Those Years When I Was Forced to Top the Forbes List

Chapter 79 Do you know MediaTek?

Police station.

Detention center.

A middle-aged man with his ID accompanied Chen Xuebing for more than half an hour, paying 1400 yuan before finally getting him out.

The man who helped sign the papers remained almost completely silent the entire way, but waited until the group of four, including Huo Xiaowen, came out of the detention center. He then shook hands with Chen Xuebing and left.

Chen Xuebing noticed that the man frowned as he left, realizing that he might have caused Xin Mengzhen some trouble.

He sighed, hands behind his back, and looked at the four thugs opposite him, grinning and oblivious to their impending doom, who were about to give him a hug. He cursed viciously:
"Fuck you, be serious!"

Huo Xiaowen, who was in the lead, had a shaved head that gleamed in the sunlight. Seeing Chen Xuebing's unfriendly expression, he chuckled slyly.

"Please come pick me up in person, brother. I've caused you trouble."

Chen Xuebing knew the reason for the matter and didn't blame him. He simply asked, "How many times did you help Zhao Wanping collect debts?"

"Just this once! You know what happened last time! I was doomed without you! If the three of them hadn't come, how could I have dared to collect the debts alone?"

As Huo Xiaowen spoke, he began to curse: "I originally wanted to coax him into giving me more terms, so I promised to help him collect two debts during the Chinese New Year. But the courier service was closed for the holiday, and I went to pick up the goods on the last day. I was all set to ship them and buy my ticket home when that bastard called me to his office. He actually brought two debts and told me to collect them, saying that if I didn't collect them, he would raise the price for us after the New Year! I was so unlucky. The first one took me three days to process, and I didn't get the money. I was even locked up for a day!"

Chen Xuebing nodded; things were pretty much as he had expected.

"I definitely won't be able to go home for the Chinese New Year this year; there are no tickets left for trains or planes."

Huo Xiaowen was nonchalant: "If we can't go back, we can't go back! The weather's nice here anyway! What are your plans? Come with me to settle another debt..."

As he was talking, he suddenly noticed that Chen Xuebing's face had fallen again, so he quickly stopped talking.

“I can’t do this a second time, brother.” Chen Xuebing said slowly, “We are business partners, not a gang. If you do this a second time, we’re going to break up.”

The seemingly calm tone concealed the most severe warning.

Huo Xiaowen's attitude became much more serious, but he didn't want to be subservient. He glanced at his three brothers behind him and stammered:

"Then... then I'll follow your lead. What should we do next?"

“Zhao Wanping’s supply has run out; we need to find a new source,” Chen Xuebing said calmly.

Huo Xiaowen immediately became agitated: "What?! I've worked so hard to collect payments for him, and he wants to cut off our supplies?! Damn it..."

Chen Xuebing raised his hand to tell him to shut up.

“It’s not that he wants to break it off, it’s that I don’t want it anymore. He’s insatiable, I’ve already sensed it.”

Huo Xiaowen was stunned: "...What do we do then? Without his goods, how can we start work after the New Year?"

Chen Xuebing did not answer, but raised his hand to look at his watch. It was noon, 12 o'clock.

"are you hungry?"

All four of them sensed Chen Xuebing's seriousness and remained silent.

They had met Chen Xuebing before, but the current Chen Xuebing gave them a sense of composure and unquestionable authority.

Leader.

Unlike Ma Ge's loose leadership style.

"Then you three go back first. Huo Xiaowen will accompany me to Longgang."

……

The taxi drove onto a road the two of them had traveled before.

"What are you doing here? It looks like the shop's closed..."

Huo Xiaowen looked around at the stores he passed, most of which had their roller shutters closed, wondering what Chen Xuebing was up to.

Chen Xuebing rubbed the USB drive in his palm with his fingers.

"Let's try our luck."

When we arrived at our destination, we were really lucky.

The shop is open.

"Sun Feng Mobile Phone Store." The store where the two of them first helped Zhao Wanping collect debts.

Upon entering, the proprietress, Sun Feng, and her husband, Liu Tao, who was hiding from debt collectors, were sitting together looking at a computer. The sounds of fighting, like those from a Jackie Chan movie, were coming from the speakers.

"Mr. Liu, you seem to be in good spirits."

Chen Xuebing entered the store and greeted the couple with a smile, which startled them.

Sun Feng stared at him, not recognizing him for a moment, while Liu Tao suddenly stood up, looking wary.

"Why are you here again?"

Chen Xuebing took out a cigarette from his bag, offered one to him, then pulled out a red envelope, placed it on the table, and smiled:
"Happy New Year! Mr. Liu, don't be nervous, I'm just here to ask you about something."

"what's up?"

Sun Feng also stood up, looking somewhat surprised and uncertain.

Chen Xuebing raised his hand and shook the USB drive in his hand.

"Last time I took your USB drive, I found more than a dozen supplier phone numbers on it. Are there any manufacturers selling directly? Could you introduce them?"

The reason he was able to turn against Zhao Wanping was because of this.

Liu Tao owes Zhao Wanping 15 yuan, yet she can still run her store smoothly. This means that Zhao Wanping is definitely not the only supplier, and there must be other suppliers who don't give Zhao Wanping any face.

In truth, he didn't believe Zhao Wanping's boasts at all. If there were really big orders, who would give him face and not make money? Even within the Yuanwang Mall, if he were willing to dig, with his current sales volume, there would definitely be counter owners willing to help him with underground operations and supply him with goods.

To get a low price, you still have to go directly to the factory.

"Tsk." Sun Feng was bolder after all. Not only did she not answer, but she also complained, "How could you see our information!"

Chen Xuebing smiled and said, "I didn't call each of you to ask who owes money, or come here to collect your debts on their behalf, right? I'm here today with sincerity. The 800 yuan red envelope, Mr. Liu, is just for you to help introduce someone. Will you accept it or not?"

Saying nice things too much is useless; we still need to increase the intensity.

Chen Xuebing was certain that, given the couple's nature, there must be several of their creditors on the supplier list.

"You...you want to take the goods?" Liu Tao asked hesitantly.

"Yes, I don't owe any money. Every time I take goods, it's cash on delivery. But the price must be low, and the quality must be the same as Zhao Wanping's."

Upon hearing that there was no outstanding payment, Liu Tao relaxed slightly. After thinking for a while, he said, "You want the MediaTek electronic version, right? Yes, I know a company that sells them at about the same price as Zhao Wanping's."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xuebing's eyes lit up, and he asked, barely containing his excitement, "You know MediaTek?"

"Of course I know! All the cutting-edge products on the market now are made by them! Without them, it would be impossible to develop new systems, cameras, or anything like that! In the past, it would have cost at least 200 million to develop your own template and set up a mobile phone production line!"

Liu Tao's words brought a smile to Chen Xuebing's face.

He knew he had made the right decision.

The market has completely confirmed it.

According to information he saw in Computer Fan magazine.

In 1997, MediaTek of Taiwan integrated the two chips in DVDs, which were responsible for video and digital decoding respectively, into a single chip and provided corresponding software solutions.

This integration approach was a great success.

MediaTek applied its successful experience from DVD manufacturing to mobile phone chip manufacturing, and they provided customers with a reference design, which is a system technology guide that includes hardware and software.

Last year, they brought this electronic design proposal to the mainland market.

Currently, there aren't many counterfeit manufacturers cooperating with them, and most are still using the old-fashioned feature phone solutions. However, Chen Xuebing carefully examined Zhao Wanping's phone system and found that it wasn't the rudimentary system of those phones with flashing lights and subwoofers, but rather a system similar to foreign phones, with a touch of smartphone functionality.

The design layout is the same, and it can also be equipped with a camera.

Logically speaking, small manufacturers of their level definitely couldn't produce something like this.

The answer is right here.

"Mr. Liu, do you know anyone at MediaTek?"

(End of this chapter)