30: Chapter 30 Enhancement Center will have a critical hit.

"Mr. Chen, there's something not quite right with this batch of MTK6225s." Holding a report in his hand, the technician walked quickly toward Chen Hai's office.

"The MTK6225 has been in use for so many years. With such a mature chip, how big of a difference could there possibly be?" Chen Hai said confidently before looking at the report.

But when he took the report and read it carefully for a moment, his face took on the exact same shocked expression.

The data on it didn't look like an MTK6225 at all. The performance had improved significantly, but the most astonishing part was still the power consumption.

"Where did these chips come from?"

"The boss sent them over!"

"Could this be the chips MediaTek gives to its strategic partners? So big clients get this kind of hidden benefit," another engineer nearby muttered in a low voice.

Chen Hai nodded thoughtfully. This batch of chips was definitely because of MediaTek's side. It was likely related to the boss.

"Don't ask about things you shouldn't ask about.

Notify the production department to run reliability tests on this batch of chips immediately. If they pass, we'll switch to this batch for the T1 Enhanced Edition produced next month.

I'm going to see the boss."

Chen Hai flipped through the other reports. Aside from those, there were also some lower-end chips, but after testing, their performance had also upgraded to some extent.

They would be perfectly fine for the low-end T80 series.

...

Three days later, outside the Bao'an warehouse, five 13-meter heavy-duty trucks arrived, each piled high with packaged scrap mobile phones.

Bird's logistics manager held a list, looking smugly at the Transsion staff who were recording the quantities.

In fact, they were also checking them using a counting machine nearby.

"Oh, I'm so sorry. Business has been so booming lately that we ended up with a few more scrap phones. That won't be a problem, right?"

"Of course not," the Transsion manager nearby said, his face full of gratitude as he looked at them. These weren't enemies; they were clearly bringers of wealth.

And they had even helped him meet his quota.

"A total of 1,287,000 units. At the contract price of 15 yuan per unit, that comes to a total of 19,305,000."

The manager handed over the invoice. "Mr. Shen said cash settlement, no discounts."

After confirming, the manager signed the check immediately.

Nineteen million yuan was almost half of Transsion's profit from last month, but the handover was done very swiftly. The news quickly spread, and the recyclers in Huaqiangbei went wild, especially those who specialized in second-hand mobile phones...

"Is Transsion crazy? Spending nearly 20 million to buy a pile of e-waste?"

"My son-in-law is an agent for Bird Mobile. He's seen those old phones; more than half of them can't even turn on. The chips are degraded, and salvaging parts isn't even worth the effort—it wouldn't even cover the workers' wages!"

"Are they really doing charity work?"

"Could Transsion be planning to make refurbished phones? But refurbishing those pieces of junk would probably cost more than building a brand-new one, wouldn't it?"

Various speculations circulated within the industry, but everyone remembered one thing: Transsion was serious about recycling scrap mobile phones, and they offered the highest price.

As a result, even more scrap phones flooded into Bao'an from all over the country.

Meanwhile, at Bird's headquarters...

General Manager Li Xiangdong was in an excellent mood as he looked at the check in front of him.

"That kid Xiao Fei really tried to save face at all costs by taking our products."

He said to another vice president next to him, "He's clearly tight on funds, yet he insisted on swallowing these one million-plus pieces of trash.

I'd like to see how he handles them. Let's keep buying them at a low price and selling them to them at a high price."

The other vice president was more cautious. He felt that China Star's move was a bit off, so he advised, "Old Li, if Transsion dares to collect them like this, they must have their own plans.

Should we look into what they are actually up to? It feels like we are just handing them profits."

"What else could they do?" General Manager Li Xiangdong's eyes were filled with disdain, and his tone was even more confident.

"It's nothing more than salvaging some parts, or at most making some cheap refurbished phones to sell to those even poorer countries in Africa.

But how big can that kind of business get, and how thin are the profit margins? He'll be lucky if he doesn't lose money."

[Shen Fei: They are indeed refurbished phones, but they seem to be a bit different from what you imagine.]

He stood up, wearing that confident expression. "Our focus is to make the specialized phones for Africa.

If Transsion sells theirs for 99 dollars, we'll sell ours for 98, or even 95 dollars. Our specifications will be slightly higher than theirs, too. I believe the impoverished people of Africa will make the right choice.

Once our products hit the market, I'll show Shen Fei what real strength is, and what it means to be doomed to fail."

"But Mr. Li, we haven't researched the African market... Will our products fail to adapt to the local environment? Will there be..."

Before he could finish, he was frightened into silence by General Manager Li Xiangdong's predatory glare.

In ancient times, anyone who spoke so discouragingly before a crucial battle would have been executed!

But the vice president still didn't give up. He changed his angle and continued to persuade him.

"Word is that Transsion is internally producing a new mobile phone with a 10% increase in battery life and stronger performance, yet the cost hasn't increased much."

"Just a marketing gimmick," General Manager Li Xiangdong waved his hand dismissively.

"The MTK6225 chip only has so much performance; how strong can it possibly get? They've probably just optimized the system a bit and swapped in a larger battery. How could the cost not go up? They're either cutting corners or selling at a loss."

At this moment, he was full of confidence. "Once our products hit the market, Transsion's little tricks will be exposed for what they are."

...

On the other side, at Production Base No. 2, Workshop No. 3...

The black tech enhancement center and the maintenance center were operating simultaneously, with their hourly processing volume stable at over 20,000 units.

The 1.28 million old Bird phones actually only took three days to process completely.

Most importantly, the repaired chips could be used to expand production capacity.

Transsion Building

"Mr. Shen, the test results for the new batch of chips are absolutely astonishing!" Chen Hai rushed in holding the report, completely unable to contain his excitement.

"Boss, we randomly sampled 500 units, and the performance boost is no fluke. Could it be..."

"That's right. We've developed a brand-new black technology that can give the chips a certain boost. We can call these chips the Transsion Enhanced Edition."

Chen Hai was a bit stunned. How could such a powerful black technology exist in the world? It practically defied the laws of physics, yet the reality was right in front of him.

Before his confusion could linger, it was quickly replaced by immense joy. The boss had actually told him about such an astonishing achievement so directly. This meant that in the boss's heart, he had already become an absolute confidant.

Originally...

Now, he absolutely had to work even harder.

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, he reported another discovery.

"Boss, aside from that, three percent of the chips showed stable overclocking.

The normal MTK6225 has a maximum clock speed of 104MHz. This batch of ours has a clock speed of 125MHz, but there is another batch of chips that can run stably at 135MHz, with power consumption increased by only 5% compared to the Enhanced Edition."

Shen Fei's eyes lit up. A 20% performance boost, and there was even a chance of getting top-tier binned chips? It seemed the technology of the enhancement center was even more powerful than what the system described.

There was a certain probability of a critical hit!