"Xiao Miao, go see who else has not signed a contract and ask them if they are interested in forming a group. We can jointly sign a contract with them. This can save a lot of money." Xu Lihua said to Miao Dongping who was standing aside.

"Okay, Chairman." Miao Dongping nodded.

In the end, Bird reached an agreement with manufacturers such as Southern Hi-tech and TCL Haier.

After all, buying a set together can save you $14 compared to buying a set separately, which is not a small amount when converted into Chinese currency.

...

At the same time, a negotiation was taking place in the conference room above the press conference.

Bill Gates and Craig Barrett are meeting with the presidents of Nokia, Motorola, and Ericsson.

"Ollila, Edward, Svenkel, I think you should try to introduce our products. This can ensure the diversity of your own products and increase your competitiveness in the market." Bill Gates said.

"Bill, the new Symbian system is coming out soon, and it is impossible for us to introduce the WP system again." Ollila Peov refused.

Edward Platt and Swinkel Kevin fell into deep thought after hearing Bill Gates's words.

For a manufacturer, it is necessary to enrich product categories. If it were not for losing face, they would consider introducing Kirin products.

Of course, face is only one of the reasons, and the other reason is because Qilin is a Chinese enterprise.

If they introduce Kirin's products, they will definitely be criticized by their peers. They will not take this risk until their lives are at stake.

"Ollila, don't reject us in a hurry. Can you guarantee that Symbian will work? Are you sure you won't leave yourself a way out?" Bill Gates smiled.

Are Bill Gates' words a threat?

Not really.

Although Ollela Peov is the president of Nokia, there is a company board of directors above him, and any decision he makes must be explained to the board of directors.

Once he makes a wrong decision, he will be ousted by the board of directors, which is something he has to worry about.

Bill Gates' words just touched his fatal point.

After all, everyone is a big shot and needs a step down.

At this time, Swinkel Kevin came out and said: "Ollila, I think Bill is right. Microsoft and Intel do not produce mobile phones. They are not our opponents. Product enrichment is necessary."

"I agree with Kevin and Bill, we are not enemies with them." Edward Platt said.

There's a reason Edward Platt agrees with Bill Gates.

I don’t know when the new Saipan will be launched, and even if it is launched, I don’t know how the market will react.

If they don't adopt the WP system, their market share is likely to be taken away by others. In this case, why not adopt the WP system? Moreover, there is a gap in their products, and the emergence of WP has just filled this gap.

In the end, Ollela Peov lowered his head and reached an agreement.

...

January 7, 2005, China time.

During this period, Cao Mang focused his work on the Nuwa project.

Every day I take time to go to the laboratory to check the progress of my mobile phone.

"Xiao Yang, how about the touch screens from those factories over there?" Uncle You Xin asked.

At this time, Yang Ziye and several assistants were testing the actual data of the touch screen.

"I only have the Bangzi ELK here, and the Wanwan Yanghua Optoelectronics is suitable. The multi-touch lag of other brands is terrible." Yang Zi also replied.

"The only one I can look past is OFILM. This manufacturer was established not long ago and its technology is still good." Uncle You Xin replied.

"These are the three companies that will be selected in the end," Yang Ziye said.

The only thing missing now is the touch screen and chips. These two things ensure that Kirin mobile phones can be mass-produced.

The first-generation Kirin mobile phone looks similar to the first-generation rice phone. In fact, Cao Mang also wanted to make a narrow bezel but the technology was not good enough.

Today's LCD technology is too backward.

If you want to make a full screen, you need to have a good screen match.

...

Kirin Industrial Park President's Office.

Zhu Youfang came to Cao Mang's office to report on her work.

"Boss, the acquisition of Shennan Chemical has been completed. The production line will be renovated on the 15th of this month. The factory is expected to mass-produce photocoat by the end of the month.

In addition, the LED retina technology patent you asked me to apply for has been approved.

..." Zhu Youfang reported the key recent events one by one.

When the amount of photoresist used was not large in the past, Cao Mang found an foundry to do the manufacturing. Nowadays, the amount of photoresist used is increasing.

Cao Mang simply asked the think tank to find a more suitable chemical plant for acquisition. Shennan Chemical Plant was the think tank that selected the best one from hundreds of chemical plants.

Cao Mang spent more than 700 million to acquire Shennan Chemical Plant.

There's no way it's really worth the price.

Of course, Cao Mang could also choose to build his own factory, but it would take at least two years to build a factory, and he was not willing to spend this time waiting.

The profit from photoresist is very huge. Two years is enough to earn back a factory. Who would build a factory as long as they are not fools?

As for LED retina technology?

This technology is exclusive to Fruit.

With this technology, high-resolution screens can be produced in advance.

Of course, Cao Mang and his family cannot do it alone. Cao Mang plans to cooperate with Samsung in production.

Why go with Samsung?

First of all, Samsung has a profound foundation in LCD technology, and Samsung is also a partner of Kirin. It is not that Cao Mang does not want to cooperate with domestic manufacturers.

But even if we cooperate with them, they can't produce retinal liquid crystal.

Because domestic LCD manufacturers lack a key piece of equipment.

That is the vacuum evaporation equipment. This equipment is a real monopoly equipment, and its complexity has surpassed that of the photolithography machine.

(The transcendence of lithography machines mentioned here refers to the surpassing of lithography machines in this era.)

Currently, there is only one company in Neon Country in the world that can produce it, because this equipment is a very large one and its output is also very low.

When this company was about to go bankrupt, Samsung revived it with capital injections. When the equipment was produced, Samsung would be given priority.

This is also the reason why Samsung is so strong in the LCD field.

Does Cao Mang know how to make this vacuum evaporation machine?

He knows.

But even if I knew it, I wouldn't be able to do it.

Before the five-axis CNC machine tool independently developed by Qilin came out, he couldn't make it even if he wanted to.

As the old saying goes, without basic equipment, all technology is empty talk.

You don’t even have high-precision machine tools, and you can’t even make high-precision screws. How can you make large-scale vacuum equipment?

Although later BOE broke this monopoly and developed vacuum evaporation machines.
Chapter completed!