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Chapter 1221: Chapter 1078 You’ll Know Soon (Please Subscribe!)
Uncertain.
But a definitely unfriendly future.
It made Tang Qing constantly prepare contingency plans.
In various industries,
in various countries,
on various continents,
on this planet.
As long as the population was somewhat dense,
Tang Qing did not neglect any area.
After some thought,
the tripartite balance of ERV, Qingyuan Technology, and Zhihua still seemed somewhat unstable—a four-legged structure would perhaps be safer. After all, there would likely be trade friction between the United States and Europe in the future.
Once things heated up, ERV could suffer.
Thus,
Tang Qing decided.
He would establish another company in Europe with a localization strategy. In fact, there was no need to establish a new company; selecting one of the previously placed pieces in Europe related to technology innovation and transforming it locally would suffice.
There were many such companies,
but none of them were as famous or as well-developed as ERV.
By doing this,
at any time,
he wouldn’t have to fear these frictions; let them stir up trouble as they will. If one company can’t make money, another will compensate. I have a stake in all the markets, how delicious, Tang Qing liked this feeling a lot.
...
Upon hearing that Tang Qing had asked someone to develop an app,
Pu Chaodong and Comet Group’s senior management didn’t think much of it—they already had their hands full. If Tang Qing ordered app development, it would be a task, and furthermore, in an unfamiliar domain.
This meant extra work.
Now someone else had taken over
and it was one of Tang Qing’s subordinates.
Thus, there were no safety issues, and they knew this from experience. What did Internet companies encounter most and dislike the most? Of course, hacker attacks, and next, program BUGs.
But so far,
their website server had never been breached.
Everything was operating normally.
To date,
the Comet video client downloads had exceeded ten million, yet such enormous traffic had not resulted in a single major program BUG. They had great trust in this software development company.
Finally,
Pu Chaodong also shared two pieces of good news.
"Chairman, the headquarters building will be ready for occupancy on the twenty-first of this month. Several city leaders of Shanghai will attend the event, and they need you to be there too."
"On the twenty-eighth, two data centers will officially be operational, and the local leaders have also extended an invitation to the Group. They actually hope that you’ll visit too. If you’re too busy, I’ll let them know later."
"I won’t be going to the data center." Tang Qing did not feel like making the trip.
"Yes."
...
After leaving Comet Group,
Tang Qing headed to Qingyuan Technology.
It was already March,
and the engineering prototype had still not been produced. Luo Qiang was practically living at the company. With the press conference scheduled two months later, marking the beginning of mass production, there was simply not enough time.
But today’s visit
gave him some reassurance.
"President Luo, take a look."
Luo Qiang puzzledly took a document from Tang Qing’s hand.
Upon opening it,
he immediately widened his eyes.
"This is..."
Luo Qiang was thrilled.
This turned out to be a product manual, detailing their first mobile phone’s finalized dimensions, including its appearance, the integration of internal components, and some basic functionality.
The only deficiency
was that the apps inside were too simplistic.
"Chairman, it looks great, have you decided?"
The various effect diagrams made Luo Qiang’s hands tremble; the more he looked at it, the more he loved it. This was what a real phone looked like, this damn thing was what smart phones were about. Those crappy Apples should be thrown into the trash.
"Of course, this is the refined prototype I had made, but it’s not the engineering sample, so I can’t let you test it. The company’s model testing has to proceed under existing industrial production conditions."
Tang Qing pulled a finished product phone from his pocket.
This was made by scientists.
Not manufactured under the current external industrial integration environment, which presented a question of whether significant differences might arise during the external manufacturing process. This was still unknown.
Therefore,
this thing,
did not qualify as a testing device.
Luo Qiang excitedly received the item they had been striving for almost a year.
He pressed and held the power button.
The mobile phone screen lit up quickly, and in the top left corner of the notch screen, a signal icon appeared. On the right, the battery and time appeared, with the battery displayed directly in percentage.
Quickly,
the mobile phone finished booting up.
The interface appeared.
The first thing Luo Qiang checked was the settings because it was the core of a mobile phone, where all basic functionalities were concentrated.
Wireless and networks,
Device connections,
App management,
Notification management,
Battery,
Sound,
Storage,
Security and privacy,
...
A series of functionalities, he tried them all, very complete, very user-friendly, especially the unlocking screen, with patterns, numerals, swiping up—three unlock methods—the experience was very satisfactory.
For a good ten minutes,
Luo Qiang jerked back to reality, suddenly startled, because Tang Qing was still beside him. He looked up and saw Tang Qing gazing at the scenery outside the window.
"I’m sorry, Director, I got too absorbed just now," Luo Qiang quickly said.
Tang Qing turned around, smiling, "It’s okay, how is it?"
"Perfect, a perfect product. What Apple mobile phone? They’re not worth mentioning at all. Our smartphones are absolutely the best in the world, Director, we are going to start an era."
Luo Qiang was somewhat incoherent,
finding it difficult to express the shock and excitement in his heart.
It was done.
They had succeeded.
Although there was no industrial production yet,
they had produced it, everything else was just a matter of time.
Tang Qing smiled slightly,
"Be mindful of confidentiality; don’t discuss the appearance data with others for now. Start with internal hardware integration tests, and have a prototype ready by the end of the month for further testing. Begin applying to the nation for network access and wireless licenses."
This step
was unavoidable.
When the time came, they would find some people through Chai Ren, and it could be processed swiftly.
"Yes, I will definitely keep it a secret," Luo Qiang kept nodding.
"There’s another thing, the name of our mobile phone. Think about it carefully and give me a plan, I will finalize it by the end of the month. Also, the mobile phone will have a theme song and MV to be played at the press conference."
"I have already asked people from Comet Group to work on it; you guys follow up. Regarding the name of the mobile phone, it should reflect epoch-making, dawn, and other names with epochal significance."
"Yes, I’ll organize people to follow up immediately," Luo Qiang nodded.
Tang Qing then said, "We need to accelerate the tablet computer project as well."
"Yes, Director."
Previously established in the company’s development,
mobile phones were one aspect, and tablet computers, smart portable devices were also research subjects, but they had always been secondary projects because many parts of the technology between mobile phones and tablets overlapped.
It was essentially a slightly larger mobile phone; the technological challenge was mainly in the screen, which they didn’t really need to worry about; they just needed to place orders with screen manufacturers.
Though it was a bit expensive.
...
After Tang Qing left,
Luo Qiang convened a company meeting.
After listening to the progress reports from various departments,
"The Director has already ordered that engineering prototypes be ready by the end of this month; after integration testing, quickly get Foxconn to provide a thousand sets of integrated finished products, we need to speed up the progress."
"But our appearance isn’t finalized yet," a Vice President questioned.
"You’ll know when the time comes."
Luo Qiang’s smile at this moment had a hint of relief.
"..."
The Vice Presidents were puzzled.
So secretive?
Well,
just do as the boss says.
If this were a normal company,
they would definitely think that the boss would question their confidentiality ability, mistrust their employees, which is a big taboo; however, here, that didn’t apply, since so far, quite a few had been fired for not keeping their mouths shut.
