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Chapter 1263: Chapter 1119: Pleasing Pre-sales (Subscribe Please!)
Next.
Tang Qing’s phone hadn’t stopped ringing.
Acquaintances.
Strangers.
Those who wanted to know him.
And those who didn’t.
One by one, they all called to offer congratulations. By evening, things finally quieted down. Tang Qing did not turn off his phone, since doing business with the entire world meant he couldn’t just stay home all day resting and walking his dog.
Some decisions were not within Luo Qiang’s authority to make.
It had to be him who took the lead.
Only those who managed to get his number
and felt they had the right to call at this time were no ordinary people. Since they wanted to chat and get to know him, why not? As long as they didn’t come to his house and disturb him, it was all fine.
...
While Tang Qing was busy answering calls,
Tencent.
Headquarters.
A product manager brought back a ’Epoch’ mobile phone, which sparked a fierce interest among the company’s top executives. After taking turns trying it out, soon everyone at the vice-president level and above was summoned for a meeting by Ma Yun, all wearing rather tense expressions.
Any technological revolution
could spell doomsday for a company.
This was especially clear within the Internet industry. At present, there was no technological revolution, but a market disruption had occurred. If they didn’t pay due attention, they could be left behind, never to recover.
This sense of crisis
permeated throughout all Internet companies.
Whether it was Ali or Tencent,
the higher the position,
the colder it felt.
"Because Qingyuan Technology’s information wasn’t comprehensive enough at the time, it didn’t draw our attention. After some testing, the current version of the Penguin app is poorly made. Its functionality and operation cannot completely mimic the computer version."
"You all should have seen their Comet Video and Xiao Xiao apps; those interfaces are so clean and attractive. The technical department needs to buckle down and quickly produce a superior version, adding or removing some features. Also, Tencent Video needs to quickly develop its own app."
"Regarding ’Epoch,’ what suggestions do you have?"
A vice president spoke, "’Epoch’ – or rather, the future smartphones that can run complex programs – gives us an opportunity to leverage our strengths and develop mobile games."
"That’s good, computers can play games, and so can mobile phones."
"However, that’s too little. In the future, just like the ’Epoch’ app store, we could see a plethora of applications, and we won’t know which software will become popular. Hence, we should pay attention to investing in startup projects in this area too."
"You’re right. Now, the Internet ecosystem has moved to mobile terminals, and our previous defense barriers will undergo significant changes. We must establish higher perimeters and larger ecosystems."
"We also need to increase our talent reserves and build more data centers; otherwise, we won’t be able to cope with the increasing data traffic demands of the future. I predict that mobile terminal data consumption will be more than ten times that of the PC terminal."
"..."
...
Ali.
Just like Tencent,
they set the goal to develop mobile apps.
Now, with a little more than one month until ’Epoch’ goes to market, with their technological reserves, it wasn’t difficult to develop a first-generation Taobao app. Modular design, and then just put it all together.
Ali had the capability.
At the same time,
Ma Yun also set another goal,
"As the Mobile Internet will be on every terminal, so must our payments be tied to each one. Liu, head of the payment department, start a mobile payment development project immediately. Provide a plan to ensure convenience, speed, and security in payments."
"Yes, President Ma."
"This Tang Qing really has caused a big stir," Ma Yun said with a wry smile.
Quietly, he had created the ’Epoch.’
Catching them all off guard.
Yet, there was a sense of pride in his heart because this had been accomplished by someone from Huaxia. Though not on par with Western giants in basic research and development, they were now leading the functional applications race, ahead of everyone else.
...
Baidu.
Sina.
Sohu.
...
It’s not just domestic.
The major Internet giants overseas have also joined the wave of mobile Internet, embarking on projects to develop apps based on their own company’s products, because "Epoch" uses ERV’s Sirius System.
Technologically, there are no barriers.
At the same time,
the big communication giants are also getting anxious.
Last month, Zhihua Technology started to aggressively send representatives to various countries to introduce their 4G products and solutions. Previously, some were puzzled by their enthusiasm, but now, it seems they had some inside information.
And now,
after the road show,
they secured numerous infrastructure projects.
Now it’s become much easier to promote their equipment. In other words, they’ve fallen behind and can’t afford to hesitate. With the rise in data traffic demands, the era of 4G has been firmly established and no longer can they claim that 4G is temporarily unnecessary.
So,
a new round of competition for the 4G equipment market begins.
...
In the evening,
in the villa,
"Tang Qing, how are the presale numbers?" Chai Ren asked while stuffing food into his mouth, and his daughter, wanting to taste it too, watched him eat, only to be placated with a bottle by her mother.
Tang Qing smiled.
"Not bad. As of 7 o’clock this evening, domestic presales have already exceeded six hundred thousand."
Is that number significant?
Of course, it is.
Keep in mind it’s been less than a day.
As the news continues to spread, the number will definitely increase again, and besides, only a very small fraction of people watched the live broadcast. The majority learned about it through the news.
And this group is many times larger than those who watched the video.
They are still in wait-and-see mode.
4G has not yet been activated, and many people are not in a rush to buy, while even more people simply don’t know how to shop online; this group isn’t lacking in purchasing power, they just prefer to buy from a physical store.
Therefore,
this data
doesn’t explain too much.
If it exceeds one million within a week, Tang Qing would be satisfied.
Two million by the end of the month would be unexpected, and once the operators’ contract phones go on sale, and "Epoch" starts to become fashionable, that’s when there will be a surge in sales.
The offline market is the mainstream.
Hearing this number,
Chai Ren feels envious.
"How’s the licensing in other countries?"
"Some are easy, some are difficult. We can get it done this month in Thailand, Myanmar, and the Taiwan region of Huaxia. Southeast Asian and South Asian countries will take a bit longer, and the slowest will be Western countries, where the process is the most complicated."
Tang Qing shook his head. no𝚟𝚙u𝚋.c𝚘m
Western countries don’t have that many fast tracks available.
"No worries, we won’t have competitors in the short term, but I’m afraid those communication giants might trip us up, claiming that our mobile phones might endanger citizens’ privacy rights. That would be the most troublesome part."
Chai Ren knew all too well the typical tactics of Western countries.
"I know, that’s their last rogue move, but looking at it from another angle, if we push them to this point, it’s also a sense of achievement," Tang Qing said with a light chuckle.
"Haha, that’s true."
Chai Ren laughed heartily.
Being able to push Western countries to this extent
is indeed rare.
"If they dare to do that, then we’re not pushovers, either. We can also say their mobile phones jeopardize the information security of our citizens. I just don’t buy it," Chai Ren said fiercely.
Tang Qing smiled and said, "Now is not the time for impulsiveness. Technically speaking, we do still rely on foreign technology, but if they act this way, in the end, they’ll be the ones to suffer."
"Alright, just be careful when you go to the United States this time. These guys will resort to any dirty trick," Chai Ren said.
"I know," Tang Qing nodded.
Dirty tricks.
This was what he feared the least.
When it came to underhanded tactics,
who was more professional than the fighters.
