499: Chapter 499 The Relationship Between Waveguide Brands!

"Rest assured. I, Shen Fei, have always valued credibility in business.

Once the share transfer is complete, the evidence will naturally disappear.

However, if you want to seal the virus, it will require at least 6% of the shares. After all, that's something our engineers spent a long time developing... I can't let their hard work go to waste!"

"You're holding us for ransom."

"I am indeed threatening you. Of course, you can also choose not to negotiate.

After all, as we've stated, we reserve the right to retaliate in kind for this matter.

No matter what happens, they will help me suppress it!"

"You..." Sundar Pichai was furious on the other end of the line.

After all, Chinese culture is profound and vast. Although the characters are the same, the context differs, leading to vastly different answers.

Transsion is always vengeful. That Star Shield system alone would likely be enough to cripple Android.

Not to mention that traitor, Dave Burke...

To threaten someone to this extent and still claim to have a conscience? This is clearly the work of a bandit!

"Are you sure you will seal this virus?"

"Of course. If you're willing to add another 0.5% in shares, I can even hand over its control system to you..."

"That won't be necessary. I will push through the 6% share transfer. I hope you keep your word."

After hanging up, Shen Fei smiled. It was just a minor virus; the Star Shield system could generate a similar one at any time, and creating an even more powerful virus would be a piece of cake.

Trading it for 1% of Google's shares was an absolute steal.

After Shen Fei hung up, Liu Zhihong pushed the door open and walked in:

"Mr. Shen, the latest data synchronized from above shows that the base has already exploded. They found some fragments there, but..."

"Let them drag it out!

We've already cut a piece of meat off Google. With this 6% stake, plus what we had before... we are now firmly the largest shareholder in Google."

Zhang Mingzhu also reminded him calmly: "Will they really agree? 6% of the shares will surely hurt them deeply."

"They will! Once we launch the counterattack with the Star Shield system, Google won't be able to bear the cost. They have no choice but to agree."

Zhang Mingzhu thought for a moment, then nodded: "That's true. Someone has to pay for what they owe us."

"Silver Lake Capital is the one that acted directly, but since it's an investment firm, we can't touch them; we have to let the higher-ups handle it. But we can't suffer a loss for nothing. Google is just the interest."

Meanwhile, on the other side, Lu Weibin was preparing for the debut of a new brand.

Just as Google was preparing for the share transfer, Lu Weibin, along with Transsion Terminals and Bird Terminals, jointly announced the good news:

"Transsion Group officially announces: The revival of the classic national brand [Bird]. Mr. Lu Weibin will serve as the CEO of the Bird brand, fully responsible for brand operations and product R&D.

This is the first all-around sub-brand under Transsion, which will cover various price ranges to bring more high-quality, affordable products to consumers."

Below the post was an image and a newly upgraded logo.

Lu Weibin personally participated in the design of this logo, with the 'Wings of Battle' as the core, perfectly blending the classic fighter jet silhouette with futuristic technological elements.

The main visual adopts a titanium silver and obsidian black gradient metallic texture, with a sharp diamond-shaped cut in the middle, symbolizing a precise chip structure.

The streamlined light wings extending from both sides are composed of dynamic particles, as if capturing the moment a fighter jet breaks the sound barrier...

Overall, with this brand logo revival, Bird is no longer just the 'fighter jet of mobile phones'... it is a fighter jet.

Furthermore, the official announcement also revealed the first collaboration, and the partner is the 10-series handset!

The hype was instantly maxed out. Just as everyone was preparing to discuss it, Lu Weibin's personal Weibo also posted a short long-form article.

"Many people ask me why I left a familiar work environment to join Transsion and take over a long-sealed brand.

"Actually, the answer is very simple.

"Over a decade ago, when I first got into digital devices, the first domestic mobile phone I encountered was a Bird.

In the Feature phone era, Bird's development exceeded everyone's expectations. The slogan 'The fighter jet of mobile phones' became a nationwide sensation and remains the initial memory of domestic mobile phones for countless Chinese people.

It was the first domestic mobile phone brand that dared to go head-to-head with international brands. It represents the youth of a generation and is a microcosm of the budding era of domestic mobile phones.

Later, due to the arrival of the Smartphone era, Bird gradually faded from the public eye. Then, because of certain events... Bird was acquired and completely disappeared from the public view.

"But the Bird brand still exists, and its R&D team is still here...

We sincerely acquired the Bird brand, and all these years, we have been waiting for the right moment.

Waiting until all our industrial chains were perfected, with no shortage of chips... and no shortages in any supply chain, we were determined to relaunch this platform.

Today, that moment has arrived.

We will never live in the nostalgia of the past. It will be equipped with the brand-new Taishan System, Transsion's resource technologies, and the world's top supply chain, focusing on mass-market cost-effectiveness, creating high-quality phones that everyone can afford.

Let the Bird fighter jet fly across the world again."

Meanwhile, at the Transsion Africa R&D base, some research assistants doing odd jobs suddenly sneezed!

They had a feeling they were being... The Bird R&D team was indeed still around, but most of them had been sidelined to the Africa R&D center.

However, in Lu Weibin's comment section, many people immediately reposted these messages:

"Congratulations to Transsion, congratulations to Lu Weibin for adding another fierce general to the domestic camp. Looking forward to Bird bringing more and better products, and let's grow the pie for domestic mobile phones together."

As a direct competitor, Zhao Ming also quickly spoke up in the comment section: "Welcome back to the smart terminal track, Bird. Only when a hundred flowers bloom can it be spring. Looking forward to working with Bird to bring consumers a better domestic experience.

[PS: Let's kill it together and wipe out some little bugs.]"

The official accounts of Vivo and Oppo also chimed in with comments, while brands like Meizu chose to wait and see.

"Holy crap, did Bird win the revival match? And Lu Weibin took over... Is a certain cost-performance manufacturer about to be in trouble?"

"To the person above, are you talking about Zhao Ming? After all, they have their own biological son now; do they still need him, that dog?"

"The fighter jet of mobile phones! This slogan is so familiar... What a dream collaboration."

"My youth is back!"

"If Mr. Lu is doing cost-performance, won't Bird be so competitive that even thousand-yuan phones will have 2K screens + large memory?"

"The only ones who will really die are manufacturers like Xiaomi who are unwilling to lean towards the domestic supply chain...

"Redmi is in danger."

"What Redmi? This is clearly aimed at the boss of Redmi."

"Mr. Lu, is the first product definitely going to be as officially advertised?"

Lu Weibin specially replied: "We have reached a cooperation with relevant manufacturers. The first Bird product in the 2000-yuan price range has been confirmed for collaboration. Everyone, please look forward to it! The product will be released soon!"

Meanwhile, over at the Dami Company in Beijing, the sudden announcement from Bird did indeed make things a bit uncomfortable for them.