Lan Shuiyao carefully took the Panda X1 phone from Chen Ze's hand. Its size was just right, neither too big nor too small, as if it were tailor-made for a girl like her.
She gently held it in her hand, feeling the slight coolness and smooth texture of the body.
At this moment, Chen Ze solemnly instructed Lan Shuiyao, "President Lan, we must release our new mobile phone immediately tomorrow! This is crucial because we must launch our new product before Apple."
"I have just received confirmation that Apple plans to officially release their new phone in early March."
Chen Ze knew that the design of his phone was actually inspired by Apple's iPhone. If he couldn't release it before Apple, it would inevitably cause a huge uproar once it was leaked.
This will plunge their Panda phones into a vortex of public opinion, and the consequences for the Panda phone brand will be unimaginable.
Based on his memories from his previous life, Chen Ze knew clearly that the iPhone 5 would be released in March.
Now, with only five days left until March 1st, the situation is quite urgent.
Upon hearing Chen Ze's instructions, Lan Shuiyao nodded without hesitation and replied, "Okay, boss. Don't worry, we'll start arranging the press conference this afternoon to ensure everything goes smoothly as planned."
Then, Chen Ze added, "In addition, there is another extremely crucial matter that needs to be addressed. That is, regarding our upcoming Panda X2 phone, we must decisively abandon the existing operating system and switch to the weboS system."
"Yes, boss."
"Knock knock knock!"
There was a knock on the door.
"Come in."
The newcomer was a fair-skinned man named Lei Ming, 35 years old, from Yunnan Province. He was the head of the software department of Panda Terminal BG, and was currently leading the research and development and upgrade of the Panda webOS system.
He handed a document to Lan Shuiyao: "President Lan, we've run out of research and development funds. Could you please sign off on the disbursement?"
Lan Shuiyao looked at the documents for a while and found that Lei Ming had applied for 300 million yuan in research funding for the development of mobile phone system software.
"Minister Lei, how are the newly arrived foreign technical personnel? Do they meet your requirements?"
"President Lan, they are one of the original developers of the webOS system, how could they not be eligible? With them joining our department, as long as the R&D funding is sufficient, I believe our mobile phone system can be upgraded very soon."
Lan Shuiyao handed the document to Chen Ze and introduced him, saying, "This is Mr. Chen, the boss of our Panda Mobile. If your department needs a huge investment, you will need the boss's signature."
Lei Ming greeted Chen Ze politely: "Hello, boss. Could you please allocate more funds to our terminal R&D department?"
Chen Ze nodded. He knew that the R&D department was the most expensive department in the entire company, and upgrading the webOS system was urgent for him.
"Minister Lei, I'm approving 1.2 billion yuan for research and development, to be distributed over four quarters, 300 million yuan per quarter. Do you think this is reasonable?"
Seeing that the boss had agreed to allocate funds, Lei Ming chuckled: "Reasonable, boss, very reasonable."
Minister Lei nodded respectfully and replied, "Yes, boss. I will immediately address the minor vulnerabilities in the webOS system to ensure the next batch of Panda phones can successfully install the system."
After saying that, he turned and quickly left the room.
After Lei Ming left, Lan Shuiyao couldn't help but look worried, her eyes fixed on the direction he had gone.
She turned to look at President Chen, who was sitting at his desk, with a worried expression, and asked softly, "President Chen, this is a full 1.2 billion! Is there really no problem with such a huge investment?"
Chen Ze raised his head and met Lan Shuiyao's worried gaze. He knew what Lan Shuiyao was worried about.
However, he knew even more clearly that without taking such bold measures, it would be almost impossible for Panda Mobile to truly rise in today's fiercely competitive market environment.
The current situation in the 2011 mobile phone market is dazzling and diverse, with not only numerous major brands emerging, but also all sorts of miscellaneous brands and counterfeit phones flooding the market.
In this situation, without its own excellent operating system as a core competitive advantage, a company will be submerged in the surging tide of the business world and find it difficult to stand out.
Therefore, although this investment is extremely risky, it is a crucial step in breaking through the current challenges in the mobile phone industry.
With nothing else to do, Chen Ze left Panda Mobile.
In the afternoon, Panda Mobile CEO Lan Shuiyao held a press conference to announce that Panda will launch its latest mobile phone.
Many media outlets came to participate in the event. Lan Shuiyao did not forget Chen Ze's instructions and distributed red envelopes to all the media who came, asking them to give Panda Mobile a close-up shot when they returned home.
Following the press conference, the Panda X1 phone garnered widespread attention. However, its competitor, Apple, began a covert investigation into whether the Panda phone had engaged in plagiarism.
Rumors began circulating in the industry that Panda Mobile had some unspeakable secrets.
Upon learning this, Lan Shuiyao was extremely anxious and immediately called Chen Ze to report it.
Chen Ze remained calm and composed. He had been prepared. It turned out that while drawing inspiration from the design style of Apple phones, he had also had his team make many unique and innovative improvements and had already applied for several patents in advance.
If there hadn't been a shortage of time, PaIm's phone design would have also followed the design of the iPhone 5.
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