Stronger by Paying Salaries and I Have 1 Billion Employees

’Nokia might have had a chance if it fought alone,’ he thought. ’But by teaming up with Microsoft, it’s just going to be buried along with the Windows Phone system.’

On the other hand, increasing smartphone penetration in the domestic market would also be hugely beneficial for the growth of Orange Pay, Pinbei, Kuai Pao, and Fast Taxi.

Boss Chen already had one foot in the door of the mobile internet era; he was just waiting for smartphones and 4G networks to become widespread.

Chen Yansen didn’t finish his networking until 1:00 AM, having met with countless industry peers and suppliers.

Wu Hongxin from Mindu, representing Meitu XiuXiu, bought a user license for Aurora OS, as did ZTE.

”Isn’t Meitu XiuXiu a photo-editing app?”

On the way back to Delta, Ye Qiuping asked curiously, leaning against President Chen.

”Is that a problem?” Chen Yansen teased with a smile. ”There’s even a custom Sister Furong phone out there. Compared to that, Meitu is practically high-tech.”

The 2013 smartphone market was a chaotic free-for-all. Compared to the Sister Furong Phone and the GengPhone, Cui Jian’s ”Blue Bone” phone and Jay Chou’s uGate phone were practically normal.

The most bizarre of all was the upcoming Mountain Star Galaxy S4 Zoom. It came with a xenon flash, an external tripod mount, and was as thick as a brick. It was basically a ”digital camera that could make phone calls.”

’Making a phone call with a camera... how fucking stupid!’