Overbearing Immortal Doctor Chapter 1764 - 1863: Entanglement

So even though the two attended the Fortune Forum at the same time, they hardly exchanged a word, appearing extremely oppositional.

Su Zhe gave Li Shaoji a slight gentlemanly smile, which served as a greeting, and then turned to Li

Jiacheng to say, "Tonight, perhaps? ...Now isn’t suitable. Would you like to meet at my place or yours?"

"Let’s meet at my place. I also have a few friends who want to consult you on some matters, alright?"

"After the banquet is over and I’m done here, I’ll bother you in Li Shi’s room!"

"You’re being too serious, it’s me who should be consulting Mr. Su."

Li Jiacheng deliberately lowered his posture, while Su Zhe shrugged and didn’t dwell on it. He knew

all these Xiang River bosses and the King of Gates seated at the table. These people are all figures in Xiang River

who have led with undying influence for decades—the Fu Family brothers, the real estate tycoon, and Li

Zhaobao, who jointly oversees New World Development, the largest real estate company in Asia, with a market

value of 300 billion Hong Kong Dollars. And then there’s Zheng Yuxing, the renowned jewelry mogul of Chow Tai Fook and the real estate developer New World, creator of ’Zhu Wang’. There’s He Hongshen, the unofficial king of Macao, an absolute magnate, who has four legitimate heirs and countless love interests. The He family is a reputable clan in Macao, taking commissions from nearly all local betting companies, and they own the largest betting holding company in Ju City.

Hence, none at this table are easy to deal with.

Yet regarding Su Zhe, as an emerging power, they dare not underestimate him. The market in Mainland

has fully proven his prowess, and Su Zhe represents the primary enterprise of Mainland. Bearing this golden brand, they dare not act arrogantly towards Su Zhe.

Didn’t you see how courteous Li Jiacheng was to Su Zhe?

The guests at the table were quite warm towards Su Zhe, even exchanging phone numbers, making the banquet atmosphere incredibly harmonious. But at its conclusion, Su Zhe encountered unexpected toasts from the bosses of Motorola, Ericsson, and Nokia.

Nokia’s CEO Yoma Olila, and Ericsson’s Kedew, along with Cross David from Motorola,

had all been looking for Su Zhe the whole day.

After negotiating agreements with the Saban Company, all that remained was Su Zhe’s involvement. They

eagerly wanted to discuss the authorization exchange with Su Zhe, yet they couldn’t find even the shadow of him.

Fortunately, there was the banquet, and the three had no choice but to corner Su Zhe.

"What brings the three of you here?"

Back in his presidential suite, Su Zhe faced the CEOs of the three major telecom giants as they sat before him.

"Here’s the thing, Mr. Su, 1. Regarding mobile base stations, we’re very interested in what you’ve mentioned about the 10 Ou Yuan authorization fee, and we have no objection. However, we’d like to solicit your opinion.

We’ve heard Mr. Su is also venturing into the mobile phone industry, and wonder what kind of phones you want to manufacture. We three could provide some insights since mobile business is our main product."

Li Xia, the CEO of Nuomia, courteously conversed with Su Zhe.

Currently, Nokia’s mobile phones hold a 26.9% share of the global market.

Though not yet the future mobile Overlord, it was already starting to emerge prominently.

They rolled out 18 products over time, and sales were exceptionally good, selling approximately more than 8 million

units, ranking them first.

Ericsson, though focused on authorization, boasts a strong mobile business too. While profits account for merely

10% of their company, their share in the global market is 10.5%, ranking third; Motorola, despite being the inventor and manufacturer of the world’s first mobile phone, only ranks second in market share with 16.9%!

These three are the most powerful mobile giants globally, collectively holding 54.3% of the market share, effectively dominating half of the global mobile sales.

In 1999, worldwide 283 million mobile phones were sold, meaning these three almost sold

over 150 million units, calculating at an average price of 5000 RMB per unit, that’s a 750 billion CNY sales figure, absolutely terrifying! There are others like Siemens, Samsung Electronics, and Panasonic, ranking 4th,

5th, and 6th, with market shares of 9.8%, 6.2%, and 5.5% respectively... Their CEOs didn’t come this time

but have sent representatives to sign authorization agreements with Lin Youwei.

Except for those who haven’t yet, only these three remain.

"Yes, I plan to enter the mobile market."

Su Zhe was quite straightforward as he said this.

He had already set Huang Zhang to start tackling the low-cost mobile market.

This was also Huayi Mobile’s strategy in past life.

In 2000, following the market recovery: In fact, in China’s past life, many mobile manufacturers emerged: the most prominent was certainly ’Waveguide’!

The commercials for this phone were quite famous, even on the brink of closing later, people still remembered its jingle one-by-one: "Waveguide Mobile, the fighter in mobiles!"

This slogan was well-known. Now, it’s under Su Zhe’s ownership.

He certainly won’t let Waveguide take the lead again. This slogan, as analyzed by many, contributed to Waveguide becoming China’s mobile industry leader by 50%, deeply resonating with people.

Waveguide’s IPO happened in 2000, arduously taking 4 years to become the domestic

mobile market leader, selling a cumulative 100 million units globally.

Its strategy was simple—low pricing.

Phones priced at 3000 in 2000 opened wallets of many users who couldn’t afford the 5000+ phones. Su Zhe’s objective was to first establish a foothold with low pricing.

No matter the later enterprises of little Mi, Huawei—essentially, this initial strategy was common to all, yet aimed at achieving premium pricing eventually.

"I watched Mr. Su’s speech today, so I’m guessing you intend to start manufacturing phones that can connect to the internet. The internet-connected business is something we could potentially cooperate on."

Ollila smiled at Su Zhe, taking out a document from his briefcase suddenly: "Mr. Su, take a look at this. This is a project we’ve been working on—a mobile system."

A brand new brochure was placed before Su Zhe.

"S y m b i a n," printed in bold English letters, stood vividly on the cover.

The Saban System is a real-time, 32-bit multitasking operating system similar to a computer’s window system, but with low power consumption and minimal memory usage features. Under limited memory and RAM circumstances, it’s highly suitable for mobile devices!

This is a system program targeted at phones, developed together with Britain’s Abao products company, having undergone around 5 years of development and nearing completion of the first system trial run. This is why the three dared to disclose the Saban System to Su Zhe, since the mobile system is nearly completed, with final integration and network adaptation remaining.

They simply aren’t concerned about Su Zhe knowing, because the development of a system

takes quite a long time, and from their perspective, Su Zhe certainly couldn’t develop a new mobile system to compete in the market within six months. Between 2000 and 2010, the world belonged to Saban.

As no one yet foresaw the capability of phones to access the internet, the three giants were already planning in advance the phone internet systems—this undoubtedly demonstrated remarkable foresight. They indeed had

the competence.

"What do you think, Mr. Su, does this interest you?"