The battle for Gome had attracted a lot of people's attention.
However, for ordinary people, this kind of power struggle was still too far away from them.
In the battle for power in Gome, almost all the ordinary people in the mainland were onlookers.
However, with the arrival of New Year's Day 2009, Far away had another big event in addition to Gome!
The implementation of an offline payment system!
Li Dong had been working on this many times in the second half of 2008 for MasterCard mobile payments. If not for Gome, Li Dong would not have been in the mood to go to Xiangjiang.
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Just as the people in Xiangjiang were applying for Gome's new shares.
At the same time, the people in China were excited about OPPO's new smartphone!
It had been more than half a year since OPPO launched its first mobile phone.
For domestic mobile phones, releasing a new mobile phone in half a year was extremely slow. Far away's requirements had not been raised again and again. Half a year was enough for OPPO to launch four or five mobile phones.
But this half a year of waiting was worth it.
After Li Dong's extensive publicity, OPPO also continued to promote itself. The new smartphone had not been released, but it was already very popular.
China's first smartphone in the truest sense!
The first smartphone to use the latest operating system, the Android system!
The world's first smartphone was generally recognized as the Simon mobile phone launched by IBM in 1993.
However, the world's first real smartphone was the first iPhone launched by Apple in 2007.
The first iPhone actually had a lot of limitations. In July 2008, Apple released the iPhone 3G, which was the milestone of the smartphone era.
Less than half a year after Apple launched the iPhone 3G, the first smartphone to support the 3G network finally appeared in China.
This speed, relatively speaking, was enough to shock the world.
And this time, OPPO did not copy Apple's operating system, nor did it use the previous Java and Symbian systems. Instead, it used the newly developed Android system.
On December 31, 2008, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a 3G license.
Just one day later, OPPO launched a 3G smartphone!
All of this led to the popularity of OPPO's new smartphone.
Far away, there was the touted mobile payment system, online shopping system, and more software to be released in the future to support the mobile Internet.
In addition, mobile phones were included in the scope of subsidies for home appliances in the countryside. The subsidy amount was as high as 13% …
The series of good news attracted the attention of countless people even before the OPPO smartphone was officially released.
Far away was also the first to adopt the online pre-sale strategy.
This was the first time in many years that the domestic online shopping industry had adopted the online pre-sale model.
At the beginning of November, the Far Away Mall would be able to pre-order the new OPPO models.
In the beginning, not many people participated. However, with Li Dong's continuous publicity and the popularization of the concept of 3G, coupled with a little curiosity.
On the day before New Year's Day, the Far Away Mall's online pre-sales had exceeded 1 million units!
This was a milestone record!
In the future, a mobile phone manufacturer could easily sell tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of mobile phones. The situation at that time was different.
Moreover, this kind of statistics included the sales of all mobile phones.
Some of the older mobile phone manufacturers had hundreds of models, and the sales of a single model might not be high.
For example, in 2008, the iPhone 3G was launched in July. Until now, the sales had only exceeded 5 million units. Although Apple had not officially announced the figures, industry insiders had analyzed that the sales should not exceed 6 million units.
This was the global sales. Of course, this did not include Hua Xia's sales in China. This was because Hua Xia had not launched the iPhone 3G yet.
It had been half a year since July.
The iPhone 3G was likely to be this year's best-selling mobile phone.
OPPO smartphones had not been officially released, and the online pre-sales had reached 1 million units. If it was not for the Gome competition, it would have caused a sensation in the industry.
On January 1st, 2009, at 9 am, half an hour before the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, OPPO's first smartphone was officially released!
On this day, Far Away's mobile phone stores were overcrowded, and the queues were long.
On this day, all the mobile phone stores selling OPPO smartphones were surrounded by crowds.
The first OPPO smartphone was named OPPOL01. According to OPPO's official explanation, this was the first L series mobile phone, and they will continue to introduce other L series smartphones in the future.
As for why the L series was used, although outsiders weren't too sure, there were rumors that it was the intention of a certain narcissistic richest man.
As OPPO's major shareholder, Li Dong might not be known by the public, but everyone was not stupid.
This time, when Li Dong promoted Wan Tong, he had also done free advertising for OPPO all over the country.
Based on Li Dong's character, he would not do something like this if he did not do it at OPPO.
That's why the L series was 99% Li Dong's doing.
Of course, because the mobile phone manufacturer was OPPO, the internet was calling OPPOL01 as the OL series.
At the end of 2008, the internet had started to use the term 'OL'. No one knew if everyone was trying to simplify the term or to disgust that narcissist.
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Pingchuan.
The former Longhua Square, now Far Away Square, had always been one of the busiest shopping malls in Pingchuan.
On New Year's Day, Far Away Square was overcrowded.
Jiangbei was the main market for Wan Tong, especially in the provincial capital. Advertisements for OPPOL01 and Wan Tong could be seen everywhere.
Early in the morning during the New Year's Day holiday, Chang Yueyue and a few of her dorm mates started to line up.
The phones went on sale at 9 am, and by 10 am, they finally got their hands on the new 3G smartphone.
As soon as she got her hands on the phone, Chang Yueyue could not wait to open the packaging and put her SIM card into it.
When she turned it on, the OPPO logo appeared first, followed by the Wan Tong logo.
When the others saw her turn it on, they quickly gathered around. When they saw the Wan Tong logo, Chang Yueyue's classmate said, "If I didn't know better, I would have thought that this is a Far Away phone. I didn't expect that even the boot screen is Wan Tong. "
Chang Yueyue giggled and said, "More or less. You guys might not know, but I do. Far Away owns a lot of shares in OPPO."
As they spoke, the phone entered the official homepage.
Even though this was the first time everyone had come across a touchscreen phone without a numeric keypad, Chang Yueyue was very familiar with it.
Almost everyone who was queuing up to buy a phone today was familiar with it.
OPPO's advertising this time could not be any more detailed. It could almost be considered a hands-on teaching.
Young people had a strong ability to learn. It was just a touchscreen phone. After watching a few ads, if they could not learn it, they would be stupid.
Once the phone entered the official homepage, Chang Yueyue did not look at anything. She directly clicked on the Wan Tong app on the home page.
As the main market for Wan Tong, OPPOL01 had a binding nature. Moreover, it was the first interface.
Once she clicked on the app, the new phone's internet speed was not slow. Of course, it was not slow compared to 2008. Soon, the account login interface appeared.
Chang Yueyue and the others had already registered for a Wan Tong account. The Wan Tong account could be used on both the mobile and web versions. Almost all young people nowadays had one.
Quickly entering the account password, Chang Yueyue, who had already attached the card, took a quick look and said hurriedly, "Let's go to the supermarket to buy something and try shopping. This time, I bought a new phone for the Wan Tong QR code scanning payment. I heard that it's not easy, and it's not fun. Let's buy something quickly! "
Far Away's mobile phone mall and supermarket were upstairs and downstairs. It only took a few steps.
The few of them ran to the supermarket without stopping. After a while, they came back with a few bottles of mineral water.
When they reached the cashier, Chang Yueyue could not wait and said, "I want to pay by scanning payment. Is that okay?"
Far Away's cashier quickly smiled and said, "Sure. The OL phones are not on sale yet, but we have already started the QR code scanning service. Just before you, someone has already scanned the QR code to pay. It's very easy to use. Also, there's a discount for QR code scanning payment now. It's more cost-effective than cash and credit cards. You will know when you try it. "
The cashier did not care. They only bought a few bottles of mineral water and paid by scanning the QR code. Today was the first time they walked to the front desk.
Although the cashiers had received training before, today was the first day they officially received customers.
There were a few people in front of them who had used their new phones to scan the QR code. However, everyone was full of curiosity and interest towards new things. They could not wait for everyone to start scanning the QR code now.
When Chang Yueyue heard this, she was about to start scanning the QR code when the cashier smiled and said, "In the supermarket, we have two types of QR code scanning services. You can scan our QR code or click on your payment interface. We will scan the QR code for you and you can make the payment. Why don't we pay in two installments? "
In the future, the cashier would probably want them to leave immediately. It was just a few bottles of water. Why would they scan the QR code twice?
But at this moment, not only was the cashier in a hurry, none of the customers in the queue were in a hurry. They all looked curiously at Chang Yueyue as she fiddled with her phone.
Chang Yueyue was eager to give it a try. She hurriedly nodded and said, "Alright, I'll give it a try first."
With that said, Chang Yueyue took out her phone and began scanning the QR code.
The phone instantly popped up the payment interface. Chang Yueyue entered the amount and the password.
Just as she finished, a female voice suddenly sounded at the cashier counter. "Received 2.0 yuan."
Everyone was taken aback. The cashier smiled happily and said, "Received. This is a voice notification. We use it exclusively. You Wantoon users can also set it on your phone. Of course, if you are not used to it, you don't have to set it. It's just that we are not used to it yet. When we are used to it, we don't have to turn on the voice notification. "
Chang Yueyue could not help but say, "That's fast. I just entered and it's already received? And the voice notification is awesome. It feels so high-tech! "
Everyone in the queue, be it uncles, aunties, or young people, nodded in agreement. It was fast and very high-tech.
This was something that could be found on the streets in the future, but now it was synonymous with high-tech.
The cashier said proudly, "Of course. The software we developed Far away is definitely not bad. Our chairman said that this is a payment software that will change society! Open the payment interface again. I'll scan the QR code for you. "
Chang Yueyue searched for a while and found the payment interface on Wantoon's homepage. She hurriedly opened it.
The cashier scanned it with the QR code scanner. Then, the computer said again, "Received 1.5 yuan."
It took about two to three seconds for the QR code to be transferred to her account.
The people in the queue behind could not help but say, "Is this Wantoon's QR code scanning payment?"
"Li Dong is really awesome. How did he come up with this? It's really fast. You don't even need to keep the change."
"I saw the news last time. Brother Cannon said that this could change the world. At that time, I thought he was bragging. Now, it seems that if this becomes common in the future, wouldn't we be able to go anywhere with a phone?"
"That's right. As expected of us Jiangbei people. Awesome!"
"Do we need a new phone for this? Will an old phone work? "
"I heard that it won't work. Old phones don't have the QR code scanning function. We need a new phone. But an OL smartphone is not considered expensive. It's priced at 2,999 yuan. I used my relative's ID to buy it and got a discount of 390 yuan. Far away still has events, so I got another 100 yuan discount. You can get it for 2,500 yuan with just a nod. This is the first smartphone, and there are a lot of high-tech things. It's only 2,500 yuan, which is not considered expensive. "
“2500？ That's so cheap. Didn't they say it would cost 4,000 to 5,000 yuan? "
"You don't even know? I heard that Brother Cannon personally went to Beijing to look for many big shots to give us subsidies. He also gave an order to OPPO to reduce the price! Originally, we wouldn't be able to get it for less than 3,000 to 4,000 yuan. Now, it's less than 1,000 yuan. Of course it's not expensive. "
"2,500 …"
Many people in the crowd were tempted.
At this time, an old phone was not considered expensive. It could be bought for 600 to 700 yuan.
But for better quality phones with bigger brands, it was normal for 2,000 to 3,000 yuan.
Using the price of an old phone to exchange for a newly released smartphone that supported 3G and QR code scanning. Far away also heard that there would be a lot of events soon.
It seemed like it was quite worth it.
The place to buy the phone was upstairs. It was just a few steps away …
Just as everyone was pondering, Chang Yueyue did not leave after paying. Instead, she said in surprise, "There's really a discount! I received news that I was refunded 30 cents! "
The cashier smiled and said, "Now, in order to promote our business, our company has negotiated a discount with various businesses that use mobile phones to pay. The more you spend, the more you will get back. If you spend 45 yuan, you might get back 3 yuan. If you spend 100 yuan, the average refund is about 5 yuan. If you're lucky, you can even get back 10 yuan. "
"There's a discount?"
Many people exclaimed again. The supermarket did not have any discounts other than during events.
Now, there was a discount for using mobile phones?
Many people in the queue suddenly stopped in their tracks.
Some of them bought things that cost hundreds or thousands of yuan.
If they got back 1 out of 10 yuan, they could save hundreds of yuan on a single purchase.
It was almost the Spring Festival. There would be more opportunities to buy things. If they got back all the money, they might even save a phone.
In the crowd, some people put down the things in their hands and went straight upstairs through the exit.
If they did not buy it now, when would they buy it?
If they were any later, it would be hard to say if they could buy it!
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Chang Yueyue, who was in front, did not care about the others. She held the phone and looked at it repeatedly.
When they got out of the cashier, Chang Yueyue suddenly said, "Li Dong is amazing!"
Her roommates nodded immediately. He was amazing. In the eyes of the people of Jiangbei, especially the young people, Li Dong was almost synonymous with a legend.
Moreover, they were also students of Jiangbei University.
No one did not admire this legendary senior.
Chang Yueyue's roommates were simply proud of him because he was her senior and from the same hometown.
Chang Yueyue, on the other hand, had complicated feelings in her heart.
She still had Li Dong's number in her phone, and he called her brother-in-law.
Once upon a time, Chang Yueyue was so proud that a person like Li Dong became her brother-in-law, as if no one in the world was luckier than her.
However, at this moment, Chang Yueyue did not know whether she should be proud or angry.
Seeing that her friends were still talking about the Universal Cartoon and studying the new phone, Chang Yueyue thought for a while and dialed a number.
After a long time, the phone was connected. Chang Yueyue bit her lips and said, "Sister, it's almost the Spring Festival. When will you come back?"
"Is it almost the Spring Festival?"
The person on the other side of the phone was silent for a while. After a while, she smiled and said, "I'll wait until the Spring Festival. Why? Do you miss me?"
"Yes. Also, the OL mobile phone was released today. Everyone said that Li Dong is amazing. He might really change the world …"
"…"
The silence became longer. After a long time, Yuan Xue chuckled and said, "He has always been this amazing."
Chang Yueyue hesitated for a while and said, "Do I have a chance to call him brother-in-law again?"
This topic stunned Yuan Xue for the third time. After a long time, Yuan Xue sighed and said, "If you like him, just call him that. He is thick-skinned and doesn't care. I don't care either. But since there are outsiders here, we don't want to cause trouble for each other. "
Chang Yueyue did not understand. If you like him, just call him that. What's going on?
Have my cousin and Li Dong broken up?
Chang Yueyue scratched her head and was a little excited. Does that mean I can continue to call him brother-in-law?
Glancing at the students next to her, Chang Yueyue's heart was itching. If they knew that I know Li Dong, will they cry and beg me to bring them to meet my idol?
Unfortunately, Chang Yueyue was just thinking about it. Her cousin was vague. If she thought too much, it would be embarrassing.
Just as Chang Yueyue's imagination was running wild, the crowd in the mobile phone exclusive area Far away Square was getting bigger and bigger!
Many people who were shopping in the supermarket were itching when they saw others scanning the QR code to pay. Many young people gritted their teeth and turned to go upstairs, ready to buy this epoch-making smartphone.
Although the price was not cheap, as long as one had a rural household registration, they could only get about 2,500 yuan. It was just a month's salary.
At the same time, the same scene was happening in the major mobile phone stores.
Faraway Supermarket + Million Cartoon + Smartphone, the trinity showed an incomparably powerful force!
In places where the policy of home appliances going to the countryside had been implemented, on this day, rural household registration and identity cards suddenly became in high demand.
Relatives in the city called to borrow household registration and identity cards on this day.
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