Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 472 Energy and Communications
Li You's proposal was still accepted by Li Lianchang, because he understood that he had to do it whether Li You adopted it or not.

This kind of business behavior cannot be stopped, not to mention that it is beneficial to the country.

Future Motors will take advantage of the coming period to continue marketing its own small cars to people with lower economic levels.

There have been many videos circulating on the Internet for a long time, all of which are various security tests.

Although Daying Auto and Tianxia Auto started testing vehicle safety and released them after they realized what was happening, Future Auto was the first company to take the plunge and attracted the most attention.

Even at this time, the second generation of the future has completed its launch conference after being developed, and the first generation of the future mobile phone is discounted all year round.

However, there is no essential difference between the Future 2 and the Future 1. It is just an improvement based on the Future 2.

For example, with the latest 3G technology, the network and communication will be faster.

Future Electronics also released a chat software that can be installed on future mobile phones and can also be installed on computers.

The interface is not shabby, and in fact, it is quite interesting for this era.

In addition to the most basic friend function, there is also friend space and the function of sending pictures and files for free.

In this era when sending text messages is expensive, an instant messaging software that can send color pictures and messages for free as long as it is connected to the Internet, and even make video calls, has appeared on future mobile phones. It can even communicate with computer users across platforms.

In the eyes of the socially-savvy young people on the Korean Peninsula, this is an unprecedented good thing and a new toy.

You know, currently only Penguin has the most basic software of this kind on the market, but this software called 'Future Talk' is epoch-making.

The social networking product that was supposed to rule the Korean Peninsula took another seven years to come into being.

Li You can proudly say that programmers just lack ideas, not that they are unable to do it.

When he explained the requirements of this type of social software to the group of highly paid programmers at Future Electronics, they suddenly understood and started typing away.

After it was developed in January, it was tested again and again. Taking advantage of the Future 2nd generation launch conference, this software was launched online. Li You hopes to boost the sales of the Future 2nd generation mobile phone again through it.

The birth of this software is bound to impact the communications market on the Korean Peninsula.

Fortunately, there is no SK chaebol on the Korean Peninsula, and naturally there is no SK Communications, which controls the largest wireless operator on the Korean Peninsula.

SK Group's main businesses are energy, chemicals, and information and communications.

At present, the energy and chemical industry is firmly controlled by Tianxia Group, and Li You has quietly begun to poach employees.

For example, the Tianxia Group's refinery in Ulsan has an annual crude oil processing capacity of 42 million tons, making it the largest single refinery in the same industry in the world.

Since the oil crisis caused by the Fourth Middle East War, the Tianxia Group has begun to grow by leaps and bounds.

During the oil crisis, Tianxia Group maintained good relations with Saudi Arabia in order to ensure sufficient supply.

In the 1980s, in order to ensure a stable supply of goods, they developed oil fields abroad and had to pay large sums of money every year.

The cost is high, so the oil price in the Korean Peninsula is also high.

But now Li You is going to shake Tianxia Group's control over oil.

However, most of these mining areas and oil fields are located in the Middle East, and the situation in the Middle East has become like this.
The situation is imaginable.

Not to mention, Li You had specifically investigated the oil field information disclosed by Tianxia Group. The estimated total oil production of those oil fields that Tianxia Group had openly developed was only on par with that of Suriname.

Another main business of this non-existent SK chaebol, information communication, is in the hands of Sunyang.

It is now in the hands of Chen Rongji.

Last year, Suncity Telecom, owned by Chen Rongji, just launched the third-generation communication technology, namely 3G technology, which is now being used by Li You.

They even gave Chen Rongji a blow, because once this software came out, part of the money from the information benefits was eaten up by this free software. No one would be happy to lose a portion of the income for no reason.

"Chairman Li," Chen Rongji called with anger in his voice.

"You just bought Shunyang Automobile from me, and you're already targeting us Shunyang?"

"I gave a reasonable price," Li You smiled.

"Besides, this is not targeting anyone, but a great opportunity for cooperation."

Chen Rongji was stunned for a moment, then curled his lips. When he heard Li You talking about cooperation, he was a little unconvinced.

"What's a great opportunity for cooperation?"

Li You paused and spoke slowly, "The conflict between us now is exactly the conflict between instant messaging and traditional communications that we have researched."

"You should have noticed that with the rapid development of software technology and network technology, instant messaging will become an indispensable part of everyone's daily life in the future." Chen Rongji glanced at the future mobile phone on his desk and the corners of his mouth twitched.

Although he said it, Chen Rongji was still very honest and replaced the future generation, and he did it as soon as possible.

He and his secretary had just experienced this kind of efficient and fast communication, which was indeed better than traditional communication and had much greater development potential.
Otherwise, why did he call Li You? Of course, he wanted to discuss cooperation, because the disadvantage of instant messaging or Future Electronics is that they do not have their own communications company, and instant messaging needs to rely on the Internet to exist.

Li You also understood this, so he took the initiative to propose cooperation. Anyway, he held the shares of Shunyang Commodities, and sooner or later he would swallow up the fat piece of Shunyang.

“With our instant messaging software, we can communicate with others anytime and anywhere. We no longer need to make phone calls or talk face to face. With just one device and an Internet connection, we can stay in touch with friends and family, or colleagues on business trips at work.”

"And whether it's sending text, voice, pictures or videos, it can be done in an instant, which really saves a lot of time and energy."

"As for the current shortcomings," Li You smiled, "since you made this call, it seems that you have already guessed it."

"It's too expensive," Chen Rongji still had some sense, "The current data charges are too high."

"It is a widely acknowledged fact that mobile data charges on the Korean Peninsula are high and Internet speeds are slow. Many people have criticized this on forums, not to mention discussions among the public."

Li You raised his eyebrows, "You also read the forum?"

Chen Rongji coughed and avoided the topic. "Although the network speed has increased after upgrading from 2G to 3G, the charges are higher."

"But no one can refuse to break through geographical restrictions on the Internet. No matter where you are, as long as you have an Internet connection, you can communicate with people all over the world," Li You said calmly. "The software is free to use, but outdoor traffic is not."

"These two things clearly belong to the same industrial chain, and there are even many things that are related and complementary. We should work closely together. If we fight to the death independently, both sides will suffer losses."

"Shunyang can launch new data packages, and even highly bundle them with my communication software. For example, when using this software, the data can be excluded from the package, or launch a high-cost data-only phone card."

Listening to Li You's current suggestion, Chen Rongji sighed, "President Li is really..."

As far as Shunyang is concerned, the more partners it can have, the better. If it comes to a life-and-death struggle, it will most likely be itself that dies. It is just the situation that pushes it forward.

Even Li You, who was discussing cooperation with him, might be staring at him.

Li You said with a smile, "After all, we are quite close friends. Our cooperation will benefit both of us, right?"

Chen Rongji nodded and said, "I'll ask the communications department to study the plan."

"Okay," Li You said with a smile on his face, "Has our cooperation been initially achieved?"

Chen Rongji agreed in a dull voice.

By early April, a major turning point had occurred in Iraq.

The previous stalemate disappeared. Relying on air superiority and modern mechanized forces, the US-UK coalition forces launched a powerful offensive in several directions, successively capturing several important cities in southern Iraq, all of which were of great strategic significance, and formed a siege on the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

The war began to become one-sided, oil prices stopped rising and began to stabilize.

And within just ten days, the Shunyang car factories, which had previously operated at full capacity, produced hundreds of future cars.

After the oil price stabilized, many people wanted to buy cars because of public transportation incidents.

What they care about most is price and fuel consumption, followed by safety, and finally appearance and comfort.

At this time, this generation of future cars, nicknamed "Little Pineapple", began to become popular.

Low price, good safety and low fuel consumption.

As long as you are not a tall and strong man, ordinary car owners will still have a certain degree of comfort.

The "Little Pineapple" was sold out very quickly, so quickly that almost all the hundreds of cars produced were sold out before the oil price dropped.

It was four days later that oil prices fell.

On April 8, the US military advanced to the outskirts of Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, from the north and south, and captured the most important military airport southeast of Baghdad.

As tanks rolled into Baghdad and captured Saddam City.

Faced with the U.S. military's relentless advance, Saddam called on the army and the people to launch a mutually destructive attack on the U.S.-UK coalition forces, and then he and a few close confidants went into hiding for survival.

After seven days of cleanup, on April 15, the US military commander officially announced that the major military operations of the Iraq War had ended and that the coalition forces had taken control of all of Iraq.

International oil prices have dropped slightly, but have remained stable.

This means that Tianxia Group's purchase price there will also start to increase. When costs rise, it will bring about a chain reaction, causing the price of refined oil on the Korean Peninsula to rise.

Li You achieved his goal.

(End of this chapter)