The massive battery reveal had sent ripples through the crowd. But in boardrooms across the country, rival phone companies weren't panicking—at least not yet.
A 3200mAh battery sounded impressive, sure, but it came with compromises. More weight. Thicker form factors. Trade-offs they could live with.
"Everyone's charging once a day anyway," one executive muttered. "All that battery won't matter much if charging is still slow."
Most competitors assumed CS had pushed capacity, but not innovation.
And then, before they could finish reassuring themselves, the screen behind Liu Jianyu shifted again.
A new image flashed across the display: a strange-looking mobile data cable. Unfamiliar to many, but unmistakable to a few.
Some engineers in the crowd immediately sat forward in their chairs.
Type-C.
The audience didn't know it yet, but they were looking at the future. A reversible connector. Faster. More durable. It was designed months earlier in secret by CS.
This was the prototype Haifeng had tasked Li Jun with developing—a project buried in R&D, now suddenly standing center stage.
Liu Jianyu stepped forward, his tone calm but loaded with intent.
"This is our newly developed mobile data cable interface.
The plug is symmetrical on both ends. That means no more flipping, no wrong orientation—plug and go.
That alone reduces wear on your charging port over time."
The camera zoomed in. The port rotated slowly on-screen, showing its mirrored design.
"But this isn't just about convenience," Jianyu continued. "We tested its conductivity for both data and power transmission. Let me show you."
Behind him, a bar chart appeared—comparison data flashing into view. Transfer speeds. Power delivery rates. Charging benchmarks.
Our new interface is 3.5× faster at transferring files than standard cables. And with a proper high-power charging adapter, it supports accurate fast charging."
The room was quiet for half a beat—then the murmuring began again. On Weibo, comment threads were already blowing up.
"Wait—is this proprietary? Is CS locking down the patent?"
"Yo, they're gonna make the rest of the industry pay royalties!"
And they were right.
China Star Technologies had already filed for the patent. If this cable became the new standard—and it would—anyone who wanted to use it would have to pay CS.
For the first time, a domestic brand wasn't chasing global standards.
They were setting one.
Back on stage, Jianyu nodded, satisfied with the reactions.
"This cable, paired with the Hongmeng S2's large-capacity battery, gives us actual endurance.
We're leading in battery life and charging tech in China and globally."
The crowd started clapping, then cheering. Even viewers in the livestream were flooding the chat.
"How much is this phone?! I'll preorder today."
"My battery dies twice a day—I need this."
"Did they put steroids in the Hongmeng team or what?! Every upgrade is nuts."
The S2 had outperformed every expectation from camera to battery, and now it is charging.
And they weren't even done yet.
As the crowd settled, Jianyu raised his voice again.
"Let's talk about performance."
He clicked the remote. A sleek animation of the Zhulong A2-4-8 processor appeared on the screen, the chip rotating above a digital motherboard.
"The Hongmeng S2 runs on the Zhulong A2-4-8 chip. It has four cores—that's right, just four. But after more than six months of optimization, it's now running at its absolute peak."
The benchmark score appeared behind him:
105,800.
Gasps. Then thunderous applause.
That number wasn't just high—it was historic. It made the Hongmeng S2 the first phone on the planet to break 100,000 points.
"The Mi 4? Great phone," Jianyu said. "But this? This is on another level."
Backstage, Lei Jun's face was unreadable.
"He pulled it off…" he whispered. "They crossed the line."
This wasn't a small win. It was a power move.
And the people felt it.
Inside the stadium, the entire audience stood and clapped. Three minutes of non-stop applause rolled like thunder through the venue.
Jianyu just stood there, soaking it in. The moment didn't need words.
The S2 had already spoken for itself.
As the crowd finally calmed, he smiled and spoke again.
"This phone also features in-screen fingerprint recognition, and the Hongmeng OS has officially been upgraded to version 3.0.
We've packed in more than just a UI update. Some fundamental tools and features push mobile interaction further than ever before."
But at this point, people weren't listening for bullet points.
They were waiting for one last thing.
And they all knew what was coming next.