Cupertino, California, where the headquarters of Apple Spaceship was located. The circular building with an area of 2.8 million square feet was like a castle, a castle belonging to the Apple Empire. In Steve Jobs' own words, the new building was like "a landing spaceship," and the UA media compared it to a "giant glass donut."
At this moment, 48 hours had passed since Future Technology held the Future phone conference. Apple CEO Tim Cook sat in his office, leaning back in his office chair in silence. It was the first time since Jobs' death that he was so worried about the company's future.
By the way, in just two days, Apple's market value disappeared by 20 billion US Dollar. Wall Street analysts believed that Future Technology's announcement of its entry into the mobile phone manufacturing industry would change Apple's dominance in the high-end smartphone field.
Facing the Future phone, Cook pessimistically discovered that Apple 8 had no advantage other than price.
For Apple 8, which was positioned in the high-end market, this was undoubtedly ironic.
Tim Cook looked at the Future in his hand and sighed.
Even as a competitor, he had to admit that the design of the Future was perfect, especially the function of the holographic screen. If it weren't for the fear of the media fanning the flames, he would have wanted to change his phone.
There was a knock on the door.
Cook put the Future aside and said listlessly.
"Please come in."
The door was pushed open, and his assistant, Bernard Behrman, came in. As soon as he stepped in, the assistant spoke.
"Two news, one good and one bad. Which do you want to hear first?"
"It's an old joke. Which one do you think will make me feel better? Just say it." Kuck waved his hand.
Behrman's expression was a little awkward. He hesitated for a moment and said.
"The product development department has reverse-engineered the Future phone. Combined with the documents we obtained from the UA Intellectual Property Office, we have almost analyzed their technology."
"Oh?" Cook's eyes lit up. He sat up and crossed his fingers on the table. "How long will it take to apply it to our iPhone 9 … No, it can't be called iPhone 9. The epoch-making product series must be renamed. Let's call it iPhone N1 … "
"Sir …" Behrman said awkwardly and whispered to interrupt Cook's fantasy.
"What's wrong? And there's bad news, right? "Cook said." It doesn't matter. How much are they going to charge for the patent? If the price is too high, we can sue them. "
"It's not about the patent fee." Bellman gritted his teeth and finally made up his mind. "Although we've analyzed the technology, as for how to mass-produce their components … none of our factories can do it."
Kuck was stunned for a moment, then he smiled bitterly and leaned back in his chair.
"I knew it."
Why did Future Heavy Industries enter the electronics industry in a high-profile manner at the beginning of the year and acquire a series of electronic equipment production companies ranging from screen design to cameras? They integrated graphene technology and built a complete production line from scratch. From the beginning, they had a big plan.
They weren't dominating the smartphone industry. They were trying to monopolize the entire graphene industry.
Future？ Welcome the future together?
It would be more appropriate to say it in another way.
Monopolize the entire future.
…
Because of limited production capacity, Future was even inflated to more than ten times the price on the black market in some countries. Even so, the Future mobile phone was still priceless. Messages asking to buy the Future mobile phone could be seen everywhere on major forums, just like when the Phantom Helmet was released.
Whether it was in terms of style or practicality, this phone that could be stuffed into a wallet and projected holographic images dominated the limelight. Coupled with Future Technology's marketing and promotion through all channels, it added fuel to the fire.
It was precisely because of this that once the Future was launched, it gained the favor of young men and women.
"I want to buy the Future mobile phone for 10,000 yuan, private message me if you want it! Contact information XXXX … "
"Hey, if you're talking about US dollars, I might consider it."
"Little sister is 18 this year, and I want a Future mobile phone. Is there a good brother who can fulfill my wish? You can video call first ~ "
"…"
Some of the more eccentric people directly tagged Jiang Chen on Weibo. All kinds of selfies without any traces of PS or watermarks were sent to him. All kinds of unspoken rules and unspoken rules were all for the sake of the Future. Jiang Chen was speechless when he saw this.
Not only was the sales of the Future mobile phone hot, but the mobile processor designed by Future Heavy Industries – the Dark Blue M1 chip was also favored by major mobile phone manufacturers. Within a month, Future Heavy Industries received orders for two million chips. If it weren't for the priority to meet the needs of the Future mobile phone, the Dark Blue M1 chip alone would make Future Group a lot of money.
There was also the graphene screen.
With many characteristics such as lightweight, drop resistance, and high toughness, the graphene screen could be said to have completely surpassed the most advanced OLED screen and become the most promising display material in the future. More than a dozen companies, including Future Technology's rivals Apple, Samsung, and other smartphone giants, placed orders with Future Heavy Industries, hoping to upgrade the screen of their phones.
Jiang Chen didn't make things difficult for these competitors.
On the premise of meeting the production capacity of Future mobile phones, he didn't mind letting these competitors help him digest the excess production capacity. After all, the more production, the lower the cost. Using the money earned from competitors to expand, improve the production line, and strengthen their own strength, was there anything more pleasant than this?
The most important thing was that they had to pinch their noses and accept it!
The patent was in Jiang Chen's hands. You want to develop it yourself? Fine, every screen, battery, chip, and patent fee produced would make the cost of your mobile phone explode! And the products designed independently with more than a billion US dollars may not necessarily be comparable to Future Heavy Industries with more mature graphene technology.
In the end, they still had to buy Future Heavy Industries' screens, chips, and batteries …
And the most critical interactive holographic projection component, as the main selling point of Future Technology's mobile phone, Jiang Chen would not sell it to competitors.
Monopoly? Unfair competition? Hehe, come to Xin and sue me.
High-tech equipment was completed in the high-tech park on Ange Island. Other than supplying it to Future Technology, it would not enter the market at all. If you want to copy interactive holographic projection technology, then take the patent documents and slowly study it yourself.
Without five years, it would be impossible to understand the production process. And after five years, Jiang Chen didn't need to keep this technology in his pocket. By that time, more powerful technology could be brought out, and these outdated technologies could be directly packaged and sold.
The advantage of having an advantage in technology was here. Not only could others pick up your leftovers, but they also had to swallow it. With the technology in the apocalypse as a guarantee, Jiang Chen didn't have to worry about technology being surpassed for at least a hundred years.
As for a hundred years later …
Things too far away, Jiang Chen didn't want to think about it for the time being. If he couldn't overcome the crisis 20.5 light-years away, not to mention his Future Group, the continuation of Earth's civilization on this timeline would be a problem.
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