Chapter 554: No Limits in Business War

"Finally home."

After returning home after more than a year, Gu Jia felt extremely cordial.

"Jia Jia, you must be very hungry. Eat something first. Xiao Zhou must be tired after standing for so long at the press conference, right?"

Knowing that Gu Jia had not eaten lunch, Gu's mother cooked early and brought the prepared cakes, corn and vegetables to the table.

"I'm not tired, I'm just nervous."

Zhou Jing went to the bathroom to wash his hands, and came out to eat some fruit first.

"The press conference received a lot of response online. The concept of smart speakers is very novel and young people will definitely like it."

Dad Gu said with a smile.

"The smart speaker is only the first stage now. Subsequent upgraded models will have more functions, such as telling stories and jokes, setting alarms with voice commands, automatically searching for music that matches the user's preferences based on the user's description, and playing music at a scheduled time with voice commands, etc." Gu Jia looked at Zhou Jing and said with a smile, "Does this count as leaking trade secrets?"

"What secrets are there in the family?"

Zhou Jing smiled and said.

“The idea is great.”

When he was young, Gu's father was also a fan of electronic products. He used phonographs, pagers, PHS, and digital cameras. Compared with today's technology, the times when he was young were very backward.

"What time do you leave tomorrow?"

Mother Gu said as she prepared the meal.

"We have to drive early, leaving at seven or eight."

Gu Jia picked up a corn, stuck it on the chopsticks and ate while talking.

Mother Gu said, "It's much easier for two people to drive. It's too tiring for one person to drive such a long distance."

"I will probably be back on October 1st next time. If I am free on October 1st, I will go back to Zhou Jing's hometown and stay for two or three days in Tangdu." Gu Jia picked up a piece of food for Gu's mother and said with a smile: "Mom, are you going to BJ after the National Day holiday?"

"Go, you're free at home."

Mother Gu understood what her daughter meant and decided that it would be her turn to go to BJ to take care of the baby in October.

"Dad will be left home alone again."

Gu Jia felt very guilty.

"fine."

Mr. Gu is still in good health and can take care of himself. Besides, my cousin lives in the house allocated by the unit as a cadre nanny and can clean the house and cook.

At the same time as the press conference ended, the experience machine in Ideal's offline store was opened, and customers who came into the store tried it out one after another. After the experience, they were very happy with the effect, and they were attracted by it. Pre-orders in offline stores do not require full payment, just one hundred yuan, and the pre-sale benefits are the same.

After experiencing the wonders of Ideal smartphones and smart speakers, many people who were not very confident about pre-ordering could not help but pay a deposit.

Digital bloggers and reviewers who attended the press conference or not will find the nearest ideal store as soon as possible and post a message after experiencing the products.

[I have experienced the Ideal smartphone for everyone first. Apart from the iPhone, I have never used a phone that is smoother than the Ideal smartphone. Ideal is NB]

[The price of Ideal 1 is definitely the most conscientious among all smartphones of the same level. If I have to choose between iPhone and Ideal 1, I will choose Ideal 1. Although the iPhone has better fluency, the screen of iPhone is really too small. The Ideal 4.3 screen, plus the good fluency, is really fun to play games. In addition, pre-orders will come with a smart speaker and a 10000 ml power bank, which is awesome.]

[The smoothness of the Vision 1 is really no worse than other mobile phones that cost more than 1 yuan. If you don’t have too high requirements for pixels, this phone is definitely worth buying. The Vision is definitely the most cost-effective phone this year.]

[Intelligent Ideal’s software system is amazing, Mr. Zhou is not bragging]

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Various digital bloggers and reviewers expressed their opinions after offline experience.

Some people are optimistic about the Ideal smartphone, while others are completely critical of it. There are many haters who criticize it without even trying it out.

After seeing the reactions of people who have experienced Ideal smartphones and hearing the feedback from engineers sent by the company to Ideal offline stores to experience the products, domestic competitors could no longer sit still and held emergency meetings one after another, making mobile phone system optimization their next focus.

It was inconvenient for Mr. Gu to ride in Zhou Jing's car, so he rested at home after dinner. Zhou Jing and Gu Jia took Mother Gu out for a walk.

After buying some things for his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Zhou Jing went home in the evening and checked the pre-sale status of Ideal smartphones and smart speakers on the Ideal official website, JD.com and Tmall stores.

JD.com has the best pre-sale situation and is the leader in online electronic product sales.

As the Ideal press conference quickly fermented after its conclusion, it continued to dominate the digital circle.

Of course, the social networking site Momo and mobile app P站, owned by Chuangzhi Technology, were not idle either. The backend operation department of P站 personally posted entry page advertisements and promoted posts related to Ideal smartphones and smart speakers to cooperate with Ideal promotion. Ideal smartphones and smart speakers successfully made it to the hot searches on Weibo.

The number of views increased sharply after it became a hot topic.

Smartphones are already well known to people, and the novelty of smart speakers has brought a lot of attention to ideal smartphones.

"Negative articles appeared before the smartphone was officially launched. One post said that the Ideal phone was rubbish after less than three months of use."

Gu Jia came to the study and said while browsing Weibo.

“Friendly merchants have taken action.”

Zhou Jing was not surprised. Criticisms are always the same, and the tactics used are still the same ten years later.

"How to do?"

Gu Jia used a secondary account to refute the hater's post: "The Ideal smartphone was released today and will be available on September 1st. How did you buy it three months ago?"

"It is necessary to dispel rumors and fight back."

Zhou Jing was not surprised by such things. Since the competitor had sent out its dogs, Ideal Technology would take over. The number of P站 users had exceeded 20 million, and young people had a special liking for this picture and text social app, and their love for it was no less than that for Weibo. There was no need to hire internet trolls, and all that was needed was to push traffic to P站's posts complaining about competitors.

Which brand doesn't have black fans? Last month, Zhou Jing asked P station to operate. On the one hand, it promoted traffic for the black fans of competitors, and on the other hand, it promoted traffic for posts that seemed to compare competitors' products but were actually provoking conflicts. It is too easy for them to stir up trouble when they control the social platforms.

“The blogger who took a photo with you after the press conference posted a post.”

Gu Jia handed the phone to Zhou Jing and said.

Zhou Jing took the phone and took a look. The blogger's post was well written and he praised Ideal very objectively, saying that Ideal's innovation ability was unique and that the smoothness of Ideal's smartphone system was truly unique among domestically produced phones.

After taking a quick look, Zhou Jing returned the phone to Teacher Gu and said, "It will be no problem to sell 5 million smartphones this year."

"Since September, we have sold more than one million copies per month on average."

Gu Jia is confident in his own products, mainly because the Ideal smartphone brand has not been established. The quality and performance of the Ideal smartphone alone are second to none among domestic smartphones of the same level. How many it can sell will be left to the market.

“Don’t underestimate the market of six billion people.”

Zhou Jing smiled and opened his phone to check Weibo.

Luo Yonghao also posted:

[I said before that Ideal smartphones are great. Many people said that I received benefits from Ideal and that I was doing commercial mutual flattery. Those who criticized me before are now slapping themselves in the face. I have said long ago that the software system is the soul of a smartphone and the gap between domestic smartphones and Apple and Samsung. Only by making good software can we make good smartphones.

If you can't make the hardware, you can just buy it, but the software can only be researched by your own company. The public version of Android is like a rough house, very rough and full of loopholes. As a mobile phone manufacturer, it is really embarrassing to have a ready-made rough house operating system but fail to modify it well or even plug the loopholes.

It is no exaggeration to say that if Ideal OS is two years behind iPhone OS, then other domestic mobile phone systems are at least five years behind iPhone OS.

"This guy has a really vicious mouth."

Zhou Jing clicked the “like” button and entered his homepage. His main account had over 500,000 followers. He had posted a message before the press conference, which now had over 20,000 likes and over a thousand comments, with a wide variety of comments.

[Come on Ideal, I have already ordered Ideal 1, waiting for delivery]

[Teacher Zhou, can you give me a mobile phone (hehe), just kidding, I just bought two Ideal 1]

[I bought an Ideal Bluetooth phone and Bluetooth speaker in May this year. They are very useful. I bought one for my father and mother respectively. I just ordered Ideal 1]

[Are you all so rich? My wallet is limited, so I bought a Changxiang 1 and a high-end smart speaker] - [My wallet is limited, but I still bought a high-end smart speaker] - [Haha, Xiaoai is so cute]

[Brother Jing is mine, don't fight with me] - [Stay away from my domineering president]

【.】

"This should be a student from Experimental Middle School, right? His name is Cui Hao, right?"

Gu Jia clicked on the fan page of Mr. Zhou Jingzhou.

"Yeah." Zhou Jing exited the student homepage and replied to the comment: [Give one to your girlfriend?]

“Will you consider looking for a celebrity endorsement in the future?”

Gu Jia leaned against the corner of the table and said.

"Let's see then!"

Zhou Jing said that he was his own spokesperson, but that was a joke. Zhou Jing was not planning to make himself an Internet celebrity, but he would find a celebrity to endorse him when necessary.

"Who are you going to find to be the spokesperson? Your goddess Liu Yifei?"

Gu Jia said with a smile.

"It's up to you to find a spokesperson. Who do you want to find?"

Zhou Jing hooked Gu Lao's waist, pulled him into his arms and said with a smile.

"Let me debut as an endorsement! How high of a star can I be if I debut?"

Gu Jia pinched the boy's chin and said.

"Eighteenth line."

Zhou Jing hugged Gu Jia and kissed her shoulder. To be successful in the entertainment industry, one cannot just be good-looking. One must have at least some acting or singing skills, as well as financial support.

"If you are looking for a celebrity endorsement, you can consider celebrities who actively use Ideal Mobile Phones. If you want to call your mother, will you call or should I?"

Gu Jia picked up the phone and said.

"You hit."

Zhou Jing logged into QQ on his computer.

Gu Jia asked her mother-in-law to turn on the computer and log into QQ, and Zhou Jing sent a video invitation.

"Zhou Zhou, look who this is?"

Wu Suqin connected the video and held the child in front of the camera.

The little girl, who had just been coaxed by Wu Suqin, saw Zhou Jing and Gu Jia in the video and started crying again.

"Zhou Zhou, don't cry. Mom and Dad are here. Do you miss them?"

"Be good, baby. Daddy will be back tomorrow. Open your eyes and let Daddy see you."

Zhou Jing and Gu Jia coax the child online.

The little girl cried a little softer and sobbed as she stared at the computer screen with tearful eyes.

"Call me daddy."

Zhou Jing kissed the camera.

"Dad eme, hee~"

"Call mom."

"Mom~"

"Be good and go to sleep with grandma. Mommy will bring Daddy home tomorrow. If you cry, Daddy won't come back. Have you told Mommy to eat well?"

"Uh-huh~"

The little girl kept speaking baby talk, regardless of whether the adults could understand her or not.

"You enjoyed your meal, didn't you? Dad will bring you something delicious tomorrow. Smile for Dad."

Zhou Jing pretended to understand.

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After coaxing the child, Zhou Jing turned off the computer and went to rest with Gu Jia.

After the release of Ideal smartphone, both online and offline pre-sales met expectations. In half a day, the total orders of Ideal 1 online store and offline store exceeded 1, and the orders of Changxiang 1 exceeded 1. According to this trend, it will not be a problem for Ideal to have over orders and Changxiang to have over orders in the ten-day pre-sale period.

Zhou Jing’s plan for the fourth quarter of 12 is to try out the technology and make a big push in 13.

13 was the year of the smartphone explosion. By the second half of 13, almost every college student had a smartphone.

The next day, August 21st, Zhou Jing and Gu Jia got up early and returned to BJ, and the marketing work of the smartphone was handed over to Bai’s best friend and Ideal Technology executives.

It was more than a thousand kilometers from Tangdu to BJ. Zhou Jing and Gu Jia took turns driving and returned to BJ's home at around six in the evening.

"Hi!"

The child was sitting on the guardrail in the living room playing with toys. Zhou Jing walked in, put down his things and walked towards the guardrail.

"Uh, huh~"

The little girl looked back, then reacted and dropped her toy and quickly crawled towards Zhou Jing. She crawled very fast, and she was so anxious that she was panting as if she was about to cry.

"Is Dad back?"

Zhou Jing picked up the little girl and kissed her.

"Babamama, huh."

The little girl clung to Zhou Jing's arms and kept sticking to him.

"Mom has only been gone for one day and you're already crying like a baby?"

Gu Jia threw the bag on the sofa and gently pinched the child's face.

"Uh~mama~"

The little girl shouted in a baby voice.

"Oh, dear mother."

Gu Jia pouted at the child.

"What!"

"Jia Jia, you must be tired these past two days. Do you want to wash first or eat first?"

Wu Suqin came out of the kitchen and said.

"You guys eat first, I'll take a shower."

Gu Jia felt uncomfortable after being stuck in the car for a whole day, so she went to the bedroom, got a pajamas dress and went to the bathroom.

Zhou Jing waited for Gu Jia to eat together. He coaxed the child first, kissed the child and said, "You cried so cutely last night. Let daddy see you cry again."

"See if your father is bad or not, beat him up."

Wu Suqin patted Zhou Jing's shoulders twice.

"Grandma hit Daddy and it hurts him. Rub this area for him."

Zhou Jing put the little girl's hand on his shoulder and said.

“bobobobo.”

The little girl scratched Zhou Jing's shoulders with her small hands and bit his neck with her mouth.

"It's really Dad's little cotton-padded jacket."

Gu Jia came out of the shower, and Zhou Jing took the child to eat.

"Come with grandma, mom and dad will eat and then take care of the baby."

Wu Suqin clapped her hands and said.

The little girl clung to Zhou Jing and wouldn't get off. Zhou Jing held the child in his left arm and ate with chopsticks in his right hand.

"Open your mouth, let mommy see your teeth."

Gu Jia pinched the child's chin and said.

"Ah~"

The child obediently opened his mouth, and his upper central incisor was bulging.

"The upper front teeth will grow in next month."

Gu Jia bent down, kissed the child, and sat down to eat.

In order to prevent the child from being greedy, Zhou Jing bit off a piece of cantaloupe, sucked out the seeds and let the child chew it. The little girl lay obediently on Zhou Jing's arms, holding a piece of cantaloupe with both hands and chewing it.

"Your dad drove all day and came back to eat and you still want to rely on him. Don't you feel sorry for his hard work?"

Gu Jia pinched the child's feet and said.

A baby who is only a few months old doesn’t understand so much, he just knows that he feels secure with his parents.

"Dad is not tired. You will feel sorry for him when you grow up."

Zhou Jing picked up a piece of meat and ate it and said.

"Don't spoil her."

After dinner, Gu Jia took the child to the bedroom to feed him, and Zhou Jing went to take a shower.

Twenty-four-hour pre-sale data for Ideal smartphones was released. Bai Xiyao asked the marketing department to compile the pre-sale data from more than 600 offline stores across the country and send it to Zhou Jing.

Within twenty hours after its release, the pre-sale volume of Ideal 1 in online stores exceeded 1, and that in offline stores exceeded 1. The pre-sale volume of Changxiang 1 in online stores exceeded , but the pre-sale volume in offline stores was lower than that of Ideal . Zhou Jing thought that this was understandable, as the smart speaker in the pre-sale benefits of Ideal was too attractive.

The pre-sale benefits of Imagine 1 do not include smart speakers, so it is not too late to buy them after they are officially launched.

[Or do you have foresight? You don't see the ideal 1. Increase the inventory. Imagine 1. Stock up]

Before the press conference, Bai Xiyao thought that the pre-sale of Imagine 1 would be much better than that of Ideal 1, ignoring the fact that the pre-sale benefit of Ideal 1 included the addition of smart speakers.

Zhou Jing: [It’s just the beginning. After the launch, the sales of Changxiang 1 will be much better than Ideal 1]

Bai Xiyao: [I am looking forward to the press conference next spring]

Zhou Jing: [No new products next spring, looking forward to the launch next fall]

Ideal Technology's research team will be everywhere next year. The battery technology has reached the point of miniaturization with a battery life of one and a half hours. After the successful miniaturization of Bluetooth chips and integrated circuits, Bluetooth headsets can be mass-produced. Smart offices and smart homes are expected to be launched on the market in 14.

"Smelly feet! Let dad smell them to see if they are stinky or not."

Gu Jia smelled the child's feet and pushed them in front of Zhou Jing.

"Where does it stink? It doesn't stink at all."

Zhou Jing kissed the child's feet and tickled the soles of his feet with his fingers.

"Ho-ha!"

The little girl dodged with her feet and danced with laughter.

"Caterpillars love to bite children's feet."

Zhou Jing picked up the caterpillar doll on the bed and tickled the child's feet.

The little girl kicked her legs and crawled into Gu Jia's arms.

"Mom is also afraid of caterpillars. Zhou Zhou must be brave and protect her."

Gu Jia pushed the child to the front.

After playing with the child for a while, Zhou Jing asked the child to hold his fingers to practice grasping and body stretching.

"The business war is too dark. Some people have set their sights on Pornhub and posted articles criticizing Pornhub for being vulgar or something like that."

Gu Jia saw a post criticizing Pornhub on Weibo and witnessed the bottomless nature of commercial warfare.

(End of this chapter)