Chapter 211

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

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

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

Even then, it was only because of Seeing Ni Yongyao's Galaxy I that the price of pagers had been driven down, achieving preliminary popularization.

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

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

Seeing Ni Yongyao thought for a moment and made the decision.

This was based on comprehensive considerations; it ensured sufficient 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 too 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 standby time.

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

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

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."

Seeing Ni Yongyao patted Ni Yongxiao on the shoulder and said.

The Galaxy II was merely a precursor product. Seeing Ni Yongyao held the full set of Nokia patent technologies 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, high profits would be meaningless.

"Big Brother is right. I understand."

Ni Yongxiao nodded, thoughtful.

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

Seeing 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 had already learned the news about the Galaxy II and was extremely expectant of its various functions; it could be said that the public's appetite had been whetted to the extreme.

Therefore, on the day of the Galaxy II's release, the thirty thousand units were snapped up in just half an hour.

Several thousand more units were put on the shelves afterward, and they were also cleared out in an instant.

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

And that very evening.

The first batch of experience reports for the Galaxy II were fresh off the press, igniting Hong Kong once again.

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

This mobile phone completely shattered the public's stereotypical impression 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 had been greatly increased.

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

This price drove the citizens of Hong Kong completely crazy.

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

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

Motorola Hong Kong Branch.

Top-floor office.

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

Especially when he saw that the Galaxy II possessed a text messaging function, he felt almost desperate.

Charlie knew very well that the launch of the Galaxy II meant the pager market had completely collapsed. Even if it could hold on for a while longer, it was merely gasping its last breath, with no potential left whatsoever.

Yet, not long ago, Charlie had bought the patent technology for the Galaxy I pager from Seeing 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 and that with the Galaxy I, he could dominate the entire pager market.

But he hadn't expected that in such a short time, Seeing Ni Yongyao would launch the Galaxy II.

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

At the thought of Seeing Ni Yongyao, Charlie gritted his teeth in anger. Only now did he finally understand why Seeing Ni Yongyao had chosen to sell the Galaxy I.

"So you had already prepared everything..."

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

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

"Beep, beep, beep!"

At this moment, the phone rang.

Charlie took a deep breath and answered the phone. The voice of his immediate superior rang out, telling him to rush to headquarters for a meeting immediately.

"To think that this move by Seeing Ni Yongyao would even make 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 spacious conference room, all members of the Motorola board of directors had arrived.

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

Any one of the people here could make him lose his status as the person in charge of the Hong Kong branch with a single word.

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

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

"The one in my left hand is the latest mobile phone released by Galaxy Communications, the Galaxy II. The one in my right hand is the new generation mobile phone we developed ourselves.

I think you should be able to see that even if we only compare the appearance, our product has already lost."

CEO Mo Lisen said in a deep voice.

Motorola had been developing a new generation of mobile phones and had originally planned to launch them 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 had expected that a company like Galaxy Communications could produce such an excellent mobile phone, completely crushing Motorola's product.

Motorola's new 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."

Mo Lisen suddenly looked at Charlie and said.

"I..."

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

"The current situation is very grim. 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!"

Mo Lisen said.

The manufacturing cost of Motorola's mobile phone alone was extremely expensive; it simply couldn't compete with the Galaxy II, 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 completely devoured by Galaxy Communications.

"I think, perhaps we could cooperate with Seeing Ni Yongyao."

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

After all, Galaxy Communications is just a local Hong Kong company and hasn't laid out a plan overseas. If we take the initiative to go talk to Seeing Ni Yongyao now, we might be able to secure the overseas agency rights."

"How much certainty do you have?"

Mo Lisen 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 Seeing Ni Yongyao and secure the overseas agency rights. This concerns the future development of the company!" ===== CHAPTER 213 =====