#417 - Termination of cooperation
Back then, Huawei spun off Honor to contain the development of Xiaomi and Huaxing Technology!
Although Xiaomi didn't spin off the Redmi phone, it accepted Honor's challenge.
The Redmi Note 2 series was created to counter the Honor 8 series.
It was also an attempt by Xiaomi to expand into the thousand-yuan phone market with the Redmi series.
In the Xiaomi company, Lei Jun sat in the conference room and said to the senior executives:
"Honor's products are very good this time, but we can't lose to Honor in this sales battle!"
Clearly, Lei Jun valued the Redmi Note 2 series very much, even believing that Redmi phones must take on the responsibility of competing with Honor.
Just as Lei Jun was arranging the sales plan, a phone call suddenly disrupted his plan.
Originally, Lei Jun wanted to hang up, but after seeing the name on the phone, he was slightly stunned!
The call was actually from Samsung headquarters, Xiaomi's most important partner.
The top-tier flagship phone screens and certain sensors of Xiaomi come from Samsung.
Samsung is Xiaomi's most valued partner. If Xiaomi wants to break into the high-end flagship market in the future, it cannot do without Samsung's support.
Lei Jun couldn't understand why someone from Samsung headquarters would call him, as the two companies rarely contacted each other unless it was something very important.
With doubts in his mind, Lei Jun answered the phone, but after hearing what was said, his face turned serious.
When the senior executives around him saw Lei Jun's serious expression, they showed a strange look on their faces.
After all, the usually approachable Lei Jun rarely showed such an expression.
After finishing the call, Lei Jun asked a middle-aged man with a hint of anger on his face:
"What happened between you and Samsung!"
Just now, someone from Samsung headquarters called to say that they would no longer provide top-tier flagship phone screens to Xiaomi this year and would terminate the cooperation between the two companies.
From Samsung's words, Lei Jun understood that something seemed to be wrong on his side!
That's why Samsung was unwilling to cooperate with his company anymore.
The middle-aged man sitting on the side heard Lei Jun's angry words, and a trace of panic appeared in his eyes. At this time, he didn't know how to answer Lei Jun's question!
Seeing this senior executive of the group with a hint of panic and daring not to look directly at him, Lei Jun roughly guessed what was going on, thinking of the other party's usual arrogant attitude.
When Lin Wen and other senior executives saw Lei Jun's angry expression, and then looked at the middle-aged man with a nervous expression in the conference room, they didn't know how to deal with the current problem.
Having conflicts with suppliers is not a good thing, let alone with top-tier component suppliers like Samsung.
In recent years, Xiaomi has been eager to break into the high-end flagship market, so it has had frequent contact with Samsung.
Since last year, Xiaomi's high-end flagship phones have been equipped with Samsung's OLED screens, which has significantly improved Xiaomi's reputation and sales.
So now, for Xiaomi, Samsung's OLED screen has become a necessity!
After all, Samsung's OLED screen is the most needed component for Xiaomi's high-end phones.
Of course, Xiaomi can also find other screen manufacturers, but it is too difficult to find a manufacturer with sufficient production capacity and sufficient quality.
Lei Jun said to the middle-aged man with disappointment: "You don't need to manage the company's affairs now. Take a break for a while!"
After thinking for a while, Lei Jun also dealt with this senior executive of the group. In his opinion, this senior executive was no longer suitable for this position.
If he continued to hold this position, the company might become a mess.
This senior executive of the group also knew that what he had done had completely violated the company's development, and in the end, he could only silently accept Lei Jun's arrangement.
Hearing the words of the person in charge of Samsung, Lei Jun's heart was a little messed up, and even the sales meeting about Redmi phones was temporarily stopped.
Although the Redmi phone series is a part of Xiaomi's diversified development, the most important development now is still flagship models.
After all, some time ago, Lei Jun had already prepared to launch the Xiaomi 6 series, and even prepared to stack a lot of materials on this phone.
With Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon processor and Samsung's top-tier screen, Lei Jun believed that this phone would definitely amaze everyone.
Qualcomm's new processor is even more powerful than Apple's A10 processor.
It's just that now that there is a lack of important components such as OLED screens, Lei Jun has a headache.
Although the domestic BOE's LCD screens are very good, their OLED screens are just starting out.
In terms of quality, it is naturally impossible to reach the level required by flagship models. If you use this kind of screen to compete in the flagship market, you will only be beaten.
"It seems that now I can only lower my face and ask for help!"
Lei Jun is now very helpless, and at this time he has to find his competitors.
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On the other side, at Huaxing Technology, the Hongmeng S series phones have already begun to be stocked.
This time, the person in charge of the Hongmeng S series, Chang Cheng, has prepared five products for this series!
The positioning of these five products ranges from hundred-yuan phones to flagship phones.
Chang Cheng, the person in charge of this Hongmeng S series, has made many preparations for the sales of this brand.
At Huaxing Technology, Lu Haifeng looked at the names of these five products and was stunned!
Hongmeng S4mimi, Hongmeng S4, Hongmeng S4pIuS, Hongmeng S4pro, and the top-tier S4MAX.
Lu Haifeng said to Chang Cheng with a smile: "Your naming skills are quite high!"
Lu Haifeng looked at the information of these five products sent by Chang Cheng, and was also confused by the names Chang Cheng gave them.
I have to say that Chang Cheng has a unique talent that others don't have in naming phones, and he can come up with such names in such a short period of time.
Originally, Lu Haifeng thought that Chang Cheng would create several series according to the pricing of the phones, but he didn't expect Chang Cheng to use this method.
The Hongmeng S4mimi phone looks like a shrunk version. Lu Haifeng doesn't even need to look at it to know that the processor used in this phone must be the previous generation's Zhulong A series processor.
As for the other numbers plus different symbols, they may represent this price range.
The Hongmeng S4MAX phone is likely to be the flagship model released by the Hongmeng S series.
It will firmly occupy the price range of 3,500 to 5,000, and compete with Xiaomi, Huawei and other mobile phone manufacturers for this market, and contain other mobile phone manufacturers.
