Chapter 1074 The King of Africa
Donghe has done a very reasonable and scientific job in the utilization of new energy vehicles.
Especially the solution to the charging problem is done quite well.
Not only are there more than a dozen charging stations in the city, but there are also charging stations in rural areas.
It is basically guaranteed that every township has at least one charging station.
Basically meet the needs of people with new energy vehicles in this city.
For example, Qingyun Town has two charging stations and more than 20 charging piles, which can accommodate 20 trams charging at the same time.
It only takes fifteen minutes to charge a car to 80%.
It can be said that in terms of charging technology, Weilai has achieved the charging level of the previous generation in 2020 in 2010.
Jianshan Town is the town with the most charging piles.
In addition to a charging station with 15 charging stations in Jianshan Village, where the town government is located, Fengwobao Village and Xingshugou Village also have a charging station with 15 charging stations each.
Most rural users charge at home, and only a few use commercial electricity at charging stations, so a charging station with 15 piles is enough.
Although the electricity bill at the charging station is more than double that of household electricity, there are still many cars charging at the charging station.
The charging speed at the charging station is unmatched by charging at home.
The New Energy Vehicle Promotion Department conducted a detailed inspection in Donghe. Their main purpose was to see how Donghe’s charging measures were laid out, and to prepare to promote Donghe’s advanced experience across the country, striving to realize the new energy plan for taxis as soon as possible.
On July 3, 2010, Weilai’s third generation smartphone was released.
It turns out that Jiang Yu was preparing to release the third-generation smartphone in June, but because some models of mobile phones were not ready yet, the launch was delayed for more than a month.
The mobile phone released by Weilai this time is not one series, but it has withdrawn from several series at the same time.
From the highest-end universe series to the next-level future series, to the next-lower ocean series, to the lowest-end wild series priced under two thousand yuan.
Prices range from the lowest price of 1,000 yuan for the Wild 3L to the price of 4,499 yuan for the Universe Series Neptune.
A total of four series and seven types of mobile phones have been launched.
The top-end Neptune uses Wei Lai's own Feilong chipset and comes with 2GB RAM and 32GB of internal storage.
This was already a very luxurious formulation in 2010.
For the first time, the mobile phone screen uses a 5.2-inch d screen with a resolution of 1080×1920 pixels.
In addition, the pro version is also waterproof.
For capable consumers, Neptune is their best choice.
For people with less money, a camera with as little as a thousand yuan can meet your various needs. Although the photo pixels are a little lower, it can still meet your minimum needs.
Basically covering all levels of consumers.
Especially the release of the Wild series shocked the Chinese people.
They never imagined that they could buy a smartphone for 1,499 yuan, and the configuration was not too low.
Although the screen is only four inches in size, it has 1GB of memory, a front-facing 2-megapixel camera, and a rear-facing 8-megapixel camera. The chipset used is Weilai's own Xuanwu chip.
In the field of mobile phone chips, Weilai has developed four series: Feilong, Fire Phoenix, Jade Tiger and Xuanwu.
The Wild series is the series that has caused the greatest response, and orders for it are really coming in like snowflakes.
It not only attracted Chinese consumers, but also attracted an important stranger.
A week after the Weilai mobile phone was released, Jiang Yu received a call saying that a man named Zhu Zhaoxiang wanted to see him.
Zhu Zhaoxiang?
The name Jiang Yu is really unfamiliar.
But he still saw each other.
Zhu Zhaoxiang was about the same age as him. After meeting, he shook hands with Jiang Yu with a smile on his face, and then handed over his business card.
General Manager of Transsion Holdings Co., Ltd....
Who is Zhu Zhaoxiang? Jiang Yu
I really don’t have any impression, but he knows about Chuanyin.
Although not many people knew Chuanyin in the previous life, even in 2020, Jiang Yu was definitely one of those who knew Chuanyin.
"Mr. Zhu! I've heard of you for a long time. I heard that your mobile phone sales are very good in Africa."
Zhu Zhaoxiang was a little surprised: "Mr. Jiang! Do you know about our sound transmission phone?"
"Of course I know. Someone from our company has been to Africa and brought back a Transsion mobile phone that is said to be the best-selling in Africa. He said that in Africa, the dual-SIM and dual-standby Transsion mobile phone is very popular."
Dual SIM card dual standby has existed in China for many years, and there is nothing new at all.
But in Africa before 2007, there were only single-SIM mobile phones, and calls across operators were very expensive.
Zhu Zhaoxiang's Transsion Holdings originally planned to sell mobile phones to Africa, but after learning about the situation in Africa, he decisively started manufacturing mobile phones.
Of course it is not a smartphone but a feature phone.
The first batch of mobile phones produced by Transsion were dual-SIM dual-standby function phones that had no technical secrets in China.
It is precisely because cross-operator fairy tales in Africa are very expensive, and mobile phones sold in Africa are all single-SIM, that Transsion's mobile phones became an instant success.
Zhu Zhaoxiang also made his first pot of gold.
In addition, he previously worked at Bird and knows the importance of advertising to a brand.
Therefore, he was very willing to spend money on advertising and also established customer service centers in shopping malls in Africa.
In this way, the sales of sterling silver mobile phones in Africa were extremely popular. By 2010, Transsion mobile phones had become the number one brand of dual-SIM and dual-standby mobile phones in Africa.
This was just over three years after he arrived in Africa.
"We just have good luck, and our success is a bit of a fluke." Zhu Zhaoxiang is still modest.
"Luck is reserved for those who are prepared. Without sufficient preparation, even luck will slip by. What do you think, Mr. Zhu, who has come to visit us?"
"Mr. Jiang! Although our Transsion has made some small achievements in functional phones, we also know that smart phones are the future development direction. Although Africans are poor, they still need smart phones. We really have no research on smart phones.
What I mean is that I want to cooperate with you, Weilai, to launch cheap smartphones in Africa. We think that Weilai’s wild launch is very suitable.”
Zhu Zhaoxiang was attracted by Weilai's wildness.
Smartphones that can be made for less than 1,500 are very suitable for deployment in Africa.
Of course it would be better if it could be cheaper.
"How do you want to cooperate with Chuanyin?"
"You Weilai provide the technology, we provide the personnel at the site, and we jointly register a smartphone brand to produce domestically, then transport it to Africa, and the profits will be shared equally after the market is opened."
"Then why not build factories in Africa? Wouldn't the cost be lower?"
"We have also thought about this. You don't know how efficient Africans are at work." Zhu Zhaoxiang shook his head.
"We will discuss this later. I promise to cooperate with Chuanyin."
It’s a decent cooperation. Weilai has had many such cooperation before and now.
There will definitely be such cooperation in the future.
Jiang Yu has never resisted this kind of cooperation.
Chapter completed!