my return 2002

Chapter 383 Teacher Luo's show operation
Video calling is no longer a special technology on the PC side. It has been put into large-scale use as early as a few years ago. Many people’s early online dating started at that time. Of course, many people’s online dating ended at that time .

From text to pictures, to face-to-face communication between people thousands of miles away through a camera, video calls have shortened the distance between people.

But the video call on the PC side is actually relatively complicated. First, you need to have a computer, and then you need to learn to register a communication software, or YY or QQ, or other communication software. This step alone is already difficult. Middle-aged and elderly people.

In addition, cameras and microphones need to be installed. Early computer hardware was also uneven. Many old motherboards did not recognize new cameras. After plugging them in, they had to download drivers before they could be used.

In contrast, the development of mobile phone video call function is much slower, and the reason is also very simple, one is the problem of network transmission, and the other is the problem of hardware configuration.

Due to the limited size of mobile phone hardware, its performance will definitely shrink compared with that of computers. In essence, video transmission is to convert images into digital signals and send them to the other party's mobile phone, and then re-decode them to present images.

In the era of 2G mobile phones, there is basically no need to expect to make mobile phone video calls, because network transmission does not support it at all, and video calls must be in the state of 3G network.

In fact, Xiaomi and Meizu are not the first mobile phones that can make video calls. As early as 2004, Nokia had a 6680 that could make video calls. However, because of the 3G network, that mobile phone was not listed in the mainland. The effect of the call is not good, but even so, it has caused quite a stir in developed countries such as Europe and the United States, and it is also called a generation of magic phone.

At this time, the domestic 3G network has just been launched, which already meets the basic hardware configuration of video calls. Coupled with the software optimization of the star system, and the enhancement of materials used in the front cameras of Xiaomi and Meizu, the video effect presented on the scene is very good. .

Fans of both parties' press conferences could even see each other through Lei Jun and Bai Yongxiang's mobile phone cameras. Fans of both sides even greeted each other. This scene was also captured by many reporters at the scene.

After the video call ended, the press conference also entered the final climax, which was the announcement of the price.

Mi 2S and Meizu M8S adopt the same pricing, standard version 3499, enhanced version 3999, this price is exactly the same as the previous generation, it can be said that the increase in quantity does not increase the price, which is not a big deal, after all, the price is indeed not cheap.

But I'm afraid of the comparison. Compared with Lenovo's just released Lexiang, which has a price of 4999, Xiaomi 2S and Meizu M8S are actually cost-effective.

These two press conferences were all broadcast live on 360 video. By the end of the live broadcast, it was exactly 12:2, and both Xiaomi Mi 8S and Meizu M[-]S had their first sales.

Many Xiaomi fans and Meizu fans have experience. They opened PC and mobile APPs of various channels early on, and snapped up at fixed points. At the moment when the hour hand went to 0, countless clicks hit various e-commerce platforms.

What's more interesting is that although Shen Lang and Jack Ma broke up, Taobao is still selling Xiaomi and Meizu's products. In just half an hour, in Xiaomi's official store and Meizu's official store, these two mobile phones with a stock of [-] , it shows sold out.

And JD.com’s situation is similar. In 45 minutes, 12 stocks were sold out.

The Meituan side is even more exaggerated. Within 25 minutes, it showed that it was out of stock. Many users almost pricked the screen of their mobile phones and failed to buy it.

For a while, the voices of playing monkeys kept coming and going on the Internet, and many fans complained that the two companies did not have much stock.

Lei Jun and Bai Yongxiang are actually very helpless. It’s not that they don’t want to stock up more, but the cost of this thing is high. Regardless of the price of the top configuration price of 3999, the cost of accessories will account for 1500. Both Xiaomi and Meizu are in the millions. When placing an order, the deposit alone is a lot of money.

What's more, you have to consider the risks. If you purchase too many accessories, what if it's not easy to sell?What's more, Lenovo is boasting so much. With such a competitor, we should be more or less cautious.

As a result, who knows, this Lexiang mobile phone launched by Lenovo is actually so hip.

It is also on sale at zero o'clock, and Lenovo is fully stocked this time. However, until one o'clock in the morning, Lenovo's official stores on Taobao and JD.com have a large amount of inventory, or simply put, they have not sold much at all.

The reason is also very simple. The current users are not stupid, and smartphones have been out for so many years. Lenovo has not made any achievements in the field of smartphones in the past two years. The brand influence in the PC market cannot be extended to the mobile phone. This mobile phone has no features, but the price is as high as 4999. It is simply fooling the user as a fool.

Over the years, users in the domestic market have been fed up with the star system. On the one hand, the Android system has no advantages of its own, and on the other hand, it is not satisfactory in terms of software matching. How can users buy it.

Especially online channels, those who can access the Internet will not be fools. Just look at the reviews on the Internet and you can probably know how a mobile phone is and whether it is worth buying.

Of course, Lenovo is not completely without advantages. Traditional channels are where Yang Yuanqing’s confidence lies. With the channel relationship on the PC side, Lenovo’s distribution of offline channels is quite smooth.

After the press conference, Jelson originally wanted Yang Yuanqing to sell at a lower price, but Yang Yuanqing insisted on seeing the offline sales performance.

There is no way, Jelson can only wait for the follow-up offline sales feedback. He already has some regrets. He should not bet on Lenovo. It seems that this company only takes the accessories from various manufacturers and assembles them when making mobile phones. Then sell to users.

In fact, Yang Yuanqing is also dissatisfied with Jelson. In his opinion, the main reason why Mi 2S and Meizu M8S can sell so well is that the video calling function is too novel, and Android system does not have such a function. The reason for poor online sales has nothing to do with Lenovo.

"A crime not committed by war!"

Yang Yuanqing and Jelson looked at each other with disgust and turned their heads.

In fact, the most uncomfortable ones are Brother Xiao Ma and Jack Ma. Lexiang's mobile phone seems to be quite annoying, and neither the Android system nor Lenovo is reliable.

Brother Xiao Ma felt chills when he thought of the video call between Lei Jun and Bai Yongxiang at the press conference. He knew the function of this function very well. In fact, it was thanks to this video function that QQ was able to stand out in other competitors. When you can only chat with text and pictures, QQ has already realized video calls, and this QQ has attracted a large number of users.

In contrast, mobile phones are more convenient to use than PC-side calls, and the usage scenarios are more abundant. There is no doubt that this function will break the delicate balance between YY and QQ today, and may even cause QQ user groups to The collapse, which is unacceptable to Brother Ma anyway.

Brother Xiao Ma immediately went to Jason: "How soon can the Android system launch such a function?"

Jelson's face was a little embarrassed. He was only in charge of the development of the Android system in China, so he couldn't decide the direction of the development of the Android system.

"This, I will report to the headquarters."

Brother Xiao Ma is not stupid, so he can naturally hear that this is a scene, which means that there is no development timetable at all.

"I have to do it myself!" Sitting and waiting is not in Ma's character, since the Android system can't do it, he will do it himself.

QQ has experience in developing PC-side video calls before. The software is actually not too difficult. The key is the optimization of the Android system, and the adaptation with Lenovo mobile phones.

Jelson agreed very readily, saying that he could help Penguin with optimization. After hearing this, Xiao Ma felt like scolding his mother. What do you mean by helping?Co-authorship has become a problem for penguins?

But now, Brother Ma can only hold his nose and bear it. He knows that time is very precious. After all, Xiaomi and Meizu are in the high-end market. Even if the high-end market is all lost, it’s nothing. However, once the low-end models of the star system are also equipped with this function, QQ's share in the entire mobile terminal market will completely collapse.

"Time is running out." Xiao Ma can only let the company's R&D team rush to work.

But before QQ's mobile video communication function was developed, Xiao Ma encountered another problem. Yang Yuanqing was unwilling to recall the phone for debugging to re-optimize the camera.

In fact, Yang Yuanqing is not entirely to blame for this matter. After all, the cost of the recall is very high, and it is accompanied by various doubts. In the inherent impression of many people, the recall is a problem with the product.

In fact, in the international market, recall is the responsibility of a company. All large international companies in the market have recalled products, but domestic companies rarely hear of product recalls. This is worth pondering. .

"Mr. Yang, the problem is obvious now, and Lexiang's offline sales are not smooth. This is the time for us to recall and improve." Brother Xiao Ma earnestly advised.

Yang Yuanqing dismissed it: "Mr. Ma, it's not that I don't want to recall, but do you know how much economic and reputation loss this will bring to Lenovo? I can't bear this responsibility."

Brother Xiao Ma is completely speechless, you are the CEO of Lenovo, and you actually say you can't afford it?

There is no way, the two finally negotiated, and they can only solve it by downloading the driver. However, this will undoubtedly increase the user's cost of use. Brother Xiaoma can foresee how users will scold Lenovo in the future.

Brother Xiao Ma was not the only one who was depressed. Jack Ma was also very depressed. Why did he choose such two pig teammates in the first place? Originally, he should be strolling in the courtyard at this time, sitting on the top floor of Ali headquarters to enjoy the scenery.

As a result, he was now pulled onto such a thief ship, and it was such a broken ship.

Scolding is scolding, Jack Ma also knows that going to Shen Lang at this time will not help the matter, one infidelity is useless for life, and he is not the kind of character who kneels down and begs for mercy when he encounters setbacks.

Jack Ma quickly found Huang Zhang and discussed countermeasures with him. After hearing the inside information, Huang Zhang's first reaction was whether he should run away. As for the two pig teammates, Jelson and Yang Yuanqing, if they don't get tricked to death by them, they will die. Not bad.

But after calming down, Huang Zhang said to Jack Ma: "Isn't the penguin making a video call, why don't we drag Brother Xiao Ma to do it together."

Jack Ma was a little hesitant. He was a man with a strong desire to control, and he didn't have much shares in Sassafras, but now he wanted to let Brother Xiao Ma participate.

But the situation is stronger than people, and Jack Ma also knows that the mobile video call system developed by Xiaoma is needed now.

On the other hand, Brother Xiao Ma was worried about the dismal sales of Lexiang, and how to promote QQ's mobile video calls. The appearance of sassafras rebuilt him a little bit of confidence.

"Mr. Huang, we are still destined, and we have come back after going round and round."

Sassafras had mixed feelings for a while. If he had accepted the investment from Xiao Ma, maybe he would not have been forced to leave Meizu. Of course, maybe Meizu would not have developed into the later Meizu.

After some friendly discussions, Xiao Ma invested 2 million yuan in the Bumblebee mobile phone of Sassafras. The reason for choosing this name is mainly because [Transformers [-]] has just been released, and Sassafras is also well versed in the principle of hype.

However, before the Bumblebee mobile phone was launched, Xiao Ma and Jack Ma could only watch Xiaomi 2S and Meizu M8S gallop in the mainland mobile phone market.

The only thing that can stop the sales of these two mobile phones is perhaps their production capacity. Meizu is produced by itself and has a natural advantage in arranging production capacity, while Xiaomi is almost a little bit worse. They are all handed over to BYD. Naturally, it will be a bit worse.

However, it has only been a month since these two products played a one-man show. OPPO took the lead in launching a mobile phone that also supports video calls, and the price is 200 yuan lower than that of Xiaomi and Meizu. OPPO is also smarter than directly cutting prices, but A three-piece set of protective case, protective film and charging treasure is given.

Lei Jun and Bai Yongxiang are naturally unhappy, if you can afford it, I can't afford it?Also started giving gifts.

For a while, the three companies called from online to offline, which was very lively, but in this way, Lenovo was actually uncomfortable. After all, seeing other people’s mobile phones selling boomingly, Lenovo’s mobile phones were not interested, and channel vendors also wanted to make money. Well.

Lenovo thought of a way, you are not sending things, we directly cut the price, the original retail price of 4999 directly dropped to 3699, so the sales volume has indeed improved, but it also made many users who bought Lenovo mobile phones for the first time I felt a backstab, good guy, it's only been over a month, and I've dropped [-], I'm simply a diving champion.

Many users began to complain on the Internet, and some users even went to offline stores to discuss the explanation, but in the end it was nothing.

In this way, the reputation of Lenovo mobile phones is even worse, and this generation of Android system has become very stuck after a long time of use.

There was an interesting news on the Internet that day. Mr. Luo came to the gate of Lenovo headquarters, smashed several Lexiang mobile phones into pieces on the spot, and published a long blog to complain about his daily use of Lexiang mobile phones.

(End of this chapter)