Chapter 484 Frozen Assets of the English Branch
Chapter 484 Frozen Assets of the English Branch
"I guess it's some Mi Fan who's been hoping for the launch of Mi Cars criticizing you. We've been making promises for so long, and there's still no sign of it."
"It's almost here! Hu Zhengnan has already secured the deal, and he's currently helping us recruit a group of key personnel from Geely. Our automotive business is about to set sail."
"real?"
"It couldn't be more real."
After Lei Jun finished speaking, he looked at Lin Bin, who was grinning foolishly beside him.
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Meanwhile, at the Transsion headquarters, Shen Fei smiled and waved to Lu Weibin, who looked energetic.
"No need for a pledge; I believe in your abilities."
Go back and work on a detailed brand and product plan. The project will be formally approved at next week's board meeting.
Just as Lu Weibin was about to leave, the encrypted phone on his desk suddenly rang urgently.
Shen Fei answered the phone, and immediately heard a somewhat flustered voice from the European regional president:
"Something has happened to President Shen!"
Half an hour ago, CMA England representatives suddenly showed up with a search warrant, claiming we were abusing technology and violating antitrust laws. They have now seized our England subsidiary.
The servers and warehouses were all blocked, and key personnel were restricted from leaving the country.
And it's already trending on social media here; this time, the enemy is clearly hostile.
Shen Fei's smile vanished instantly, and his eyes began to gleam with calculation.
"We've been in England for more than a year, maybe two. Did we receive any advance notice?"
"Absolutely not, it was a dawn raid." The person in charge named Sabala was also a little puzzled.
"They presented a search warrant directly from the court, citing an anonymous tip that we had achieved a monopoly in England through Transsion phones, squeezing out mobile phone manufacturers such as Samsung, Apple, and HTC."
And there's also some news now... that the Hawkeye Alliance is behind this.
The Hawkeye Alliance is a newly established organization in the United States.
A secret organization led by the United States and with deep involvement from intelligence and security agencies of multiple countries.
Of course, on the surface it's just a cooperation plan between companies, but those in the know understand that behind the scenes it's all about uniting everyone to check and balance Transsion, and they might even use some unconventional methods.
The main goal is simply to suppress it, since it's a grassroots organization anyway...
"understood."
I didn't expect them to act so quickly and so violently.
Follow the emergency plan.
The legal team will fly to London first thing tomorrow morning. They will cooperate where necessary, but will absolutely not admit to any fabricated charges.
Furthermore, core technical information must be encrypted where necessary; not a single word that shouldn't be disclosed should be missed.
Shen hung up the phone after he finished speaking.
But Lu Weibin also heard some of it, and his brows furrowed, making him appear somewhat nervous.
"I think I've heard that there's a community of interests formed by Google, San Francisco, and those investment banks."
You mean Silver Lake Capital!
This is their master, and his methods are even more brutal.
"Fortunately, there weren't any important research projects at the European branch, otherwise, this surprise attack would have really succeeded."
After saying that, Shen Fei also started walking around the office.
Since entering the smartphone market, the company has begun to popularize its own TaiShan system, so European users are not currently bound by the Google suite, but rather by their own Transsion suite.
On the surface, it seems like someone couldn't stand by and watch this happen, but in reality, it's still the United States pulling the strings behind the scenes.
"A bunch of useless people are competing head-on. When they can't win, they resort to the old trick of regulatory games, using antitrust as a weapon to kill people."
In fact, this is not the first time the United States has taken action behind the scenes.
Silver Lake Capital is one, and the American Centennial Plan is another...
It seems we really beat America badly last time, so they're not playing openly anymore and are resorting to these petty tricks instead?
"Public opinion is expected to rise very soon."
Lu Weibin's face also showed some disdain.
"The news media are all in cahoots. I bet by tomorrow, our press releases will be all over the Western media and the entire internet."
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Lu Weibin's guess was correct.
Within two hours, major European media outlets such as the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal all published their reports at the same time.
Then, it was stated with great certainty that Huaxing's Taishan system was a destabilizing factor in the global technology industry, and that Transsion abused the system to suppress disobedient software developers...
This is blatant unfair competition.
This leaves no room for some small businesses to survive.
According to their propaganda, Chuanyin was portrayed as a tyrannical landlord.
"Wow, the Chinese have such great ambitions! We never noticed this before."
"Boycott Transsion!"
"England has taken the lead, so we should follow suit and support France's ban on Transsion."
Of course, besides these haters, there are also some users speaking up for Transsion.
"Transsion phones are great, why do you say that? Besides, their system has far fewer bugs compared to Android."
"That's right, these media outlets are the ones suppressing an excellent company, and they'll regret it."
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Meanwhile, England is also planning its next move.
"Boss, nothing found! Except for those annoying black coal miners."
"There really isn't any other leverage, such as tax evasion or unfair competition."
"No! It's simply because they can't beat them?"
"No, we absolutely cannot admit defeat like this, or we'll suffer a terrible fate."
After saying that, the person in charge paced back and forth in the office, trying to think of a way to get them a certificate.
"Yes, what was the reason those coal miners got in? Did they have any leverage over them?"
The person in charge shook his head: "I carefully reviewed the information on those 300-plus illegal coal miners; they were all recruited using telepathic labor contracts!"
Moreover, these people are usually very low-key and have never committed any crimes.
If a real problem arises, it's that these 300 people have split into 1500, which is a very tricky issue for England.
After all, racial issues are not easy to handle these days...
"This is going to be bad!"
The person in charge of execution panicked instantly. He had been so focused on listening to his superiors and getting promoted and receiving a raise.
He forgot about what Chuanyin had done in Africa; the other party really did have an "army" under his command.
While the minister was still wondering, he said:
"I don't care what method you use, you have to pin a crime on Chuanyin."
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While he was feeling anxious, the Chinese internet also became lively, with several major testing agencies invested in by Silver Lake Capital immediately taking action and following suit.
Transsion's Overseas Monopoly
"Domestic companies engaging in monopolistic practices abroad are a disgrace to the Chinese people."
"It's one thing to engage in monopolies domestically, but to dare to do this overseas? They must be utterly fearless, thinking everywhere is their territory?"
"Just wait to be punished to death!"
"As expected, true democracy is overseas, unlike here where even black can be called white... Poor Gionee!"
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