13: Chapter 13 That year, we stood like ants!

Xizi Lake Hotel.

Early in the morning, the entrance was already crowded with many figures. Looking at the crowd getting out of cars, bosses worth at least tens of millions could only wait outside at this moment.

Even so, they did not leave and continued to wait outside the hotel. After all, this conference was of an extremely high caliber; even the scraps leaking through the fingers of major Sharps were considered big orders for them.

When it comes to making money, there is no shame in doing whatever it takes.

"Let's go!" Lei Jun paused for a moment. He knew all too well how difficult it was to get an invitation to this conference.

He had exhausted all his connections and leveraged the lingering prestige of Xinshan to barely secure one.

Although he had humbled himself to the limit, it was all worth it for the rise of Fanmi.

"We need to speed up," Li Guoqiang said in a very serious tone.

"Indeed, otherwise I don't know how much longer the supply chain side will be delayed..." Lei Jun nodded in agreement. For them, time was money.

Now that Fanmi's mobile phone project was progressing very quickly, this naturally put him under a lot of pressure.

"Later, I'll go make contact with Samsung first. If that doesn't work, I at least need to connect with Sharp..." Lei Jun's tone was somewhat helpless. Their mobile phone-related technology was advancing very quickly, somewhat exceeding his expectations, which resulted in many hardware components not yet being negotiated.

Mobile phone screens and motherboards had always been problems that gave him headaches.

According to Fanmi's standards for accessories, only two major Sharps were selected for mobile phone screens: Samsung and Sharp.

The situation with Samsung was not optimistic after previous contact, so Sharp had to be finalized as soon as possible...

Zhou Fan was preparing for the college entrance exam, and for them, today's conference was a 'college entrance exam'...

If Fanmi wanted to break out of the siege, they had to secure excellent supply chain pricing as soon as possible to execute their strategy.

In this era of rapid smartphone development, time is the market, and time is money!

"We must succeed!"

Zhou Guangming nodded affirmatively; he knew all too well how fast the technical progress was.

"With such a high-caliber conference, your former employer, Motorola, will probably send people too, right?" Li Guoqiang, who was on the side, suddenly spoke up, implying something.

"Hmm, if nothing goes wrong..." Zhou Guangming nodded slightly, his brows knitting together unconsciously.

Although Motorola's mobile phones were declining day by day, a starving camel is still bigger than a horse, and its overall mobile phone market share could still rank in the top five.

He understood what Li Guoqiang meant... Having stayed at Motorola for so long, there would be more or less some old rivals. Given their personalities, if they ran into him, they probably wouldn't miss the chance to kick him while he was down.

"Let's split up..." Lei Jun presented his invitation and stepped into the venue.

He was very anxious inside, but actually had no confidence. Samsung's attitude was very cold and had a strong sense of arrogance; in simpler terms, the store was big enough to bully customers, and they didn't worry about finding buyers.

Lei Jun had a bit of pride himself, so he was thinking about seeing if he could start with Sharp.

However, he didn't have much confidence in this either; both of these companies were top-tier major Sharps and industry leaders.

"Alright!" Zhou Guangming nodded, thought for a moment, and said: "When we just came in, I think I saw President Ming from Qidi. We had collaborated when I was at Motorola, so I'll go try the motherboard side..."

"Will it work?"

"At worst, I'll just swallow my pride..."

"I'll go with him!" Li Guoqiang immediately added. His resources in this area were actually relatively weak, and he didn't have a better target for the time being.

"Good!"

Lei Jun scanned the venue. The venue itself was huge, but there were only about a hundred seats. A giant screen was playing the history of the rise of the internet and smartphones over the past few years.

Many Sharps and numerous mobile phone manufacturers had already arrived, along with some local internet enterprises. They were chatting in small groups, and many were influential figures in the internet world, like Jack Ma, who was surrounded by a crowd.

However, his goal today was not the other party, so he did not go up to greet him.

Instead, his gaze turned to the other side: Samsung Group's Vice President for the Greater China region, Piao Qianshu... Chatting with him was Apple's General Manager for the Greater China region, Lu Qun; both were influential figures in the smartphone circle in the last two years.

The sound of many people talking loudly reached his ears. Lei Jun looked at the quiet surroundings, but didn't feel much of a psychological gap. Fanmi had just started, and even if it rose to prominence, he wasn't the type of person who liked to be surrounded by people.

"In the internet era, the most important thing is deep cultivation and innovation. For capable people, now is the best era..."

"Well said, President Ma. Listening to your words is better than reading books for ten years!"

"I heard that President Ma has started laying out plans for cloud computing. That is a field that people like us cannot enter. I look forward to President Ma creating another miracle..."

"..."

As the meeting approached, more and more people entered the venue, and many were interacting.

This also made QuickSnap Net's Vice President Song Yunfan and President Lin Yu feel a bit emotional. This was the circle of the big shots; they had only managed to stand here by taking advantage of their local presence.

Song Yunfan looked around, wanting to see if there was a chance to meet some potential partners; otherwise, why would they have gone to such lengths to appear here?

But as he turned his head, he inadvertently saw a figure from behind, and a trace of surprise immediately appeared on his face.

"President Lin, is that Lei Jun?" Song Yunfan asked with some surprise.

"To be able to get an entry ticket with a newly founded company, he really has some ability! No wonder he wouldn't come to our company." Lin Yu followed Song Yunfan's gaze, shook his head slightly, and spoke with a hint of coldness.

Seeing Lei Jun here, he was actually a bit surprised because this was the largest and highest-caliber summit for the internet technology industry and Sharps in the last two years, gathering numerous software and hardware companies.

For Lei Jun to be able to come here, he had clearly utilized significant connections.

"I heard Lei Jun wants to make smartphones. It looks like he wants to seek cooperation with Samsung?" Song Yunfan laughed. He had reason to laugh; after all, for a startup company, calculating by time, it had probably only been established for about a month.

He naturally didn't think it would go well if he wanted to cooperate with Samsung.

"It's not that easy. He wouldn't stay in the internet industry and insisted on doing mobile phones..." Lin Yu looked at Lei Jun in the distance, nodding and bowing, greeting people with a smile, and couldn't help but shake his head.

As the saying goes, it's better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix. If he had joined their QuickSnap Net, at least his life wouldn't be too bad right now. At the very least, he wouldn't be running around like this, and it wasn't even certain he would get a good result...

Entrepreneurs who have exhausted their fortunes only to end up with nothing are a dime a dozen.

Let alone mobile phones, an industry where giants are clustered... it's a capital game.

To put it bluntly, throwing a few hundred million in might not even make a splash, so what right does Lei Jun have to play...

"People have to hit a wall to know!" Song Yunfan couldn't help but shake his head. Even though they were far apart, he could clearly see Lei Jun's complexion become noticeably uglier, standing there like an ant.