Haifeng didn't hesitate.
"Start the pre-sale tonight. Set the cap at one million units."
Liu Jianyu nodded.
"Delivery in thirty days?"
"Exactly," Haifeng confirmed. "That's what our current production can support. We're still bottlenecked by Zhulong A2 chip supply—can't overpromise."
At 8:00 PM, the official announcement went live:
〈Hongmeng S2 Pre-Sale Begins Tonight at 8 PM Sharp〉
The moment the Weibo post dropped, it shot straight into the top ten trending topics.
Demand was insane. Scalpers had already started flipping S2s at markup prices. People who had missed the first two waves now swarmed CS's official site, desperate to lock in their orders.
Seeing the announcement, the reaction was electric:
"Finally! I'm not missing it this time."
"Thirty-day delivery? I'll take it. Beats paying double to a reseller."
"This thing is beast-tier at this price. It's a steal."
CS's entire sales and engineering team was laser-focused on their screens as the countdown ticked to zero.
Then—8:00 PM.
The system went live. And the numbers exploded.
Sales counter: Rising like a rocket.
Inventory count: dropping like a rock.
In just four minutes, every single unit was claimed. One million phones—gone.
It was even faster than the first and second waves.
The office erupted in a mix of awe and disbelief.
Haifeng glanced at the stunned staff and calmly said:
"Looks like we'll be pulling some long nights in production. Get ready to tighten screws."
Everyone laughed. But pride was written all over their faces.
The CS Weibo team immediately published the results:
〈Hongmeng S2 Pre-Sale: 1,000,000 Units Sold in 4 Minutes〉
The post went viral. Fast.
Other mobile companies saw the headline and went still. Even Xiaomi, which had once held the record with a 30-minute sell-out, fell silent.
The S2 wasn't a budget phone—it started at over ¥3000 (~$413). That made the results even more staggering.
One million mid-to-high-end phones, vaporized in minutes.
Even international brands had no response. The momentum CS built with the S1R, then the Xingchen, and now the S2 series had flipped the entire market.
Their pricing suppressed the whole sector. Nobody dared launch above ¥2500 unless they wanted to get crushed.
And just as CS dominated Chinese headlines, across the ocean, another heavyweight moved:
Qualcomm officially unveiled its new mobile chip: the Snapdragon 815.
The next morning, Lu Haifeng sat casually browsing the official site in his office.
After reading the specs, he chuckled.
"So they finally panicked."
The release of CS's Zhulong A2 and the upcoming Qinglong 810 had shaken Qualcomm.
They couldn't afford to wait. They couldn't afford to lose the narrative.
Qualcomm said the Snapdragon 815 was an "enhanced successor" to the 810.
But Haifeng scoffed.
The 810 used a 20nm process. The 815? Now down to 14nm—same as CS's Zhulong A2.
That wasn't a generational upgrade. That was a desperate leap to close the gap.
"Calling it the 815 is just marketing spin," Haifeng muttered. "If they called it the 820, they'd have to admit they're a generation behind Qinglong."
Still, he didn't dismiss the chip.
Qualcomm had gone all-in this time. They weren't squeezing toothpaste. They were swinging hard.
Performance boost: 100% over the 810 Projected benchmark: 150,000–160,000 points
Partner foundry: Samsung
This wasn't a defensive move. It was a counterattack.
And the first batch of phones carrying the 815? Samsung's new flagship is launching in the second half of the year.
Haifeng leaned back in his chair, looking out the window.
"So they're coming in force now. Qualcomm and Samsung—two giants, one shot."
"The second half of this year… will be a real battle."