15: Chapter 15: Why not develop your own system and build an ecosystem instead?!

Fanmi Technology laboratory.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the laboratory was still brightly lit.

Normally, this would be the time for people to get off work, but the situation at Fanmi was quite special; the person in charge of the project still had to attend school...

Therefore, they basically followed Zhou Fan's schedule; they would encounter problems during the day and seek Zhou Fan to solve them at night.

And today, inside the laboratory, things were clearly different.

"Your line of thinking is correct. Large manufacturers are indeed better and more stable, while small manufacturers also have their advantages, such as lower prices. As for the issue of inconsistent quality, we will just have to spend some time screening the hardware."

After hearing about the supplier conference, Zhou Fan couldn't help but shake his head. He had a deep understanding of Daohan's arrogance, especially when he had just entered the research institute; back then, Daohan's arrogance was completely undisguised.

It wasn't until seven or eight years later that things truly changed, when various basic technologies had greatly improved, and they began to truly shed the European and American technical systems and carve out their own path.

And today, Daohan's arrogance was still undisguised, though its reach was not as powerful as it would be in later generations.

Upon hearing this, Lei Jun felt a mysterious sense of relief in his heart.

After all, their ideas were just ideas; whether they could truly be realized depended on Zhou Fan. Now that Zhou Fan had said this, the options for suppliers were much broader.

"That's good. We have currently found five PCB motherboard suppliers, three interface connector suppliers... and audio chips. Except for the screen, everything else is basically ready. It just depends on whether any of them meet our requirements..." Lei Jun had contacted quite a few small suppliers and selected some from among them.

After all, there was no need to put the ones that were clearly not up to the mark at first glance in front of Zhou Fan.

"I'll take a preliminary look first." Zhou Fan nodded, picked up the collected samples, and began to examine them one by one.

Seeing this, Lei Jun tactfully exited the laboratory and waited quietly outside.

"This motherboard won't work; the plating isn't uniform enough, which will easily cause short circuits..."

"Exclude this one too; the anti-oxidation process is a bit poor..."

"This one looks good on the surface. Although the manufacturing process is old, the external craftsmanship is complete. I'll test its stability in a moment..."

"And this one..."

Zhou Fan's selection was very fast; after all, with his level of technical expertise, he could tell at a glance.

"Engineer Zhou, start stability tests on the remaining ones. Keep an eye on it..." A moment later, Zhou Fan turned to look at Zhou Guangming and said.

"Alright!" Zhou Guangming nodded.

He knew that Zhou Fan's comprehensive strength was extremely strong, but after this round of selection, he added another impression of him: his eye for quality was extremely sharp.

It was just like a veteran engineer; he could basically spot flawed products at a single glance.

"The subsequent stability tests will take time. You all work hard, and when the time comes, organize the data for me to see..." Zhou Fan said while taking off his anti-static gloves.

"Okay, I'll keep an eye on things here!" Zhou Guangming nodded.

Outside the laboratory.

"After selecting the suppliers for these components, the next problem to consider, besides the screen... is the system!" Li Guoqiang suddenly said.

He wasn't the same as when he first arrived; just as Lei Jun had a lot of confidence in Zhou Fan, he was equally full of confidence in Zhou Fan.

Now that the hardware had received Zhou Fan's nod, all he needed to do was wait for the test results. Li Guoqiang was also thinking about the future of Fanmi. For a new mobile phone, hardware was only one part; software was equally important.

The system was undoubtedly the top priority.

"What do you think about the mobile phone's operating system? Are we going to use the open-source android system directly?"

"..." Lei Jun was silent for a moment, then shook his head slightly: "Our new mobile phone must showcase the characteristics of Fanmi. My idea is to develop a customized system based on android..."

"That's a good idea, as it saves time..." Li Guoqiang thought for a moment and said.

But before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by a clear voice.

"Why base it on android? Just develop it ourselves and start building an ecosystem. If we don't do it now, we'll have to pay the price later..." Zhou Fan, who had just come out of the laboratory, instinctively said, then opened the locker, took out his schoolbag, and changed his outer jacket.

Just as he had finished changing his jacket, two big heads suddenly poked out from his left and right, their faces filled with kind smiles.

"Zhou Fan!"

"Engineer Zhou..."

Kind voices, sincere faces, and eyes shining with light.

"Fully self-developed? Do you think it's feasible?" Lei Jun's tone was eager.

His original idea was to develop a brand new system based on android that was suitable for Fanmi; this was also the most appropriate development strategy at the moment.

Hearing Zhou Fan say that he wanted to completely self-develop a brand new operating system, he couldn't help but feel a little shaken inside.