As the plane took off, Lu Feng looked at Zhu Lidong and the other two. The three of them breathed a sigh of relief. The biggest problem during this period was not the game, but pretending to be a Thai person. If they were not careful, they would reveal that they were from the mainland.
"Damn it, it's finally done. I'm practically mute from exhaustion." Liu Cheng slumped into his seat. He had spoken very little this time, but had a lot of work to do, including various documents and considerations for the overall assembly process. It was much busier than at the company.
"After this batch of goods arrives in Thailand, will it be transferred back to China? The transportation costs will be a bit high," Zhu Lidong pondered.
"Going by water is expensive, but there's no way around it. However, the cost isn't high, so we can still compete with Motorola." Lu Feng asked Zhu Lidong, "Approximately what would the cost be?"
"Based on the main component costing $150, our factory cost is definitely below 7,000 yuan, which gives us a certain degree of competitiveness in the market," Zhu Lidong said in a low voice.
Lu Feng nodded without speaking. This was just a temporary measure; ultimately, they would have to produce it themselves and drive down the price of the main components to rock bottom. He looked at Liu Cheng and asked, "If we manage to buy a lithography machine from the factory we visited this time, will production be no problem?"
"It's pretty much what I predicted. It's just a matter of worker skill level and machine debugging. I even went to check their relevant parameters. I talked to Zhang Rujing a few days ago, and he can be a great help," Liu Cheng said truthfully.
Buying the machine is one thing, but how to adjust and use it is another. If we let Liu Cheng and his group figure it out on their own, it will probably take a lot of time.
As the plane landed, Lu Feng and his two companions changed their clothes and met with several heads of the security company that day. They instructed them to keep an eye on the port and, once the goods arrived and were signed for, immediately forward them to Tianjin, China, where the Tianjin factory would sign for them.
The next morning, the three changed into suits and flew to Shenzhen. They got off the plane at 10 a.m. and received some news as soon as they arrived at the company.
The mobile phone war has begun.
Motorola and Nokia launched a price war, while Ericsson officially announced its entry into the Chinese market. It began filing for approval in May and is now officially selling its products. Many international observers believe that this is an expansion of the battlefront and retaliation for its market setback in France. However, Nokia is showing increasing strength and has already begun to demonstrate its prowess.
At the same time, Bird officially announced its entry into the mobile phone market, signing a formal contract with a French telecommunications company. The product was expected to be launched no later than 1996, with all technical support coming from the French company Sagem.
Inside his office, Lu Feng remained silent as he looked at the chaotic news that had been circulating lately. Things were starting to go astray. According to the original plan, Bird would not have officially started producing mobile phones until 1999, but now it had started three years ahead of schedule!
In recent months, the international community's blockade against Jiafeng has become increasingly severe. The Wassenaar Arrangement has begun to take shape. Not only is Jiafeng facing difficulties in sales in neighboring countries, but other manufacturers are also in a similar situation. Everyone can feel that the most difficult moment is coming.
Lu Feng was not satisfied with the design of Jiaxun mobile phones after several revisions. He felt that domestic designs were simply not aesthetically pleasing and that there was a lack of talent in this area. In the end, Lu Feng made the final decision to simply combine the designs of Nokia and Motorola and use them.
Anyway, if you have a lot of lice, you won't be afraid of being bitten.
Motorola has been relentlessly attacking Jiafeng in the mobile phone industry. Watanabe even said in an interview that without external technical support, Jiafeng would not be able to produce a single mobile phone within ten years.
Some even speculate that Jiafeng's profits are plummeting, and that competition in the home appliance industry has reached the point of battling for profits. As for VCDs, piracy is rampant again, and Jiafeng's market share is declining.
Amidst the chaotic news outside, Lu Feng rarely concerned himself with such matters, aside from his regular work. He entrusted all the tasks related to the promotion and marketing of the mobile phone to Du Guoying, a man with unique insights into marketing.
Time flies, and winter is here in the blink of an eye. My family has called several times, and my mother hopes that he can come home this year, as he hasn't been home for several years.
Lu Feng felt he couldn't refuse, so he vaguely said that he would reply if he could.
Inside the villa, the family of three finished their meal. Duoduo watched cartoons with great interest, while Jiang Xiaoyan sat on the sofa flipping through introductions to foreign cosmetics.
"Go back home for the New Year. You can go back by yourself. Duoduo and I will stay here." Jiang Xiaoyan's mind was clearly not on her book.
“It would be pointless for me to go back by myself. You haven’t seen your mother for two years, have you?” After saying that, Lu Feng felt that going back would be troublesome again, so he sighed and said, “Forget it, your brothers are like wolves and tigers, I can’t handle them.”
"I'm afraid I'll be too soft-hearted." Jiang Xiaoyan wanted to say something more, but in the end she just sighed. In the past two years, she had sent a lot of money home, and now it was as if the whole family did nothing and relied entirely on her to support them.
It's not that easy to just cut ties like that. When the phone rang, there was crying and sobbing on the other end, and Jiang Xiaoyan couldn't bear to hear it.
"We'll see." Lu Feng slumped onto the sofa, secretly calculating the arrival time of the goods. After the first batch of products arrived, production could begin during the Chinese New Year period, and there was also a board meeting in December.
The phone on the table suddenly rang, and Duoduo ran over to answer it, asking, "Is this Li Jialong?"
"I'm not Li Jialong, I'm Su Yourong. You must be Duoduo? Let your father answer the phone." Su Yourong's voice on the other end of the line was quite cheerful. "Tell him some good news."
"Who is it?" Jiang Xiaoyan asked.
"You vixen!" Duoduo said to Lu Feng irritably, "She's looking for you!"
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