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

Chapter 172 The American Test

Faced with this practical question, Lei Jun replied with a smile: "Mr. Liu, I have been an entrepreneur for over 20 years and have failed many times."

"But I learn something from every failure."

At Kingsoft, I learned management. At Amazon China, I learned e-commerce. As an angel investor, I learned how to judge people.

He stared at Liu Ting and the others, then confidently replied, "Even if the rice project fails, I will learn a lot."

But the problem is, it can't fail, otherwise all my previous learning would have been for nothing.

After all, he still has a trump card: smartphones are great, and 1999 is a good deal, but that price is far from the bottom line, and most people still won't spend that much money to buy a phone.

He had a trump card plan, but the enemy was too formidable; he couldn't reveal it beforehand, otherwise…

Delay could lead to unforeseen circumstances. After this round of financing, she will need to integrate the supply chain and launch this game-changing product.

Liu Ting looked at him, scrutinized him for a moment, and then suddenly smiled: "President Lei, I believe you."

…………

That evening, Lei Jun posted a Weibo message:

"Dami has completed its Series A funding round, valuing the company at $7.5 million. Thank you to all our investors for your trust; Dami has a long road ahead."

The direction has been set, and the future will be even more brilliant. I also want to thank the Mi Fans who have always supported me. Without you, there would be no Lei Jun today.

"Let's walk together in the future, and hopefully we can reach the day when we ring the bell together."

The accompanying image is a character composed of Mi Fan IDs, symbolizing that the rice company exists because of Mi Fans.

A perfect marketing campaign powered by financing has excited Mi Fans, who have left numerous comments.

"$7.5 million, approximately 51 billion RMB, the next step is to become a unicorn company. Congratulations to Thor!"

"Mr. Lei, now that you have the money, hurry up and mass-produce the first generation of rice. It's impossible to get tens of thousands of units each time."

"I was so excited to see a fan's name on the announcement for the first time."

"50 billion? That's ridiculous. It's just hype from investors. How could a small company be worth that much?"

"Anyone who believes in valuations is a fool."

Lei Jun didn't need to reply to these questioning comments; they were all taken down by Xiaomi fans in the comments section.

Because 750 million is just the beginning, the rice will definitely be listed on the market and become the top domestic brand, and some lucky fans will ring the bell with Lei Jun.

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2010年9月5号，摩托罗拉再次公布了摩托罗拉S2上市第二个月的销量:165万台

Sales not only did not decline, but actually increased slightly.

The MT900 chip has been hailed as the most powerful self-developed chip in the United States.

The continued strong sales finally made Steve Jobs uneasy, as Motorola was taking away all of their market share.

So a joint letter, written by Steve Jobs himself, was sent to the U.S. Department of Commerce.

…………

"Has the situation with Motorola been investigated thoroughly?" Jason asked.

Jason was still involved in this matter; after all, he was reliable and might be able to persuade the FBI…

"Understood. Their actual controlling shareholder is now Huaxin Investment, a Chinese company."

The so-called Kabibala Investment Co., Ltd. is just a shell company. Underneath this empty shell is only the Motorola brand; the core technology team, production decisions, product planning, and communication patents have all been transferred to China.

Authorized uniformly by Huaxin Investment, with an authorization period of three years.

"Is this... legal?"

"It's legal. We investigated before, and Huaxin acquired its shares through legitimate channels and now holds 100% ownership."

Some people frowned. How could such an important company fall into the hands of China? What were those capitalists doing?

Although Motorola was losing money, its patents were still incredibly valuable, and even if it couldn't continue operating, it would first absorb them internally.

After American capital has acquired all the important assets, it then sells off the shell company.

But now...

"Then what should we do? Let a Chinese company sell mobile phones in the United States under an American brand and make money off us."

Making money off us is one thing, but stealing our information is another.

Director Jansen didn't know how to start the conversation. He had chaired the last meeting, and it had been handled quite perfectly.

But he still received a phone call after it was over.

A phone call from multiple investors said, "What's done is done; there's no need to do anything more about it."

He didn't want to get involved in this mess today, but it was being hosted by the CIA and FBI themselves...

Seeing that they couldn't find a solution, the FBI director simply said, "Find a reason to stop it."

Jason frowned and asked, "What reason?"

"National security concerns. Their phones contain core components not manufactured in the United States, and their databases are not located in the United States. They may be eavesdropping on related information, which does not meet U.S. standards."

This is a perfectly normal reason.

But Jason immediately gave a wry smile, his eyes darting around, and began to add fuel to the fire: "Bob, cell phone chips, national security—that's a really weak excuse, isn't it?"

Bob Allison slammed his fist on the table: "We have to use it, even if it's a stretch. We can't let them continue to steal market share."

"Go and check if there are any problems with their chips, vulnerabilities in their systems, or if their data has been leaked."

These Chinese manufacturers can't be perfect; they'll always find loopholes.

After the meeting, Jensen briefed the group on the new developments.

Including the greetings those people gave...

While this information didn't stop the spread of the virus, it at least made the FBI and CIA take it seriously.

The methods cannot be too violent; the original initial plan needs to be optimized again.

After all, they were planning to force their way in, and then...

……

The news came out on August 6th.

The Wall Street Journal broke the news that U.S. authorities are investigating Motorola and may ban its phones from being sold in the United States.

The reason given is: national security.

People may not understand why an American brand would infringe on national security.

In fact, Motorola's mobile phone business was completed three months ago and now belongs to an independent company.

The controlling shareholder of this company is China.

The so-called "American Pride MT900" is actually a Chinese chip; they are deceiving us.

The news caused an uproar.

Many longtime Motorola fans looked at the phone and suddenly felt it was a bit too hot to handle, but the perfect user experience and the continuation of Motorola's brand value led them to decide to support it anyway.

After all, this phone is really good.

"What does national security have to do with me? All I know is that Motorola was on the verge of bankruptcy, and the Chinese saved it. Now they're finding a reason to ban it?"

"Isn't this blatant bullying of honest people?"

"What kind of national security phone can explode?"

"All I know is that Motorola's sales figures scared the fruit company, so they must be behind this."

"It's wrong for Chinese companies to control American brands."

"National security is of utmost importance."

…………

Within China, this news immediately became a trending topic.

#Motorola may be banned#

#Motorola achieves 300 million sales in the American market#

In the comments section, netizens were arguing fiercely, but the content...

"Good for the ban. I told you not to bring up national security or anything like that. Just use false propaganda."

The most advanced semiconductor technology is only around 30 nanometers, so Transsion's claim of 28nm is definitely false advertising.

"Can China really produce 28nm chips? The Hanxin chip scandal was only a few years ago; have we already forgotten about that?"

"They should have banned them a long time ago. Who told them to use American brands to fool Americans? They really think it's a domestic brand!"

"This is the familiar comment section. When will the voice transmission be able to heal these people's spines? I'll replace my whole family..."

"If you don't want to buy, just say so [doge emoji]"