85: Chapter 85 Star Technology's Plan for the Future!

Fei City, the construction site of Xingchen Technology Park.

A black Maybach stopped at the mud-covered entrance.

The car door opened.

He Zhenbang, Chairman of Puji Medical, and Li Weidong, the group's Chief Engineer, got out together.

Behind them was Puji's top technical and legal team, totaling eight people.

He Zhenbang looked at the bustling construction site before him, his face showing no surprise.

He straightened his suit and nodded to Li Weidong behind him.

"Let's go."

The group stepped onto the dirt road and walked deep into the construction site.

Guan Yi had already been waiting at the entrance of a container portable house.

"Chairman He, Chief Engineer Li."

He Zhenbang took the initiative to reach out his hand.

"General Manager Guan, I apologize for the unannounced visit and for disturbing President Chen."

His posture was very humble.

Guan Yi shook hands with him.

"The boss is waiting for you."

She led them into the container that had a whiteboard labeled "Meeting Room."

Inside the room, Chen Xu was sitting at a table, looking at engineering blueprints on the wall.

Hearing the movement, he turned his chair around.

He Zhenbang walked quickly to the table.

"President Chen, I am He Zhenbang from Puji Medical."

He did not sit down, but instead bowed slightly toward Chen Xu.

"We apologize to you for our previous lack of trust."

He was referring to how Puji Medical had initially only approached them with a "give it a try" mindset.

"That component is an honor for Puji, and an honor for the entire precision manufacturing industry of Huaxia."

Behind him, Li Weidong looked at Chen Xu and also gave a solemn salute.

This top domestic expert was expressing his highest respect at this moment.

Chen Xu raised his hand, gesturing for them to sit.

"Chairman He is being too polite."

He Zhenbang sat down, took a bound document directly from his briefcase, and handed it to Chen Xu with both hands.

"President Chen, this is the sincerity we have brought."

Chen Xu took the document.

Star Technology - Puji Medical Strategic Cooperation Agreement》.

He flipped it open.

Article 1: Puji Medical Group will entrust the exclusive production of all core moving parts for its high-end implantable medical devices to Star Technology.

Article 2: The cooperation period shall be ten years.

Article 3: Total value of the agreement—based on Puji Medical's preliminary estimates, the guaranteed purchase amount within ten years will not be less than five billion RMB.

Article 4: Star Technology enjoys the priority right to perform technical improvements on all cooperative projects; new patents generated from improvements shall belong to Star Technology.

The terms were clear and direct.

This was a pledge of loyalty voluntarily submitted by Puji Medical.

They were using their core business for the next ten years to trade for a binding partnership with Star Technology.

Guan Yi stood behind Chen Xu, looking at the contents of the agreement.

She had handled countless contracts, but she had never seen one like this.

Party A had practically given up all initiative.

Chen Xu flipped to the last page.

He picked up the pen on the table and signed his name in the space for Party B.

Then, he pushed the agreement toward Guan Yi.

"Stamp it."

The entire process took less than a minute.

As He Zhenbang watched Chen Xu finish signing, his tense body relaxed.

He knew he had made the right bet.

When facing an entity that possessed era-transcending technology, any commercial cleverness was just asking for humiliation.

Only by showing the greatest sincerity could cooperation be achieved.

"President Chen, it's a pleasure doing business with you."

"Pleasure doing business with you."

After seeing off the Puji Medical team, Guan Yi returned to the container with the signed contract.

She held the five-billion-yuan contract in her hands.

"Boss, we've opened up a brand new business line."

"Ultra-precision medical device manufacturing."

"And the profit margin is unimaginably high."

Chen Xu stood up and walked to the window.

"This is just the beginning."

He took out his phone and dialed the number of the logistics supervisor, Old Zhang.

"Old Zhang, come to the meeting room at the Technology Park construction site for a meeting right now."

Half an hour later.

Chen Shiyi, Chen Shier, Guan Yi, and Old Zhang, who had hurried over from the machinery factory, were all gathered in this simple portable house.

They were all somewhat puzzled.

They had just signed a massive deal that would determine the company's future direction; why did the boss call a meeting immediately?

Chen Xu looked around the room.

"Just now, we signed a ten-year contract with Puji Medical."

He looked at Guan Yi.

Guan Yi immediately added: "Puji Medical has entrusted us with the exclusive production of all core components for their future high-end implantable devices. The total value of the contract is estimated to exceed five billion."

Old Zhang's hand shook, and he almost dropped the water cup in his hand.

Five billion.

Chen Shiyi and Chen Shier had no reaction; numbers were meaningless to them.

"Electric two-wheelers, medical devices."

Chen Xu spoke.

"These two sectors are just the starting point for Star Technology."

Everyone looked at him, waiting for what came next.

"I plan to enter the mobile phone industry."

With one sentence, the air in the container instantly froze.

Old Zhang's mouth hung open, unable to close for a long time.

As the head of the group, Guan Yi was the first to react.

"Boss, the mobile phone industry is a red ocean among red oceans. The market structure has completely solidified."

"Moreover, our technical accumulation..."

"I know," Chen Xu interrupted her. "Apple, every year in the Huaxia market, takes away hundreds of billions in profit."

"Its pricing strategy and its software ecosystem are constantly extracting resources from the entirety of Huaxia."

"I'm going to drive it out."

This sentence stunned everyone present.

Drive Apple out of Huaxia?

That was a trillion-dollar global tech hegemon.

Chen Shiyi took a step forward.

"Boss, in terms of batteries, we have an absolute advantage."

"But a mobile phone is a systems engineering project. Processors, screens, cameras, baseband chips—these are all our weak points."

Chen Shier followed up.

"Boss, we are good at the design and processing of mechanical structures. But we have no experience in software or hardware circuit design."

Guan Yi finally summarized.

"They are right. Boss, the battery cannot be considered the sole core of a mobile phone."

"If we want to drive Apple out, we must have our own core technology."

Everyone was talking about the difficulties.

This was the reality.

Chen Xu listened and simply looked at them.

"Software and hardware are not problems."

He walked to the whiteboard and picked up a marker.

"We will take a three-step approach."

"Step one: Design a practical thousand-yuan model. Don't pursue performance; only pursue extreme battery life and stability."

"Using our super battery paired with the most mature supply chain on the market, we'll first build brand awareness for Xingchen Phones."

"Step two: Use this period to develop our own mobile operating system."

He spoke very casually, as if developing an operating system was no different from designing a part.

"Step three: Once our system is mature, we'll come back to make our own hardware."

"I want Xingchen Phones to be Made in Huaxia from the inside out."

The container was silent.

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