173: A tough Sansang?

"Aish!"

"Who gave Red Star the courage to hold their launch on the same day as us?" Since his last attempt to acquire Yangtze River Battery, Park Yitien had been paying close attention to Red Star.

Sure enough, as soon as Red Star confirmed their launch date, he knew about it immediately.

"Um, President Park, ours is on the 25th in USA time," his assistant whispered.

Park Yitien turned and glared at the assistant. You talk too much. Do you think I don't know ours is in USA time?

Is that the point?

The point was that Park Yitien felt challenged. What level is Red Star, to hold a launch on the same day as me?

"President Park, Red Star's k series is a budget phone; it has no conflict with our Galaxy series, nor does it pose any threat."

"According to news from China, the promotion for this model is about challenging flagships. They guess the k series will be priced under 370,000 won. In Chinese terms, it's a budget phone."

The new assistant was also puzzled. Why was President Park reacting so strongly to Red Star releasing a budget phone? He hadn't reacted at all when they were in bed last night.

"A budget phone?"

"Aish." Park Yitien felt he had become a bit tense because of the ROC Phone.

Why was he getting angry over Red Star releasing a mid-range phone?

No matter how impressive a budget phone is, or how much it can challenge flagships, can it really challenge my Galaxy Note series which costs over 5,000 Chinese Yuan?

It seemed he was overthinking it.

However, Park Yitien was still annoyed. He said to the assistant, "Have our people in China counter-attack Red Star. Even if it's just a mid-range phone, we can't let them ride on Samsung's coattails!"

The assistant looked confused, but since President Park had spoken, he obediently went to notify Samsung China.

Soon, Samsung China released a promotional slogan for the Galaxy Note series: "The Stronger, The Calmer. Samsung Galaxy Note, Fearless of Challenges."

"Well, they've duped another one."

Chen Chen looked at Samsung's latest slogan with disdain.

Was there no one left at Samsung China?

How could they come up with a slogan like that?

He had originally thought only the Full-Screen Display series would cause enough of a sensation. Now, with Samsung's divine assist, the success of the k series was predictable.

If his company planned a copy like that, they'd be sent straight to Africa.

"Song, did we target Samsung this time?"

"Why is it that Huawei and Xiaomi haven't reacted, but Samsung is reacting so strongly?"

"They don't really think our k series is challenging their Samsung Galaxy series, do they?"

Song Ziwei covered her mouth and chuckled, saying, "President Chen, our launch is on the same day as Samsung's."

"The same day?!" Chen Chen was also surprised. When he set the launch date, there was no news that Samsung was releasing a phone.

"Yes, President Chen. They just announced the launch time on their official Korean website: August 25th."

"It's just that they are using USA time."

"And we are using Chinese time."

No wonder. So it was on the "same day."

Samsung's overreaction was just helping promote his k series.

He couldn't ask for more!

"President Chen, Samsung has lost its mind and is actually sending us an assist!"

Just as they were speaking, Yang Tuo ran over holding a Red Star Tablet. "President Chen, Samsung has really lost its mind. They actually countered our copy. We are scrambling to plan new copy; we will definitely seize this opportunity."

Since leaving Samsung China, he had seen what kind of people were left there. To release such copy—it was truly clueless.

Yang Tuo looked disdainful. If he were still at Samsung, he would have been fired on the spot for releasing such copy.

If it were at Samsung headquarters, he wouldn't escape a few slaps to the face.

"Mm, I already know."

"Since Samsung has lowered its status, then from here on out, it's out of their hands."

"Hurry up and get the 'Dare to Challenge' marketing ready. We'll benchmark it against Samsung's Galaxy series."

"Challenge is a state of mind." The poster showed a fully armed mobile phone kicking a rickety door. If you looked closely, that door was the previous generation Galaxy Note.

"Why is Red Star going head-to-head with Samsung? Didn't the news say the Red Star k series is a budget phone?"

"Haha, I remember the last time the phone circle was this lively was, well, last time. This time it's a battle of flagships."

"One Xiaomi, one Huawei, and now a Samsung. Let's see who is this year's android king."

"What are you thinking, upstairs? Can Xiaomi and Huawei even touch the android king?"

"I'll be the first to disagree if Red Star isn't in the battle for the king. Watch my k series KO all of you!"

"This is interesting. Three flagships, one flagship challenger. Why do I feel like phone updates and technological innovation have been so fast these past two years?"

"You're right to feel that way. From the Red Star-Xiaomi battle two years ago to now, where Red Star is going head-to-head with Samsung, and Xiaomi is also releasing their annual flagship, I can truly feel the progress of domestic phones."

"You know, in the past, which domestic manufacturer dared to touch Samsung?"

"Look, it's deleted! It's deleted! Samsung China deleted the poster copy they posted yesterday."

"Red Star's poster just came out, and Samsung deleted theirs? What does this mean?"

What else could it mean? They got scolded.

When Park Yitien saw Samsung China's promotional poster, he really wanted to shove the person in charge into a toilet and slap them a few more times.

He told them to counter-attack, and this is how they counter-attack?

Whose counter-attack involves using their own flagship to benchmark someone else's budget phone?

Really, it's like a beggar saying to an emperor, "My dick is bigger than yours." The emperor doesn't compare wealth or status with him, but instead drops his pants to compare whose dick is bigger.

You are a flagship phone; responding to Red Star like this is like a flagship getting into a pissing contest with a beggar!

Once you drop your pants, winning or losing doesn't even matter anymore.

What matters is that Samsung dropped its pants!

"Samsung mobile phones, 300 million units shipped globally. The all-new Samsung Galaxy Note, living up to the glory!"

Soon, new copy was posted by Samsung China on their Social Media Platform and official website. This time, they didn't mention any challenges or going above their grade; they just used Samsung's sales figures to speak, showing their strength and expressing their disdain for Red Star, a Chinese manufacturer.

Chen Chen looked at Samsung's new copy and smiled. This was Samsung's normal level.

You have to know that Samsung is the mobile phone company with the highest global shipments, and the only company that can trade blows with Fruit.

Samsung's "sea of machines" tactic is unmatched, although in terms of single-product sales, Samsung definitely can't beat Fruit.

As the only mobile phone company capable of achieving a full industrial chain, Samsung has its own Exynos processors. On the basis of self-sufficiency in flash memory and internal storage, they still have the production capacity to sell externally.

They are also capable of producing the world's top OLED screens. Of course, what Samsung doesn't know yet is that after LG obtained Red Star's patent authorization for screens, it is about to challenge the king status of Samsung's OLED screens.

Of course, Samsung is also capable of producing its own batteries—the kind of booming batteries.

So, Samsung is the only company in the world that doesn't rely on other suppliers and can independently produce a mobile phone.

This copy from Samsung was telling Red Star and these Chinese manufacturers that no matter how awesome you are, or how high your popularity is on the internet, in front of the true mobile phone king, Samsung, you are just a little brother.