"Damn kid, you're causing me trouble again. Do you think cell phones are easy to make? Your Uncle Qiu's brother lost over a hundred million Hong Kong dollars dealing with pagers, let alone making cell phones. Are you only happy when you've made some money just to lose it all?"

Old Man Su sat in the car.

After taking a call, he started complaining.

The call was from Qian Wanhao, who said he had hastily called a short meeting and was already trying to set up a cell phone R&D team.

It had only been a little over an hour since Su Yehao mentioned developing and manufacturing cell phones. This efficiency was astonishingly fast, to the point that Old Man Su was quite helpless, unable to make up his mind for a while.

After all, he was optimistic about the home appliance industry and had no interest in cell phones costing three to four thousand yuan.

That price was equivalent to half a year's salary for many mainlanders, and the call charges weren't cheap either. No matter how he looked at it, it didn't seem like there was much of a market, and the investment and return were likely disproportionate.

So in Old Man Su's eyes, it was simply a rash decision, not as practical as the mahjong machines that were selling well around them.

But he couldn't just dismiss what his son had said.

So when he spoke with General Manager Qian Wanhao on the phone, Old Man Su only said that he would study it further, and that the focus should continue to be on the home appliance business first.

They stayed in Fochuan for two days.

The father and son had already left Fochuan and were continuing by car to Guangzhou, preparing to take a look at the cultural tourism city located in the suburbs.

Including the cost of acquiring the land, two billion RMB had been invested, right on the edge of Fochuan. They might as well take a detour to admire it, although they knew it was still just a large expanse of wasteland.

Su Yehao sat lazily.

He was already used to his old man contradicting him, only to end up saying "It smells so good!" in the end.

It was like this before investing in the cultural tourism city in the mainland, and it was still like this when he invested in the Internet industry in Silicon Valley. Over time, he had become accustomed to it and didn't need to take it to heart at all.

Hearing this.

Turning to look at the old man sitting next to him, Su Yehao calmly asked:

"With a potential market of hundreds of billions in the future, are you sure you don't want to invest some money and try it out? The manufacturing threshold for cell phones has been decreasing over the years. Maybe it won't be long before companies transfer semi-finished products, stick a brand on them, assemble a case, and sell them at a high price. I know a lot of people in the United States. If you don't want to make this money, then forget it."

"Oh? Is the market competition so fierce that they've started selling semi-finished products?"

Old Man Su was stunned when he heard this.

He suddenly had some confidence in his son's proposal.

The main reason was that over the past year or so, the father and son had often contradicted each other, but the father had always been completely defeated. Even in terms of business worth, which he was so proud of, he was ruthlessly crushed by his son, and the gap was widening.

With this achievement in front of him, it was no longer possible to explain it by luck alone.

Therefore, Old Man Su, who decisively changed his mind, didn't blush or skip a beat as he changed his tune and said, "Then we'll listen to you and let people try it out. But if it's really so profitable, why not set up a separate company? Our family only occupies nearly half of the shares in Meidi. Wouldn't we be helping others get rich for no reason?"

"...It's not difficult for us to assemble them, but it's not necessarily feasible for others. It's hard to say whether users will buy it. Developing it under the name of Meidi Group can spread the risk, otherwise why would I give it away? "

Su Yehao added with a smile, "Don't worry, I have other plans. When the third-generation mobile communication technology comes out, the functions of cell phones will undergo earth-shattering changes. We can throw away the bricks in our hands. No one knows this industry better than I do."

"Yo yo, you're talking big! But I don't understand any of this. Say whatever you want, but it's always best to be safe."

Old Man Su now felt more and more that he seemed unable to interfere in his son's business.

For example, third-generation mobile communication technology and the like, he couldn't even understand, and it seemed... that there were already first and second generations?

It was completely outside his knowledge.

Cell phones were just for making calls anyway. It was enough to know how to use them. Who cared about so much.

Silently stunned, he pondered for a moment.

Old Man Su habitually waved his hand and added, "Since you have an idea, then I'll leave it to you. The company has just started to improve, so don't mess it up for me. Anyway, you have some of the company's money on hand. If you need to grease some palms, take care of it. I'll give Manager Qian a heads-up."

"???"

Su Yehao suddenly realized, was his attitude so annoying when he usually acted as a hands-off manager?

He immediately opened his mouth and said, "Don't, I'm just providing an idea, and some help, but I never thought of getting involved and presiding over the work. My business in the United States is crazy busy. How can I have the mind to manage Meidi Group's affairs?"

"You're busy with what? Don't think I don't know. You're traveling around with young girls all day long. I saw Master Jiang last time, and he told me that you and Jiang Yu have been acting strangely lately. If the Nangong family and Master Jiang fight in the future, who do you think I should help? They're all so close to me. Wouldn't that be creating a problem for me?"

"..."

When he suddenly heard that Master Jiang suspected something, Su Yehao panicked.

Thinking about it again.

Several times when he called Jiang Yu, she hurriedly hung up, and then told him that her parents had returned.

That was probably why Master Jiang suspected something.

Jiang Yu couldn't hide her feelings in the first place. Competing with an old fox like Master Jiang seemed a little too naive. Over time, she would inevitably reveal herself.

Su Yehao instantly began to plan how to deal with the situation if Master Jiang exposed him.

As for assisting Meidi Group in researching and producing cell phones, he would at most find some people to help out and find a more reliable supplier of semi-finished product solutions.

To say that they could complete the research and development of a new cell phone from scratch in the short term, Su Yehao wouldn't believe it even if his old man beat him to death. So many patent barriers and technological barriers were in the hands of foreigners. It wouldn't be that easy.

Relying on Meidi Group's financial resources and R&D strength, the difficulty was no less than turning around and selling air conditioner variable frequency compressor technology to Hitachi.

Su Yehao thought it would be very good if they could find a way to assemble a few more reliable finished cell phones. He was afraid that they would have to find some talents in this area from outside to help. The mainland was still a wasteland, lacking supporting technologies and industries.

Even if he had the heart, he didn't have the strength. Su Yehao didn't think he had that ability.

Moreover, dumb phones would last for another ten years at most, and they would also face fierce competition. There was no need to waste too much energy on research and development.

It was better to avoid the limelight of companies like Nokia and Motorola and think about the next generation of smartphones, just like missing out on 1G, 2G, and 3G, but catching up in the 4G and 5G era.

The mainland started the broadband plan this year, and it also caught up with the pace of Europe and the United States all at once. Although the technology was bought, it was still the same when used.

In the future, OPPO, which sells MP3s, will be able to occupy a place in the cell phone market. Relying on the strength of Meidi Group, the leader in the domestic home appliance industry, Su Yehao felt that there was no reason why it wouldn't work. If it really worked out, it would be another way to make money.

They chatted all the way.

They strolled around the cultural tourism city in Guangzhou, and continued to take the car back to Pengcheng. The yacht was still parked at the Shekou pier.

Old Man Su had something to be busy with, while Su Yehao planned to go to tAt to find someone to discuss the complete separation of it from tvt, to avoid problems with equity and patent ownership after tvt went public.

First there was tAt, and then there was tvt. If they weren't like mother and child, they were at least like brothers.

Since they planned to list the international version of tvt, separation was inevitable, so as not to have tAt develop in the future and let the other shareholders of tvt惦记上... (covet).