249: Chapter 249 Internal Strife Continues, Using Others to Kill

"Mr. Li, after my persuasion, our boss has agreed. However, the price for each screen is 868 yuan."

"Director Liu, this price..." Li Qinghua frowned instantly.

Previously, he had specifically communicated with Lenovo, and besides obtaining a batch of samples, the focus was on the price.

Even the price Lenovo received was 742 yuan, not to mention the others; yet when it came to them, it had actually increased by more than 10%.

"Mr. Li, do you think it's expensive?" Liu Fang looked at him. "How much cheaper is it than the 'top-tier' OLED Screen that Samsung Display provides you?"

Li Qinghua opened his mouth but didn't speak. Especially that "top-tier" bit, which left him completely speechless.

"Our screen display effect is the best in the world, and our burn-in resistance is unparalleled. If burn-in occurs, we will provide a free replacement within the warranty period.

With this quality, this price, and this service, you won't find a second company like us anywhere in the world."

Just when Li Qinghua thought Liu Fang was going to persuade him using technology, she suddenly changed her tone.

"Besides, Director Li, we are both smart people.

If you want to use us as an arrow, you have to pay a little hardship fee, right?

Neither of us is a fool; speaking plainly is more conducive to negotiation, isn't it?"

Li Qinghua awkwardly twitched the corners of his mouth and gave a dry laugh.

He hadn't expected Liu Fang to be so blunt; it seemed he couldn't play dumb anymore, so he reached out his hand.

"Deal."

Liu Fang shook his hand.

"Pleasure doing business with you."

After the contract was signed, Li Qinghua stopped pretending.

"Director Shen, you are the only Chinese company that has made us bow our heads."

He looked up at the door; Shen Fei had already walked into the meeting room at some point.

"Mr. Li, this isn't bowing your head; this is cooperation."

Li Qinghua shook his head.

"No, this is bowing our heads." His voice was full of candor. "Samsung has been in the mobile phone industry for 20 years and has never purchased core components from a Chinese company.

You are the first."

He gave another bitter smile.

"Although I have my own little agenda, I must be responsible for the mobile phone business; not just any part can be purchased.

And if I want Director Lee not to hold me accountable, the technology must be absolutely reliable."

Shen Fei looked at him without speaking; this person was actually quite candid.

At the very least, he was more candid than Lei Jun.

[Lei Jun: Slandering me again.]

"I have a premonition that this won't be the last time. Perhaps we will have opportunities for cooperation in the future, but I hope this is just a terrifying fantasy in my mind.

However, reason tells me that in the future, your screens, chips, sensors, and flash memory will all be purchased by the whole world.

Samsung, Apple, and all mobile phone manufacturers will bow their heads to you."

Shen Fei made no attempt to hide his reaction to this result; he just nodded, as he believed it too.

Seeing this, Li Qinghua also showed a look of relief; it was just as he thought.

"Director Shen, can I ask you a question?"

"What is your goal?"

This question actually stumped him. He didn't expect that the first time someone asked him such a question, it would be someone from Samsung.

"And then, for the Chinese people to use the best products."

"Is that all? Don't you have any other goals?"

"That is all."

Li Qinghua scrutinized him for a long time, then smiled awkwardly. He absolutely did not believe this answer; after all, Transsion had laid out so much globally, and the results all pointed in one direction.

He picked up his briefcase, looked at the other two, and prepared to leave, but when he reached the door, he stopped.

"Director Shen, the agreement is signed, and the deposit has arrived. But there is one thing I want to remind you of."

"What is it?"

"Samsung Display will not give up. They already knew you were snatching their customers, and now that even we have leaned to this side, they will definitely fight back.

It might be price cuts, patent lawsuits, or even patent theft. Be prepared."

Shen Fei nodded: "Thanks for the reminder."

Then Shen Fei nodded silently again, regardless of whether he wanted to numb them or do something else. But he was indeed more sincere than Lei Jun.

[Lei Jun: You've stolen so much from me, and you're still telling me to be sincere?]

"Liu Fang. How do you think Samsung will fight back?"

Seeing them walk away, Shen Fei gave Liu Fang a test question.

He didn't look in Liu Fang's direction, just looked at the contract that had just been signed.

868 yuan per screen, 342 yuan per sensor.

The total price for 5 million screens is 4.34 billion, and 1.71 billion for the sensors.

Is the cost of using someone else's knife to kill worth about 1 billion?

Liu Fang also looked at the contract and thought for a while.

"Price cuts. They started cutting prices as early as the beginning of the year, wanting to kill us with a price war."

No one asked the question of what to do, because China Star's costs were lower than theirs, and their technology was even better; the methods Samsung once used to bully the weak had no effect on them.

Conversely, if Transsion cut prices, it would definitely be Samsung Display that suffered.

That evening, Kwon Oh-hyun looked at the procurement contract, his face flashing back and forth like a traffic light on the road.

"What is the mobile phone business unit doing?

Purchasing core components from a competitor is betrayal. I'm going to find Director Lee..."

The secretary beside him, Su Lin, reported anxiously: "Director Kwon, the mobile phone business unit... they complained first, saying they were forced to do it. Our screens are too expensive, and the quality is not as good as Transsion's."

"Not as good?"

Since the other party had already complained first, Kwon Oh-hyun immediately stopped in his tracks, then slapped the table, his tone very confident, "Our screens are the best in the world! How are they not as good?"

Secretary Su Lin didn't dare to make a sound. Kwon Oh-hyun stood up and paced back and forth in the office.

He knew that what the mobile phone business unit said was true; Transsion's screen quality was better than Samsung's, and the price was cheaper.

If Samsung Display didn't lower prices, the mobile phone business unit would become increasingly dependent on Transsion.

But if they cut prices again, profits would shrink significantly; after all, the price of OLED Screens had already been lowered by 30% compared to last year, and if they continued like this, they might really start losing money.

This was a dilemma.

"Notify the planning office." Kwon Oh-hyun stopped. "Study price reduction plans and new product technology plans. We must catch up with Transsion's OLED Screen in terms of technology; tell the technical department to fully research whether we can find a solution superior to the Diamond Pixel Arrangement."

Su Lin didn't go to notify them immediately.

"Director Kwon, if we cut to the same price level as them, we still won't be able to compete; the price must be lower than theirs. But if we drop to the same level, we will lose money."

"I know." Kwon Oh-hyun didn't listen to his persuasion. "If we don't cut prices, we won't just lose these Chinese customers; by then, even our own mobile phone business unit and Apple business will be affected.

By then, Transsion will become a true rival to Samsung Display or push us off our pedestal."

He sat back in his chair.

"This battle cannot be lost."

But just then, Lee Kun-hee's secretary knocked on the door, his tone very serious, even carrying a hint of reckoning.

"Director Kwon, Director Lee wants you to come to his office."