Chapter 382 Entering the European and American Markets, Attacking Korean Stars Apple's Base Camp

The "tin bird" shuttled through darkness and day, arriving at the San Francisco Airport on the other side of the ocean. Lee Jae-yong, who was in a business suit and resolute, didn't stop for a moment and went straight to Apple's circular headquarters in Cupertino.

Thirty minutes later.

In the reception room of Apple's circular headquarters, Ke came to receive him in person wearing a simple POLO shirt and casual pants.

"President Li, you are a rare visitor."

Before Chen Xing came out to disrupt the situation, there were two dominant players in the mobile phone field. Apart from Apple mobile phones, they were Korean mobile phones.

Other mobile phones, such as Rice, Kunpeng, and Meilan, are not considered international brands, but only national and regional brands.

Of course, if we go back a few years ago, there was also the Nokia brand.

But Nokia tried to buck the trend due to high-level decision-making mistakes, and the company was already in name only.

This means that in the international market of mobile phones, Korean stars and Apple mobile phones are actually competing.

Because in the "Struggle for Hegemony", the relationship between the two families will naturally not be much better. Similarly, the decision-makers of the two families will not be able to meet to reminisce about old times and discuss decisions.

If Pou Ke and Lee Jae-yong remember correctly, the last time they met alone was four years ago.

"President Pan Ke, you are well." Li Zaiyong forced a smile, and the two shook hands in a friendly manner.

"Let's talk in my office." Pou Ke didn't want to waste too much time. He knew the purpose of Li Zaiyong's coming here.

"Please lead the way."

Li Zaiyong nodded slightly.

The two of them moved from the reception room to the president's office.

When he came to the sofa in the negotiation area and sat down, Pou Ke asked politely: "President Li, would you like iced coffee or warm coffee?"

"It will be all right."

Lee Jae-yong looked around.

Seeing that the other party was casual, Pou Ke didn't hesitate at all. He poured a cup of warm coffee for Lee Jae-yong and put two packets of sugar in front of him.

After doing all this, Pou Ke sat down again and asked slowly: "President Li is here this time. You must have something to discuss with me, right?"

"Um."

While Lee Jae-yong responded, he took a sip of coffee, and a bitter taste instantly filled his mouth. He put down the cup, looked at Pan Ke and continued:

"Longxing Group is about to open up the entire Asian market. It is estimated that it will not be long before they come to the European and American markets. I think we can win-win cooperation and limit its expansion."

Europe and the United States are not only the markets with the highest proportion of Korean mobile phones, but also the home base of Apple mobile phones. Neither company wants a third party to get involved. Lee Jae-yong will come to Puke to discuss it in person only when there are common interests.

"What do you want me to do?"

Panko asked.

In fact, he had already guessed Li Zaiyong's intention, and he also knew that Longxing Group was currently killing everyone in the ancient Xiangguo market.

The pineapple companies supported by Baile Group and Linghang Group are almost unable to resist, and their market share is plummeting.

Since Longxing Group's expansion speed is indeed very fast, Pou Ke also has a headache. During this period, he has been thinking about how to restrain its development.

"Media smear campaign."

Lee Jae-yong said it very straightforwardly.

"How to smear it?" Pou Ke narrowed his eyes and asked for the specific method.

"American media plays a decisive role in the European and American markets. I hope you can contact well-known media to steal user privacy and take photos to give Longxing Group a head-on blow and slow down its development."

Lee Jae-yong responded in a deep voice.

He knows very well that the vast majority of Western media are in the hands of Jewish capital, and even many well-known film and television companies, such as Warner Group and Disney Media, have their holdings.

There was a time when many people felt sympathy for the plight of the Jews, viewing them as innocent and a pitiable group whose families had been destroyed.

But as the understanding deepens, you will find that the suffering they experienced was actually caused by themselves.

For example, a bowl of rice costs you 500 yuan, a pack of pickled mustard costs 200 yuan, and your income is only 4,000 yuan. At this time, if you have a gun, do you think the bolt of your gun will smoke?

It was precisely because of this bottomless, crazy method of amassing money to raise prices that the Jewish community was centralized and liquidated.

But what about movies?

Only the suffering part was filmed, not the reasons.

It is no exaggeration to say that it is precisely because Jewish capital purchased a large number of international film production companies to whitewash them that people who do not know the truth feel that they are pitiful.

This also shows how terrible it is to control the media.

Pou Ke did not respond immediately, but took a sip of coffee with sugar and asked in confusion: "Is Longxing Mobile stealing users' privacy?"

"I don't have definite evidence, but I don't need definite evidence, right?"

Lee Jae-yong asked back.

Isn’t the media doing enough to confuse right and wrong?

Some clips just need a slight edit and it can mean something else.

The media is an invisible sword, and with just a little editing, thousands of viewers can become complicit.

However, Pou Ke frowned, shook his head and said, "It would be no joke if such unfounded things were cracked down. Maybe we can start with the camera function."

His heart was moved, but he did not lose his mind.

Seeing that the other party agreed, Lee Jae-yong immediately pursued the victory and said: "I have already made a plan, I just need to put it into place."

"oh?"

Pou Ke was a little surprised and asked, "Let me take a look first?"

"sure."

Li Zaiyong smiled and saw that he took out a USB flash drive and placed it on the table.

Ku Ke saw that the other party was well prepared, so he immediately picked up the USB drive and walked to his desk, then inserted the USB drive in his hand into the computer.

After a while.

He couldn't help but smile and said, "This is good."

"Is it settled?"

Li Zaiyong asked.

"Okay, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. We don't want Longxing Mobile to enter the European and American markets." Ku Ke responded.

Using the media to discredit Longxing Mobile is something the West is very familiar with.

Besides, this time they are not discrediting, but just magnifying the shortcomings of Longxing Mobile, which is normal business competition.

In less than ten minutes of conversation, Li Zaiyong and Ku Ke hit it off.

...

On the other side.

Ancient Elephant Kingdom.

As the markets of Mao Xiong, Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia were all opened up, Li Zhenzhen also came to the Ancient Elephant Kingdom in West Asia.

Because she had heard about Ah San's outrageous deeds, she would bring more than five bodyguards when traveling, and she also legally carried a gun.

But to be honest, Longxing Group entered the Guxiang Kingdom market smoothly. There was no chaebol blocking it, nor was there any resistance from the West. Even the Guxiang government was opening a green channel and promoting Longxing mobile phones in the media for free.

Even if a pineapple mobile phone popped up in the middle, it did not pose any threat.

As the CEO of Xu Jinshui, who passed the test of the All-Seeing Association and took over the Guxiang Kingdom Rice Company and changed it to Pineapple Company, he is now a little panicked and wants to escape.

He once boasted that he could go head-to-head with Chen Xing.

As a result, Chen Xing did not come, and the two did not even fight. He could not bear it when Li Zhenzhen came to the Guxiang Kingdom market.

With the blessing of 5G network, the low-priced Longxing mobile phone is almost killing.

Knowing the perversion of the All-Seeing Association, Xu Jinshui only packed up some belongings and bought a ticket to Switzerland.

While waiting for the flight at the airport, he glanced at the time on his watch from time to time.

"It should still be in time." Switzerland is a permanent neutral country. As long as he escapes to Switzerland, he should be fine, Xu Jinshui muttered to himself.

"Excuse me."

Suddenly.

A female voice sounded behind him.

Xu Jinshui just turned around and suddenly felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. He looked down and saw a needle.

He wanted to shout.

But the next second!

A hand stretched out from behind him and covered his mouth with a handkerchief. In just a moment, Xu Jinshui's consciousness began to blur.

He never expected that the All-Seeing Society would act so quickly, and even arranged people in front and behind him when he was queuing.

"Clang clang clang--"

After an unknown amount of time, the harsh sound of knife collision came into his ears.

It seemed to have evoked some unforgettable memory. Xu Jinshui was frightened. He quickly opened his bloodshot pupils and subconsciously wanted to stand up and take a protective posture.

But when he wanted to use force, he found that he didn't know when he was tied up, and a piece of cloth was stuffed in his mouth, so he could only make a "mmm" sound, and the place where he slept was not a bed, but a dining table.

The white dining table, with bright incandescent lights above, and diners wearing half-face masks covering their eyes and noses on both sides were colliding their knives and forks, making a "clang clang" sound.

"This scene!"

"Is it my turn?"

Xu Jinshui was so scared that his whole body was trembling.

He was forced to participate in it at the beginning, and he often dreamed of that scene every night, and finally woke up because of dry heaves.

But he would never have thought that the All-Seeing Society would be so cruel, either the diners who eat meat or the fish on the chopping board.

The melodious European classical music sounded, and Xu Jinshui closed his eyes. He knew that what was coming would come.

In the last second of his life, he was thinking if he had not changed his nationality, backstabbed the mobile phone manufacturer of Longguo, and did not find the Bailai Group, would the result be different?

At least he would not have ended up as a traitor's running dog, deported, and died in a foreign land.

...

Li Zhenzhen didn't know that her obstacles in the Ancient Elephant Country had been cleared.

Of course.

It didn't matter even if he knew.

She didn't take the patchwork phone like Pineapple Phone seriously.

And she also found that although Pineapple Phone was sold cheaply, the materials used were not simple. It not only had Snapdragon chips, but also Sony camera modules. It was purely a subsidy.

For this situation, her way of dealing with it was consumption.

One side grew while the other side fell. Let's see who died faster!

But after a few days, she found that the offline stores of Pineapple brand were closing, and the senior officials of Guxiang Kingdom also rarely visited.

In the office, Li Zhenzhen was not afraid of the three senior officials of Guxiang.

The senior official of Guxiang sitting in the middle took out a document and said sincerely:

"Ms. Li Zhenzhen, after an in-depth investigation by our investigation team, there is no violation of regulations in the rice company. Since we can't contact Lei Bushi and can't apologize in person, we would like to ask you to convey it to him. Thank you very much."

"Okay."

Li Zhenzhen agreed without hesitation.

She knew that Chen Xing and Lei Bushi were good friends. Although she didn't know what Guxiang Kingdom was up to, it was no problem to convey it.

"Then there is one more thing." The senior official of Guxiang Kingdom continued.

Li Zhenzhen: "Please speak."

"We hope that the rice company can return to Ancient Elephant Country. Also, can we discuss the network operation fee?"

After the voice fell, Li Zhenzhen replied with a tough attitude: "I will try my best to contact people, but the network operation fee should be how much it should be. If it cannot be paid, then we will treat it as a breach of contract."

"Okay, okay."

The top leaders of Ancient Elephant Country were also scared.

He said casually that they also expected the popularization of 5G high-speed networks to drive the development of their IT industry.

"Then don't bother me."

"Will not be disturbing."

The three senior officials of Ancient Xiang Kingdom stood up and were about to leave the office.

Li Zhenzhen did not hold back, and also stood up and said: "I won't give it away. I hope our cooperation can last for a long time."

"hope so."

"Definitely."

The senior officials of Guxiang Kingdom responded and then left the office.

As soon as they left, Li Zhenzhen couldn't help showing a look of disgust and called his secretary: "Throw away all these tea sets."

"ah?"

The secretary was stunned for half a second, then nodded quickly and said: "I understand."

The reason why Li Zhenzhen hates Ah San is not only because these people like to go back on their word and are moody, but also because they oppress women.

No matter what aspect, she didn't like this country.

When the secretary packed up the tea sets and left the office, Li Zhenzhen looked at the time. It should be daytime in Long Country. She did not use email, but directly made an international call.

Not a moment.

The call is connected.

"Zhenzhen, what's the matter?"

Chen Xing's voice came out.

"That's it." Li Zhenzhen told everything about the Ancient Xiang Kingdom, and then added: "President, look..."

She did not finish her words, but left the suspense to Chen Xing.

After learning that the pineapple company was liquidated, Chen Xing did not feel any disturbance in his heart.

A year ago, it was Longxing Technology's biggest opponent, but now, it is not something it can resist against such a behemoth as Longxing Group.

But thinking of the relationship between Xu Jinshui and his father, Chen Xing still asked politely: "How is Xu Jinshui?"

"I don't know, no news."

Li Zhenzhen responded.

She had indeed not heard from Xu Jinshui for two days, and she guessed that he might have been imprisoned like Rebus.

"I understand. If the market stabilizes, we will send suitable manpower to take over and continue to head towards the western market."

Chen Xing instructed.

"Understood." Li Zhenzhen nodded and replied: "The business of Guxiang Kingdom should be stabilized in the past two days."

"Thanks for your hard work."

"It's not hard, it's what you should do."

"I still have something to do here, so hang up the phone first. If you encounter any problems, come to me."

"good."

After the two briefly talked, the phone was hung up.

Chen Xing took off the phone from his ear, clicked on the address book next to the call, looked for Rebus' number and dialed it.

"Dududu——"

After a few busy signals, Rebus's highly recognizable and elegant voice came out.

"Brother Chen?"

Obviously, Rebus was a little surprised as to why Chen Xing suddenly called him.

Chen Xing did not rush to talk about the matter, but first asked the other party if it was not convenient for him to call: "Brother Lei, are you busy over there?"

"It's okay, what's wrong?"

Rebus asked rhetorically.

Seeing that the other party was not busy, Chen Xing took advantage of the situation and told the story: "The Guxiang Kingdom said they couldn't contact you and wanted you to go back to the rice company that runs the Guxiang Market."

"Pull him down."

Rebus refused directly.

His experience in the Ancient Elephant Kingdom had completely darkened his view of that market. It was a rogue market.

The most important thing is that the ancient elephant makes money and the ancient elephant flower cannot take home a cent.

As for Gu Xiangguo’s abacus, anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is simply that they don’t want Longxing Group to dominate the 5G field. Because they signed a contract at the “5G Network International Conference”, they can take this money home. Yes, that’s why the senior officials of Guxiang don’t want Longxing Group to make money, but they have no choice now.

"That shitty market, I don't want to go through muddy waters again."

Rebus did not hesitate to criticize.

"Forget it, let's not talk about it." Chen Xing changed the topic and asked, "Is the electronic control system finished?"

"Yes, we just conquered it." Rebus replied and continued: "We are about to enter the vehicle assembly process. Will you come to the site to provide personal guidance?"

"I'll go in a few days."

Chen Xing smiled.

Recently, he has been busy building a "supercomputer" to provide computing power for artificial intelligence. After this time, he will be free.

When Rebus heard this, he also said with a smile: "Okay, when you get to Fengtian, Boss Ren and I will take you to take a bath."

"Again?"

Chen Xing almost couldn't hold himself any longer.

The last time he purchased the factory of Brilliance Group, the boss of Brilliance wanted to act like a song and dance troupe. The most outrageous thing was that Song Weiguo personally came to "anti-pornography" and almost sent them in.

"Just kidding, but you really need to come here. After all, our electric cars need you to check the quality."

Rebus smiled.

"Let's talk about it then."

Chen Xing already knew it.

However, compared to electric cars, he is more concerned about the launch of new mobile phone products. This is the last piece of his business map in the mobile phone field and is urgently needed.

After the advent of camera phones, he wanted to see who would dare to say that Longguo was not good in the field of optics.

…

In the next few days, after Li Zhenzhen stabilized the market in Ancient Xiang Kingdom, he handed over all the business to the president who was stationed in Ancient Xiang Kingdom.

Whether it is Mao Xiong, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, or the resident president of the ancient Xiangguo market, they are all candidates chosen by Chen Xing.

They are none other than the management talents recruited by the system.

The local Longxing Group dared not use more because Chen Xing was worried about being "investigated".

Imagine if the executives and employees of a local company were all Chinese, would there be a possibility of being supervised and investigated?

Therefore, in the public executive information, Chen Xing used as few system talents as possible to avoid unnecessary trouble.

But the international branch has no such concerns. No matter how powerful other countries are, they can't go to Longguo to check people, right?

This is also why Chen Xing dared to let Li Zhenzhen open up the market and give full power to the resident president.

As for Li Zhenzhen, she didn't know that this was a system talent, and thought it was a "original stock" brother who worked hard with Chen Xing.

As time went on, Longxing Group's "Western Expedition Plan" became more and more smooth, and almost no obstacles were encountered.

Even in the most chaotic Middle East, our Longxing Group chose to cease fire tacitly when it entered the publicity.

Of course.

This is also due to Saudi Arabia.

Because when Li Zhenzhen arrived in the Middle East, the Saudi prince posted on social media that anyone who dared to provoke a dispute at this time would be suppressed by Saudi Arabia's nuclear strike.

Not only Saudi Arabia, but also Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs made similar remarks, bringing peace to the Middle East region that has been fighting for decades.

Without opponents, Li Zhenzhen completed the layout of Longxing mobile phones in the entire Middle East in just ten days.

In the wealthy Dubai and Qatar, their local tyrants even asked Li Zhenzhen to set the selling price of Longxing X2 and Longxing A1 in Dubai and Qatar markets at 10,000 US dollars per unit to become aristocratic phones in order to show their difference.

Don't think they are stupid, they just want to use money to gain a sense of superiority.

Why can luxury goods exist?

Complex craftsmanship?

High quality?

Ornamental?

No!

It's for a sense of superiority.

An ordinary white T-shirt, as long as it is printed with the brand logo of Chanel, Balenciaga or Dior, it will be different and can be sold ten times or even a hundred times the price.

Why can it sell for so much money?

Superiority!

As long as ordinary people can't afford it, those who can afford it will gain a sense of superiority.

The same is true for branded bags, branded shoes, and expensive sports cars, all for a sense of superiority.

Although the local tycoons in the Middle East strongly requested this, it deviated from the original intention of Longxing Mobile Phone. After consulting Chen Xing, Li Zhenzhen did not agree to their price increase request.

This is mainly because Chen Xing felt that raising the price of mobile phones in a certain region might be used by those with ulterior motives to make a fuss.

Western media have been eyeing Longxing Group.

In addition, small numbers are not good for the long term. Compared with the civilian market of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions, the two earn about the same amount, so there is no need to do anything unnecessary.

Nearing the end of October, Longxing mobile phones have already appeared in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, leaving only the most difficult European and American regions.

Since Germany is now an "ally", Chen Xing also advocated that Li Zhenzhen start from Germany, first build the headquarters of Longxing Group in Europe, and then expand the market to surrounding countries.

Originally, everything went smoothly. Li Zhenzhen, as usual, bought office buildings, recruited local employees, negotiated to list on online shopping platforms, and opened offline direct stores.

But as the basic preparations were completed and the phone was being preheated for sale, Apple suddenly released an advertising video on social media, which was immediately forwarded by European and American media.

At the beginning of the video, the sentence "Don't let the inferior lens ruin your beauty" was extremely simple and crude, and Longxing mobile phone was directly compared, followed by various photo tests.

Portrait.

Scenery.

Focus.

Motion capture.

There is no doubt that Longxing mobile phone was completely beaten by Apple mobile phone, and even the selfie comparison of world models appeared at the end of the promotional video.

The photos taken by Apple mobile phone are beautiful.

The photos taken by Longxing mobile phone are terrible.

At the end of the advertising video, the sentence "Don't let the inferior lens ruin your beauty" appeared again and became the embellishment of the video.

Li Zhenzhen looked at the soaring number of likes and the collective forwarding of various European and American media. She knew very well that this was a move by Apple, and the purpose was to maintain its own base.

The European and American markets are the main battlefields of Apple mobile phones and Korean star mobile phones. If Longxing mobile phones are allowed to intervene and form a three-legged situation, their market share will be greatly reduced.

Facing the exaggerated slander from the other party, Li Zhenzhen twirled the pen in her right hand and muttered to herself: "If you like advertising, then have fun with it."