Chapter 1 Monday, February 28th

otto Technology.

"This is the final product of the phone. It's already in mass production, so it's hard to make any changes now." Chang You handed a phone to Lin Wan.

Lin Wan reached out and took it, discovering that the prototype was still as heavy as the previous one, but the appearance was significantly different.

The previous prototype gave Lin Wan the impression of being simply big, black, and crude. The black plastic shell had no decorations, and it felt heavy and cumbersome in the hand. Whether it was the front, back, or sides, it was a 360-degree dead end. It just looked like it wouldn't sell.

But now, after being replaced with a custom glass shell, the feeling was instantly different!

The glass shell felt good in the hand and had a matte finish, so it wouldn't become a fingerprint collector. Compared to the prototype, it seemed to be a bit thinner, and the feel was much smoother.

The back was very simple, with only a solid-color logo, the one that appeared in the movie *A Beautiful Tomorrow*.

Moreover, it glowed and could be turned on to have a breathing light effect.

Of course, if you were worried about power consumption, you could turn it off.

But for a phone with a large 5800mAh battery, this light could stay on all the time, and the phone would still last a whole day.

The front design was relatively conventional, with a forehead and a chin, but it had been narrowed as much as possible.

The current full-screen solutions on the market were still very immature. Also, considering that this phone had a high configuration, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a gaming phone. So, when playing games in landscape mode, both hands needed to have a place to hold it.

So, no matter how you looked at it, the front could only be made into this form.

The sides were also somewhat different from other phones on the market. The charging port for the power cord was on the side, which would ensure that the charging cable wouldn't touch your hand when playing games while charging.

In short, this appearance was highly similar to the phone's appearance in the movie. The overall style was relatively simple, with a certain sense of technology and futurism.

It wasn't exactly the same because the phone in the movie was designed as a completely full-screen form to show a better sense of the future, which couldn't be done in reality.

But if you looked at it from the back or side, or if the front was in a screen-off state, it was almost identical to the phone in the movie.

Lin Wan couldn't help but weigh it in her hand.

Yeah, still heavy.

Although it seemed to be smaller than the prototype after the official glass shell was changed, looking like a more normal large phone, the weight hadn't changed and was still a bit heavy.

But the high refresh rate screen and top-of-the-line SoC (system on a chip) were all power-hungry consumers. Without a large 5800mAh battery, the battery life seemed to be a problem, and wanting a large battery inevitably meant sacrificing weight.

Fingerprint unlock, very few native applications on the desktop, and no bundled applications at all. The only thing worth mentioning was that the various UI animations were very smooth.

Chang You cleared his throat and explained, "President Pei requested it."

"We're not allowed to do those bundled functions, and we're supposed to maintain the original ecology of the Aizhuo system as much as possible. So, there are no bundled software at all. All the software that users might need is placed in the recommended column of the phone's app store."

"Of course, we haven't been idle. We've optimized the UI animations and other aspects."

"I can't say it's completely useless, but at least it looks a lot smoother..."

Chang You himself sounded a little unsure.

Optimizing UI animations, such as making various software switches and zooms more responsive, was indeed quite comfortable with a high refresh rate screen, but in reality, it was only a change in feeling and wouldn't actually improve the phone's performance.

But Lin Wan's eyes lit up, very pleasantly surprised.

She repeatedly opened an app, deleted the process, opened it again, and deleted the process again, having a great time.

Then, she took out her latest Shenhua flagship phone to compare it. Obviously, in terms of this experience alone, the otto Technology phone was better.

"I think it's pretty good. This is in line with President Pei's consistent design philosophy, which is to do simple things to the extreme." Lin Wan praised it.

After looking at the phone from beginning to end, Lin Wan came to a conclusion.

"It seems that other than being heavy and expensive, there aren't any other major shortcomings."

Chang You nodded, "That's right, but these two shortcomings aren't easy to make up for..."

"Of course, we're only producing a thousand phones in the initial stage, each priced at 8199. Because the production volume is small, the current approach isn't bad. Anyway, it's not a model for the masses. We're not pursuing millions of sales. We'll just sell a few thousand or tens of thousands of units first."

"Even if it's a little heavier and more expensive, we just need to sell it to people who aren't too sensitive to weight and price."

"The key is whether this phone has something that can attract them, making them willing to sacrifice some weight and wallet for it."

Lin Wan nodded, "That's what I'm here for today."

She pushed a form to Chang You and explained, "These are all the benefits that can be obtained for this phone so far. Take a look."

Chang You reached out and took it, discovering that the form was full of exclusive benefits that had been mentioned before, customized for otto phone users, roughly divided into several categories.

[Gaming]

* *Hot-Blooded Battle Song* mobile version can enable high frame rate mode and is specially optimized.

* GoG mobile version (not yet fully developed) can enable high frame rate mode and is specially optimized.

* Binding a Tenda Games account, you will receive a new game every year.

* Tenda Games will regularly launch exclusive appearances, skins, weapons, and other benefits prepared for mobile phone users, available for purchase at low prices.

[Entertainment]

* Zhongdian Chinese Website Ultimate VIP: The initial recommendation tickets and monthly tickets are the highest in the entire site, with a 30% discount on subscriptions, and priority for trying out various testing functions.

* Feihuang Studio Connoisseur: Watch all web dramas for free, and get two advance screening tickets for new movie releases.

* (Implied benefit) High-authority user on the TPDB website.

[Lifestyle]

* Moyu Internet Cafe Game Expert: 30% discount on consumption, and a free drink of your choice every day.

* Moyu Waimai Premium Member: Regular red envelopes, free delivery.

* Mingyun Private Chef VIP: A free dish is given for a single consumption of 3000 (the specific dish depends on the specific amount of consumption).

* Nifeng Logistics VIP customer: Priority for receiving and sending express delivery.

[Other]

* Trade-in: An additional discount of 500 based on the valuation of the old phone.

* Replace only, no repairs: For non-human caused failures of the mobile phone, a new phone will be delivered to your door and data will be transferred, and the old phone will be recycled; for damage caused by human reasons, there will be three free repairs per year.

* Accessory delivery: You can apply for free mobile phone screen protectors and mobile phone cases of this model up to five times per year.

* Five percent discount on all categories of consumption: Can be used for Tenda-related industries (projects that exist on the TPDB website), and any consumption will enjoy an additional five percent discount on the original discount.

* Lifetime benefit update: Whenever Tenda launches a new business, it will open an exclusive benefit content for otto mobile phone users.

Chang You read the form from beginning to end and couldn't help but sigh.

Now it finally deserves the price of 8199!

I didn't fail President Pei's expectations!

President Pei had previously requested that the phone directly reach the 8,000 price range. Chang You had thought it was difficult and almost impossible to do.

But now it seemed that President Pei had already known that with the support of the Tenda Group's numerous industries, this phone could indeed be sold for 8,000 yuan.

The scope of these discounts was very wide. Some standards were very clear, while others were more vague, with suspicion of being used to make up the numbers.

For example, this "lifetime benefit update" only promised that Tenda would open exclusive benefits for mobile phone users for any new industry in the future, but the specific amount of benefits was not promised.

This was mainly because he was afraid of saying too much and not being able to deliver in the future, which would be embarrassing.

These discounts basically involved various departments of Tenda, and the discounts were considerable, especially if you lived in Jingzhou, you could get a lot of freebies.

Of course, while users were getting freebies from Tenda, Tenda was in turn using these benefits to attract new users, and no one was losing out.

These benefits were not simply various industries transfusing blood and giving profits to otto Technology, these benefits were all in the premium of the phone.

The selling price of this phone was 8199, which was two or three thousand more expensive than the current flagship phones of Pineapple and Shenhua. After the hardware configuration offset the brand premium, it was expensive in these additional services.

After the phone was sold, Chang You would naturally return a portion of the profits to these departments.

In the initial stage, only a thousand units were sold, so this kind of rebate was definitely better than nothing, but if the sales volume of the phone could really reach hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands of units in the future, this portion of the profit would be very considerable.

As for the specific way to achieve this, it was very simple. The phone had NFC. As long as you bind your identity and account, you could swipe your phone directly at Internet cafes and offline stores. On the Internet, one Tenda account would take care of everything.

Chang You looked at the details of these benefits carefully, and had some questions.

"What is this GoG game? Is it difficult to open the high frame rate mode and exclusive optimization?"

Lin Wan replied, "It's the battle game that Tenda's game department is currently developing, abbreviated as GoG."

"High frame rate mode and exclusive optimization are not difficult, but we don't plan to open it to other models of mobile phones for the time being, because high frame rate mode requires a screen refresh rate, and power consumption will also increase significantly."

"The mobile version of GoG has not yet been fully developed, and may have to be released to the mobile phone's app store after the phone is officially released."

"*Hot-Blooded Battle Song* has already been arranged. The high frame rate mode of this game may be more of a gimmick than an actual effect, but it doesn't matter. There are many players in this game. If you promote it a little, you can sell a lot of mobile phones."

Chang You hesitated a bit, "I'm a little worried that I owe other departments too much favors, and it will be difficult to do in the future."

Lin Wan smiled, "You don't need to worry about this."

"There is no distinction between closeness and estrangement within Tenda. As long as otto Technology can grow stronger, and the phone can sell millions or tens of millions of units like Shenhua in the future, it will be using the phone to promote other businesses in turn."

"You don't need to be embarrassed. As long as you do a good job with the phone business, it will be the best reward."

"By the way, how many product lines are currently planned?"

Chang You was silent for a moment, "There are no plans to plan product lines for the time being."

"Because in President Pei's plan, we only make high-end phones. A phone costing 8,000 yuan must also ensure that the comprehensive net profit margin is not high, so we must stack the materials."

"The product line planning, focusing on business, photography, or appearance, etc., is aimed at different groups of people, and it is inevitable to cut some content that is not so important to some target groups. For example, the camera phones prepared for girls are often very beautiful, but they are not equipped with such good flagship chips."

"All the accessories of our mobile phone are basically maxed out. To sum it up, it is a bucket and a straight man, and the product form has basically been determined."

"So... I haven't thought about whether there is a need to plan other product lines for the time being."

"I'll find a chance to ask President Pei again. He may be busy with other work recently and hasn't been able to be contacted."

Lin Wan thought for a while, "Yeah, that's right, I thought wrong. We haven't learned to walk yet, so we're thinking about taking off first. Let's focus on this phone and sell these thousand units first."

"Then, call it otto1? It seems a bit strange."

Lin Chang said, "Call it ottoe1."