Global monopoly of technology

Le Si's company burst into thunder, its stock price crashed, and its smartphones can basically be announced in advance, so suddenly the industry did not expect it.

However, even if there is no fuse ignited by the HIIB investment bank, sooner or later the supplier debt will be ignited.

At present, the top smart phone manufacturers in China, except for Yiqi Juechen, the Blue Coast company, ranked first in the first echelon is Honor and Xiaomi; the second echelon is vivo, OPPO, 1+, Meizu, and; The third echelon is Yanli, Chuizi, Mouxiang and so on.

In addition, there are relatively unknown niche brands such as 1+ mobile phones.

Entering the end of December, overseas smartphone consumers are finally looking forward to the Azure-5 launch date. From the launch event to the present, the domestic market has sold 30.15 million units.

Sales have clearly shown a downward trend, which is also in line with internal big data analysis expectations.

Although it is no problem for the current Chinese to spend more than 10,000 yuan, after all, it depends on what the money is used for. Not everyone can afford to buy a mobile phone with so much money. The country’s population of 1.4 billion has a monthly income. More than 10,000 groups are only about 3%, more than 40 million people.

There are hundreds of millions of people whose income is only about 1,000 yuan a month, but now that Internet finance is developed, most young people living in cities are spending ahead.

Big data shows that the group that buys the most Azure-5 mobile phones is not those with a monthly income of more than 10,000 yuan, but the group with a monthly income of about 5,000-8,000 yuan is the main force.

Young people with a monthly income of about 3,000 yuan can only support themselves independently, or solve the problem of food and clothing, and can't get sick in the current city.

Five or six hundred for the rent, water, electricity, and property fees are removed. The food cost is 40 yuan a day, which is 1,200 yuan a month. Half of the basic expenses are gone. Add in some snacks, Internet fees for playing games on the Internet, and top-ups. You may have to go with friends. Have a few supper.

If you do this casually, you basically run out of wages, and almost all your wages are gone as soon as you pay, because you still have to borrow flowers.

As for a few hundred yuan of goods, they are all “big items”, so you have to think about it carefully, and you won’t consider a few hundred yuan of clothes or shoes.

Occasionally, you have to eat instant noodles for a week or even longer.

However, even with a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan, there are still many consumers who buy Azure-5.

If it’s a big deal, I’ll suffer myself and nibble on instant noodles, but X has to pretend, this is also one of the things that just needs to be done for a few months. By the way, there are also female anchors who need to be rewarded and have to continue to reward. what.

Since the emergence of takeaway services such as Meituan and Ele.me in recent years, several instant noodle manufacturers have been hit by dimensionality reduction, and their sales have not been as good as each year.

But in recent months, data shows that the sales of instant noodles are picking up...

Over the years, more and more young people have been kidnapped by the so-called "light luxury", "ceremonial sense", "net celebrity shop check-in" and other lifestyles on the Internet to kidnap their wallets. The salary is gone.

Decent in front of people, instant noodles behind is a portrayal of most young people's lives.

It is also based on big data analysis that the cumulative sales data of Azure-5 is expected. This product is expected to reach 80 million domestic shipments next year, and the final cumulative shipments will be in the Greater China market. It is expected to hit 165 million units.

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The time came to December 24, which was the "Christmas Eve" of European and American festivals, and the next day was Christmas.

The Azure-5 smartphone was officially launched on the global market today. As early as a week ago, the single flagship stores under the blue coastline of major western cities such as Paris, London, and New York were lined up.

An offline single flagship store in Times Square, New York.

"A 512GB version, choose the second package." said a young man wearing a baseball cap.

"US$3,275, do you have a credit card or cash?" the salesperson asked with a polite smile.

"Swipe your credit card."

US$3,275 is the price including tariffs, and US$2899 is the price without tariffs. It is also worth mentioning that online payment in North America is not well developed, and basically 90% of consumers use credit cards.

Although there are online payment software such as PayPal in North America, the market share is pitiful, because this touched the interests of the traditional financial industry in North America, resulting in this convenient and fast payment life in North America has not been popular.

"Damn, the Chinese are coming to grab money again."

Two people stood diagonally across the store, media reporters from CNN. They were interviewing for street shooting. The elites in North America were sour and unhappy when they saw this scene, and Wall Street was equally unhappy.

Because the Côte d'Azur is a non-listed company, no matter how popular the product is, they cannot directly obtain vested interests.

But there is no alternative.

Despite the high price, it still can't stop North American consumers from pursuing the brand. Sales in Europe are also in full swing. Because of the last negotiation, tariffs in Europe have been reduced by 50%. The 512GB version is 2599 euros without tariffs, including The tariff is priced at 2755 euros, which is much more affordable than North American consumers.

Azure-5's hot sales popularity, in addition to the biggest beneficiary, Côte d'Azur, supply chain partners are also benefiting, including international supply chains such as SPC and Qualcomm. The stock price during this period is also rising strongly.

For a small mobile phone, its industrial chain is huge and scary. There are more than 1,000 large and small companies around the world that are part of its supply chain system, providing supporting services for this product, and there are well-known Large international factories also have outsourcing orders from unknown small companies.

As a bonus, the ACC console not only drove the sales of the most expensive 512GB version, but also made this console that has been released for several years ushered in a small peak in shipments.

The benefits in all aspects are, first of all, the stimulus to the real economy. Only when the economic development is rolling and vigorous can there be consumption power and a positive cycle.

There is also a complete industrial chain behind the ACC mainframe. The increase in sales means that many manufacturers can take orders and do the work.

At the same time, it is good for the world's major third-party game developers, and the user group of ACC consoles can grow. Except for the direct competitors of ACC consoles, everyone eats meat.

The birth of Azure-5 has given a qualitative leap in the performance of smartphones, which has also allowed major third-party game developers around the world to target business opportunities on mobile platforms.

The undeniable fact is that today's global host market cannot be compared with the smartphone market. How many host users are in the world?How many smartphone users are?

The eyes of major game developers are not blind, this new battlefield even the main PC-side Blizzard has come to share a piece of the pie, one more channel is another way to make money.

However, these big factories have moved in, which has also intensified fierce competition in the global mobile game market.

The mobile version of "Final Fantasy", "GTA", "Neil: Automata", "Diablo" and other well-known IP masterpieces have now settled in Azure-5's AOSSteam lobby.

With the launch of Azure-5, the revenue of these international game makers is also increasing.

The launch of Azure-5 has not only brought new growth points to the Côte d'Azur company, but also related companies have also followed suit.

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After Christmas, a copy of the first-day sales of Azure-5 mobile phones in North America on the Côte d’Azur was delivered to the office of John Bryce, the head of the local Ministry of Commerce.

"According to the announcement made by Côte d'Azur North America on Christmas Day, Azure-5 smartphones sold 4.3 million units on the first day in the United States, and generated sales of $10.5 billion that day."

When John Bryce heard the secretary's report, he said in shock and anger: "What did you say? One day sales are as high as 10.5 billion U.S. dollars? Shocking figures, this is looting!!!"

"Mr. Minister, the operation of the Côte d'Azur in the North American market is legal. Even if it is looting, we can't stop them unless consumers across the United States don't buy their products." The secretary replied in his tone of helplessness.

The implication is that even if you are a hooligan, you have to be indiscriminate, and you have to have a reason, even if the reason is not tenable, but at least it is a reason.

"You can't just watch the wealth of the United States being looted and ransacked by them." John Blythe looked righteous, and immediately said as a hindrance: "The Côte d'Azur should be allowed to roll out of North America..."

Looking at Azure-5, which is faster than the money printing machine, Lao Mei was jealous again, a little regretful.

"Now it is impossible to drive the Côte d'Azur out of the North American market again. He has more than 1.5 trillion U.S. debts in his hand. If we refuse to admit it first, he has reason to ignite this financial nuclear bomb..." Bryce secretly said.

After a while, he thought of a way. Since you can't be driven out, there is another way that works without violating the previous agreement. That is to increase tariffs to make your products more expensive, which indirectly inhibits your products from selling. Sales in North America!

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