Since we are both reborn, of course I would choose the rich woman!

Chapter 339 The Future Has Arrived (7k views, please subscribe)

As Lü Yao slightly turned his body and raised his arm behind him, drawing the attention of the audience both on-site and online to the large screen behind him, a pre-recorded promotional video quickly appeared on the Möbius strip screen, which had been flashing, rotating, and emitting ever-changing halos.

This video is clearly the work of a master. The pixels are clear, the color tone is sophisticated, and the music is soothing. The scene on the screen gradually zooms out, and then a man in a casual suit walks leisurely through the streets of Paris, talking on his phone as he walks...

Then the scene shifts to a beautiful woman leisurely sipping coffee at a street-side café in Naples. When her phone rings, the pretty actress picks up her phone, and without any apparent unlocking action, an unlock screen flashes, and the phone unlocks.

Then, a foreign actress on the streets of New York simply took out her phone and touched it to the other person's phone, and immediately the other person's dating information popped up.

Next, a cool-looking man opened a music app, played some music, and then tapped his phone lightly. The entire music app interface smoothly popped up and disappeared into a small, elongated oval frame at the top of the screen.

Then, with a gentle tap, the software floating in the recess of the screen unfolds.

The scene then shifts again, showing a man sitting on his balcony reading a book, calling out to his phone in the living room, "Xiao Mo."

A lively and bouncy simulated yellow emoji pops out from the black frame at the top of the phone, responding to the request.

What followed was a dazzling series of trendy video transitions that flashed one after another. Eventually, these transitions became faster and faster until the entire screen was filled with vibrant colors. Then, the Möbius strip that had been spinning on the screen burst out from the colorful blocks of color once again.

Then, from the back of this Möbius strip, a phone with a design completely different from the current mainstream appeared on the big screen. Against a black background, the phone kept rotating, and each time it completed a full rotation, the phone on the screen would change color.

When the third color was switched, the lights in the venue, which had dimmed, gradually brightened, and the live broadcast began to cut to the scene of Lü Yao walking back from the edge of the main stage to the center of the press conference.

As he walked to the center of the stage, Lü Yao said, "This is the new phone that I co-developed with Xiaomi, the Geek Generation."

As he spoke, Lü Yao took out the brand-new phone from his pocket and showed it to the audience present and those watching on their screens.

The camera then focused on the phone in Lü Yao's hand.

Then Lü Yao began by introducing the phone's appearance.

Lu Yao showcased the Geek Pro Max version to the audience. It features a ceramic crystal panel, a matte glass back, and a stainless steel frame. The display screen has rounded corners, with the four rounded corners located within a standard rectangle, giving the phone a very stylish look.

The texture is also outstanding.

But what's most eye-catching is the phone's exaggerated size. It's 16 centimeters long, about 7 centimeters wide, about 7.85 millimeters thick, and weighs about 240g. Such a large body and such a heavy weight, along with the square frame without rounded corners, give it a completely different feel from the current era.

But precisely because of its large size, this phone has an incredibly long battery life. At the same time, thanks to its larger and thicker body design, the phone also does a good job of heat dissipation. It handles heat dissipation very well during daily use, so even heavy gamers can have a great experience.

If all else fails, Lü Yao also has a similar phone cooler that can be used in conjunction with it.

After introducing the phone's appearance and size, Lü Yao then began to introduce its performance, particularly its gaming capabilities.

Holding his phone, Lü Yao spoke eloquently on the main stage: "As everyone knows, I also develop multi-platform games. In the early days, in order for the games to run smoothly on different models, our company put a lot of effort into game optimization."

"In order to ensure the smooth running of the game, we even developed software that can optimize the phone's task management. As a result, some players on the internet have started to jokingly say that our company's games can fix phones."

At this point, many of the invited audience members and viewers watching on screens smiled knowingly.

There are indeed similar claims online that Guang'an Network Games, founded by Lü Yao, is truly exceptional in its optimization capabilities.

In the relaxed atmosphere, Lü Yao continued, "But we still feel it's not enough. The current mobile phones on the market, which vary in quality, still cannot meet the needs of our Guang'an Network Games Company. That's why we came up with the idea of ​​making a mobile phone that is more suitable for our company's games."

"Therefore, after collaborating with Xiaomi Group, we conducted in-depth research and development, and finally created this phone with stronger performance and better suited to our games! The next generation of geeks!"

Lu Yao showed the phone in his hand to the audience and the cameras on site, and said: "This phone has a larger screen size and screen ratio, and for smoother game operation, it can also automatically clear the background memory of the phone, so as to preserve the purest gaming experience for players."

"Of course, during the game, our mobile phone users can customize the programs that are kept in the background, just in case your girlfriend sends you a message while you are playing the game."

Lu Yao's humorous remarks brought another round of knowing smiles from the audience. It would indeed be terrible if you missed your girlfriend's messages while playing games because of the game's malfunction.

It seems that Mr. Lü has a great understanding of life.

However, Lü Yao on stage added, "But replying to messages while playing games really disrupts the gaming experience, so we've thoughtfully added a floating chat window feature to the phone and a 'voice-to-text' reply function."

This is how Lü Yao applied the research results of the Luoma Lake AI Data Center.

After a message pops up, the chat pop-up window will float in a very small module in a not-so-important position on the game screen. Players can reply to messages while playing the game. The built-in intelligent voice recognition software can also recognize the voice and other ambient sounds to ensure that the input is accurate.

This feature has truly amazed many young people in relationships.

The live stream chat during Lü Yao's press conference was filled with strange "ooh ooh ooh" noises, no matter how many or how few. This thing is really cool.

Looking at the comments displayed on the teleprompter, Lü Yao couldn't help but smile: "I know there aren't many things in this world that can be perfect in every way, but I just happen to like the best of both worlds."

It's unclear what touched Lü Yao when he said those words, but his tone suddenly became wistful and distant, as if he were speaking to both the audience present and someone far, far away.

After introducing the phone's optimizations for gaming, Lü Yao then focused on introducing the phone's camera function.

Lu Yao paced slowly on the podium and began to use data to illustrate a fact: "Regarding the feature mentioned earlier, did you all think that our phones were designed specifically for male users? Actually, that's not the case. According to our game company's statistics, female players make up a significant proportion of our MOBA games."

"It even reached an astonishing 40% or more."

Lu Yao laughed and said, "So, our phones are not only designed for male users and male gamers, but also for female users and female gamers. And the voice reply function we just talked about is applicable to both male and female gamers."

"I know that girls always like to be treated better. But I also hope that girls can remember that while being treated better, they should also spare some energy to take care of their partners."

Facing the camera, Lü Yao's eyes were deep and thoughtful as he said, "I believe that there shouldn't be a difference between men and women in relationships. The only difference is 'love or not love.'"

These words touched many netizens and gamers who had been hurt in the past.

"Mr. Lu is absolutely right! In the world of relationships, there shouldn't be a distinction between men and women, but rather between love and not love. That's so damn good!"

"Who would have thought such words would come from the mouth of the universally acknowledged scumbag grandfather of all men? [tears][tears]"

"I've seen many girls online complaining about why boys are so bad at comforting people. The answer below is that it's because no one has ever comforted them, whether they were children or adults, so they didn't learn how."

"Waaaaah, the whole world is shouting about how to love girls, and many public accounts are even teaching women how to control men, but only our CEO Lü is really teaching us men how to love ourselves."

On the internet, everyone's identity is complex.

Although the pre-event hype likely drew many to the press conference because of Xiaomi's CEO Lei Jun, once the main speaker was changed to Lü Yao, the crowd that had gathered from all over the internet, after a brief moment of astonishment, quickly turned into a mole in the stands of a football match, tearing off their team jerseys.

The transformation from rice noodles to donkey noodles happened in an instant.

Amidst a torrent of online comments, Lü Yao continued his steady and methodical introduction of the newly released geek phone, demonstrating its features to the audience.

It's a fairly mature, built-in smart voice assistant on the phone.

A feature that unlocks the phone using facial recognition, eliminating the need for a fingerprint.

It offers a wider range of color options and boasts outstanding performance in photography.

It also features a headset compatible with mobile phones and has e-sports attributes, as well as a very smooth system thanks to the in-depth optimization by Lü Yao and his team.

The various novel features gave the audience at the event, as well as those watching on screen, a momentary illusion—as if this were the kind of feeling one would expect from an Apple product launch. Why is it that the sense of novelty, shock, avant-garde technology that one would expect from watching an Apple product launch is now presenting on a Xiaomi sub-brand?

This is so fucking unscientific!

So much so that when Lü Yao announced that the highest configuration of the Geek Generation would cost 7,899 yuan, the audience at the scene, and even the audience in front of the screen, actually began to feel that the price was not so expensive.
Although Apple released the new generation iPhone 7 series a few days ago, the phone, which is almost no different from the previous generation iPhone 6, is not appealing to digital enthusiasts, nor can it satisfy the cutting-edge needs of many mobile phone users.

Compared to Lü Yao's phone, the iPhone 7 series phones seem outdated, almost like products from the previous generation.

but.

The price of 7899 is still far beyond the affordability of most consumers. This thing is even more expensive than Apple by 1500!

So, amidst the initial silence and astonishment, many die-hard Xiaomi fans began to unleash their fury:

"Is this even considered the ultimate in high-performance? Xiaomi, you've changed!"

"More expensive than an Apple product by 1,500? Who gave you the audacity? Was it that singer?"

"Damn it, Mr. Lei was blind to partner with this little bastard. I bet this thing will never sell like hotcakes, he'll just lose money!"

As negative reviews flashed across the teleprompter in front of the main speaker, Lü Yao immediately adjusted the following script. He scanned the scene, and after the price was announced, the atmosphere at the Geek Phone launch event became unusually strange.

Some whispered amongst themselves, some shook their heads and smiled bitterly, thinking that Xiaomi and Lü Yao had made a mistake this time, and others were gloating, thinking that Xiaomi and Lü Yao were going to suffer a huge loss this time.

In this complex atmosphere, Lü Yao calmly said, "I know this price is outrageous in today's mobile phone industry." He even went so far as to exclaim, "How can you be more expensive than Apple?"

"Are you worthy?"

"Isn't it better to buy an Apple and then a Xiaomi to switch between phones that cost almost 8,000 yuan? If I spend 8,000 yuan on this phone, I'll have to explain to others why I'm such an unfortunate person, right?"

Standing to the side of the stage, Mr. Lei looked at Lü Yao on the main stage with nothing but admiration in his eyes.

Giving a speech seems simple—isn't it just standing on a stage and talking eloquently? But to be able to stir people's emotions and even motivate them to buy something just by standing there and talking is a very advanced skill.

Even Lei Jun, the CEO, improved his presentation skills through countless press conferences and extensive private practice. Anyone who wants to improve their speaking abilities simply needs to watch all of Lei Jun's past press conference videos and practice accordingly; they will definitely see improvement.

same.

If you watch the product launches of other Xiaomi Group executives, you can clearly feel the gap between them and Lei Jun.

Public speaking is also a very important skill for improving personal leadership.

Lü Yao is quite accomplished in this area. In fact, thanks to his image and charisma, his ability to enhance brand image is unmatched even by Lei Jun.

Therefore, when Lü Yao spoke self-deprecatingly on stage with a steady demeanor, neither the staff on the side of the stage, the audience at the scene, nor the viewers in front of the screen felt any frivolity from him. Instead, they felt that he was approachable.

Lu Yao continued, "I know everyone must have this thought. But although Geek Phone is a sub-brand of Xiaomi Group, its purpose and goals are completely different from those of Xiaomi Phone."

"Lei Jun once told me that his goal is to make technology accessible to everyone, so that everyone can afford and use it. But Geek Phone's motto is 'Constantly challenging and surpassing ourselves!' What we want to do is explore the ultimate performance of products from the industrial age, explore the ultimate operating system, and explore the ultimate aesthetics!"

Lu Yao's expression gradually turned serious: "Therefore, we are the true 'Geek' phones. From day one, Geek Phones' goal has been to 'explore the ultimate'!"

"The pursuit of excellence inevitably comes at a high price. I'm telling you all this clearly: the high price of Geek Phone is the additional cost of our continuous exploration and trial and error. I know it's wrong to pass on the cost of exploring the future direction of the company to everyone; but without doing so, Geek Phone wouldn't be able to survive."

A radiance, almost a "belief," gradually began to emerge from Lü Yao: "Therefore, I would like to thank those users who may buy our Geek Phone, because to me they are not consumers, not my users, but partners in our exploration of the future."

These words immediately elevated the image of Lü Yao, and even the entire Geek Phone brand.

After raising the bar, Lü Yao returned to reality: "Furthermore, I can also say frankly that our phone is indeed not suitable for most consumers. This phone was specially tuned for the Guang'an series of games; it's a phone tailor-made for gamers. Therefore, our geek phone is more suitable for game streamers who need mobile gaming performance, outdoor streamers who need photography features and battery life, even cyber nomads who like to use their phones for work, and developers who need to keep up with the latest internet electronics trends."

After explaining the application scenarios of Geek Phone, Lü Yao continued with a smile: "Moreover, since Geek Phone is a newly established brand, our production capacity is really limited. This pricing can also reduce the pressure on our production line."

"of course."

Lu Yao forced a laugh: "Of course, this can also be considered my way of saving face in advance."

Another burst of laughter erupted from the audience.

So much so that netizens started posting comments online:
"Goodness, if you didn't know better, you'd think this was a stand-up comedy routine by President Lü. It's interesting."

"Mr. Lü and Mr. Lei have completely different styles of press conferences."

"Yes, they are indeed completely different. I feel that Mr. Lei's press conference is more down-to-earth and approachable, while Mr. Lü's is humorous, but has a much higher level of sophistication."

Lu Yao raised his hand to quell the slight commotion at the press conference, and finally said, "As a newly launched phone, Geek Phone naturally offers many discounts."

For example, if you place an order now, you can use a wireless Bluetooth gaming headset for free.

Order now to enjoy limited-time discounts and an extended warranty of one year.

But of all the offers, the most significant one is—

Lu Yao raised his hand and said in an excited tone, "Starting at 8 PM tonight, Geek Phone will be giving away 100 top-of-the-line Geek Phones every day through a lucky draw on my personal Weibo, Guang'an official account, Xiaomi Mall, Xiaomi official account, and Douyin platform!"

"Deliver for 100 consecutive days!!"

After Lü Yao finished speaking, the audience at the scene and in the live broadcast room all went wild, with some people even shouting, "Holy crap, awesome!!"

"Mr. Lü is awesome!"

Amidst everyone's excitement, Lü Yao also got excited: "After the press conference, everyone can go to the Xiaomi Mall and Guang'an official website to place an order. We will deliver the goods within 72 hours according to the order time."

"thank you all."

Lu Yao bowed deeply, thus concluding the Geek Phone launch event.

After the press conference ended, Lü Yao turned around and went backstage. President Lei was clapping excitedly on the side of the stage, welcoming Lü Yao back.

Mr. Lei stepped forward, clapping his hands, and said, "Congratulations! The press conference was a great success, with almost no mistakes."

Lu Yao also stepped forward and said with a smile, "It's the same with you! I'm your subordinate now, and Geek Phone is a sub-brand of Xiaomi Group."

Lei breathed a sigh of relief: "However, the next 72 hours are crucial. Whether Geek Phone can make it to the top depends on these 72 hours."

Lu Yao was quite relaxed. He said, "If we can ship a million units of the Geek Phone before the next generation comes out, that would be a success for me."

One million units sounds like a lot, but in the mobile phone consumer market, this is actually a very, very small number. Even Xiaomi's worst-selling phone has a shipment volume of over two million units, so this result is very poor.

However, due to the high price of the geek phone, if a million units are actually shipped, the profits... will at least reduce their losses.

However, Mr. Lei was certainly not satisfied with these figures, so he forced a smile and said, "Of course, I hope our phones will be as popular as possible."

After finishing his sentence, Mr. Lei said, "Alright, we still have media interviews to attend. Let's go over there together."

Media interviews are actually a form of marketing; they naturally want to capitalize on the momentum right after a press conference.

To build momentum for the upcoming publicity campaign, Lei Jun used almost all the connections he had.

The post-press conference interviews were also meticulously arranged. All the questions asked by the reporters had been prepared in advance by Mr. Lei and Mr. Lü Yao, so the interviews went very smoothly.

Just as Lü Yao and Lei Jun were joining forces to promote the new phone in an interview after the press conference, Lei Jun's secretary suddenly came to the interview booth, saying that there was an urgent matter to report. Lei Jun frowned, and the director, broadcast director and reporters on site all received the signal and focused their interviews on Lü Yao.

After leaving the interview booth, Mr. Lei went to his secretary and asked, "What's the matter that's so urgent?"

The secretary lowered her voice and said, "Mr. Lei, our back-end Geek Phone order volume has exceeded 300,000, and the order volume is still increasing."

Mr. Lei was taken aback.

He was secretly delighted; wasn't this a good thing?
But he soon realized something was wrong. Because of their extremely low expectations for the Geek Phone in the early stages, the stock of the first generation Geek Phone was only 1 units. They probably thought that this stock would be enough.

If it goes any further, Lu Yao and President Lei won't have enough cash to support them.

But now, only one hour later, the stock of 300,000 phones has been sold out.

"Ouch!"

Mr. Lei felt a tingling sensation on his scalp.

This sudden surge in orders reminded Lei Jun of the situation when Xiaomi phones were first released. Back then, Xiaomi phones, with their super cost-effectiveness, legitimate manufacturer supply, and good and stable after-sales service, destroyed the market for counterfeit phones with a crushing blow.

Back then, Xiaomi phones were in high demand and short supply; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that they were extremely difficult to obtain. Because of this constant shortage, Xiaomi phones were attacked by other manufacturers for "hunger marketing" during their first three generations.

But in reality, "hunger marketing" is not Xiaomi's marketing strategy. Is it because Xiaomi doesn't want to stock up on inventory and ship on a large scale?

When Xiaomi first started out, even though Lei Jun managed Shunwei Capital, which had hundreds of billions of yuan, Shunwei Capital's money belonged to Shunwei Capital, while Xiaomi Group's money belonged to Xiaomi. They had to mobilize suppliers to assemble phones and complete shipments within their capabilities.

What's worse is that... you can't just get the goods from big suppliers whenever you want; you have to wait in line.

At the time, Xiaomi was too small to even be considered a supplier.

So Xiaomi wasn't trying to create artificial scarcity at that time; it was simply that its shipment volume was limited and its capabilities were genuinely constrained.

At this moment, just as at that moment.

Lei suddenly wondered if the embarrassing situation that had happened before was going to repeat itself.

After a brief moment of distraction, Lei Jun quickly processed the news. Although the speed at which the first generation of Geek Phones sold out was somewhat beyond expectations, Lei Jun still decided to add fuel to the fire on this surge in sales.

So Mr. Lei returned to the interview studio with this news. After he was ready, the reporter turned the camera to Mr. Lei and asked, "Mr. Lei, you got up and left for a while just now. Did something happen?"

Mr. Lei chuckled and said, "Indeed, something has happened. I just learned from our colleagues that in just one hour, our order volume has exceeded 300,000."

The reporter looked surprised: "Wow, it seems consumers are very optimistic about geek phones. Mr. Lü, what are your thoughts on this?"

When asked by the reporter, Lü Yao laughed and said, "Our original plan was to ship one million units within a year, which would be considered a success for this project. But it seems that our goal may be achieved sooner than we expected."

"What I want to say about this is...it seems our lives have really improved, huh? So many people can easily spend eight thousand yuan."

Lü Yao spoke and laughed, clearly joking.

The host chuckled and said, "Mr. Lü is as humorous as ever."

Lu Yao smiled in response: "Just kidding. Actually, you can tell from everyone's consumption behavior that people are not afraid of buying expensive things, but they are afraid of buying something at too high a price. And our Geek Phone, which we have poured our heart and soul into creating, will definitely make everyone feel that it is worth more than its price."

"Because what a geek phone represents is—"

"The future is here."

(End of this chapter)