Top of the Great Era

Chapter 1720 It's Not Science, It's Metaphysics

The next day, Zhou Buqi personally went out to cook porridge, fried eggs, and mixed a plate of cold dishes. He prepared breakfast to invite Sun Guanran and Ning Lu.

Sun Guanran gave him a white look, "Are you guilty?"

Zhou Buqi was puzzled, "Why am I guilty?"

Sun Guanran snorted softly and said, "You know it yourself. I'll notify... Aunt Xue and Baoshan in a while, so that they can all see your true face."

"Sue the ghost!"

"Afraid?"

"What am I afraid of?" Zhou Buqi dragged the two of them over to have breakfast. As for the two maids, let's go on vacation and let them continue to rest, "I'm good at sitting upright, and I'm never afraid."

Sun Wanran curled her lips and said, "Don't think that a breakfast can lull people away."

"Seriously!"

Zhou Buqi is serious.

Ning Lu smiled and said nothing, holding a spoon, sipping millet porridge.

Sun Wanran raised her white chin and questioned: "Okay, then tell me, what happened last night, how can it be serious?"

Zhou Buqi laughed and said, "You still taught me back then!"

"I teach you?"

Sun Wanran was at a loss.

"When we first met..." Zhou Buqi rolled his eyes, "Forgot?"

Sun Guanran blushed slightly, and snorted coquettishly, "Of course I can't forget it, I'm afraid that some people have been in contact with too many girls, so they would have forgotten it long ago."

Zhou Buqi said: "How could I forget? That was in 08, when the subprime mortgage crisis was at its most critical stage. Barclays Bank intends to enter the market to save the market, and the short-sellers were wailing. Later you taught me, what is it?" If I can change my luck, I agreed. Unexpectedly, my luck was really changed the next day!"

Sun Guanran's pretty face was as red as blood, and her eyes were like water, much softer.

He still remembers it!
It doesn't seem too bad.

Ning Lu tilted her head, curious, "What? What can transfer luck?"

"Don't say it!" Sun Guanran was very embarrassed. Seeing that Zhou Buqi was going to announce the answer, she quickly stretched out her small white hand to cover his mouth, and threatened fiercely, "Don't say it!"

Zhou Buqi laughed, "If you don't say it, don't say it."

Ning Lu became even more curious, "What the hell is it?"

Sun Wanran was embarrassed and didn't want to make it public, "I won't tell you."

Zhou Buqi coughed, and said in a low voice: "There are two white handkerchiefs in the bedroom, next to their respective pillows, you go back to the room later, let them both sign their names, and remember the time and place. Don't confuse them." gone."

Sun Guanran glared at him fiercely.

Ning Lu was not as courageous as her, and gave a soft "hmm".

She didn't eat much for breakfast, only drank half a bowl of porridge and ate a fried egg, and then went back to her room to pack up her handkerchief.I have a good impression of these two cat-eared maids who gave first blood, and they are very clean.

After a while, I received a call.

From Masayoshi Son's secretary.

After receiving it, Ning Lu ran out of the bedroom quickly with a look of excitement, and saw the big boss who was still eating breakfast, "Good news, good news!"

"what happened?"

Zhou didn't hold his head up.

Ning Lu said: "There is news from Sun Zhengyi, saying that he is willing to accept your TT strategy plan, and he can also let go of the exclusive agency."

"Really?"

Zhou Buqi raised his eyebrows and looked back at him.

Ning Lu nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, "Really, his secretary called, saying it was 9 o'clock this morning, and invited you to go to the Softbank headquarters to discuss in detail!"

Zhou Buqi was stunned and stared at Sun Guanran for a long time.

Sun Guanran looked at him in astonishment, "It's really a change of luck?"

Zhou Buqi nodded, "It seems so."

Sun Guanran said, "So miraculous?"

Zhou Buqi said: "The experience passed down from our ancestors is not science but metaphysics."

Sun Guanran blinked blankly, "It's incredible."

Zhou Buqi smiled and asked, "Then you still sue?"

"Since it's effective, I won't file a complaint." Sun Wanran pursed her lips happily, and rolled her eyes at him, "Next time if I find out that you are purely luxurious and lustful, you won't be able to get away with it so easily."

"Understand!"

……

There are two main requirements for Softbank operators: first, to cancel the exclusive sales right of the iPhone; second, to promote the "TT strategy".

Zhou Buqi went to Softbank headquarters and was invited to Sun Zhengyi's office.

Sun Zhengyi said: "I have thought about it, and I can agree to half of it."

"Half? Which one?"

"It's not a fixed one."

"Ok?"

Sun Zhengyi said: "Softbank will not cancel the exclusive agency of iPhone, but it can open the qualification to sell iPhone to another operator KDDI."

Zhou Buqi shook his head, a little amused, "This pattern is low."

Sun Zhengyi said: "Even if I agree, the board of directors and management will not agree. Softbank has been squeezed out by NTT in various ways in the past few years as an operator. Before the contract expires, it is impossible for us to allow NTT to get the agent iPhone. qualifications."

"Really not?"

Zhou Buqi still didn't give up.

NTT is the largest operator in Japan, with a market share of more than 50%, and is not qualified to sell iPhones. The relationship between Astar and Softbank makes them not pay much attention to Aster mobile phones, so they introduced Samsung and LG. Korean brand.

If NTT can't be dealt with, Samsung can still maintain a relatively strong vitality in the Japanese market.

Masayoshi Son said: "This is the only way. It is impossible for Softbank to cooperate with NTT. Fire and water are incompatible."

"It is a pity."

"It doesn't matter, even without NTT, with Softbank and KDDI, you can still have nearly 50% of the market share. As long as the 'TT strategy' is implemented, your mobile phone can still have the most market opportunities."

"most?"

Zhou Buqi raised his eyebrows.

Sun Zhengyi smiled, "I have some materials here, can you take a look?"

Zhou Buqi waved his hand, "Just say it."

Sun Zhengyi said: "In terms of the market share of mobile phone sales, Softbank and KDDI combined are not as good as NTT. This is a fact. However, this is for all mobile phones. i-mode is a wireless network system developed by NTT. It is a feature phone Diversity of soul."

Zhou Buqi responded immediately, "You mean that although NTT has a large market share, NTT mainly sells functional phones?"

Sun Zhengyi smiled and said: "Yes, most of them are feature phones. In the first half of this year, the sales volume of mobile phones in Japan was about 1800 million units, and the sales volume of smartphones exceeded 450 million units, with a market share of 25%. Of the 25% market share , Softbank has 13.7%, KDDI has 7.2%, and NTT has only about 5%.”

Zhou Buqi said: "In other words, in the smartphone sales market, NTT's share is only 20%."

"That's right!"

"Ah."

Zhou Buqi nodded.

Such a data has strong timeliness. NTT has the largest number of users and the most stable signal. The reason why the market share is not enough... The main reason is that it is difficult to turn around on a big ship.

The size of NTT is too large. It is not as easy as Softbank to transform from the sales of functional phones to smart phones, and the speed is relatively slow.Just like China Unicom, not China Mobile, introduced the iPhone.But as long as enough time is given, NTT can also become the number one in the smartphone market when it completes its transformation.

But that's okay, that's enough!
For Asda, the long-term competition relies on its own hard power and its relationship with Google.Right now, do the short-term things well first, and just resist Samsung's offensive in the short term.

Softbank and KDDI together have 80% of the sales share in the smartphone market. As long as the two companies implement the "TT strategy", it is enough for Samsung to become a marginal brand in the Japanese market.

However, Sun Zhengyi can only agree to half of the "TT strategy".

Sun Zhengyi said: "I have communicated with the legal affairs. Operators cannot join hands with mobile phone manufacturers to launch industry policies with serious xenophobia. This is a trust monopoly. TT strategy can be implemented, but it cannot be implemented rigidly."

"How to say?"

"Softbank will also cooperate with many other smartphone brands, but they are not in the ranks of Top2, and will not enjoy the treatment of key recommendation and priority recommendation. The TT strategy cannot exclude other mobile phone brands with sincerity in cooperation, but it can only focus on Recommend iPhone and Aster."

"Alright."

Zhou Buqi accepted this statement, there are legal restrictions, which is force majeure.Priority recommendation and key recommendation are good enough.

Seeing that he agreed to such a decision, Sun Zhengyi heaved a long sigh of relief, "This year's opening is a bit late, let's start next year."

"Next year? No way!" Zhou Buqi was unhappy when he heard that, and the day lily would be cold when he waited until next year. "It's not too late, we have to act as soon as possible!"

Sun Zhengyi frowned slightly, "iPhone 4 has been on the market for almost 3 months, and Aster3 is also officially launched. Now we will introduce a new sales policy, isn't it..."

"Will KDDI refuse?" Zhou Buqi disapproved, "Softbank got the exclusive right to sell the iPhone and the first batch of Aster sales rights. KDDI has long been jealous."

Sun Zhengyi was silent.

Implementing these two new strategies now will have a considerable impact on SoftBank’s carrier business.

Zhou Buqi said earnestly: "You have such a bad reputation in the Japanese business circle, to a large extent, the means of doing business are too fierce. Harmony makes money. Especially in the operator market, the competition is so fierce. In the past, Softbank was To resist the joint suppression of NTT and KDDI, if the policy is relaxed, it will be Softbank and KDDI joining forces to fight against NTT. Although the income will be less, it can make the business more comfortable.”

These words really hit the nail on the head.

This is the main reason why Sun Zhengyi and his staff agreed to these two policies.Softbank has to properly restrain its edge, and cannot pursue the strategy of single-handedly fighting the pack as it did in the past. This is too risky and stressful.

Opening up the sales rights of the iPhone to KDDI is an opportunity for reconciliation.

Softbank has the foundation to join hands with KDDI to fight against NTT.

NTT is the leader in the industry, with such a high market share, theoretically, it should be the second and third sons to join forces to fight against the leader.In the past, Sun Zhengyi offended the boss and the second with his overly thorny approach. Even if he survived, the future will be dangerous!
What will happen when the exclusive agency rights of the iPhone are gone?
NTT and KDDI joined forces to run, and it was over.

Why did Vodafone sell its carrier business to Softbank?The big reason is that Vodafone is a foreign brand, and the local operators have joined forces to make it public.

If Softbank loses the advantage of exclusive sales and cannot ease the intensified conflict, it will be in big trouble after the contract expires.

It's better to transfer some power to KDDI as soon as possible, turn hostility into jade, and avoid future disasters.

Zhou Buqi pointed out the current dilemma faced by Softbank's operator business.

(End of this chapter)