Shockingly, a counterfeit factory has produced a 3-nanometer chip.

Chapter 64 Muhammad's Regret

With the game attracting traffic, some people who originally wanted to buy Bird phones turned around and came here instead.

After they touched the S1 smartphone, experienced its smooth touch controls, and tried playing Fruit Ninja...

"Save one for me."

I want to buy one.

"Can I pay now? Give me your phone quickly..."

"I have cash, you must reserve one for me."

A long queue immediately formed at the prepared cashier. The factory also temporarily brought in five accountants to collect payments, but even so, they were still too busy.

Although the system is relatively rudimentary, its comprehensive features, along with some mini-games, officially heralded the arrival of the smartphone era in Africa.

That afternoon, the launch event for the Bird mobile phone ended abruptly.

Zhou Ming, his face dark, began taking inventory of the stock. They had shipped 30 Bird Pro Max units from China for this launch event, originally planning to sell them all in the first month.

They set a goal of capturing 5-10% of the market share in Mauritius, with an annual target of 20%, but now...

With 30 units in inventory, at a cost of $60 per unit, that's $1800 million tied up in warehouses. Add to that marketing expenses, space costs, personnel costs…

Bird lost at least $2000 million from this press conference.

Even worse news was yet to come.

At 8 p.m., in Tanzania, Minister Mohammed called Zhou Ming again.

"Zhou, I need an explanation." Muhammad's voice was filled with anger.

"A few months ago you promised to invest in building a factory and create 3000 jobs. I gave you excellent conditions. Of course, I'm not one to make unreasonable demands. I understand your business difficulties and gave you a few months' grace period."

But now?

The factory foundation hasn't even been dug yet. Are you guys lying to me, Bird?

I need a reasonable explanation. Do you know how much pressure I'm under right now?

Zhou Ming was under too much pressure at the moment, and he didn't want to pay any attention to this fat pig who only cared about money.

He still has the nerve to offer to postpone things for a few months? That's only because of his greenbacks. Since both sides have something on each other, Zhou Ming's tone was extremely firm.

"Mr. Mohammed, we've encountered some difficulties... and sales in Tanzania haven't met our expectations. Since there isn't a large local market, the factory will definitely have to slow down a bit, after all, we can't do business at a loss."

"you……"

From that direction came the sound of a cup being smashed and Muhammad's angry expression.

Upon hearing the voice from the other end, Zhou Ming immediately took the initiative: "Of course, if you can drive out the smuggled goods from the communication channel, we are ready to invest in building a factory at any time."

Could it be that Mr. Muhammad suffered another setback over there, which is why he came here...?

Muhammad was also provoked by Zhou Ming, and his original pretense completely disappeared: "Are you trying to turn the world upside down?"

It's not that our market is difficult; it's that you have ulterior motives. You spent millions in Mauritius, so why didn't you encounter any difficulties when you held your press conference?

Zhou, I'm giving you one last week.

If I don't see the factory start construction, Tanzania will impose a punitive tariff of 50% on all waveguide products.

Furthermore, I will release evidence of your commercial bribery to all media outlets.

"Minister, you should think this through. You're the one who accepted the bribe, and not just you. We can hurt each other."

Now that everything was out in the open, Zhou Ming stopped pretending.

After saying that, he didn't care what Mukamed was thinking and hung up the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Ming's hand trembled with anger.

No wonder Transsion doesn't want to manage this market; it's full of guys who take the money but do nothing.

The African market is not that simple.

Thinking of this, he immediately picked up his phone and called Li Xiangdong, but Li Xiangdong's secretary answered the phone: "President Li is still unconscious, and the doctor won't let you answer the phone."

How's it going? How's the market development in Mauritius? How many of the 30 phones sold?

A series of problems... made Zhou Ming feel a deep sense of despair.

"How is it? Mr. Zhou, tell me quickly."

…………

In Tanzania, Mohammed also called Adebayor again.

This time, his tone was finally different from any of the previous times; it was much weaker. The reality was clear: he had to prove himself guilty, or he would truly lose his position as minister.

"Good evening, President Adebayor. I'm so sorry to bother you so late."

"Is there something you need, Minister?"

At this moment, Adebayor had just finished a promotional event for Maurizio. His voice was full of fatigue, but you could still hear a hint of wariness and impatience in it.

"I want to... talk to Chuanyin again."

After a long pause, Muhammad finally uttered these words with his head bowed: "There were some misunderstandings before, which caused the relationship between our two families to not be so good."

I can assure them that those are all waveguide dry.

They were the ones stirring things up. I've seen through everything now; only Transsion is a truly good company that genuinely serves the African market.

We will definitely provide excellent service to Transsion in the future.

Furthermore, I now possess crucial evidence of their commercial bribery, including bank transfer records and audio recording contracts… This should be helpful for Transsion's development in the Chinese market.”

Upon hearing this evidence, Adebayor immediately gave a disdainful smile.

He thought it was something important, but it turned out to be just waste paper.

It seems this fool is still as foolish as ever.

But having nothing better to do, he decided to tease the fool. He picked up a cigarette, lit it, and asked, "What are the minister's conditions?"

"Actually, I don't have such high demands. I just hope that Chuanyin can return to Tasmania." Seeing that Adebayo had relented, Mohammed immediately said.

"After you left, the smuggling of goods became rampant."

These shoddy merchants arbitrarily raise prices, severely damaging your reputation. And frankly... Bird's products are simply subpar; the public is complaining that they've imported garbage.

Adebayor didn't speak, but simply nodded silently in agreement. He had indeed brought in a piece of trash.

Seeing that he remained silent, Muhammad continued, "If you are willing to come back, we will not force you to address the issue of building a factory."

We just hope you'll consider coming here again; we also really hope to have our own electronics industry.

If you are willing to build a factory, as long as I am in office, I can guarantee you 5 years of tax exemption, 10 years of tax reduction, and all land will be free, whether it is building a factory or expanding the site.

Furthermore, we can also secure some government contracts to guarantee your interests.

The terms offered were indeed attractive, but Adebayor immediately discerned the key condition: as long as he remained in power…

Then these are not Tanzania's official conditions, but rather conditions that Muhammad made to retain the messenger.

Whether it can be implemented is another matter.

After ignoring him for a while, Adebayo said, "Which market to enter is not something I can decide."

I need to report this issue to the board of directors for approval before a final decision is made.

"Of course, of course," Muhammad quickly replied. "Please convey to President Shen that I am sincere."

Tanzania needs companies like Transsion, not fraudsters like Bird.