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Chapter 149: Chapter 139: 1999 Yuan? You Don’t Want to Make Money, but Don’t Ruin Business for Everyone Else

「August 6th, 9:15 AM.」

In front of the Sky Garden Hotel in the Xucheng City District, a fleet of luxury cars was gathered, and the entrance was teeming with people.

A banner hung in the first-floor lobby: Orange Technology New Product Launch Conference - Let Technology Change Lives!

The attending reporters raised their cameras, snapping photos of the promotional materials at the entrance while privately speculating about the slogan’s meaning.

If it was meant to change the lives of ordinary people, the Orange Mobile Phone would likely be priced under 3,000 yuan.

If it targeted a smaller demographic, then the Orange Mobile Phone was probably positioned as a flagship device, with a price tag most likely at 3,499, 3,699, or 3,999 yuan.

Chen Yansen, Wang Teng, and Wang Zihao stood in the first-floor lobby, greeting the friendly competitors, suppliers, media, and academics who had come to attend.

”Brother Sen, Principal Tang is here!”

Wang Zihao nudged Chen Yansen, who was talking with Huang Zhang, and whispered a reminder.

”Mr. Huang, my apologies, but please excuse me for a moment. Zihao, please show Mr. Huang to the banquet hall.”

Chen Yansen instructed Wang Zihao.

With that, he turned and walked toward the entrance, with Wang Teng following behind.

Wang Teng felt that as the product director of the R&D department, he shouldn’t be doing work meant for the brand or Market Department. ’But the boss arranged it,’ he thought, ’so I have no choice but to stand guard here.’

”Teacher Tang, I didn’t expect you to arrive so early. Let me take you upstairs.”

Chen Yansen said with a smile, putting on the air of a good student as he went to greet Tang Qingshan.

”You go on with your business. A few of us teachers are just here to join the excitement. Don’t worry about us.”

Hearing Chen Yansen call him ’Teacher,’ Tang Qingshan grinned from ear to ear.

Who wouldn’t be happy to have a student as successful as Chen Yansen?

Nowadays, whenever he attended meetings and the topic of university student entrepreneurship came up, he would always mention Chen Yansen as a source of bragging rights.

Chen Yansen saw that the people with Tang Qingshan were the deans of various departments, so he insisted on escorting them to the banquet hall.

But Tang Qingshan, afraid of delaying his important work, repeatedly waved his hands in refusal. Guided by a hotel staff member, he bypassed Chen Yansen and walked straight into the elevator.

He often came to the Sky Garden Hotel for meals, so he was very familiar with the place.

Chen Yansen smiled and didn’t insist further.

A short while later, Chen Yongming of OPPO strode over with his assistant.

As Wang Teng watched Chen Yongming approach, he felt a daze come over him. Six months ago, he was just a product manager at the OPPO Research and Development Center; now, he was the head of product at Orange Technology.

”President Chen, thank you for coming all this way. This way upstairs, please!”

Chen Yansen stepped forward, shook Chen Yongming’s hand, and greeted him warmly.

Chen Yongming smiled in return, secretly sizing up Chen Yansen and sighing to himself, ’Young people nowadays are so much more aggressive when it comes to entrepreneurship than us old-timers.’

In reality, Chen Yongming was only in his early forties, which was considered quite young among entrepreneurs.

The two exchanged simple pleasantries at the entrance, after which Chen Yongming headed for the banquet hall under Wang Teng’s guidance.

Just then, Wang Zihao returned to the first floor after seeing Huang Zhang from Meizu settled.

A commotion arose from outside the entrance. It turned out to be Lei Yijun and Li Wanqiang of Xiaomi, who had just walked in one after the other.

”President Lei, welcome to Xucheng! Let’s have a good chat after the press conference.”

Chen Yansen shook Lei Yijun’s hand, appearing very familiar with him.

A nearby reporter hurriedly snapped a picture, privately wondering, ’These two are competitors, but they seem to be on pretty good terms.’

Seeing Chen Yansen’s enthusiasm, what little hostility Lei Yijun had felt immediately dissipated.

’One more or one less competitor doesn’t seem to matter much. No need to give him the cold shoulder!’

Besides, Lei Yijun secretly felt that the Orange Mobile Phone’s ultra-narrow bezels and all-virtual keys were too big of a leap. ’I’m afraid users will have a hard time accepting it,’ he thought.