842: Chapter 842: Desperate Strike!
No Hesitation, Just Do It!
842: Chapter 842: Desperate Strike!
No Hesitation, Just Do It!
Wave after wave!
Just when he was deep in crisis, another blow ca down hard.
This ti, the hit was truly devastating.
It was around 10 PM local ti in Liuli Continent,
which was 9 AM in the local ti zone.
Chairman Heinter of Lang’s Science CSA issued a notice to suspend cooperation.
The announcent claid, by request of the Information Security Departnt, that due to the risk of information leakage and security hazards in the projects undertaken by Liulizhou Tanglong Industrial Group,
they would suspend cooperation and, until the official investigation concluded, strictly forbid Liulizhou Tanglong Industrial Group from using the company’s 3G and 4G related technology patents and prohibit the procurent, assembly, and sale of Lang’s Science instrunts and equipnt.
As one of the three major international communication giants, Lang’s Science CSA was most famous for its network switches and WIFI routers.
In fact, as a behemoth in the communications industry with many years of deep cultivation, they had amassed a wealth of patented technologies—their network transmission equipnt, wireless core network equipnt, and CDMA network gear all being at the world’s top level.
Not only that, Aixin TLM and Nuoxin NSN also quickly released similar notices.
Saying “suspend cooperation” was in effect the sa as a prohibition.
Ordering that Liulizhou Tanglong Industrial Group stop using their technology patents and stop purchasing their instrunt equipnt…
This was, quite simply, a devastating blow to the Group’s telecommunications business.
Because for many years, the three giants had dominated the telecommunications industry.
Whether it ca to wired broadband or wireless networks, they had accumulated many mature, stable, and reliable technological patents.
And the telecommunications industry is a typical high-tech field.
To develop a technology, it requires a significant investnt of human, material, and financial resources and a long ti to accomplish.
Take, for example, the baseband processor chip that allows cell phones to make calls and connect to the internet.
The function of this chip is to maintain a stable and smooth data connection with communication base stations in complex electromagnetic environnts, so the phone user won’t complain about poor signal or incredibly slow data.
The chip must not only perform well, but it must also have low power consumption, minimal heat generation, be lightweight and reliable—phones can’t get overly hot after a short use, beco bulky and cumberso, or have intermittent signals…
To develop and manufacture this chip, you would need to invest at least tens of billions of Gold Coins, thousands of engineers working over several years, continuously developing, improving, testing, optimizing…
Although the cost is high and the risk is greater, once successful, the future looks bright.
For example, Apple phones that use Qualcomm’s baseband chips not only have to pay for the chip itself but also a 4% patent licensing fee, allowing them to net an inco of at least twenty billion Gold Coins every year just from this charge alone.
So, with such high costs, why not develop and produce it on your own?
Not having to pay patent licensing fees would an an extra twenty billion Gold Coins in profit, right?
The reason is simple—it’s too difficult.
Others have already incurred high costs and succeeded in their research and developnt.
Throughout the developnt period, they of course tried many thods, various plans, and went through many failures before achieving success.
And once they succeeded, they applied for corresponding patents to protect their invention, so if you want to use it, you will have to pay patent licensing fees.
This is like constructing a highway in an area with inconvenient traffic, complex terrain, topography, and climate.
How to route the highway, how to build the road, where to dig tunnels and build bridges…
Soone has already spent years exploring and designing, and has spent a fabulous sum to build this highway.
If you want to travel quickly, you’ll certainly have to pay the toll to take the highway!
If you just want to save on tolls, going through the trouble and effort to build another highway by yourself just doesn’t make economic sense.
…
In the telecommunications industry, Liulizhou Tanglong Industrial Group was a rising star.
To save costs, shorten the construction period, and ensure mature and reliable technology, of course, they chose to use the technology patents of the three giants and purchase their instrunts and equipnt.
They certainly couldn’t be expected to start from scratch, developing everything from the servers down to the switches, could they?
That simply wouldn’t be realistic.
Therefore, for many years, the Group had to pay the three giants billions of Gold Coins each year in patent licensing fees and for the procurent of instrunts and equipnt.
To reduce expenses and lower costs, the Group also invested billions of Gold Coins each year in technological research and developnt.
Through technology importation, digestion and absorption, and upgrades and transformations, they had achieved many innovations.
They even surpassed their masters, leading the three giants to eventually use the Group’s patented technologies and purchase their communication equipnt.
Moreover, having missed the opportunity with 2G, 3G, and 4G, it was essential to strive for leadership in the upcoming 5G era.
Technical competition is like rowing upstream; if you do not advance, you will fall behind.
To lead, it’s a matter of who dares to invest more, who dares to mobilize more human, material, and financial resources for continuous scientific research.
The domineering CEO Tang Xiao was not one to be taken lightly.
The patent fees that Tanglong Industrial Group used to pay every year were enough to break one’s heart.
In the 5G era, they couldn’t continue like this, so the Group’s R&D funding never fell below one hundred billion each year.
Most of the profits each year were invested in research and developnt.
Persistence pays off!
In this long-distance race of technical competition, enterprises from Liuli Continent advanced rapidly.
The 5G era was just around the corner, and although it was still at the small-scale experintal stage, Liuli Continent had already begun to take the lead.
And with the Detox Pill, Tanglong Industrial Group could gain astounding profits and have even more funds for research and developnt, thereby further widening the gap.
Massive R&D led to technological leadership.
Technological leadership led to market dominance.
Market dominance led to high profits.
High profits led to massive R&D.
This was a virtuous cycle of progress, where one step ahead ant being ahead every step of the way.
In the past information era, it was their turn to rule.
Now, as humanity was about to enter the intelligent era, the bloodbath for 5G technology was inevitable.
Thus!
Against such a backdrop…
How could international powers just sit by and do nothing?
They couldn’t restrict or control Wu Jie with the Detox Pill in hand.
But they could issue one order after another, severely affecting Tanglong Industrial Group’s overseas business.
Not only were they not subdued, but they also slapped back forcefully.
Rebelliousness was in the air!
Therefore.
A fatal blow arrived!
If Tanglong Industrial Group was not allowed to use the technology patents of the three giants or purchase their instrunt equipnt,
then even if the international prohibitions were quickly lifted, would Tanglong Industrial Group dare to resu its projects and product sales?
Should they do so, they would inevitably face lawsuits from the three giants for patent infringent.
Lawsuits between international enterprises are usually incredibly costly, often claiming damages of more than ten billion Gold Coins!
Although Tanglong Industrial Group wasn’t short on money, once entangled in a patent dispute lawsuit, the resulting losses from project shutdowns and product sales cessations would be much more than just a few tens of billions of Gold Coins.
The massive compensation was the least of concerns.
The key issue was…
Without the technology patents and equipnt from the three giants, what would happen to the projects?
What would happen to the products?
Could they all be replaced with dostically produced ones?
Even if they could find dostic products to replace them one-for-one, would the technical performance et standards?
Would operations be stable and reliable?
And large communication projects are not like assembling computers, where if you can’t use an imported mory stick, you just replace it with a dostic one.
They involve a lot of specialized equipnt and software.
Once you start replacing them, it would create an enormous workload.
It’s like retrofitting a car, changing to another manufacturer’s engine isn’t just about installing it and connecting the fuel lines.
Data collection and communication protocols need to be standardized, control software needs to be modified…
The workload is terrifying!
But the tragic part was…
Many high-performance chips didn’t even have dostic alternatives; replacent was simply not an option.
As a result,
Even if the multinational bans were lifted, Tanglong Industrial Group would only be able to cease operations and sales.
And each project has a contract with a specified deadline; failure to deliver on ti would result in massive penalties for breach of contract.
And for export equipnt, if it cannot be delivered to custors due to its own issues, then that’s also compensation for breach of contract.
The most critical point was…
Even if the group spent money to settle matters quietly and pay various breach of compensation, what would happen afterward?
The 5G era had not yet arrived, and the related technology and equipnt were not yet widespread.
With 3G and 4G still the mainstream, would the telecommunications business continue?
To continue would an having to deal with the technology patents of the three giants again; it’s unrealistic to start R&D from scratch.
If they stopped, then the three giants would just laugh and take the opportunity to swallow the global communication market.
The situation was extrely urgent!
The circumstances were perilous!
Those bans were nothing serious, just investigations.
Legal and compliant operations, the group wasn’t afraid of being scrutinized.
But sanctions by the three giants were troubleso.
However…
If you don’t explode in silence, you perish in silence!
What’s a domineering CEO if not for a grand display of defiance?
Not long after the three giants issued their announcents, Tang Xiao ordered the group to release their statent.
In the announcent, they declared that the three giants had unilaterally breached the cooperation agreent, with no integrity or business ethics.
The group lodged a stern protest and would strictly sue based on the terms of the agreent.
All consequences and responsibilities would be borne by the three giants, who were also imdiately prohibited from using the group’s patented technology and equipnt.
The overall ssage of the announcent was straightforward—
‘Co on!
Let’s hurt each other!’
Let’s see who can outlast the other!
Not only did Tanglong Industrial Group have the Detox Pill for high profits, but they also had other business to support themselves.
After the formal and very official announcent was released, Tang Xiao had the group’s official Weibo post a ssage.
“People fight for pride like the Buddha for incense!”
“My group would rather go bankrupt and shut down than be bullied at will!”
And the accompanying image was the announcents from the four companies.
As soon as the ssage was released, it shocked many people.
After all, not everyone regularly visits foreign websites to follow the latest from overseas companies.
And this ssage quickly spread through various dia outlets, especially since it appeared on the midnight news.
It imdiately turned into a major incident.
Many people originally rembered the group’s charitable acts with gratitude…
Many were arguing and complaining on behalf of the group about the international bans…
Many were concerned about the nation and its people, wondering how to win in such brutal international trade competition…
Such news was nothing less than setting off a nuclear bomb in public opinion.
The overseas business crisis had not been resolved, yet now they faced a beating from the three giants.
Recall the Zhuzhou SAM project, where the group faced off against three competitors and pulled off a stunning miracle.
It isn’t hard to see why they would want to hit the group hard now.
In an instant.
All sorts of furious insults, calls for boycotts, and cries for support…
Dostic and international audiences were already in a public opinion battle over Wu Jie’s differentiated treatnt.
With this news out, many overseas people began to shout that Liulizhou Tanglong Industrial Group was done for.
How could they possibly win against the three giants head-on?
In terms of the sheer number of technical patents, the two sides are not even on the sa level.
Plus, the three giants could completely bypass Tanglong Industrial Group’s patented technology and equipnt without any impact.
But as a rising star in the industry, could Tanglong Industrial Group avoid and bypass them?
Of course.
This sudden new crisis made people even more interested in the outco of the midnight auction.
At ten minutes past midnight.
The auction results were in.
The Detox Pill, with only fifty thousand available for bidding, had soared to a final price of 530,000 Gold Coins each.
With huge market demand and the fear of a potential cutoff by Wu Jie, the price had risen by another fifty thousand from the midday auction.
And such auction results imdiately gave the dostic netizens ammunition to fiercely counterattack foreign netizens.
On one hand, they ruthlessly suppressed and bullied the group, while on the other hand, they frantically bid for the Detox Pills at the auction.
Don’t they have any sha?
Of course.
The auction didn’t resolve the crisis faced by the group.
At a ti like this, all the protests, appeals, condemnations…
were useless.
No cowardice, just do it!
At this crucial mont.
Tang Xiao still had to see how Wu Jie would turn the tide…
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