If Honor phones had taken the high-end route from the beginning, probably not many people would have accepted them, and sales wouldn't be as high as they are now.

Moreover, Wujiang Group does indeed need a low-spec phone to expand into the mobile phone market and thus promote the development of the mobile internet era.

With everyone owning smartphones, Wujiang Group was able to amass astonishing wealth in the mobile internet sector—in other words, they were exploiting ordinary people.

At this time, foreign mobile phone manufacturers banded together to resist the sweeping dominance of Wujiang Group's smartphones.

However, upon closer examination of smartphones, they couldn't help but feel a sense of despair and powerlessness.

First, there's the chip issue. While ARM chips are decent, their current performance is simply insufficient for running smartphones. Second, there's touchscreen technology. Wujiang Group has clearly conducted extensive research in this area, building a patent pool that's difficult to avoid. Third, there's the operating system. Significant modifications to the Symbian system are necessary, resulting in increasingly verbose code and slower operation. Finally, there's the software ecosystem. Most popular apps on the market are from Wujiang Group; without their support, the Symbian system would be useless.

Therefore, mobile phone manufacturers have come to the conclusion that if they want to transform and develop smartphones, the best course of action is to beg Wujiang Group.

Of course, there are also many mobile phone manufacturers who are stubborn and think they are very capable. They plan to go against Wujiang Group and compete with it. Moreover, they have the support of Western countries, so they do have the ability to threaten Wujiang Group's position.

Zhao Ye was well aware of the consequences of monopolizing the market; Wujiang Group couldn't continue fighting alone. With Honor, iPhone, and BlackBerry already dominating the smartphone market, it was time to start licensing to others.

On the eve of Singles' Day, Wujiang Group officially announced that it would open up its smartphone licensing, including providing operating systems, chips, touchscreens, and more.

They even offer a one-stop service, handling the entire phone design for you, and Wujiang Group can also manufacture the products for you. You just need to focus on selling the goods. With such comprehensive service, it definitely deserves a five-star rating.

November 10th, 8 PM.

The major mobile phone manufacturers who came to the press conference were extremely excited, wishing they could hug Lei Jun, who was speaking on stage, and give him a big kiss, and then greet him with "are you OK?"

Lei Jun smiled and said, "Our Wujiang Group has always adhered to the principle of openness, cooperation, and win-win results. Previously, due to limited production capacity, we were unable to supply our competitors with either chips or touchscreens, so our group did not mention cooperation. However, things are different now. We have increased our production capacity, so we are willing to provide services to manufacturers who want to enter the smartphone market!"

"Those interested in cooperation can send someone to contact our company shortly. Our prices are fair and our service is comprehensive. You could even be selling your own smartphones in as little as three months!"

*Smack! Smack! Smack!*

The audience applauded enthusiastically, especially some domestic mobile phone manufacturers who lack technology and are not even assembly plants, outsourcing production to other companies. What do these mobile phone manufacturers need? Isn't it a one-stop service like that provided by Wujiang Group?

Snakes have their paths, and rats have theirs.

Their sales ability is quite impressive, enabling Wujiang Group to make a lot of money.

It's important to know that mobile phone components have very high profit margins, so all mobile phone manufacturers are essentially working for Wujiang Group.

Lei Jun listened to the thunderous applause from the audience, feeling incredibly excited and proud.

Now that he has become the king of employees, he doesn't feel the need to start his own business at all. What platform can give him his current status and influence?

You have to work; starting your own business is impossible.

Lei Jun, a humble general, is willing to smoke, drink, and get perms for the Zhao family for generations.

Shortly after, the press conference ended, and Lei Jun walked off the stage with a confident and poised air.

In the blink of an eye, he was surrounded by a large group of mobile phone manufacturers, treated like royalty, as he walked out of the venue...

Undoubtedly, Wujiang Group's press conference that evening was truly astonishing, causing a huge sensation in the industry and once again bringing about a major change in the mobile phone industry landscape.

It's time to choose sides!

Wujiang Group or someone else?

Actually, this isn't a difficult choice. Even giants like Nokia and Motorola wouldn't forgo profits and give up market share. Because they simply can't develop smartphones in the short term, they have no choice but to seek cooperation with Wujiang Group.

Of course, there's definitely something else involved in secretly developing operating systems behind the scenes.

Just like Huawei in its previous life, it initially used the Android system, but later developed the HarmonyOS operating system.

As it turns out, Warwick's proactive approach and preventative measures were correct.

Wujiang Group doesn't care about the underhanded tactics of other mobile phone manufacturers. Appropriate competition can put pressure on Wujiang Group. The real problem is when they fail before even putting in the effort – that would be embarrassing. Without pressure, Wujiang Group is prone to stagnation, hindering its progress.

Moreover, Zhao Ye's cheat ability has a time limit. Wujiang Group should be on a normal development path, rather than simply relying on Zhao Ye's cheat ability.

Cheating is fun for a while, and it's even more fun if you keep cheating, but unfortunately Zhao Ye's cheat wasn't very effective.

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Needless to say, smartphones were the best-selling product during the Double Eleven shopping festival.

Honor phones are now 100 yuan off, only 899 yuan to take home – it's incredibly tempting!

This completely stunned other mobile phone brands.

In fact, even if the price of Honor phones drops to 899 yuan, Wujiang Group will still make a profit, which shows that the actual cost of the phones is very low. The reason why smartphones were so expensive in the past was because foreign technology companies set extremely high prices for components and made huge profits from them.

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