Chapter 287 The Dark Jungle Crisis, A Foresight from Heaven

What?! Alibaba's DAMO Academy has been disbanded!

Upon hearing this news, everyone present was taken aback.

Even Ren Fei's expression revealed a hint of regret.

Even a behemoth like Alibaba failed to make progress in wafer research and development, and was forced to disband the DAMO Academy.

With so many unemployed R&D talents, it's likely that some of them will be lost to overseas countries.

"After going around in circles, it all boils down to the sales of the new phone."

"If sales don't pick up, not only will Hais Semiconductor go bankrupt, but Huawei Mobile will also likely go bankrupt."

Chairman Ren Fei then sighed and said.

They faced sanctions at the time.

In an effort to survive, Huawei has sold off its Rongyao mobile phone business.

Now, even Warwick itself is teetering on the brink of collapse again under sanctions from the Western bloc.

What methods can be used to salvage the sales of the new mobile phone?

This has become the most critical problem at present.

"By the way, are there any new arrangements regarding publicity?"

"I heard you're asking me to go to Kyoto with you tomorrow for a talk show?"

Chairman Ren Fei then remembered something and asked Yu Dong, who was sitting to one side.

"Having the chairman participate in an interview program? What kind of strategy is this?"

Upon hearing this news for the first time, the other executives also turned their curious gazes toward Director Yu Dong.

Currently, only Yu Dong and Zhang Yun, the CMO in charge of publicity, are aware of this news.

"This is what I think."

"Since wafer technology cannot be developed overnight, I plan to take a different approach."

"Through program interviews, we will publicize the crisis facing Warwick to the Chinese people."

"We hope to resonate with more consumers and support Huawei. To put it bluntly, we support national brands based on our passion."

"After gaining popularity, we will compare the data of our new phone with that of other brands' flagship models."

"Let consumers know that even though it's still 4G, our Huawei phones are actually just as good!"

"This is also the result of discussions and explorations between Zhang Yun and me."

In front of many senior executives, Yu Dong frankly expressed his thoughts.

"To be honest, I don't entirely agree with this idea."

"It is unwise to ask consumers to choose between products under the guise of patriotism."

"To my knowledge, Mr. Ren does not approve of this kind of publicity."

"Ms. Meng Zhou has also used an Apple phone before. If our opponents use this against us to smear her, we will be in a very passive position..."

As soon as Yu Dong finished speaking, another executive, dressed in a gray suit with half-white hair, shook his head and interjected.

The words implied a lack of support for Dong's patriotic marketing and propaganda model.

"Of course I know all that, but right now there's really no other way..."

"Besides, we all know perfectly well that Huawei's 4G phones don't have a worse signal than Apple's 5G phones."

"The technical level of the Kirin chip is no less than that of other domestically produced machines that use Qualcomm chips."

"It's just that 4G doesn't sound as advanced as 5G."

"The most important thing is to make consumers aware of this and accept it."

"Technical strength is the main factor, while patriotism only accounts for a small part of marketing and can be ignored in the later stages."

Yu Dong then explained.

"Publicity efforts are definitely necessary, especially when it's difficult to achieve rapid technological breakthroughs."

Chairman Ren Fei, seated in the chairman's seat, nodded in agreement.

"Mr. Yu, which TV station is this interview program on? Who are the guests?"

"Since President Ren is going to participate in person, the TV station must be of the highest standard."

Another female executive, wearing earrings and exuding an intellectual air, asked.

"It's a well-known long-running program on Kyoto TV called 'Face to Face Interview,' which I believe everyone here has heard of."

Yu Dong introduced the situation to everyone.

"This program has interviewed many top domestic entrepreneurs and even government officials, which is very much in line with Mr. Ren's status and identity."

"As for the guests, when I served as a fundraising guest for the Dragon Kingdom quarterfinals, I extended an invitation to the talented player Wang Yueheng."

"He has accepted the invitation and is said to have written a new song specifically for our Warwick Group, which he will perform on the show."

As soon as Yu Dong finished speaking...