65: Chapter 65 The Final Blow: Waveguide Wants to Sell the Factory

After cursing for a while, Mr. Adebayo didn't overstep his bounds and quickly contacted Shen Fei.

After listening to the briefing, Shen Fei just spat in disgust: "Don't worry about it, just drag it out for now. If they are really willing, make them build a basic factory first to show their sincerity."

"Building a factory... wouldn't that be too..."

"That depends on him. Rationally, he won't refuse." Shen Fei said this very casually. "His current position is very dangerous. Letting Bird replace Transsion has already given his political rivals ammunition."

Regarding the crackdown on grey market merchants, he has done a terrible job. Only by letting Transsion return can he make up for his mistakes.

"Whether to spend public funds to build a factory, return to the negotiating table, and keep his iron rice bowl, or to resist to the end and refuse to invest... any smart person can make a clear choice. But this is just our first step. After they finish, whether they go back or not depends on our mood."

Mr. Adebayo understood immediately: "I'll go right now and will definitely convey your meaning to him properly."

On the afternoon of the third day, the sales data for the transsion s1 was released.

Global sales on the first day were 78,000 units, and the cumulative sales for the two days since the launch reached 170,000 units.

In the first-day sales data, Nigeria accounted for 43,000 units.

Mauritius sold 12,000 units.

Kenya also had sales of 8,000 units.

The rest were contributed by the remaining dozen or so countries.

When this specific sales data was sent to the Transsion headquarters in Guangzhou, everyone was stunned by the results.

Li Qing was trembling slightly as he looked at the data: "General Manager Shen, this data... is too terrifying. According to this trend, the first month's sales might exceed one million."

Li Qing really wasn't setting a goal randomly.

Based on current data, one million units a month is truly simple. After all, in most countries, display units haven't been fully rolled out, and most are just placed in important shops in cities.

A large number of offline stores haven't started exerting their power yet. Once all materials are in place, the daily sales data will definitely double.

To this, Shen Fei just nodded gently. He had long anticipated these results. The people in Africa are poor, but not everyone is poor.

For a 349 USD phone, especially a Smartphone, a monthly sales volume of one million across the entire African market is normal.

"Notify the production department to run at full capacity. Then tell Wang Hua that within one month, at least 2 million s1 units must roll off the production line."

"2 million units?! Our production capacity..."

"Expand production." Shen Fei interrupted him directly. "Didn't we buy a Bird factory before? I've seen the production line in that factory, it's very new. With a little modification, it can be used for Smartphone production."

"Understood."

In the afternoon, Shen Fei received the document sent by Minister Mohammed.

It contained a complete chain of evidence of Bird bribing Tanzanian officials: 500,000 USD transfer records, recordings of Supply Chain Director Zhou Ming promising a cut later, and some copies of secret agreements.

After reading it, the disgust in Shen Fei's heart became even more uncontrollable. They really were a bunch of idiots, mud that couldn't be helped onto the wall.

After reading it, Shen Fei sent it directly to Huang Tianya: "Send it anonymously to the Department of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs. Since they started it, don't blame us for what comes next."

"This is to..."

"The next era belongs to Smartphones, and our grudges over Feature phones should end here."

Simple, Shen Fei said this simply, but the meaning was very clear. "Since General Manager Li Xiangdong is resting, let him have a good rest."

Three days later.

The Anti-Monopoly Bureau of the Department of Commerce received anonymous whistleblower materials and filed a case to investigate Bird for unfair competition and overseas commercial bribery.

The General Administration of Customs suspended the customs clearance review for all of Bird's export goods.

Of course, there was nothing left to export, so these penalty notices were not very important.

The most important thing was that Bird's stock price fell directly by 30%, dropping sharply from the high of 5.03 yuan, and the market value instantly evaporated by more than 1 billion.

In the hospital ward, General Manager Li Xiangdong had just opened his eyes when he saw a bunch of executives in front of him.

"General Manager Li, it's bad. The relevant departments have officially launched an investigation into us."

"The things that idiot Supply Chain Director Zhou Ming did have all been exposed."

"Our stock price has fallen sharply by 30%, and coupled with our continuous losses, the Shanghai Stock Exchange has officially implemented a delisting warning... If we can't turn things around, we will really be kicked off the stock market."

General Manager Li Xiangdong looked at these specific messages before him, and his heart was once again inflamed with rage.

"Shen... Shen... Fei, you really aren't giving me any way to survive. What a ruthless heart."

Of course, it wasn't just Shen Fei abandoning him, but also this bunch of idiots in front of him. They were faster than anyone when it came to making plans, but now that things had come to light, they were each just as fast at passing the buck.

Consequently, he vomited blood and fell into a coma again, but the difference was that this time the doctor issued a critical condition notice...

The executives stared at each other blankly. With General Manager Li having "fallen asleep," what should they do?

Should they sell the company? Transsion... is indeed a good buyer. After all, the old General Manager Shen also came out of Bird, so he definitely would...

Since General Manager Li is in a coma, they should make the decision first.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Mr. Adebayo was still playing on the edge, but the grey market transsion s1 had already been shipped to the Tanzanian market.

The price was 399 USD. Compared to the international version, it had increased by 50 USD.

At the grey market stall, a black man took a few selfies with a transsion s1 and nodded with satisfaction.

Then, after playing fruit ninja for a while, he said to the grey market merchant: "Boss, what I'm holding is the Power max. Isn't your 50 USD price hike a bit too excessive?"

Although he said that, he held the phone tightly in his hand and was unwilling to let go for a long time, with the page even remaining on fruit ninja. After all, this game was even more popular than the S1.

The incredibly stress-relieving gameplay, coupled with that unique leaderboard feature, really made them unable to stop.

"That's right, didn't you Transsion say you originate from Africa and serve Africa? Is this the kind of price-hiking service you provide?"

"Exactly, we don't even want the gifts. Just sell it at the original price as in other countries."

"..."

"399, no bargaining!"

After the few bystanders bargained for a while, the grey market merchant still didn't budge an inch, maintaining that "take it or leave it" attitude.

"Boss, we've been talking for so long, and you really won't budge at all."

"The original price of 349 USD already has a profit margin..."

"You... aren't you smearing the Transsion brand? Does your headquarters just let you hike prices like this?"

These people were all high-end customers, and their attitude was still acceptable. Seeing that this highly educated group's emotions were about right, the grey market merchant immediately started his plan to shift the blame.

He sighed helplessly, sat down on a stone nearby, lit a cigarette, and said helplessly:

"Actually, we don't want to either, but our costs are very high. First, our goods are all shipped from other countries, which adds a huge transportation fee. And we also have to guard against the police, thugs, and hoodlums here. Once they catch us, all these goods are gone. To be honest, coming here to sell, even with the 50 USD price hike, isn't as much as over there. If you want to protest, go find Minister Mohammed. We could have been selling goods here properly, and everyone could have enjoyed Transsion's quality service, but now... Sigh."