27: Chapter 27 Take life and death lightly, fight if you disagree!

Fanmi Software Engineering Department conference room.

The atmosphere at the long conference table was somewhat heavy as Lei Jun stood to present the situation.

"The release dates for the new Apple and Samsung phones have been announced; they should be in three months..."

"Although the progress of our self-developed system is good, due to hardware and software ecosystem issues, we need one year to make adjustments and plans..."

Lei Jun was actually quite satisfied with one year, as even if the system were developed based on android, it would likely take about the same amount of time.

"Is one year too long?" Zhou Fan thought for a moment and said.

"But for system R&D and the ecosystem, one year is already very fast." Lei Jun explained, since they had already decided to go down the path of a self-developed system and building an ecosystem chain.

He naturally wouldn't regret it; he could afford to wait and endure for a year.

"One year is too long, start the other plan." Zhou Fan shook his head. Lei Jun could afford to wait a year, but he couldn't.

He had originally intended to get the fanmi mobile phone on the market in a short time so he could devote himself wholeheartedly to the research of the Room-Temperature Superconductivity project.

But if he had to wait a year, the Room-Temperature Superconductivity project would be shelved for a year due to experimental equipment, and he naturally did not want to wait.

"There's a second plan?" Lei Jun's eyes lit up, and his gaze instantly became fervent.

In fact, it wasn't just Lei Jun; the others in the conference room were all staring at Zhou Fan with bright, attentive eyes.

"I reserved a port compatible with android; I will open this port first to solve the software ecosystem problem! With Fast Charging Technology and system innovation, there shouldn't be a problem seizing the market. Once we have the market, we will have a say. Anyway, the phone needs to be launched quickly; I have another important project to research..."

Zhou Fan said firmly. As soon as he finished speaking, the group of people in the conference room looked at each other.

"If there's a reserved port, then it's much easier. We just need to build the various service modules and add the microkernel drivers; we are confident we can finish it within two months, and we can consider launching then..." Lin Wenwu said, then suddenly paused, his brow furrowing slightly.

After hesitating for a moment, he said slowly, "Doesn't that mean we'll clash with Samsung and Apple..."

Lin Wenwu's words plunged the entire conference room into silence.

They were full of confidence in the first fanmi mobile phone, but no one dared to say they were sure when facing two behemoths. Even Lei Jun was the same; after all, at the Sharp conference, he didn't even have the qualifications to look up to Samsung.

"We'll run into them sooner or later..." Zhou Fan shook his head. He saw this matter very clearly.

Samsung was undeniably strong, but no matter how strong, it couldn't affect Fanmi's progress.

Once Zhou Fan finished speaking, it was clear that he didn't care about the launch timing. This made them look at Lei Jun, as Lei Jun was in charge of the market sector.

Lei Jun didn't rush to express his stance but thought carefully. The conference room fell into a brief silence. A moment later, his eyes gradually became more intense.

"That's right, it's unavoidable!"

Lei Jun had thought countless times about the problems he would encounter while starting a business, naturally including going head-to-head with Apple and Samsung, but he just didn't expect... this day would come so soon!

If Zhou Fan had confidence, then he undoubtedly had confidence too.

From the moment they started down the path of self-development, Fanmi had no way back. They could only keep moving forward; no matter who the opponent was, they had to collide with them.

The agreement of the two leaders made the others in the conference room look at each other, their gazes slowly becoming fervent.

"Take life and death lightly, just fight if you're not convinced!"

"Our phone is great. We must have confidence in ourselves; Fanmi is not weaker than anyone!!!"

"..."

The core technical and R&D staff were not stupid; they quickly understood the key points, their gazes very serious.

"Give us a month and a half, and our module team will do our best to complete the framework structure and driver adaptation!"

"Our compiler will be perfected in at most half a month; I'm moving into the company."

"Another version of the UI will be out within seven days; Engineer Zhou, please review it for us!"

"We will definitely fix the bugs properly!"

"We'll test the application framework layer for bugs and fix them..."

"The system toolchain will be developed in one month!"

After deciding to clash with Samsung and Apple, everyone was filled with determination. Those two mountains were high, but they weren't impossible to climb.

"General Manager Lei, as long as the hardware can keep up, we are confident that we can get the system online!" Lin Wenwu also expressed his stance to Lei Jun. The negotiations with hardware Sharps had always been handled by Lei Jun and Li Guoqiang.

"Currently, we have targets for the main core components—chips, cameras, PCB motherboards, and other small accessories—and are negotiating; some contracts have already been signed!"

"In addition, I took the time to visit Japan in the last two days and secured the phone screens from Sharp, though the price is a bit expensive..."

Lei Jun was very clear that the first test-market phone already had enough advantages and highlights. It was obviously impossible for the first product to cast off the shackles of the android ecosystem, but they were truly starting to build a software ecosystem belonging to Fanmi.

Three months... just three more months...

Fanmi would truly appear before the world.