67: Chapter 67 Open Source Pangu!!!

The atmosphere in the meeting room grew increasingly heavy.

Lei Jun and Li Guoqiang both had their brows furrowed, pondering the direction Fanmi should take to break the deadlock. It could be said that this was definitely the most difficult moment since the company's founding.

Compared to this, the previous public relations wars were just child's play.

"Actually, aside from the few giant capitals in the smartphone field and the suppliers tied to their interests, other component suppliers don't have a direct competitive relationship with us!"

"The reason they are still waiting and watching is simply that they don't want to offend those giants and can't see a future for us..." Zhou Fan's voice suddenly rang out. The sound of him lightly tapping the table caught the attention of Lei Jun and Li Guoqiang.

"That's true, but this perception can't be overturned overnight. What should we do now?" Li Guoqiang knew Zhou Fan was right, but he still had no clue.

"Then we show them our future!" Zhou Fan's voice was resolute.

"Our future..." Lei Jun murmured. He and Li Guoqiang both involuntarily looked at Zhou Fan, who still maintained a calm expression.

"Open-source Pangu!"

As soon as Zhou Fan said this, the shock on Lei Jun and Li Guoqiang's faces was visible to the naked eye; they were full of surprise.

"Open-sourcing Pangu? That's our biggest trump card right now. Once it's open-source..." Li Guoqiang's tone was hurried, clearly unable to understand the significance of Zhou Fan's decision.

"Not only will we open-source Pangu, but also our self-developed RISC Lingxi Instruction Set!" Zhou Fan spoke again, his tone still carrying an undeniable firmness.

"Open-source everything... Is this cutting off our own retreat?" Li Guoqiang was completely bewildered.

"No!" At this moment, Lei Jun suddenly spoke up. A glint of brilliance gradually appeared in his thoughtful expression as he vaguely realized the key point.

"Once Pangu is open-sourced, it will be a bombshell comparable to an atomic bomb for the current smartphone field. Many companies that are still on the fence will make a decision, and our software ecosystem construction can be accelerated..."

"In fact, even more mobile phone manufacturers might try to customize their own mobile operating systems based on our Pangu open-source architecture. After all, the Apple system is closed-source, and the android system doesn't have our advantages. This way, we can bind more interest groups together!"

Lei Jun murmured to himself, the thoughts in his mind becoming increasingly clear.

If it went as he thought, this decision would not only keep the advantages of Fanmi's Pangu System but would instead continuously expand those advantages, eventually becoming an unshakeable trump card and foundation.

It was the same logic as the current open-source android. Developers worldwide would essentially have an additional option. At the very least, domestic tech companies would definitely want to try it, thereby driving the development of the entire domestic tech industry. This was almost foreseeable.

With these foundations, they would have the confidence to negotiate with suppliers!!

"It really does seem like a breakthrough!" Li Guoqiang also gradually understood, the shock in his eyes deepening.

He looked at Zhou Fan, stunned and speechless.

When Zhou Fan previously proposed a self-developed system, he had already felt Zhou Fan's long-term vision for Fanmi's future development. This time, the courage to open-source Pangu made him clearly feel the shocking ambition of the young man before him.

Although he couldn't yet see the further layout behind this move, he realized that this decision was the opportunity to resolve Fanmi's current crisis.

"Since it's decided, let's do it!"

Zhou Fan looked at the two of them, a light also shining in his eyes.

While solving the immediate crisis was a very important reason for making this decision, he knew even more clearly that from a long-term perspective, what needed to be solved was the issue of the entire Huaxia hardware ecosystem. Open-sourcing the Lingxi Instruction Set was the key to that.

If open-sourcing Pangu could allow domestic mobile operating systems to flourish, then the emergence of the Lingxi Instruction Set would empower all walks of life—not just internet technology, but also semiconductor chips, network communications, industrial control, high-performance servers, and so on...

In this era, there were many factors limiting the development of domestic technology. Centered around high-end chip manufacturing represented by lithography machines and the processor architecture patent pools of X86 and RAM instruction sets, foreign countries had already built technical barriers with extremely deep moats.

And the Lingxi Instruction Set was like a single spark falling on the vast land of Huaxia. As long as there was someone to light the fire, it would surely start a prairie fire!!!

"I'll personally go and announce this decision!" Lei Jun turned around without the slightest hesitation and left the office.

"Then I'll go contact the battery suppliers first!!!" Li Guoqiang's eyes were full of excitement and agitation; he almost tripped over his chair when he stood up.

But he didn't care about anything else and quickly walked out of the meeting room.

"So reckless!"

A smile appeared on Zhou Fan's face as he stood up and straightened the chair.

At this moment, his heart was actually somewhat excited. In the future wars of the science and technology fields, the struggle for the core architecture market would definitely be one of the primary battlegrounds.

Even he couldn't predict how much impact the step he was taking now would have on the future, but his heart was filled with anticipation.

Because compared to the predicament Huaxia would face in ten or twenty years...

Now was the best of times!

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"What? Open-sourcing Pangu!!!"

Following a piece of news on Fanmi's official website, a colossal wave surged through the internet once again. In the Apple President's office, Lu Qun stood up abruptly upon hearing the report.

"How is this possible!!!"

His expression became incredibly grave, and he couldn't bring himself to believe it.

"The news has already been posted on Fanmi's official website..." the assistant in black stockings spoke cautiously.

"I know!!" Lu Qun waved his hand irritably.

Looking at her irritable boss, the assistant in black stockings tactfully left the office immediately.

"Well played, Fanmi. To actually make such a decision to burn one's boats..." Lu Qun's heart held a trace of shock, and he increasingly admired the decision-maker behind Fanmi.

Since he could reach this position, he was naturally a smart man. He quickly realized that although Fanmi's counterattack seemed like self-mutilation, upon deeper thought, it was far from that simple.

Fanmi was different from Apple. Holding onto a closed-source Pangu System, aside from giving their phones a bit more competitiveness, didn't have nearly as much significance as open-sourcing it.

At this moment, a sense of urgency and crisis actually sprouted in his heart.

"Once their software ecosystem construction accelerates, the strategy of suppressing component suppliers will no longer have any meaning. We must up the ante..."

Lu Qun knew very well that in the business world, interests always drove actions. Those suppliers were currently being obedient undoubtedly because they feared the power of the capital behind them, but once there were enough interests, it would be impossible to truly cover the sky with one hand.

Moreover, not all suppliers would give them face.

"As expected, I still have to think of other ways to solve the problem at its source..." Lu Qun murmured to himself, the thoughts he had been pondering earlier gradually surfacing.

Chips... if it can succeed...

Perhaps Fanmi can be completely crushed!

It was just that he himself knew this move was not so easy to make.