Chapter 647: Senlian Capital's Executive Dream Team! Self-Developed Baseband Approach, The Sleepy Duo

Chapter 647: Chapter 462: Senlian Capital’s Executive Dream Team! Self-Developed Baseband Approach, The Sleepy Duo

Six billion US Dollars. That’s 37 billion Hua Yuan!

That could buy 80 F-16C fighter jets, 60 Su-35 fighter jets, 10 Type 052D destroyers, 1,200 Type 99A tanks, or 300 Dongfeng-16 medium-range ballistic missiles.

Enough to have Chen Yansen killed hundreds of times over!

How could he not hate him?

Lei Yijun sat in the third row. He had received his first-ever invitation to the Internet Conference thanks to the outstanding success of the Redmi 1.

He stared intently at Chen Yansen, thinking, ‘If only Xiaomi Technology could be this successful one day.’

He Le Fu, Microsoft’s Global Senior Vice President, narrowed his eyes. His gaze fell upon Chen Yansen, sizing up the powerful competitor to Windows Phone.

From a North American perspective, the entrepreneur not far away looked to be only seventeen or eighteen, even younger than Facebook’s founder, Zuckerberg.

He was over 1.8 meters tall and wore a tailored, custom-fit suit that unapologetically showcased his physique—broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and long legs. He radiated energy, and there was a powerful sense to his stride.

His pair of deep brown eyes were exceptionally bright!

For a fleeting moment, He Le Fu thought he saw a flash of silver light, but when he focused his gaze, there was nothing. It must have been a trick of the eye.

In the second row, Ding Lei pushed up his glasses.

Thunder’s CEO Zou Shenglong, Sunning’s Vice Chairman Sun Weimin, Baofeng Video’s Feng Xin, and others all wore expressions of astonishment.

Someone couldn’t help but curse under their breath. Chen Yansen had completely stolen the show.

But in their hearts, they knew the core reason Chen Yansen and Senlian Capital were getting so much attention was their formidable strength.

Before, they could still claim Senlian Capital had low net profit margins and poor profitability. But ever since Deep Blue Battery started raking in tens of billions, no one dared to spout such nonsense as “Chen Yansen doesn’t know how to make money.”

When it came to strategic maneuvering in the internet sector, who could possibly be Chen Yansen’s rival?

Three years ago, Ma Wenteng and Ma Liyun had both tried to recruit him with annual salaries in the hundreds of millions. This proved his abilities far surpassed 99.9% of professional managers; no one dared to underestimate him.

The distance from the entrance to his seat was just over a hundred meters, yet Chen Yansen had already contributed to the conference’s most-clicked photograph.

Senlian Capital’s attending team was an impressive force, their presence grand and imposing!

Liao Wei glanced around, unable to suppress the delight on his face.

He had never imagined that someone of his ‘caliber’ would have the chance to attend the Internet Conference and become the center of everyone’s attention.

‘Following the right boss is no less than being reborn,’ Liao Wei mused to himself.

Of course, his journey hadn’t been easy. He was a man in his forties, yet Chen Yansen had forced him to take MBA courses.

He’d sprouted hundreds of white hairs from the stress over the past two years.

After a moment, Chen Yansen found his seat in the front row, and the others dispersed.

Only then did the dark cloud hanging over everyone’s hearts finally dissipate.

The happiest people were the event organizers and media reporters. With Chen Yansen’s global influence, they could simply release his photo to effortlessly generate traffic and buzz both domestically and abroad.

The higher-ups were interested in organizing an even larger World Internet Conference, and Chen Yansen was undoubtedly the best promotional asset they could have.

A college student who started from scratch, whose first pot of gold was unbelievably clean. His businesses spanned the internet, manufacturing, and energy sectors, employing over two hundred thousand people. He had high-end operations like Tiangong Technology and Deep Blue Technology, as well as labor-intensive industries like Kuai Pao and Cloud Speed.

Many people didn’t understand Chen Yansen’s choice of industries.

After all, in their eyes, ride-hailing, package delivery, and food delivery were all just hard-earned money.

After taking his seat, Chen Yansen glanced to his left and right. To his left was a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing an indigo suit. He had a shiny forehead from a receding hairline and a mole the size of a grain of rice at the corner of his mouth.

‘Don’t know him!’

The person to his right hadn’t arrived yet, but the sticker on the back of the chair read the two words “Ma Wenteng”.

“President Chen, I’m Sun Gejing from Yanjing Telecommunications. A pleasure to meet you!”

The middle-aged man to his left took the initiative to greet him.

He was a high-level executive from the telecommunications headquarters. In a way, that made him Kang Yiping’s boss, and Zhao Maolin’s boss’s boss.

He had put in no small amount of effort behind the scenes for the successful launch of the Senlian Star Shining Card.

“President Sun, I’ve heard so much about you!”

Chen Yansen shook Sun Gejing’s right hand and made a motion as if to stand up.

“President Chen, you’re too kind. We can just talk sitting down.” Sun Gejing placed a hand on Chen Yansen’s shoulder and waved his other hand dismissively.

Chen Yansen smiled. He was only making a gesture; he had no real intention of getting up.

“I heard from Yiping that Tiangong Technology sent an R&D team of over a hundred people to be stationed in Luzhou, to work with Telecom on debugging the RF front-end and baseband modules? Are you confident you can technically bypass the patent restrictions from Qualcomm, Intel, and Ericsson?”

Sun Gejing’s smile faded as he asked with a serious expression.

“President Sun, to be honest, it’s nearly impossible to completely bypass foreign patents. You either have to start with 3G to avoid Qualcomm’s fundamental CDMA patents, or you develop an LTE chip first, but then you need to solve the problem of 4G multi-band adaptation.”

Chen Yansen shrugged, a look of helplessness on his face.

Qualcomm, Nokia, and Ericsson hold a massive number of GSM, WCDMA, CDMA, and OFDMA patents, forming a systematic patent wall.

If you want to develop your own baseband chip, you have to cross the pontoon bridges these three companies have already built and pay them a toll.

Huawei Balong’s solution was to find some timber and build a simple wooden bridge right next to the pontoon bridge, over the same turbulent river.

To put it bluntly, they still couldn’t do without the patent support of Qualcomm, Nokia, and Ericsson.

“So you chose the second path?” Sun Gejing pressed.

Celestial Craft Chip sent over a hundred people to Luzhou. The intention was self-evident.

“I’m the kind of person who doesn’t like to suffer or be wronged.”

Chen Yansen said with a grin.

His approach was to run to the opposite bank from companies like Qualcomm, Nokia, and Ericsson. He would then use a pile of peripheral patents—like power-saving technology and integrated RF design—to block the exits of their pontoon bridges.

Tiangong Technology had undoubtedly used some patents from these three companies, making it clearly suspect for infringement.

But Chen Yansen’s slick move was to set up another tollbooth on the periphery of their patents.

‘You want to get money from me? You’ll have to pay me first.’

This was the first step of Chen Yansen’s plan. The second step was to use new materials to build a brand-new bridge over the river, completely bypassing the patent restrictions of Qualcomm, Nokia, and Ericsson.

Of course, the latter would certainly be slower. Chen Yansen couldn’t wait, so he adopted a more aggressive method.

‘Just wait to be sued!’

When that happened, he would then countersue!

By the time the lawsuits were over, Tiangong Technology’s new bridge might already be built.

“If you run into any difficulties, don’t hesitate to ask. If Yiping can’t handle it, you can also come to me.”

Sun Gejing made a promise.

His friendly overture had nothing to do with their cooperation on the Senlian Star Shining Card, nor did it have anything to do with Senlian Capital’s strength in the mobile internet space.

It was only because the higher-ups had put in a good word!

After all, there weren’t many tech companies in the country that dared to pour money into in-house chip development. The vast majority of mobile phone manufacturers were, in essence, just assembly plants.

They couldn’t handle hardware, nor could they manage software.

Their technology was all bought, and their hardware was all sourced!

“Okay, thank you, President Sun,” Chen Yansen said politely.

Regardless of how much sincerity was in Sun Gejing’s words, a cautious man like him wouldn’t make a promise he wasn’t prepared to keep.

Chen Yansen pondered for a moment and quickly understood the crux of the matter.

Just then, Ma Wenteng came over, plopped down into his seat, and said in a low voice, “President Chen, it’s good to be young. I slept until nine, and my head is still all foggy.”

“You’re doing much better than Zhang Chaoyang and Zhou Hongyi.”

Chen Yansen pursed his lips, gesturing for Little Ma to look behind them.

Ma Wenteng turned around and quickly spotted Zhou Hongyi dozing off in the crowd. Zhang Chaoyang, meanwhile, had his head down, fast asleep.

When Little Ma turned his head back, a smile had already spread across his face.

‘Right, my health isn’t so bad after all! As for Chen Yansen, what’s the point of comparing myself to a young man?’

Before long, at precisely nine-thirty, the head of the organizing committee ambled onto the stage and began to read the opening remarks for the conference.

“Jointly build a healthy ecosystem to serve a better online life!”

Chen Yansen looked at the theme slogan and shook his head with a smile.

‘Everyone’s here to make money, not to serve anyone!’