203: Cook, who couldn't bring himself to do it

"You keep your word?"

"I keep my word!" Yu Chengbei said firmly.

"Alright, with that word from you, Xiao Yu, I'll definitely make something out of the Brand 6!"

After Zhao Ming left, Yu Chengbei scratched his head. What did that guy just call him?

Xiao Yu?

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Is he trying to rebel?

If there was one company in the world that didn't care about the Red Star X, it was Fruit.

Unlike Huawei, which was facing the Brand-new form of the Full-Screen Display, the Fruit Company didn't pay much attention to it. When Cook saw the Red Star X, he only commented on its "bold design" and said nothing more.

Internally, the company was now divided into two factions. One felt that the Fruit Company must follow the trend and race to develop a new full-screen Apple phone.

The other faction felt that in the mobile phone industry, Fruit had always been the one to lead the trend.

Since when was it a Chinese company's turn to call the shots?

The person responsible for this split was Cook.

In his view, if Fruit didn't use the full-screen design, then such a design would ultimately remain a niche plaything and wouldn't cause any waves.

Since Fruit could start the first mobile revolution, it could certainly start the second and third.

It absolutely couldn't be a Chinese company!

However, Cook was quite satisfied with the Yangtze River Battery from China's Red Star Company.

After the new factory funded by Fruit went into production at the end of July, sales of the fruit 5s long-battery-life version saw a massive surge. By September, even with a new model about to be released, nearly 8 million units had been sold in just two months.

Cook couldn't stop grinning as he looked at the green stacks of us dollar.

"Cooker, I heard Red Star has upgraded the Yangtze River Battery again. Get ready to make another trip to China."

"Talk to Red Star about the procurement of the new Yangtze River Battery."

As for whether Red Star was willing to sell, that wasn't something Cook needed to consider.

As long as the price was right, there was nothing that couldn't be sold.

"Boss, what if Red Star asks for a higher price?" Cooker asked cautiously.

Last time, Red Star took advantage of the situation to hike the price, prying tens of millions of us dollar out of Fruit's mouth, which made Cook very unhappy.

"How much higher can it go?"

"50 us dollar?"

"100 us dollar?"

"Or even higher?"

Cook glanced at him. If it hadn't been for the fact that Cooker was the one who negotiated with Red Star the first time and they were familiar with each other, Cook wouldn't have wanted to send him again.

Why did it seem that the higher the position and the less hair on the head, the stupider one became?

"Okay, Boss, I understand." Cooker lowered his head and calculated the time. "I'll leave the day after tomorrow. I'll definitely bring back the latest Yangtze River Battery."

"Very good. I want a definite answer before the iPhone 6 launch."

This time, the iPhone 6 would be released in two versions: the iPhone 6 and the fruit 6 Plus. On top of these two base models, there would also be long-battery-life versions available for purchase. If Cooker could successfully negotiate for the new Yangtze River Battery, they could equip the fruit 6 Plus with the new battery.

As for the price, it would naturally be a bit higher.

"Boss, are we really not going to start developing a Full-Screen Display?" Cooker asked.

Unlike Cook, Cooker was inclined to hurry the development of a full-screen Apple phone. According to the latest news from a mole inside Samsung, Samsung had already started developing a "symmetrical Full-Screen Display."

That's right, that was the name Samsung gave its full-screen phone: Symmetrical.

The phone had a fairly large "Forehead" for the earpiece, camera, and sensors, and a "Chin" of the same size at the bottom.

Internally, Samsung called it a "Top-and-Bottom Equal-Width Symmetrical Full-Screen Display."

Red Star's design patent didn't stop Samsung's development of this form of Full-Screen Display. They took less than a week to finalize the draft and easily bypassed Red Star's design patent by modifying the details.

This was much faster than Chen Chen had estimated.

"Is this something you should be worrying about?"

"I have my own ideas."

"What full-screen design? It's just something flashy and impractical."

"This is just some niche thing Red Star made to sell at a higher price in China. What are you worried about?"

"Worried that our Fruit's status will be impacted?"

"Does a Chinese company have that kind of strength?"

"Don't you see they don't even dare to release it internationally?"

After saying this, Cook glared at Cooker.

Listening to Cook's rapid-fire questioning, Cooker stood there dazed.

However, he also sensed a different meaning in Cook's words.

Cook's words were just a way to maintain the Fruit Company's last bit of dignity!

It wasn't that he looked down on Red Star's design; he just couldn't bring himself to save face and imitate it!

Fruit had its own pride. How could a revolution in mobile phone form and interaction be initiated by a Chinese company?

It had to be Fruit!

It could only be Fruit!

android phones have been popularizing the type-c interface for the past two years. Did Cook not know the benefits of this interface?

Did Fruit not know?

It was all to maintain Fruit's uniqueness!

Having realized this, Cooker didn't respond to Cook. He decided he must forcefully push for the development of a full-screen phone at the next internal meeting.

Cook couldn't save face, so as Cook's top confidant, it had to be him.

After leaving Cook's office, Cooker arranged his upcoming work, packed his bags, and immediately rushed to China.

"Mr. Chen, we meet again."

"Mr. Cooker, Red Star welcomes you." As soon as he saw Cooker, Chen Chen stepped forward enthusiastically to shake hands. This was the cash cow for the Yangtze River New Energy Company; he couldn't afford to be negligent.

"Chen, I'm here this time to talk to you about the Yangtze River Battery." Cooker didn't waste time with pleasantries and got straight to the point about the battery cells.

"Mr. Cooker, you've come from afar. Let's not talk about work today. I'll take you to taste some classical Chinese cuisine; I'm sure you'll love it."

"Chen, let's talk about the battery first. Chinese food can be tasted later. I'm sure we'll have many more opportunities to cooperate," Cooker said.

"What would you like to talk about, Mr. Cooker?"

"Do you want to increase the procurement quantity of battery cells?"

"You know, our new factory just went into production not long ago. If you want to increase orders, you might have to wait a while." Chen Chen knew perfectly well that Cooker was there for the yangtze river battery 2.0, but he deliberately didn't mention it.

"No, no, no," Cooker shook his head repeatedly.

He hadn't even opened his mouth yet, and it was already "insufficient capacity" again?

What the hell, did Fruit give you hundreds of millions of dollars in investment just so you could raise prices at will?

"I'm here for the new Yangtze River Battery. I heard your company has upgraded the Yangtze River Battery again, and I'd like to procure a batch of the new model. I wonder if your company is willing to sell?"

"The new model? Are you referring to the yangtze river battery 2.0?" Chen Chen asked, feigning ignorance.