Chapter 277: The king's flag changes on the city wall

Carlson was dumbfounded by the news on Yanjing TV. As a mainland expert, he recognized every word in the news, but when put together, he didn't quite understand it.

Shouldn't the Little Smart be restricted? How come a joint support for the Little Smart from four departments popped up? This script is wrong!

And looking at the Little Smart on the news, with a report of being wronged and having to lower prices to survive, Carlson felt even more uncomfortable than swallowing a fly. It was too damn disgusting!

Originally, the price of the Little Smart was much cheaper than brands like Nokia and Motorola. The price of Ericsson's own mobile phones is still over 6,000 yuan, which is the result after price reduction. Before the Little Smart appeared, their mobile phones sold for over 7,000 or 8,000.

It's not that Ericsson, Nokia, and others are unwilling to lower prices, it's just that the cost price is there. The labor costs, raw materials, freight, and sales promotion expenses in Europe are there. Producing phones in Europe, the cost is at least more than double that in the country.

In addition, the main company currently promoting GSM base stations in the country is Unicom. Because the scale of GSM users in the country is less than 1 million, it is difficult to recover costs by relying on monthly rent and call charges. They can only draw a commission from Ericsson's sales price to get some blood back. Overall, even if Ericsson lowers prices several times, the price is still much more expensive than the Little Smart, and the call charges are also expensive.

Originally, Ericsson's price had no advantage, and it didn't support a Chinese operation interface. Now that the Little Smart has lowered its price again, Carlson can imagine the situation of brands like Ericsson and Nokia next.

Fan Dezhi looked at Carlson's constipated expression, thought for a while, and said tactfully, "President Carlson, I said, where there are people, there is Jianghu. Although there are many people with foresight who are willing to support the more advanced GSM technology to enter the mainland, there are still many people willing to support PHS and the Little Smart, or rather, support its parent company Dongling High-Tech!"

Carlson's expression became more and more serious. He knew that he had thought too simply this time. He thought that by pulling a group of giant companies like Nokia, Motorola, Panasonic, Samsung, etc., he could suppress the Little Smart, but the influence of the Little Smart's parent company, Dongling High-Tech, in the mainland, exceeded his expectations.

But who the hell could have thought that the ban on the Little Smart was not waited for, but instead waited for the notice of support for the Little Smart. Once the statement from the four departments came out, it marked that in the future, the Little Smart would no longer be hindered in the country!

Knowing the attitude of the mainland toward Ericsson, Carlson decided to fight. As long as he can earn revenue in the mainland, all rumors will disappear, and Ericsson headquarters will not question his decision.

Standing not far from the crowd, a small scalper spitting fragrance, looking at the crowd queuing to buy the Little Smart, he regretted slapping his thigh. A few days ago, after the news came out, he sold the 10 or 20 Little Smarts he had hoarded. At that time, he was still glad that he shipped early, otherwise he would have smashed it in his hands and lost everything.

"Yanjing UT Starcom announced that it has obtained the Little Smart patent authorization and will produce Little Smart mobile phones under the UT Starcom brand. This will be the first brand other than Dongling High-Tech to produce PHS mobile phones!"

But now, GSM hasn't suppressed the Little Smart, and Li Dongling directly flipped the table. If Ericsson doesn't want to withdraw from the domestic market, it must invest more in the country, otherwise, it might really be kicked out. But is Ericsson willing to leave the mainland market, and is Carlson willing to admit defeat?!

If there were no Dongling High-Tech, then perhaps this time the Little Smart would really be suppressed. Although the Little Smart developed in full swing in the past, it was actually suppressed quite a bit. News that it would be banned and banned was spread every three days, and this was not without the reason of GSM behind it.

Carlson might not have guessed the intention behind this, or he might have known it, but he didn't care at this time. Fan Dezhi's words let him know that although Ericsson was passive, it also ushered in an opportunity.

"The daily sales volume of the Little Smart hit a new historical high, and the daily sales volume of the Little Smart in the mainland exceeded 190,000 units!"

Fan Dezhi came from a government agency and was too familiar with this set of games. The actions of the Post and Telecommunications and the Electronic Industry Bureau made him understand that the country did not want to truly abandon the more advanced GSM and CDMA technology. This time there was indeed some idea of suppressing the Little Smart and PHS base stations.

In the final analysis, the mainland pays attention to the way of the mean and does not hope that PHS technology will dominate alone, nor does it hope that PHS and CDMA technology will completely disappear in the mainland. For Ericsson, this is instead an opportunity. I believe it won't be long before Ericsson can receive orders for GSM system communication equipment and base stations from Post and Telecommunications Bureaus in various places!

"I * your mother's fairy board!"

"The parent company behind the Little Smart, Dongling High-Tech, has a status in the mainland equivalent to Ericsson's status in Sweden. Will the Swedish Ministry of Internal Affairs allow Ericsson to go bankrupt and fall?"

But who could have thought that before the notice banning the Little Smart came down, the joint statement from the four departments had already come down. Although that statement did not mention the name of the Little Smart from beginning to end, the profound Chinese culture, even the Xinwen Lianbo has people who interpret it, let alone this statement. In the eyes of experienced old guns, this statement is a line of big characters from beginning to end, the four departments jointly support the Little Smart!

Without any accident, the Little Smart craze that was about to go out was violent again overnight, and it was even more violent than before!

After walking around for a few steps, Carlson regained his spirits again. Fan Dezhi made Carlson see the current form. Ericsson's GSM technology is indeed at a disadvantage in the mainland, but it is not without opportunity!

In the final analysis, Carlson is still a professional manager. No matter how scholar-type he is, he must have a salary to maintain this style. If he returns to Sweden in such a gray way, his career will suffer a heavy blow, which is not what Carlson wants to see.

"Ericsson will increase investment in the mainland, not only GSM system equipment and base stations, but Ericsson mobile phones will also be put into production in the mainland!"

"Which turtle son released the fake news, cheating me so miserably!"

Everything changed too quickly. Just a few days ago, rumors were spreading that the domestic market might ban the Little Smart phone. The news was spread with such certainty that many users who were preparing to buy one got cold feet, and some who had already bought one even chose to return them.

"However..."

Ericsson's opponent is not just the Little Smart brand, but more importantly its parent company Dongling High-Tech!"

At the entrance of the Rongcheng Telecom business building, a large group of people were queuing, waiting to buy the Little Smart. The Little Smart base stations in Rongcheng have already covered several districts in the main urban area, and making calls is no problem.

Carlson felt that this wave not only failed to suppress the Little Smart, but instead made the Little Smart like a wild horse, showing signs of being completely unable to hold back. The Little Smart with a big price reduction, the joint statement of the four departments, he felt that the Little Smart would be sold out in the mainland next, I'm afraid!

"The Little Smart's current market share in the domestic mobile phone market has exceeded 76%. Among every ten users who buy mobile phones, more than seven users will choose the Little Smart!"

Fan Dezhi turned the topic and said to Carlson, "Although this time, it cannot suppress the development of the Little Smart in the mainland, the attitude of the Post and Telecommunications and related departments has already been shown!

The mainland pays attention to the way of the mean and does not hope that PHS technology will dominate alone, nor does it hope that PHS and CDMA technology will completely disappear in the mainland. For Ericsson, this is instead an opportunity. I believe it won't be long before Ericsson can receive orders for GSM system communication equipment and base stations from Post and Telecommunications Bureaus in various places!"

Just in Hanxi province alone, they want to spread PHS base stations to the county level. Think about how many people are in Hanxi, over 35.13 million, with over 8 million families. Even if calculated by family, Hanxi alone can give birth to a demand for over 5 or 6 million Little Smart mobile phones. This is just one province!

In newspapers, TV, and magazines, the craze of snapping up the Little Smart has begun to appear again, which is even more violent than at the beginning of the sale. After all, the price is 400 or 500 yuan cheaper now.

Hearing this, Carlson pondered for a while and shook his head slowly. Although old Europe and America boast about the market economy and free competition, when it comes to critical moments, when opponents appear who can threaten their local giant companies, they will do whatever it takes.

"Reporters confirmed from Dongling High-Tech that Dongling High-Tech will conditionally authorize other companies to produce Little Smart mobile phones with PHS technology!"

News spread one after another. After the crisis was lifted, the Little Smart sales volume, which had been suppressed for several days, ushered in a retaliatory growth, and the Little Smart's daily sales volume in the mainland hit a new historical high again.

And UT Starcom got the Little Smart patent authorization, which made the entire domestic electronics industry vibrate. Many electronic technology companies are eager to move, including some big factories!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 278 =====