204: Fruit is a golden pig

"That's right, it's this one."

"I want to purchase another batch of the latest model."

"Purchasing is fine."

"But Mr. Cooker, we've invested nearly 700 million us dollars in R&D for the new model of Yangtze River Battery, and the production process is more complex."

"So the initial production capacity is very low, therefore..."

Cooker cursed Chen Chen's shamelessness in his heart; wasn't it just a price hike!

If you want to raise the price, just say so; don't keep bringing up insufficient production capacity.

Damn it, if I gave you 100 us dollars a piece, I bet the factory would work until it smoked and you wouldn't say a word about insufficient capacity.

"I understand, I understand."

"Our Fruit Company is a company that respects workers very much. We will pay workers sufficient overtime pay. Mr. Chen, is an extra 3 us dollars per unit okay?"

"Mr. Cooker, as you know, labor costs in our China have been rising recently. At this price, I'm afraid our workers won't be willing to work overtime."

"5 us dollars. I think your company's workers will certainly be satisfied with this price, right?"

"At this price, I'm afraid our workers can only work two hours of overtime a day. The production capacity still won't be able to meet Fruit's orders."

Still not satisfied?

Cooker started cursing in his head!

Originally, the Yangtze River Battery was over 19 us dollars. With an extra 5 us dollars for the new model, it's almost 25 us dollars. Still not satisfied?

"Your company's workers are truly, truly..." Cooker sputtered for a long time without being able to say anything.

Chen Chen glanced at Cooker and said, "Mr. Cooker, why don't we go and taste some China delicacies first? We can talk about work later."

Wanting the yangtze river battery 2.0 for just an extra 5 us dollars?

Keep dreaming!

Cooker gritted his teeth. "7 us dollars. At this price, can your company's workers do enough overtime?"

Chen Chen shook his head and slowly stated a figure, "30 us dollars."

Cooker was so shocked by this price that he stood up immediately. "Why don't you just rob me!"

Chen Chen: What do you think I'm doing?

"Adding 30 us dollars is impossible!"

Damn it, the price of a single battery cell is almost catching up to the A8 processor. How could Cooker accept this?

"10 us dollars!" Seeing that Chen Chen didn't react at all, Cooker sat back down and offered a price.

"Mr. Cooker, I don't think there's any need for us to continue talking. I don't feel any sincerity from your Fruit Company."

"The original plan for 30 million yangtze river battery cells remains unchanged. We'll add 10 million new cells at 12 us dollars, full payment upfront!"

"Mr. Cooker, we don't need to talk about adding how many us dollars anymore. The price of yangtze river battery 2.0 is 40 us dollars. If your company is willing to purchase it, we can sign the contract now."

"If you can't accept this price, I think we should go out and taste our China delicacies first." Chen Chen remained completely unmoved by Cooker's offer of 12 us dollars with full payment.

"I need to communicate with the headquarters. Is there a quiet room?"

Chen Chen gave a look, and Lu Weibing immediately stood up. "Mr. Cooker, please follow me."

"CEO Chen, will Fruit accept the price of 40 us dollars?" Lu Weiqi asked.

"They will. With Cook's personality, if we ask for 40 us dollars, he'll dare to raise the price of the Fruit 6 Plus long-battery-life version by another 100 us dollars, believe it or not?"

"And there will definitely be plenty of people paying for it."

Lu Weiqi nodded. The 5s long-battery-life version was sought after by many consumers. With Cook bringing out a 6 Plus with an even larger battery, there would certainly be many consumers willing to pay.

Chen Chen waited in the reception room for nearly ten minutes before Cooker returned to his seat, led by Lu Weibing.

"Chen, 40 us dollars is acceptable. I want exclusivity for 5 years, and the price cannot be raised for any reason in the meantime."

Cooker was truly afraid of being screwed over by Red Star. This time, he directly proposed a supplementary clause prohibiting price hikes. If Red Star raised prices due to force majeure factors a few more times, he really wouldn't be able to take it.

"5 years? Impossible!"

Chen Chen flatly rejected the 5-year exclusivity period.

Quite a beautiful dream, a 5-year exclusivity period.

Once he brought up all the domestic mobile phones, everyone would be switching to Yangtze River Battery. You're asking for a 5-year exclusivity period? No way.

Chen Chen was looking forward to seeing the Fruit Yangtze River Battery exclusivity period expire in 2016, when any domestic phone brand could step on them in terms of battery life.

"The expiration time will be the same as the original agreement, until 2016. We'll talk again when it expires."

"Fine, two years it is. But no price hikes for any reason in the middle!"

Cooker didn't have too many requirements for the exclusivity period. Since Red Star didn't agree, he didn't force it. At most, he'd just pay a bit more when the time came.

It wasn't his money anyway.

"OK!"

"Our phase two project is also under construction. Insufficient production capacity will definitely not happen again." Chen Chen was overjoyed. It seemed that his previous trick of using insufficient capacity to fleece Fruit for over ten million us dollars had really scared them.

After seeing off Cooker, Chen Chen was in a great mood. He hadn't expected Fruit to come to his door to be fleeced again.

It seemed Cook had tasted the deliciousness of the Yangtze River Battery. With the Fruit 6 Plus's body, stuffing in a battery 50% larger than the original capacity would lead to a terrifying boost in battery life.

You should know that the original Fruit 6 Plus battery capacity was 2900. By switching to yangtze river battery cells, the capacity could reach 4500mAh. Combined with the power-saving of Fruit's iOS system, Chen Chen couldn't imagine what level Cook would raise the price to.

He just didn't know how helpless Fruit users would feel when charging such a large battery with a 5V1A "super fast charge."

"Song, inform CEO Lu that the supply of Red Star X will double from now until the end of the month."

The success of the Red Star X, the roc mobile phone still selling well at the end of its life cycle, shining k10 shipping over 1 million units in two weeks, and the breakthrough in robotic arm technology—all of these put Chen Chen in a great mood.

Plus, the wafer fab could break ground by the end of the year.

The efficiency of the Imperial City Government exceeded Chen Chen's imagination. They had just approved the land for Red Star a few days ago, and demolition had already begun yesterday. The speed was beyond words.

What Chen Chen couldn't figure out was the meaning of that sentence from "the higher-ups."

What did it mean by whether he was ready? In what aspect?

Sanctions?