In the afternoon, Pei Qian came to Otto Technologies and met Jiang Yuan, who was working overtime to prepare for the news conference.
Jiang Yuan was the only one in the huge company because everyone else was already on leave.
Pei Qian was very satisfied with the empty workstations in the office.
No one in Tengda Corporation could work overtime during the holidays. Even if someone worked overtime, it should only be the leaders.
What Pei Qian despised the most was the kind of boss who had to work overtime and forcefully kidnapped all the employees to work overtime. That was because the boss often had something to do overtime, but the employees might not. The boss asked his employees to work overtime with him purely because he was unhappy working overtime. That was why he dragged his employees down with him.
What's more, what did the boss earn? What kind of money did ordinary employees earn?
The boss worked overtime for a month without overtime pay but earned a car. The employee worked overtime for a month without overtime pay but earned a car for the boss.
Thus, Pei Qian would definitely not encourage such evil practices in Tengda Corporation. The various departments could work overtime, but they had to get overtime pay. What's more, the person-in-charge of the various departments had to work overtime themselves. Don't bring the employees along.
Pei Qian could completely tolerate a situation like this where only the department heads were working overtime. What's more, it was only for two hours.
Jiang Yuan looked a little anxious. He quickly stood up and greeted Boss Pei when he saw him. "Boss Pei."
Pei Qian sat down at the conference table and said with concern, "You look a little nervous. There's no need to. Relax. It's just a news conference. It's no big deal. It's fine even if you completely mess it up. "
Jiang Yuan thought that Boss Pei was joking with him and quickly said, "How can I do that! This cell phone is the culmination of the entire department's hard work. I would be a sinner if I messed it up! "
"In short, this is the prototype. This is the powerpoint of the news conference. Please take a look."
Jiang Yuan said as he handed over the phone and laptop on the table.
Pei Qian reached out to take it.
He subconsciously sucked in a breath of cold air when he saw the Otto G1 cell phone prototype.
Something was wrong!
This phone was made with a sense of technology!
Pei Qian did not feel so surprised when he first saw Otto E1. That was because E1 had a forehead and a chin. It was not much different from the cell phones on the market at that time even though its design was quite beautiful. It also looked too bulky because of the huge battery, so he did not feel particularly surprised at first glance.
However, G1 cell phone this time was completely different.
Although it was still quite large, because of the full-screen technology, its forehead and chin were very narrow, only a little wider than the frame on both sides. The camera couldn't be seen from the front, so it gave off a very shocking impression.
That chin, in particular, shocked Pei Qian.
That was because Pei Qian knew a little about this technology. The traditional packaging method for cell phone screens was called COG packaging. It had a high yield, low cost, and was easy to mass-produce. However, the disadvantage was that the chin was relatively large. Thus, many manufacturers would choose to place the physical fingerprint module on the chin of the cell phone.
The advanced packaging solution was called COF packaging. It could shrink the top and bottom borders and greatly increase the phone's screen ratio, but it still couldn't achieve a full screen.
The technology that could remove the chin was called COP packaging. According to some digital technology media, PINEAPPLE's latest flagship cell phone used this technology. It could compress the cell phone's four sides to the limit, and the chin would be as wide as the frame.
However, it was only May now. According to PINEAPPLE's pattern of releasing new cell phones, they would only release new cell phones in autumn and October every year. In other words, cell phones that used COP packaging would not appear for the next few months.
On the other hand, the Otto G1 cell phone obviously used COP packaging technology. However, its chin was not as small as the Apple X in Pei Qian's memories. However, the difference in perception should not be more than one or two millimeters, so it still looked shocking from the front.
It should have been a very cumbersome cell phone, but it gave off a very domineering feeling because of its full-screen design.
The first impression that this cell phone left on Pei Qian was very bad.
However, the two physical buttons at the side that looked like shoulder keys had a certain width and were slightly protruding. It was precisely because of the existence of these two physical buttons that the G1 cell phone could not be made into a curved screen that was narrowed on both sides. The feeling of holding it would be slightly worse. It might increase the recognition, but it was obviously incompatible with the current mainstream cell phone structure.
The pop-up camera was at the upper part of the long left side. It was a very strange position. Pei Qian had personally decided on this at that time because he had never seen a cell phone with a pop-up camera here before. It could greatly increase the chances of failure.
That made Pei Qian feel a little more at ease. Obviously, this was just as he had expected. It was an unconventional cell phone. It used too many new technologies, so the cost must be very high. It could not be prepared in large quantities. The overly advanced design concept might not be able to make mainstream consumers buy it.
Pei Qian played with the cell phone for a while and asked, "How much are you going to sell it at?"
Jiang Yuan did not answer directly. Instead, he hesitated for a moment. "Er … Boss Pei, I was just about to report this to you. The cost of the cell phone has slightly exceeded my previous expectations, so … "
Pei Qian interrupted him. "Just tell me the price."
Jiang Yuan: "According to E1's pricing at that time, the starting price of this cell phone is set at … 9,899 yuan."
"Boss Pei, we've already worked very hard to reduce the starting price to less than 10,000 yuan. There's also a higher storage version at 9,999 yuan and a special custom-made version at 10199 yuan."
"This price is indeed a little high, but this is also a consideration after adding Tengda's various benefits. If we only sell bare hardware, our price can be reduced to less than 7,000 yuan or even lower … "
Pei Qian could not help but be overjoyed. He raised his hand. "No, this price is very suitable. It's not high at all. It's just right!"
Pei Qian knew that this cell phone was in the bag the moment he heard this price!
Who would spend so much money to buy a cell phone of an inferior brand?
Previously, Otto E1's cell phone was priced at 8,199 yuan, but that was with the full set of Tengda benefits included.
G1 cell phones also gave a full set of benefits, but the price was not just a little higher than E1 cell phones. It was a full 1,700 yuan.
That was because G1 cell phones used more new technologies, so the cost was naturally higher.
An increase of 1,700 yuan was not considered much based on 8,000 yuan and 10,000 yuan. However, 1,700 yuan alone was enough to buy some low-end cell phones from big brands.
What's more, the cell phones in the country, even Shenhua's flagship, were far from reaching 10,000 yuan.
The price of Otto G1 cell phones could be lowered to more than 6,000 yuan without Tengda's various benefits. That was about the same price as the flagship cell phones of Shenhua and other brands.
However, according to Otto Technologies' estimates, the benefits that came with the cell phone were actually close to 3,000 yuan. What's more, the longer it was used, the more worth it it would be. Thus, it was impossible for the cell phone's price to be lowered under the premise of giving these benefits. Lowering it would mean that they were taking advantage of the other departments to subsidize the cell phone department. That would not be good.
Pei Qian said, "There's no problem with this price. Don't worry. Let's talk about the news conference."
"Let me take a look at the PowerPoint first."
Pei Qian flipped through the PowerPoint of the cell phone news conference page by page on his laptop.
To be fair, this PowerPoint was not bad. It was the same as the news conference of other brands. It introduced the various parameters and new functions of the cell phone in detail. The promotional video was also filmed. In short, it was stable and there was nothing wrong with it.
Pei Qian fell silent after quickly browsing through the PowerPoint of the news conference.
Something's wrong, something's wrong.
I want to buy this PowerPoint. What should I do?!
It had to be said that the G1 cell phone did use many new technologies. Therefore, just the introduction of these new technologies on the powerpoint had already taken up a lot of space. In addition to the unique appearance of the cell phone and the very impactful full-screen design, just a regular introduction was already quite attractive.
Whether the cell phone was practical or not was something that customers could only experience after using it for a period of time. However, whether the cell phone was handsome or not and whether there were many new technologies with gimmicks could be seen at the news conference.
Thus, that would definitely not do. That was because the production of cell phones was not high to begin with. If the launch party deceived some customers and sold them out in seconds like last time, wouldn't it be very bad to create a 'very popular' feeling for customers?
Pei Qian coughed lightly. "The PowerPoint is not bad, but …"
"Why didn't you continue the style of the previous PowerPoint?"
Pei Qian felt that the E1 cell phone's news conference had become popular previously mainly because Chang You's eloquence was too good. He had turned the news conference into a monologue. There was no problem with the content of the news conference.
He should list all the cell phone's shortcomings and cover the advantages in one sentence. It would be much better to dissuade customers in advance than to brag about a bunch of advantages at the news conference.
Jiang Yuan quickly said, "No, Boss Pei. The content of the previous PowerPoint was created for Boss Chang. Only someone as eloquent as Boss Chang can bring it out. "
"I'm not eloquent enough. I might even get stage fright on stage. Thus, I think it's better to finish the entire news conference smoothly. It might be very awkward if I force myself to learn from Boss Chang."
Pei Qian shook his head. "There's no need to deny yourself so quickly."
"Don't think about whether you can do it or not when you encounter problems. Instead, think about what you need to succeed."
"Would it be appropriate for such a cell phone that has condensed new technology and is filled with innovative spirit to be matched with a stable and ordinary news conference? That's not appropriate. "
Jiang Yuan hesitated. "This …"
Pei Qian continued, "So, change it according to what I said."
"The structure of the PowerPoint is basically divided into three parts now. The first part is to introduce the continuous updates and iterations of the cell phone operating system and AEEIS artificial intelligence this year. It emphasizes that we have fulfilled the promise at the previous news conference. The second part is to introduce the new technology used in the cell phone, boasting about the cell phone's appearance and various parameters. The third part is to announce the cell phone's price, configuration, release date, and horizontal comparison with E1 cell phones and other flagship brands."
"However, in my opinion, a lot of information in this is invalid information. It's purely a waste of everyone's time."
"How about this? There's no need to brag about the first part. We've been updating the OTTO OOS system. All the old users know about it. What's more, this is what we should do. There's no need to brag about it;"
"The second part is to brag about the cell phone's appearance and various parameters. This part can't be removed, but it's too long. In my opinion, the cell phone's appearance and parameters can be explained in one page of PowerPoint;"
"We might have used some new technologies, but these new technologies are also filled with all kinds of flaws. How can this part be covered in one sentence? We have to write it very carefully. The more detailed, the better. We can't mislead our consumers; "
"The third part is also a little delayed. I think we can get rid of the horizontal comparison. We can just do our own thing. Why do we have to step on other cell phone manufacturers? This kind of horizontal comparison table is nothing more than using our strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses. It's meaningless. It's enough to just announce the price and release date. "
"Yes, that's about it."
Jiang Yuan felt a little dizzy.
Boss Pei was cutting left and right. The content of the entire news conference was almost cut in half!
What's more, the most important thing was that the parts that were cut were the good parts of the cell phone. Instead, the parts that introduced the shortcomings of the cell phone's new technology had to be written about and repeatedly emphasized.
What kind of trick was this?
Previously, he had condensed all the advantages of the cell phone into one page, creating the famous scene of Boss Chang saying everything in one go. However, the problem was that Jiang Yuan knew very well that he did not have Boss Chang's eloquence. This famous scene could not be replicated at all, right?
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