Rebirth: I Want to Surf

"Boom boom boom!"

"Come in!"

As soon as the office door opened, Bai Yongxiang walked in. He was 35 years old and had a successful career. He exuded the confidence of a successful person.

"Hey, your happy hair has grown!"

"No, no, I've just been a little busy recently, and I'm living a fulfilling life, thanks to the stage you gave me."

Bai Yongxiang said, but unconsciously touched his forehead with his hand, and asked expectantly: "Is my hair really growing?"

"What are you thinking? The technological level of human beings has not yet reached the level of overcoming hair loss. It may not be possible in more than ten years. Maybe even cancer has been conquered, but hair loss still cannot be cured."

Yao Yuan poured two cups of tea, and walked to the small reception area outside which was surrounded by two sofas and a tea table.

It is now the end of November.

Bai Yongxiang stayed in the capital for nearly a month. Apart from miniplayer promotion, the most important thing was to make friends with heroes from all walks of life. After all, it is a small factory in Zhuhai. A hero starts from a humble beginning, and once he becomes famous, he has to go to Beijing.

"Mr. Yao, I've already booked my ticket, and I'll be back the day after tomorrow."

"Is everything ready? Do you need any help?"

"No need, no need, everything is fine..."

Bai Yongxiang took a sip of his tea, with a complicated look on his face, as if he wanted to dig out his heart when he was parting, and sighed: "It sounds a bit pretentious, but it's my heart.

I think back then I was just an engineer for a VCD manufacturer, followed Huang Zhang to found Meizu, and then became an engineer for MP3.

We didn't think about doing a big business, and it would be nice to have something to eat. When you bought it, I was not afraid of your jokes. While I condemned myself morally, I couldn't resist the conditions you offered, and felt that I was hypocritical. "

"It's human nature, don't worry about it, it's all over."

"Yeah, I don't have any trouble thinking about it now. No wonder it is often said that power and success are the best aphrodisiacs for men. When a person stands in a certain position, his thoughts will change unconsciously..."

It can be seen that Bai Yongxiang was very touched this time.

Think about it too, you already have a trump product with a potential of 1 billion, do you still care about the fact that you voted for the enemy?

Afterwards, he said some thank you and heartfelt words, Yao Yuan was not polite, he accepted it readily, and said with a smile: "The miniplayer has been a great success, but we still have to look forward.

Just take this opportunity, let's chat briefly. "

"These words come out of my mouth and into your ears. Don't think of the third person for the time being. From now on, it's time for us to start the mobile phone project.

Before the first mobile phone comes out, we no longer develop or try to develop MP3 products as little as possible, and devote all resources to it. You go back and continue to recruit people, don't be afraid to spend money.

As for what kind of mobile phone to make, it's hard to describe..."

Yao Yuan pulled out a piece of paper and sketched a model.

Bai Yongxiang took a look, good guy, the whole body is almost full of screens, only one button, and the shape is very beautiful.

There have been touch-screen mobile phones for a long time these days, but they have not been popularized on a large scale. Touching the screen is not done with fingers, but with a stylus, which is sometimes ineffective.

When he saw the model, he knew it must be touch-sensitive, and worried: "Mr. Yao, since you said it, I have learned a lot of information.

To make such a mobile phone, chips, operating systems, visual design, touch solutions, screens, etc., at least hundreds of links, and we start from scratch..."

"Have you retreated?"

"No, absolutely not!"

Bai Yongxiang denied it first, then was silent for a moment, and asked, "Give me some time?"

"2-3 years!"

"Budget?"

"The entire profit of the miniplayer is not enough for me to add more."

"good!"

Bai Yongxiang gritted his teeth and promised: "I will definitely come up with a product that satisfies you!"

"I naturally believe in your ability..."

The two touched each other with tea instead of wine, and Yao Yuan smiled and said, "But it's not like going up the mountain of swords and going down into the sea of ​​fire. Making a mobile phone is a long job, during which we communicate more.

I don't understand mobile phone manufacturing, but I understand aesthetics and how to operate to satisfy consumers. I also have a wealth of information. "

"information?"

"For example, the operating system, I know that in August this year, Google acquired a company called Android, intending to enter the mobile phone industry.

Moreover, technology is developing rapidly now, such as screens. If you don’t find a suitable product this year, you may find it next year. You should also pay more attention to the situation at home and abroad. "

Bai Yongxiang nodded in agreement.

Historically, Meizu decided to make mobile phones in 2006. At that time, there were three operating systems to choose from: WindowsMobile, Linux, and WindowsCE.

Finally chose WindowsCE.

The Microsoft engineer responsible for the docking is relatively conservative and refuses to open part of the source code. Meizu has to develop and rewrite some of the envisioned functions.

In short, it took a lot of effort and overcame many difficulties to finally tinker with the M8—the person in charge of the project is Bai Yongxiang.

In 2009, the M8 was launched, when the Apple and Android systems were already available. Although the M8 sold well, it was a one-shot deal, and the second phone was switched to Android.

Why can Android compete with Apple in a short period of time?

Because in 2007, that is, after the release of the first-generation iPhone, Google was frightened, and the Android system that was originally planned to be launched was redone and announced as open source.

The meaning of open source is to publish the source code and invite everyone to develop and improve it together. After it is made, Android is naturally free, and manufacturers can also deeply customize their own operating systems on the basis of Android.

To put it simply, Android is a set of rough houses, and each manufacturer decorates them in their own way, which is called in-depth customization.

For example, Xiaomi's is called MIUI, oppo's is called coloros, vivo's is called Funtouch OS, Meizu's is called Flyme, and so on.

Huawei did the same at the beginning, but later developed it independently, and then had the Hongmeng system.

By the way: Android doesn’t cost money, but Google’s mobile services do. As long as you sell Android phones overseas, you have to use Google’s mobile services, and you don’t need to sell them in China.

Later, Google sanctioned Huawei and did not grant authorization. Huawei mobile phones could not be sold overseas-because they could not use Google apps, they could only make calls and send text messages.

This would be 2005, and Android was not yet open source.

So Yao Yuan also mentioned by the way that he is going to use it to design his own operating system when it is open source, and there is no need to use Windows anymore.

Mobile phone manufacturing is a lengthy job. The big frame is fixed first, and the details are filled in little by little.

For example, apply for an appearance patent first.

...

After Meizu opened the situation with E2, it took less than a year for miniplayer to establish its status in the arena in one fell swoop. Patriot, Newman and other friends have lamented that the MP3 market was already in a slump, and now it is getting more and more swollen.

No one knew that the conversation between Yao Yuan and Bai Yongxiang, the MP3 giant in the eyes of outsiders, actually chose to transform at the peak.

Bai Yongxiang didn't know what was going on in the future, but felt the pressure was great. He was shouldering the important task of transforming an MP3 manufacturer into a mobile phone, and returned to Zhuhai worried.

(besides……)