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Chapter 520: Long-awaited reward, five games.
Lin Yao is indeed not interested in imitating systems.
The mobile phone system touched her blind spot of knowledge.
But she also knows that if a mobile phone operating system is just a shell, the investment is still not large.
She is more interested in the native operating system that Youmei has made in the past seven years.
Of course.
Lin Yao also knows that although it is native.
But whether it is Jiaming's operating system or Kaishan's operating system, it should have borrowed the kernel design of the previous system.
If you dare to make even the kernel yourself, then Youmei is not a company with negative assets.
It will be another giant hard.
The mobile phone operating systems here actually have the same father.
Just like Lin Yao's previous life.
Lin Yao's previous life was UNIX. Except for the operating system under Giant Hard, most of the others are branches of UNIX or borrowed its kernel design.
The entire UNIX family tree can be said to be flourishing.
And it's the same here, but their father is not UNIX.
As for what it is specifically...
Lin Yao forgot.
Anyway, she has a general understanding of the development history of the operating system here, and it is clear that Jiaming and Kaishan borrowed from the same kernel design.
Many functions of Kaishan's commercially available operating system are copied from Jiaming's...
So Lin Yao is very curious about what the authentic Kaishan system mentioned by Li Qi can achieve.
Turning on the phone.
Lin Yao was slightly surprised to see the three virtual diamond keys at the bottom of the screen.
Then she tried the text message function.
The prototype only had a virtual keyboard.
"This is our original idea. We think the future must be touch screens! The world of multi-touch! But Li Qianxi, President Li asked us to adapt to physical buttons and physical keyboards... So the operating system currently on the market of Youmei has been changed. We originally envisioned that the entire phone would not have any physical buttons."
Next to him.
Li Qi from Kaishan Research Institute said a little embarrassedly.
As if afraid that Lin Yao did not understand the benefits of such a design, Kaishan boasted.
Lin Yao did not care too much. While listening to him bragging, she tried other functions.
Some functions were very familiar to her, while some functions were familiar to him, but they were not pleasant to use.
But overall.
Lin Yao did find a lot of past feelings back.
Li Qi was still explaining: "That was the background management just now. I call it card-style management, which can intuitively close applications! Of course, this is just one of the points.
In the past seven years, we have made a lot of efforts. The entire system is not developed by Jiaming, but by another mainstream development language. This allows our system to remove the shackles of "develop in one place, run everywhere". Compared with Jiaming's operating system, there is one less step of virtual machine conversion, which will be smoother.
In addition, we have also adapted to the compatibility of mobile phones and software under Youmei, changed the response mechanism of the software, and made relevant optimizations in code execution. In addition, we have provided more support for program development. Compared with Jiaming, we have added more interfaces for program use, and..."
However, as the topic deepened.
Gradually, Li Qi's words became more and more technical.
Lin Yao stopped listening when she heard "provided more support for program development".
Because she didn't understand.
She repeatedly operated the prototype in her hand.
Then she pondered.
This Li Qi... is really amazing.
Although there are still problems, they have not done nothing for seven years. They have done a really good job.
There is a way.
But.
Combining software and hardware, combining software and hardware.
If you want to launch a mobile phone that meets the requirements, it is useless to have an operating system alone.
There are more hardware problems.
As for the ecosystem, Lin Yao is not worried.
Lin Yao does not require other manufacturers to join, and she does not have that ability. What she has to do is very simple, that is, to make a good start and make a gaming phone.
Then, depending on the situation, the entire system will be open sourced, refer to the GMS service, retain the function of the software store, provide a unified application market, and take advantage of the chaotic situation of the transition from the old to the new to fish in troubled waters!
Can this be done?
Lin Yao does not know.
It is estimated to be very difficult.
But do it first. If it doesn't work at that time, it's easy to let it go at that time. You make your application store and I make mine.
For example, if Jiaming directly follows the trend and imitates a similar system.
That is also a good thing for Linmu Studio.
Lin Yao will let its mobile games and software quickly adapt to the other party's operating system, and then log on to the other party's mobile platform. With the first-mover advantage and the advantages of the previous life, Lin Yao feels that it is no problem to earn back the investment in mobile phones.
The worst result is that their own mobile phones become dedicated game consoles, or are sold in packages and eventually become sub-brands of some big brand and sell for a good price.
Lin Yao believes that if the first mobile phone under Linmu Financial Holdings is eye-catching enough, it will definitely stimulate other mobile phone peers and may even become a generation of god phones in the hearts of many players.
In the end, the brand value is estimated to be higher than that of Youmei.
There will definitely be no loss.
Because in the final analysis.
Lin Yao still values games, not mobile phones, and industry is not the path Lin Yao wants to take.
To a large extent, she made the mobile phone this time for the sake of the vinegar and dumplings.
The most important purpose is to unify the current disordered mobile phone market, which is more conducive to game development.
The secondary purpose is for Linmu Financial Holdings, so that they can have another way. Even if it doesn't work, they can have experience and occupy a place before the arrival of the mobile Internet era.
The final purpose is the mobile phone.
Of course.
If.
Lin Yao, with the experience of her previous life, really achieved her own ecosystem and had a very high installed base, forcing other developers to develop software on the Jiaming platform and then develop applications on Linmu Financial Holdings' mobile phones separately.
Or after open source, the operating system of Linmu Financial Holdings' mobile phones softly dominates the software market of most mobile phones.
Then the game is not dumplings, but vinegar!
However.
This is basically impossible.
No, it is completely impossible!
After all, relying on Lin Yao alone.
Relying on Linmu Studio and Youmei alone, it really can't be done.
Lin Yao is still self-aware of this, unless there is a system reward.
Otherwise, the supply chain of assembling a mobile phone alone is estimated to be tightly controlled.
Mobile phone screens, batteries, acoustics, camera module supply...
Under this supply chain system, the supply side has a complicated relationship with Jiaming Alliance.
To put it bluntly, Lin Yao can only design and develop, optimize customer experience and sell mobile phones.
As for mobile phones, after designing and developing, they are just assembled.
In the supply chain operation system, compared with those giants, small players like Linmu Studio have almost no say.
Mobile phones can certainly be made.
Thanks to the fact that Linmu Financial Holdings has produced switches, Youmei has tried full touch screen mobile phones, so solving the supply chain is not a problem.
And this is not Lin Yao's previous life after all. The mobile phone supply chain is highly dependent on overseas, and there are many excellent suppliers of important components in China.
But after doing it, trouble is expected.
Lin Yao can't handle it.
Unless.
The system gives face.
Or the right time, place and people, directly separate the mobile phone business and package it for financing, make it bigger and stronger, and share the cake with everyone, but this also requires others to look up to it.
Industry is not a game, and it is indeed troublesome to do it.
"Boss Lin...what's wrong? Is the system not good?"
At this time.
Li Qi finally realized that Lin Yao had not spoken, so she stopped explaining and asked anxiously.
"It's okay, it's very good."
Lin Yao came back to her senses and replied with a smile. Even
she, a time traveler, couldn't handle it.
Although Youmei had good ideas and Li Qi was a talent, he had built a decent operating system for him after seven years of closed-door work.
But such a big industry is indeed not something that Youmei can stir up.
In terms of games, Lin Yao has spent several years to pry players little by little, not to mention such a giant industry.
She finally knew why Youmei ended up in such a situation.
"Very good means..." Li Qi didn't quite understand what Lin Yao said.
"I will have someone contact you later. At that time, the Kaishan Research Laboratory will be separated and moved to the building where Linmu Studio is located. We will provide financial support."
Lin Yao gave a clear answer.
Forget it.
Don't think about the future in advance.
Take it step by step.
She didn't intend to do it all at once.
As long as the current chaotic mobile phone market can be unified and the game development environment can be better, it will be considered a success.
As for the mobile phone, it's almost enough. First give a plan, and then attract users with mobile terminals and games to force other manufacturers to change.
What about the future? We 'll talk about it later. "Ah?" Li Qi didn't seem to expect that Lin Yao, the new boss, would really be interested in the new system that no one would even look at, and he just stayed where he was. After a while, he suddenly reacted.
"
Great
! Then I'll prepare it now! I... I'll go register a black account right away!" Finally. This engineer who doesn't play games can only express his excitement in this way. Lin Yao: "?" Why register a black account? But before she could ask. The other party ran away. Lin Yao thought about it, and didn't care. She turned around and handed the prototype to Mu Wanqing: "Ms. Mu, you try it and see if it works?" Mu Wanqing blinked and took the prototype, while Lin Yao sat in her original position, and didn't seem to plan to continue shopping. After all, in addition to the research laboratory, the most valuable thing about this mobile phone company is the factory. But she is not interested in the factory. So she planned to chat with Mu Wanqing. Li Qianxi's secretary saw that Lin Yao had no intention of leaving, so she didn't say anything. Soon, the conference room fell silent. Lin Yao sat for a while, then suddenly yawned innocently, looked at the black-haired girl with glasses who showed an interested expression, and was about to tease her. But suddenly...
Ding.
Lin Yao: "?"
[The black software has officially stepped out of the scope of games, and the number of monthly active users has reached 50 million-mission completed! ! ]
[Congratulations! Based on the current level of technology, the most suitable game mobile phone integration design scheme has been obtained, including industrial design, MD structure design, hardware design, etc. At the same time, considering that there is no operating system that supports this mobile phone in this world, the completion mechanism will take effect on the "Kaishan System" under Youmei, completing the operating system and making it perfectly integrated with the hardware.
At the same time, in order to allow the staff to maintain the operating system normally and maintain a reasonable iteration speed, a BUFF will be applied to all members of the "Kaishan Research Institute". All on-the-job staff will have enhanced cognition, matching understanding ability of the "Kaishan System", as well as software design capabilities for mobile phones. This buff will be invalid if they leave the job and the acquisition is not completed.
In addition, for related projects led by the host, the effect will be doubled, and no decisive difficulties will be encountered. ]
[Congratulations! Obtained A... Sorry, it was detected that the host has not invested in any related fields, and does not have the strength of research and development and promotion, and has no foundation in the integrated circuit industry. The original reward is useless and invalid. Change to research bonus, such as researching integrated circuit related fields, which will attract "talents" and they will all receive "enlightenment" bonus. 】
【Congratulations on achieving a new "small goal". 】
【The mobile phone was successfully released, with sales exceeding three million. 】
【Congratulations on achieving another new "small goal". 】
【Create a communication software on the mobile terminal and a game on the mobile terminal, and the number of players will exceed 100 million respectively. 】
【Congratulations on obtaining the encouragement task. If the sales of "Diablo" exceed seven million within a month, the entire mobile phone project will receive an acceleration BUFF. 】
Lin Yao: "..."
Looking at the semi-transparent text that kept emerging.
Lin Yao exclaimed, "Wow."
She was worrying about how to come up with a suitable solution, how to get hardware adaptation, and how to get software and hardware compatibility.
The system gave her a solution directly.
The design plan for the most suitable gaming phone for playing games... and she took a quick look at the explanation and understood that the spare parts and technologies involved were all existing, and the products were mature, and they only needed to be purchased and assembled.
And at the system level, it was directly completed...
although the details were not clear.
But Lin Yao estimated that according to past experience, she would only have to do the two links of purchasing, assembly and after-sales service...
"Lin Yao."
At this time.
Mu Wanqing spoke and woke Lin Yao.
"Hmm?" Lin Yao temporarily moved her eyes away and looked at Mu Wanqing.
"It feels a little stuck." Mu Wanqing handed her the prototype.
"Of course it will be stuck, because the system-level chip is not top-notch, and the overall hardware is not excellent."
At this time.
Li Qi, the head of the Kaishan Research Laboratory, hurried into the conference room, replied on behalf of Lin Yao, and then looked at Lin Yao and said excitedly: "I have registered the black software!"
"..."
Lin Yao was silent again.
He was controlling it just now, but it was not stuck...
Is it complete now?
Forget it.
"Okay, I will let the staff contact you later, you should be ready, I plan to release the new mobile phone at the beginning of the year."
"Ah?" Li Qi's eyes widened suddenly.
"It's just an approximate time, you just need to be ready."
Lin Yao left a word, then pulled Mu Wanqing and hurriedly left the conference room.
She wanted to be quiet.
Then go back to the studio to see the reward.
This time the reward... has a big impact.
...
Soon.
Lin Yao took Mu Wanqing out of the meeting room and walked to the door of Youmei.
Then.
Li Qianxi didn't know whether he was going out or received the news, and he bumped into Lin Yao.
"Why did you leave so soon? Are you dissatisfied with something?" Li Qianxi looked at Lin Yao, a little anxious.
This sucker can't run away!
Lin Yao stopped, then thought about it, and smiled at him: "Don't worry, I'm very satisfied, but there is something urgent, the acquisition plan remains unchanged."
"Urgent..."
Li Qianxi wanted to say something.
But Lin Yao had already taken Mu Wanqing away.
"..."
Young people nowadays, don't they even want to systematically understand a company?
Li Qianxi looked at Lin Yao's back and shook his head gently.
Forget it.
Anyway, the acquisition case is a done deal.
Just don't regret it.
On the other side.
Lin Yao pulled Mu Wanqing into the car, closed the door, and immediately said with full energy: "gogogo!"
Mu Wanqing smiled gently and started driving Lin Yao back.
During this time, she saw Lin Yao playing with something that looked like a USB flash drive through the rearview mirror, but she didn't think much about it.
And Lin Yao's words.
At this moment, she was thinking... thinking about the reward just now.
Putting aside the integrated "mobile phone assembly plan", the reward behind is actually quite interesting.
What do you mean that the project I participated in will not encounter decisive difficulties? I really used myself as a BUFF.
And the A at the end... Although we don't know whether it is AMD or Apple's most prestigious A series processor, based on the description at the end, we can barely guess that this is something incredible.
Even if it is really given to Lin Yao, it will not be of any benefit. After all, the integrated circuit industry is completely different from the traditional manufacturing industry. Even if it is copied and sold for a year or two, what about the next generation of products?
Neither Linmu Studio nor Linmu Financial Holdings has any foundation.
So she can understand why the reward is not issued.
However, if this reward is really as she guessed, then the compromise reward at the end, the enlightenment BUFF, will be even more incredible.
Maybe the mobile phone can really be made!
But the investment should be not small.
And the trouble is not small...
Forget it.
Let's take a look at the assembly of the mobile phone first... No, the design plan.
"Miss Mu, don't plan to run."
Lin Yao suddenly raised her head.
"Ah? Why are you talking about this suddenly?" Mu Wanqing asked with a smile while driving.
"Because there will be a lot of things to do next."
Lin Yao leaned back in her chair, raised her hands and stretched, then said, "I can't do without you."
Mu Wanqing held the steering wheel, stiffened, and after a moment of silence, said: "Yeah."
"..."
Lin Yao put down her hands, leaned on the backrest of the driver's seat, and smiled.
Really reliable.
Next.
No words along the way.
After returning to the headquarters.
Mu Wanqing went to deal with daily affairs.
Lin Yao returned to her office, plugged the USB into her computer, and began to check the mobile phone design plan that the system gave that was most suitable for games based on the current technology integration.
She read it very carefully and very slowly.
So it took a long time.
After reading it.
Lin Yao breathed a sigh of relief.
It was indeed an integrated plan. Basically, all the accessories of the mobile phone had recommended manufacturers on it.
There were many more, all of which were new accessories brought by new technologies, and some were even announced the day before yesterday! The mobile phone baseband chip of the new generation of communication technology developed in China is outrageous...
In addition to the related materials, there are also a bunch of technical documents.
It took Lin Yao almost two hours to read through these documents.
As for these materials, Lin Yao estimated that there would not be too much of a problem if they were negotiated.
Needless to say, the old technology must be promoted, and this place was not like Lin Yao's previous life, where basically all friendly companies would install the new technology as soon as it came out.
It was not that prosperous.
The existence of Jiaming Alliance has turned many suppliers into bootlickers who are trying their best to enter the Jiaming Alliance supply chain.
It should not be too difficult to negotiate at this time.
After reading the entire plan, Lin Yao was relieved.
However,
there was a bad news.
That is, the full screen really didn't work.
In other words, with the current technology, the full screen solution is not feasible.
The final solution given by the system, the modeling of the mobile phone, is not a full screen, but an ordinary smart phone. The overall shape is a bit like Google's Nexus 5X, with two large frames on the top and bottom, each equipped with dual speakers, and a 5.3-inch 1080P high-definition screen in the middle.
There is no physical button on the front.
However, since this is the best solution.
Lin Yao is not entangled.
Moreover, the plan specifically marks that the mobile phone will be smooth to use when paired with the native "Kaishan system".
That's enough.
This screen is also enough to run some games.
It's good enough.
Maybe the large-scale mobile games in the previous life can't run.
But it's mainly a processor problem, Lin Yao can wait.
If this phone can be released smoothly, it is estimated that it will still have some influence, and people with a sensitive sense of smell can probably see its value.
At that time.
The east wind is coming.
So Lin Yao is really satisfied with this plan...
"It's time to eat."
Mu Wanqing knocked on the door gently, and then walked in with a takeaway.
It interrupted Lin Yao's thoughts.
Maybe because she knew that Lin Yao was very busy, she specially packed the takeaway back.
"Wait a minute, Miss Mu, I have three things to tell you."
Lin Yao saw Mu Wanqing, shook her head gently, and didn't rush to eat, but suddenly spoke.
"What?" Mu Wanqing was a little surprised.
"First, please contact Linmu Financial Holdings and ask them to speed up the acquisition. At the same time, after the new senior management of Youmei confirms it, ask him to come to Linmu Studio. I have something to say."
"Second, make a plan to invest 3% of Linmu Studio's annual revenue as the basis for research and development."
"Third, all the newly recruited staff after the relocation of the Switch department will be transferred back. At the same time, a project leader and some staff who participated in the previous game development will be transferred to form a new mobile game department, and then make preparations."
Lin Yao said three things in one breath.
Then, she flipped through the documents beside her and pulled out a plan: "I will talk to you in detail about the first two things later, but the third thing is more urgent. After confirming the project leader, you will give them this plan. This will be their next job. Let them be prepared. The relevant development kits and prototypes will be given to them as soon as possible. Of course, if they have new ideas after reading the plan, they can also mention them.
It’s okay to tell me directly."
Lin Yao handed the plan to Mu Wanqing.
Mu Wanqing was a little confused throughout the whole process. She could only lower her head to look at the plan, trying to calm down.
But when she saw the title.
She was shocked.
["Angry Birds", "Plants vs. Zombies" (transplant), "Fruit Ninja", "Temple Run"... "Dou Dizhu"]
"By the way, there is also "Diablo" which will be released soon. Increase the publicity a little bit."
Lin Yao thought about it for the last time, and thought of the encouragement task, and added another sentence.
Then, she ate happily.
(End of this chapter)