136 An Attack on the Software Ecosystem

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“I’ve finally finished all five machines!” At 10 o’clock the following morning, inside Li Chengqian’s private studio, the five handmade brainwave receivers were connected to the computers.

These computers that were connected to the brainwave receivers had all been installed with the computer version of the Divine Dragon System.

[Divine Dragon System Computer Version Completion Rate 100%, Software grade B-.]

[You have completed the development of the Divine Dragon System Computer Version. You have received 2 million experience value points. There are 2.3 million experience value points left in the Experience Pool.]

This was the first B- grade software developed by Li Chengqian. It might also be the first B- grade software in the world.

The operating efficiency of the system was very high, and it worked very smoothly. There was no lag, and it fully utilized the performance of the hardware to an extreme level.

In terms of software ecology, Li Chengqian developed a Divine Dragon Compiler in addition to building into the system an optimized Divine Dragon virtual machine and an optimized Linux virtual machine.

With the Divine Dragon Compiler installed, the Windows and Apple software codes would be converted into native Divine Dragon system programs with only one line of command.

Next, Li Chengqian was prepared to develop more advanced and intelligent software development tools for the Divine Dragon System.

“President Li, President He of Baidu, President Zhou of the National Telecommunications Manufacturing Company, and President Wang of Huawei are already in the meeting room. What should we do next?” Zhao Na’s voice came from the door.

“Please ask them to wait for a moment. I’ll be right down!” After Li Chengqian answered, he tested the effects of the five brainwave receivers one by one. After confirming that there were no issues, he went downstairs and took a seat amidst everyone’s greeting.

After a quick chat, the formal meeting began.

“President Li, the current production capacity of the Long Yao Generation 3 mobile phone has reached 15 million units a month.” Zhou Shaoyun was beaming with joy.

“It’s just that the production capacity still can’t keep up. The National Telecommunications Manufacturing Company just received a huge order of 100 million units. Online orders have already exceeded 10 million units.” Zhou Shaoyun’s face was flushed when he mentioned the orders.

He had been at the National Telecommunications Manufacturing Company for a few years. He had always been the one to beg the National Telecommunications Company to help digest the phones produced by his company.

As he had gone to beg for help many times, the heads of the relevant units at the National Telecommunications Company would shun Zhou Shaoyun whenever they saw him.

Ever since the Long Yao Generation 3 mobile phone installed with the Divine Dragon System became popular, the CEO of the National Telecommunications Company, who was also his immediate superior, had to call him personally in order to obtain a quota for the Long Yao Generation 3 mobile phones.

This was a treatment that Zhou Shaoyun had never received before.

“President Li, apart from domestic orders, there are also a few international companies that are very interested in the Long Yao Generation 3 mobile phone.”

“They are keen because of the advanced system and the cost-effectiveness of the Long Yao Generation 3 mobile phone. They wanted to order a batch from me… but I rejected them all.” There was pride in Zhou Shaoyun’s eyes.

Ever since he joined the National Telecommunications Manufacturing Company, he had many visions and ambitions, but he had never thought that foreign countries would want to import the Long Yao Generation 3 mobile phones because of its advanced technology.

Long Yao Generation 3 mobile phone, from hardware to system, 100% domestically produced!

Domestic products were synonymous with backwardness for a long time.

However, the Divine Dragon System changed everything.

Because of the Divine Dragon System, domestic products were related to advanced technology.

“President Li, apart from bringing you the good news, I’m currently facing a few problems…”

“The first problem is that the supply of chips, memory, and hard drives can’t keep up. We can only supply 15 million sets a month. This limits the maximum production capacity of our phones.”

“The second problem is the price. The price of the Long Yao Generation 3 mobile phone has a huge impact on the mid- and low-end phones of other mobile phone manufacturers in the country. The sales of Heyme, OPPO and Vivo phones have been seriously affected. Do you think we need to adjust the price of our phones?”

The adjustment of the phone pricing required Li Chengqian’s approval. This was a term written in the contract.

“The third problem is the software problem. According to reliable sources, Android is doing its best to adjust the mechanism of the Android SDK. After the new SDK is updated, all Android software will automatically add a verification code during the development process, so that Android apps cannot run on the Divine Dragon System.” Zhou Shaoyun’s face became extremely serious when he said this.

The Divine Dragon System was indeed a very advanced system, but no one would use a system that was not supported by applications, no matter how advanced it was.

For example, WeChat, QQ, and other common applications. If they could not run on the Divine Dragon System, many people would definitely give up on the Divine Dragon System’s phone.

If this problem was not resolved, it would be fatal to the Divine Dragon System.

“President Zhou, I understand!” Li Chengqian wrote down Zhou Shaoyun’s questions in his notebook one by one. “Let me gather all your questions and deal with them together.”

“President Wang, may I ask what your issues are?” Li Chengqian looked at Wang Renfei.

Wang Renfei said, “I don’t have any other issues for the time being, I just don’t have enough chips.”

The key problem Huawei faced in the mobile phone business had always been that chips could not be produced. If this problem was not resolved everything else was in vain.

“I suggest that the software problem that President Zhou mentioned be placed in the first priority.” Then, Wang Renfei commented on the software ecology issue.

“Alright, I’ve taken note of this! President He, what about you?” Li Chengqian turned to look at He Hongyan.

“I’ve already received confirmation that the Android SDK will be updated in five days. By that time, all Android apps will automatically add a verification mechanism and no longer support the Divine Dragon System.” He Hongyan’s expression was extremely serious.

As long as the Android SDK is used to make the updated Android software, a verification mechanism will automatically be added. It will use network verification, and it can’t be hacked.

Even if the software manufacturers wanted to allow the Divine Dragon System to use their software, they couldn’t do so.

It was impossible to develop a software exclusive to the Divine Dragon System within five days.

In addition, the tools for developing the software of the Divine Dragon System, the SDK, and so on had not been developed. Even if there were developers who wanted to develop software for the Divine Dragon System, there were no tools.

“The only good news at the moment is that the software developed before the SDK update is still usable!”

“But this is not a long-term solution!”

“I have to complete the special programming tools of the Divine Dragon System and SDK, as soon as possible. Otherwise, without app ecological support, the number of users of the Divine Dragon System will decrease.”

“The Android company is determined to kill us this time. They chose our weakest spot to attack us ruthlessly and viciously. It just so happens that we don’t have our own software ecology.” He Hongyan’s expression was very grave.

Instantly, Zhou Shaoyun’s expression changed and became extremely serious. Without app support, the sales of Long Yao Generation 3 mobile phones might not be as good as before. He would immediately be beaten back to his original state.

In particular, even if they discovered bugs in the mobile phone software, they would not dare to modify the bugs and update the functions under the verification mechanism of Android SDK.

Once any changes were made to the software, the verification mechanism by the Android SDK would be added and the Divine Dragon System wouldn’t be able to run on the Long Yao Generation 3 mobile phones.

In the long run, when the software became old and the technology became outdated, it would definitely be eliminated by users.

After He Hongyan spoke, all eyes were immediately on Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian’s expression was calm. He didn’t reveal that he was affected in any way by the bad news.

“I’ll answer President Zhou’s question first.”

“The first problem is that we don’t have enough CPU, memory, and other supplies. I can’t help you solve it for the time being.” Based on the current situation, he had to wait until September, when he took on the University Student profession, before he could think of a way to solve the problem of chip production.

“As for the second problem, we cannot increase the price of Long Yao Generation 3 mobile phones unless the prices of raw materials are rising.”

“Although this will have a huge impact on the relevant phone manufacturers, let’s think along another line…”

“Long Yao phones are bestsellers. They will give manufacturers a large number of orders and profits to supply CPUs, memory, hard disks, cameras, screens, and so on. The profits can also push suppliers to increase their investment and upgrade their technology…”

“If this benign chain can be maintained, the relevant industries in the country will develop.”

“The other manufacturers’ valuable core components are imported. Even if they are popular, they won’t be of much use to the relevant domestic industries.”

“President Zhou, if Long Yao’s phone is exported, I suggest you increase the price by three times! When the time comes, the system’s authorization fee will also increase by three times,” Li Chengqian said with a smile.

“Regarding the third problem, you don’t have to worry about the software ecology…” The software ecology problem was the most fatal problem everyone was very worried about.

Seeing that everyone’s faces were still solemn, he had a faint smile on his lips. He felt that he needed to boost the confidence of his partners.

“Come with me. I’ll show you something good!”

“You’ll understand after seeing it!”