Shockingly, a counterfeit factory has produced a 3-nanometer chip.

Chapter 380 Rice's New Flagship Work

Murkrov hesitated for a moment.

He certainly didn't have the data, because Lin Kangtong himself wasn't sure how much the temperature would drop after the improvement.

It might have just been something he said offhand.

Seeing his hesitation, Leibusi pressed his advantage: "Mr. Moore, I do not deny the performance of the Fire Dragon 801, but its power consumption problem is an objective fact."

Although Transsion's performance is lower than yours, consumers won't just focus on benchmark scores after receiving the product; they'll care about whether it gets hot to the touch and how long the battery life is.

Lei Jun paused briefly, his tone revealing a hint of anger for the first time:

"As Transsion's chip delivery business expands, Qualcomm needs large orders to prove its strength, while DaMi needs high-end chips to maintain its competitiveness."

This is a win-win situation, but the price must be reasonable.

Looking at Rex, Murkrov felt a sense of unfamiliarity for the first time. He never expected that Rex, this little lamb, would have such a big demand.

As expected, a tiger fallen into the plains is bullied by dogs, and the one bullying him is a lapdog.

But in the end, he still raised his head and said, "Mr. Lei, our official price is $75. Considering our cooperation with Da Mi, we can offer $70. Then we can reduce the final payment of the order by 15%, so it will be less than $60."

This is the real bottom line.

$60.

Lei Jun smiled, but there was no indication of any intention to cooperate in that smile.

"Mr. Moore, although the performance of Transsion Taishan 620 cannot compare with your chip, and its price is not in the top tier, its power consumption control is better, and the user experience is on a completely different level."

Consumers won't buy at your current prices.

After saying that, Lei Jun held up three fingers: "30 US dollars, that's the highest price I can accept."

Murcroft's face finally broke down.

He turned to look at the head of the Asia-Pacific sales region, and the two exchanged glances.

Then they nodded, reaching a consensus.

"Mr. Lei, $30 is too low. Our costs are more than that."

Finally, even with the rebate and all costs, the minimum price is still $57. Buy it if you're willing to accept that; otherwise, consider Transsion!

After saying that, the two of them stood up and ignored Lei Jun.

"etc."

Now it was Lace's turn to get anxious, after all, he was so focused on the big cleaver that he forgot about a reality.

The Dragon 801 is a pre-sale product; the chip hasn't even started production yet. Qualcomm doesn't have a large inventory, so it's difficult to get Qualcomm to back down on the price.

In the end, Lei Jun took the initiative to back down, giving Qualcomm some face, and the two sides happily signed a cooperation agreement.

After returning to China, Lei Jun immediately began preparing for the press conference.

After all, we still need to deal with that batch of Fire Dragon 800s...

The goal was to sell the product before other companies' products went badly, so the press conference was ultimately scheduled for October 5th.

At the end of the National Day holiday, Mi Fans who have returned from their trips can happily head to offline Mi Stores to choose a truly cost-effective flagship Mi Note3 before concluding their wonderful National Day holiday.

This press conference was held at Kyoto University Stadium.

This stadium, which can hold 3000 people, was packed with university students from all over Kyoto.

Although rice's status on the internet has gradually declined, it is still a good brand in the eyes of students, especially middle school students. Although it may not be as good as Honor, its playability is also far superior to Honor's outdated products.

At 2:30, the lights went out and a countdown appeared on the big screen.

Ten, nine, eight, seven... With each number that jumps, the audience shouts along.

For four years now, rice has been making this kind of ritual, and each time it brings tears to the eyes of many rice fans.

Lei Jun walked briskly over from the side of the stage, his steps quick, as if he couldn't wait to meet an old friend.

"Hello everyone!" He waved to the audience. "Thank you all for coming to the Dami Note3 launch event."

I really wanted to see everyone, but I never had the time. Today, we're finally all together again.

Lei Jun's performance was very sincere, and the applause from the audience lasted for quite a while.

Lin Bin, who was behind the central stage, breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Although a large number of fans have left the fandom, many new people have also joined the community. As long as there is such order, it may not necessarily be a bad thing.

Lei Jun stood on the stage and waited for the applause to end before starting today's press conference.

However, he didn't talk about the product directly, since the Mi Note is far inferior to Honor's products. Instead, as usual, he first told a short story.

Two months ago, I went to Japan, not for tourism, but to meet someone.

This person is a retired engineer from Kyocera named Masao Tanaka.

As he walked, he pointed to the PPT behind him, which showed a photo of the engineer.

"The old gentleman is 73 years old this year. He has spent his whole life researching ceramic materials. When I went there, he was still busy. To be honest, I was shocked at the time."

The PowerPoint presentation on stage also changed, showing a photo of Lei Jun and Masao Tanaka posing enthusiastically together.

"I explained my purpose at the time, and Mr. Tanaka warmly welcomed us and told us about the difficulties of ceramics."

As everyone knows, we have been exploring the application of ceramics in mobile phones since the rice era.

However, ceramic back covers have one drawback: they are not tough enough and are easily broken.

Over the past four years, we've tried more than 30 formulas, but none of them have been satisfactory.

Seeing that the audience below the stage was stirred up, Lei Jun paused for a moment, and his tone became even more somber.

"Later, someone told me that when Mr. Tanaka was young, he wrote a paper that proposed a very bold ceramic toughening scheme."

But that paper was by Ni Hongyu, published in a very obscure journal, and almost no one has cited it.

I used many connections to finally find Mr. Tanaka's address. I flew to Osaka myself, took a three-hour train ride, and arrived at a small town.

When Lei Jun started explaining, Chen Fei also saw Chen Hai standing to the side.

"Chief Engineer Chen, have you heard of this plan?"

"Just listen to his nonsense. If that solution were really useful, it wouldn't have been published in some obscure journal, and it wouldn't have remained unused for decades."

Seeing Chen Hai's disgusted look, Zhang Mingzhu next to him immediately laughed.

After all, in her memory, Chen Hai had always been a serious and dedicated worker in order to repay Shen Fei's kindness. It was extremely rare for him to swear.

At the press conference, Lei Jun was still explaining; he had already finished describing the yard of Tanaka's house, and then he said:

"I talked with Mr. Tanaka for four hours. At first, he was unwilling to license the technology to us, saying that he was too old and didn't want to bother anymore."

But later I showed him every product from Rice One to Rice Five, and told him about our dream: to let everyone enjoy the fun of technology.

The old man cried, saying he had waited 20 years for someone who understood ceramics.

Lei Jun's voice choked with emotion, and the fans in the audience began to wipe away tears...