In April, the south is already preparing for summer.

Today is the last Sunday in April, and it is a sunny day in Zhuhai.

Sunlight shines into the chairman's office of Meizu Technology Building through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

On the sofa in the reception area, Huang Xiujie, Lei Zhen, and Fang Nian were seated in three groups. What is interesting is that the three of them had three kinds of drinks. Lei Zhen drank Coke, Huang Xiujie drank cold boiled water, and Fang Nian drank tea.

Lei Zhe raised his head and took a sip of Coke, put down the can, looked at Huang Xiujie, and said.

"Let me tell you first."

"We have encountered some problems, and I hope I can speak freely in this office."

Then, Lei Zhe continued: "Mr. Huang may not know that if Mr. Fang hadn't invested in Xiaomi, had several long talks, and almost completely redefined my goal of starting a business, we wouldn't be so candid with each other."

"Oh?" Huang Xiujie raised an eyebrow, "It seems I have to thank Mr. Fang."

"Without Mr. Fang's interference, I think when Xiaomi comes out, it will be the time for us to break up."

Fang Nian on the side put down his tea cup and smiled: "I probably understand. From my personal point of view, I am very happy to see things like win-win situations."

Lei Zhe smiled bitterly: "I never thought that if I start a business again after the age of forty, the first problem I will encounter is not funds and personnel, but how to face myself."

"Confucius is right when he says that when three people are walking together, they must have me as their teacher."

"When I founded Xiaomi, I really wanted to make smartphones, but I will naturally benefit from my long-term friendship with Mr. Huang. If we don't explain it clearly, there will definitely be more misunderstandings and conflicts in the future."

"Mr. Fang is right. Developing a business within a win-win framework will often result in twice the result with half the effort."

Hearing this, Huang Xiujie waved his hands repeatedly: "Mr. Lei is too polite. He made a special trip from the capital to Zhuhai."

"..."

As a reborn person who has learned about China’s mobile phone past, Fang Nian naturally knew what Lei Zhen was talking about to Huang Xiujie.

At first, Lei Zhe wanted to invest in Meizu, with a valuation of 1 billion and a shareholding of 30%.

But after some understanding, Lei Zhe was a little hesitant. He didn't want to be the CEO of Meizu, so he recommended Lin Bing to help, hoping that Huang Xiujie could give 5% of the equity to win over Lin Bing.

This is what happened one after another last year.

What didn’t happen was that Lei Zhe originally founded Xiaomi to create a deeply customized UI based on Android;

Lei Zhe learned from Huang Xiujie’s experience. When Xiaomi launched Miui, Huang Xiujie immediately felt that he had been deceived.

So there are the posts that Huang Xiujie posted in public cyberspace around the end of 2010.

And the subsequent years of confrontation between Meizu and Xiaomi.

but.

This will never happen again.

Because Fang Taigong put down the fishhook, Lei Zhe took the bait and resolutely gave up the route of making customized UI for people and planned to build a wheel...

"..."

Fang Nian looked at Lei Zhe and then at Huang Xiujie, with a puzzled expression on his face.

"This does not seem to be necessarily related to asking me to invest in Meizu. If Meizu wants to restart financing, I believe Mr. Lei has the strength to take care of it."

Huang Xiujie agrees with this: "If it's just about financing, I also believe in Mr. Lei's strength."

"However, Mr. Lei hopes that I can give 5% of Meizu's permanent shares to Mr. Fang. Secondly, Mr. Lei hopes that Mr. Fang can invest in Meizu with him."

After a pause, Huang Xiujie emphasized: "If you go by some of the information Mr. Lei revealed to me, I think 5% is absolutely fine."

"Mr. Lei, you are trying your best to flatter me. Sooner or later, I will be flattered to the point of inflated by you." Fang Nian said helplessly.

Although the idea is valuable, Fang Nian is confident that he can capture the 5% with the help of his experience in the next ten years, but the current situation is a bit too much.

Lei Zhe laughed: "Mr. Fang, I gave you 5% of the shares, but you readily accepted it. Why, is Xiaomi not valuable in Mr. Fang's eyes?"

Then he joked to himself: "That's right, the overall valuation of a company that has not yet been established has been pushed up by Mr. Fang."

Fang Nian looked at Lei Zhe with a calm expression on his face: "Mr. Lei, I always feel that your plot to call me all the way here is not so trivial."

"Maybe that's right." Lei Zhe actually didn't deny it.

As he spoke, his face became serious: "Mr. Huang, now I can tell you for sure that Xiaomi currently has only one job:

Develop a completely independent smartphone operating system.

It is independent of all the popular smartphone operating systems currently on the market and only serves mobile phones. If classified, it should be regarded as Linux-like, that is to say, the kernel code is all its own."

Hearing this, Huang Xiujie's pupils shrank and he said calmly: "Why do you have to go back and reinvent the wheel?"

"Nowadays, there are enough operating systems for smartphones, and deeply customized UI is also a route. Starting from scratch is a bit too difficult."

Lei Zhe laughed: "I thought so at first, but after Mr. Fang told me something, I think now is probably the best time."

"At least that's the case in China, Mr. Huang, I think you should understand what I mean."

Hearing this, Huang Xiujie suddenly realized: "Is this the reason why you came all the way to Zhuhai to chat with me for more than two days and even asked Mr. Fang to come over?

At this level, we really need to help each other to have more possibilities."

"Yes, this is why I want Mr. Fang to invest in Meizu, because currently there is only one domestic manufacturer making real smartphones, Meizu." Lei Zhe emphasized the word "real".

Fang Nian was picking up his tea cup and drinking tea, when he said with a smile: "Mr. Lei, are you encountering difficulties?"

"Mr. Fang hit the nail on the head." Lei Zhe nodded, "If I had enough time, I might bite the bullet and burn money to continue, but the vigorous development of 91 Assistant and the new news on the other side of the ocean gave me an urgent feeling.

Feel."

Fang Nian understood and said: "It is rumored that Apple will hold the WWDC conference in June. According to past experience, Jobs should bring the fourth generation of Apple smartphones and perhaps revolutionize iPhoneOS again."

He knows in his heart that iPhoneOS will become a historical term this year, replaced by iOS, and will continue to occupy market share in the future.

"Actually, it's not just Mr. Lei who has encountered difficulties, Meizu has also encountered difficulties." Huang Xiujie sighed and interjected.

Long before Fang Nian, Huang Xiujie had complained to Lei Zhe, which was why Lei Zhe tried his best to win over Fang Nian.

After saying that, Huang Xiujie looked at Fang Nian and asked, "I wonder if Mr. Fang has ever heard of m9?"

Fang Nian smiled: "Mr. Huang's phone that's the best ticket bouncer? Isn't it possible that it won't be released this year?"

"It should be more difficult." Huang Xiujie said with a wry smile, "The m8 uses the wince system. After the m8 was released last year, I publicly stated on the Internet that the next mobile phone will use the same software system as the m8;

But the development last year was so fast that even now, I still haven’t made the final decision whether to use Wince or Android.”

Having said this, Huang Xiujie looked at Lei Zhen: "But now, I seem to see another option that is more in line with my pursuit."

"There should be more than just these problems." Fang Nian joked, "When I was surfing the Internet two days ago, I saw Mr. Huang's post. For a while, you were not sure what hardware baseband you should choose."

"Yes." Huang Xiujie sighed and nodded, "The development of 3G in China is lagging behind and it is very difficult."

Fang Nian laughed: "I agree with your last public choice, to make wcdma standard and be compatible with gsm and edge at the same time. As for td and cdma2000, I can only say it depends on fate."

After a pause, Fang Nian added: "I also talked to Mr. Lei about the issue of network standards. The 4G era may come faster than imagined. Based on the update time window of mobile phones, maybe suddenly there will be no need to worry about how to choose.

.”

"I also told Mr. Huang about this. 3G has lagged behind for so long, and 4G may keep up with the world." Lei Zhe interjected.

"..."

From mobile operating systems to m9.

A simple summary is: Xiaomi Meizu currently encounters many difficulties, problems, dilemmas, etc.

Especially for Meizu, although design and production are a process of constant trial and error, this process requires costs.

In other words, Meizu can’t afford to burn anymore.

If Meizu can't afford it, some of Lei Zhe's ideas won't be easy to implement.

So Lei Zhen wanted to invest in Meizu himself and let Meizu continue to try and make mistakes through financing.

But Lei Zhe believes that this requires Fang Nian.

In short, all these reasons combined were the reason why Lei Zhen desperately wanted to call Fang Nian over.

Because in the past exchanges and the fact that it has happened now, Lei Zhe, as an insider, saw the side of Fang Nian that has proven his outstanding vision countless times.

"..."

Fang Nian did not express much of his attitude.

Although there are many problems, there are more solutions.

Lei Zhe squeezed the empty can and threw it into the trash can, looked at Fang Nian and Huang Xiujie and said.

"Actually, the reason why I am so urgent is that I have an idea to develop domestic smartphones in the form of an alliance."

As he spoke, Lei Zhe said in a serious tone: "Hardware and software do not exist completely independently. They should be in perfect harmony."

"I agree with this." Huang Xiujie agreed, "I believe in Mr. Lei's strength and ability."

"Secondly, the topics that Mr. Lei talked to me about in the past few days in Zhuhai made me suddenly understand something;

If we don’t just look at it from the company’s perspective, as Mr. Lei said, the world is blooming and China seems to have been forgotten.”

Lei Zhe quickly smiled and said: "I didn't say this, it was Mr. Fang who said it."
To be continued...