155: Chapter 155 It's impossible for a good technology company to emerge in China!

Apple's China headquarters.

Lu Qun stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in his office, talking on the phone. His face wore a serious expression, and a faint voice could be heard from the other end of the line.

"fanmi 2 will be officially on the market in half a month. Your Apple should be launching around the same time, right? Are you confident?"

The voice of Samsung President Piao Qianshu was also serious.

Lu Qun picked up the wine glass from the table beside him, took a light sip, and let out a cold sneer before saying, "So what if it hits the market?"

"So confident?" Piao Qianshu was somewhat surprised.

"It's just a death throe. You should have received the news by now, right? The Western giants have already made their move..." A cold glint flashed in Lu Qun's eyes.

"I heard that TSMC and Loongson International have both received warnings from the West. As soon as fanmi 2 hits the market, the better it sells, the greater the threat the West will feel, and the corresponding suppression will naturally be even greater!"

"Do you really think Fanmi can go toe-to-toe with those Western giants?"

Lu Qun's tone became increasingly cold, accompanied by a faint chuckle.

"Once the chip foundry sector is cut off, Fanmi will have no trump cards left to turn things around. What does it matter if they have a self-developed system and chips? It's all meaningless!"

"They can't possibly be thinking of manufacturing chips themselves, right? Heh~"

He was very clear about the situation of the domestic semiconductor industry. Currently, it could at most produce 90nm chips, while modern high-end mobile phones basically already use 45nm chip technology. Unless Fanmi could produce a 45nm Lithography Machine, it would be absolutely impossible for them to make chips!

And building a 45nm Lithography Machine... the difficulty of that is even greater than the possibility of begging Western countries to show mercy. At the very least, it's absolutely impossible within a few years!

With no one to foundry chips for fanmi 2, and given the current situation, Fanmi 1 is already on the verge of being phased out. Fanmi Company will inevitably fall into a desperate situation.

"Are you sure that TSMC will cancel its cooperation with Fanmi?" Piao Qianshu's tone was hesitant; he always felt that things were not that simple.

"How would they dare to disobey? You know who controls TSMC from behind the scenes. As long as those Western giants want to destroy Fanmi, it's an easy task!"

Lu Qun sneered again, this time more firmly.

"With the West making moves, the chip foundry sector for Fanmi will certainly be affected to some extent. I just don't know if such restrictions will be enough to kill them off!"

Piao Qianshu's tone gradually became serious, "They must have been frantically stockpiling chips over these past few months. Even our Samsung business at TSMC has been affected..."

"No matter how much they stockpile, it won't exceed five million. Given the current momentum of fanmi 2, it probably won't take long before they run out of stock!" Lu Qun knew that Fanmi must have some countermeasures, but he didn't care.

Global chip manufacturing output is almost fixed every year. TSMC's annual chip output won't exceed ten million at most. Even if fifty percent of the production capacity were given to Fanmi, that would only be five million a year.

Fanmi may seem to have good momentum now, but it's just a desperate frenzy before death!

Based on the initial popularity of Fanmi 1, 5 million chips simply wouldn't last a few months, and it's even very likely they would sell out in a month.

By then, without chips, even if more people wanted to buy them, they could only stare helplessly.

Moreover, with fanmi 2 selling so cheaply, Lu Qun even suspected that Fanmi Technology couldn't possibly be making money. It would be good enough if they could just recover their costs!

He had always believed that the biggest mistake made by the senior management of Fanmi was the pricing of fanmi 2. This error would lead Fanmi into a desperate situation.

"This time, they shouldn't be able to turn things around, right!"

Piao Qianshu hesitated for a moment, and his voice sounded again.

"Do you really think Fanmi is omnipotent!" Lu Qun laughed.

"Just wait and see. A tech company without capital backing will only be a shooting star across the night sky. The brilliance of Fanmi... it's time for it to fade away!"

"..."

...

The Other Side of the Ocean, California.

Google headquarters.

"Hey, Sam, have you heard? That small company in China that created a mobile operating system, their second product seems to be hitting the market soon!"

"I know about it. What's wrong, boss? Are you worried?"

"What's there to be worried about? I'm just a little interested in their self-developed system, system... Damn Chinese, I don't like these awkward words... Hmm, I'm just a little interested!"

"Boss, I think that small company called Fanmi is actually quite impressive. After all, globally, there aren't many companies capable of self-developed systems. It should be taken seriously!"

"Sam, you're overthinking it. No matter how impressive that small company is, it's only messing around in the China region, whereas our strategy is global..."

Google Group CEO Eric Smith smiled, patted Sam on the shoulder, and spoke with confidence.

"Our android system is the mobile operating system most suitable for global development. This is beyond doubt. You must have confidence in the company's products!"

"But as far as I know, the first mobile phone from this Fanmi Company sold very well. In the China region alone, it sold over 20 million units, which is almost the combined sales of all other high-end smartphone brands in the China region!" Sam frowned slightly.

"So what? Without capital backing, a small mobile phone company is nothing but a clown. Even if they are very impressive, didn't they only capture half the market..."

"As long as we firmly control the market outside of China, our position as the world's number one operating system will remain unshakeable!" Smith sneered, carrying an air of arrogance.

"Boss, are you being too optimistic? I know you're still angry about the search engine being driven out of the China market a few months ago, but..."

"Don't 'but' me. China is just a stubborn race. There is no freedom of speech there; they actually wanted us to filter normal search results!!!"

"They only want to control their civilians. In such an environment, it is impossible for a good tech company to emerge in China!!"

Speaking of the search engine matter, Smith's expression instantly darkened.

This made Sam swallow back the many words he still had in his heart. He knew very well that he shouldn't provoke the boss at this time, otherwise he would be asking for trouble...

After a brief silence, Smith took a deep breath.

Then, a smile appeared on his face again.

"Besides, the board of directors is actually already solving this problem. They can't just sit by and watch China's self-developed operating system grow. They should have already made their move..."

"What move?" Sam's heart stirred.

Looking at Smith's tone, he instinctively felt something was wrong.

He had been at Google for a long time and naturally knew how terrifying the power behind this company was. If they really wanted to intervene, they really had ways to influence some political decisions, or at least issue warnings.

And those in politics, for the sake of national interests, as long as they truly felt a threat, would inevitably use every means possible to suppress it.

They only needed to let out a little wind, or directly use the invincible method of technological blockade, and that small company in China definitely wouldn't be able to hold on!

"In a while, we will all know!"

Smith smiled, but did not directly reveal the answer.

In his faint smile, there was still a hint of arrogance!