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Chapter 433 0423 [Chen Guiliang's New Nickname: Primordial Ancestor]

How are foreign mobile phone brands reacting to the massive "HarmonyOS Alliance"?
There was no outward reaction.

Nokia's Global Vice President and President of Greater China, Zhao Kelin, even gave an interview in fluent Chinese: "I am very pleased that Mr. Chen adopted Nokia's model, which is to establish a foundation to manage an open-source system. This is a very good model. Competition drives development, and Nokia welcomes competitors."

The Australian was behaving very well.

But as soon as he returned to the company, he called his assistant over: "Have you finalized the main supplier for the HarmonyOS phone?"

Although Chen Guiliang's HarmonyOS phone has not yet started production, it is basically certain which processor chip it will use, since Qualcomm supports the HarmonyOS Alliance.

Furthermore, by examining this processor chip, one can deduce the procurement scope of other components.

By then purchasing information from third-party laboratories and suppliers, it becomes possible to pinpoint which company's components Chen Guiliang is specifically purchasing.

The assistant said, "They're using Hynix storage chips. Other details haven't been confirmed yet."

Zhao Kelin instructed, "Raise the price by 5% and secure 80% of Hynix's memory chip production capacity for the next quarter. I'm locking up the supply so that HarmonyOS phones can't buy memory chips!"

Today, Nokia's global profits have plummeted, and it is even suffering severe losses in many countries and regions.

Only the Chinese market stands out!

Therefore, Zhao Kelin became a powerful regional official with unprecedented authority. He could handle things like placing orders and locking up inventory with a single word, without needing to consult Nokia headquarters.

However, the assistant cautioned, "SK Hynix already had excess capacity for memory chips before the economic crisis, and prices dropped three times in 2007 alone. Faced with potential orders from an entire mobile phone alliance, the bankrupt SK Hynix may not accept our lock-up policy."

Zhao Kelin hadn't personally paid attention to these practical matters for a long time, and he was completely stunned by the information given by his assistant.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Kelin said, "Give it a try."

Three days later, the assistant returned to report.

"Hynix, like Qualcomm, has already confirmed its participation in the HarmonyOS Foundation."

"They're joining too?"

"Yes, Hynix is ​​on the verge of bankruptcy, with a huge inventory that it can't sell. Although the HarmonyOS Alliance hasn't produced a single phone yet, it has a huge potential market. Moreover, I suspect that Chen Guiliang signed a sizable order with Hynix!"

"Continue to investigate which other companies' components Chen Guiliang used."

"We can't lock in orders for the display screen."

Zhao Kelin dared to spend a lot of money to secure the order because Nokia could gradually use any of the various components they bought.

However, Nokia smartphones primarily used resistive touchscreens. There was an oversupply of these, and they couldn't even sell off their inventory.

HarmonyOS phones use capacitive touchscreens, which are in severe production shortages. Nokia wouldn't have much use for them, and even if they were, they couldn't control the market because capacitive touchscreens are a seller's market. They can sell them to whomever they want!
In other words, even if Nokia hadn't interfered, Chen Guiliang would have had a hard time getting a sufficient number of capacitive touchscreens. He would have had to wait in line.

Meizu bypassed Apple's capacitive screen supplier and opted for a high-end capacitive screen from a Japanese photo printing company. This significantly increased Meizu's costs and created supply chain risks (due to having a single supplier).

Like Huang Zhang, Chen Guiliang had no choice but to opt for Japanese photo printing, otherwise he simply couldn't buy capacitive screens—orders from other mainstream suppliers were already booked until next year.

A few days later, Zhao Kelin confirmed the camera sensor supplier for the HarmonyOS phone.

It also cannot be used to strangle someone.

Because there are so many options for this stuff, even if Zhao Kelin can lock in one or two suppliers, Chen Guiliang can easily switch suppliers.

The assistant said, "We don't need to worry too much. Right now, in the HarmonyOS alliance, only Chen Guiliang's phone is about to go into mass production. The other members are still in the research and development stage, or haven't even entered the research and development stage yet."

"You're right," Zhao Kelin said, finding a way to back down.

Then, Zhao Kelin added, "They allocated 500 million yuan to have newspapers and websites publicize that HarmonyOS Alliance can only make low-end phones. Moreover, their supply chain is incomplete, their quality control is extremely poor, and using their phones is like using a counterfeit phone!"

At that time, in the Chinese mainland market, 4 out of every 10 mobile phones sold were Nokia (feature phones and smartphones). 7 out of every 10 smartphones sold were Nokia.

Even so, Zhao Kelin did not let his guard down.

He understands the Chinese market too well. A few years ago, he failed to control it, which allowed countless Chinese brands (feature phones) to rise to prominence. This situation must never happen again.

……

Apart from Nokia, other foreign mobile phone brands simply don't have the energy to suppress the HarmonyOS alliance.

Because their primary enemy was Nokia.

Instead of suppressing the HarmonyOS alliance, why not join forces with HarmonyOS to attack Nokia, the BOSS!

Pu Yuanbing, editor-in-chief of China's authoritative mobile phone magazine "Mobile Circle," is personally interviewing Chen Guiliang: "First of all, congratulations Mr. Chen, the HarmonyOS phone is about to go into mass production, right?"

Chen Guiliang: Yes. The OEM is coordinating, and we estimate that production will start next month.

Pu Yuanbing: "When I met President Chen last time, I thought he was just talking about making mobile phones."

Chen Guiliang: "I also want to thank Editor-in-Chief Pu for recommending some mobile phone R&D talents to me."

Pu Yuanbing: "Some people say that your open-source HarmonyOS system and the establishment of the HarmonyOS Foundation are just imitating Nokia and Symbian. What is your response to this?"

Chen Guiliang: "Nokia didn't fully open up the Symbian system; even if it was partially opened, it was only open to some of Symbian's old shareholders. I, on the other hand, made it completely open, welcoming any manufacturer to join. Furthermore, Nokia clung tightly to the Symbian Foundation, while I invited Mr. Wu Ying to serve as the chairman of the HarmonyOS Foundation. Do you understand what that means?"

Pu Yuanbing: "Nokia is a fake open system, while HarmonyOS is truly open?" Chen Guiliang: "That's right. Nokia's fake openness will eventually expose its true intentions. I predict that within a year, the Symbian alliance may undergo significant changes."

Pu Yuanbing: "Nokia's closed Symbian system?"

Chen Guiliang: "That's not what I said."

Pu Yuanbing: "There are countless programmers in China who call you an IT saint and have even given you the nickname 'Hongmeng Ancestor.' Have you heard of that?"

Chen Guiliang: "Haha, I only know about Hongjun Ancestor, this is the first time I've heard of Hongmeng Ancestor."

Pu Yuanbing: "It is said to be a creator god even older than Hongjun Laozu."

Chen Guiliang: "I am neither a god nor a saint. The reason I fully opened up the HarmonyOS system is simply because no third party is willing to write applications for HarmonyOS phones. Therefore, I hope everyone will not deify me or call me 'Saint Chen.' It's a waste of time."

Pu Yuanbing: "What are your thoughts on the future development of smartphones?"

Chen Guiliang: "The current situation is too chaotic. Whether it's overseas or domestically, the major mobile operating system camps are fighting their own battles. This makes it difficult for application developers to adapt. The same commercial application has to be rewritten several times for different mobile operating systems. In the future, it can only accommodate three major camps at most, no more than that."

Pu Yuanbing: "Sympanzee, Microsoft, Apple, Android, HarmonyOS, China Mobile... Which three do you think will survive?"

Chen Guiliang: "Those who didn't die will survive."

Pu Yuanbing: "What President Chen said makes so much sense, I can't find any flaws."

Chen Guiliang: "What I want to say is that the competition will be extremely brutal. Only the survivors will be kings! The remaining ones will be the ones who survive."

Pu Yuanbing: "Some people are now calling the HarmonyOS Alliance a losers' alliance. Do you have any objection to this statement?"

Chen Guiliang: "I don't care. But OPPO and VIVO will definitely not agree. Their phones are selling very well, and they've joined the HarmonyOS camp this time."

Pu Yuanbing: "But apart from these two, the other members seem to have performed rather poorly."

Chen Guiliang: "In that case, I think it would be more appropriate to call it the Avengers. The abbreviation is the Women's Federation."

Pu Yuanbing: "President Chen is very humorous."

Chen Guiliang: "Last year, I invested in building a cloud computing center in Chengdu, and it's now on the right track. Domestic antivirus software companies are all about cloud-based scanning this year, right? My cloud computing center can also cooperate deeply with the HarmonyOS camp. For example, cloud applications and cloud gaming, where some applications that require a lot of computing power are completed on cloud servers, and the mobile phone is only responsible for displaying the results. This allows low-end mobile phones to run high-end applications."

Pu Yuanbing: "Isn't this a bit like science fiction?"

Chen Guiliang: "At the Game Developers Conference held in San Francisco this March, we released ONLIVE cloud gaming technology and publicly demonstrated the cloud gaming solution for Crysis. Currently, it is only used on computers, but it is possible to connect to mobile phones in the future. Youke is currently conducting research and development in this area."

Pu Yuanbing: "President Chen is indeed forward-thinking. Was last year's investment in the cloud computing center also part of the current HarmonyOS mobile phone alliance?"

Chen Guiliang: "Guess."

Pu Yuanbing: "I guess so."

Chen Guiliang: "Haha. I have many more thoughts on the connection between cloud technology and mobile phones, but it's not convenient to reveal them at the moment."

Pu Yuanbing: "It should be very sci-fi..."

After seeing Pu Yuanbing off, Chen Guiliang took out his phone and posted a Weibo post complaining: "What the hell is Hongmeng Ancestor? What kind of brain came up with this nickname?"

"Haha, Chen Shiyi has finally popped up."

"How dare you call Chen Shiyi? If you want to address Chen Sheng with respect, you can call him Ancestor."

"Ancestor Hongmeng above, come and receive your grandfather's bow!"

"..."

Damn it, a bunch of lunatics.

Chen Guiliang kept refreshing Weibo and found that many fans mentioned Duan Yongping.

He searched for Duan Yongping's Weibo account out of curiosity.

My first post reads: "Hello everyone, I'm Duan Yongping from BBK Electronics. I've officially registered on ByteDance Weibo. I hope to be able to communicate with everyone in the future."

The second update reads: Just got off the plane and am back in China. Thanks to Mr. Chen for fully open-sourcing the HarmonyOS system, and congratulations to OPPO and VIVO for joining the HarmonyOS camp.

The third update is: Complete open source requires immense courage and brilliant wisdom. Android didn't dare, nor did Symbian. I am very optimistic about the future development of HarmonyOS. BBK will develop mobile applications based on HarmonyOS, primarily educational applications.

The open-source release of HarmonyOS unexpectedly prompted a group of influential figures to voluntarily register ByteDance Weibo accounts.

Wu Ying registered a Weibo account with ByteDance. His last post was: "Starlight Phone, signifying Starcom's return to the sky! We will return as kings!"
A bunch of company CEOs or executives, including Jack Ma from Alibaba, all went to leave comments on Wu Ying's Weibo post, all saying "Support CEO Wu".

That's quite a lot of face.

Suddenly, Chen Guiliang received a call from his subordinate: "Little Ma has joined Weibo. He just posted an update saying that Tencent supports domestic mobile phone operating systems and will do its best to develop applications for the HarmonyOS system."

"Didn't they say Tencent joined the HarmonyOS Foundation?"

No. They might still be hesitating.

"understood."

(End of this chapter)