Xiao Jincheng and Zhang Ke, Chen Xinsheng, Tao Xingjian, Ye Xiaotong and others reported some matters about negotiations with Singapore Telecom (Singtel) on the customized mobile phone business cooperation.

Kumho mobile phones first entered the Singapore market, and the operator partner they chose was Singapore Telecom. In the past year, it provided Singapore Telecom with a total of 40,000 customized mobile phones. This business alone accounted for 5% of the Singapore domestic mobile phone market, and laid the foundation for Kumho to become the fifth-ranked manufacturer in Singapore's domestic mobile phone market share.

The Singapore market looks a bit insignificant. Even if everyone has a mobile phone, the market capacity is only 3.4 million pieces, and the market capacity for replacing the mobile phone after the market is saturated is up to 1 million pieces per year. Even if all of them are occupied, it is not enough for international mobile phone giants to fill the gaps.

As the second largest mobile communication network operator in Asia in the future (second only to China Mobile), Singapore Telecom Company has not yet shown its future mightyness. Its main business is still limited to a narrow domestic market with a population of only 3.4 million. However, driven by the narrow domestic development space, choosing strategic transformation and implementing global expansion is also what Singapore Telecom Company has been actively doing in the past two years.

Even if some people can see some clues about the globalization process of Singapore Telecommunications Corporation and its development prospects in the Asia-Pacific mobile communications operation business, international mobile phone giants will not place too much hope for the Asia-Pacific business on Singapore Telecommunications Corporation. Only emerging companies of the size of Kumho will cooperate with emerging operator companies to jointly explore new markets.

A good start to cooperate makes both parties willing to carry out comprehensive cooperative relationships more deeply. Singapore Telecom hopes that Kumho can provide more diverse and relatively low-priced mobile phones. Zhang Ke also hopes that Singapore Telecom can become a propellant for Kumho's mobile phone business to enter the markets of Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Belgium and other places.

In addition, it has been more than two years since Aida's disc player business fully entered the Southeast Asian market. Although the financial crisis has dragged down, the Southeast Asian market has been weak and weak, and the exchange rate losses are extremely serious. Overseas departments have insisted on providing huge subsidies to distributors in Southeast Asia and have increased the intensity of market publicity. Although the Southeast Asian market contributes very limited profits to the disc player business, the construction of marketing channels and markets has been very perfect. Xiangxuehai's home appliances can also use this marketing channel to enter the Southeast Asian market, which will maximize the reduction of marketing costs.

Sitting in the exquisite but not luxurious restaurant along Xuefu Lane, we talked about some issues of opening up the Southeast Asian market. After drinking for nearly three hours, Chen Xinsheng, Tao Xingjian, Xiao Jincheng and others left. Zhang Ke and Zhai Danqing also walked out of the restaurant and took a walk on Xuefu Lane.

"I can't accompany you to Xinting tomorrow..."

The dazzling street lights illuminated Xuefu Lane as bright as day. Zhai Danqing turned his head slightly and stared at Zhang Ke's front and behind, dragging two extremely faint shadows out of the street lights, and said to Zhang Ke.

The Kumho Economic Research Center will provide intellectual support for the senior managers' meetings. The ** office established by Zhai Danqing before will provide administrative support for the senior managers' meetings. It is at this time that Zhai Danqing has a formal position within the Kumho system, and is the CEO of the Administrative Department of the Kumho Economic Research Center. In addition to being responsible for the administrative affairs of the Kumho Economic Research Center, the most important thing is to be responsible for the preparation of the senior managers' meetings held regularly every quarter. In this way, she must be tied to Jianye for heavy matters and cannot wander around with Zhang Ke.

Zhang Ke stared at Zhai Danqing's beautiful eyes that were very seductive under the street lights, and said with a pity: "You can't go with me when you go back to Xinting..." He reached out to hold Zhai Danqing's hand.

"You are not afraid of others being sad," Zhai Danqing shrank his hand, not allowing Zhang Ke to hold her hand in Xuefu Lane. He gave Zhang Ke an ambiguous look and said, "Is there someone in Xinting not afraid of being ruined, are you afraid of me following you to get in your way?"

Zhang Ke smiled with a shy face: "When did you think you were in trouble? You were used to being around you and if you didn't follow me, sometimes you would feel a little inconvenient..."

Zhai Danqing looked back and couldn't see someone familiar on the street. She turned around and patted Zhang Ke's cheek intimately, saying, "Forget it this time, I've arranged things tomorrow. I can't leave it alone. Next time I accompany you to Xinting... I'm so old, and I haven't walked through the sea with my naked legs. I hope you can accompany me to the beach for a walk."

When she reached the intersection, Wei Lan had just walked out of the east gate of the school. When she saw Zhang Ke and the others, she came over happily, took Zhai Danqing's arm, and asked, "The three-day meeting will all end today?"

"Well," Zhai Danqing nodded and said, "Otherwise, how could he get out so early?"

Zhang Ke looked at his watch. Seeing that it was still early, he couldn't leave Zhai Danqing by his side to accompany him when he returned to the apartment. So he thought about going to Chuangyu Internet Cafe for a while, and said to Zhai Danqing and Wei Lan, and then turned back.

The computer in the study room needs to update the hardware almost every two or three months. The luxurious configuration and fiber optic dedicated networking at this time can almost satisfy Zhang Ke. However, if you don’t want to work, surf the Internet alone in the study room, it always feels much worse than surfing the Internet in the Internet cafe.

The streets were still a bit cold on the winter night. Zhang Ke pushed the door and walked into the Internet cafe. He felt a little warm. He rubbed his hands and saw that the lobby on the ground floor was full of people, and there were people waiting for the camera in the rest area. The two girls standing behind the cashiers had strange faces. There was a member of the studio of the insect club on duty in the lobby on the ground floor to guide some freshmen who were not familiar with computers to surf the Internet. When he saw Zhang Ke walk in, he warmly greeted him: "Young Master Ke is here to look for Du Fei?"

"Who has time to pay attention to him? I'll come to surf the Internet..." Zhang Ke smiled and said, "I won't go to your studio. It's smoky. Is there any room on the second floor empty?"

Even by the end of 1998, the charges of Chuangyu Internet Cafe remained at the high level in the middle of last year. Each computer in the VIP area charges 12 yuan an hourly Internet access fee, and there are some vacant seats - Du Fei and Mengle have recovered more than three times the investment at the time, and the revenue from chain franchise and management software is more than 70 million. At least in the Yanguihu area, there is no Internet cafe environment, computer configuration and service can be better than here. To say that other urban areas have more conceptual and fashionable Internet cafes, it is also a chain branch directly operated by Chuangyu Internet Cafe in Jianye. Until now, there is no large-scale capital investment in the emerging Internet cafe industry, and the initiative Du Fei and the others have seized has not yet encountered strong competitors.

Zhang Ke sat in a semi-open compartment in the VIP area on the second floor. The partition was made of chest-high partitions and tempered glass with 30 cm high. Next door was a girls' area. Many girls from normal universities or music colleges liked to go online at the girls' area of ​​Chuangyu Network Cafe. Zhang Ke looked at the pretty girls a few times before looking out the window with his back against the leather sofa.

The street lights in the alley in Xuefu Lane outside the window are a little dimmer, with a blurry light. Kewang Hi-Tech is located in the mobile phone design studio on the third floor of the inner lane. Kewang Hi-Tech also attaches great importance to mobile phone design work. At this time, Kewang Hi-Tech's mobile phone design studio already has more than 20 employees, and the product design work is not only on the surface, but Xie Zizhan is also responsible for the work here.

After the computer was started, Zhang Ke looked at the time in the lower right corner of the screen. It was almost nine o'clock. There were still many people working overtime in the studio, thinking to himself: Will there be any important product of Kewang Hi-Tech come out, so it is so busy here? I think before Jinhu successfully developed the first disc machine, Su Jindong and Ding Huai and others had almost never left the laboratory. To be honest, Zhang Ke is still looking forward to Xie Zizhan's performance.

Seeing a familiar icon on the computer desktop, Zhang Ke clicked in. It was indeed the interface of the Dongda University campus chat room. In the past, the insect club would have to wait until the next semester to structure the campus chat room on the BBS web page. Unexpectedly, this life appeared early, and there was no difference between it and the interface in memory. Some feelings about the change of things came out in my heart. I clicked on the registration interface and entered the registered username: Fish lying on the bottom of the sea and spitting bubbles, and entered the password and other registration information. After clicking the confirmation button, three or four seconds, the interface prompted that the username had been registered...

Zhang Ke quietly stared at the prompt message on the interface for a few seconds: The user name has been registered, it is recommended to use...

Zhang Ke touched his pocket and had no cigarettes. He suddenly felt like he wanted to take a big sip of cigarettes. He stood up and wanted to find someone who was smoking and knowing on the second floor. His little finger pressed on the computer desk and trembled slightly unconsciously.

A girl behind the cashier brought the coffee over and walked over. She saw Zhang Ke's head sticking out from behind the partition. She thought she was waiting for the coffee she sent. She smiled sweetly and raised the coffee cup in her hand slightly, indicating that it was the coffee she brought to him.

"Is there any cigarette?" Zhang Ke asked through the partition, his voice a little loud, and he didn't even feel it.

Several girls who were surfing the Internet in the girls' area turned their heads and looked at Zhang Ke in surprise. A pretty girl also took the initiative to point to the smoking-free sign on the wall, indicating that this was a non-smoking area.

Zhang Ke restrained himself from looking at the computer screen, walked out of the compartment and signaled the girl to put the coffee on the table. He went to the studio of the third floor insect club and saw a pack of cigarettes on Shi Xinfei's table. He picked up the cigarette and lighted the lighter and lit it towards Shi Xinfei. Without saying anything, he went downstairs. He went to the back alley and found a quiet corner, squatted down and lit a cigarette with the wind on his back to smoke.
Chapter completed!