I can become stronger by paying salaries. I have one billion employees!

Chapter 404 Let's Suffocate for Our Dreams Together! Offered to us? You're likely to get poisoned!
"what do you think?"

Inside the banquet hall, Priscilla asked softly.

"He appears to be an idealist, but I'm not sure, because everyone has two sides, and maybe I haven't seen his other side yet."

Zuckerberg shrugged and said to his wife.

He came to China to cultivate connections with higher-ups and bring Facebook to the Chinese market.

Traveling with one's wife as a Chinese son-in-law might make it easier to gain acceptance.

He will only stay in Shenzhen for two days before flying to Beijing tomorrow night to meet with the head of the Internet Supervision Association and participate in promotional activities.

The market worth billions made him extremely envious.

In his view, Chen Yansen's success is inseparable from the huge market.

Priscilla chuckled, thinking that Chen Yansen was just better at disguising himself.

She knew better than anyone the true nature of a businessman.

At this point, as arranged by the organizers, staff led Zuckerberg and Priscilla to Chen Yansen and gave them a brief introduction.

"Can you speak Chinese?" Chen Yansen asked Zuckerberg, looking down at him.

It wasn't that he was arrogant, but the other person was only 1.7 meters tall, just reaching his chin.

If he doesn't look down, he can only talk to Zuckerberg's forehead.

Is this little gadget challenging Musk to a duel in the octagon?
Thankfully, they didn't fight, otherwise Facebook would have lost its founder.

Zuckerberg didn't understand, so his wife translated for him.

He looked up at Chen Yansen, who was more than half a head taller than him, with a tall and upright figure. The two were several sizes apart.

"You don't know how? Then it won't be that easy for you to enter the Chinese market," Chen Yansen joked.

He and Zuckerberg are also considered competitors.

Mimo short videos are popular in North America, but users don't just fall from the sky, so it naturally has to compete with Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for market share.

With his wife translating, Zuckerberg understood Chen Yansen's meaning, and he asked coldly, "Isn't China an open and free market?"

Chen Yansen's English is no worse than Zuckerberg's, but he deliberately didn't say so, and replied in Chinese with a smile: "You don't even understand Chinese, but you want to make Chinese social media software?"

This question stumped Zuckerberg!
Although he can hire people and implement localized operations and management, if he doesn't understand Chinese culture, it will inevitably lead to a series of problems.

"If Mimo can enter the North American market, why can't Facebook enter the Chinese market?"

Zuckerberg countered with a question.

"I can speak English, can you speak Chinese?" Chen Yansen joked with a smile.

“…” Zuckerberg was taken aback, his train of thought had been swayed by Chen Yansen.

In fact, Chen Yansen and he both knew that the biggest obstacle for Facebook to enter China was not localization or the founders' Chinese proficiency, but the approval from the Internet Supervision Association.

If I say you can, you can; if I say you can't, you can't.

Ma Wenteng smiled upon seeing this, but remained silent.

Although he was certain that the authorities wouldn't let Facebook in, there are always exceptions: if Facebook really did enter the domestic market, even if it couldn't win, WeChat would still lose some market share.

He doesn't want another opponent!
“Your opinion doesn’t count,” Zuckerberg quickly regained his confidence and said in a deep voice.

"Good luck." Chen Yansen wasn't in a good mood, and after saying that, he turned and left.

He and Zuckerberg didn't have much to talk about; when colleagues meet, they exchange a few pleasantries, and that's about it.

“From him, I seem to see Mimo’s expansion style: strong, brutal, yet full of conviction.”

Zuckerberg muttered to himself after Chen Yansen had walked away.

“The penetration rate of 4G networks has increased by at least 30% compared to 2012. I think Facebook should also add a video module to increase user engagement time,” Priscilla suggested.

“It’s being tested internally, and I won’t let Mimo continue to run rampant,” Zuckerberg nodded in response.

Twitter's Vine was no match for Mimo. After three months of fierce competition, Vine changed the video length limit for users from 6 seconds to 15 seconds, which was undoubtedly an admission of its mistake in setting the rules.

The pioneer of short videos imitated those who followed!
Of course, this title was self-proclaimed by Vine, and users in the United States do not accept it.

In their eyes, Mimo is the only true god in the short video app field.

Mimo's content is diverse, covering music, food, travel, cross-dressing, comedy, and even borderline videos, making it increasingly addictive and engaging.

Vine?

One by the roadside!
No need for dogs!

at the same time.

LeEco simultaneously released pre-sale links for two LeEco Super TV models, the S40 and X60, on its official website, Tmall flagship store, and Pinduoduo's 10 Billion Subsidy program.

It is worth noting that the LetvUI-S 1.0 operating system on these two smart TVs is a deeply customized version based on Aurora Future OS.

In other words, this is one of the first smart TVs in the country to be equipped with Aurora Future OS.

乐视S40配备了一枚四核1.5GHz处理器与8GB闪存，支持1080p视频播放，刷屏率60HZ，售价1999元。

Meanwhile, similar 40-inch smart TVs are usually priced at 2999 yuan or 3999 yuan, making LeEco's price extremely attractive.

Less than an hour after the pre-sale link was released, LeEco S40's online sales reached 1000 units!
It may seem like a pitiful number, but the cumulative sales of dozens of mainstream brands and multiple models across the country are only slightly over 10 units per day.

LeEco sold 1000 S40 units in one hour, instantly causing a stir in the industry.

Brands such as Sony, Shanxing, Hisense, TCL, and Skyworth suddenly felt a surge in pressure.

LeEco sold it too cheaply!

To put it bluntly, Jia Yaoting's approach and tactics in the television industry perfectly replicated Chen Yansen's approach in the mobile phone industry.

Another troublemaker! Jia Yueting posted on Weibo: "Let's suffocate together for our dreams! On behalf of LeEco, I solemnly promise that within ten years, we will absolutely not earn a single penny from hardware!"

Lei Yijun looked disgusted when he saw the blog post, thinking: He's using all my words!

While reminiscing about his youthful days in the United States, the handsome Dong frowned and was displeased upon receiving the news: LeEco has joined Yaomao and Pinduoduo, but why did they skip Dong?
Also, Jia Yaoting's words sound quite familiar!
Liu Qiangdong thought for a moment, then a thought flashed through his mind, and he muttered under his breath, "Isn't that what I said when I declared war on Suning and Gome?"

A year ago, on the eve of the 418 Home Appliance Festival, he made a bold statement: "In the next three years, JD.com will not make a single penny of profit from home appliances!"

To paraphrase Lao Tzu, if someone doesn't cooperate with Dong, they're lacking something.

Liu Qiangdong thought to himself.

LeEco's other smart TV, the X60, features a 60-inch screen, a Sharp X-Crystal panel, a Qualcomm quad-core 1.7GHz processor, and LeEco ecosystem support. It also runs on the LetvUI-S 1.0 operating system and is priced at 6999 yuan.

In the first hour of its launch, a total of 370 units were sold across the entire network!
Competitor models with the same configuration are generally priced at 9999 yuan, 12999 yuan, or 14999 yuan.

Putting aside the manufacturing process, just looking at the hardware configuration, LeEco TVs are comparable to the iPhone and Xiaomi in the mobile phone industry.

LeEco's stock price hit the daily limit at the close of trading that day!

In three hours, a total of 2900 units of the two models were sold!
For LeEco, a newcomer to the industry, this was an absolutely perfect start!

Jia Yaoting's transformation has been progressing smoothly and steadily!
Lei Yijun was extremely interested and immediately had the idea of ​​entering the smart TV field.

He doesn't care about hardware profits, ecosystem revenue, paid content, or app revenue sharing.

Because a top-tier satellite TV channel only has four to five million households watching it, but its annual advertising revenue can reach six to seven billion.

Advertising revenue is the real money!

Selling a few million units would generate an extra 5 billion yuan in gross profit per year!

In fact, Lei Yijun was not the only one who became interested in the television industry.

The owner of Baofeng Video had a bright idea and immediately convened a high-level meeting to prepare for entering the smart TV market.

Having millions of existing users is equivalent to having an extra TV station, with substantial annual advertising revenue. No one can resist the allure of billions in annual income.

Find a supply chain, find contract manufacturers, find an after-sales team!
Most importantly, we need to obtain the technology license for Aurora Future OS first!
the other side.

Chen Yansen attended meetings and social engagements in Shenzhen, and then attended more meetings and social engagements.

It wasn't until the last night of March that he gladly accepted the invitation, bringing only Lao Gao and Cao Dahua with him, and sat with Yuan Ruili in a private room at Caixin Mansion.

Amidst the clinking of glasses and lively conversation, a bottle of Moutai was emptied in no time.

"What are your thoughts, Mr. Chen?" Yuan Ruili's cheeks were slightly flushed. After two glasses of wine, his expression remained clear, clearly indicating that he was a seasoned drinker.

That bottle of Moutai I just drank was barely enough to soothe my throat.

“Mr. Yuan, the current production capacity of Orange Mobile Phone Factory is sufficient to meet market demand. Expanding production scale rashly would be problematic because we lack both land and funds.”

Chen Yansen shrugged and said.

Yuan Ruili smiled slightly. He was a shrewd man, and Chen Yansen had put it so bluntly, how could he not understand?

It's just industrial land and low-interest loans, he only mentioned it briefly.

"Could we set up a research and development-oriented production base in Shenzhen?" Yuan Ruili asked bluntly.

Although Orange Technology has a research and development laboratory in Shenzhen, the number of personnel and product categories involved is limited. To date, it has only launched four core products: power banks, tablets, laptops, and smart speakers.

What he wants is a large-scale R&D laboratory, on par with Huawei's, to attract more outstanding talent to stay in Shenzhen.

“The Sino-Saudi Software Park is too small; there’s no room,” Chen Yansen grinned.

"I'll take care of the land and the loan for you," Yuan Ruili said straightforwardly, not bothering with beating around the bush.

"Then I have no problem with it," Chen Yansen agreed readily.

As for the details, let Cao Dahua discuss them slowly.

Yuan Ruili smiled and shook his head. He understood that Chen Yansen probably had the idea of ​​expanding production capacity and just happened to run into him, so he took the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

However, he doesn't care; as long as the result is positive, that's enough.

Chen Yansen opened another bottle of Moutai and filled Yuan Ruili's glass. He had come to Shenzhen, made a show of himself, and received some benefits, so he was naturally in a good mood.

The drinking party lasted until 10 p.m. before it hurriedly ended.

Chen Yansen returned to the hotel, took out his phone, glanced at the trending news, then took off his shirt and prepared to take a shower.

"Knock knock knock—!" A soft knock sounded at the door.

"Who?" Chen Yansen asked loudly.

"Boss, there's a document that I need your help with." Chen Jie's cheeks were flushed, and her breathing was heavy as she tried to keep it steady.

Could this document be yours?

Chen Yansen looked amused.

"Let's talk about it tomorrow," Chen Yansen refused.

It's not worth it if someone offers themselves up; he's hiring an assistant, not a secretary.

"Boss, it's urgent," Chen Jie said softly.

"Go back to the company tomorrow and report to the HR department yourself."

Chen Yansen said in a cold voice.

A quick scan with his divine sense revealed that Chen Jie's hands were empty; there was no way she had any documents.

Mr. Chen is very picky and never eats food that is delivered to his door, as it is easy for him to get food poisoning.

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie turned pale: Why is it completely different from what I imagined!

(End of this chapter)