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Chapter 590 Listen to me say thank you...

“Shenxia City and Quancheng City?” Li Xiang was slightly surprised, as the land and labor costs in these two places were not low.

“Yes, we must choose the best location.” Cheng Yi said firmly, “This time we are not only building a factory, but also a research and development center, a high-end manufacturing base, a logistics hub, and a talent training center. We will discuss the scale of investment as large as possible, estimate the number of jobs and annual output value as high as possible, and ask for more land area.”

He looked at Chen Ya-fang, who was in charge of government relations, and said, "Minister Chen, you're accompanying us this time. Your task is to subtly link the industrial park's investment scale, future tax revenue, and employment opportunities with the local government's procurement and support for the Moc-os system in government affairs, education, and state-owned enterprises during the negotiations. It doesn't need to be explicitly stated, but you need to make them understand the stakes. We're bringing real investment and jobs; they need us to open a breakthrough in the local market."

"Yes!" Chen Yafang immediately wrote it down.

After graduating from university, Chen Ya-fang worked at the school's intranet for a year before being transferred to headquarters as the Deputy Minister of Public and Government Affairs.

Three months ago, she was promoted to Minister of Public and Government Affairs.

This is the normal promotion speed within a company during a period of rapid development.

While her acquaintance with Cheng Yi played a part, it was mostly due to her own outstanding abilities.

Apart from the initial founders, most of the senior executives are promoted according to the group's internal promotion system.

Capable executives are like rockets.

Incompetent executives are sent back to their hometowns before they even get comfortable in their positions.

Cheng Yi gave his orders one by one, and everyone immediately sprang into action.

Guangdong Province, Shenxia Municipal Government Association Building.

At the negotiating table, the atmosphere was both warm and cautious.

Officials in Guangdong Province have always been known for their pragmatism and shrewdness.

Before Li Xiang came to negotiate, Chen Yafang had already made full preparations for him. So at the beginning of the negotiations, Li Xiang, on behalf of Momo Group, put forward an astonishing investment plan: an initial investment of 20 billion RMB to build the largest high-tech R&D and manufacturing base in Guangdong Province. It is expected that after full production, the annual output value will exceed 100 billion RMB, which can drive the agglomeration of upstream and downstream industrial chains and provide more than 5 direct jobs.

"What we value is Shenzhou's well-developed electronics industry support system, superior business environment, and talent advantages," Li Xiang said confidently. "Honor PC's goal is to become a world-class PC brand, and Shenzhou will be our global headquarters."

This time, Li Xiang also invited Ma Huateng from Shenzhen Penguin Group to accompany him.

The officials of Shenxia City were certainly tempted by such a huge investment and job opportunity, but as always shrewd people, they also knew what Momo Group was after.

There is no love without a reason in this world.

Moreover, Ma Huateng had already informed them in advance before the negotiations.

The president of the Shenxia Municipal Government Affairs Association got straight to the point: "Mr. Li, your company's products are indeed very competitive. However, we have noticed that your company's main product is the self-developed Moc-os system, which has compatibility issues with the current mainstream Windows system. A large number of government applications, university research projects, and state-owned enterprises in our province use software based on the Windows environment. How do you plan to solve this problem?"

Li Xiang had already prepared his answer and smiled slightly, saying, "The issues that the leaders are concerned about are very crucial. First, our Pangu emulator technology is already very mature and can ensure seamless migration of the vast majority of Windows applications. Second, the industrial software R&D center under Momo Group is also very mature, and has launched a series of government, office, and design software developed natively based on the Moc-os system. I wouldn't say that its performance and security surpass Windows, but it is certainly comparable."

He then changed the subject, saying, "More importantly, we plan to locate our core R&D team and the production line for the next generation of PCs in Shenzhen. This means that Shenzhen will have the opportunity to seize the commanding heights of the next-generation IT platform, create a secure and controllable IT industry ecosystem that belongs to China, and completely break free from dependence on external systems. The strategic significance and demonstration effect of this cannot be measured by simple economic calculations."

He paused, then added, "Of course, we also hope that the local government, as the location of our most important headquarters, can set an example and provide strong support in system migration and ecosystem development. For example, in some newly built government service windows, public school computer rooms, public libraries and other projects, we can pilot the use of solutions based on the Moc-os system and Honor computers, which will not only support the development of local enterprises, but also allow them to be the first to experience a safer and more efficient system."

The negotiations went through several rounds.

After rounds of careful negotiations, Guangdong Province, after comprehensively weighing the enormous economic benefits, the allure of industrial upgrading, and the strategic significance of independent control, finally reached a cooperation agreement with Momo Group.

The negotiations in Quancheng City, Shandong Province, went much more smoothly.

The IT industry has always been their weakness, but when a high-tech manufacturing giant like Momo Group came with huge investments, they immediately showed great enthusiasm and sincerity.

Li Xiang's proposal to build a large-scale production base, create jobs, and upgrade the local manufacturing industry deeply impressed the leaders of Donglu Province.

Compared to Guangdong Province's focus on ecology and technology, Shandong Province places more emphasis on tangible investments, output value, and employment.

Regarding the procurement and support of the Moc-os system, Shandong Province takes a more direct approach. As long as the investment and employment promised by Momo Group can be implemented, the province's government procurement, state-owned enterprises, and universities will give priority to Honor computers and the Moc-os system for computer upgrades, and regard it as a concrete measure to support the introduction of major projects and the development of high-tech industries in the region.

As for Li Xiang's other requests, they simply said, "It's all in the wine," perfectly resolving all of Li Xiang's problems.

Soon, news that Momo Group had invested heavily in Guangdong and Shandong provinces shocked the industry:

Momo Group invests 10 billion yuan to establish a national-level PC R&D and manufacturing base in Guangdong, Shandong and other provinces.

"To support industrial self-reliance and control, Guangdong and Shandong provinces strongly support the inclusion of Moc-os systems in government and enterprise procurement catalogs."

With the coordinated efforts of Guangdong, Hubei, Shandong, and Shandong provinces, Momo Group has established a solid foundation.

……

These bombshell announcements served as a powerful response, delivering a resounding slap in the face to Microsoft and its allies who were lobbying extensively.

It clearly conveyed several clear signals:

The first sign is that Momo Group is not just dabbling in this.

The second signal is that Momo Group has successfully linked its own development with the local economy and the national strategy of self-reliance and control, thus gaining strong local protection and support.

The third signal is that the Moc-os system has obtained the most crucial entry ticket into the government and enterprise market. Although it is only the beginning, the breakthrough has already been opened.

Yang Yuanqing, who was at Lianxiang headquarters discussing countermeasures, remained silent for a long time after seeing the news.

He had already realized that the Honor computer was just a facade released by Momo Group, and that Momo Group's ultimate goal was a deeper geopolitical strategy and ecosystem competition.

"They're playing with fire..." Yang Yuanqing actually felt a slight sense of admiration for Momo Group.

At that moment, an absurd line from a movie flashed through his mind: "Like a moth, knowing it will get hurt, it still flies into the fire. Moths are just that foolish..."

Meanwhile, in Redmond, Steve, who had just received the briefing, also had a somber expression.

He hadn't expected that Momo Group wouldn't even bother with a pretense, directly targeting their most critical business: government procurement!

Just as Steve was enraged and Momo Group was aggressively expanding its industrial park, the class divisions within Audition Online were becoming increasingly brutal.

The distinction between top-tier, mid-tier, and bottom-tier players is becoming increasingly clear.

Advanced players, such as Honor PC users with a built-in Pangu emulator, can use Audition Online stably.

Intermediate players, those with Moc-os and Pangu emulator installed on their computers, may not have the same stable performance as advanced players, but they can still easily dominate less advanced players.

The lower-class players are in a worse situation. They can't win an argument or belittle others. They not only lose the right to choose a partner, but they can even get frustrated while dancing.

In the game's public channels, forums, online communities, MSN, and QQ groups, heated debates and helpless complaints can be seen everywhere.

"Damn it, this game is unplayable! The room is full of cheaters, spamming 'PERFECT' messages. How can anyone survive?" A player with the ID "[Handicapped but Determined]" roared in the public channel. He had just entered the room when he was mercilessly kicked out by a top player with dazzling achievements.

"Who are you calling a cheater? Being bad is the original sin! If you can't afford the Moc-os system + Pangu, don't be so sour here! Who told you not to use it?" Soon, some high-level players in the channel began to retort.

"Exactly, a Honor computer only costs $400, that's just the price of a meal. What's the point of a poor guy playing games?"

"You guys are awesome! I'm quitting the game! This game is trash, and the environment is trash!"

Such conversations are repeated every day.

Users of the Moc-os system, who can run Audition Online smoothly, have monopolized high-score rooms, the best dating opportunities, and the admiration of many, thanks to their near-perfect skills, thus becoming a new elite class.

Players still using Windows are relegated to a lower tier, their skills are completely outmatched, their gaming experience is terrible, and they are often kicked out of rooms and ridiculed.

In this dance game where skill reigns supreme, lack of technique is considered a cardinal sin.

The huge psychological letdown and poor gaming experience led many Windows players to make a different choice.

Some players with decent financial means and an extreme passion for gaming, after painful deliberation and recommendations from gaming experts, gritted their teeth and chose to switch operating systems or even directly purchase Honor computers.

They became part of the migrating army, flowing from the Windows camp to the Moc-os camp.

Many players who felt the cost was too high or were unwilling to compromise chose the most helpless option – to quit the game in disappointment.

What they took away was their disappointment with Audition Online and their resentment towards those cheaters.

This dramatic change in player structure is directly reflected in the data.

The curve representing the highest number of concurrent online users on T3's monitoring backend, after a brief period of false prosperity following Samsung's massive financial injections, began to decline, and the rate of decline accelerated.

By July 7, the number, which had once approached 3.2 million and excited Samsung and Microsoft, had plummeted to 231 million.

Moreover, the downward trend shows no signs of slowing down.

Seoul, Samsung Electronics headquarters.

One after another, urgent market analysis reports were delivered to Li Zairong's desk.

The report not only detailed the precipitous drop in the number of online players for Audition Online, but also included market research data that shocked Lee Jae-yong.

Among recent Honor computer buyers, over 65% admitted that their purchasing decisions were directly influenced by their experience playing the game Audition Online.

A sample survey conducted in the area surrounding Samsung's offline events showed that 80% of users were aware of the Honor computer brand, and more than 30% of them said they were considering purchasing it.

Furthermore, a report pointed out that a significant portion of Samsung's offline promotional activities resulted in customers being guided to its Honor computer store by e-sports experience officers at the Shilla Hotel after experiencing the products, effectively creating customer traffic.

"boom!"

Unable to contain his anger any longer, Li Zairong slammed his fist on the expensive mahogany desk, making the teacups rattle.

His face was ashen, and the veins on his forehead bulged.

"Disgrace! Utter disgrace!" He roared at his trembling subordinates, "We at Samsung invested hundreds of millions of dollars, mobilized our distribution channels across Asia, and held tens of thousands of events, and what was the result?! The result was that we were essentially giving Momo Group's Honor computers the world's largest free ground promotional advertisement? And you just stood by and watched this farce unfold?"

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He felt like the biggest fool in the world, being played like a puppet by Cheng Yi and Li Fuzhen.

Samsung's massive marketing machine not only failed to cripple its competitors, but instead became an accelerator for their expansion.

Lee Jae-young's secretary said in a trembling voice, "We wanted to stop it too, but... but the Shilla Hotel is..."

Lee Jae-yong's secretary really wanted to say, "This is your sister's business, that's your family matter, how dare we interfere?"

But when the words were on the tip of his tongue, he dared not say them.

After all, there were quite a few items that could be thrown on Lee Jae-yong's table.

Lee Jae-young naturally understood what the secretary meant.

He slowly stood up and muttered to himself, "My dear sister... you conspired with outsiders to scheme against your own family's business, and you're having a great time scheming."

He quickly made up his mind, looked up and said, "Prepare the plane, I need to fly to Singapore immediately."

"Yes!" the secretary replied quickly and hurried off to arrange a private jet.

At this critical juncture, Lee Jae-yong had to fly to Singapore to meet Lee Boo-jin in person.

He wanted to find out what she was up to. Did she still remember that Samsung's interests came first? He wanted to exert maximum pressure on her as the president of Samsung Group and the eldest son of the family, forcing her to sever her cooperation with Momo Group.

Even if he couldn't do all that, he should at least make Lee Boo-jin immediately stop this absurd behavior of using Samsung resources to drive traffic to Honor computers.

(End of this chapter)