Huayu 97: The Beginning of a Marriage Fraudulently

The formidable Phantom has truly put some pressure on Nokia!
Thanks to the Olympic marketing campaign for the Phantom, Nokia's market share in China was eroded at a visible rate!
Nokia's Asia Pacific headquarters is located in Singapore, where it is currently holding its monthly Asia Pacific meeting.

"China's market share dropped by 11% this month. Can anyone explain why?"

Nokia's Asia Pacific Vice President looked down with a dark expression.

The Asia Pacific region is Nokia's second largest region globally.

Sales in the Asia-Pacific region accounted for 22%, second only to Europe.

In the Asia-Pacific region, sales in China accounted for 13%.

This demonstrates the importance of China to Nokia's global footprint.

However, after the Olympics, Nokia's market share in China dropped by 11%, and its sales naturally plummeted as well.

This has never happened before!
"The main reason for the sharp drop in market share in China is the rise of [Phantom]! The expansion of [Phantom] smartphones in China thanks to the Beijing Olympics has been astonishing! President, perhaps we should also pay more attention to the research and development of smartphones!"

The deputy general manager of Nokia China had also prepared his remarks well in advance.

However, the Asia-Pacific vice president gave him a disdainful look. "Regarding smartphones, headquarters has already held a special meeting to discuss this, and we all believe that smartphones are not a concern."

"But President, whether it's China's Phantom or the US's Apple, their performance is very strong, and smartphones are being recognized by more and more consumers..."

"That's because your crackdown wasn't strong enough! The US region did a much better job; Apple was forced to close its US factories due to the crackdown. But they opened factories on our territory!!"

The Asia-Pacific vice president slammed his fist on the table in obvious dissatisfaction.

Because of this, he was ridiculed by that bastard in the Americas!
Everyone in the conference room stopped looking on with amusement.

After all, anyone could potentially fall victim to this problem.

The Asia Pacific Vice President scanned the faces of the executives in the conference room. "The sharp drop in sales in the Asia Pacific region has attracted the attention of headquarters. From now on, everyone must take this seriously, especially China. We absolutely cannot sit idly by!"

"Press the local government at the location of the Phantom Factory! There's an old Chinese saying: 'An army is raised for a thousand days to be used for one!' Now is the time for you to flex your muscles!"

Faced with the sharp gaze of the Asia-Pacific Vice President, the Chinese Deputy General Manager had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree.

"The same applies to everyone else; we must make good use of our connections with the government! We are the leading mobile phone brand; we absolutely cannot be overshadowed by those no-name brands! Meeting adjourned!"

Following Nokia's monthly Asia-Pacific meeting, countries across the Asia-Pacific region began implementing the decisions made at the meeting.

However, for every policy, there's a countermeasure.

Given this situation, how many places can strictly enforce the rules?

Nokia's China region also delegates meeting decisions layer by layer, requiring their implementation!

"Brother Tian, ​​what do you mean? You want us to put pressure on the government? Are they crazy?"

The Nokia sales representative in Beijing was practically ready to unleash a torrent of abuse.

Is this something a salesperson could do?

"Can't you see? This was decided on a whim by the bigwigs in the Asia-Pacific region. It's obviously impossible. Otherwise, why don't you think our boss would negotiate it himself!"

There are plenty of smart people, and the infighting at the top is no secret.

"Then what do we do?"

"What should I do? Salad!"

"Won't I be made a scapegoat?"

"That's easy. We'll just pay a visit and leave a record. It's not that we haven't taken any action; we went to talk, but nothing came of it!" "Brother Tian, ​​you're brilliant!"

"Take your time learning!"

The two Nokia salesmen drifted apart.

……

"Secretary Ma, the second phase of the Phantom Factory project still needs the government's support. Our current production capacity can't keep up with market demand, and we need to start construction as soon as possible to increase production capacity!"

"President Li, we have already discussed the second phase of the Phantom Factory project in a special meeting. The government is fully supporting it, and the corresponding policies have been agreed upon. The site preparation for the new industrial park will also begin soon, and the meeting resolutions will be issued shortly."

"Secretary Ma, thank you so much. After the second phase of Phantom Factory is put into use, we will continue to support local employment..."

……

While Nokia was exerting passive pressure, Li Xiaoping was visiting the local government where the Phantom Factory was located to discuss the expansion project of the Phantom Factory.

Li Xiaoping made many preparations for Phantom, but still underestimated the effectiveness of this Olympic marketing campaign.

The only thing affecting the Mirage's takeoff right now is production capacity!
Just as Li Xiaoping was personally traveling to various places to discuss the expansion of Phantom production with local governments.

Chen Siyuan was also speaking up for Phantom.

Jiang Nanning's career flourished thanks to Chen Siyuan's connections.

Not long ago, he was promoted by his superiors again.

Chen Siyuan also quietly celebrated for Jiangnan Ning.

As the two brothers talked, the conversation turned to cell phones.

"Brother Yuan, we've received feedback from several places recently that Nokia wants them to stop supporting the Phantom series..."

"Oh?"

Chen Siyuan's smile was a little strange.

"But it was all just perfunctory; many of them were just brief chats between Nokia's local sales representatives and clerks in the relevant departments..."

"Nokia is used to being high and mighty. They can't see the future of smartphones, so they're destined to have no future! And from what you've said, there are also internal divisions within them. At least in China, they're definitely just paying lip service."

Chen Siyuan quickly analyzed the situation and came to a fairly good understanding of it.

Jiangnan Ning also gave a thumbs up.

"That's true. I heard that the proposal from Nokia's China vice president regarding the development of smartphones was rejected by the Asia-Pacific vice president, who simply put pressure on them to stop the development of the Phantom."

Chen Siyuan shook his head. "It's too difficult for these giants to change course, so when they have competitors, their first choice is never to change, but to use their power to intimidate others. But this time, they're going to suffer. Smartphones are definitely the trend."

Jiang Nanning laughed, "Anyway, after I used the Phantom smartphone, I just couldn't get used to using a Nokia. The only problem with smartphones is that they drain the battery too quickly. I could go three to five days without charging my old Nokia, but I have to charge my smartphone every day."

"Compared to the convenience of smartphones, a few charging issues are still acceptable."

Chen Siyuan also laughed.

Smartphones don't have as many functions yet, so battery life isn't a big issue. But as they integrate more and more functions in the future, especially games and videos, they'll be huge power consumers!

That's when love and hate coexist.

However, just as Chen Siyuan said to Jiang Nanning, the convenience of smartphones can make all the flaws disappear! (End of Chapter)