Rebirth 08: Rise from copycat phones

Chapter 115 S9 Press Conference (I)

Why did Zhiyun Technology’s press conference today attract so much attention?

Just look at the falling stock prices of Nokia, Motorola, Fourstar Electronics and a host of other traditional mobile phone manufacturers...

The launch of Zhiyun’s flagship phone hasn’t even started yet, but the stock price has already started to plunge…

Countless investors have foreseen that after the release of Zhiyun Technology's flagship phone, the stock prices of major traditional mobile phone manufacturers will plummet... just like when Apple released the 3GS in June.

At that time, the continued hot sales of the Apple 3GS after its release directly led to a sharp drop in the stock prices of major traditional mobile phone manufacturers... It was simply a disaster...

And now... the same situation is likely to happen again!
This time, investors learned their lesson and avoided risks in advance. As soon as Zhiyun Technology announced that it would hold a flagship phone launch conference, investors began to sell off shares of these traditional mobile phone companies, causing the stock prices of these traditional mobile phone companies to plummet.

It can be said that the water has been squeezed out in advance...

As for whether the stock price will continue to fall after the press conference, it depends on what the new flagship mobile phone released by Zhiyun Technology looks like.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, many people attending the press conference entered the huge venue one after another...which was different from the first press conference where the venue was smaller and there were only a few hundred people attending.

The venue of this Zhiyun Technology press conference has thousands of seats to accommodate domestic and foreign guests and an equal number of media reporters.

In the conference hall in front, people were entering and taking their seats one after another.

Backstage, Xu Shenxue was still wearing his signature black casual trousers and white long-sleeved shirt, but the sleeves of his shirt were rolled up, revealing the black leather strap watch that his father gave him when he was admitted to university.

At this moment, he was still reading the manuscript, while Ji Chenghe beside him was still chattering various propaganda terms.

On the side, Lin Yaxian, wearing a pink and purple sleeveless, knee-length dress, just looked at Xu Shenxue quietly.

On the other side, Secretary Li and Secretary Qian stood together, looking at Xu Shenxue in front of them and Lin Yaxian standing next to Xu Shenxue. They seemed to notice Lin Yaxian's gaze and quickly lowered their heads.

About ten seconds later, Secretary Li and Secretary Qian finally raised their heads and looked at each other, both seeing sadness in each other...

She was also his bedmate, but in this situation, the only one who could stand beside him with dignity was the eldest daughter of the Lin family...

But Xu Shenxue, who was at the center of the three women's vision, did not notice the eye contact between them. Even if he noticed it, he would not care!
He once again took a quick look at the draft compiled by the marketing department before putting it down.

At this time, Xie Jianyong also came over: "Mr. Xu, the technical department has confirmed once again that there are no problems with the equipment!"

"It's almost time!"

Xu Shenxue looked down at his watch. It was 2:27 in the afternoon, and there were still three minutes until the press conference!

"Let's go, don't keep our guests waiting!"
After saying that, Xu Shenxue took the lead and walked out, followed by Ji Chenghe, Xie Jianyong and others, but they only followed behind the scenes, and then left in different groups through the passage next to the stage and sat in the front row of the venue.

Lin Yaxian also arrived at the front row seat under the guidance of two female secretaries, sat down and waited for the press conference to officially begin.

At this time, the large lighting in the venue gradually dimmed, and then lights of various colors appeared. The super-large combination screen on the stage began to show a starry sky. The starry sky kept changing, plundering one nebula after another, and finally stopped in a galaxy. Then the picture began to distort... and finally turned into pure black!
At this time, a rotating white cloud slowly rotated and emerged from the depths of the darkness.

This picture is familiar to everyone... because it is the classic startup screen of Zhiyun mobile phone... a white cloud slowly rotates in the black background!
Like a light in the darkness!

The white clouds slowly rotated, and soon the entire big screen lit up, and the classic YUN OS main interface appeared. Then the interface seemed to be clicked, the notepad APP was opened, and then the virtual keyboard interface appeared, and the word typing began to appear as if someone clicked the keyboard.

Finally, a line of words appeared on the notepad: "Welcome everyone to attend Zhiyun's autumn new product launch conference'

At this time, Xu Shenxue also stepped out from one side of the stage!
He walked to the small podium on the left side of the stage and first looked up at the audience... There were too many people, and the light was dim below, and the lights from the stage were shining on him. In fact, Xu Shenxue couldn't see the audience clearly. He could only see some people sitting in the front row.

Xu Shenxue left the small podium and walked to the center of the stage to face thousands of guests!
Xu Shenxue coughed lightly before he began, "As shown on the big screen, everyone is welcome to attend our Zhiyun Technology's autumn new product launch conference!"

"Some people know me, but some don't. Let me introduce myself. My name is Xu Shenxue, CEO of Zhiyun Technology, a boss who doesn't understand technology."

“I’m so excited to share some new developments from our company with you today!”

"I hope this new product can sell better and let more people know me, so that I won't have to introduce myself at the next press conference!"

After a simple joke, Xu Shenxue began to walk and slowly spoke:

"This spring, we released our first smartphone, the Zhiyun C1. It has a top-notch screen, multi-touch technology, an interactive system that best fits human instincts, and amazing two-way video calling and selfie capabilities. It's impeccable."

"This Zhiyun C1 mobile phone has also been well received by the public. From its launch in February to now, after several months of ramp-up in production capacity, sales have reached 1 million units in June. As of July , the cumulative sales of Zhiyun C have exceeded million units!"

This news is nothing new. Zhiyun Technology has always liked to announce its exaggerated sales and revenue in a timely manner and use it as promotional material...causing people to be amazed again and again, which is also a means of publicity.

But when people heard this data from Xu Shenxue again, they couldn't help but applaud... Even many senior executives of foreign companies quickly applauded when they heard the translation from the simultaneous interpreter in their headphones!
Not every startup company can sell 2.5 million units of a single model of mobile phone per month.

And it’s a high-end phone…

The only one of its kind in the world!
Nowadays, there are actually quite a lot of high-end mobile phone models, but there are not many that can actually sell more than two million units in a single month.

More importantly, all this is just the beginning for Zhiyun Technology... Even ordinary consumers know that Zhiyun's mobile phone production capacity was very limited in the early stage, and the production capacity has only been increased in the last two months. In the future, the production capacity will inevitably be greater, and the sales volume will also be greater.

At this time, Xu Shenxue continued: "C1 is great. I am personally very satisfied with it, and many people also like it very much... There is no doubt that this is a successful phone!"

"But... my pursuit of mobile phones has never changed. Smoother running speed, better display effect, more ecological applications, better photo and selfie functions... and most importantly..."

"Thinner and lighter!"

"After I have something good, I will want something better... I am a greedy person, I will not be satisfied with the existing products, I always want something better!"

“So the C1 phone is not our end, it’s just a starting point!”

"We continue to move forward, with thousands of engineers and tens of thousands of engineers from our partners working around the clock to tackle technical issues!"

“Here, please allow me to thank our R&D team and the R&D teams of our partners. It is because of you that we have this series of technological breakthroughs.”

"In the past six months, we have developed more than 30 new materials, more than 200 new processes, and applied for registration of more than 3,000 patent technologies in order to develop new mobile phones!"

"In the end, we ended up with a better phone, a phone that wowed everyone."

“A phone that redefines the smartphone!”

"After today, when someone asks you what a smartphone should be like, you can tell them: This is it!"

"Now, I would like to formally introduce to you the new member of our Zhiyun mobile phone, our new flagship of Zhiyun mobile phone: Zhiyun S9."

As Xu Shenxue finished his words, a 9D image of an S3 phone slowly rotated appeared on the large screen behind him... Next to it was an introduction that seemed simple and straightforward, but shocked everyone present: the thickness of the body is mm!
This is exactly what Xu Shenxue said now: "You may not believe it. Even I did not believe it before I saw this phone. The thickness of this phone is only an astonishing 8.7mm... Not the 8.7mm at the edge of the arc shape, but the thickest part of the entire body is only 8.7mm. It is incredibly thin and light!"

The amazing and unbelievable appearance and thickness of the fuselage made the scene silent for a moment... Cook even stood up and stared at the big screen in front of him with an unbelievable look, with countless questions in his mind.

How did they do it? 8.7mm, that's impossible, did they also use glass cover technology?
Contemporary smartphones, without exception, including the Fruit 3G, 3GS and the previous Zhiyun C1, are all around twelve millimeters... This is the result of comprehensive consideration of many issues such as body material, internal space, battery capacity and heat dissipation. It is not easy to reduce the size just because you want to.

Apple is planning to use glass to make the outer shell of the phone, while adjusting the internal structure and customizing battery packs of specific sizes to significantly reduce the thickness of the phone, but the difficulties it is facing are enormous.

But...how did Zhiyun Technology do it? And its body cover doesn't look like glass, but like metal.

If metal is used, how do they solve the signal problem?

In an instant, countless questions emerged in Cook's mind, and even made him stand up in a panic...

This scene was beyond his imagination!

The vice president of Nouya, who was sitting a few seats away, stared at the big screen with his mouth half open... as if a goose egg could be stuffed in it, and then he slumped in his seat as if he had lost all his strength!
Nooya...is completely finished!
Why are these two people so out of control? The performance of S9 has not even been announced yet...

Because the performance of high-end mobile phones is sufficient, even a fool knows that the various configurations of S9 are absolutely top-notch, no need to ask...For potential customers of Apple and Zhiyun, performance configuration is never within their consideration. Anyway, they only buy flagship phones, and the performance is top-notch...

The important factors that determine whether they buy are actually quite simple. One is the brand, the second is the appearance, and the other is the ecology and usage habits.

Ecosystem and usage habits are not important in the current early market, so the only things left are brand and appearance.

The Zhiyun brand is not bad either, and is even comparable to Apple in many places overseas. Many people will admit that it is a high-end mobile phone brand even if they do not buy a Zhiyun phone.

In terms of appearance: this Zhiyun S9 is extremely good looking...

Other mobile phone manufacturers nearby, especially the executives of traditional large mobile phone manufacturers, were all stunned.
They are all gearing up to challenge Fruit and Zhiyun in the field of smart phones...

Originally, they thought Zhiyun was easier to deal with than fruit, a soft persimmon that could be squeezed first, but after seeing this thing, they all thought of words that were similar in meaning, even though they were written in different languages. If translated into English, they are basically: FUCK!

Even if the representatives of friendly companies who are here to attend the press conference today don’t understand technology, they know what this 8.7mm body thickness means...

This is not a simple design problem, but a series of issues involving materials, processing technology and engineering design... Any one of them is a huge challenge.

Zhiyun Technology is just showing off its skills... It's like a little kid rubbing a nuclear bomb with his hands, and then showing off to everyone: Come and see, the nuclear bomb in my hand is beautiful...

FUCK!

Not to mention the stunning appearance of the Zhiyun S9 on the big screen.

Even as competitors, they have to admit that the appearance of the S9 phone is quite stunning, which directly sets it apart from all other mobile phones on the market...so stunning that they themselves want to buy one!
At this time, the live broadcast images were also transmitted to major video platforms one after another. When netizens saw the S9 in the broadcast images, they were all shocked...

I have never seen a mobile phone like this in my life. It amazes me at first sight, and makes me want to buy one at second sight... The entire screen is full of a sense of technology, and the combination of technology and fashion beauty forms a very unique industrial aesthetic.

When people take a look at it, they subconsciously think: this is what a smartphone should look like...

At this time, a live broadcast host said: "From today on, there are only two kinds of mobile phones in the world, one is Zhiyun S9, and the other is the others!"

(End of this chapter)