446: Chapter 446 Rice Shows Its Strength

Listening to Lei Jun, Lin Bin was also worried. He knew that all the advantages behind Honor's rise were top-tier resources provided by Transsion.

With the Taishan Kirin series chips, Full-screen Display, and Taishan System, under this series of combinations, Zhao Ming was like a third-party contract manufacturer!

He only needed to design the product and then simply optimize its advantages to release a new product.

On the other hand, Xiaomi had to beg people everywhere for every part of the supply chain and then integrate these suppliers' solutions together; it was completely incomparable to their vertical integration.

There was no comparison in terms of speed and quality!

The cruelest thing in global business was never that hard work was useless, but that the opponent was moving at full speed while they were waiting in place!

Transsion's closed-loop industry chain achieved independent control, while Xiaomi was locked down tight by its supply chain and technology!

Trying to cut off the other party's supply chain like before was simply impossible, but Lei Jun would absolutely not accept his fate!

"We can't wait any longer; we need to make our own changes."

A look of ruthlessness appeared on Lei Jun's face, and at the same time, all the decadence faded, leaving behind a heart full of drive!

Once, when he was alone, he truly couldn't beat Transsion, but now he was the spokesperson for the United States tech industry. He wouldn't lose, because the people behind him wouldn't let him lose!

"Since Google won't listen to our suggestions, then call Silver Lake Capital! Right now!"

"Mr. Lei, don't do anything foolish. It's still nighttime in the United States; it's not exactly working hours."

"Don't worry. Since they've spent so much money, they will definitely ensure the phones are open 24 hours a day. Applying pressure now means someone will take action once it's daytime there. We don't have time to drag this out. If we delay for a day, we lose one percent of our market share. By then, it will be worthless, and their investment will have gone down the drain."

Lin Bin wasn't some novice; he knew that if the other party dared to give a valuation of 12 billion, there must be money to be made...

After all, look at how much Musk's side has been hyped up, and that's just a car. But Xiaomi has a 'person-car-home' strategy, and it's in the massive Chinese market; the valuation definitely won't be low!

But right now, valuation can't be eaten as a meal...

"Tell them Xiaomi needs Google to urgently adapt the underlying architecture for the Full-screen Display. This isn't just Xiaomi's requirement; it's a life-saving necessity for the entire Android camp. Samsung and HTC need it too. And according to information I've received, Vivo is preparing to use one or two series to start promoting Taishan System. If they really take that step, Android can truly leave the Chinese market entirely!"

He nodded and started making the call. As for whether Silver Lake Capital or Google had any resentment? Laughable. Did they even deserve to have resentment? Such a simple task as a Full-screen Display, and they had dragged it out for so long without a single update—did they even deserve to have an opinion?

Most importantly, capital pursues profit. Once Vivo and the others defect, it will be terrifying news for them! Right now, it's Google that should be worried.

About a minute later, someone finally picked up the phone.

"Mr. Lin, hello. Is there something important regarding this night-time inquiry?"

The operator on the other end still sounded a bit displeased; after all, nobody wants to answer phones in the middle of the night.

"You don't need to be so resentful; you just need to know that this is a massive issue. honor 8 has officially gone on sale, and current sales have already exceeded 1.2 million units. In just one day, 1.2 million units—you should be very clear about the impact of this data. We now demand that the Full-screen Display system be adapted as soon as possible so we can produce phones with corresponding ratios; otherwise, in terms of phone presentation, we will have no strength to fight back."

After saying this, Lin Bin didn't give them any more face and hung up the phone directly! Although they had already signed a binding contract, it wasn't for an operator to look down on him!

After hanging up the phone, Lei Jun gave Lin Bin a thumbs up. That's how you should talk to this bunch of jerks! Everyone is a partner, not their dog; one should be tougher.

But his luck didn't last long, and he soon slumped back down.

"Old Lin, have you calculated the profit of the honor 8?"

"At least over half, and most of it is handed over to Transsion. Their costs are extremely low, so low that we can't even imagine?"

Lei Jun sighed again because, according to the current investigation results, the honor 8 series products were at least 40% cheaper than the Xiaomi 6 series they were currently building!

This meant they had sufficient room to lower prices. For the so-called New Year Shopping Festival, where prices rise first and then fall, they still had plenty of room to cut prices. This meant that even when Xiaomi launched, they still wouldn't have the confidence to battle them.

A few hours later, a meeting was held inside Silver Lake Capital. Thompson, Wilson, as well as representatives from manufacturers like Google and Qualcomm, were all sitting in the conference room.

On the big screen, a figure flashed that was humiliating enough for them. The cumulative sales of the honor 8 were 1.27 million units, an increase of 70,000 units compared to a few hours ago.

At the same time, next to that data was another figure that Honor hadn't released—the mid-range series of Samsung and HTC had completely collapsed in the Chinese market. Their sales had all dropped by 30%!

This meant that with just one phone, Honor had gobbled up a large portion of the Android market.

Thompson was also very angry. His fingertips kept tapping on the desk, wanting to make everyone clearly understand the importance of this data so they would cooperate with all their might.

After all, he had heard the operator's request—the Full-screen Display. But he also knew another important thing that the other party hadn't mentioned: no Fire Dragon... even if performance was lagging, absolutely do not let the Fire Dragon be released again!

"Gentlemen, you've all seen it, right?"

"They only had their sub-brand release one phone, and all our players are retreating step by step."

The Qualcomm representative on the side frowned tightly; his expression was a bit impatient, but he had no chance to refute.

"They are using self-developed chips, which are not constrained by the supply chain. We really can't interfere in this area."

Seeing Qualcomm trying to distance itself, Google followed suit:

"You all know that their Taishan System was based on open-source Android from the very beginning; they never used our services! Now, they are even leading us by a large margin. We all need to develop according to their files, so..."

Seeing the two important people in front of him both trying to distance themselves, Thompson hurriedly tapped the table again!

"Gentlemen, we spent so much money to establish this alliance not for everyone to distance themselves, but to study how to keep Transsion in check together!"

Seeing those two representatives look at each other and then nod, Thompson continued.

"In the coming period, we need to catch up on both hardware and software!"