86: Chapter 86 Qualcomm's Importance! Fruit Enters China

The news of Transsion's chip breakthrough spread quickly through the industry, starting with some rumors.

"Transsion has made a 3G baseband, and its performance crushes Qualcomm."

Then came reports from the media: "Domestic Chip Breakthrough, Transsion Opens Up the Entire Mobile Phone Industry Chain."

However, due to the previous Hanxin incident, most "smart passersby" still thought this was just a marketing tactic by the manufacturer and didn't take the news seriously.

On the contrary, at Qualcomm overseas, the public relations department reported this news to President Paul Jacobs immediately.

"President, a manufacturer in China claims to have developed a communication baseband, boasting that its performance is 70% higher than ours, while its power consumption has decreased by 30%."

Upon hearing this news, Paul Jacobs did not stop his work; instead, he gave a dismissive laugh.

"Have you checked it out? Which of our basebands did they modify?"

"No. It's just rumors. But President, I feel like they might have actually succeeded."

"Steve, you know what that means. Basebands involve a massive number of communication patents. Bypassing our patent wall is not that easy."

"But they are a Chinese manufacturer, and..."

Steve Mollenkopf didn't say anything particularly harsh, but Paul Jacobs gave another dismissive laugh.

That's true!

Do those people in China understand what a patent is? Their market doesn't take patents seriously either.

"And things might not be as simple as we imagine."

Steve Mollenkopf spoke again, and after finishing, he handed the investigation report he was holding to Paul Jacobs.

This Qualcomm CEO was quite casual when holding the report at first, but soon he couldn't laugh anymore.

"These patents are all theirs."

"Yes! President."

It was no wonder Paul Jacobs' expression was so grim. Many of the patents on the list were ones Qualcomm was currently applying for, but Transsion's application dates were earlier.

And some of their approaches not only perfectly bypassed their patent wall but were even better.

Of course, there was also a portion that Transsion had acquired directly. And this was exactly the order he had issued last month, no wonder...

"Have these patents... been checked?"

"Yes, we have, and we have also thoroughly investigated Transsion and Huaxin Investment. But Huaxin is a company that hides its tracks well; it is still under investigation. However, one thing is certain: this company was founded last year and made a fortune during the financial crisis. And... it seems they hold shares in us, about 4.95%, but it hasn't been publicly listed."

"Their layout is very deep. It seems I will have to go to China myself to see what exactly our shareholder wants to do!"

...

Meanwhile, in Yangcheng, at Transsion headquarters.

This time, Zhang Mingzhu leaked some good news to Shen Fei in advance. Seeing Zhang Mingzhu's call, Shen Fei hurriedly answered it.

"Ah Fei." As soon as it connected, a sweet voice came from the other side.

"Did you miss me?"

Ahem! Hearing Shen Fei's cheesy tone, Zhang Shiqing hurriedly coughed to remind him.

"Dad, you're there too." Shen Fei changed his tone, and his voice wasn't as affected anymore!

"Yes! I made a trip to the capital. The leadership attaches great importance to your communication baseband breakthrough and has clearly stated that they will provide more policy support. At the same time, regarding the R&D of the Lithography Machine project, some leaders who were previously unsupportive have now loosened their stance. It might not be long before they come to your side to discuss the final plan. However, the current implication is that you might need to provide a deposit. The higher-ups don't want to see a repeat of the second Hanxin incident. Of course, this money will be returned to you after the project succeeds."

"Dad, don't worry! Transsion cannot become Hanxin, but our goal is to let the flowers of Hanxin bloom all over the world."

Afterward, Zhang Shiqing chatted for a few more sentences and then hung up the phone again.

He still had to urgently rush back to the province to report his work to the secretary and then carry out the next steps of assistance work.

After hanging up the phone, Shen Fei once again brought up the system interface.

[Main Mission: Africa market share 20%. Current market share 19.8%]

Still 0.2% away. According to the current growth rate of 0.1% per day, it will be completed in two days.

10,000 points were about to be credited, and Shen Fei had already decided what to redeem.

OLED Screen

It is now 2009. The mainstream screen is still LCD, and the OLED Screen has not yet become mainstream. If Transsion can lay out its strategy in advance and master the core technology, then in the future, the screen panel field will be Transsion's world.

Selling mobile phones doesn't make much money, but working in the supply chain means less trouble and more money.

He walked to the laboratory, where Professor Li Jiahui was still celebrating with the team.

"General Manager Shen." Professor Li Jiahui walked up quickly and said excitedly: "China Mobile just called. They want to purchase our communication baseband to use in their next generation of customized phones."

"Tell them, okay. Considering they are the first to cooperate, the quote for each communication baseband is 50 USD."

"General Manager Shen, this price is indeed not expensive... but compared to their contract phones, this price is already quite high. I feel it will be hard for them to agree."

Shen Fei nodded silently and then brought out his second plan.

"If they use our Taishan OS, the price can be lowered to 30 USD, and we can provide an OEM integration solution."

"This... Boss, your plan..."

"That's right, it's the solution Huawei used before, but we are mainly promoting the supply chain and Taishan OS. Regardless of whether they are doing it for the requirements from above or because they really took a liking to our baseband, this is our bundled solution. They either agree to it, or they can forget it."

Professor Li Jiahui understood: "Then I will let the negotiation team below handle the talks."

"Good!"

At this moment, Shen Fei waved his hand again, letting everyone come over: "Everyone has worked hard during this period. After the communication baseband project is finished, I will give everyone a large subsidy. If you are used to living in company apartments and want to buy your own house, the company will subsidize you with 200,000 to 1 million in relocation fees."

The laboratory was in an uproar again.

...

Shen Fei had just returned to the office when his phone rang again. This time, it was good news reported by Mr. Adebayo.

"General Manager Shen, we just won a large government order in Ethiopia. 500,000 transsion s1 units will be used for the civil servant e-government system. In addition, according to our calculations, our share in Africa should have exceeded 20%."

Almost at the same time, the system's notification sound rang in his mind.

[Ding! Main Mission complete! Africa market share reached 20.1%. Reward: Industry Innovation Points * 10,000. New mission generating...]

With 10,000 mission points in hand, Shen Fei hurriedly opened the system space to see if there were any special deals...

But at the same time, the person in charge of China Unicom also happily signed that mutually compromised contract!

Starting from today, in the communication market! China Unicom is the absolute boss!