Our Rise Era

Chapter 243 Want to force retreat?

2012 12 Month 6 Day.

morning.

[Apple Technology] on the other side of the ocean announced something.

That is, after a year-long negotiation, Apple Technology acquired fingerprint sensor manufacturer AuthenTec for US$1 million.

When I heard the news...

Many people in the mobile phone industry have fallen into speculation.

It is speculated that this is in preparation for Apple's mobile payment products to provide better security.

Ma Xunteng of Xunteng Technology also noticed this news.

Ask Zhang Yang for his opinion as soon as possible.

Zhang Yang's response was simple...

No opinion.

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On the 6th.

night.

Rooftop.

"You seem to be worried lately?"

Fatty Yuan bought a few bottles of beer and a plate of peanuts from the supermarket, and silently walked up to the rooftop of [Wheat Technology].

When he handed Zhang Yang an opened bottle of beer, Zhang Yang turned around and took the bottle.

During this period, with XunTeng Technology and Sodu Technology entering the food delivery war, the entire food delivery market was hyped up. Zhang Yang took advantage of this wave and made nearly 20 billion yuan. When everyone thought that Zhang Yang should be in high spirits, Fatty Yuan noticed that Zhang Yang was not as happy as he had imagined.

"Fortunately."

Zhang Yang clinked bottles with Fatty Yuan and took a sip of beer.

Since 07, since coming into this world, Zhang Yang rarely drinks beer.

The scene of standing on the rooftop and drinking beer with Fatty Yuan like today has never happened before.

"Brother Zhang, you are now a billionaire. In a sense, you are on par with the big guys like Sodu, Xunteng, and Ali Langlang..."

During these five years...

Fatty Yuan always remembered what Zhang Yang said to him.

Never stop learning.

After following Zhang Yang through many storms, he gradually grew from a young boy to the vice president of [Wheat Mall] and [Wheat Technology]...

In a sense...

In the entire company, apart from Zhang Yang, the person who can speak the most is Fatty Yuan.

"Brother Zhang, you can be said to be able to turn the tide now... Don't you think it's not enough?"

Fatty Yuan looked at Zhang Yang.

As the company grew bigger, Fatty Yuan gradually discovered that Brother Zhang's high spirits seemed to be gradually disappearing.

In front of the media, Brother Zhang, who did all kinds of shameless things for popularity and sometimes laughed like a clown in everyone's eyes, seems to have disappeared.

Instead, there is a sense of profoundness that is difficult to understand.

The wind on the rooftop is very cold.

The news that Apple acquired [AuthenTec] was put on the table.

Fatty Yuan took a look.

Since the beginning of this year, Brother Zhang has contacted the company [AuthenTec].

I have also been to the United States and wanted to talk to AuthenTec, but after waiting in the company for nearly a day, I didn't see the key person and finally left the United States out of frustration.

The other party's customers are basically big customers such as Lianzhong, Daixin, LG, Fuji, Samsung, Novia, etc.

The other party has absolutely no interest in a Chinese company like [Wheat Technology] and it is even impossible for them to send someone to receive us.

"Fatty, if we don't have the Android system, what will happen to our [Xiaomi Phone]?"

"Brother Zhang, why do you think about these things? We have a good cooperation with the Android system now, and Qiao Taike is half your father-in-law... Ms. Sophie also holds shares in [Android]! Moreover, our [Xiaomi 3] has sold very well in the past year. From May to now, we have exceeded 800 million units. It is only a matter of time before we reach million units... We have the market, and Android needs us as a spokesperson. Our cooperation is a win-win situation." Fatty Yuan picked up the peanuts with his hands and chewed them, looking at Zhang Yang's back not far away.

"We can be replaced at any time... Moreover, business and personal feelings must be separated, otherwise..." Zhang Yang narrowed his eyes.

"..." Fatty Yuan suddenly fell silent.

He knew that Zhang Yang would not say these things for no reason.

It must be Zhang

He walked silently to Zhang Yang's side and followed Zhang Yang's direction, looking at the lights of thousands of houses in the distance: "I don't know what you are going to do, Brother Zhang, and I don't have such big ambitions... In fact, I don't have so much sense of responsibility..." Fatty Yuan took a big gulp of beer and sat on the stone: "But, Brother Zhang, is there anything I can do?"

Five years...

This way.

Fatty Yuan always followed Zhang Yang here.

He didn't have any overall view, nor did he have any other ideas. He just knew that as long as Brother Zhang wanted to do it, he would cooperate as much as possible.

"Please keep an eye out for domestic fingerprint sensor companies recently... If there is a suitable one, we will acquire it. As long as it is suitable, money is not a problem. Of course, if it is available in Europe and the United States, that's fine too... In addition, please keep an eye out for high-end talents. As long as they have the technology or R&D capabilities in this area, we can recruit them. Don't be afraid of the money..."

"it is good!"

"drink wine."

"drink……"

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July 2012.

iPhone 4S sold a staggering 4500 million units worldwide.

In China alone, 2100 million units were sold...

It’s sold for 4999 and it can actually become a high-volume phone. This is really a shocking statistic!

but……

Not long after this data was released...

In San Francisco, USA.

iPhone company released iPhone 5. The publisher Joes claimed that this is the thinnest and lightest iPhone in history, equipped with a 4-inch Retina display, equipped with an A6 chip, providing ultra-fast wireless network technology and excellent battery life...

This press conference attracted countless people's attention on the other side of the ocean.

However, the launch and official sales date of iPhone 5 in China was delayed by 3 months, showing the same arrogance towards the Chinese market as always.

but……

The craziness of iPhone5 is no less than that of 4S...

The entire Chinese mobile phone market has been turned upside down, and countless people are so excited that they can't sleep...

12 month 14 day.

The phone has not yet gone on sale, but long queues have already formed in front of the major stores.

Countless scalpers...

Waiting at the door early...

Some waited for six hours, while others even started waiting from the evening of the 13th, just to get first-hand goods.

……

Who could have thought that starting from iPhone 4, every release of the entire iPhone series would become so popular?
……

At the end of the day, iPhone China also announced its first day sales.

A total of nearly 220 million mobile phones were sold!

It created an unprecedented record in the history of the iPhone series.

It also makes all mobile phone brands around the world look at the iPhone 5 as if it were a formidable enemy.

12 month 15 day.

[Android Open Source Alliance] The Chinese department held a private meeting.

but……

This meeting.

Zhang Yang, however, had no say at all.

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The lights in the conference room are bright.

Zhang Yang was still sitting in the corner.

Kim Jin-myung of Samsung introduced their model, Samsung S4, which will once again impact the high-end market.

Eleven months in 2012.

Although Samsung's sales in China have suffered a setback in the high-end field, its total sales volume is still close to 2720 mobile phones, accounting for 15.7% of the entire Chinese market share, close to the 3000 million sales volume of Novia mobile phones, ranking second.

He is the undisputed big brother in the entire Android system.

This achievement gave Jin Zhenming more confidence. At the same time, he also had the idea of ​​continuing to impact the high-end field and regaining the market share occupied by the iPhone.

“搭载了Android 4.2操作系统，采用高通S400处理器，分为1.6GHz和1.2GHz的双四核处理器……配备了1300万像素后置摄像头和200万像素前置摄像头，支持S Voice语音识别……”

"..."

Zhang Yang listened silently to Jin Zhenming introducing his [Samsung S4].

I thought it was just a formality.

But wait until the meeting is over.

Qiao Taike found Zhang Yang.

"Mr. Zhang Yang..."

"Mr. Chotech, you said..."

"Qualcomm S400 processors are not allowed to appear in [Wheat 4], at least, not in the next year..."

Zhang Yang was not surprised by this and just nodded: "Then the configuration of [Wheat 4] we can get is..."

"The processor is still Qualcomm S4..."

"What about the price?"

“The price has increased…”

Zhang Yang was stunned when he heard this.

After a moment, he frowned and stared at Qiao Taike: "We [Wheat 4] can only use the original processor, but the price is going to increase?"

"So, I came to you..." Qiao Taike looked at Zhang Yang and said in a slightly gentle voice: "Last year, [Samsung] made some concessions to your [Wheat 3]. Next year, you need to make concessions. Moreover, in 1999, mid-range users using high configurations is itself a violation of market rules..."

"Mr. Qiao Taike, just tell me directly, what do you want to do?" Zhang Yang finally asked after staring at Qiao Taike for a moment.

"The success of [Xiaomi 3] shows one thing, that is, any Chinese domestic mobile phone that joins us can become the second or even the third [Xiaomi] brand... With the popularity of [Xiaomi 3], more domestic mobile phone brands want to cooperate with us..."

"So what?" Zhang Yang asked this question calmly.

A familiar tone.

Zhang Yang heard about it from Guo Shanming in the Research and Development Department.

as if……

Same as in 08.

Familiar plot, familiar dialogue.

"We want to acquire your [Wheat Technology]..."

"Acquisition?"

"Yes, strictly speaking, this is the result of our comprehensive consideration. Mr. Li from Samsung came to me this month and talked to me very frankly. He hopes that we can terminate the cooperation with you, otherwise, he will withdraw from the Android Alliance... We are cooperating with Samsung in many areas. Once Samsung mobile phones withdraw from the alliance, some subsequent industries will suffer irreparable damage..."

"..."

"You represent China's emerging power, so we naturally don't want you to leave. We certainly can't let Samsung leave and switch to other camps. So, we discussed it. If you can give up about 51% of Wheat Technology's shares and merge it into a subsidiary of Samsung, then everything will be easy to discuss..."

"..."

"Otherwise?" Zhang Yang narrowed his eyes: "Kick me out?"

"I said, I don't want to kick you out, but anyone can replace [Wheat Technology]... This is the best solution for both of us, what do you think?"

"..."

(End of this chapter)