14: Chapter 14: If the big manufacturers won't supply, we'll find small suppliers!

"Mr. Tianye, please take your time..."

Lei Jun wore a smile on his face as he watched Tianye Xin, the General Manager of the Huaxia region for Sharp, depart, but his heart felt heavy.

During the intermission, he had finally managed to strike up a conversation with the General Manager of Sharp, but the result could be seen from his expression.

After a whole day, the smile on his face felt a bit stiff, but there was no helping it... Fanmi Technology had just started, and strength dictated status.

Even if it meant acting like a grandson, he had to accept it.

With a silent sigh, Lei Jun's gaze scanned the room again, looking for Zhou Guangming and Li Guoqiang, hoping to hear good news from them.

However, seeing Zhou Guangming walking over with a grim expression, his heart sank.

"Not going well?" Lei Jun frowned and asked.

"Yeah!" Li Guoqiang nodded, then looked at Zhou Guangming helplessly. "Old Zhou got sabotaged by an old rival, so Qidi probably won't work out..."

Lei Jun took a deep breath and spoke slowly with a solemn expression:

"Sharp didn't commit either, saying they had insufficient production capacity and needed to consider it..."

"You didn't mention the Fast Charging Technology?"

"I did, but it was useless; he didn't believe me..."

Lei Jun sighed. He had originally intended to use the Fast Charging Technology as a trump card to persuade Samsung or Sharp, but the result was unexpected.

The heads of the two major Sharps acted as if they had discussed it beforehand, giving him no opportunity to discuss details at all.

Simply put... they didn't believe a small company could develop Fast Charging Technology, and he couldn't just throw the data for the Fast Charging Technology right in front of them.

Many of the tactics used by startups in negotiations were indeed just bluffing...

The general managers of the two major Sharps were too shrewd; without seeing the real thing, how could they easily believe it? The main reason was that the two major Sharps were not short of clients at all.

Their orders were already booked two or three years in advance, so how could they possibly care about a small startup like Fanmi?

As for adding new production lines for Fanmi, that was even more out of the question...

"What's next... is going to be difficult..."

Lei Jun realized very clearly that this road was much harder to walk than he had imagined... Capital giants controlled too many resources, and to carve a bloody path through them required not only the courage to stake everything on one throw but also patience and strategy.

Or perhaps embrace capital, let them invest in Fanmi, and form a resource integration.

But currently, he hadn't secured the screens, nor had he secured the motherboards, so how could he possibly catch the eye of capital?

If the Sharps couldn't be negotiated, Fanmi's first mobile phone could never be released.

If it continued like this... having the Fast Charging Technology would be meaningless!

Lei Jun pondered for a moment, his gaze drifting outside, and he said thoughtfully: "If it doesn't work, should we go outside and try our luck?"

"You mean..." Li Guoqiang raised his head instantly, his previously dim eyes suddenly brightening slightly.

"Sharp hasn't explicitly rejected the display screens yet, there's still room for maneuvering... but Qidi won't risk offending Motorola to supply us with the motherboards... We need to change our approach..."

"Small Sharps?" Zhou Guangming understood Lei Jun's idea instantly.

"Yes, but as for the quality..."

"Engineer Zhou knows hardware very well; he can probably think of a way to solve it." Zhou Guangming said affirmatively. If anyone understood Zhou Fan's technology the best, it was undoubtedly him.

He still hadn't grasped the extent of Zhou Fan's technology, but the one thing he could be sure of was that Zhou Fan was also extremely knowledgeable about hardware.

"That's good!" Lei Jun felt inexplicably stable upon hearing this.

"Let's put on a show in a moment!"

Lei Jun took a deep look at the banquet that was about to begin, his gaze flickering slightly. He had no intention of continuing to stay at the banquet.

After all, things that hadn't been negotiated before wouldn't become smooth just because of a meal or two. This Sharp conference made him deeply feel the arrogance of the islanders.

And the deep helplessness of technological backwardness.

Lei Jun turned around and led Zhou Guangming and Li Guoqiang towards the exit without looking back.

...

...

Outside the Xizi Lake Hotel.

The hotel was luxurious and high-end, but precisely because of this luxury and high-end, it meant that security and secrecy were also high, causing many small Sharps to stand outside the hotel, looking into the hotel with anticipation.

Sun Youming was one of them. At this moment, his thin figure looked like a part-time worker looking for jobs on the side of the road, with a briefcase tucked under his arm.

"One day, we will also be able to walk into this venue with our heads held high..."

"That's impossible. Inside, it's basically all Sharps from the island or from the Eagle Nation; we don't have that kind of strength."

"We don't have that strength now, so it's normal that they don't see us, but the tides turn; maybe in the future."

"So what if they look down on us? As long as we can make money, getting a few leaked orders from those giants is enough for us to eat for a year or a half!"

"..."

Sun Youming listened silently to the surrounding discussions. His mood was actually a bit heavier than these bosses. After all, after being set up, the situation inside the factory was already not optimistic.

If he couldn't get new orders to deal with the gap that had appeared, he was afraid that the factory wouldn't be able to last through this year.

With over a hundred employees, salaries had already been delayed for more than half a month now. If he had a choice now, he absolutely would not have taken the order from the Fangkang Group.

While pondering, Sun Youming suddenly saw figures appearing at the hotel entrance.

"Someone is coming out!" Sun Youming's expression became serious.

Although those people were complaining earlier, one thing they said was right: most of the companies that could enter this venue were capable.

As long as these companies leaked a little bit of scraps, it would be enough for these small Sharps to eat for a long time!

Sun Youming didn't say a word and strode to the front.

"You follow up on the cooperation with Samsung, and then you can also contact Sharp again to see which one is suitable..."

"Also, for the mobile phone motherboards... you can consider Qidi Technology, and Jiefeng's quality is also okay. Anyway, there is only one requirement: the quality must meet the standards... Our first batch is tentatively set at 100,000 units..."

Sun Youming didn't speak immediately but pricked up his ears and listened carefully. The three of them had a refined manner and temperament, very much like high-level executives of large companies.

The most important thing was the information revealed in those words just now...

"100,000 unit order... and it's motherboard business..." His eyes grew brighter and brighter.

Opportunity!!!