They panicked.
Google really panicked after news of Xing Hai Technologies' press conference spread to the M nation.
It was impossible for him to remain calm. It was impossible for him to be unresponsive and indifferent to the potential threat of the nebula system.
Even if the technical level of the Star Cloud system was very high, the Android system was difficult to use and full of rubbish. It was still a huge threat.
Xing Hai Technologies was rich. It had a huge cash flow of tens or even hundreds of billions.
Money was the most powerful superpower in the world. Xing Hai Technologies could create a complete application ecosystem in two to three years at most if they spent hundreds of billions of dollars regardless of the cost.
Moreover, the "Star Cloud system" was not bad at all.
Coupled with the frightening Work Assistant, which increased programming efficiency by 10 times …
It was over. Xing Hai Technologies' Star Cloud system would grow into a terrifying giant in at most six months to a year.
"Free, immediately announce that the Android system is free!"
Larry Page's face turned red. He decided to reverse the decision of charging fees a few days ago. He would rather give up the billions of dollars in annual profits to suppress the Star Cloud system and strangle it in the cradle.
Founder Sergey Brin and CEO Sundar Pichai supported this decision. Both of them came from a technical background and knew how lethal Xing Hai Technologies was. Therefore, compared to the possibility of the Android system's market share shrinking and the loss of the entire Z country's market share, the promise of improving the company's profitability to the shareholders could only be pushed to the back.
But their decision was immediately vetoed and opposed by the investors.
"Mr. Page, Mr. Brin, are you so scared that you wet your pants? Is it possible for a newly developed operating system to defeat Android with more than a decade of history? "
"Our market share is more than 80%! The application ecosystem includes hundreds of thousands of companies, millions of terabytes of data, and tens of millions of applications … This is a powerful and unbreakable empire! "
"The Android system has been charging fees in Europe for more than two years. The licensing fee for each phone is 20 euros. So far, no threatening third-party system has emerged. We can only pay the fees honestly."
"The Fruit company collects money for everything. Their profit last year was three times ours!"
"Mr. Page, we have already compromised. The price of 10 dollars per phone is only the cost of two lunches for many Z citizens. That country is very rich, even richer than us."
"I have 50 million dollars worth of Google shares in my hands, but you give me less than 1 million dollars in annual income. My patience is limited. Please fulfill the promise of improving the company's profits!"
The joint opposition of the investors caused Larry Page and the others' decision to cancel the Z country's Android system fees to be aborted.
Looking at the investor in front of him who only cared about money, Larry Page felt helpless and deeply regretful. Why did Google become a public company?
…
March 23.
It had only been a day since the launch of Work Assistant 1.0.
The executives of Xing Hai Technologies received calls from many local hardware manufacturers. They applied for cooperation and hoped to join the "Star Alliance."
Apart from the countless calls the customer service department received.
Ling Jun Dong himself had received at least a hundred calls. From morning till night, he had never put his phone down from his ear. He was dizzy from all the calls until his phone automatically stopped.
Generally speaking, those who had Ling Jun Dong's phone number and were qualified to contact him directly were entrepreneurs with a certain amount of wealth or influence. They weren't nobodies … Ling Jun Dong had received hundreds of such calls.
This shows the enthusiasm of domestic hardware manufacturers.
But on the morning of the 24th.
In the office, when Ling Jun Dong reported the situation, the joy on Chen Jin's face gradually faded and was replaced by deep helplessness.
"President Chen, among the bigger brands on the list of cooperation applications, there are Red Pepper Mobile, Love Mobile, and Nutshell Mobile. The annual sales of these brands are in the millions. Red Pepper sold more than 5 million units last year. It's a popular model on Laipinduo. It's very popular in fourth- and fifth-tier cities, but they …"
Chen Jin sighed. "They're all inferior brands, right?"
Ling Jun Dong nodded. "These inferior brands are low-end mass-market products. It's hard for them to make more than 100 dollars in profit per unit. Once the Android system fees them, they'll die immediately. Of course, they can continue to steal the Android system. If Google sues them, they can immediately change their identities. In reality, we won't be able to collect any money from them. They're probably calling for cooperation because of our 50 billion loan and financing."
"President Chen, should we agree to the cooperation applications of these inferior brands?" Ling Jun Dong asked.
"If we don't agree to it, who else can they agree to?"
Chen Jin shook his head. Hua Yao, Da Mi, OV, Meihong, and Nubia were all top brands in the country. If any of them joined the Star Alliance, Chen Jin would be very happy and fully support them.
But because they were afraid of being blacklisted by Google, they did not say anything.
Brother Lei called to express his apology. "It's not that I don't think highly of your Star Cloud system, but Da Mi has more than 300 million devices with the Android system. We really can't get rid of them. When your Star Cloud system matures and the ecosystem is established, I will join the Star Alliance without hesitation. I really can't do it now."
Chen Jin expressed his understanding.
Therefore, the first batch to join the "Star Alliance" could only be given to those inferior brands of mobile phones, tablets, or smart home manufacturers. Moreover, only these hardware manufacturers would be willing to join the Star Alliance.
"Looks like we can only take the route of surrounding the cities from the countryside. For example, that Red Pepper mobile phone. Although it's an inferior brand, its sales volume actually reached 5.5 million units last year, ranking sixth in the country. Its sales volume is even higher than Lenovo's mobile phone sales volume. The user's reputation is also very good. This shows that they are putting their heart into their products. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to reach this scale.
Chen Jin thought to himself.
Ling Jun Dong continued his report. "President Chen, two other special brands called me yesterday. They also want to join the Star Alliance."
"Which two?"
"8848 and Nailzi mobile phone."
Pfft!
Chen Jin almost spat out. "These two … are still alive?"
Ling Jun Dong nodded. "They seem to be alive, but they might also be dead. Moreover, President Wang from 8848 and Mr. Luo from Nailzi want to receive financing from Xing Hai Technologies. Especially Mr. Luo from Nailzi, he asked for 3 billion. He said that if he cooperates with Xing Hai Technologies, he will definitely make the Star Cloud system the world's number one."
"Reject, reject all of their financing requests!"
Chen Jin shook his head. "You can join the Star Alliance, but don't swindle and deceive me! At least don't give that crosstalk guy a single cent. Don't let his mouth damage Xing Hai Technologies' reputation. "
"I understand, President Chen."
Ling Jun Dong nodded.
…
March 25th.
After some sorting, the first batch of domestic hardware manufacturers that had successfully joined the "Star Alliance" and were expected to receive financial support from Xing Hai Technologies was released.
The number of manufacturers was 150.
This list was not released to the public. Firstly, they were afraid of being banned by Google. Secondly, the value of this list was not high. If it was released, it would become a laughing stock.
This was because three words would appear in the mind of any senior practitioner who had seen this list:
A motley crew.
This was a motley crew, a motley crew.
But what Xing Hai Technologies could currently recruit was only this motley crew!
Chen Jin shook his head.
"This world is a realistic one. Nothing can be achieved so easily! Even if I bring out the Zenith Star technology, it will not be something that can be done overnight to defeat the empire built by the Android system!
I have raised my arms and called for companies like Hua Yao, Da Mi, and OV to join us. But they have all invested billions and even tens of billions in the customized development of the Android system. It is impossible for them to give up on these accumulations and change the habits of countless users to join a new ecosystem that is like a blank piece of paper.
Xing Hai Technologies, which has been established for less than three years, does not have such strong strength and influence.
Getting rid of the Android empire is destined to be a relatively long process. The ones that will gather around me will only be a motley crew that only cares about 'salaries.'
Even so! "
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