Shenma Technology Company factory, second floor.
It was different from before, when dozens of production lines made all sorts of Phantom Projector components, followed by a final assembly line.
Although the second floor still had dozens of production lines, they now made only two kinds of Phantom Projector components.
The first was the Phantom Projector's driver board.
The second was the LED light source.
The robotic arms were the same as before; only their programs had been changed.
Driver boards the size of cigarette packs rolled off the conveyor belts in an endless stream. Compared with the many different components they had made before, the production process was much simpler.
Cutting, drilling, copper plating, pattern transfer, pattern plating, film stripping, etching, solder mask, screen-printing, surface finishing, shaping, testing, final inspection, and driver installation.
After fourteen processes, each finished driver board was wrapped in shock-resistant foam and packed into a small cardboard box, which was then placed in a large carton at the end of the conveyor belt.
A large carton could hold a thousand driver boards!
Dozens of production lines could turn out dozens of cartons of Phantom Projector driver boards in less than half an hour.
The LED light source production line beside them followed much the same process.
These two Phantom Projector components were now Shenma Technology Company's main products.
As for the Phantom TV System 2.0 version promised to the five home appliance companies, Ning Yifan had uploaded it to a shared cloud drive he had set up. Whenever they needed it, the companies could download and install it on the Phantom Projectors over the internet.
Then, for every driver board and LED light source set they supplied, Shenma Technology Company would provide an activation code for Phantom TV System 2.0.
After Samsung's attempt to crack the Phantom Projector's driver, Ning Yifan had started paying closer attention to software piracy.
He was certain that no one on Earth could crack this system—not unless they had also obtained a Black Tech System like his.
With no more production or assembly work for the many Phantom Projector components, the lines that had previously been able to produce twenty thousand projectors a day could now turn out two hundred thousand sets of the main components.
Unlike before, when they had relied on SF Express for deliveries, they now only had to transport the main components to the home appliance factories.
So every evening, the five Daxia home appliance companies sent their own staff and vehicles to collect the finished components. They also brought Ning Yifan the raw materials needed to make the two parts.
The five home appliance companies had spent decades in the business, and their supply channels for all kinds of raw materials were well established. That was a far cry from Shenma Technology Company, which had started out as a small workshop making and selling products.
The five companies were thoroughly familiar with every stage of production, manufacturing, and sales. They knew the ins and outs of registering design patents, exporting overseas, and everything else.
After decades of producing and selling all kinds of home appliances, the five companies knew every step of the process inside out!
They had even completed the necessary paperwork before the Phantom Projector was manufactured. As soon as the products came off the line, they were ready to go on sale.
Working together, the five home appliance companies were every bit as formidable in the home appliance market as Samsung, which had previously focused only on high-end television projectors!
On the tenth day after Shenma Technology Company announced its partnership with the five home appliance companies to produce Phantom Projectors,
the first batch of two hundred thousand units began rolling off the production lines.
Each of the five companies now had forty thousand Phantom Projectors in stock.
Following the strategy they had agreed on at their meeting—to work together to suppress Samsung's projector products—the five companies shipped the finished units by air overnight to cities across the country. They sent more to cities where Samsung's sales were strong than to ordinary cities!
Before this, the five companies' sales staff had already visited major cities to investigate and gather details about Samsung's projector sales.
They had looked into Samsung's promotional strategy and the locations of its exclusive stores, and had made all the necessary preparations.
Samsung was warming up its product sales online.
So the major home appliance companies decided to piggyback on Samsung's publicity. No, why call it piggybacking? It was the truth!
They used the story of Samsung accusing Shenma Technology Company of stealing confidential laboratory materials, only for Shenma to unveil an upgraded product and leave Samsung thoroughly beaten, cowering in silence. That story became a selling point for their own Phantom Projectors.
With their products as weapons, Shenma Technology Company had launched an offensive that Samsung didn't even dare to answer!
It was immediately obvious whose products were superior.
It was all true. Shenma Technology Company's Weibo posts were still up, while Samsung had deleted its posts about Shenma Technology Company and gone silent.
The five companies used the truth as their promotional story, emphasizing that the Phantom Projector system they produced far surpassed Samsung's products!
Samsung had spent the previous few days flooding the world with projector advertisements. The home appliance companies now rode that wave of publicity.
Anyone who had learned about the Phantom Projector through Samsung's ads would now hear that something even better had hit the market.
And Samsung couldn't even protest. Could it sue them for defamation? Everything they said was true!
The five home appliance companies were also highly skilled at exploiting buzz and drawing traffic. They knew better than to leave a trail: none of the companies made official statements. Instead, the story spread online through paid posters and similar accounts.
If that move had given Samsung a bit of a headache, the next one was the real killer!
One after another, stores opened by the five home appliance companies sprang up beside Samsung's exclusive stores in major cities around the world, like mushrooms after rain.
The shops had simple decor and stocked just one main product: the Phantom Projector. Some opened right next to Samsung stores; others opened farther away, but still on the same street.
Their advertisements were refreshingly direct. The high-end version's specifications were double Samsung's projector specifications, while even the basic version came with the Phantom TV System, a powerful feature in its own right.
With AI image enhancement, the Phantom Projector could truly deliver the full effect of an 8K display. Most people who bought Samsung's projector, on the other hand, could only use it as a 4K projector. The difference between the two was obvious!
The two stores weren't far apart. It was hardly difficult to stop by and look at the Phantom Projector sold by one of the five home appliance companies on the way to buy a Samsung projector.
Once consumers compared the two, the choice was clear. For products in the same tier and at similar prices, who would pick Samsung over a Phantom Projector equipped with the Phantom TV System?
What's more, the home appliance companies had a showstopper: the Phantom Projector Super Edition, with its full 16K ultra-high definition—a product Samsung didn't even offer.
The Phantom Projectors made by the five home appliance companies were clearly much more advanced!
The five companies' strategy of pinning Samsung's projectors down was already producing good results.
Consumers who had originally planned to buy a projector from a Samsung store would browse the five companies' shops first, then compare the products at Samsung. After that, they abandoned Samsung's products.
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