1991 Starting from the core

Frankly speaking, Duan Yongping didn't quite understand Su Yuanshan's appearance of facing a formidable enemy.

After all, Yuanxin has laid the foundation and advantages from brand to industry chain over the years. Not to mention Apple, a down-and-out aristocrat who has not been involved in mobile smart devices before, even giants like Microsoft, which have been following suit and clinging to it, They have all been cruelly taught by the market and consumers.

In the field of handheld mobile smart devices, Yuanxin may not be the first to propose and try, but it must be the first to make it a strategic direction ten years ago. Especially with the success of Yidoo4 in the first half year of its launch, it gave him great confidence - Yidoo4 has sold nearly eight million units, which not only brought abundant cash flow to Yuanxin, but also achieved low gross profit. profit.

This means that Yidoo4 entered a virtuous circle with just one shot.

But Duan Yongping also knew that Su Yuanshan had a close relationship with Mr. Qiao. Since Su Yuanshan was so vigilant, Su Yuanshan naturally had his considerations in mind.

After pondering for a few seconds, Duan Yongping said tentatively: "Are you worried that Apple will have an impact on the YOS ecosystem?"

"Yes." Su Yuanshan still frowned, with a worried look on his face: "The YOS ecosystem is opening up, but for users, usage habits have not yet been formed, and the application has not formed a crushing advantage... If Apple can The system provides an experience that is not inferior to ours, coupled with excellent products, it is very likely to take off immediately by riding on the wave of mobile handheld devices we promote."

"Can Apple alone compete with the entire YOS system?" Duan Yongping was obviously hesitant: "I think it's unlikely."

"If you look at market share alone, it's really impossible. After all, YOS has already explored all mobile platforms. But with Mr. Qiao, Apple obviously won't target the mid- to low-end. What they want is high-end share."

Su Yuanshan looked resentful: "Mr. Qiao didn't attend our press conference in May, there is obviously something wrong... Damn, if you piss me off, I will buy Apple."

Duan Yongping: "..."

"Also, I'm not really worried about mobile phones. After all, they are going to face the impact of Sony Xinghai and others. What I'm most worried about right now is actually the iPad."

"Apple has been developing its own chips using the YX architecture for four years. No one knows what black technology they can come up with."

Su Yuanshan said and looked at Duan Yongping: "Old Duan, if they really want to release a tablet that is not inferior to the iPad, then we will really make wedding clothes for people."

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On October 20th, Apple’s press conference was officially held.

Just as Su Yuanshan feared, Jobs directly announced the birth of the latest Apple product, the APad, without much showoff at the press conference.

APad, like Yuanxin's Ipad, is equipped with a nine-inch capacitive touch screen, 128MB of running memory, and 1G of high-speed flash memory.

In addition, Apple's A1 processor has also been officially unveiled. It is based on the upgraded architecture of YX3, has 30 million transistors, and has a main frequency of 800Ghz. It also adopts an advanced low-power design and can support up to six Hours of video playback time.

In terms of hardware, Apple did not do much to promote it - especially since its appearance is very close to that of Yuanxin's iPad - compared to the tablet computer defined by Microsoft last year, both iPad and Apad adopt narrow borders and fewer buttons. Design, and both sides have a round return key.

But to make a distinction, there is an obvious square mark in the middle of the Apad's home button.

At the press conference, Jobs spent a lot of time introducing his advanced IOS system and said that it can be perfectly integrated with MACOS.

All of which is to say... two of the most creative tech companies have strikingly similar tastes and attitudes toward tablets. The only difference is that Yuanxin released it first and Apple released it later.

——If Apple launches its conference half a month earlier, then Apple is ahead and FarCoin is behind.

The only difference is that Apple is not releasing a concept phone, but a mass production model.

Available at Christmas.

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"Jobs, this is too much!"

Su Yuanshan held it in for a while, waiting until the Silicon Valley branch sent him the live video, and then after watching it during working hours, a call was placed on Jobs' mobile phone.

Well, it must be midnight over there in Silicon Valley.

But on the phone, there was no trace of exhaustion in Jobs's voice. It seemed as if he hadn't slept at all at night. He was so awake that he even expressed a hint of success: "You guys will release the great product that changes the world first." Yeah, why do you say I'm going too far?"

"I..." Su Yuanshan almost couldn't hold back the curse. He rolled his eyes, thinking that he didn't learn these bullshit slogans from you.

"To be honest, aren't you afraid that we will get the order first?" Su Yuanshan paused: "Oh, you didn't know we were going to release the iPad."

On the phone, Jobs sounded very calm: "I guessed it."

Su Yuanshan immediately sat up straight and was surprised: "How did you guess it?"

"We talked three years ago that electronic products will be subdivided into various sizes. Now that the mobile phone has been perfectly designed by you, the remaining product space will be between the size of a mobile phone and a laptop computer. It has the portability of a mobile phone and a better visual experience than a mobile phone, so it must be a Pad."

"As for why it is not Yidoo4, it is because you hope that Yidoo4S or Yidoo5 will bring a more disruptive experience, and the Kirin chip you are currently using cannot bring this experience - don't forget, our understanding of the YX architecture is not as good as Your Qilin team is weak."

"...Then aren't you worried that we and Yidoo4 are preparing ready goods for sale?"

"Don't worry, because the Suzaku chip has always been suitable for your Xbook. You need to design a lower power consumption chip to make your Ipad perfect - or you can use Kirin chips, but Kirin costs are very high and cannot be supplied. need."

"The most important thing is that you registered the Ipad trademark." Jobs' voice was a bit sad: "I want to use it!"

Su Yuanshan: "...mother!"

This feeling of being seen directly through the underwear made Su Yuanshan very unhappy. But he was unhappy, and soon he felt relieved.

After all... I took away the iPad trademark, didn't I?

And now it seems that Apple has taken advantage and struck later. As the first multi-touch capacitive screen pad, it is still unknown whether the market will accept it.

——Apple’s pricing is still very high, $499, and you can’t make phone calls.

Let Apple make a splash in the market first, and it won’t be too late for Yuanxin to come back next year.

After all, this is an incremental market that could not be bluer.

So, Su Yuanshan sighed and then laughed: "Okay, I will be your commercial spy very successfully - how about we discuss it and drive Bill out of the mobile market first? You have also seen it, he is engaged in mobile operations The system is indeed not good. As a friend, I really can’t bear to see him lose money."

"Hahahaha" Gates' familiar laughter came from the phone.

Su Yuanshan jumped up and stood up instantly.

"Fuck! Are you two together?"

"Su, YOS is powerful enough, we want to declare war on you!"

On the phone, Gates sounded obviously drunk.

Su Yuanshan: "..."

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Three days later, Su Yuanshan sent Ye Rudai to the airport. As a result, there was no Ye Rudai's plane because she had to wait for guests - Ye Rudai had to transfer and fly directly from Tokyo, and these "guests" who had been to Yuanxin were also going to Tokyo - so Su Yuanshan's private plane was the first flight. Arranged. So he left the provincial capital first and headed directly to HK.

"Brother Xiaolong, I heard that you are going to offer free anti-virus software?"

On the way from the airport to the Cyberport, Su Yuanshan asked with a smile.

Zhang Xiaolong happened to return to Hong Kong from France today and arrived at the airport an hour earlier than Su Yuanshan. He simply waited for Su Yuanshan at the airport.

"Yeah, Ding Lei told you that, right?" Zhang Xiaolong nodded and asked immediately.

Su Yuanshan nodded with a smile.

"Old Ding is such a talker." Zhang Xiaolong smiled and shook his head, then said: "But to be honest, I really can't stand the anti-software industry anymore..."

Su Yuanshan coughed immediately: "What should I say?"

Zhang Xiaolong sighed: "A while ago, a little brother resigned from a well-known anti-virus company and started his own anti-software company. As a result, he was retaliated by his old employer, who accused him of spreading viruses, stealing user information, etc. The police On the move..."

Su Yuanshan was suddenly surprised: "Why didn't I hear about this?"

"Assassin is a small gang, so of course you haven't heard of it."

"...Okay, how do you know so clearly?"

"That guy is my junior. He asked someone to find me after he was screwed." Zhang Xiaolong shrugged: "I have suffered a lot and been punished in various ways. What can I do? But I am still a little angry. However, that’s why I casually talked to Lao Ding during dinner and asked him if he could find a profit model for free anti-soft software.”

"..." Su Yuanshan didn't know what to say.

It is indeed a fact that he is the most influential person in the domestic Internet and software industry, but in terms of his understanding of the domestic IT industry...not to mention Zhang Xiaolong, even his wife cannot catch up.

And what's strange is that no matter who it is, they don't seem to want to talk to him about these things...

He knew that Zhang Xiaolong wanted to do anti-software, so when he was chatting with Ding Lei, Ding Lei asked him if he could do free anti-software, and then he asked one more question.

"Well, free anti-virus software can indeed be used, but this thing... How should I put it? It's free for individuals and charged by enterprises. Individual users rely on pop-ups and advertisements for charging... But I personally resist pop-ups. Sooner or later, this thing will be Destroy it."

Zhang Xiaolong slapped his thigh when he heard this: "Speaking of my heart, there are a lot of annoying pop-ups, and since the CC language was last updated, I don't know which genius came up with floating ads. Damn it, just click on the page Go in, and a **** woman is floating in front of you...it will make you half angry to death."

"Damn it, is advertising so serious?" Su Yuanshan was suddenly surprised: "Why do I think there aren't so many?"

"What websites do you usually visit?"

"Just..." Su Yuanshan understood immediately. When he went online, he almost didn't even open news portals like Newbook. Instead, he went straight to ESO's thesis library.

As for news, he now relies heavily on the daily briefings prepared for him by the secretarial team, and these news briefings are generally related to domestic semiconductor and other technology industries and scientific fields...

"Well, the websites I visit are relatively pure. I usually just read papers."

"..." Zhang Xiaolong was speechless for a long time: "And you said that if you click on these advertisements, a page will pop up. But many times, you click and N pages will pop up directly for you... Or you can directly change your Home page, and then add countless website icons to your desktop...some even create viruses for you...it's just annoying anyway."

Su Yuanshan's eyes widened: "So early?"

In his memory, rogue software probably only started to show its power after 2004...

But he immediately realized that the domestic Internet process was accelerating.

Not only has the domestic Internet process been accelerated, but the domestic GDP has also accelerated compared to the past - he once calculated that based on this generation's GDP growth rate, the country's GDP this year is actually equivalent to that of 2004.

This means that the country has become rich two years early.

All these changes, in the final analysis... are still due to the butterfly effect of Yuanxin, which has triggered the rise of the entire domestic related industry, as well as "imitation" and catching up in other fields.

"What's so early?" Zhang Xiaolong was a little confused, but he didn't mind. Instead, he continued: "Anyway, these disgusting websites and various cracking software are a bit collusive now... There are even some software that just play ads. . Even anti-virus software can’t handle it.”

"Well...rogue software is indeed excessive."

"In the final analysis, it's the fault of Amazon's advertising alliance. These people only do this because they want to make money..." At this point, Zhang Xiaolong coughed lightly: "I remember AL was invested by Yuanxin, right?"

"Um."

"They set up a TB website this year, and they are now advertising this kind of thing aggressively. As soon as they open it, they will search, search, search, and they will automatically add it to their favorites... It's annoying to see it."

Su Yuanshan: "...what kind of website are you on all day long?"

"I'll just browse normally." Zhang Xiaolong looked innocent: "Tell me, should I care?"

"……Should."

"That's okay." Zhang Xiaolong breathed a sigh of relief: "Anyway, there are already ready-made technical people, I will just promote them all."

"Promote it, promote it. Things that degrade user experience may be dead - but don't go too far. Advertising revenue is now one of the important sources of Internet companies. Don't pout people's roots."

"I know, we only engage in rogue plug-ins and rogue software."

"That's not bad." Su Yuanshan smiled and nodded, then frowned: "What's the name of the anti-software company you mentioned?"

"Don't worry, I'm not asking for the boss."

Su Yuanshan felt relieved.

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After the Internet Center and Zhang Xiaolong parted ways, Su Yuanshan's car drove straight to the depths of the Cyberport.

The silicon core GPU has been successfully taped out. As the head of the Yuanxin Semiconductor Department, it is quite necessary for him to take a look in person.