Reborn To Dominate Technology

Chapter 243: Chapter 243 – Star Series (Part 1)



The house lights dimmed, chat windows burst with emojis, and someone typed, "Wait—where's Director Liu?" The plea scrolled so quickly it blurred into a waterfall of Give us back Director Liu! Old‑time viewers treated Liu's absence as sacrilege. Yet the lone figure who stepped into the spotlight quickly erased the protest.

"Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the Harmony S‑Series launch—I'm your spokesman, Jay Chou."

Bass rumbled, lights flared, and Huaxing's keynote became a ten‑minute micro‑concert. Jay leaned into Starry Mood, then slipped straight into a fresh track called Tornado. His live vocals matched the studio take; disbelief in the chat melted into giddy praise: "Didn't like his mumbling before, but this slaps," and "Huaxing out here turning press conferences into concerts—love it!"

When the final chord faded, Jay bowed and vanished backstage. In his place shuffled Yang Qiang, the bespectacled project lead whose résumé boasted circuits rather than stage time. He cleared his throat. "Tonight we're unveiling several products, but let's warm up with the revised Star Series." The giant screen obeyed, flashing STAR SERIES in glacier‑silver letters while a 3‑D render spun: a compact 4.6‑inch handset clad in brushed metal. Gasps rippled across the room—small phones had become unicorns, and Huaxing was bringing them back with swagger.

Yang outlined the hardware in brisk bursts that felt more conversation than lecture. The chassis was aerospace‑grade aluminum, frosted to shrug off fingerprints. Buyers could choose Moonlight Silver or Time Gold—the former subtle as moon dust, the latter a champagne whisper. At 8.6 millimetres thin, with edges chamfered just enough to catch stray light, the phone promised pocket comfort without plastic compromise. The display, a custom 720 p IPS panel commissioned from BOE, pushed 240 nits peak brightness—enough for subway sunshafts yet gentle on midnight eyes.

He flipped to a live feed of the phone turning under studio lamps, its antenna bands and centred Huaxing logo appearing like faint constellations. "President Heifeng personally flew to BOE to sign off on screen yields," Yang added. The mention of Huaxing's famously hands‑on CEO sent chat threads into fresh frenzy; fans treasured every glimpse behind the curtain.

Not everyone wants a six‑inch slab, Yang said next, echoing thousands of forum pleas. Commuters, students, coders—they'd begged for something that fit real jeans pockets yet ran Harmony OS without compromise. Star was the answer. A side‑by‑side image popped up: last year's iPhone 6, the new Star, and Huaxing's own Harmony X. The Star sat in the middle—shorter, narrower, but flashing the same fluid UI as its larger siblings.

The design team had treated Star as an exercise in restraint. Where the Harmony line flaunted curved glass, Star stayed honest with crisp planes and a satin metal back—an homage to the iPhone 4, many engineers still called perfection. "Great design isn't about piling on cost," Yang said, words steady now, "it's harmony between hand feel, durability, and price."

He eased into strategy without a single slide of MBA jargon. In Huaxing's lineup, the families now formed clear lanes. The Harmony X remained the crown jewel: a glass‑and‑metal 5.7‑inch 2 K OLED beast for power users ready to pay. The Harmony S, launching later tonight, would bring a 5.2‑inch 1080p dual‑glass sandwich to style‑seekers. Star slid beneath them with its 4.6‑inch 720 p metal unibody, courting one‑hand loyalists and students on tighter budgets. By claiming this compact niche, Huaxing blocked rivals from attacking with the old "small and premium yet affordable" pitch—a strategy straight from Heifeng's playbook.

Yang concluded with a grin that finally reached his eyes. The render dissolved, leaving a lingering shot of the Star's moon‑silver back plate before the screen went black. Somewhere backstage, Jay warmed up his voice for the Harmony S segment, engineers monitored livestream latency, and Heifeng watched from the wings, thumbs resting on his lavender prototype.

The audience, both physical and digital, held its breath. Pre‑order links were not yet live, but hearts and wallets leaned forward. And for a moment, the phone's size in a world obsessed with giants felt like the boldest statement any tech company could make.


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