41: The third day arrives, and the Kunlun system licensing plan is announced.

…A moment later.

When the laughter in the venue subsided, Lu Xingye paused. After building up everyone's anticipation, his calm voice came again.

“Alright.”

“The results report for the second day of the press conference is complete. Now, I will announce the product launch plan for the second day.”

“The third day will still involve business negotiations.”

“However.”

“The main focus of the third day will shift to mobile phone manufacturers.”

“Any mobile phone manufacturer interested in collaborating with Suihuo Technology can go to the eleventh floor of the hotel tomorrow for negotiations. The forms of cooperation include, but are not limited to: Nano Battery procurement, Nano Battery cooperation, and Kunlun System authorization.”

As Lu Xingye’s voice faded, the gazes of the mobile phone manufacturers in the audience straightened. They had initially thought Suihuo Technology was treating them differently and wasn't planning to discuss cooperation with mobile phone manufacturers, but now the opportunity had finally arrived.

They could cooperate tomorrow.

How wonderful!

Mobile phone manufacturers had been waiting for this day for a long time.

Especially CEO Xu of Huawei Group, who looked at Lu Xingye on stage with a hint of resentment.

He had been rejected twice in a row.

He felt bitter.

He wanted to cry.

Originally, CEO Xu was even prepared to throw a little tantrum. Everyone runs a company to make money, so why be like this?

Fortunately, Lu Xingye’s last sentence gave him some comfort.

“Any mobile phone manufacturer interested in collaborating with Suihuo Technology can go to the eleventh floor of the hotel tomorrow for negotiations. The forms of cooperation include, but are not limited to: Nano Battery procurement, Nano Battery cooperation, and Kunlun System authorization.”

From this sentence, it was clear that Suihuo Technology had relented and was prepared to authorize the previously unopen Kunlun System.

That’s more like it!

Don’t be too greedy.

The Kunlun System is a big cake. While you eat the meat, you should also share some soup with us. If you had opened up authorization earlier, you wouldn’t have been suppressed so badly by Fruit Mobile (Apple iPhone).

“I must secure the authorization for the Kunlun System and the Nano Battery,” CEO Xu muttered to himself.

He had a premonition that if Huawei Company could cooperate with Suihuo Technology, it was highly likely to rise again and break through the Western technological blockade.

The evening was for rest.

Lu Xingye didn’t stay in the hotel. He was about to become the richest man in the Imperial Capital, and becoming the richest man in the Imperial Capital would complete the first stage of the system’s mission, earning him two opportunities to cross the two-dimensional barrier.

Throughout the entire evening.

Lu Xingye hid under the covers, binge-watching movies.

Don’t ask why.

The answer is that Lu Xingye was collecting data, looking for which movie had the prettiest two-dimensional girls.

At the same time.

Keywords related to Suihuo Technology, Nano Battery, Lu Xingye, and the Richest Man in the Imperial Capital quickly topped the trending searches.

Lu Xingye gradually became a household name.

However, people only knew that Lu Xingye was the CEO of Suihuo Technology; his other identity—a fourth-year computer science student at Yan University—was rarely known… The Kyushu stock market closed at 3 PM, but the evening happened to be when the European and American stock markets opened. If converted to the American time zone, Kyushu’s night was precisely America’s day.

At this moment.

The US stock market had just opened.

Immediately upon opening, Fruit Company’s stock plummeted.

No.

It should be said that it was directly cut in half. A long, green K-line appeared on the screen, and Fruit Company’s stock plunged with a low open.

A 3% drop.

Another 70.5 billion US dollars evaporated.

Two consecutive days of stock volatility had already caught Mr. Ku's attention.

On the first day, with the Nano Battery release, Fruit Company’s stock fell by 2%.

On the second day, Suihuo Technology announced open Kunlun System authorization, and Fruit Company’s stock fell by 3%.

Oh my!

The combined drop over two days was already 5%.

Who could endure this?

Mr. Ku’s dedicated phone had rung countless times, each call from a shareholder, all questioning why Fruit Company’s stock had fallen so much.

But… he simply didn’t know how to explain it.

He could only say that Fruit Company was affected by the Nano Battery… and then.

Mr. Ku was lectured by the shareholders.

Since the stock drop was caused by the Nano Battery, then let’s equip our next-generation new phone with Nano Batteries.

You should negotiate cooperation with the companies in Kyushu and make Suihuo Technology our downstream supplier.

This… Faced with the shareholders’ lecture, Mr. Ku dared not speak at all.

Could I say… we just blacklisted their Kunlun System, and now Suihuo Technology won’t cooperate with us at all???

Mr. Ku now also had a splitting headache… Time passed quickly.

The morning of the third day had quietly arrived.

All the more famous mobile phone manufacturers in Kyushu gathered on the eleventh floor of the hotel. Their longing for the Nano Battery was like a strong man who had been single for decades, with an irresistible desire for a beautiful woman.

Originally, the mobile phone manufacturers thought that the method of cooperation with Suihuo Technology would be the same as that for New Energy Vehicle Manufacturers, with separate negotiations in a conference room.

They didn’t expect this time.

Suihuo Technology’s staff gathered them in a large conference room, with all mobile phone suppliers meeting together.

“What’s going on?”

“What trick is Suihuo Technology trying to pull?”

“They gathered all of us manufacturers together?”

“Where are the people from Suihuo Technology?”

“They said we’d discuss cooperation, but now that they’ve gathered us, not a single person from Suihuo Technology is to be seen.”

…The people in the conference room were all managers or key personnel in the mobile phone industry. They had dealt with each other quite a bit in the past, so they basically all knew each other.

Now, encountering such a strange situation, they all lowered their heads and whispered in discussion.

At the same time.

CEO Xu sat in a forward position in the conference room. He wasn’t as impatient as the other manufacturers. He came from a military background and had ample patience for handling such cooperation matters.

His right thumb gently tapped the table, carefully pondering Lu Xingye’s past words.

Gathering so many mobile phone manufacturers, what exactly did Suihuo Technology want to do?

And why authorize the Kunlun System?

Was it because they were driven to a dead end by Fruit Company’s blacklist? And then forced to open up Kunlun System authorization?

Or were they preparing for a fight with Fruit Company?

Or something else?

…At this moment.

CEO Xu felt he couldn’t quite see through Lu Xingye.

This young man seemed simple on the surface, acting rashly without considering consequences, but upon closer thought, it seemed every action he took contained some deeper meaning.

He didn’t know why.

CEO Xu vaguely felt that Lu Xingye gathering so many mobile phone manufacturers together must be in preparation for some major event… It was already 9:30 AM.

They had been waiting here for half an hour. Aside from a few staff members maintaining order, not a single key person from Suihuo Technology had arrived.

The mobile phone manufacturers were getting a bit impatient. They were all CEOs of companies, usually people waited for them, not the other way around.

However.

Although the mobile phone manufacturers were getting a bit impatient, none of them had any intention of leaving.

They were determined to get the Nano Battery… It wasn’t the on-site staff’s fault that they had to wait so long.

Blame Lu Xingye.

He stayed up too late watching movies last night, so he couldn’t wake up in the morning.

If he hadn’t been woken up by Zhao Dawei’s phone call at a few minutes past nine, Lu Xingye probably would have slept until noon.