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Seeing that Shen Ye was silent, Zhou Min turned to Zhuang Xian and continued, "I have also looked at the two software programs you developed. They are indeed somewhat similar to my ideas, but I feel that many of the functions and operation plans of your software are not compatible with the current technological environment and customer base."

When Zhou Min first conceived of this short video app, he had the software development department conduct market research.

In the competitor analysis, two short video apps from Zhongchuang Elite were prominently listed.

Zhou Min also focused on studying these two software programs at the time.

My impression after watching it is that Feng Pinling really doesn't like new things. She probably only started using these apps after they were already widely available.

So all she ever saw were these apps with hundreds of millions of loyal users and complete functionality.

Such an app is often hundreds of megabytes or even several gigabytes in size, which is simply impossible for phones of this era to run.

In addition, she was unfamiliar with the initial promotion and operation of the software.

Therefore, it was perfectly natural for these two software programs not to succeed, in Zhou Min's view.

Although Zhou Min was very confident, out of caution, she kindly reminded him, "It's a pity to just give up on those two short video apps. Have you considered continuing to develop them?"

Since the topic has already come up, Zhou Min felt it was better to clarify some things beforehand to avoid future disputes.

"No need. We've already pushed those two software programs to their limits; they can't be compressed any further. There's no point in continuing development."

"Alright then, but don't regret it once our software is up and running, Mr. Zhuang."

"No, as you said this morning, the software's functions and operational plans need to be adjusted according to the market environment. Our two software programs have already proven to be unsuitable for this era."

Zhuang Xian had already prepared himself mentally when he participated in this project, so even though Zhou Min repeatedly tested him, Zhuang Xian remained steadfast.

"Okay, let me go over the initial development goals!"

"Our current software development philosophy is small memory usage and fast operation, so the requirements for the algorithm structure are relatively high."

"Our initial functions will be very simple, and the content will mainly consist of short videos. We will further upgrade the software functions once we have a certain number of users."

After Zhou Min finished speaking, she looked at Zhuang Xian and said, "For this software, we will primarily target mobile phone users as our customers."

The two short video apps, Zhuangxian and Zhuangxian, are now mainly used by computer users due to their large size and memory usage.

Zhou Min felt it was necessary to communicate with Zhuang Xian in advance about the operating model and mindset, so as to avoid him using the previous mindset.

"I know," Zhuang Xian replied, his brows furrowed.

Feng Pinling had been asking him to develop a short video app for mobile phones, but the functions Feng Pinling mentioned were simply impossible for a mobile app to perform.

In addition, the penetration rate of smartphones on the market is not high, so the development of the short video app was divided into two parts.

Some are computer versions, and some are mobile versions, but they haven't specifically promoted them to mobile users.

For this reason, Feng Pinling had strong opinions about the company's operating strategy.

After Zhuang Xian repeatedly explained his reasons for doing so, Feng Pinling even more outlandishly proposed to develop and produce a smartphone that could meet the software requirements, which left Zhuang Xian feeling quite helpless.

Putting aside the fact that these market makers have never been involved in manufacturing, the investment costs and technological content of the mobile phone industry alone make it unsuitable for a novice to enter.

However, Feng Pinling clearly did not think so. Although she did not continue to refute herself, the sense of superiority and disdain that was faintly revealed in her eyes could not be hidden.

The banker and the player don't understand, and they don't want to spend any more time and energy trying to understand.

Right now, Zhuang Xian only wants to make Zhongchuang Elite a bigger and stronger company.

He couldn't accept his failure more than making money.

While Zhuang Xian was deep in thought, Zhou Min also gave a general overview of her current development plan and operational strategy.

After saying that, Zhou Min changed the subject and asked, "By the way, we have an investment promotion meeting next week. Those of you who are interested can come along."

"Oh? What kind of investment promotion conference is this?" Yu Cheng asked with a curious look.

In the past few years, Huachuang Future has held more than twenty investment promotion meetings, including those for online stores, regional distributors for factory products, and tenant recruitment for industrial parks, commercial streets, and shopping malls...

In all these years of investment promotion, they've never given me any advance notice. Why bring it up specifically this time? Is there something different about it?

"Yes. In recent years, the smartphone industry has started to develop gradually, and their demand for components has also increased. So we are planning to build another chip factory. The initial investment is relatively large, and this time we want to find a few strong investors."

Zhou Min had already started developing mobile phone components, but previously he mainly produced components such as displays, cameras, memory cards, batteries, motherboards, transistors, diodes, and capacitors.

These components can be used not only in smartphones but also in feature phones.

After smartphone orders surged, these factories gradually stopped taking orders for non-smartphones and focused on the research and development and production of smartphone components.

It was at this time that Zhou Min began to prepare to expand his chip manufacturing plant and transform it towards high-precision and cutting-edge technologies.