our competitor Meizu released the M8, although it was equipped with a Windows system.

It seems the entire industry has entered the first year of the Smartphone era, but this has also led to a series of problems.

So, I would like to ask here, what are Smartphone users unsatisfied with?"

Some people in the audience began to shout loudly: "It lags too much."

"The battery isn't enough."

"The photos don't look good."

Big Mouth Yu on the stage nodded: "Lag, battery life, photo quality... these are the major pain points of Smartphones. Today, the Mate is going to solve all these problems at once."

He opened the box in his hand and took out the phone.

The dark gray metal body shimmered with a delicate luster under the lights. The five-inch screen almost covered the entire front, and the bezels appeared extremely narrow compared to other manufacturers.

The back adopted a matte finish, with a camera in the top right corner, and the 'Huawei' logo and the word 'mate' printed in the middle of the lower section.

When this mark was transmitted to the big screen by the director, many old users of Huawei's Feature phone area in the audience immediately cheered.

This design is really super awesome!

Big Mouth Yu held the Mate1 and turned it around in front of the camera, then placed it in the exhibition cabinet to the side.

"First, solving lag."

Big Mouth Yu pointed at the text on the PPT and introduced: "Our Mate1 runs on Taishan OS, which is an operating system independently developed by our strategic partner, Transsion Technology."

This sentence immediately caused a huge impact!

It wasn't that they didn't believe it was a self-developed system, but rather that they simply couldn't believe Big Mouth Yu would admit it so straightforwardly?

Huawei and Transsion were really going to develop their own operating system?

While they were dazed, the interface of the operating system appeared on the big screen.

Big Mouth Yu swiped, opened apps, switched tasks... the entire process was extremely smooth, without a single hint of lag.