Chapter 192: Overseas special edition mobile phone is launched, Persian cat directly orders 5000 million units
Just when workers from all over the country resigned and rushed to Jiangcheng to apply for jobs, the chairmen of the oil and petrochemical groups personally came to Sihai Group to meet Yang Chen.

The two chairmen came to Yang Chen to negotiate. They were planning to withdraw from the Jiangcheng market and wanted to sell the gas station to Xingchen Energy. At the same time, Yang Chen needed to ensure that he would only operate the gas station in Jiangcheng and not extend the business to any other cities.

To put it bluntly, they saw that Yang Chen and Zhu Haizhan had a transaction of more than 300 billion Eagle Coins, and Sihai Mobile had such a significant impact, and even received an order for 1000 million mobile phones from the Kingdom of Sand. They knew that going against Yang Chen would not end well, so they took the initiative to choose to take a step back.

Yang Chen smiled and refused: “I don’t want your gas station, and I don’t want you to withdraw from the Jiangcheng market. We can have a fair competition. As for the market outside of Jiangcheng, I don’t want to expand for the time being.”

Guo Aijun, Chairman of the PetroChina Group, said: “Mr. Yang, you have to know that our country has a huge fiscal expenditure every year. In addition to taxes, the fiscal source depends on the profits and taxes submitted by oil, petrochemical, tobacco and other companies. Let me put it bluntly, we must make the money we earn, otherwise the people will suffer.”

Wu Gengnian, chairman of the Sinopec Group, followed up by saying, “Right, that’s the truth. If the profits and taxes paid by our two companies are reduced, fiscal expenditures will be reduced, which will definitely affect public expenditures in many areas. For example, ordinary people may not be able to enjoy such cheap high-speed rail tickets, such cheap bus and subway tickets, and even medical insurance will be further increased. There are many ways for you to make money, and there is no need to touch this interest. We are protecting the country’s basic foundation, you should understand what I mean, right?”

Yang Chen nodded and said, “I understand, so I don’t have any thoughts of expanding externally for the time being, and I don’t want you to withdraw from the Jiangcheng market.”

“But we have to withdraw. Car owners all go to your gas station to refuel. The daily income of our gas station is not enough to cover the workers’ expenses. We can’t continue operating.” Wu Gengnian said.

They are not talking nonsense, nor are they using moral blackmail. This is indeed a very real issue.

Longguo is a socialist country, and many public facilities are built at state expense. For example, many remote mountainous areas have electricity even if there are only a few households. As long as the postal express is within the territory of Longguo, it will be delivered. Nine years of compulsory education is free, there are tens of thousands of kilometers of high-speed railways, and trillions of dollars in military spending.

The country needs to invest huge amounts of money to do these things. Where does the money come from?
Taxation alone is simply not enough.

Therefore, the profits submitted by state-owned enterprises, central enterprises and other enterprises have become an important source.

The reason why oil prices are expensive is that half of the price includes taxes. According to the country’s idea, families who can afford a car must have some money, and imposing taxes on them is also a way to adjust the gap between the rich and the poor.

If your life is really ordinary or even difficult, it is impossible to buy a car, so the higher oil prices will not have much impact.

By levying taxes on these “rich” car owners, we can subsidize those who cannot afford a car to take public transportation.

From the country’s perspective, this is a good thing and something that should be done. It’s just that some car owners who bought the cars anyway have some complaints.

Yang Chen said: “You don’t need to say so much, let me finally explain my attitude, I run a gas station to cash out, I won’t expand externally, and I don’t need you to withdraw from the Jiangcheng market. As for whether you can continue to operate, this is not a problem I consider. Is it clear enough?”

The two CEOs had also heard of Yang Chen’s temper, so they could only nod and say goodbye.

What Yang Chen said about not expanding overseas was only temporary. When he could make the country earn enough money for fiscal expenditures through other industries in the future, he would still expand the gas station business overseas and must bring down the oil price.

He can make 5% profit by selling it for 30 yuan, so the oil that costs more than 7 yuan in the oil and petrochemical industries should not exist.

After a while, Guo Hu, president of Sihai Security Group, came.

“Mr. Yang, according to your instructions, I have formed a security team of 100 people. They are from various countries and of all skin colors.” Guo Hu reported.

Yang Chen said with satisfaction: “Well done. Any news from Sakura Country?”

“Not yet. There are too many people named Matsushita Yuyou. It’s hard to determine which one it is without other information.” Guo Hu replied.

Coincidentally, at this time, the special agent team leader Li Tian called Yang Chen.

“Hello, Mr. Yang, the identity of Matsushita Yuyou has been confirmed. He is a member of a branch of the Yamaguchi-gumi. Do you have any grudges with the Yamaguchi-gumi?” Li Tian asked.

Yang Chen immediately replied: “No! I have no connection with the Yamaguchi Group. However, I have shorted several companies in Sakura Country, and I guess it was those companies who did it.”

“Then how do you want to deal with it?” Li Tian asked.

Yang Chen smiled and replied: “They want to kill me, of course I have to repay them with tooth for tooth, blood for blood.”

“Then let us handle this matter, and you don’t need to interfere. You are a star entrepreneur trained by the state, and you can’t get your hands dirty.” Li Tian said.

Having said that, there is no greater pleasure in doing this kind of thing through the hands of others than doing it yourself.

Yang Chen smiled and said, “I understand. Team Leader Li, don’t worry, I will take good care of my reputation.”

“Well. Wait for my news and we will take care of this matter.” Li Tian said.

Yang Chen smiled and hummed, then hung up the phone.

Yang Chen asked, “Ah Hu, inform the brothers in Sakura Country that Matsushita Keiyou is from a branch of the Yamaguchi Group. Ask them to find him out, no matter what method they use, find out who asked him to send assassins to assassinate me. After finding out the result, ask them to think of a way to make Matsushita Keiyou never speak again.”

Guo Hu nodded and said, “Understood! I’ll do it right away!”

With this information from the Yamaguchi-gumi, they should be able to find Matsushita Kiyoshi quickly.

That night, Boston Dynamics President Silva Lopez called Yang Chen.

“Mr. Yang, the military has approved the acceptance of the bionic spider and other products. We are now going to place an order with you. Still following the old rules, no markings are required. We will do the final assembly and packaging. Is that ok?” Lopez asked.

Yang Chen smiled and said, “Of course no problem. We have worked together so many times, I know what to do. Send the order over, I’ll read it and give you a reply.”

Soon Lopez sent Yang Chen a shopping list via email.

There are 1 bionic spiders of various models, 5 bionic geese, 5000 bionic sharks, 1 robot tigers, 10 robot dogs, and 5 robot wolves.

Even though they purchased so much at one time, it may not be enough.

Because the Bald Eagle family has to support the Squid Country and Ermao at the same time, they also have to keep some for themselves, so these seemingly large amounts of equipment are simply not enough to be divided.

Yang Chen now understood why the Bald Eagle family was stirring up trouble everywhere. Selling equipment was really profitable.

I don’t know how much money the Bald Eagle family can make, but Yang Chen’s profit is several times higher. The production line is running out of steam but the demand is still far from enough. Let them fan the flames, and Yang Chen can make a fortune by hiding behind and selling civilian equipment.

Yang Chen replied to Lopez’s email, confirming that there was no problem with the order. Production would start immediately after payment and the order would be delivered to them as soon as possible.

Those that run on the ground need to be ordered, and those that fly in the sky naturally need to be purchased as well.

Not long after, Boris Skadi, president of Skadi UAV Company, also sent an order to Yang Chen. They wanted to purchase 5 models of drones totaling 15.

According to Skeddi, now both the Bale and Damao countries have a large number of drones, and the Squid and Ermao countries must also have drones of the same scale. Even if the drones of both sides explode against each other, they cannot allow the other side’s drones to reach their own positions.

According to their mutual-explosion fighting style, if they continue to fight like this, Yang Chen will have to build another industrial park.

Early in the morning, good news came from Sihai Mobile.

The mobile phone priced between 1000 and 1500 that Yang Chen wanted had already been designed, but Yang Chen was not very satisfied after looking at the configuration.

This is only supplied to the overseas market. The price is calculated in RMB. An extra 10 or 20 RMB will not have much impact, but the money converted according to the exchange rate is enough to improve the configuration of the phone.

“The Smart Island function has been added. The chip is Sanxing 4nm, 8+256, 12+512, 16+1t, and supports expansion. Satellite calls have also been added, the pixels have been increased to 5000 million, and it is equipped with fast charging.” Yang Chen said.

The engineer nodded and said, “I understand! However, according to your request, Director Yang, the profit margin will not be that high. I guess it would be great if we can keep 10%.”

Yang Chen smiled and replied: “You are specializing in making molds for mobile phones, so the cost must be high. I will call Luo Jun later and use Rice’s mobile phone body. This way, we can save a lot of costs, and the savings are our profits.”

“Will Mr. Luo agree to this?” asked the engineer.

Yang Chen smiled and replied: “He must agree! You go back and redesign it, I will notify you once the phone body is finalized.” The engineer nodded, and hurried back to redesign the phone according to Yang Chen’s requirements.

Yang Chen called Luo Jun and said with a smile, “Boss Luo, help me.”

Luo Jun laughed loudly and said, “Really? Is there anything else I can do to help Director Yang? Director Yang, just tell me. I will definitely do my best to help you.”

“It’s like this, Persian Cat’s customers don’t dare to use Western brand phones like Apple, but they can’t afford my YC-1 phone, so I designed a phone that costs less than 200 Eagle Coins. This phone is only for overseas markets and not sold domestically. In order to ship as soon as possible and to reduce costs, I want to ask Mr. Luo for a patent for a mobile phone body that has been eliminated by Rice. Is that possible?” Yang Chen said directly.

Luo Jun laughed and said, “That’s definitely no problem! Just for Director Yang’s help in revenge against Li Zailong, I have to help him. Since you only supply to overseas markets and don’t compete with us, don’t use any obsolete models. Just use the body of the Mi 14. This model has a large sales volume and the supplier offers a cheap price. If you don’t have high requirements, you can also lower some of the material requirements and further reduce the price. Anyway, we have molds, it’s up to you to choose.”

Yang Chen smiled and said, “Boss Luo is very considerate. Then we can just use the body of the Mi 14, so we don’t have to make it again. We’re in a hurry to ship it out, so it’d be best if we can use it right away.”

Luo Jun immediately said: “No problem! However, I would also like to ask Director Yang to do me a favor. Let’s announce together that your phone uses the body of the Mi 14 phone for free. Is that okay?”

Mr. Liu of Jingdong once said that you should not compete with Luo Jun in marketing, because Luo Jun is better than anyone in marketing.

So, when he launches a mobile phone body, he also has to market it.

After all, Yang Chen and Sihai Mobile are very popular now, and Dami can get a huge amount of traffic just by using their apps.

Luo Jun had already given Yang Chen the body of a best-selling model, so Yang Chen couldn’t just not give him any benefit at all.

Yang Chen smiled and said, “Okay! Mr. Luo, please write the announcement and I will forward it when the time comes. Okay?”

Luo Jun laughed and said, “Thank you, Mr. Yang. I’ll come to see you some other day and talk to you about 3-nanometer chips. I think we can also produce a high-end model using 3-nanometer chips.”

“Haha… no problem! As long as it’s a Dragon Country company, I’m willing to make progress together with everyone. I’ll wait for you to come find me.” Yang Chen said with a smile.

After hanging up the phone, Luo Jun immediately wrote a notice and sent it to Yang Chen for review. Yang Chen thought it was okay, so Luo Jun released it through his personal Weibo and Dami’s other accounts.

Yang Chen immediately forwarded Luo Jun’s Weibo and made a comment.

“Thanks to Mr. Luo and Dami for their help. We are making progress together. This phone is aimed at the low-end market and is only available overseas. Domestic users please support Dami phones.”

Luo Jun achieved the marketing effect he wanted, and netizens rushed to leave comments.

“Good news: Boss Yang listened to the advice and produced a cheap mobile phone. Bad news: This phone is only available in overseas markets.”

“Boss Yang, this is inappropriate, isn’t it? This is a cheap and easy-to-use product, why don’t you give it to us, but to foreigners? Are you also a Western worshipper?”

“Si Hai and Dami are actually cooperating? Mr. Luo is really broad-minded. He gave the body of Dami 14 to Boss Yang for free.”

……

No matter what netizens commented, Luo Jun got the popularity he wanted.

With the cheap body, the cost of producing this low-end mobile phone by Sihai Mobile is greatly reduced, and at least 18% gross profit can be guaranteed.

When all parts can be produced by ourselves, the gross profit margin can rise to at least 35%, and we can make more money at that time.

And what Yang Chen is eyeing is not just the Persian cat market, but the entire overseas market.

A mobile phone that costs 200 Eagle Coins and has configurations comparable to those that cost 800 Eagle Coins, wouldn’t that be a steal?

According to the character of foreigners who prefer to buy instead of make, there will definitely be mobile phone brands that will OEM Sihai Mobile very soon. Yang Chen’s plan to de-industrialize foreigners has taken another step forward.

Sihai Mobile’s second mobile phone, SH01, is ready for mass production. Yang Chen sent several samples to Persian Cat’s house for testing.

Persian Cat responded quickly, saying they were very satisfied with the phone and were ready to purchase 5000 million units. However, they did not have that much money and were prepared to pay with half in cash and half in oil.

The price Yang Chen gave the Persian cat was 188 Eagle Coins per unit. The low-end, mid-end, and high-end models were all priced at this price. The total value of this batch of mobile phones was 94 billion Eagle Coins.

Half of the cash is 47 billion Eagle Coins, and the remaining 47 billion Eagle Coins are priced at 45 Eagle Coins per barrel of light oil, totaling 104444445 barrels.

Yang Chen accepted Persian Cat’s order and payment method. Persian Cat first transferred all the cash, and Sihai Mobile Phones began production. The 5000 million mobile phones were delivered in 5 batches, and 2000 million barrels of light oil were sent for each delivery. After the last batch of goods was shipped, Persian Cat would send all the remaining oil to Yang Chen.

Yang Chen usually wouldn’t show off his achievements, but this time he had to show off, not for anything else, just to piss off the bald eagle, and also to advertise for the overseas market.

Isn’t this targeted sanctions?

My products are still selling like hot cakes.

Sihai Mobile released an announcement and @ed Luo Jun and Dami Mobile.

“Thanks to Mr. Luo and Rice Mobile for their support. We have signed a contract with Persian Cat for our SH14 mobile phone, which uses the Rice 01 body. The other party will purchase 5000 million units to replace Western brand mobile phones in their country. The price of this batch of mobile phones is 188 Eagle Coins, half of which will be paid in cash and the other half in oil. At present, Persian Cat has paid the cash part to our account, and our company has also arranged production. Due to the great production pressure of our company, the construction of Industrial Park No. 3 is about to be completed. At present, we are short of about 01 workers. Friends who need to find a job should come as soon as possible. Finally, attached are the specific parameters of the SH mobile phone.”

This announcement was like a huge rock hitting a calm lake, instantly causing an uproar.

“Oh my god, 5000 million units! There are only 8000 million people in the Persian Cat Country. Are they planning to make everyone who can use a mobile phone replace it with a Sihai phone? Boss Yang: Thank you for the Carnival sent by the Squid Country.”

“Boss Yang: I don’t know what happened. The Squid Country poked itself and the entire West, and then I just did it and made money. But then again, you charge 188 Eagle Coins for a phone, and you equip it with Lingdong Island, satellite calls, and a Sanxing 4-nanometer chip, and it’s the standard Hongmeng system. Boss Yang, are you sure this is only for the overseas market? The domestic market also needs this phone. If it were another brand, it would sell for five or six thousand each.”

“Now I finally understand why the gas at Mr. Yang’s gas station is so cheap. It turns out that this is how he gets his oil. In addition, I also want this phone. I beg Mr. Yang to make the Chinese version.”

……

Luo Jun forwarded the announcement and made a comment.

“It’s too scary. 5000 million mobile phones. An entire country uses Sihai mobile phones. I can’t even imagine it. When Mr. Yang told me that this phone would not be supplied to China, I knew his intention. He didn’t want to squeeze the low-end and mid-end domestic market. He only wanted to focus on the high-end market in China and use the strategy of low price and high configuration to seize the foreign market. I admire Mr. Yang’s vision and ambition. I am not even one ten-thousandth as ambitious as him.”

Soon, Yu Dadong, the rotating president of Longwei Group, also posted on Weibo to comment on the news.

“When I first saw the 5000 million units, I thought I was seeing things. This order alone is 1000 million more than our total shipments last year. It’s really scary. I really want to ask Mr. Yang how to make mobile phones and how to make two models become best-sellers. Our Longwei mobile phone is subject to various restrictions, and every step is difficult. Sihai mobile phones are also subject to restrictions, even stricter than ours, but they can still go overseas and sell so well. We really should learn from Mr. Yang and absorb his experience to help us get out of the predicament.”

Longwei Mobile has been struggling ever since it was targeted, and it has still not recovered after several years.

Although Sihai was restricted like this, Yang Chen still broke through the restrictions by relying on product quality and huge financial subsidies.

The news soon reached the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the head Wang Zhaoyun talked about the news very happily at a regular meeting.

“Haha… did you see the news? Sihai Mobile has developed a low-priced mobile phone and sold 5000 million units to Persian cats. My God, 5000 million units. There are only more than 8000 million Persian cats in total. They want everyone to switch to Sihai mobile phones. The country has been working hard to make cars go overseas and become a pillar industry of the economy, but the results have been unsatisfactory. According to this trend, the mobile phone industry may become our pillar industry first. If Sihai Mobile can take over the high-end and low-end markets in overseas markets, we can abandon real estate and completely transform our economic structure.” Wang Chaoyun, the person in charge, said excitedly.

Everyone agreed.

“I was also shocked by the number, but when I saw the price was only 188 Eagle Coins, I thought it was quite reasonable.”

“It’s priced just over a thousand yuan, but its configuration is comparable to phones that cost five or six thousand yuan. Won’t it be a huge success in the overseas market? This phone can occupy both the mid-range and low-end markets.”

“If we can sell hundreds of millions of mobile phones overseas a year, we really don’t need to deliberately promote real estate. It’s just that new energy vehicles have not been able to knock on the door of foreign markets as we wished, and they are restricted by various tariffs. If new energy vehicles can conquer cities and towns as we envisioned, we can really get rid of real estate completely, and ordinary people can buy cheap houses, earn higher wages, and live a better life.”

“Director Yang is the one sent by God to help us break the impasse. Just be patient. It won’t be long before he will start making cars. We just need to wait for him to take over the foreign car market.”

(End of this chapter)