Shockingly, a counterfeit factory has produced a 3-nanometer chip.

Chapter 233 AfriLink is going public

"Next month, we are ready to release the Southeast Asian version of Power3."

Our distribution channels are now almost complete, with over 1250 directly operated stores and some additional channels, bringing the total to approximately 1500.

After resuming work, another 200 companies will be established.

I am confident that I will bring down San Sang by the end of this year.

Shen Fei didn't say anything more, he just nodded slightly.

There's not much to report in the American market. Motorola S2 sales have exceeded 2700 million units, and it's nearing the end of its life cycle, so they've started to lower prices and promote sales.

As long as the United States doesn't ban it, Motorola can continue to exploit people in the US.

The last to give a report was Adebayor, who flew to China specifically yesterday.

This guy had shaved his head, was wearing a floral shirt, and looked even bigger than before the New Year.

"Boss, we've lived up to your expectations in the African market; our market share has exceeded 40%."

He held up four fingers, grinning to reveal a set of white teeth.

"The specific figure is 42.5%, Nokia has 20.21% left, Samsung has about 8% left, and the remaining brands share the rest."

We are the absolute leader in Africa.

Shen Fei nodded, but Adebayo's expression made him feel that there was more to come.

"but……"

As expected, Adebayor's tone changed again.

"There's a new development."

"explain"

Everyone in the meeting room looked in Adebayor's direction, eager to know what would happen next.

"Those software vendors are starting to get ambitious again."

A group of logos appeared on the screen: T-pay, Konnect, AfriLink, and some other companies.

After Huang Tianya sold most of his shares in these companies, a large number of new strategic investors came into the market, and the market share did not shrink at all, but instead increased.

AfriLink, the number one social media platform, has now surpassed 1.5 million registered users and has begun its IPO process.

Other investors are also envious of AfriLink's impending IPO.

They joined forces to negotiate a pre-installation agreement with Adebayo, using a bundling strategy to seize market share.

Of course, Facebook was the most generous, even offering a $5 subsidy per phone to get Transsion to pre-install their mobile app in a prime location.

After Adebayor finished speaking, the meeting room was silent for a few seconds.

Pre-installed software is the most important source of profit for mobile phone manufacturers.

Whoever controls the pre-installation process controls the user entry point.

AfriLink's ability to reach 1.5 million users in Africa is due to its pre-installation advantage on Transsion phones.

Now it's finally time to reap the rewards of this free gift.

"How many companies have you acquired so far?"

"Twenty companies, in order to grab users in a short period of time, they have poured a lot of money into pre-installation." Adebayor's face also showed a hint of joy.

"After all, AfriLink is about to go public. If it succeeds, they can also get a share of the profits; if it fails, all their investments will be wasted. So now the competition is very fierce."

This all benefits us.

Adebayor's laughter became even more unrestrained, especially after a set of striking numbers appeared on the big screen.

Transsion's revenue from pre-installed software in the African market alone reached US$27.8 billion.

Shen Fei also gasped. These new investors were indeed rich, and these people were ruthless.

In less than half a year, so much money has been spent.

It's unclear whether this will affect AfriLink's valuation. Although a drop in valuation won't affect Huaxin's reputation, since they are only a small shareholder.

But any decline will result in real financial losses.

Huaxin Investment still holds 16% of the shares. For every 100 million yuan drop in valuation, Huaxin's assets shrink by 16 million yuan.

"Let them play, let them play to their heart's content." A scheme flashed through Shen Fei's mind. "Adebayo, GG has pre-installed software, let's release it completely."

As long as they don't fight to the point of losing their minds, then we don't need to worry about them.

Huang Tianya immediately understood Shen Fei's meaning and quickly added, "Since they want to play, let's go for the big one."

Our main task right now is to help AfriLink go public. If it goes well, we'll increase GG revenue by 30%.

Then we can make a profit from the stock, and GG can make another profit.

High-quality chives need to be harvested twice.

Adebayor's eyes lit up: "Boss, are you putting them on the hot seat?"

"It's not roasted," Shen Fei laughed. "It's stewed, simmered over low heat until their bones are soft."

"Buying from others is like harvesting leeks, but you've dug up the leeks by the roots."

"You don't understand, do you? Some small businesses are just abandoned."

"You guys are too superficial; you haven't understood what the boss means."

The market is mature now. How much money can we still make? We control the entry point, and we can make whoever we want rise to prominence.

Why not just run away now and then continue to fleece people from the source?

Laughter erupted in the conference room.

…………

After the meeting ended, Shen Fei had just returned to his office when Li Jiahui called again.

"Mr. Shen, I have good news."

"explain."

"The production line has been almost fully debugged, and the production of Taishan 910 is going smoothly. The current yield rate has reached 83%, which is half a month ahead of schedule."

At this rate, we can reach full production next month.

Shen Fei nodded: "Not bad."

The two production lines provided by the New Year system once again demonstrated their power and were directly installed in the original production factory.

Li Jiahui only needs simple adjustments to start production.

"There's one more thing," Li Jiahui's voice became excited. "I discussed it with the team, and we have a direction. So let's stop production line 3 for a while and upgrade the technology."

Skip the intermediate nodes like 20 and 24 and go straight to 14nm.

Shen Fei considered it for a moment.

Skipping these generations of advanced process technologies and going straight to 14nm—that's quite a bold decision.

He originally wanted to discuss it with Li Jiahui, but unexpectedly...

As expected of a Transsion employee.

Are there any major technical problems?

Shen Fei asked patiently, explaining that although he had seen the plan, a plan was one thing, and implementation was another...

"It's feasible." Li Jiahui's tone was very certain. "President Shen, this immersion lithography machine already supports 14nm."

The document also mentions the multiple exposure technology, which we previously lacked a thorough understanding of because of the process.

The 28nm process has now been successfully tested, and the path to 14nm has been found.

"Give us six months, and 14nm won't be a problem."

Shen Fei considered it for a while longer.

14nm is a process that Intel only started mass-producing in 2014. If Transsion had developed it in 2012, it would have been two years ahead of the rest of the world.

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It's the end of the month, time to take a day off!