Chapter 140 Three Roads

At present, the research and development of rice mobile phones is still in full swing.

Although the company's R&D department is still a little stretched, at least it is following Mr. Lei's own ideas step by step.

In addition, various upstream channels for manufacturing mobile phones have basically been opened up, and now Mr. Lei is looking forward to the time when the rice phone will be released for the first time.

Seeing the rice begin to move on the right track step by step, Mr. Lei naturally began to look forward.

Judging from the current situation, mobile phones have become more of a terminal service.

In addition to making phone calls, it is more like a set of personal service equipment.

Nowadays, it is no longer an era to compare whose camera is better or whose sound quality is better. What is now is to compare which one is more intelligent and which one has more supporting manufacturers.

Mr. Lei’s biggest regret is that when he was at Rice, he was unable to vigorously develop Rice’s own system because it was controlled by foreign investors.

If I were like Mr. Ren, maybe the killing spree would be the Da Mi family's system now.

But there are no ifs in reality, and it is impossible to let yourself take advantage of all the good things.

Besides, now that I have left Rice, no matter how hard I worked before, it has nothing to do with me now.

Moreover, Mr. Lei now has no idea of ​​developing a system.

It's not that I don't have money, it's mainly that it takes too much time.

System development can never be completed in a short time.

This is also the reason why Mr. Lei decided to connect to Hongmeng.

He knows his position very well, whether it is before or now, whether it is rice or rice.

We are just a traditional assembly manufacturer.

What is important is to combine the strengths of hundreds of schools with one's own body to formulate a product that can compete with any peer.

It is precisely because of this that I was not on the same path as Mr. Ren and the others from the beginning.

Although it is regrettable, this is my choice.

But even though he gave up the system, Mr. Lei still wanted to get involved in smart homes.

Especially in the area of ​​intelligent robots, although I don’t know yet whether the flower factory has reached an agreement with Technology Gate.

But that doesn't stop me from talking to TechGate about this matter.

If we can obtain the relevant technical authorization, we can occupy a large share even as a supporting manufacturer.

And relying on his years of intuition, judging from his eyes, neither Jin Sanshi nor Wang Chen is the kind of person who is particularly easy to get along with.

To put it bluntly, these two guys are also typical businessmen.

Especially Jin Sanshi, he knows very well that eggs cannot be put in one basket.

Whether it is the tripartite confrontation in the system or various cooperation in other aspects, the word stability is highlighted.

If cooperation can be achieved.

Just when Mr. Lei was considering the possibilities, Lao Sun suddenly hurried up from downstairs.

"Mr. Lei, something happened."

"Huh? What's wrong? Tell me slowly." Seeing that his partner didn't look very good, Mr. Lei felt a little nervous and asked quickly.

"Qualcomm regretted it. When our people went to them to sign the purchase agreement, they failed to sign it." After taking a breath, Lao Sun said slowly.

"What?" Mr. Lei frowned in disbelief.

They approached Qualcomm for procurement through a flower factory. We had already almost reached an agreement, and now you're telling me that the contract can't be signed?

After walking back and forth in the office several times, Mr. Lei rubbed his temples and said angrily, "It must have been done by Google, damn, what a trick."

"What should we do now? Continue to talk to Qualcomm?" Lao Sun nodded and asked.

You don't have to guess to know that this is Google's fault. I thought it was fine, but I didn't expect that it gave me another blow at the critical moment.

"It's probably useless. The flower factory helped us take the lead before. Now they are willing to risk offending the flower factory and reject us. To put it bluntly, they have already made a decision."

Mr. Lei waved his hands and smiled bitterly.

"Then go to the flower factory?"

"No, although the flower factory helps us, it is because we have joined the domestic technology alliance, and even if they don't help, we can still get the products of Technology Gate, so it is just a favor.

Don’t forget, we were the bitter rivals of the flower factory before, maybe they are still happy now because they have one less rival.”

Sitting down on the sofa, Mr. Lei thought for a long time before speaking.

This is what business war is like, there are no eternal friends.

Besides, my power has plummeted since I left Rice. It is already my duty to be willing to help, and I cannot force myself to ask for more.

Essentially speaking, peers are still enemies, and it would be nice if they don't add insult to injury.

"So what should we do now? Without a chip, we can't make a mobile phone."

Lao Sun naturally understands the twists and turns here.

But now is not the time to talk about this.

Rice's mobile phone is about to be launched, and its research and development is on track, but now it is announced that it cannot purchase chips.

This blow is not ordinary.

"Do we need to make our own chips? Anyway, Europe and the United States will not restrict us from placing orders at external factories."

"No, the chip is more troublesome than the system. That thing requires money, time and people. We don't have these three things at the moment. We can only purchase finished products. Hey, the tiger falls on the plain and is bullied by the dog. Without the market, it is nothing."

Mr. Lei rubbed his face and couldn't help complaining.

This is reality, it's fucked up.

After thinking about it for almost ten minutes, Mr. Lei raised his head and gave the order, "This is a three-step process. The first step is to find domestic chip manufacturers. They shouldn't refuse to provide us with chips, but in that case we would like to

I am afraid that entering the mid-to-high-end field will be delayed a lot.

But after all, we can solve the problem of availability first. As for the quality, let’s take our time.

The second point is that you personally fly to Apple headquarters to see if you can get authorization for their chips.

If anyone else’s chips can compete with Qualcomm and Huachen, it is probably only Apple.

Third, I will go to the flower factory. Since I know that Qualcomm can no longer supply, I will discuss with the flower factory to see if I can purchase their chips.

However, this is unlikely to happen. Although their chip supply has begun to resume, it has only just been unblocked and is not enough for their own use. It is estimated that it will be difficult to provide it to us.

Furthermore, we are still essentially in a competitive relationship. Who will use their own advantages to help their enemies?

There are quite a few mobile phone manufacturers in the country, so it doesn’t matter if one or two are missing, since they have already done it for the sake of appearance.”

Three points, three directions, after Mr. Lei said it, Lao Sun thought about it and nodded.

Although the possibility of getting chips from Apple and Flower Factory is not high, it is a road after all, and you will not know whether it is possible until you take it.

"Hey, if we can't get high-end chips, we will be at a huge disadvantage just relying on domestic chips. We may still have to go to the technology gate later, but this is the last resort. I will only consider it if there is no new way out.

Seek help from Science and Technology Gate.”

With a long sigh, Mr. Lei also said helplessly.

Looking for the door of science and technology was the first way he thought of, but after thinking about it, he decided not to do it.

They don't currently produce chips, so they can't be allowed to force flower factories to supply them for their own sake, right? Let's not talk about anything else, we don't have that big of a presence.

As for Qualcomm, can you still prevent them from selling it?

Free market and free trade, I am not strong enough to let the Gate of Science and Technology lose its attitude to help me.

To put it bluntly, Rice is still too weak. Unless it becomes bigger and stronger, this kind of thing will happen in the future.

It's just that we haven't reached a dead end yet, and Mr. Lei also wants to see if he can solve this problem on his own.
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