Chapter 551 Smartphone Launch Conference (Part )
On August 19th, technical staff from Bowei Network Technology Co., Ltd. arranged the site for the press conference.

Tangdu Provincial Assembly Hall was built in 11. It has a square shape with two rows of stone pillars in the front. It is quite grand and feels a bit like a smaller version of BJ Assembly Hall. The interior is very spacious. The lobby has stepped seats that can accommodate thousands of people. Technicians are installing a large screen on the rostrum.

Room 20 was borrowed by Ideal Technology to hold a smartphone launch conference. There was a projector and a screen on the podium. The projector would be blurry in a lighting environment. Bai Xiyao asked Bowen Network Technology Co., Ltd. to send a technical team to temporarily install a large LED electronic screen. On the afternoon of the 19th, the large screen had been installed and was being debugged.

"Mr. Zhou, Mr. Bai, the screen is installed. Do you want to try opening the PPT?"

At the conference hall, the technical team leader of Bowei Network Technology Co., Ltd. and the planning staff of Ideal Technology walked towards Zhou Jing and Bai Xiyao.

The PPT design of the press conference was confidential, so they did not dare to open it on their own initiative.

"Open it!"

Zhou Jing walked up to the podium to get a feel for it in advance. Standing in the center of the podium and looking out toward the lobby, he had a wider field of vision. Imagining the dense audience below the stage during the press conference, Zhou Jing couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

The province attaches great importance to Ideal Technology's first generation of smartphones. Some provincial leaders and cadres will personally attend the press conference on the 20th, as well as professors, teachers and students from universities in the province. The province has notified Ideal Technology to invite some people from university science and engineering departments to participate. The number of places is limited, so only students majoring in science and engineering are invited from universities.

The Ideal Technology technician in charge of planning the mobile phone launch conference opened the PPT on the big screen and used the remote control to switch the screen under the guidance of the technicians from Bowei Network Technology Co., Ltd.

"How about a rehearsal?"

Although the press conference was hosted by Zhou Jing, Bai Xiyao also felt nervous. The Ideal Technology smartphone press conference could be said to be a technological feast in Tangdu. Many important figures attended the conference and the provincial TV station broadcast it live. Serious accidents could not happen at such a press conference.

"Just let them rehearse well."

Zhou Jing wasn't so nervous that he said the wrong thing.

The only host on stage at the press conference was Zhou Jing. As long as Zhou Jing did not make any mistakes, no accidents would happen.

Bai Xiyao turned and walked towards the technicians of Bowei Network and Ideal Technology and said, "The equipment must be foolproof. Debug it again before the press conference tomorrow. During the press conference, those of you who are guarding the backstage should do so, and those who are guarding the stage should do so. If there is any error in the equipment, repair it as soon as possible."

"Okay Mr. Bai."

The personnel in charge of on-site technology knew the importance of the mobile phone launch conference and did not dare to take it lightly.

"Let me try."

The technical team was almost done with debugging. Zhou Jing went to get the wireless headset and remote control, adjusted the headset and blew into it.

The wireless Bluetooth headsets and large Bluetooth speakers used at the press conference are all products developed by Ideal Technology.

After half a year of development, Ideal Technology has mastered many Bluetooth devices. Products such as Bluetooth microphones, Bluetooth headsets, and large Bluetooth speakers have all achieved high quality. Bluetooth microphones and medium and large Bluetooth speakers are sold well across the country, and products of Ideal Technology Co., Ltd. can be seen in many KTVs.

"Try walking out from the backstage and switching the warm-up video to before the host comes on stage."

Bai Xiyao walked to the side and said to Chen Yu, the chief planner of the press conference.

"it is good."

Chen Yu went backstage to cut the video himself.

The warm-up video was recorded by a professional photographer. The video introduced the development history of Ideal Technology and Ideal mobile phones, the sales of Ideal products, and showed scenes such as the Ideal production line.

Zhou Jing came to the backstage, and when he heard [The launch of Ideal Technology's first-generation smartphone is about to begin, please welcome Mr. Zhou Jing, the founder, chairman and CEO of Ideal Technology], Zhou Jing straightened his back and strode to the front of the stage. When he went on stage, Zhou Jing was thinking about the movements and lines when he officially went on stage tomorrow.

"What are you going to wear tomorrow?"

Bai Xiyao raised her phone, took a few photos and asked with a smile.

"White T-shirt and jeans, are they appropriate?"

Zhou Jing turned on his headphones, the sound of the speakers filled the auditorium, and he turned around to ask the backstage to turn down the volume.

"Okay, wear black sneakers. Can't Gu Jia BJ leave?"

Bai Xiyao nodded. It should be Gu Jia’s responsibility to care about what her male best friend wears in formal occasions.

"She will be back tomorrow at noon. By the way, arrange for a woman with good driving skills to pick her up at the airport tomorrow."

Gu Jia certainly wants to witness such a big event as the launch of Ideal's first generation smartphone with her own eyes. The launch conference will start at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow, and Gu Jia can catch the event by taking a flight in the morning.

"Then you didn't tell me earlier."

Bai Xiyao turned on her phone and sent a message to the director of the human resources department of Ideal Technology.

"I was going to pick it up myself."

After getting familiar with the press conference site, Zhou Jing and Bai Xiyao left the Great Hall and went to the High-tech Zone to see the construction of the chip design company.

The chip design company started construction in June, and it has been two months. The project funds are sufficient and the progress is fast. The power and network information projects are carried out at the same time. The power and network are under the responsibility of Bowei Network Technology Co., Ltd., and the person in charge of the project is the general project manager. Zhou Jing does not have to worry about the quality of the project, because the cables, optical cables and equipment used for power and network exceed the company's design standards.

If the weather is favorable and nothing unexpected happens, the roofing of all buildings will be completed before the construction is stopped in winter this year. The main buildings of Ideal Shengtang Chip Design Company include an office building, a research and development building, a restaurant, a staff activity center, eight single apartments, etc. The office building is taller, with twenty floors, and the single apartments are all fifteen floors. The height of other buildings does not exceed six floors.

"We have started designing the R&D base. We are planning to build a seven- or eight-story circular building in the center to house the technology integration center. We will build other technical branches around the circular building. We will build single apartments in the east area of ​​the base, the west area will be an employee activity area, and the north area will be the company's public area."

After leaving the chip design company's construction site, Bai Xiyao drove to the area next door that was allocated to Ideal Technology to build a research and development base. The research and development base covers an area of ​​nearly 2,500 acres and stretches as far as the eye can see.

"Yes, we will complete the planning this year and start construction after the year if everything goes well with the smartphone."

Zhou Jing nodded. Bai Guimi’s general plan was very reasonable and grand. The area of ​​more than 2,000 acres had a lot of planning space.

Bai Xiyao also thought so. Now everything is ready, except for the favorable conditions, if the smartphone is a huge success after its release.

The total investment in Ideal Technology's R&D base exceeds 13 billion yuan, which may seem like a huge number, but in fact it is not a big deal for a company with an annual net profit of tens of billions. Moreover, there is no need to invest more than 17 billion yuan at one time. If the infrastructure construction mode is turned on, the construction period of the R&D base will be at least four to five years. Construction will start in and it will be put into use in .

"After the acquisition, Taiwei Semiconductor will integrate all the R&D units."

Zhou Jing continued.

"After the press conference, a comprehensive R&D management office will be established."

Bai Xiyao nodded. Now in Tangdu alone, Ideal Technology is directly and indirectly responsible for more than ten R&D teams with more than a thousand people. There is indeed a need for comprehensive management and technical interaction. It is useless for each team to do useless work for the camp.

"can."

Zhou Jing leaned his seat back and looked at his phone.

"Xmi's new phone has been hotly pre-sold these days. If our phone takes away Xmi's business tomorrow, will Lei JUN be angry?"

Bai Xiyao said this while browsing Weibo.

"Xmi's sales volume is not worth competing with. If we have to compete, we should compete with Huawei's market share."

Zhou Jing smiled. Xiaomi's total sales in the first half of the year were less than three million units, while Huawei's total sales of traditional mobile phones and smartphones in the first half of the year were over ten million units. They were not on the same scale.

"We should stock less Ideal 1 and more Fantasy 1. Fantasy 1 will definitely sell well."

Bai Xiyao said that the 1199 yuan Vision 1 has no rivals in the same class.

"It doesn't affect it."

Zhou Jing is very calm. Tomorrow, not only a mobile phone will be released, but also a smart speaker.

After get off work, Zhou Jing went to his father-in-law and mother-in-law's house.

"Jia Jia, you won't be able to go home in time for lunch tomorrow, right?" Mother Gu said as she made Zhou Jing a cup of tea.

"I can't come back at noon. I'll go home tomorrow afternoon and stay overnight. We'll go back to BJ together the day after tomorrow."

Zhou Jing said, holding the water cup in both hands.

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The next day, August 20th, Zhou Jing went to Ideal Technology in the morning. He was dressed very neatly, wearing a solid white T-shirt on the upper body, blue slim jeans on the lower body, black sneakers, and a Patek Philippe watch on his wrist. He had his hair cut before returning to Tangdu. He looked clean, neat and energetic.

Zhou Jing arrived at Ideal Technology at around nine o'clock and went to her best friend Bai's office.

"Wow, Maybach S680, whose car is it?"

"BJ took the photo, it should be Mr. Zhou's."

"Isn't Mr. Zhou from Tangdu?"

“BJ also has a company, so it should be settled in BJ.”

"How much does this car cost?"

"No less than three and a half million."

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Downstairs in the office building, employees of Ideal Technology passing by noticed the Maybach and started talking about it. Those who liked the car asked their companions to take a photo with the Maybach.

"What time do you leave for the press conference?"

Bai Xiyao looked at Zhou Jing who came in and said.

"A little after twelve."

The press conference starts at 2:30 p.m., and Zhou Jing has to go to the venue early because an important person has arrived and needs to be received.

"A lot of digital bloggers and reviewers came. Over 50 people registered for the room last night using invitation letters. The total number of people attending the press conference should be over 1,400."

Bai Xiyao checked the data sent by the logistics department. The press conference site was not open to the public. Ordinary people could only enter with an invitation letter from Ideal Technology. Most of the participants were students from various universities in Tangdu. The conference hall could accommodate more than 1,500 people in total, and Ideal Technology provided 1,400 invitation letters.

Anyone who comes to the scene can receive a gift package provided by Ideal Technology. The gifts include a high-end small Bluetooth speaker and a mobile power bank, with a total value of about one hundred yuan. College students usually rush to get it.

"Our phone hasn't even been released yet but negative articles have already appeared. Previously, articles criticizing us for being the tragedy of Chinese technology and causing the country's technology to regress have appeared again in the past two days."

Bai Xiyao said while looking at her phone.

"Just get used to it. There will always be people who criticize you, no matter how well you do."

Zhou Jing said nonchalantly.

Bai Xiyao said: "Should we ask the Ministry of Justice to sue both of them?"

"It's not necessary. External conflicts help to unite the internal team. Users generally don't care about some minor problems with the product or minor problems that don't delay things. Even if some problems affect the experience, most people won't take it too seriously. The moon has its phases!"

"Some people exaggerate problems or deliberately smear, but rational people will defend them. Even if we have the ability to ban all haters, when there are no external conflicts, different voices will emerge among fans and gradually form opposition. This is also true within a country and between countries. This is the principle of yin and yang in Tai Chi. A single pole cannot last long."

"Even if the company's legal department fights lawsuits every day, it still can't improve people's impression of the product."

Zhou Jing had seen through this in his previous life. He knew that contradictions were inevitable, and that contradictions were necessary for the development of things.

"You are so profound. No wonder you have such a good attitude."

Bai Xiyao felt that listening to Zhou Jing's words was better than reading ten years of books. After thinking about it carefully, "external conflicts are conducive to internal unity" makes a lot of sense. Take a family for example, even if the family relationship is not very harmonious, if there is an invasion by outsiders, the family members will unite and face the outside together. In the entertainment industry, fans of a group are very fierce when they curse at a single fan, but individual fans within the group can even fight with each other.

After understanding this, Bai Xiyao no longer gets angry when someone slanders Ideal's products.

Bai Xiyao looked at Zhou Jing and said, "There are so many gongzhi on the Internet who say that all the time. Have the countries seen through what you said?"

"do not know."

Zhou Jing shook his head calmly.

Bai Xiyao thought that her vision was far inferior to Zhou Jing's.

Before the smartphone launch conference, Zhou Jing convened a meeting with managers and supervisors from Ideal Technology's marketing and sales departments. Pre-sales will start immediately after the launch conference. There are many things to pay attention to after the pre-sales start, including arranging online delivery, preparing pre-sale gifts, deposit management, and after-sales service after delivery.

After the meeting, Zhou Jing and Bai Xiyao went out to eat something and went to the Ideal Technology Office in the office building. After arranging their work, they went to the Provincial Assembly Hall.

At around twelve o'clock, people had already started to enter the conference hall. Those who came so early were mainly digital bloggers and reviewers.

Zhou Jing drove around the front of the Great Hall and entered through the back door.

Gu Jia arrived at Tangdu Airport at around 11:30, and someone arranged by Bai Xiyao picked her up at the airport in advance.

The director of the HR department of Ideal Technology took Gu Jia to the backstage of the Provincial Assembly Hall, found Zhou Jing who was busy and said, "Boss Zhou, the person has been picked up."

"Okay, there's nothing else to do. You can go back to the company first!" Zhou Jing asked the HR director to go back and looked at Gu Jia and said, "You haven't eaten yet, right?"

"I ate some snacks I brought with me on the plane. I'm not hungry now. I'll go home and eat after I'm done here."

Gu Jia tied her hair and said.

"Long time no see, Teacher Gu."

Bai Xiyao came over to say hello.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

Gu Jia smiled and nodded.

"This is the deputy general manager of Chuangzhi Technology Headquarters. Her surname is Gu and she is also the boss's wife."

At this time, there were quite a few people backstage in the conference hall. Except for the multimedia and network technicians from Bowei Network Technology Co., Ltd., the others were from Ideal Technology, including a group of senior executives of Ideal Technology. Zhou Jing gave them a brief introduction.

"Hello, Vice President Gu."

The company's employees said one after another.

"Hello everyone."

Gu Jia was wearing a white long-sleeved shirt today, and a pair of blue slim jeans with rolled-up cuffs. She was wearing a pair of white sneakers. In order to appear to be closer in age than Zhou Jing, Gu Jia took great pains in dressing.

Zhou Jing is 24 years old this year, in the prime of his life. Gu Jia cannot dress in a way that makes her look too mature or too vulgar, so she can only wear plain and simple clothes.

It was the first time that the people from Tangdu Company saw the boss's wife, whom they had only heard of but never seen in person. They looked at Gu Jia and thought that although she was pretty, she was older than the boss. They wondered what kind of qualifications could be worthy of such an outstanding young person like their boss.

"You guys get ready first."

Zhou Jing arranged the work and took Gu Jia to the rest room.

(End of this chapter)