Chapter 131

Ni Yongyao flipped through the document casually and said, "There's no need for the price to be too high. The goal of this phone is to completely open up the mobile phone market and let most people afford one."

Right now, the "Big Brother" phones were still high-end products, costing tens of thousands of dollars, which ordinary people simply couldn't afford.

The most common communication tool on the market was the pager.

Even then, it was Ni Yongyao's Galaxy I that brought down the price of pagers, achieving initial popularization.

Otherwise, pagers costing five or six thousand, or even ten thousand, were also not something ordinary people could afford.

"Let's set the price at eight thousand dollars, and for the name, let's call it the Galaxy II."

Ni Yongyao thought for a moment and decided.

This was a decision based on multiple considerations: it ensured enough profit while also being something most people could afford if they gritted their teeth.

After all, compared to the "Big Brother" phones and pagers, the Galaxy II was simply far superior.

A single Galaxy II contained the functions of both a "Big Brother" phone and a pager; it could make calls and send text messages, while also having better signal and longer battery life.

The mobile text messaging function, which would be standard in later generations, did not exist on the "Big Brother" phones of 1991.

"Won't that be too low? This phone has such powerful functions; even if we doubled the price, many people would still buy it."

Ni Yongxiao said.

"Yongxiao, don't just look at the petty profits right in front of you. What we need to do is expand the mobile phone market and pave the way for future products."

Ni Yongyao patted Ni Yongxiao on the shoulder and said.

The Galaxy II was just a precursor product. Ni Yongyao held the full set of Nokia's patented technology in his hands and could launch more advanced products at any time.

Therefore, cultivating people's habit of using mobile phones was the most important thing.

Otherwise, just like the current "Big Brother" phones, if only a small number of people could afford them, no matter how high the profit was, it would be meaningless.

"Big Brother is right. I understand."

Ni Yongxiao nodded, thoughtful.

"Before the launch, do the same as always: find all the media in Hong Kong and let everyone know that our mobile phone is coming soon."

Ni Yongyao instructed.

"Yes!"

Ni Yongxiao agreed and then hurried away.

Three days later.

The Galaxy II was officially released.

Due to the overwhelming advertising over the past few days, everyone in Hong Kong already knew about the Galaxy II, and they were extremely expectant of its various functions, which had whetted the public's appetite.

Therefore, on the day the Galaxy II was released, the thirty thousand phones were snapped up in just half an hour.

A few thousand more were put on the shelves later, and they were also cleared out instantly.

The popularity of the Galaxy II shocked all the communication companies in Hong Kong.

And that evening.

The first batch of experience reports for the Galaxy II was fresh out of the oven, once again igniting all of Hong Kong.

Television stations, newspapers, radio stations—no matter the form of media, they were all talking about one thing: the Galaxy II.

This mobile phone completely shattered the public's stereotype of mobile phones.

The Galaxy II was no longer as heavy as a brick, the signal was no longer intermittent, it supported text messaging, and the standby time was greatly increased.

Most importantly, the Galaxy II only sold for eight thousand dollars.

This price made the citizens of Hong Kong go completely crazy.

Many people who couldn't even bear to buy a pager were gritting their teeth, preparing to buy a Galaxy II.

At the same time, more people admired Ni Yongyao. Since returning to Hong Kong, everything he had done had been eye-catching, and he had achieved huge success in all of them.

Motorola Hong Kong Branch.

Top-floor office.

The head of the Hong Kong branch, Charlie, looked at the newspaper in his hand, his entire person in a state of stupor.

Especially when he saw that the Galaxy II had text messaging functionality, he was almost in despair.

Charlie knew very well that the launch of the Galaxy II meant that the pager market had completely collapsed. Even if it could hold on for a while longer, it would be nothing more than a lingering death; it had no potential left at all.

Yet, not long ago, Charlie had bought the patent technology for the Galaxy I pager from Ni Yongyao, spending two hundred and fifty million for it.

At that time, Charlie was in high spirits, thinking that the two hundred and fifty million was well spent; with the Galaxy I, he could dominate the entire pager market.

But he didn't expect that, in such a short time, Ni Yongyao would launch the Galaxy II.

And it was an epoch-making mobile phone, directly sentencing the pager product to death.

Thinking of Ni Yongyao, Charlie gritted his teeth in anger. Now he finally understood why Ni Yongyao had chosen to sell the Galaxy I.

"So you were prepared all along..."

Charlie slammed his fist on the desk, wishing he could find Ni Yongyao immediately.

But that was just a thought. Charlie knew very well the current strength of the Ni family; it was not something he, a mere head of the Motorola Hong Kong branch, could provoke.

"Beep, beep, beep!"

Just then, the phone rang.

Charlie took a deep breath and answered the phone. His top boss's voice rang out, telling him to rush to headquarters for a meeting immediately.

"I didn't expect Ni Yongyao's move to make even headquarters unable to sit still."

Charlie sighed helplessly, hung up the phone, and headed straight for the airport.

Chicago.

Motorola headquarters, conference room.

In the large conference room, all members of the Motorola board of directors were present.

Charlie sat at the end, carefully watching the big shots beside him.

Every single person here could make him lose his position as head of the Hong Kong branch with a single word.

After the meeting began, the Motorola CEO held up two mobile phones.

One phone was the Galaxy II, and the other was a product similar to a miniature version of the "Big Brother" phone.

"The one in my left hand is the mobile phone recently released by Galaxy Communications, the Galaxy II. The one in my right hand is our self-developed next-generation mobile phone.

I think you should be able to see that even just comparing the appearance, our product has already lost."

CEO Morrison said in a deep voice.

Motorola had been developing a next-generation mobile phone and had originally planned to launch it in the near future to continue ensuring its dominant position in the communication field.

However, the appearance of the Galaxy II caught Motorola off guard.

No one expected that a company like Galaxy Communications could produce such an excellent mobile phone, completely crushing Motorola's product.

Motorola's next-generation mobile phone could be said to have died before it was even launched.

"Charlie, you have been in Hong Kong. Tell us your thoughts."

Morrison suddenly looked at Charlie and said.

"I..."

Charlie looked helpless; how could he explain the matter of the Galaxy II clearly?

"The situation is very severe now. With the Galaxy II on the market, there is no need for our mobile phone to be launched at all, and its price is a damn eight thousand Hong Kong dollars!"

Morrison said.

The cost of Motorola's mobile phone alone was extremely expensive; it couldn't compete with the Galaxy II at all, and they couldn't even come up with a low-price sales strategy.

These words made everyone present look ugly.

Everyone knew that if they couldn't come up with a countermeasure, the mobile phone market would soon be eaten up by Galaxy Communications.

"I think, perhaps we can cooperate with Ni Yongyao."

At this moment, Charlie spoke up: "Not long ago, we reached a cooperation on the Galaxy I. I think it might be possible to get the overseas agency rights for the Galaxy II.

After all, Galaxy Communications is just a local Hong Kong company and hasn't laid out its presence overseas. If we take the initiative to find Ni Yongyao and talk, we might be able to get the overseas agency rights."

"How much certainty do you have?"

Morrison asked.

"I don't know, but we have to try."

Charlie said.

"Trying is not enough. No matter what method you use, you must reach a cooperation with Ni Yongyao and secure the overseas agency rights. This concerns the company's future development!"