wavenovel Chapter 446 Resilience, Chapter 1: Rice
Chapter 446 Resilience, Chapter 1: Rice
Listening to Lei Jun's words, Lin Bin was also worried. He knew that the advantage of Glory's rise was its top-tier resources for sound transmission output.
With the Taishan Kirin series chips, full-screen displays, and the Taishan system working together, Zhao Ming is like a third-party OEM!
He only needs to design the product and then simply optimize its advantages to launch a new product.
On the other hand, rice suppliers have to seek help from various sources to integrate their solutions, which is completely incomparable to their vertical integration.
There's no comparison in terms of speed or quality!
The cruelest thing in the world of business is never that your efforts are in vain, but that your competitors are moving forward at full speed while you wait in the same place!
Transsion has achieved independent control over its entire industry chain through a closed loop, while rice is locked in by its supply chain and technology!
Cutting off the other party's supply chain as before is simply impossible, but Lei Jun will absolutely not give up!
"We can't wait any longer; we need to make our own changes."
A fierce look appeared on Lei Jun's face, and all his dejection disappeared, leaving only a heart full of energy!
He was once alone and couldn't beat Transsion, but now he's the face of the American tech industry. He won't lose because the people behind him won't let him lose!
"Since Google won't listen to our advice, let's call Silver Lake!"
"Right now!"
"Mr. Lei, don't be confused. It's still dark in America right now, not during working hours."
"Don't worry, since they've spent so much money, they'll definitely make sure the phone is always on 24/7. If we put pressure on them now, someone will definitely take action after daytime."
We can't afford to delay any longer. Every day we delay, we lose one point of market share, which means we'll be worthless, and their investment will have gone down the drain.
Lin Bin wasn't a novice; he knew that if the other party dared to give a valuation of 120 billion, there was definitely a chance to make a profit...
After all, Musk's side has been hyping it up to a certain extent, and what they have is just a car, but rice is a strategic move involving people, cars, and families, and it's in the huge Chinese market, so its valuation is definitely not low!
But valuations can't put food on the table these days...
"Tell them that the rice needs Google to urgently adapt to the full-screen underlying architecture."
This is not just a need for Xiaomi, but a life-saving need for the entire Android camp.
Samsung and HTC also need it, and according to my information, Vivo is preparing to launch the TaiShan OS on one or two series. If they really take that step, Android could truly leave the Chinese market completely!
He nodded and started making calls. As for whether Silver Lake or Google harbored any resentment?
LOL, he has no right to complain. Such a simple project as a full-screen display has been dragged on for so long, and there's still no news. He has no right to complain!
Most importantly, capital is profit-driven. If Blue Factory and its allies turn against them, it will be a terrifying piece of news for them!
Google is the one in a hurry now.
About a minute later, an operator finally answered the phone.
"Mr. Lin, hello. Is there anything important that you need for the evening consultation?"
The operator on the other end of the phone was still a little annoyed, after all, nobody wants to answer a call in the middle of the night.
"You don't need to have such a big grudge, you just need to know that this is a huge deal."
The Honor 8 has officially gone on sale, and its sales have already exceeded 120 million units. 120 million units in just one day. You should all be well aware of the impact of this data.
We are now demanding that the system be adapted to full-screen displays as soon as possible so that we can produce phones with the corresponding aspect ratio; otherwise, we will have no chance to compete in terms of screen display.
After saying that, Lin Bin didn't give them any more face and hung up the phone directly!
Although they had signed a contract of servitude, they were not people that a mere operator could look down upon!
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After hanging up the phone, Lei Jun gave Lin Bin a thumbs up.
That's how you talk to these bastards!
We are partners, not their dogs, so we should stand up for ourselves.
But his luck didn't last long, and he soon collapsed again.
"Old Lin, have you calculated the profits of Honor 8?"
"At least half, and most of it, was handed over to Transsion. Their costs are extremely low, lower than we can imagine?"
Libus sighed again, because according to the current survey results, the Honor 8 series products are at least 40% cheaper than the Mi 6 series they are currently developing!
This means they have ample room for price reductions. During the so-called Lunar New Year shopping season, prices rise first and then fall, so they still have plenty of room to lower prices.
This means that even if rice is on the market, they still have no confidence to fight back.
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A few hours later, Silver Lake Capital in Great Britain also held an internal meeting.
Thompson, Wilson, and representatives from companies such as Google and Qualcomm were all seated in the conference room.
The big screen displayed a statistic that was utterly humiliating to them.
The Honor 8 has sold a total of 127 million units, an increase of 7 units compared to just a few hours ago.
At the same time, there was another piece of data that Honor had not released: Samsung and HTC suffered a complete defeat in the mid-range market in China.
Sales of all of them have dropped by 30%!
This means that Honor has captured a large share of the Android market with just one phone.
Thomson was also furious. He kept tapping his fingertips on the table, trying to make everyone understand the importance of this data and then cooperate fully.
After all, he had heard the operator's request, which was a full-screen display. But he also knew another important thing that the other party hadn't mentioned: no more Fire Dragon... even if the performance was outdated, he absolutely must not let Fire Dragon be born again!
"Gentlemen, you've all seen it, haven't you?"
"They only allowed their sub-brand to release one phone, and all our competitors suffered defeat after defeat."
The Qualcomm representative standing to the side frowned deeply, looking somewhat impatient, but he had no chance to refute her.
"They use self-developed chips, so they are not subject to supply chain constraints, which is something we really cannot interfere with."
Seeing that Qualcomm had distanced itself from the issue, Google followed suit.
"As you all know, their Taishan system was developed based on open-source Android from the very beginning, and they have never used our services!"
They're now far ahead of us, and we all need to develop based on their documents, so..."
With both important people in front of him having distanced themselves from him, Thompson quickly tapped the table again!
"Gentlemen, we've spent so much money to establish this alliance, not so that everyone can distance themselves from it, but to work together to study ways to counterbalance telepathy!"
Seeing the two representatives exchange a glance and then nod, Thompson continued.
"For the next period of time, we'll be catching up on both hardware and software!"