Our Rise Era

Chapter 125 Threat!

08...

It was the year of the rise of the smartphone.

There are countless smart phones on the market, which are dazzling.

But at the same time……

For countless technology companies, it is a cruel meat grinder.

From the beginning of 08 to July 08.

No less than 20 "smartphone systems" from various overseas countries are installed in various mobile phones and have entered the Chinese market.

However, many systems disappeared within a few months due to poor sales of the mobile phones they were installed on and lackluster market feedback.

And in the meat grinder where the system's heroes compete for supremacy...

The Windows Phone system from Microsoft is the earliest

A batch.

Even earlier than the iPhone's IOS system.

The rise of Windows Mobile comes from business people...

In the early years, business people needed to deal with emails and documents all the time, but it was impossible to be in front of the computer screen all the time...

Therefore, faster, lighter, and anytime, anywhere tools began to emerge.

[Microsoft] also considered this situation at the beginning, so it moved Windows, which was the king of PC ports, to mobile phones...

[Microsoft] Looking for Zhang Yang is actually a helpless move...

They can't find a more suitable spokesperson in China.

[Microsoft] The top management actually saw the Chinese market very early on.

Who wouldn’t want to try a cake worth more than 1 billion?

In the early days, Windows Mobile was going to be a high-end system...

In 05, when the intelligent system was in its wild stage, they sought cooperation with Samsung and Novia.

Although he showed great interest, the other party had its own operating system, which ultimately delayed him for more than half a year and eventually the cooperation came to nothing.

After hitting a wall among big brands, Windows Mobile started making its own phones…

However, after it was launched in the Chinese market at a price of 6500 yuan, sales were dismal. After being sold for a few months, it was eventually squeezed out by the MTK system brought by the R&D Department.

In the second half of 06, Li Hua finally won an opportunity in the Chinese market from Microsoft and sought cooperation with Shengxing, the No. domestic mobile phone brand in China at the time. Unfortunately, Shengxing was not interested in the -yuan Microsoft genuine system and had been cooperating with the R&D department in secret. However, Shengxing kept dragging them on even though it was clearly not interested...

Until the second half of 07, after all the efforts were fruitless, we finally found Xiali and took the middle and lower-end brand route...

But later, the story of the king's return was not written. In the land of China, [Xiali] failed again.

This time I was fucked...

The [Xiali] brand is gone, having been acquired by Zhang Yang, a rising star who suddenly emerged in the first half of 08.

A few days ago, when Li Hua heard the news, he was shocked for a long time...

Then when I saw the sales...

Li Hua made a prompt decision!

We must grab the market!

otherwise……

Looking at the aggressive smartphone market...

That's bad!

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“We can be free too!”

in the office.

Li Hua looked at the young man in front of him.

The young man always had a smile on his face and looked exceptionally gentle and elegant.

Li Hua's expression is very serious!
He stared at Zhang Yang intently, trying to see something else from his face.

But, unfortunately...

Nothing could be seen.

He always gives off the feeling of being gentle, refined and a modest gentleman.

"Mr. Li...but we have reached an agreement with MTK. We should remember the people who dug the well. We have so many sales now, all thanks to the help of the MTK system..."

Zhang Yang made a cup of tea for Li Hua.

His expression remained calm. After a brief silence, he laughed, "Boss Li, you should know that I am a businessman. What businessmen value is immediate benefits. The MTK system of the R&D Department provides me with various solutions and talent assistance. From the production line to the final product testing, the R&D Department is involved. Moreover, Huaxia mobile phones are selling so well now. We have no reason to change partners temporarily..."

"But, we are Microsoft!" Li Hua stared at Zhang Yang. "In the past, we occupied more than 60% of the global PC market. Now, we are still at the top, with billions of users around the world. These users are the cornerstone of the future smartphone industry..."

After hearing this, Zhang Yang remained silent, seemingly unmoved. He looked at the traffic outside the window for a long time, and finally spoke: "Mr. Li, I am open to the trial of any system... But, Mr. Li, you also know that apart from sales, we actually don't have any core technology of our own, not even a trace. How do you use your [Windows Mobile] system? How do you install it? What if there is any problem with the system..."

"Boss Zhang, let me put it this way..." Li Hua took a deep breath, "I will apply to the head office and ask them to send a system consultant for MTK and a consultant for Windows Mobile..."

When Zhang Yang heard this, he finally nodded and smiled: "It's not enough. In addition to the system, we also need a motherboard. In fact, we are just an agent, and we do more business as a comprador. We don't have the ability to supply motherboards and chips..."

"..."

Li Hua took a deep breath. This time, he stopped talking and remained silent.

After a long time, he narrowed his eyes, as if he had made a decision: "Boss Zhang, I can help you solve these problems, but the premise is... you have to use, and can only use, our [Windows Mobile] system!"

"What does it mean that you can only use the [Windows Mobile] system?"

"Terminate the contract with the [R&D Department] and sign an exclusive licensing agreement with us. From the day the agreement is signed, any mobile phone software under your company can only use our [Windows Mobile] system!"

"You know, that's impossible..."

"..."

There was a brief deadlock in the office.

Li Hua stared at Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang was calm and composed.

After a long time, Li Hua stood up and said, "Mr. Zhang, you are our key cooperation partner, but there are more than just you in China's mobile phone business. If we declare the [operating system] free, more people will join our team..."

"Then try it."

"Row!"

Li Hua had an indifferent expression and finally walked out of the office.

After Li Hua walked out of the office, Zhang Yang closed his eyes.

[Windows Mobile] system, Zhang Yang used it in [Xia Li] mobile phone...

The system is like a big XP system, which was completely moved from the computer.

The smoothness is OK, but there is a drawback.

That is……

Always closed source!
[Microsoft] will never open up the source code of the system in the true sense to allow developers to join in the creation...

Closed source will only lead to a dead end in the future smart phone field, especially after the rise of the APP era.

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Li Hua had just left not long ago...

There was a knock on the office door.

Immediately afterwards...

Zhang Yang saw Guo Shanming from the Research and Development Department walking towards him, exhausted.

"boss Zhang!"

"Mr. Guo!"

After Zhang Yang shook hands with Guo Shanming, he saw that Guo Shanming looked very excited.

"Congratulations, congratulations, it's a great victory, haha!"

"Haha, it's not a big victory, but we have definitely tried our best!" Zhang Yang nodded.

"Mr. Zhang, I have come here this time to tell you that our [R&D Department] wants to sign a long-term cooperation agreement with your [Xiaomi] series of mobile phones..."

"Didn't we sign a purchase agreement before?"

"What we signed before was a short-term cooperation agreement, a quarterly sales purchase agreement of 3 million..."

"Oh?"

When Zhang Yang heard this, he made a cup of tea for Guo Shanming and his expression gradually became serious: "What's the difference between the new agreement and the old one?"

"Given our previous good cooperation, I have thought about it and feel that in the future, in this era of system hegemony, we should become the most solid allies... We invite you to join our [MTK System Alliance] and become a part of us. At the same time, we sign an exclusive cooperation agreement..."

Guo Shanming took a sip of tea.

Just like the last time we met, Guo Shanming was still as thin and as tall as ever.

But the shrewd light in his eyes became more and more obvious.

He put down the teacup slightly, took out a long-prepared agreement from his arms and handed it to Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang took the agreement with a gentle expression and read it silently.

But the more Zhang Yang read, the more frowned his expression became. The more he read, the more serious he became. After reading half of it, he put down the agreement and looked at Guo Shanming: "This agreement states that within five years, all of our related systems will use the [MTK] system. Is that what you mean?"

"Yes!" Guo Shanming nodded, smiling all the time: "Yes, Mr. Zhang, you also know that our [MTK] system is a huge wealth chain. From motherboards to components, from accessories to systems, and then to various chip solutions, our [R&D Department] can help you solve them all. You don't have to worry about anything at all, you just need to make a model... Our company hopes that this model can continue..."

In the first half of the year, the craze for MTK knockoff mobile phones made Guo Shanming realize that his MTK system's one-click service was the right path.

However, he and the senior executives within the company all felt uncertain about the young man "Zhang Yang".

Especially these days, he vaguely heard that other "system" manufacturers had contacted Zhang Yang. He was afraid that Zhang Yang would use the market to cooperate with him while cooperating with other system manufacturers...

The ultimate outcome of this method of raising Gu is that Zhang Yang will step on his shoulders to nourish other systems...

[R&D Department] It is impossible to see this situation happen.

When Zhang Yang heard this, he narrowed his eyes.

"Mr. Guo, if you don't sign, can we continue to cooperate?"

"Yes! Of course I can. In fact, Mr. Zhang, I have always admired your talent and I am very optimistic about you. However, our [R&D Department] is very large after all. If we don't sign this exclusive cooperation agreement, then... other salesmen may contact other manufacturers... You know, although you have taken over half of the domestic mobile phone market in the past three months, there are still many ambitious people in places you can't see who want to become the second Li Yang, Chen Yang, Zhou Yang..." Guo Shanming looked at Zhang Yang with a smile.

It’s as simple as one sentence!

You make money from me!
You have to put on the chain I prepared for you!
Otherwise, I don't mind creating another you!
(End of this chapter)