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The gist of it was: don’t treat users like idiots; a certain brand’s phone has poor performance, overheats, lags severely, and yet sells for more than the Haier W910.

Although he didn’t name names, netizens often joked about Xiaomi Mobile Phones: ”You can fry an egg on a Xiaomi,” ”Looking forward to its hand-warming capabilities this winter,” and ”Born for a fever? My phone is about to burn out.”

It was obvious he was insulting Xiaomi!

After seeing Zhou Hongyi’s Weibo post, netizens, who loved nothing more than watching a good drama, started frantically tagging Lei Yijun. Every one of them was an expert at fanning the flames.

Prompted by Li Wanqiang, Lei Yijun logged into Weibo and read through Zhou Hongyi’s latest post. His brow immediately furrowed, and a firestorm of anger ignited within him.

’You’ve got some nerve, Zhou Hongyi!’

’All that talk of ”big brother this” and ”big brother that,” treating me to meals, prying all my experience and plans for manufacturing phones out of me, only to turn around and make your own special-edition phone!’

’Now that the Haier W910 isn’t selling, you want to piggyback on my popularity and deliberately slander the quality of Xiaomi’s products.’

Since the gloves were off, Lei Yijun wasn’t going to show him any more courtesy.

He directly called him out by name and retorted mockingly, ”Can your phone’s quality even be mentioned in the same breath as Xiaomi’s? Take a good look at the screen you’re using!”

”I’m using a domestic screen. So what? Are you proud of using goods from Little Days? Does that make all domestic screens garbage? Don’t forget, the Orange Mobile Phone uses a domestic screen too.”

Zhou Hongyi shot back online, going on a full-blown rant.

Last year, the two had been sitting together, calling each other ”brother” like the best of friends. Now, they were heedlessly tearing into each other’s products’ flaws.

In reality, Zhou Hongyi’s response was just muddying the waters. The Orange C2 used a 260-yuan AMOLED screen, which was considered a high-end component anywhere in the world.

They were both domestic screens, but the gap in quality between domestic screens could be enormous.

Lei Yijun was furious. He first published Xiaomi Mobile Phone’s procurement plan, confirming they had indeed purchased domestic screens from Jingdongfang, then pointed out the quality difference between various suppliers.

The ”Big Pineapple” phone, which used the same screen as the Haier W910, was dragged out by netizens and repeatedly thrashed.

Even more users who had bought the ”Big Pineapple” phone commented, ”Whoever buys it will regret it. Time will tell.”

”I bought one for my wife. The screen went black in 13 days. Customer service sent me a new one, and that one’s screen went black in 3 days.”

Zhou Hongyi and Lei Yijun argued until ten at night. When both sides finally quieted down, he glanced at the sales page again. The original 926 units had dropped to 901. A total of 25 users had actually requested refunds!

After learning that the Haier W910’s screen was defective, who would still dare to place an order?

After all, 1,888 yuan wasn’t cheap. Customers would either bite the bullet and upgrade to the Orange C2, or they would choose a Xiaomi Mobile Phone.

After months of effort, to not even sell 1,000 units on launch day... After this, what phone manufacturer would dare to partner with 360 on a special-edition phone?

Lao Zhou was stunned. He immediately put all the blame on Lei Yijun.

He then went on an all-out offensive, tearing into every single one of the Xiaomi Mobile Phone’s fatal flaws.

This scene left industry insiders dumbfounded. They all thought, ’Names can be given by mistake, but nicknames are always earned. The ”Red-Clothed Cannon” really lives up to his title.’

At eleven o’clock that night, Chen Nian of Vancl arrived on the scene, angrily denouncing the Haier W910 on Weibo as a garbage product.

”President Chen, last year Vancl was aiming for 10 billion in sales. Let me ask you, can you even make half of that next year?”

Zhou Hongyi had hit Chen Nian right where it hurt, leaving him fuming.

The first day of February was incredibly exciting for netizens, who spent the whole day enjoying the drama.