115: Chapter 115 Submarine Optical Cable Connection

Zhang Mingzhu glared at him: "Can you be serious?"

Shen Fei put away his smile and looked at her seriously: "Then what do you think?"

Zhang Mingzhu lowered her head, shy, her fingers tracing unconsciously on the book. Her voice was so soft it almost dissipated in the wind, carrying a hint of timid tenderness, her ears turning red as she got close: "I... I'll listen to you."

Shen Fei didn't hesitate at all: "Next year when you graduate, our families will have another meal together."

Zhang Mingzhu looked up, asking happily: "And then?"

"And then..." Shen Fei pinched her little cheek, saying in the same tone: "Whatever you want!"

A smile immediately filled Zhang Mingzhu's face, and then she lay quietly in his arms.

After a long while, she pouted again and started complaining about Lei Jun.

"By the way, Lei Jun went to our school to give a lecture yesterday. I originally thought that since they're all making phones, there might be some different ideas that could help you.

It turned out that his approach is the same as Huawei's.

However, his idea is actually quite good; he proposed the concept of using internet thinking to build mobile phones."

"Hmm."

"But if he imitates like this, what if he really makes it big?"

Looking at the somewhat worried Zhang Mingzhu, Shen Fei took the book from her hand and placed it on the table.

"He isn't the first, nor will he be the last, to use internet thinking to build mobile phones.

But he chose a very good time."

Shen Fei looked at Zhang Mingzhu seriously for a moment, then explained as simply as possible: "The 3G upgrade wave has just begun, and smartphone penetration is less than 20%.

Nokia is still selling Symbian, and Android hasn't formed a monopoly yet. Now is the perfect time to enter the market."

Watching Zhang Mingzhu taking notes constantly, he smiled again and gently stroked her hair.

"But entering the market is one thing, surviving is another."

"You think he won't survive?" Zhang Mingzhu looked up and asked.

Shen Fei thought about it.

Although he had created Honor in advance, and used the same set of strategies as Lei Jun, the God of Marketing is, after all, the God of Marketing.

Just like this time... it was a situation that was supposed to be a sure loss, but he still managed to break through.

"He can."

"Why?" Zhang Mingzhu scratched her little head; at this moment, she felt these issues were beyond her understanding.

This was also an important reason why Zhang Shiqing didn't want her to enter the officialdom, but rather academia; she was too naive and couldn't compete with those people.

"Because he really understands the internet," Shen Fei said. "Of course, he can't compare to me, but he understands it better than Big Mouth Yu.

Huawei has our shares, but after all, it's not everything..."

He thought for a moment: "But understanding the internet doesn't mean understanding mobile phones.

Mobile phones are hardware; there's the supply chain, production capacity, quality control, and after-sales service. He won't be able to avoid a single one of these pitfalls."

Shen Fei wasn't really mocking Lei Jun when he said this; these were problems that would inevitably be faced once mobile phone production landed.

In his previous life, many of the products manufactured by Dami Company in the early stages had hardware issues, but the exclusive 1999 halo...

...made their fans awaken an adaptability comparable to Apple fans, causing them to ignore some hardware issues.

Such as overheating, freezing, restarting, or loose back covers and strange noises.

"So you haven't taken him to heart, but rather want him to become the background for Honor."

"Yes and no." Shen Fei smiled. "If we burn through and beat multiple opponents, great; if we lose, it just teaches him a lesson."

Seeing that Zhang Mingzhu was still preparing to ask questions, he pulled her over.

"Wife, it's late, we should rest."

Looking at Shen Fei's eyes, Zhang Mingzhu instantly fell into his arms... and what followed was naturally...

...

On the other side, Africa.

Mr. Adebayo was attending the inauguration ceremony of the East Africa Submarine Cable System.

This channel connected the fiber optic cables of Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, and South Africa, with a total length of 14,000 kilometers and a design capacity of 1.28 Tbps, cutting the internet access costs for the East African coast by 70%.

For West Africa, the impact was a bit slower, but the chain reaction had already started. The wholesale price of international bandwidth had dropped from $500 per megabit to under $150 within these three months.

African internet companies had been waiting for this day for a long time.

Chidi was standing on the beach of Victoria Island, holding his phone up to the sea, shouting crazily.

Lower tariffs were absolutely the lifeline for Afro Chat.

Although AfriLink was very strong, they weren't bad either; there was still a chance for everything.

Moreover, he had reached a private cooperation agreement with the founder of AfriLink, which was to first finish off the third player, and then...

...after occupying the market and establishing their own position, they would cooperate with MIH to take the opportunity to break free from the control of Huaxin Investment.

Why should their African internet enterprises, local companies that held the information of tens of millions of Africans, be controlled by overseas capital...

MIH was also very satisfied with them.

After all, with the popularization of the internet in Africa, with its population of over 1 billion, the scale of the internet market was destined to be no worse than China's, and the investment returns might produce a second Tencent, so they decided to play the villain.

Huaxin Investment had a large amount of capital, but they, the South African media group, were no small potatoes either.

Most importantly, they had connections; that's what matters when you're out in the world.

[Shen Fei: Do you have something to discuss with my security team?]

It's just that they thought few people knew and the confidentiality was high, but little did they know that this information had already been placed on Huang Tianya's desk.

There was another plan on the desk: AfriLink company exchanging shares with Tencent.

As for a contingency plan... as long as Transsion remained the hegemon of Africa, they wouldn't be able to make any trouble.

Meanwhile, with the opening of this cable, AfriLink also launched a new offensive, rolling out video calls overnight.

After all, cooperation is cooperation, but market share is still the key reason that determines additional value.

Under Huang Tianya's instructions, Mr. Adebayo also cooperated very well in writing the update promotion.

And he used the official account to post an official message on AfriLink: "Now, as long as you have WiFi, you can see your loved ones.

Of course, it's through a Transsion phone."

This feature gained 200,000 new users within 24 hours of launch, and broke through 2 million users within 72 hours.

A week later, when AfriLink sent over the data, Mr. Adebayo thought he had misread it; registered users had skyrocketed by 5 million in a single week...

AfriLink's total number of users exceeded 35 million, which also caused the ambition in the heart of the founder, Said, to continue to expand.

When this news got out, the African internet circle ignited once again.

All kinds of internet companies sprang up like bamboo shoots after rain, and at the same time, Afro Chat company urgently convened a high-level meeting.

The technical director reported, sweating profusely: "Their video calls use WebRTC technology; it doesn't require additional plugins, and browsers can run it directly."

Afro Chat founder Chidi slammed the table: "Why don't we have it?"

No one answered.

Afro Chat had launched a video call feature before, but it was eventually briefly abandoned due to cost issues, technical reasons, and various other factors...

"AfriLink must have reached a deeper level of cooperation with Transsion," someone said softly. "They..."

Before the engineer could finish speaking, Chidi's face darkened.

This bunch of trash, looking for excuses for their laziness again.