151: Chapter 151 A Decisive Struggle

Eagle Country gave Huayao Communications a final deadline,

demanding that a decision be made before that date:

Either hand over Huayao Communications' data to the Eagle Country government,

accept the Eagle Country government's supervision and investigation,

and completely sell Huayao Communications to local Eagle Country manufacturers,

letting them take over;

or Huayao Communications should stop operating

and directly exit the Eagle Country market.

As the deadline approached,

Bai Jingqing felt extremely worried and troubled every day.

If the other party used legitimate means to compete with him,

he truly might not lose.

But the other party clearly wasn't that kind of legitimate person;

they didn't give him a chance to compete at all

and simply flipped the chessboard over.

Facing an unreasonable enemy,

Bai Jingqing really couldn't think of any good strategy to respond.

Could it be that he could only let them impose sanctions,

just like in his past life?

Having reached this point,

he actually didn't have many good solutions.

The good news, however, was

that this time he had the system,

so he wouldn't be controlled by others.

It wasn't as if he would have no advanced processors to use after being sanctioned.

He just felt it was a bit of a pity

to lose such a large market share and the ability to harvest the people of Eagle Country.

The top brass of Long Country had also known about this situation for some time.

For a small enterprise to be sanctioned by the entire nation of Eagle Country,

this matter was truly delightful—

uh... wait, no,

it was truly quite saddening.

To think that my Long Country has such a brave and battle-hardened person

that even the vast Eagle Country is so wary of him.

Whose subordinate is this?

They conducted an investigation

and learned about the past and present of Huayao Communications.

Although the matter was sad,

as they discussed it, they all found it quite amusing,

and a look of pride involuntarily appeared on their faces.

This represented that Long Country's technological strength was advancing by leaps and bounds,

reaching a point where Eagle Country couldn't stop it,

forcing them to resort to such throwing tantrums and using tyrannical, unreasonable methods to respond.

How could they not feel happy about this situation?

Of course, they were still a bit sad.

Huayao Communications clearly had no way to deal with this situation,

and would likely suffer a crushing defeat.

No matter how large a small enterprise becomes,

it cannot go up against a country.

Naturally, the state still spoke up for Bai Jingqing.

At the routine press conference,

several ministers from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Long Country

expressed regret over Eagle Country's behavior of arbitrarily sanctioning Long Country's enterprises.

They expressed strong condemnation,

arguing that Eagle Country had violated international trade laws,

feeling that this was far from democratic or free,

inconsistent with Eagle Country's usual propaganda,

and believed this matter had torn off Eagle Country's mask of so-called 'democracy and freedom'.

But beyond that,

there wasn't much the state could do to help Bai Jingqing.

They couldn't exactly go to war with Eagle Country over such a matter.

In other words,

whether Huayao Communications lived or died in the Eagle Country market,

whether it stayed or left,

depended almost entirely on Bai Jingqing's own efforts.

The three ministers frequently exchanged information with Bai Jingqing,

and their relationship was indeed quite good.

Learning that Bai Jingqing was being sanctioned by the entire Eagle Country,

they each felt some regret,

and since they couldn't do anything in this matter,

they felt a bit apologetic toward Bai Jingqing.

However, after a long period of deep thought,

Bai Jingqing already had some ideas in mind.

So, facing the three ministers' apologies,

he said calmly, 'It's fine.

The top brass doesn't need to help me with this.

I'll figure out a way myself.'

Indeed, if the top brass insisted on helping,

it would only further confirm the suspicion that Huayao Communications was colluding with Long Country officials

to steal Eagle Country's secrets,

seriously endangering Eagle Country's information security.

It would essentially validate their rhetoric about national security and information security risks.

Thus, Bai Jingqing had also come to understand this

and did not want the officials to intervene.

Zhan Ruijie, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, asked again, 'Little Bai,

give me the honest truth.

You're certain your company's chips are all produced by yourselves, right?

Now, if Eagle Country sanctions Huayao Communications,

the vast majority of countries in the world will cooperate with them.

If the chips aren't produced by your company,

you might have no chips to use in the future.'

Bai Jingqing said with a bitter smile, 'Ministers,

don't tell me you still think my chips are fake?

I can guarantee to all of you

that my chips are entirely produced by our own company.

Even after being sanctioned by Eagle Country,

I can still bring out even higher-performance chips!'

The three ministers repeatedly stated they didn't think Bai Jingqing's chips were fake,

and said that if that were the case, Huayao Communications being sanctioned

only meant losing the Eagle Country portion of the global market share,

so there was no need to be particularly sad.

...

The news spread quickly, and once all the people of Long Country knew,

they didn't gloat over his misfortune.

Previously, they had felt that Bai Jingqing selling phones so cheaply in Eagle Country

meant he was fawning over foreigners,

favoring one over the other.

They thought he was a traitor

and had been boycotting Huayao Phones.

Only now did they realize they were wrong.

Seeing that Eagle Country was truly getting anxious,

they finally woke up to the fact

that everything had been for the sake of occupying a larger market share in Eagle Country.

Moreover, what the enemy hates,

we support.

Eagle Country was very hostile and dismissive toward Huayao Phones,

so the citizens of Long Country began to praise Huayao Phones as the top choice in Eagle Country.

Many people placed orders out of sentiment,

buying Huayao Phones to support the company.

This, in turn, further boosted Huayao's domestic sales within Long Country.

It was only at this point

that Xue Haixin finally realized

they had been neglecting the overseas market all along.

Or rather,

it wasn't that they neglected the overseas market,

but that they didn't have the strength to go overseas and go global.

After all, the entire supply chain relied on other people's technology.

If you tried to go to someone else's territory to snatch their profits,

they certainly wouldn't be happy.

They might cut off supplies to Li Xiang Technology,

making all their efforts for naught.

So Li Xiang Technology had never focused on overseas expansion.

However, by the time they realized this today,

their rival, Huayao Communications, had already been doing it for a long time.

By the time they woke up,

Huayao Communications had already grown into a giant.

Only now did they know

that not just domestically, but also internationally, they were already far behind.

Huayao Communications had grown into a towering tree;

who would believe that such an enterprise could be sanctioned by the entire nation of Eagle Country?

But the reality was just that surreal.

And now, the public's enthusiasm was at its peak,

with everyone saying Huayao Phones were the 'Eagle Country Strictly Selected' quality phones.

Under these circumstances,

if they continued to oppose Huayao Communications,

it would be seeking their own destruction.

Therefore, regarding this matter,

Li Xiang Technology actually remained silent,

refraining from taking a cheap shot or kicking them while they were down.

This was indeed very rare.