Oupai Mobile's Alternative Action

Domestic material substitution is a massive undertaking.

Since the sanctions were imposed, domestic enterprises have been greatly shocked and extremely vigilant. Even if they don't say it out loud or publicly promote self-research and development, their actions are very honest. One by one, they have secretly begun to push for material substitution, especially for irreplaceable foreign materials, and are eagerly searching for alternative resources domestically.

If the performance is a bit worse, then so be it; they quickly try to find ways to adjust.

However, material substitution is not something that can be completed overnight, because not all materials have domestic alternatives.

High-end ones, at least within ten years, cannot be replaced. One can only say that the problem of "having it first" is being solved step by step, and then other things can be discussed.

The powerful performance of FY-01 immediately made Li Dingguo think that in the area of optical materials, 90% of the substitution has finally been completed.

The remaining 10% is just waiting for large-scale testing.

Sometimes, whether a material is reliable, in addition to reliability testing, also depends on the large-scale mass production process. Mass production is actually a big test.

Thinking of this, Li Dingguo immediately thought of the hot-selling K9 Series mobile phone. Since its launch half a year ago, it has sold more than three million units, and its popularity has not diminished. It is expected to exceed ten million units within a year, becoming another project for Oupai Company with sales exceeding ten million units.

The K9 has a single punch-hole screen, with the hole in the upper left corner, given the nice name "Extreme Point Screen". The optical material currently used is King Polymer Optical Film.

There's no other way. Because a hole is dug in the screen of the Extreme Point Screen, a corresponding hole must also be dug in the internal material at the corresponding position to place the phone's camera, allowing light to enter the camera through this hole, thereby achieving the function of taking pictures. Therefore, this requires higher performance from the optical material.

In addition to the high brightness required by the K9 itself, the performance after digging the hole is the second core factor.

Most optical materials cannot pass the high brightness test.

Oupai had also considered a cost reduction plan, using optical materials with lower brightness and supplementing the brightness from other materials. But after actual testing, the performance completely failed.

A single hole in the upper left corner destroys the integrity, which means that after the optical material is made into a finished product, its reliability is not as good as that of a finished product without a hole.

"Manager Liu, you are in charge of the K9 project, which was done by Zhong Wei. Please find someone from Zhong Wei and verify the substitution of King Material with FY-01."

Li Dingguo found Liu Shaofan, the product manager who was responsible for developing the K9 product, and instructed him.

Suddenly receiving such an order, Liu Shaofan was obviously stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted and immediately replied, "Okay, President Li, I will arrange this immediately."

As a product manager at Oupai, he also has some reputation in the industry. Although he is not as famous as those beautiful legs, let alone those big names in the same industry, his ability is beyond doubt.

On the same day, Liu Shaofan did his homework, arranged the verification plan, and then contacted Feng Zhongfa, the project leader at Zhong Wei, and told him about it.

"Okay, President Liu, Zhong Wei will respond as quickly as possible."

Feng Zhongfa was overjoyed and quickly agreed.

Zhong Wei directly sent high-level negotiation representatives to discuss cooperation with Zhou Feiyu, even sending their Executive Vice President Chen Xi. At that time, he still felt that the company was paying too much attention.

But now, it seems that the company's decision was very far-sighted and more decisive than his.

Feng Zhongfa immediately found Chen Xi and reported the matter to him: "President Chen, Oupai wants to introduce FY-01 material on the K9 model. It seems our decision was very correct."

Chen Xi had been communicating with Hua Long, Qian Jia, Di Guang, as well as Zhou Feiyu and Nanjiang County about accelerating the launch of Fei Yang Optics in the past few days. Hearing this news suddenly, he was not very surprised.

Chen Xi smiled slightly and said, "President Feng, you should know that sometimes whether a material is worth investing in, in addition to the value of the material itself, also depends on industry dynamics and domestic and international current events. Do you think that in the current climate where suppression is intensifying, companies like Oupai, which have not been suppressed, don't want to engage in domestic material substitution?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Feng Zhongfa suddenly felt a sense of clarity, and sighed with emotion: "Yes, everyone is afraid of the day they will be suppressed. The wisdom of our ancestors is still timeless; you can't put all your eggs in one basket."

With a common goal and determination, coupled with the significant price advantage of substituting King Material with FY-01, both Oupai Company and Zhong Wei Technology were full of motivation at this moment.

The next day, a small order of 10,000 pieces was placed with the newly established Fei Yang Optics Company.

Since Fei Yang Optics couldn't produce yet, the order was entrusted to Fei Yang New Material for OEM production. Two profits entered Fei Yang New Material, which is to say, Zhou Feiyu's pocket.

"Oupai Company has made a move."

Zhou Feiyu, upon receiving the news, was immediately very surprised.

Although Oupai is one of the four major mobile phone brands, compared to the other two, its publicity in the area of research and development has always been extremely low-key. It seemed as if Oupai had no investment in this area at all, and its actions were relatively few.

But it seems that Oupai is still very pragmatic and has a very clear head.

Zhou Feiyu knew that the K9 Series needed material substitution, and they directly ordered 10,000 pieces for trial production. It looked like they wanted to complete all the verification at once and replace it with his FY-01 as quickly as possible. Therefore, they had to speed up and strive to increase production capacity as soon as possible.

Zhou Feiyu didn't pay too much attention to this issue. Most of his energy was focused on learning and researching "Intermediate Thin Film Technology," because someone was more anxious than him.

A total investment of 40 million, high-tech materials, broad prospects, and the order already received from Hua Long Technology – all of these made Nanjiang County treat the official production of Fei Yang Optics as a top priority.

One day for approval, one day for land demarcation, simultaneous entry of construction teams, and a race against time to connect water, electricity, gas, and internet.

"What? Oupai Company is preparing to place a large order?"

County leader Xiao Yi, who had already made the production of Fei Yang Optics his top priority, still felt that the progress was not fast enough after hearing the information reported by Zhou Feiyu.

Oupai Company's orders were easily in the tens of millions, which would undoubtedly inject stronger momentum into the economic development of Nanjiang County.

To date, Nanjiang County had not seen such significant development in the materials field.

He recalled the production progress of Tesla in Shanghai, a super factory with an annual output of over 500,000 electric vehicles, which took only over half a year from finalizing the intention to mass production. That production speed was truly speed.

One must know that after finalizing the intention, there were still various approval processes to go through, land to be demarcated, designs to be made, and construction parties to be found. The complexity of that was incomparable to a materials enterprise; the difficulty was at least ten times higher.

Xiao Yi immediately set off, personally leading people to the construction site to supervise once, and issued an order to the Industrial Park Management Committee, stating that official production must begin within one month.

Meanwhile, on the other side, with Oupai Company's actions, Wang Yanfeng, the general manager of King Material Company's domestic office, soon received unpleasant news.

"Director Wang, Zhong Wei Technology has canceled the delivery plan of five million pieces scheduled for a month later!"

The sales department manager knocked on his office door with a heavy expression.