Big Country Technology Starts with Mobile Phones

"Chairman! More than a dozen dealers have canceled our orders!"

"MediaTek lied to us all! They don't have smartphone chips!"

"Even if they did, they lost the opportunity and there is no room for us here!"

"Damn it, then our goods will be smashed into your hands!?"

"No, there is another way..."

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New Delhi, India.

"Boss! This is our territory from now on! Mine~"

Amir, who was wearing a white turban, unshaven beard and dark complexion, rubbed his hands excitedly and stared directly at Liu Dalang's bag.

Liu Dalang didn't hesitate. He took out a red mobile phone that looked like an Apple 4S from his bag and threw it into Amir's arms.

"Hey ~ this is a treasure!"

Amir hurriedly took it and pressed the power button skillfully. Three seconds later, a green man's head appeared in the center of the phone screen——

"I know how to make pancakes! Drink medicine quickly! Dalang's mobile phone!"

"Da Lang~ It's time to take medicine!"

"I'm afraid I won't survive..."

"Da Langxiu said so! Take medicine~"

(The suona sounds~)

"Da Lang's cell phone! Wari Gude!" Amir couldn't help but praise excitedly in broken Chinese, as if he had seen some unique treasure.

Little did he know that the Dalang mobile phone in his hand was a pure knock-off mobile phone that only had the appearance of a smartphone. In fact, it was no different from an ordinary feature phone.

Three days ago, Liu Dalang traveled to the parallel world with the same name and surname "Liu Dalang", returned to 2012, and became the chairman of Dalang Technology, a copycat mobile phone manufacturer.

In an era when copycat mobile phones were rampant, Liu Dalang led Dalang Technology to stand out from many copycat mobile phone manufacturers, and was once considered by his peers to be the "King of Copycats" in the country.

Now that he is the chairman, in fact, the entire Dalang Technology has been dispersed long ago, leaving him alone as a polished commander, who traveled across mountains and rivers to New Delhi with a "gold rush dream" in mind.

The previous year of 2009 was a key node. When touch-sensitive mobile phones became mainstream, major copycat mobile phone manufacturers would naturally not let this opportunity pass by.

However, just when Dalang Technology, which had just become the leader of domestic copycats, was preparing to produce copycat smartphones, they found that the technology of their biggest supporter, MediaTek, began to stagnate.

Without technical support, the update speed of copycat mobile phones instantly slowed down. In addition, in order to seize the market, a certain operator began to use its customer advantages to subsidize the price of smartphones.

In 2011, "Zhong, Hua, Ku, Lian" emerged, and the price of smartphones fell to the cost price of copycat phones, and the only price advantage of copycat phones disappeared.

At the same time, Xiaomi entered the field of smartphones and launched the Mi Generation 1 in the cost-effective mobile phone market. The Mi Generation 1 was a great success and began to encroach on the copycat mobile phone market.

In addition, the protection of intellectual property rights in the country has been improving year by year, and the supervision of counterfeit products has become more and more stringent. We have begun to clean up and crack down on counterfeit mobile phone shops and stalls in various regions.

Under multiple blows, the cost of acquiring technology for copycat mobile phones is getting higher and higher, and the profit margins are getting smaller and smaller. "Huaqiangbei", which was originally hard to find, has actually seen a large-scale wave of empty stores.

MediaTek's smart chips were belatedly arrived, and Dalang Technology, which had no core technology, had already lost the opportunity to enter the smartphone market, taking every step slowly.

At this time, Liu Dalang received a rumor that Zhu Zhaojiang, who had left Africa, had established Transsion Company, which had occupied half of the African mobile phone market in four years.

Domestic feature phones have basically withdrawn from the market, but in India, feature phones are still the mainstream. Even in the next five years, feature phones will still be the mainstream of the Indian mobile phone market.

Therefore, Liu Dalang took the last assets of Dalang Technology to seek new development in South Asia and India, which is also relatively backward economically.

"How dare you!?"

Liu Dalang shook his head. Zhu Zhaojiang did not create the Transsion Company by himself! He has all the technology of waveguide mobile phones, what does he have?

I only know a few senior executives of Xincheng Industrial Group and dare to come directly to start a new journey in an unfamiliar place. In theory, this is not a good choice.

The predecessor had a keen sense of business opportunities. Unfortunately, Dalang Technology had no core technology and no social resources. It had more than 40 million in remaining assets, but it would be finished in a short time if it continued like this.

If India, a backward and poor country, wants to enter the mobile phone market, it is not feasible to copy Transsion's plan. It must come up with something real.

Fortunately, Dalang Technology was originally engaged in the assembly and production of copycat mobile phones and directly shipped most of the domestic machines. For this reason, Liu Dalang also paid high tariffs.

"Boss! We have already secured eleven mobile communication operators!"

"Boss, the first batch of functional machine accessories have been put into storage! When will the construction start!"

"The first batch of MediaTek chips will arrive tomorrow! 200,000 MT6573 chips! 100,000 MT6515 chips in total!"

"Boss, we have found a total of thirty-one shops in New Delhi and Aligarh with good locations, and the rent is very low!"

"This is the market research report you want: Nokia's market share is 73.05%, Samsung's market share is 21.06%, and the others are not popular!"

If Steve Jobs knew that Apple, which he had worked hard for a lifetime to create, could only occupy less than 1% of the mobile phone market in India, he would not know what he would think.

It has to be said that although "Liu Dalang"'s idea of ​​coming to India directly to "dig for gold" was reckless, his arrangements were flawless, and Amir and his men were efficient enough.

The leader, Amir, has a Vaishya surname, and his younger brothers are both Putra, and they still have a certain caste status. When contracting this abandoned industrial park, Liu Dalang was saved a lot of trouble.

The caste system has long been abolished in India, but the concept that is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people cannot be changed all of a sudden, even in one of the best cities like New Delhi.

"Good job. Each person will receive 301 rupees, plus a Dalang mobile phone. Go back and wait for my notification, and be ready to start work at any time!"

This time Liu Dalang placed all his bets on Dalang Technology. The Indian mobile phone market seemed to be full of business opportunities, but in fact not many people were able to seize these business opportunities.

When doing market assessment, India's population of 1.2 billion must be reduced by at least 500 million. Here there is a deeply rooted caste system, extreme social inequality and suffocating gender discrimination.

At least 50% of people are in a state of extreme poverty, and buying a feature phone is a luxury, let alone a smartphone.

The monthly salary of an ordinary middle-class person is only about 6,000 rupees, which translates to just over 600 yuan, and their spending power is very limited.

Poverty, laziness, chaos, greed, but full of counterattack business opportunities, this is the current situation of this place. It is foreseeable that the next road for Dalang Technology will be very difficult.

A voice sounded in Liu Dalang's consciousness:

"Ding~ The initial mission is completed: I already own an industrial park (Nebula Technology Industrial Park). Do you want to activate the [Technology Collection]?"

"activation!"

"Ding ~ [Technology Collection] has been activated!"

"Ding~ The detection is completed and has been automatically bound to: Nebula Technology (formerly Dalang Technology)!"

"Ding~ There are currently routes to choose from..."

"Electronic technology!"

"Ding~ The choice was successful!"

"Electronic Technology Factory loading completed!"

"The initial mission points have been transferred to your personal account, current points: 5000"

"Exchange for D-class LCD screen production line, D-class lithium battery production line, and Nebula System 1.0."

"Redeem successful!"

"Current points: 0"

D-level LCD screen production line: can produce D-~D+, 480P screens with 30~60hz refresh rate, production capacity: 1000/hour.

D-class battery production line: can produce lithium batteries with a single cell size of 500-2000 mAh and a charging rate of 10w. Production capacity: 1000/hour.

Nebula OS 1.0: Nebula system 1.0, a hybrid kernel system based on macro kernel and micro kernel, improves the kernel running speed and...

The interior of the Nebula Technology Industrial Park has undergone earth-shaking changes and is divided into three areas, namely the production factory, the warehouse assembly area, and the Nebula Technology Company headquarters.

The production factory covers the largest area, a full 30 acres, but the internal facilities are very few. There are only two lonely production lines in the core area, and the remaining machines are all in the peripheral area.

The warehouse assembly area and the peripheral area of ​​the production factory will be the main working places for assembly workers in the future. Liu Dalang has not yet redeemed his points for a fully automatic production line.

Amir and others were recruited by Liu Dalang into the Nebula Technology Marketing Department.

Liu Dalang doesn't trust them, but as long as Amir is not stupid, he knows what to do.

Times have changed, and the caste system has been abolished. In this land now, capital is king. Unlike in China, many things here can be accessed by just spending money.

The next day, Liu Dalang informed Amir to come with his men, and soon two tricycles carrying forty or fifty ragged Asan arrived at the gate of Xingyun Technology Industrial Park.

Suddenly, a fishy smell came. Liu Dalang pointed at a few of Asan who were eating a group of dark green cakes and asked Amir:

"What are they eating?"

"Cow dung cake! It cures all diseases!"

"Oh, I'll go!"

Liu Dalang almost vomited when he heard this. He suppressed the discomfort and waved his hands: "Okay, after eating, let's take a shower first and put on work clothes. Amir will familiarize them with the process!"

If possible, he really doesn't want these people to assemble mobile phones, but Foxconn has not built a factory in India at all, and the cost of finding domestic OEMs will increase a lot.

His current requirements are not high. It is enough for this group of people to achieve a product qualification rate of more than 85% at the beginning. After they get the hang of it, they can further recruit employees.

The assembly production line was originally used by Dalang Technology and is simple to operate. Except for the screen, battery and casing, which are produced in-house, all raw materials and components are purchased.

According to the existing conditions, Liu Dalang planned three models of Nebula Technology's first batch of mobile phones: Nebula1, Nebula1s, and the highest-end Nebula1 Pro.

Nebula1 is a traditional 24-key function machine with a 3-inch single-touch capacitive screen. This set of things is already familiar to Dalang Technology, and it is just as easy to change it.

The rear single camera is 2 million pixels, equipped with a 1000 mAh battery, supports 3G network, dual SIM card dual standby, and the processor is a functional machine chip made by Dalang Technology’s old friend Spreadtrum.

Nebula1s is an entry-level smartphone. It has a 4-inch LCD screen with 854×480 resolution on the front and is equipped with MediaTek's MT6573 processor.

The Nebula1 Pro is no different from the Nebula1s except for a higher screen-to-body ratio, a MediaTek MT6515 processor, and higher camera pixels and battery capacity.

Nebula1s and Pro versions both have dual cameras. The front camera is 2 million pixels, and the rear camera is 5 million pixels and 8 million pixels respectively. The batteries are removable, with a capacity of 1800 mAh and a capacity of 2000 mAh.

The three mobile phones come with Nebulas OS 1.0, pre-installed with social software Facebook, Nebulas system native applications, and four casual games: Tetris, Snake, Sokoban, and Lianliankan.

Indians like to take selfies, and a front-facing camera is indispensable. They also like instant chat and casual matching games, so give them pre-installed Facebook and matching mini-games.

If you like music videos, then equip all Nebula series with two super-large mobile phone speakers, and finally meet their needs for news and tool applications.

Liu Dalang copied all the news and tool applications from common feature phones in the Indian market to the feature phone Nebula1.

On both smartphones, Nebula OS’s native tool applications are more powerful and compatible with Android system applications, directly solving Liu Dalang’s biggest problem at the moment.

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