10/11 was an era of flourishing smartphones and the rise of many competitors, just like the time when new car manufacturers showed off their skills in later generations. In the end, no one knows how many of them will survive.
Before the Android-Qualcomm Alliance emerged from the competition, there were many mobile phone operating systems coexisting in the world, including Nokia Symbian, BlackBerry, Motorola, Sony, etc.
Qualcomm, Intel, MediaTek, and even Toshiba and Samsung can all come out to tinker with their own mobile phone chips. It's a chaos of demons, each with its own standards, and they are incompatible with each other.
This is also the reason why Tenda did not deploy mobile Internet communication software in a timely manner, because everyone has different standards and the same software runs on different companies' equipment and operating systems.
It requires several software development, testing, and maintenance teams, which increases the cost by more than several times. The key is that no company, even Apple's users, have formed a scale advantage.
The whole world doesn’t know who the future belongs to, and only start-ups that are fearless and brave enough to take a gamble.
As for Android, it won in the end because it is free and open source, and Google's entire family of products is excellent enough to take into account the interests of most people.
As for Qualcomm, it was not the case that its chips were particularly good; it won simply because it possessed patents for an impenetrable telecommunications baseband architecture. Buying a baseband and getting a chip for free once became a nightmare for companies in the industry.
In the past, Apple, Intel, and Microsoft joined forces and spent hundreds of billions of dollars but failed to dethrone Qualcomm's baseband architecture patent. Naturally, it is unlikely that Qingyun will succeed alone.
Even if he could convince Petal, ZTE and Nokia to act together, it would be difficult.
Therefore, the issue of mobile phone operating systems takes precedence over mobile phone chips. If the latter wants to do it, it can only rely on the power of petals to bargain with Qualcomm during the transition from 4G to 5G era.
He totally agrees with the coarse grain factory taking over all of Lianxiang's legacy and following the Intel/IBM route. Outsiders may not know about Intel's pitfalls, but how could he not know about them?
He doesn't know much about technology, but he knows that Intel's chip architecture focuses on achieving miracles with great effort. While pursuing extreme performance, it is also accompanied by huge energy consumption.
Whether used on computers or even server-level smart terminals, Intel processors have high main frequencies and excellent performance, so Lenovo relies on Intel to become the world's largest PC manufacturer and seller.
The problem is that smartphones are so small, and with so many precision components crammed into them, it's a big challenge to ensure that all the functions can be used smoothly.
If you add a processor that increases performance and generates high temperatures continuously, it will no longer be selling mobile phones, but will serve as a hand warmer in winter and a high-temperature boiler in summer.
"Could it be possible that in this lifetime, Coarse Grain will release an Intel chip phone that is not for outdoor use in the summer? If used continuously, it will definitely get hot, and it will automatically restart and burn out.
It is possible that the reputation of the previous life's three-star lighter and grenade could be inherited by coarse grains, which can be regarded as asking for a hammer and getting a hammer. "
I felt it was funny for some reason, but I was also secretly alert. The investment in technological research and development is huge, and whether or not there is output is secondary. Companies like Changhong that bet on plasma were eventually abandoned by the market.
It would be a pity to be knocked to the bottom in an instant and never be able to recover.
Not to mention the distant past, Nokia is gradually falling from its pedestal, and Toyota, a living example of the future, is shamelessly developing hydrogen energy, which perfectly solves the shortcomings of oil cars not making any noise and electric cars having little power.
Even if artificial intelligence (AI) develops to the stage where it can achieve perfect driverless driving, it cannot withstand the destructive damage caused by the instantaneous explosion of hydrogen energy, and the driver will disappear.
The question is, how many passengers would dare to entrust their lives to an active volcano that could erupt at any time?
“Let them work with Intel. Unless Intel abandons its original chip architecture and develops a new architecture specifically for mobile phones, it will be difficult for them to succeed in their lifetime.
I remember that Qualcomm seemed to have caused a big mess when it upgraded to 4/5g chips, and Coarse Grain relied on Intel to develop 3g smartphones, and only focused on the heat dissipation and stability.
They can label it as a non-mainstream brand, just like Lian Xiang in its previous life. Even if it sells tens of millions of mobile phones every year, it is not considered a core technology company by the mainstream market.
By 12/13, Roewe Mobile could have completely turned to supporting MediaTek and taken the lead in squeezing out the living space of coarse grain factories. Then by 15/16, it could have said goodbye to Qualcomm and embarked on the path of self-research.
With the financial resources of the two Ma CEOs and Yu Huatian’s consistent good relationship with foreign capital, it is natural for them to take over Qualcomm, and the possibility of continuing to step into the trap is very high, which will force the group to prolong its life.”
The key point of Li Zehua's plan is whether there are alternative products in the country before the fallout. Qualcomm's fallout is inevitable and no one can change it.
Because the application scenarios of 5G and 4G are completely different, from the perspective of America's national conditions, there is no necessity and urgency to develop manufacturing based on the traditional habits of capitalists.
It is difficult to have the motivation to promote new technologies on a large scale unless the final potential of a technology is fully tapped and there is no imminent threat from core competitors.
The Petal 5G technology patent was originally prepared for Industry 4.0, and its first stop was in Germany. In the high-end precision processing and manufacturing industry, only smart manufacturing can use 5G.
America wants to abandon even its manufacturing industry, so how can there be any application scenarios? Qualcomm is too lazy to promote it and only treats it as a technology reserve. It even wanted to skip 5G and develop 6G directly.
Then Tokyo University was given a time difference to catch up. Since one was careless and the other was giving it their all, they would naturally be caught up.
After figuring out all this, Li Zehua was no longer in a hurry. He began to think about how to continue lobbying the top management of Huaban, and how to cooperate with ZTE, or even take ZTE into his pocket...
Before that, he also had to discuss the market prospects of motor drives in miniaturized agricultural machinery equipment with Mr. Liang from Sany Group.
"Including small-scale single-person production, harvesting, processing equipment, and transportation equipment, Qingyun Agriculture will have a huge demand in the future, and may create a market with annual sales of billions or even tens of billions.
Not difficult.
When the power, materials, and control transmission technologies of motor drives mature, we can deepen our cooperation in large-scale machinery and transport vehicles.”
Li Zehua's thinking is unrestricted, and he speaks out whatever comes to his mind. "This is also an opportunity for Sany Group to enter new industries, especially in the construction of smart logistics networks.
In terms of agricultural machinery and equipment, Sany's original competitiveness was almost non-existent, but you have the advantage of manufacturing mechanical processing equipment, and Qingyun Group has power technology to provide technical support.
With mature market sales channels and carrying capacity, even if the technology is not yet fully mature, Qingyun Agriculture, Fengniao Group and JD.com are willing to purchase in advance.
After all, paying for technology and the future is my consistent purpose in life. I am not afraid of taking the wrong path or spending more money. Anyway, I am still young and can make more attempts. "
Liang Yonggen (former name of Mr. Liang) did not respond to this question. Instead, he asked curiously, "I heard that Mr. Li's investment fund recently purchased a large number of Sanyi shares in the secondary market?"
"Yes, I remember calling your office in advance. I am quite professional in investment. After careful analysis, I am optimistic about the long-term prospects of machinery manufacturing.
Qingyun Investment has bought shares of Zoomlion, Sany, and XCMG.”
Li Zehua didn't think there was anything wrong. At the same time, Qingyun Investment Industry Fund A was also buying Moutai, Pianzihuang, financial institutions, securities, liquor, real estate, and photovoltaic concept stocks.
He did not let go of minerals, energy, and technology stocks.
Moreover, I vaguely remember that Liang Yonggen was once the richest man in China, but when I sent someone to check the Forbes history, there was no such thing at all. So he could only have successfully reached the top in some future year.
There is only one reason why Liang Yonggen, who mainly runs Sany's business, became the richest man. That is, Sany's stock price skyrocketed, and the inflated net worth pushed him to the position of richest man.
With the idea that it would be a fool not to take advantage of a good opportunity, Li instructed the investment fund to make every effort to acquire the shares, whether they were publicly traded or transferred in bulk, as long as the stock price trend would not be affected.
His actions naturally attracted Liang Yonggen's special attention. Then he thought about the meeting between the two parties today and heard that the other party was optimistic about the future of pure electric drive.
Liang Yonggen gradually understood, and he did not refuse, but just inquired for some information, confirmed that the other party did not have ulterior motives, and then took it to heart, "Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Li.
As for pure motor-driven mechanical equipment, our company has never given up research, but it is limited by current materials and output power..."
The man was in love with the woman, one was willing to provide money and market, and the other was determined to develop new products, so the talks were naturally more effective. Soon the two sides decided to work on small and medium-sized agricultural harvesting.
A consensus was reached on cooperation in spraying equipment, transportation and transmission equipment, and motor drives for small and medium-sized equipment in construction projects, and a new company was established with Sany as the lead.
Appropriately introduce Qingyun Investment, Qingyun Power Technology, Qingyun Agricultural Services, and Fengniao Group as partners, and Qingyun Power Technology, CATL, and BYD New Energy.
The three companies provide research and development support for motor drive technology. The specific investment share still needs further contact and negotiation by my subordinates before it can be determined...
"Boss Zhou, I can't bear the pressure anymore. Even with Qingyun standing in front of me, Tony Ma from Tengda has come to Beijing and sued us fiercely at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. I heard that Hong Kong has also formed a group to report to the higher authorities, saying that 361 violated the principle of fair market competition and engaged in malicious competition against third-party companies.
Damn it, when Tenda QQ was not compatible with 361, these people kept silent. Now when it comes to technology competition, Tenda is no match for us at all.
Every time its QQ is updated, our technical team will be able to launch a new QQ bodyguard within 24 hours, under the premise of pure fair competition.
In less than a month, I guarantee that Tenda’s advertising, traffic, and QQ Game Box QQ Show revenue will plummet by at least 90%.
Qi Xiangdong was unwilling to accept this. It felt so good to use his technological advantage to beat his opponents. The outside world also often boasted that Tenda was a leader in the Internet industry with strong technical reserves and a large number of technical personnel.
Only when the fight started did we realize that this was not the case at all. Even if a number of competitors such as Kingsoft, Rising, Kaspersky and others joined Tenda, they together were no match for 361 alone.
However, they have strong resources behind them. Behind the market value of 3000 billion Hong Kong dollars are a series of terrifying bigwigs. Li Bancheng and Zheng Zhaoji are both well-known business tycoons.
Any one of them can be directly reported to the emperor, let alone if they form a group to make a complaint. If it weren't for Qingyun standing behind 361 and Li Zehua stepping forward to withstand the pressure.
The Five Military Governor's Office and Temasek Holdings are not to be trifled with, otherwise Zhou Hongyi would not be simply being targeted across provinces, and the local authorities might have to take the initiative to clean up their mess.
Zhou Hongyi knew how great the pressure was. Over the past half month, his hair was almost broken by worry. Tengda obviously didn't want to give him a chance to live, and Qingyun was determined to pester Tengda to the end.
WeChat Technology was born out of nowhere. Now, with the help of the three major portals, 361, and Qingyun's resources, its installed base has exceeded 5500 million. Qingyun has not announced the specific active figures.
However, more than one billion yuan was actually spent on the promotion, and coupons for takeout and express delivery, and discount cards for e-commerce platforms were given out without any charge.
Zhou Hongyi couldn't retreat, nor did she dare to retreat, so she could only bite the bullet and say to Qi Xiangdong: "You have no right to discuss these with me. The current level of the fight is decided by Mr. Wu of WeChat Technology.
I can explain in advance that Qingyun’s promotion department is currently doing promotional activities in Internet cafes across the country. As long as you register and bring in 20 friends to use WeChat technology, you will get the internet fee and drinks included.
If you compromise at this juncture, will WeChat Technology let us go? We have to bear it even if we can’t. At worst, if you are arrested, I will personally deliver food to you.”
Qi Xiangdong didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Old Zhou, it's not a big deal that I was arrested, the key is do you think you can escape?"
After saying that, Zhou Hongyi briefly mentioned the news that Tengda passed on through a third party. Zhou Hongyi was stunned. "That's not the case. Do you really want to force me to die?"
The business war has been going on till now, and at its lowest point, Tengda's market value has been reduced to more than 2800 billion yuan. According to what Liu Zhiping sent someone to convey, Tengda's operating losses in mid-to-late October alone due to 361 QQ bodyguards were as high as to million yuan.
If 361 does not stop, Tengda will use unrestricted tactics outside the rules to do everything possible to stop 361's "infringement."
"Do they really think I'm a weakling? I don't believe they can send someone to kill me."
Zhou Hongyi gritted her teeth and put pressure on Qi Xiangdong, "At worst, we can move back to the villa area to work from tomorrow. Then you can take half of the main technical and management team with you and go to the Magic City immediately.
That is Qingyun's lair, the Modu government will give them face no matter what."
Qi Xiangdong didn't dare to refuse at all, because their lives were threatened. The competitor had gone beyond the rules of business competition and was ready to completely break up with him.
They joined forces with large multinational companies to submit documents accusing Qingyun and 361 of excessive competition, and tried to relieve the pressure by splitting Qingyun.
People were sent to use threats and inducements in secret, and some people in the 361 technical team couldn't stand it anymore and were ready to resign to save their lives.
Thinking of this, Qi Xiangdong nodded, "Then I will take those who are about to waver over first, and you stay in Yanjing and be careful."
Zhou Hongyi said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, under the emperor's feet, no one dares to risk the world's disapproval and attack a public figure like me."
While they were communicating, Wu Yibin was also discussing with Yang Zhichao how to continue to put pressure on Tenda and force it to focus more on the computer side.
He finally caught Yang Zhichao and had a lot to say. He even sent his assistant to send a heavyweight investor as originally planned.
"Those who can be sent out have already arrived. The Promotion Department has sent people to monitor Internet cafes around schools and residential areas. Many Internet cafes have reached a month-long cooperation agreement as long as they can use technical means.
Let’s restrict the backend and prohibit QQ login.
The promotion of WeChat technology can be completed offline. After all, there are so many preferential policies to attract people, and they can access the Internet for free by logging into WeChat, which is enough to attract a large number of people.
The only problem is that the group does not have enough gaming businesses to stop QQ game players from strongly demanding the lifting of restrictions, and because the number of complaints in some regions was too high, it was forced to open up some backends. "
Yang Zhichao is very tired as the promotion department has too heavy a task recently. On the one hand, they have to cooperate with sales channels to complete the promotion of Roewe mobile phones.
Although the latter is hard to come by now and you often have to pay an extra 100 or 200 yuan to get it offline, many people still don't know about it.
On the one hand, we need to promote WeChat technology, micropayments, and QR codes in Internet cafes, convenience stores, restaurants, small and medium-sized businesses, schools, and commercial areas.
He himself wished he could be split in two, so when Wu Yibin asked him to continue to increase his investment, he could only smile bitterly and said, "You should go find Xie Bin.
Only his Hummingbird crowdsourcing can provide enough part-time offline promotion workers. Although these people are not professionals, they can still distribute flyers and expand publicity channels. "
Wu Yibin sighed, "It's not very effective. We have to spend tens of millions every day. I'm worried. Tenda has 6 million customers, but WeChat on the computer side doesn't even have one-tenth of that.
If we don’t make efforts to close the gap during this period, when the market stabilizes in the future, no matter how much money we spend, we won’t be able to surpass it.”
“Didn’t the boss say that if we can hold off Tengda on the PC side, we will win. The decisive battle will be on the mobile side, and right now, the Qingyun Software App Store is looking for excuses to delay the release of QQ.
You still have plenty of time to perfect your competitive strategy. I think you should withdraw some of your manpower and use them for the promotion of Roewe. After all, only with a large capacity can you raise a real dragon. "
"Do you think I don't want to? The problem is that the foundry has not yet completed its expansion, and we have to work very hard every month to produce more than 200 million mobile phones..."
As he was talking, the phone suddenly rang. Wu Yibin subconsciously hung up and was about to continue speaking.
But then, the phone kept ringing.
He was furious and pressed the answer button, "Hey, don't you know I'm talking about something?"
"Are you Mr. Wu Yibin? This is the Six Gates Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Magic City. I am xx..."
With every word uttered by the voice on the phone, Wu Yibin's face became uglier.
Yang Zhichao noticed something was wrong and asked, "What happened?"
“My car just had a car accident on the viaduct. Fortunately, the investor is fine, but the assistant was thrown out of the car window and is being treated in the hospital.
The traffic police from Liushenmen arrived at the scene first. During the inspection, they found that the vehicle's brakes had been tampered with and had been handed over to the criminal investigation department.
If I hadn't run into you, I would be in the car right now."
Wu Yibin's face was as dark as water, and he gritted his teeth at every word he spoke, "Someone is trying to teach me a lesson!"
Yang Zhichao was furious, "Call the chairman quickly!" (End of this chapter)