Chapter 332 I am Li Yan
Kaiyuan laughed heartily, feeling much more relaxed, and started chatting:
"I'm actually quite curious. You didn't plan to continue developing your online writing career, so why did you come here specially?" Kaiyuan would shake his body whenever he relaxed. It was a funny habit. "I remember you said that you always take the easy way out in everything you do."

"I came here to play."

Kaiyuan was speechless.

"Well, the actual reason is that I want to further enhance my influence on the Internet by showing up at the annual meeting."

"Uh... for show?"

If this question was asked at any other time, Kaiyuan's words would have hit Li Yan's vital point.

But this time it is not the case, it is just to further strengthen the impression that "Li Yan can succeed in anything."

It is actually unclear how much impact this will have on subsequent negotiations and what impact it will have on the performance of the developer conference.

metaphysics.

But anyway, it only takes a day or two to eat, drink and have fun, and it doesn’t cost much time.

Li Yan looked for a long time and actually walked to the banquet hall which was set up for afternoon tea and went straight for the freshly squeezed juice.

"How much do you love drinking this..."

"When I think about the repeated drinking of tea in the following trip, I can't help but want to balance it out now."

"Drinking tea repeatedly? What are you doing?"

"I'm here to discuss cooperation with Mr. Huang from Chuangzu. This is also the second reason why I came to attend the annual meeting - it's on my way."

Kaiyuan was stunned again.

A familiar feeling crept into his heart. Every time he saw Li Yan send such pretentious and outrageous words, expressed in a nonchalant tone, he would always laugh in front of the computer and quickly reply:
You are really immersed in the play.

After all, he was the one who was too immersed in the play. To be honest, he was actually playing the role of an audience member who thought others were acting.

There really are people who act as naturally as drinking water...

Every detail is meticulous, Dove spokesperson.

Kaiyuan originally wanted to complain about Li Yan's pretense, but suddenly realized that maybe Li Yan didn't want to show off at all.

It’s just that once you get to a higher level, the things you say seem pretentious enough to be seen by ordinary people.

It's like a super rich man talking about food, clothing, housing and transportation. If he tells the truth, he is pretending. If he suppresses his words, he is still pretending. If he speaks freely, he is still pretending.

If Kaiyuan really asked, Li Yan would have to make a statement.

He was indeed trying to show off. This is a science and a skill.

We cannot assume that he is a pretentious saint just because he is so smooth and ignore his efforts.

"Promise me that if you write your next book, it will be about the urban world." Kaiyuan thought for a long time and said this.

"Just writing to show off?" Li Yan said seriously, "It's like writing a diary, 50,000 words a day!"

"Five... fifty thousand words?" Kai Yuan was shocked. "If you want to show off, you have to pretend to be powerful."

"No, that's just bragging."

Kaiyuan had originally planned to take Li Yan to play games and chat with the authors, but he didn't expect that Li Yan's annual meeting trip would only last for lunch.

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, he said goodbye to Kaiyuan.

"Well, at least wait until after the dinner."

"There are too many things to do. I have an appointment with Mr. Huang."

Come in a hurry, go in a hurry.

Li Yan trotted out of the hotel and got into a shiny black Mercedes-Benz with a smile on his face.

"I thought it was a Rolls-Royce..." Kaiyuan stood at the door of the hotel and looked at it, and suddenly sighed, "This guy's life is so exciting."

"Have fun?" Huang Zhan, who was also sitting in the back seat, looked in good spirits.

"It's OK. I drank five glasses of juice."

"…What kind of special juice is this?"

"No..." Li Yan didn't expect Huang Zhan to continue this topic, and she was embarrassed for a moment.

"You're just going through the motions." Huang Zhan smiled.

"Make the most of it." Li Yan shrugged, "Let's go next..."

"A screen manufacturer, an input method manufacturer, and a friendly company that makes customized phones for operators. You can take a look at their use of the Robert system - although their products have not yet been officially released. At present, several major domestic smartphone manufacturers... some are researching the Windows system, and some are researching Robert. The one that uses the Windows system the best is naturally our Chuangzu, and the research and development of W9 is also in full swing... I told you all, I always can't help but start analyzing."

"I remember that the screen of the Chuang clan is not from Shanghai, right?"

"I have contacted him a long time ago. He still attaches more importance to profit. Shanghai Hai is more research-oriented. We are making some concept machines this time. We can't scale them up. It's better to go the route of technical cooperation."

"Okay, Mr. Huang still has a car in Shanghai?"

"You're overthinking it. I've never been here before. This was arranged by the Chuangzu Shanghai Sales Center."

"They should be very happy, right? The big boss is here in person."

"Stop teasing me. Don't you see the current situation of the founding clan?" Huang Zhan sighed, "This is truly a critical moment for survival..."

Perhaps thinking it was inappropriate to say discouraging words at this time, Huang Zhan changed the subject again, "Li Yan, you don't have to... do everything based on interests at this age, and consider the value of something. You can be more willful."

"So I had five glasses of juice."

"Uh...you want to explain?"

“I like it, so I drink it.”

"...That's fine."

Seeing that Li Yan didn't say anything else, Huang Zhan asked again: "Do you have any other plans? It's not easy to come to Shanghai."

This is really not something a tech company boss would say...

"Is this place not far from New Sprout Magazine?"

"Ok?"

"I participated in their New Concept Essay Competition last June and won first prize. But they didn't send me the certificate and directly invited me to participate in the October live competition. On the one hand, I had a lot of things to do at that time and didn't have much time; on the other hand, this New Concept Essay Competition was not valuable enough for me."

"You didn't participate in the competition?"

"Yeah, and they really didn't send the certificate to me. Take a look, and pick it up if it's on your way. If it's not on your way, forget it."

The driver was a steady middle-aged man in his forties. "Okay, let me check the navigation."

"No need," Li Yan raised her hand to stop him unexpectedly, "Just drive all the way. If I see the New Sprouts Magazine logo, I'll get off and take it. If I don't see it, forget it."

So free?

Seeing Huang Zhan's surprised expression, Li Yan yawned, "Boss Huang, isn't this what you said? Be willful."

"Any more?"

"I'm considering going to Shanghai Jiao Tong University to visit the team that is also working on a food delivery website."

"Oh?" Huang Zhan was not familiar with this area. He had only seen Li Yan show his results. "I thought you were only going to find a map company for this, Shangjing Wei De."

"Forget it."

Huang Zhan found that it was really difficult for him to follow Li Yan's train of thought.

"They are just a team of college students who are talking about concepts. Their technical level is probably not as high as ours. At present, the concepts are similar, and their progress is slower than ours. There is no need for them to do so."

"According to your."

This so-called screen manufacturer in Shanghai is actually just a research team. Backed by the Shanghai Information Research Center, it cooperates with domestic mobile phone brands in Shanghai to conduct research - but currently domestic mobile phone brands are basically concentrated in Shanghai and Beijing.

It seems to be positioned as a product of research breakthroughs that lead the times, but in fact it is intended to provide low-end products with even better cost-effectiveness to mobile phone manufacturers who are striving to achieve cost-effectiveness through cooperation with operators.

There is no shortage of young and ambitious players in this team, so they very much welcome Huang Zhan's arrival and don't care much about Li Yan's appearance.

The entire visit to Shanghai was basically carried out in this atmosphere.

Everyone welcomed Huang Zhan very much. During the communication, the word "cooperation" was mentioned every three sentences. Then they began to denounce the so-called appearance patent of Pineapple Company.

Then they slowly discovered why Huang Zhan had been asking this young man for his opinion?
Li Yan actually seldom speaks, and basically listens to what these companies can do and what achievements they have made, especially in the two major areas of screen production and Robert system application. The main battlefields of the visit with Huang Zhan are Shangjing and Xin'an, a smartphone base and a high-tech upstart.

Shanghai is a testing ground, giving Li Yan some peace of mind.

He had to erase some information gaps before he knew how much he could reveal now.

Just enough to attract others, but not so much that you become passive.

The screen is easier than you think. The multi-touch capacitor, which was the most difficult to achieve, is no longer a technical difficulty at this point. It is not difficult to have a large screen. The key is how to adapt it.

Putting it into production is another important consideration. Simply making a concept phone that can be turned on and used is possible - especially after Li Yan emphasized that "the latest and most advanced screen is not needed."

With the current level of domestic industry, although we cannot produce top-notch products, it is easy to produce things that meet the minimum demand.

It’s just that everyone doesn’t quite understand why Huang Zhan wants such a big screen.

The mobile phone screen is so big, plus the buttons on the shell and so on, how can you hold it in your hand?

"Is this why you asked me to come to them?" Huang Zhan didn't expect that they would agree to the research and development of the large screen so quickly.

After all, there is not much money.

"Even the company that cooperated with you on W8 is not willing to do such a small research order, let alone the big company in Beijing." Li Yan seemed to be thinking, "And for them, the 'experimental product' that you, Mr. Huang, have shown up... may cause some unnecessary speculation."

"That's not an unnecessary guess." Huang Zhan patted Li Yan's shoulder with a smile.

"That being said, when we go to Beijing, we still have to find everything we need. It doesn't matter. We've already negotiated for the screen, so we'll have one here and one in New Taipei..."

"Huh? There's another one in New Taipei?" Huang Zhan was surprised.

"Of course, it's better to be prepared."

"I'm not asking this, who is making screens in New Taipei?" Why didn't Huang Zhan hear about it when he was looking for someone to make screens himself?

"Beixing Optoelectronics." Li Yan said, "I used to be a research group, working at the Xinbei Optoelectronics Research Institute, researching screens. Since we focus on research, it's not a big deal to help with the special-sized screens."

"You contacted them yourself?"

"Chen Fan's father is the director of the New Taipei Photonics Research Institute."

"Oh..." Huang Zhan felt more and more that chatting with this junior high school student was nothing like the experience of communicating with his juniors.

The way the two are working together now is actually quite special, very uncommercial and informal.

Huang Zhan personally definitely represents Chuangzu Technology, and his visits to these companies have strong commercial significance no matter what.

So what about Li Yan?
Huang Zhan introduced Li Yan to others as a bland "young genius", and no one paid much attention to him.

They both realized the awkward situation of "identity".

Li Yan was not a member of the Chuang Clan, nor did he receive any salary from the Chuang Clan. It seemed that Huang Zhan was bringing Li Yan to visit in his personal capacity.

The bond between them turned out to be "trust".

Something that is not worth much in the business world.

When Huang Zhan was communicating with these companies, he actually hesitated when he was asked "Why are you here?"

Chuangzu is now facing internal and external troubles, and the research and development of w9 is also at a critical moment. With Pineapple's influence, it may not need to wait until 8 to clear out w2011's overseas layout or even require it to stop production.

If w9 cannot turn the tide when it goes public this year, Chuangzu will be in for a thrilling roller coaster ride.

At this time, as the soul of the team, I followed a junior high school student around, with the goal of making a "smart phone of the future" in the remaining two months.

Not to mention whether it can be done or not, even if it is done, it is still a concept machine.

So many mobile phone companies are making great efforts now, and maybe they will be able to produce several products that can be put on the market by the end of the year. So what if Li Yan really makes a big splash at the press conference?
Even if they did come up with earth-shattering results, what would Chuangzu get? What would Huang Zhan get?
After a long talk with Li Yan all night, Huang Zhan has been thinking about these questions.

But finally he came.

Because he always believes in his own judgment, and what he lacks the least is courage.

MP3 was developed and withdrawn at will, and smart phones were made and produced at will, and the resulting products are China's most awesome products.

And now his judgment is that Li Yan’s concept car will change history.

This judgment is somewhat in line with what he and Li Yan have done as they are both idealists.

On the way to the next destination, Huang Zhan sat in the car, his thoughts gradually drifting.

In January this year, Lianxiang released a smartphone with the Robert system in the United States. Although it is still difficult to evaluate its smoothness of use and its appearance does not conform to Huang Zhan's aesthetic taste at all, its functions are indeed very complete, and it is not a problem to call it "powerful" at this moment.

Someone has already entered the market for high-end mobile phones, and even held a product launch conference. It will definitely be available in the domestic market within half a year.

The Robert system is open source, free, and quickly optimized. Combined with cooperation with operators to launch customized phones, it can really play the cost-effective card.

This also provides a shortcut for many manufacturers to enter the market, and everyone wants to get a piece of this pie.

Nokia is visibly running out of steam. Major foreign mobile phone manufacturers are ready to launch their latest smartphones. People's interest in large-screen touch-screen smartphones is being ignited, and the entire society is in the process of transitioning from feature phones to smartphones.

Everyone wants to be the master of this blue ocean.

The year 2010 may be the era of great war among smartphones.

He is obviously a pioneer...

and many more.

He suddenly looked at Li Yan. This guy still hasn't explained why he's in such a hurry to come up with a concept phone in June, and why he's in such a hurry to attend the developer conference. Does he just want to get in before the melee begins?
What can a concept machine that can't be put into production do?
Huang Zhan suddenly felt an electric shock in his brain. If even the mobile phone launched by Lianxiang at the beginning of this year, whose biggest advantage was its "full range of functions", could be expected by so many people.

So what concept phone is Li Yan going to make?
He was so anxious and excited at the same time.

As a result, he became much more active in subsequent visits.

Li Yan was confused. Where was Boss Huang who was supposed to be a recluse and a homebody?
The founder of Sugou Input Method unexpectedly welcomed Li Yan because he was also a gold medalist in the Youth Information Olympiad International Competition. Naturally, he took good care of a junior who had the same first place as an international genius.

Li Yan asked a lot of technical questions, and he answered them very seriously.

So Li Yan explained the purpose of his visit and had an in-depth discussion with him on the development of smartphone input methods.

We had a pleasant chat and the boss of Sugou even insisted on treating us to lunch.

Then it was time to leave Shanghai.

What? Isn't there a competitor who is researching Robert system phones?

Yes, they canceled the Huang Exhibition at the last minute.

In the end, the word "trade secrets" is indispensable.

Li Yan was speechless. If that was the case, why did she agree to it in the first place? She was pessimistic about going to the Beijing smartphone development base camp to study.

"It's not big enough." Huang Zhan's reaction was very calm. "There are not so many secrets. If you want to do well in this industry, you must share with each other. Using open source resources like the Robert System, and still treating your so-called 'experience' as a treasure, is laughable."

The words that were said sounded... a little emotional.

Anyway, this short trip is over.

Huang Zhan went straight home. He didn't want to stay in this annoying company for the time being.

You can continue to worry about it tomorrow. Tonight, put on a vinyl record, listen to some classical music, then put a big ice ball in the glass and drink some whiskey.

Do nothing.

After sitting there for a while, he got up and turned on the computer.

Then for some reason I opened Weibo.

The latest content of the account "李颜Y" reposted the annual meeting minutes of "Qiyuan Chinese Network", and the time showed "17:14 in the afternoon" - this was forwarded as soon as he arrived at the dormitory.

Then it said: Yes, I am the author of "Nangong Youth".

Huang Zhan drank the wine at the bottom of the glass and chanted slowly:

"The dragon hides in the blue water, blending in with the toad. It waits for the day when it will rise to the top and shake the mountains and rivers with thunderbolts."

After reading it, he shook his head.

"I haven't seen this kid hide in any way."

(End of this chapter)