Xiaomi Heavy Industry, its first entrepreneurial venture!

Chapter 498 CIA: You're all under my surveillance! (First update!)

Yanjing.

Lei Jun stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, his mouth wide open, wide enough to fit a light bulb.

He didn't know how to reply to Lin Yi. After all, he called Lin Yi partly to ask if Lin Yi had anticipated the current situation.

Secondly, we need to inform Lin Yi of the order quantity for the next two days and ask him to work overtime to deliver the goods as soon as possible.

An order is just an order; only when the goods are shipped out and delivered to the consumer can it be considered a real transaction.

But before he could even reveal his purpose, Lin Yi dealt him another blow.

We need to prepare 10 Xiaomi 1 units and 5 Xiaomi 1s units for him.

These are mobile phones, and they come in two price ranges: one priced at 1499 yuan and the other at 2499 yuan.

In China today, these two prices are considered high-end mobile phones by the general public.

10 units would be a total of 1.5 million RMB, and with the remaining 5 units, that's a whopping 2.7 million RMB.

What is this going to do?
Group purchasing?

Which group purchasing agency has such great capabilities?
Spending 2.7 million to buy a phone? That's insane! Either Lin Yi is crazy, or he himself is crazy, or he's just hearing things and misheard.

After mentally reviewing all the companies that might be purchasing such a large order, Lei Jun took a deep breath and cautiously asked into the microphone:
Is it the military that needs to make the purchase?

Less than five seconds after Lei Jun spoke, Lin Yi responded: "The military does not procure this!"

“It wasn’t any other buyer, but a friend of mine, America. He’s a professional smuggler. I told him before that we were going to launch a new product soon, and then he watched your press conference and thought it was great.”

"They contacted me, preparing for a large-scale smuggling operation."

"They definitely have the money; what they have now is the goods."

"The goods produced earlier have already been distributed, and the remaining goods are still being produced at an accelerated pace. I need your permission to allocate some goods and send them to him."

"what do you think?"

Lin Yi's explanation only made Lei Jun more flustered.

His understanding of Lin Yi was limited to Xiaomi Heavy Industry, and that he was a very technically savvy, driven, and well-connected person who was likely a relative of some bigwig and had been given orders to set up a separate factory.

The purpose is to do some bad things.

Hearing Lin Yi mention smuggling so casually, and that such a large quantity was being smuggled at once, Lei Jun began to suspect that Lin Yi was actually acting under orders.

I really want to refuse.

Because this kind of power struggle between big shots is something that someone like him can't get involved in.

He has a clear understanding of himself; he's just a person with a little money.

He's going to die if he gets involved!

But he couldn't refuse.

Because Lin Yi possesses unique technology that allows their product quality to steadily improve and performance to remain stable.

If he refuses this time, Lin Yi might refuse him next time.

Without that technology, he couldn't guarantee what the planned Xiaomi 2 would look like when it was produced.

Poor contact?

A path strewn with sparks and lightning?

The idea swirled in his mind several times before Lei Jun finally brought the microphone to his lips and whispered:
"America's communication network standard is different from ours, so even if we smuggle it over, it won't work."

"Alright!" Before Lei Jun could finish speaking, Lin Yi's voice came through:

"America's communication frequency bands are GSM and CDMA for 2G, and WCDMA and CDMA2000 for 3G."

"The mainstream frequencies for these two bands are 850 MHz and 1900 MHz."

"The Qualcomm Snapdragon chip you used in the China Unicom version supports these two frequencies and there are no restrictions. Qualcomm itself is well aware that some chips are destined to end up in the hands of others. How others use them is none of their business. They only care about selling the chips."

"So all you need to do is prepare a China Unicom version phone for me."

"How about it?"

"That's 15 units! Such a huge sales volume was achieved in the blink of an eye. The effect is amazing."

Standing in front of the French windows, seeing that he couldn't persuade Lin Yi, Lei Jun had no choice but to go along with his ideas and continue speaking:

"Alright, 150,000 units it is."

“However, if you take 15 units, I will have to prepare an additional 15 units.”

"It will tie up a large amount of money, and I need your help. At the very least, help me pay part of the money to the supplier."

Having received Lei Jun's approval, Lin Yi snapped his fingers in Gusu:
"piece of cake!"

"It's settled then, 10 Xiaomi 1 Unicom version units and 5 Xiaomi 1s Unicom version units."

"I'll work as fast as I can to produce it within a week and then ship it over to them."

"You don't need to worry about funding. All you need to do is allocate an additional 15 Unicom-version chips."

"I'll handle the rest!"

After finishing his conversation with Lei Jun, Lin Yi hung up the phone, glanced at the time on the wall, and realized it wasn't time yet for his appointment with Dmitri. He casually tossed the phone aside, leaned back in his chair, and started to sleep.

A few hours later, the aroma of food woke Lin Yi from his sleep. When he opened his eyes, a lunchbox appeared in front of him.

Beside her, Ji Shuangshuang was holding another lunchbox and enjoying her meal.

Hearing the noise, she raised her beautiful eyes: "Awake?"

"Since you didn't go down to eat, I brought up your favorite braised pork."

"Eat it while it's hot!"

"Okay!" Lin Yi picked up the boxed lunch and devoured it in a flash. The clock on the wall had already ticked to 8 o'clock.

After tidying up the lunchbox, he picked up his phone, found Dmitry's number, and dialed it.

…………

Arlington, Virginia.

Dmitry walked into the George Bush Intelligence Center with a cup of coffee. He had just finished greeting the receptionist when his cell phone rang.

He took out his phone, checked the number, hung up quickly, and then ran upstairs as fast as he could.

Instead of going to the office, I went up to the rooftop.

Standing on the rooftop, feeling the cool autumn air of Arlington, he calmly asked the person on the other end of the phone:
"Already done?"

The next second, Lin Yi's gentle voice came out: "It's all taken care of."

"Because the mainstream frequency bands for America are CDMA, WCDMA and WCDMA2000, the version I prepared for you is the one that we call China Unicom in China."

"The only problem is that this thing is made in China. If it is smuggled in, it may not work without the network access license from the operators."

The gentle, yet worried voice stopped, and Dmitry chuckled, holding his phone. After laughing, he calmly asked Lin Yi, "Have you forgotten that we are the CIA?"

"The CIA is best at cleaning up these things, so you don't need to worry about network access licenses."

"You just need to send us the version that works for you, and you don't need to worry about the rest."

"By the way, the parts, the parts you mentioned, you must send them to me."

“It’s more than 1 kilometers away. If there’s a problem and I have to send it back to the manufacturer, then it’ll all be for nothing.”

With those words from him, Lin Yi's tone on the other end of the phone became more lively: "Mr. Dmitry, don't worry, we are businessmen, and we believe in being prepared for any eventuality."

"As long as the money is in place, we will prepare the goods for you as soon as possible and send them to you."

"By the way, should we ship by sea or by air?"

Where do we need to go?

You need to explain all of this clearly!

“Mexico, by sea!” Dmitri calmly stated the destination and the mode of transport.

After receiving these items, Lin Yi confirmed a few more things. Once he was sure there would be no changes, he gave Dmitri an account information. After Dmitri confirmed it, Lin Yi hung up the phone from the other end.

On the rooftop, Dmitry stuffed his phone into his pocket, grabbed a coffee cup from the side, and gulped down the strong black coffee in one go.

Feeling the bitterness in his mouth, he stretched, went downstairs, and walked towards Navarro's office.

Upon entering Navarro's office, he immediately informed him of his collaboration with Lin Yi:
"Good news, we found the right guy named Lin Yi. He's ready. As soon as we transfer the money, 10 Xiaomi 1s and 5 Xiaomi 1s will be shipped immediately by sea to Mexico."

"This time, it will take up about 4000 million yuan."

"Based on their claimed performance, even with a 50% markup, they could easily sell it."

"After deducting related expenses, we estimate that we will have a profit of close to $1500 million in the end."

In the office, Navarro, who was already ready to start work, looked up at his partner and said:
"In that case, the goods will be kept in Mexico. I will arrange for the cyberspace team to develop a wiretapping program as soon as possible."

"Install this thing inside."

"Then these phones can be sold in South America."

This arrangement made Dmitry frown. He recalled what Lin Yi had just said, and holding those words in mind, he asked Navarro:

"The mobile phone version that Lin Yi gave us is what they call the Unicom version. It supports CDMA, WCDMA, and WCDMA2000, but it doesn't support GSM very much. If you sell it to South America, will those countries support it?"

"Have you gone mad from making money?" Navarro quickly retorted, then slapped his forehead: "Sorry, I forgot you don't go out on fieldwork much."

"The telecommunications operators in South America are directly or indirectly managed by America's people."

"They use whatever America uses."

"As long as it supports our frequency band, it can be used in South America."

"If their performance is really as powerful as they claimed at the press conference, the initial 15 units will likely end up in the hands of the younger generation, the backbone of various South American countries."

“When we have nothing to do, we send them some ads through the built-in program to promote America and freedom and democracy.”

"When something happens, we can listen to what they are doing."

"A mobile phone can help us achieve our intelligence KPIs and also help us make money."

“Absolutely perfect!”

Navarro, basking in self-satisfaction, rose from his chair and walked over to Dmitri.

"Hurry up and urge Lin Yi. The sooner the goods arrive, the more opportunities we'll have to sell them at a higher price."

“Besides the South American market, you also need to focus on developing the African and European markets.”

"Especially the European market."

"In recent years, Europe's actions have become increasingly obvious, and they are increasingly disregarding us."

"We need to seize their weakness, find an opportunity, and give them a good beating."

So, go ahead and get busy!

"I'm going to the Cyberspace Group!"

As he spoke, he walked past Dmitri and out of the office.

Dmitry stood in the office for a while, then went out and went back to his office to arrange the route for the shipment.

After all, Mexico is a lawless place.

The local gangs are incredibly rude; when they rob people, they don't care if you're from the CIA or the FBI—they only care about the bullets.

If you have more bullets and are more ruthless than them, they will admit defeat and then behave themselves with their tails between their legs.

Meanwhile, Navarro also went to the Cyberspace Task Force's office.

When the members of the cyberspace team saw the director appear, they quickly stood up to greet him.

Navarro gently asked them to sit down, and then sat down beside them. Then, under the horrified gazes of these people, he revealed his purpose.

After hearing his description, the members of the cyberspace team breathed a sigh of relief. The team leader cautiously stepped forward and said carefully:
“Mr. Navarro, this problem is actually not complicated.”

"Before a phone leaves the factory, it will have some original programs."

"As far as I know, due to advertising laws, Chinese equipment manufacturers like to cram software and advertisements into any screen-equipped devices they can see."

"All we need to do is create a similar software, insert it into the phone, and disguise it as a built-in program."

"And if it's updated regularly, no one will suspect it's a bugging program."

"Moreover, South America is more than 1 kilometers away from China. Unless there is a special purpose, very few people would travel from South America to China."

"They had no way of knowing that the software on their phones was actually a listening device."

Navarro nodded repeatedly at the team leader's proposal. He closed his eyes and thought for a long time before opening them and asking, "What kind of software do you think this software should be?"

After hearing Navarro's words, his little eyes darted around, and he whispered, "I suggest music software!"

"This way, we can easily access the recording permissions and record more things."

The team leader's plan became increasingly detailed and feasible.

After hearing the team leader's last words, Navarro raised his right hand and gave him a thumbs-up without hesitation, then said without delay:
"This task is assigned to you. You need to develop this software within half a month at the latest, and then install it when the goods arrive, disguising it as the system's built-in software."

His words shocked the members of the cyberspace group, especially the group leader.

What happened to the promise that it was just a hypothetical scenario?

How did the work end up falling on my shoulders?
A week?
Can such software be developed in a week? Would you dare use it? Would the software even run?
After asking himself several questions, the leader of the cyberspace group finally resigned himself to his fate and nodded, accepting the task.

People have to bow their heads under the roof.

This is the boss; whatever the boss says is right, and all I need to do is work.

(End of this chapter)