Chapter 269

And acquiring Fruit to become a Chinese brand would also be a matter of winning glory for China.

"Fruit phone? Why is the name of this phone so strange? Is it reliable?"

Chen Fu thought the name sounded like going to the vegetable market to buy groceries.

"It must be reliable."

Hearing Chen Fu's words, Chen Mo patted his chest to guarantee it.

"Alright, then I'll listen to you. Anyway, we aren't short on money."

Chen Fu didn't think much more about it and directly agreed to Chen Mo's proposal.

……

United States, Fruit company headquarters.

One of the founders of the Fruit company, Jobs, learned that a Chinese company had acquired Fruit phones, so he flew to China on the first available flight.

He wanted to see what kind of person had invested so much money to acquire the Fruit company.

Upon learning that a foreigner was coming to see him, Chen Fu naturally let Chen Mo represent him to take a look.

In Chen Fu's words, he couldn't understand the "bird language" these foreigners spoke; Chinese sounded much better.

In the meeting room.

"You are the person who acquired the Fruit company?"

Jobs looked at the young man in front of him; he hadn't expected the person who acquired his company to be so young.

"Hello, Mr. Jobs."

Chen Mo smiled.

"You know me?"

Jobs was somewhat surprised; he hadn't expected Chen Mo to actually know him.

Before coming to China, he had thought Chen Mo would be the kind of arrogant big boss; he hadn't expected Chen Mo to look so approachable.

Fruit company's R&D was very advanced, so it required a lot of capital.

They had gone to seek investment many times, and those investors were all arrogant and overbearing.

He had even thought that if the person who acquired the Fruit company didn't understand their philosophy and was always high and mighty, he would quit the Fruit company.

"Yes, I know your mobile phone philosophy, and I agree with it very much."

Chen Mo answered politely.

Immediately after, the two chatted about Jobs' philosophy, and the more they talked, the more shocked Jobs became.

He hadn't expected Chen Mo to be so like-minded.

And he even mentioned some concepts that only existed in his mind and hadn't been realized yet.

"Chen Mo, I am very happy that we have the same thoughts and concepts, and I really want to realize these concepts, but in terms of funding..."

Jobs hesitated.

To be honest, developing the smartphone he imagined required a huge amount of capital.

He wasn't sure if Chen Mo was willing to invest so much money.

"You don't need to worry about the money problem. Just focus on developing the phone."

Chen Mo patted Jobs on the shoulder.

In his past life, the Fruit company's R&D speed wasn't very fast due to funding issues; it wasn't until later, when funds were sufficient, that it had a qualitative leap.

Now that they were giving Fruit enough funding from the start, he believed the R&D speed would only be faster than in his past life.

With Chen Mo's guarantee, Jobs returned to the United States happily.

To be honest, he had no interest in running a company; he only wanted to develop a phone with epoch-making significance.

……

As the richest man in China, every move Chen Fu made was under the spotlight of the country.

Because Chen Fu's investments had never gone abroad, many people in the financial world would follow Chen Fu's lead in investing. But this time was different; as soon as Chen Fu's new investment was revealed, everyone expressed confusion.

Major financial newspapers in China also reported on it frantically.

"New move by China's richest man: acquiring an unknown small mobile phone company in the US."

"Cumulative investment of over 1 billion in funds; is this the richest man's first failed prediction?"

"Investment with no hope of breaking even? The richest man's baffling investment."

"Nokia boss says: Waiting to see the richest man's investment fail."

Once the reports came out, not only people in the financial world but also the general public were very confused by Chen Fu's actions.

If it were just acquiring a mobile phone company, that would be one thing, but after Chen Fu acquired this company, he immediately invested another 1 billion USD into it.

That was even higher than the cost of acquiring the company itself.

"Feels like he's just playing with money."

"Poor people are poor to death, do rich people really not cherish money like this?"

"Apart from playing with money, I really can't find any other words to describe this behavior."

"Might as well just burn the money; it would be faster."

"1 billion USD is enough for me to work for hundreds of lifetimes without eating or drinking."

The public's evaluation of Chen Fu's investment in the Fruit company was not very good.

It wasn't that the evaluation was bad, but rather that they didn't understand.

They couldn't imagine the concepts proposed by the Fruit phone, nor could they imagine what a phone without buttons and with a direct touchscreen would look like.

Chen Mo didn't pay much attention to it.

When the Fruit phone comes out, all the public opinion will vanish like smoke.

A few days later, *CJ7* crew.

"Cut!"

Zhou Xingxing shouted, his tone filled with excitement.

*CJ7* successfully wrapped up filming. His directorial debut could be considered a complete success. Next, it just needed to be handed over for post-production and special effects.

With the film wrapped, the entire crew was very happy, except for Xu Jiao, who sat on the side pouting.

"Brother Chen Mo, the movie is finished. Does that mean I won't be able to see you anymore?"

Xu Jiao stayed by herself for a while before running to Chen Mo's side and tugging on his shirt.

"Still want to act with me?"

Chen Mo laughed.

"Yeah! I want to film movies with Brother Chen Mo every day. I've thought about it seriously; I don't want you to be my dad anymore, I want you to be my groom."

Xu Jiao raised her little face very seriously, which made the people around them unable to hold back their laughter.

Xu Mu was accompanying Xu Jiao on set. Seeing Xu Jiao say this to Chen Mo, she rushed over to cover Xu Jiao's mouth and apologized to Chen Mo.

"It's fine."

Chen Mo laughed, crouched down, and ruffled Xu Jiao's hair.

"How about this: whenever you grow as tall as me, Brother will be your groom."

Grow as tall as Chen Mo...

Everyone silently glanced at Chen Mo's 185cm height.

Isn't he just bluffing a child?

Look at Xu Jiao again.

The little girl was already jumping with joy, pestering Xu Mu to buy her milk; she wanted to grow as tall as Chen Mo.

"Jiaojiao, let's marry someone else. Girls shouldn't aim for that height."

Xu Mu was so scared by Xu Jiao's words that her face changed, and she quickly urged her to give up that idea.

Amidst the laughter and banter, *CJ7* successfully wrapped up.

That evening, Chen Mo returned to Momei Company, and Wang Jinghua arrived at his office immediately.

"Mo, the MV for *Beijing Welcomes You* has finished editing. Take a look."

Wang Jinghua copied the video onto Chen Mo's computer.

"Good, it can be sent to the Olympic Committee for review. Thank you for your hard work, Sister Wang."