"Keep dismantling!" Jobs made a small mistake here. He hadn't had the detailed data of these two Samsung chips tested. He only glanced at the inscriptions on the chips' exteriors and arbitrarily concluded they were identical with no issues.
Of course, Jobs couldn't be entirely blamed for this oversight. At the time, this chip was the most powerful mass-producible chip in the world. While some chips possessed greater computing power, their output was at most a few hundred units, primarily produced in laboratories for research and development.
In contrast, both the previous batch of samples and the subsequent mass-produced goods exceeded 20,000 chips. This signified that the chips had achieved mass production. It was absolutely impossible for a company like Jiangnan Group, which couldn't even acquire the most advanced photolithography machines, to mass-produce chips. There was no way; no need to think further!
Therefore, Jobs bypassed these two Samsung chips and continued having the other components of the phone inspected. The results were, as expected, that all parts had no issues.
In Jobs's opinion, the most likely place for a problem to arise was the memory. After all, the memory produced by Jiangnan Group now dominated the global market. Jiangnan Group considered itself second to none, with no one daring to claim the first spot. Eighty percent of chips used in devices worldwide, both high-end and low-end, came from Jiangnan Group.
In terms of chip technology, Jiangnan Group was in a different league from other companies, and no other company had yet managed to crack Jiangnan Group's technology.
This was because these companies had confirmed that Jiangnan Group's chip technology was based on a special new material, which no company had been able to replicate to this day. At most, based on fragmented intelligence gathered over the years through various means, they knew that Jiangnan Group referred to this special material as "Black Gold."
The research and production of this material were kept under absolute secrecy. No one even knew the specific origin of Black Gold. All they knew was that Black Gold was likely a composite material with carbon as its primary element, combined with other elements.
However, Jiangnan Group had employed deceptive methods for material proportions. Many companies, even with the use of mass spectrometers for forceful analysis, could not replicate this special material, forcing them to acknowledge that Jiangnan Group dominated the entire memory chip market due to this material.
Thus, Jobs assumed that Jiangnan Group might have used some special memory in the initial sample models, significantly boosting the overall stability of all sample models. However, they did not use this memory in the mass-produced goods, leading to a certain performance gap.
However, even if the situation were exactly as he suspected, Jobs didn't believe that Huang He had deliberately done this.
It was simply that Jiangnan Group, to enhance the competitiveness of their samples and secure orders from both companies, had intentionally used better components in the samples.
But for mass production, to save profits, or perhaps due to limited output of this memory, they switched to a more cost-effective memory, ultimately leading to the current situation.
What Jobs needed to do was to confirm this. As long as he could obtain evidence, he could sue Jiangnan Group and demand compensation for the reputational damage to the two companies.
Of course, since the mass-produced goods supplied by Jiangnan Group fully met the technical standards stipulated in the contract, it would be impossible to demand excessively high compensation from Jiangnan Group.
What Jobs wanted was simply an apology from Jiangnan Group, and through this apology, to shift all blame onto Jiangnan Group, allowing Apple to gracefully exit the unfavorable public opinion environment. That was all.
However, the actual result left Jobs somewhat dejected. After thorough testing, it was discovered that the performance of these two memory modules was actually almost identical.
Although there was a fluctuation of about 1%, this was within the normal range of performance variation. It would be strange if the performance data of two chips were exactly the same, down to the last detail.
But this rendered Jobs's previously confident conclusion null and void, greatly troubling the esteemed individual. He could only retreat to his office.
Through a concealed small door in his office, he entered a secret room. While called a secret room, it was actually quite vast, occupying the entire first floor of the Apple office building.
This entire secret room was meticulously replicated to match the appearance of the Golden Hall of Mount Longhu in Jiangxi. The deities in the Golden Hall were also arranged on both sides, with the entire hall filled with swirling incense smoke and fervent worship.
In a side hall of the Golden Hall, Jobs changed into a Taoist robe, put on a crown adorned with rotating blades, and walked to the main hall with standard seven-star steps, where he meditated and prayed devoutly.
Before him were placed four golden statues. At the forefront were naturally the highest deities of Taoism, the Three Pure Ones. However, Jobs also placed the statue of his own Heavenly Master in the main position, though slightly behind the Three Pure Ones.
Logically, the Heavenly Master would not be placed in this position, as such an arrangement would violate Taoist rules. But since Jobs was a devout follower of the Heavenly Master Sect, who could question his decision to place his ancestor alongside the Three Pure Ones?
Just as Jobs was praying to the Heavenly Master and the Three Pure Ones, hoping they would resolve his confusion, back in China, Boss Huang was playing with the phone in his hand.
Well, this thing wasn't actually called a phone. Both Apple and Google had intentionally sought to differentiate their products from phones, creating a perception that their products had surpassed phones and reached a new realm. Thus, they named their products "Cp" and "Pt" respectively.
Consumers seemed to have responded favorably. However, as Ct and Pt officially reached consumers' hands and they experienced the sluggishness of these devices, both products were relegated back to the category of phones, earning them an affectionate moniker: "mentally challenged phones."
Boss Huang employed a similar tactic. When Tianzhou was initially designed, Boss Huang had already given it the name "Personal Terminal," a name filled with futuristic appeal.
And the "Tianzhou" personal terminal that Boss Huang held in his hand now was quite different from the Tianzhou he had seen at the Optoelectronics Research Center three months prior.
After the reforms at the Optoelectronics Research Center, its short-term core business was to optimize the various counter-intuitive functions of Tianzhou, making it fully compatible with human hands for operation.
The flaws that Boss Huang had previously mentioned to Leng Jingmo were naturally corrected. In addition to these, the research center had implemented 183 different modifications.
Therefore, although the Tianzhou in his hand looked identical to the Tianzhou from three months ago, its internal workings had undergone a complete transformation. Besides computing power, its user experience had surpassed that of the iPhone 4, reaching the level of the iPhone 5.
"I am very satisfied with this personal terminal; I have no further suggestions for the time being!" Huang He lightly placed the Tianzhou in his hand on the table and said to Zhang Yingguo in front of him. A relieved smile spread across Zhang Yingguo's face.
"You have all worked hard during this period. Every employee involved in this project will be rewarded with 1000 contribution points!" Boss Huang said with a smile.
"The researchers at the research center must be ecstatic. 1000 points are enough for many of them to directly advance a rank!" Zhang Yingguo chuckled.
"You can also be happy. According to the system I've established, as a branch company head, you will receive contributions equivalent to 0.1% of the contribution points earned by all your staff. With over 2,000 researchers in the entire research center, 1000 points each amounts to 2 million points, and you will receive 2,000 contributions... Well, that's quite a lot, at least more than a regular researcher..." Boss Huang couldn't help but chuckle at this point.
"By the way, Boss, the Personnel Department has completed the conversion of contribution scores for all senior employees in the research center. Due to the inability to verify many matters at present, we will double the verified contributions for calculation. This is the final result showing the total contribution points and their latest job ranks for the 1,862 senior employees of the Optoelectronics Research Center!" Zhang Yingguo presented the table to Huang He.
This statistical result was produced with Zhang Yingguo's participation, but it was also the only time in the entire Jiangnan Group that a leader from a non-personnel department was involved in the statistics.
According to Boss Huang's rules, all future job rank statistics would be handled solely by the Personnel Department, with no external interference. However, all contribution points, excluding those related to confidential matters, would be made public, and all employees would have the right to report any issues with contribution points.
Without further ado, Boss Huang picked up the final confirmed table. The highest ranking individual was naturally Ni Guangnan, who had already retired from the Optoelectronics Research Center.
He ultimately received an astonishing 8.6 million contribution points, directly elevating his job rank to level 20, just shy of entering level 21.
However, he was the only person on the list to reach the threshold of level 20. After all, Ni Guangnan had made immense contributions to the research and development of Jiangnan Optoelectronics. The single most significant contribution he received points for was establishing the Jiangnan Optoelectronics Research Center.
Since no one could determine the exact contribution value of this achievement, the final decision was left to Boss Huang, who directly awarded him 5 million contribution points, a truly staggering amount.
Slightly behind Ni Guangnan was Tong He, who was currently at level 19, but very close to reaching level 20. Tong He's primary contribution was Black Gold, for which he received even more contribution points than Ni Guangnan, totaling a remarkable 6 million points.
However, this was not a request made by the Personnel Department; rather, Boss Huang himself had called the Personnel Department to request its inclusion. After all, Black Gold was absolutely confidential, and even the Personnel Department did not have the authority to access such absolute secrets.
Therefore, these confidential departments also had a special privilege: they could tally their own contributions, which would then be reviewed and assessed by Boss Huang himself. xxs壹贰