Jiang Yan Hai had not been particularly busy lately, but news in this circle could be said to travel quickly—and at times, be remarkably blocked off. In truth, every circle was like that, and news of Xiaomi's situation had soon spread throughout the industry.
The main reason was that Jiang Yan Hai—or rather, Academician Jiang Ling—had appeared at Xiaomi. That alone could not be concealed. As for why Jiang Ling had gone to Xiaomi, there was no need to inquire around or speculate. Some people in the industry could simply ask directly.
Do not assume that manufacturers in the industry did not give each other advance notice before holding product launch events. They had actually developed an unspoken understanding. Otherwise, why not hold all the launch events at the same time and clash head-on?
Staggering them was precisely that unspoken understanding. At such a time, no other company would be releasing a new product anyway, so there was no harm in telling them. CEO Lei also had a great deal to consider, because sometimes, when you went on the offensive, you needed good allies.
For example, in areas such as 5G baseband chips, they also needed Huawei's support. It was not that they had not needed it before because Qualcomm was better or anything like that. Rather, Huawei itself had been bearing the greatest pressure from foreign targeting, so most domestic companies had chosen Qualcomm. In truth, that had been helping Huawei share the burden, not refusing to support Huawei.
Ordinary people did not understand such things. They would only think that, as domestic companies, refusing to support domestic chips and buying foreign ones instead was helping the enemy. In reality, that was not the case.
Politics was an extremely strange thing, especially in capitalist societies. It could be said