After returning to Xiangjiang, life in Su City was peaceful for another two days.
On this day, Su Cheng was lying on the deck chair on the third floor terrace reading the newspaper. The sun was shining brightly today, and even though it was February, the temperature was still very comfortable.
Today is February 21st.
Sales of mobile phones, as expected, have begun to decline in Hong Kong.
Early this morning, Langdon Moore called him to report that yesterday, the sales of mobile phones in Xiangjiang fell below 2,000 units for the first time since the expansion of production, with only 1,869 units.
In other words, the previous pre-orders have been completely cleared.
Next, according to the company’s estimates, sales will continue to decline.
Therefore, it is imperative to develop overseas markets.
Therefore, Langdon Moore also told Su City that Haojiang is accelerating the progress of mobile signal coverage.
In addition, as the president of Hutchison Whampoa Group, Wei Li frequently flies to Wanwan, Singapore and other places these days to discuss cooperation with local communications departments on mobile telecommunications signal coverage.
Another good news is that officials from the London Communications Department will visit Xiangjiang in the near future. If they are satisfied, the mobile signal coverage in the London area will be handed over to Hutchison Telecom. At that time, the official will use a state-owned enterprise to Come cooperate with Hutchison Telecommunications and operate together.
In fact, they are just like the joint ventures that Suzhou City knew in its previous life, such as FAW Toyota, Dongfeng Honda, BJ Benz, etc.
If these car companies want to enter the Chinese market to produce cars, they must cooperate with state-owned enterprises.
That's pretty much the case over there in London.
Why must we cooperate and not be sole proprietorship? In fact, it is very simple. In industries such as the communications industry, it is basically impossible for the government to allow you to completely privatize it.
Moreover, Hutchison Telecommunications is not yet a British company. Although Xiangjiang is still under the control of that country, its status is definitely different. It is even less likely that the British side will classify Xiangjiang companies as British companies.
However, both Wei Li and Su Cheng are already very satisfied with this.
Metropolitan London is a super city. If Hutchison Telecom can enter the London area and successfully cover the London area with mobile signals, there will be a large number of potential users waiting for them.
The cooperation with London is only for mobile signals, mobile devices are not included!
In other words, everyone can share the money together for monthly rent and the like, but the sales of Yunsheng S1 mobile phones have nothing to do with it.
Relying on mobile devices, Hutchison Telecommunications will be able to make a lot of money in London.
When other big cities in the UK also want to cover mobile signals, Hutchison Telecom's market will be even bigger.
However, the road must be taken step by step. If Hutchison Telecommunications wants to become a world-class enterprise, it still needs to accumulate strength step by step.
At this moment, the mobile phone nearby rang.
Now, basically everyone who has a good relationship with Su City has his mobile phone number.
Therefore, even if he is on the terrace, he no longer needs to go back to his study to answer the phone. He only needs to directly pick up the mobile phone to answer the call, which is much more convenient.
Although not many people live in this area of Barker Road, it is full of wealthy people. Basically, the homeowners living in Barker Road have mobile phones.
What's more, as a big boss in Su City, even if it is a barren mountain and he lives alone, there is no problem if he wants to cover the mobile signal in his home. "Hello, who's there?" Su Cheng answered the phone and asked directly.
"Mr. Su, it's me. How are you? Are you busy lately?" The person calling was the Charter King.
"So-so, not too busy nor too idle." Su Cheng thought for a while and replied with a smile.
"In that case, why don't Mr. Su come to my office, or if Mr. Su tells you a location, I'll come find you?" asked the chartering king.
"Mr. Bao hasn't been to my house yet. How about this? Come over to my house. Our chefs are top-notch in cooking. You must try my food." Su Cheng laughed.
Although it is not clear what the Charter King wants from him, Su Cheng has a good relationship with the Charter King, so he should be invited to the Su family's house.
“Okay, you wait for me, I’ll be there in about twenty minutes at most!” The chartering king agreed without saying a word.
After that, he hung up the phone.
Although he has never been to Su Cheng's home, where Su Cheng lives is basically not a secret, and the Charter King can naturally find it easily.
After all, the Charter King can be considered a senior in Su City and has a very high prestige in the business community of Xiangjiang.
Therefore, when Su Cheng knew that the boat charter king had arrived at the Su family villa in about 20 minutes, he ordered the kitchen manager to go out and buy ingredients and come back to cook a big meal in the afternoon!
In this regard, the Su family's kitchen and purchasing are very proficient, because Su Cheng often invites people to come to the Su family's villa and then eat here, and every time they will instruct the kitchen to cook a sumptuous banquet.
Twenty minutes later, Su Cheng saw the chartered king coming downstairs in his private luxury car.
"Mr. Bao, welcome to your visit, it really makes the Su Mansion shine!" Su Cheng stepped forward, smiled and shook hands with the Charter King.
"Mr. Su, your location is really good. It overlooks both sides of Victoria Harbor, but the road coming here is a bit too winding." The charter king laughed.
"My place is not as good as Mr. Bao's mansion. Your place faces the sea with spring flowers blooming. Mine is just an ordinary villa." Su Cheng shook his head and smiled.
This villa is indeed a relatively ordinary villa in the Baijiadao villa area. After all, Su Tianhe’s previous assets were only over 100 million. Although he is also a billionaire, In the entire Xiangjiang, it is not very conspicuous.
Therefore, the villa he lives in is naturally incomparable with the charter boat king's residence.
The Charter King lives in the Deep Water Bay villa area, and his neighbor is none other than Li Ka-shing. Because of this, the Charter King and Li Ka-shing have a good relationship.
In his previous life in Sioux City, it was precisely because of the help of the Charter King that Li Ka-shing was able to successfully capture Hutchison Whampoa at a very small cost.
Otherwise, with Li Ka-shing’s asset strength, it would be impossible to win such a large British-owned foreign bank.
After the Charter King looked at the appearance of the villa in front of him, he turned his attention to Su City again.
In his eyes, the Su family villa is pretty good, but after seeing too many mansions, he naturally doesn't feel much about it.
What's more, he himself also lives in a more luxurious top-level villa.
"Mr. Su, come with me. Let's go upstairs to chat." Su Cheng said, pointing to the third floor.
The Charter King nodded and followed Su Cheng to the third floor. The two of them came to Su Cheng's study. (End of this chapter)