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Chapter 1263 Times Change

From the moment he got off the plane to the moment he sat in the car, Nakamura Takeo felt that the weather was exceptionally cold, but what was colder than his body was his heart!
Originally, Nakamura Takeo was prepared to confront Shenzhou Global Pass after its launch, but in the end, he decided to wait and see and handle the matter quietly.

After all, if Shenzhou Global Pass sales were to falter, it would become a laughing stock, and there would be no need for Nakamura Takeo to intervene further, as it would have no impact on Japan Telephone and Telegraph.

At the behest of Takeo Nakamura, the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Company, the largest company in Nippon Telegraph and Telephone by market capitalization, suppressed Nippon Telegraph and Telephone's media coverage of news related to Shenzhou Global Communication.

This resulted in the frenzy created by Shenzhou Global Link having absolutely no impact in Japan, as if Shenzhou Global Link did not exist in Japan.

However, this peaceful and idyllic life did not last long. After all, you can deceive yourself, but you can't expect to deceive others as well!

Takeo Nakamura can pretend that Shenzhou Global Pass was never issued, but the stock price of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, and the stock price of Nippon NTT Mobile, which was spun off, cannot lie!
As sales of Shenzhou Global Telecom began to surge, the share price of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, began to decline steadily.

It may not seem like the daily drop is much, but considering Japan's market capitalization of hundreds of billions of dollars, a 1% drop in stock price is still a billion dollars!
Nakamura Takeo could play dead, but the board of directors and shareholders of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone could not, because what they would lose was the hard-earned money in their pockets.

After all, a serious problem now lies before Japan Telephone and Telegraph Company: the 2G era has arrived, and mobile internet access is one of the biggest selling points of the 2G era!

PHS technology does not support Internet access. Does that mean that PHS, a technology that seems to be cheap but has poor signal quality and cannot access the Internet, will be phased out?
This is what makes Nakamura Takeo, and the entire Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Company, most uneasy. The entire cabinet and the Ministry of Communications of Japan have bet on PHS.

If PHS technology becomes obsolete, the cost is something Nakamura Takeo can hardly imagine. The entire Japanese telecommunications industry would lose its voice, and just thinking about that cost makes his scalp tingle.

When that day actually came, even Nakamura Takeo wondered if he would become a sinner in the history of Japanese communications.
The telecommunications industry is an enormous industrial chain, including upstream telecommunications equipment manufacturers, midstream mobile phone and computer manufacturers, downstream telecommunications operators, and also extending to the internet industry, etc. The entire industrial chain together constitutes a massive market worth trillions of dollars.

The reason why the Japanese cabinet supports Takeo Nakamura is that it hopes PHS technology will become one of the world's mainstream communication technologies, so that everyone in Japan can make a fortune!
But now, PHS technology can't compete with GSM, and may even be phased out. Meanwhile, Japan Telephone and Telegraph Company and Japan Telephone have already poured countless funds and resources into it; there's no turning back...

Even if PHS can quickly develop the internet access function, it will probably be too late, because once it is developed, it needs to be promoted. It often takes several years for a technology to go from being born in the laboratory to being promoted.

Moreover, with the large-scale promotion of GSM base stations, call costs are rapidly decreasing.

Imagine this: when PHS (Personal Handyphone System) faces Shenzhou Global Pass, it loses its advantage in call rates, has poor signal, and, when using GSM mobile network while walking or riding in a car, the mobile internet connection doesn't drop. All of these factors are enough to make PHS completely outclass Shenzhou Global Pass.

This is similar to how mainland China, America, and old Europe are all developing electric vehicles, while Japan, led by Toyota, is betting on hydrogen fuel cell vehicles!

Toyota thinks the same way Nihon Telephone and Telegraph Company does now: once the automotive industry enters the hydrogen energy era, Toyota will have a lot of hydrogen fuel cell vehicle technology, as well as hydrogen production and storage technology. Other companies that want to enter this industry will just be working for Toyota.
The Japanese cabinet naturally gave its full support to the decisions of a giant company like Toyota, and then went down that path without looking back.

In the past, Toyota's decades-long promotion of the safety of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles was brilliantly showcased by ingenious modders in conflict zones. They modified the gas tanks on the cars and used them directly as TNT, with even greater power and a lower price.

In just one wave, Toyota shattered its carefully cultivated image of safety for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, leaving it with no chance of recovery.

Sitting in the car, Nakamura Takeo looked at the streets of Pingyang, a city that was almost completely different from the one he remembered from his previous visit.

The rapid pace of urban development in Pingyang surprised Nakamura Takeo, leaving him with mixed feelings. Just like Dongling High-Tech, every time Nakamura Takeo saw Pingyang again, he was amazed.

Nakamura Takeo actually knew that this trip to interrogate him would probably yield nothing of value.

Li Dashanren and Dongling High-Tech have not violated the agreement and have completely withdrawn from the PHS mobile phone market. So Nakamura Takeo's visit this time is actually just to vent his anger. In addition, the most important thing is to see if there is any glimmer of hope!
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Li Dashanren didn't care about Nakamura Takeo's arrival, or rather, Nakamura Takeo's accusations didn't have much impact on Dongling High-Tech.

The Japanese benzene market is too closed. In my past life, there were so-called critics who pointed fingers and accused the domestic market of being conservative, not opening up the market, and not allowing foreign brands to enter freely.

But look at the Japanese market, and how do old Europe and America treat domestic brands? Either they don't open up the market at all, leaving all the profits to their own people, or they frequently increase tariffs by half or even several times.

Whether Shenzhou Global Pass can enter the Japanese market and how many units it can sell is basically up to fate.

With the year-end approaching and the launch of Shenzhou Global Pass, Li Dongling and Dongling Hi-Tech have a lot to do. Next month, Dongling Hi-Tech will begin its holiday.

However, departments such as production and sales need to work overtime. Currently, the sales volume of Shenzhou Global Pass is soaring, so production capacity is naturally somewhat tight.

Even though it was the end of the year and snow was still falling in Pingyang, when Li Dongling distributed a production bonus, allowance, and subsidy to the production department staff, he still saw vehicles coming to pick up goods, stretching for almost several kilometers. Dongling High-Tech's three major production bases in China have all added Shenzhou mobile phone production lines, with the Pingyang production base mainly supplying the domestic and Southeast Asian markets.

The Shenzhou Global System manufactured at the Guangzhou production base supplies the United States, while the Shanghai Pudong production base supplies Europe and other regions.

This is actually a common practice, with the three major production bases competing with each other in areas such as production capacity and quality, which also affects bonus distribution.

While it's true that Shenzhou Global Pass shipments have surged, it's also time to ship products like Shenzhou computers, electronic dictionaries, repeaters, digital cordless phones, and Silver Sable mice.

Christmas and Chinese New Year are both times when consumer spending is at its peak, so naturally production lines are running at full capacity to ship as much as possible.

These cargo-carrying vehicles are mainly from Dongfang Express, but there are also other freight companies. Now a new batch of freight companies have emerged in Pingyang, mainly taking on freight orders from Dongling High-Tech.

After Shenzhou Global Telecom was launched, its shipments surged. Oriental Express's vehicles and personnel were insufficient, so other freight companies were needed, which led to the booming development of the freight market.

In the past, Pingyang was known as the "Hometown of Express Delivery." I wonder if, given the current freight market in Pingyang, several freight giants will emerge in the future, giving it the title of "Hometown of Freight Delivery."

"Thanks for your hard work!"

Inside the headquarters office building of Dongling High-Tech, Li Dongling met Zhu Zhaojiang, who had also returned from overseas in the snow, and said something to him.

Li Dongling noticed that Zhu Zhaojiang had lost a lot of weight, but he was in very good spirits.

"We have already reached contract phone agreements with 14 overseas telecommunications operators and signed agency sales agreements with 57 mobile phone distributors."

Shenzhou Global Pass has entered the mainstream GSM market, with an estimated 1.74 million GSM users having access to it!

Zhu Zhaojiang took out a series of agreements, which basically covered most of the major countries with GSM base station coverage, and Shenzhou Global Pass had squeezed in.

"The fact that things went so smoothly this time is inseparable from the brothers who went with me."

In addition, Zhou Hualiang, president of Dongke North America, Lu Chao, president of Dongke Europe, and Lin Xianhui, manager of Gangcheng Company, were also very supportive of me!

Instead of taking credit for himself, Zhu Zhaojiang first asked his subordinates for credit, and then mentioned the contributions of the heads of the three overseas headquarters of Dongling High-Tech.

Although Li Dongling gave Zhu Zhaojiang the power of life and death to act first and report later on this voyage, allowing him to directly kill overseas executives who did not obey orders.

However, Zhu Zhaojiang acted quite prudently on this trip overseas, and he did deal with several senior executives, but it was mainly to make an example of them.

Moreover, upon his return, he immediately praised the achievements of the three overseas headquarters, clearly an attempt to ease tensions with the overseas executives. He would still need to deal with the three overseas headquarters in the future, so he couldn't afford to push things too far.

Li Dongling looked at Zhu Zhaojiang, then glanced at Zhang Ao, who had a smug look on his face. Clearly, Zhang Ao was quite satisfied with the performance of his general.

Zhu Zhaojiang is now clearly more mature and no longer acts rashly; he is also more adept at handling matters.

"This time, Shenzhou Global Communication was able to open up overseas markets, which is inseparable from your contribution, Zhao Jiang. I promised you, Zhao Jiang, and of course I will keep my word!" Li Dongling said to Zhao Jiang with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhaojiang tried his best to remain calm on the surface, but his heart was in turmoil.

After Dongling High-Tech's management system was perfected, it became very rare to find a department manager position at headquarters. This position was on par with powerful figures such as Ren Yuefeng, Hu Zixian, Zhang Ao, Gao Peng, and Chen Tao.

It can be said that the position of department manager at Dongling High-Tech headquarters, although not officially a partner, offers the benefits of one.

This position guarantees huge annual bonuses, dividends, and stock options from listed companies. Once you take the job, you're guaranteed financial freedom!
"Dongling Hi-Tech will spin off its mobile phone business as a separate entity, and you will be its first general manager!"

(End of this chapter)