Chapter 689: First Day: 2.227 Million Units, 5.45 Billion Yuan! Accountant Jia: President Chen, I Want to Build Cars

“Brother Cheng? Are you crazy? You actually bought it?”

In the Kuai Pao Cafeteria near Riyueguang Mall on Yishan Road in Hu City.

Li Zhou craned his neck and glanced at Xu Jiacheng’s phone screen.

It was a Qingcheng D2, its screen cracked long ago, but Xu Jiacheng could never bring himself to replace it.

In his words: ‘As long as it works! The money should be saved for my wife and Nannan!’

Right now, the screen was displaying the successful order page for a Yaocheng X2, the order number split in two by the crack.

“The boss’s… products are definitely good… products. It’s a birthday… gift for Nannan, and besides, we can’t let the boss lose!”

Xu Jiacheng looked up and said with a wide grin.

“Other people are just shouting slogans, and you’re actually taking it to heart?” Li Zhou retorted irritably.

He had to hand it to Xu Jiacheng. The man usually only drank his own homemade saltwater or barley tea, yet he always bought mineral water for Li Zhou.

Today, just because he saw some news on the company intranet about their boss being mocked, he had ordered a Yaocheng X2 on Pinbei without the slightest hesitation, spending 4,678 yuan!

“Brother Zhou, don’t you talk about… the boss like that.”

Xu Jiacheng furrowed his brow and said, waving his hand.

To be honest, spending over four thousand yuan stung him, too. But he could never forget how Chen Yansen had looked out for him, giving a disabled man like himself a chance to earn his own living.

Base salary, social security, quarterly bonuses, supplemental health insurance, stock options, and various subsidies all added up to seven or eight thousand yuan a month. It finally allowed him to support a family and take on the responsibilities of a father.

Furthermore, once Nannan got into a first-tier university, the company would give him a 10,000 yuan bonus every year.

‘Compared to that kindness, was 4,678 yuan a lot? Not at all!’

“Fine, fine, getting all defensive now?” Li Zhou rolled his eyes. He grabbed a napkin from the table, wiped his mouth, and tossed it in the trash. “Get online!” he urged. “If you want to make money, don’t miss the lunch rush!”

With that, he stuffed his phone into his pocket and led the way out.

No one noticed that his phone screen also prominently displayed the successful order page for a Yaocheng X2.

‘Fuck! As soon as this rush is over, I’m going to report that son of a bitch who’s badmouthing the boss!’

Li Zhou cursed inwardly.

He was the type with a sharp tongue but a soft heart. Otherwise, he never would have pleaded Xu Jiacheng’s case and brought him into the business.

Before joining Kuai Pao, he’d worked day and night for only three to four thousand yuan a month.

Now he made over ten thousand a month. It was harder and more tiring, sure, but the company provided a full benefits package, so he’d have security in his old age.

‘Cursing out Chen Yansen was no different from cursing me out.’

「Meanwhile.」

After finishing his presentation on the Yaocheng X2, Wang Teng took a short breather and then switched the image on the screen behind him.

Orange C4!

A 5.5-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen, with two processor options: the Snapdragon 800 or the Tegra 4. It featured 3GB of RAM and 16GB of ROM, a 5-megapixel front camera, and a 16-megapixel rear camera.

It also offered two operating system choices: Aurora Future OS 2.0 or Aurora OS 1.9. The phone was equipped with a 4800 mAh Deep Blue Battery and supported fast charging, AI imaging algorithms, and NFC.

Compared to the Yaocheng X2, the Orange C4 featured downgraded hardware, including the screen, processor, camera, and battery.

The Moss Voice Assistant was also a major version behind!

Of course, Wang Teng’s explanation was that the performance of the Snapdragon 800 and Tegra 4 was insufficient. Coupled with the lack of an AI accelerator module, the phone could only run Moss Voice Assistant 1.3.

The Yaocheng X2, however, was equipped with Moss Voice Assistant 2.0.

The public didn’t seem to mind. After all, with a 1,600 yuan price difference, who would buy the Yaocheng X2 if the software and hardware were identical?

Finally, Wang Teng announced the retail price for the Orange C4: the 16GB standard edition would sell for 2,799 yuan, the 32GB premium edition for 3,099 yuan, and the 64GB top-tier edition for 3,599 yuan.

This was on par with the price of the Orange C3S!

Compared to other sub-flagship models, both domestic and international, the Orange C4’s hardware specs were incredibly generous for the price.

Take the Sony Xperia SP, released in April, for example. It was equipped with the same processor as the Orange C3 and had only 1GB of RAM—the same as the Qingcheng D2—yet it was priced as high as 2,599 yuan.

The Orange C4 not only had an upgraded processor but also boasted enhanced battery life.

Furthermore, it came with the more advanced Aurora Future OS 2.0.

This was something the Orange C3 and Orange C3S simply couldn’t match!

This was because Aurora Future OS, iOS, and Android were completely different operating systems, with fundamental differences in their architecture and low-level code. Even if users managed to flash older models running Aurora OS with Aurora Future OS, they would encounter numerous problems.

For instance, the camera app might crash, the device might run slower than on a native Aurora Future OS, and some applications might not install at all due to CPU architecture mismatches.

With this, all three of Orange Technology’s major product lines—Qingcheng, Orange, and Yaocheng—had entered the era of Aurora Future OS.

The difference was that the Yaocheng series would run exclusively on Aurora Future OS, while the Qingcheng and Orange series would offer users a choice between two systems.

The third new phone was the Qingcheng D2S. As the name suggested, it was a minor, incremental upgrade—a classic “squeezing the toothpaste” model.

It featured a 5.0-inch IPS touchscreen, a 3-megapixel front camera, a 13-megapixel rear camera, and a 3600 mAh battery. It supported dual-SIM, dual-standby, and offered a choice between Aurora Future OS 2.0 or Aurora OS 1.9.

In terms of hardware, the Qingcheng D2S was powered by either a MediaTek MT6592 or a Tegra 3 processor. It came with 2GB of RAM, 8GB of storage, and supported a gravity sensor, light sensor, proximity sensor, gyroscope, and electronic compass.

Priced at just 999 yuan!

Seeing this, Zhu Fanghao, the head of Coolpad’s Dazen sub-brand who was sitting in the audience, felt his brow tighten as the pressure suddenly intensified.