Link intends to leave the Upper [3] Sea tomorrow morning. But after coaxing the child to sleep at night, Jessica couldn't help but talk to Link about the sales of citrus phones mentioned by the tour guide today.

She sat at the dresser in her room, combing her hair and saying to Link, who was reading a magazine on the bed, "China's mobile phone market should be the largest in the world right now!"

Link put down the magazine, nodded and said, "Although the population is no longer the largest in the world, China almost has a mobile phone per person." China is not only the world's largest mobile phone market, but also the world's largest producer of mobile phones. ”

At present, after ten years of hard work, India finally has one thing that is the first in the world. It is now the most populous country in the world. However, at least 40 per cent of the country's population is poor by United Nations standards (only about 10 per cent by national standards). And in a country where there is no way to even make electricity universal, how is it possible that everyone has a mobile phone?

The key to this is that China is the world's largest producer of mobile phones.

Jessica twisted her head and combed her hair as she said to him, "Listen to what Sue just said." The Su in her mouth is the tour guide who takes them to the [3] sea. "Mobile phone users in China are very concerned about information leakage. ”

"No one wants their secrets to be known. "Although China's legislation on personal privacy has been lagging behind, the concept of people has been raised. Who wants to be known about their flirtation with a mistress, not to mention that some trade secrets and personal financial information may be leaked on the phone. "Actually, I'm thinking about it too. ”

Link knew why Jessica had suddenly brought up the issue.

There are at least a billion mobile phones in China. More than 400 million of these phones are replaced every year. That's a huge market. And Chinese domestic brands account for the vast majority of this market.

But now citrus mobile phones are quickly seizing the market because of their anti-leakage features.

In particular, citrus mobile phones cover the mid-to-high-end market. And China now has a middle-class population of at least 600 million, and these people are definitely more privacy-conscious. These people can fully afford the price of three or four thousand yuan. As long as the production capacity of citrus mobile phones is large enough, it can occupy half of the market in China. And it's the half of the market with the highest profit percentage.

He doesn't think Chinese handphone makers will give up. If the other party's endurance reaches the limit, China may force citrus mobile phones to raise prices through taxation, or even directly find an excuse to ban the import of citrus mobile phones.

The most pessimistic possibility is that Citrus phones are completely excluded from the Chinese market. By that time, Citrus phones will lose one of the world's largest markets.

Link thought of that possibility, and was thinking about how to prevent this from happening.

Citrus phones have nothing to do with Jessica, but it's a quick lucrative business for Link. Now that Citrus Mobile may be shut out of the Chinese market for some reason, she can't help but worry about her husband: "So what can you do?"

"I'm thinking about outsourcing the Strus system to a limited extent. But that's about Carrick. He pondered for a moment and continued. "We need to keep the Strus mobile phone system in the absolute lead, and at the same time allow other mobile phone manufacturers to try the Strus system. That might require some adjustments. Carrick is the one who knows the Strus system best, and only he can know if it's feasible. ”

"You're going to sell patents?"

"Although the income from the sale of patents is much less than the direct sale of mobile phones. But only if our mobile phones can be sold. ”

Link thought clearly. If Citrus phones can be sold, of course they can make more money. For example, if he doesn't license someone else to try the Strus system, he might be able to sell 100 million Citrus phones a year in China, but he might only sell 10 million if he licenses. But the problem is that without authorization, he may not be able to sell a single one in China.

After a pause, he continued, "I was thinking of waiting until the Citrus mobile phone brand was fully established before considering licensing. Now it seems that by that time it could be even more troublesome. ”

No country has a policy that changes in a short period of time. So he can't wait for China's competitors to do it before he thinks about those things. That could be a bigger loss.

Jessica walked over from the dresser and got into bed, saying, "I think it's time to talk to each other." I remember you saying that the key electronics of the Citrus mobile phone were designed by Carrick. Now the manufacturers who can produce those electronic components are supplying Strus. Others, even if they get the Strus system, will have to wait for those manufacturers to increase their production capacity before they can produce mobile phones that can use the Strus system. You still have plenty of time to secure the Strus market. ”

Jessica's words woke up Link. He put his arms around his wife and kissed him for a while, saying, "You're right. I was biased. Since citrus mobile phones are so popular in China, I can expand my production capacity and capture the market in a short period of time. You sleep first. I'll give Martha a call to them. ”

Jessica put her arms around his neck and said, "Give you half an hour." After saying that, he gave him a deep kiss and threw him a "don't you want it?" look.

It was still noon in the United States.

Carrick receives a call from Link, who asks if he can get a simplified but relatively full-featured version of the Strus system.

He thought for a moment and said, "If you want to be fully functional, you have to distinguish it." I can make the system less intelligent. It can be done by reducing a few cycle procedures. To achieve the intelligence of the original, the system is very slow to react without this loop and requires more memory. ”

"How long will it take you to get it out?" Mr. Link said over the phone what he had heard in China. "It's not necessarily accurate, but we can't afford to be on guard. I'll get in touch with Martha and ask her to send someone to China to do market research. If the situation is really serious, we can only think about licensing the system to other manufacturers in advance. ”

Carrick thought about it for a moment and said, "I need about a month to debug. He also agreed with Link that the Strus system could be licensed in advance. But it can only be a weakened version.

"Good. I'm going to talk to Martha on the phone. ”

When Carrick hung up, his mind spun as fast as a spinning top that had just been put on the ground. He said it very lightly on the phone, the intelligence of the Strus system, the most important thing is indeed the additional loop applet. But those programs were compiled using a special idea. Those applets are cross-related to each other and are connected in parallel with more than half of the programs in the Strus system.

It can be said that most of the coding of those small programs is also the coding of other programs. If some codes are removed, the stability of the entire system will be affected. It wasn't easy for him to debug a stable, weakened version of the program.

He pondered in his office, not even hearing a knock on the office door. However, the people outside the door also seemed to know that he would often be unresponsive, and after knocking on the door three times, he pushed it open.

When Martha opened the door, she saw him sitting motionless in his seat. If it weren't for the slight movement of his eyes, others might have thought he was just a delicately made wax man.

Martha walked over to the desk and sat down: "Carrick!"

"You're here!" Carrick woke up. "Link told you?"

"Yes. If it is really as he said, the Chinese market is indeed very risky. We have to prepare as early as possible. He asked me to discuss with you what to do. ”

The Chinese market is not the same as the European market. At present, China's mobile phones already account for a large share of the world. Europe can accept Strus because it is mainly competing with Chinese manufacturers. In China, however, it is different.

Carrick was serious, still serious.

He nodded and said, "There is a real good chance that the situation that Link is worried about will arise. And even if we license the operating system, we still have enough time to have exclusive access to the market. ”

"I just wanted to talk to you about it. Martha said with a frown. "How long do you think it will take to double the production capacity of those electronic components that you design?"

Carrick thought for a moment and said, "I'm not sure about that. But those manufacturers already have experience, and I think they will be able to buy and start a new production line in three months. ”

Martha thought for a moment and said, "I have an idea. ”

"You say. ”

"We can now be ready to start negotiations with Chinese mobile phone manufacturers. At the same time, we immediately increased the number of electronic components purchased, so that the manufacturers we cooperate with can start to order production lines immediately. Negotiations with the Chinese side should be delayed as long as possible. ”

Carrick understood what she was thinking when he heard her.

He nodded and said, "It's a good plan. I have no opinion. ”

Negotiations are used to temporarily drag down China's mobile phone manufacturers so that they will not immediately take action against Strus. And the increase in production capacity on their side will also make it impossible for existing parts manufacturers to supply Chinese manufacturers for a period of time. It can even make the production line manufacturer temporarily unable to provide production lines to other parts manufacturers. That way Strus would get more buffer time and capture a larger market share.

Martha added, "What do you think is the right price for Strus?"

Carrick thought for a moment and said, "Fifteen dollars each." ”

"Okay, I'll give them a quote of twenty dollars. Hold the bottom line of $15 as much as possible. ”

China is the world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones. It accounts for about 50% of the world's share. If the Strus system were to dominate the global mobile phone market through Chinese manufacturers, the Strus system would receive $10 billion or two in royalties a year.

Carrick added: "Don't forget, there's also the royalties for those parts. I don't know much about that. You can do it yourself. ”

"I'll think about it. Martha nodded. "But I want to know when you're going to come up with an intelligent system that you can license. ”

"I'll debug it as soon as possible. It will take about a month. ”