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Chapter 1124: Just Like a Rogue [Bonus Chapter for Lord Meng Norns]
After returning to Tokyo, Chi Feichei assembled his computer and then worked with Chi Shinnosuke, busy with the group's matters.
First, he had to direct Crow, Cat, a person, and Xiao Mei the Ghost to steal all the data they could from the Yashiro Conglomerate, package and take away all the information they could get their hands on, and by the way, take out and destroy the suicide notes of Entaro Yashiro and his daughter, allowing Yashiro Enzaburo to take the top position.
The news of the Yashiro Conglomerate's incident was published in the newspaper the next day, and the news of Yashiro Enzaburo temporarily taking the position of president was published on the third day. It would probably take Chi Shinnosuke some time to worry about him becoming formal and stabilizing his position.
Besides this, there was the matter of Umbrella's new mobile phone release.
Although Chi Shinnosuke had always contributed to ship manufacturing and large-scale medical equipment manufacturing, when the International Telecommunication Union confirmed the 'International Mobile Telecommunications Plan' and proposed the 3G concept, both the Shinchi Group and the Field Group intervened. Over the years, they had also dabbled in it from time to time with a small amount of funds.
His cheap old mom had an optimistic view on investment in communication and network programs, while his cheap old man wanted to try to break through in this area by utilizing the half-dead mobile phone manufacturing plant he had on hand.
So, it wasn't entirely unexpected by other groups and financial groups that the Umbrella established by these two people suddenly launched mobile phones. Due to the fact that the Shinchi Group already had business in this area, even the research speed wasn't met with suspicion. However, based on the Shinchi Group's consistent development at the tail end, no one paid too much value to it. Even if they weren't singing pessimism, they were in a state of observation.
Additionally, there was good news: Umbrella's Inner Network, with artificial intelligence as its core, was finally completed.
It took a lot more time because Sawada Hiroki and Ark went mad and added countless defense measures in terms of safety and hidden aspects, building the Inner Network into an invisible yet existing steel fortress in the internet.
This point was very much to Chi Feichei's liking.
It didn't matter if it was slow, but safety and hidden aspects had to be done well, to avoid matters being exposed afterwards.
After all, the existence of the Inner Network was for 'illegal intelligence collection and collation', 'utilizing human data information to improve their own artificial intelligence's ability', and 'channels for internal important document or information transmission'. Although they wouldn't go as far as to check a certain user's information, every single item was illegal.
If agent organizations from various countries found out, before the dangerous criminal organization was eliminated, they would have to be surrounded and suppressed first.
For such dangerous things, no faction would allow them to exist. To prevent them from being seized by a hostile party, destruction was the safest choice!
This time, there were two styles of mobile phones planned for release, both concealing the tentacles of the Inner Network.
The style was proposed by Chi Feichei, stealing the limelight from Apple, which was a huge hit in his previous life and hadn't yet appeared in this life. It canceled the physical keyboard, integrated the mobile phone antenna and border together, and the side stainless steel frame antenna was divided into two sections. One side was responsible for GPS, Bluetooth, and other signal reception and transmission, while the other side was responsible for universal mobile communication and GSM mobile signal reception.
Besides this, the battery life, screen resolution, camera pixel, and other aspects were enhanced compared to the feature phones of the present. It was equipped with the UL closed-source operating system, and there were also many UL software available for download in the app store.
The two styles of mobile phones differed in memory, screen resolution, and camera pixel. The UL-A2 had more multitasking functionality than the UL-A1, corresponding to two different prices. The price of the A2 would naturally be higher.
"...Currently, everything that should be sent for inspection has been sent. The tentacles of the Inner Network are very hidden, and no problems have been found," Chi Shinnosuke was using the Inner Network to video call Chi Feichei, talking about the matters, and by the way, providing data for the Inner Network's network test. "I have negotiated with the alliance and many countries' telecom companies, using some concepts of fourth generation communication technology and the establishment of some base stations as conditions. The release will not encounter too much obstacle."
Chi Feichei nodded. Providing some communication technology to the world was not a problem. Their mobile phones needed communication technology as support, and a green light all the way was beneficial for making money.
Ultimately, these people were still not optimistic about the mobile phone his cheap old man had made. It was probably the mentality of - 'That fellow might be okay at heavy industry, but manufacturing mobile phones is something we are more skilled at. Giving a green light is nothing. If they can't catch up to us, it's just a stance, and we'll let them play with us afterwards.'
Once UL mobile phones seize the market, those people will probably cry out in regret, wondering why they agreed to give UL mobile phones a wide green light for release.
"This time, the problem is in Japan," Chi Shinnosuke continued, "Japanese operators proposed that they need their carrier software pre-installed in the mobile phones. Moreover, they require the phone body to be printed with their logo instead of Umbrella's."
"Then ignore them," Chi Feichei's voice was slightly cold. "Directly release it. They can't stop it."
This didn't surprise him.
Many things in this world were chaotic, especially in terms of communication and networks, but a portion of it was consistent with his previous life.
In the earliest mobile phone manufacturing, operators took charge. Manufacturers like the original Shinchi Group had almost no influence, and these operators indeed held technology sufficient for monopoly.
In his previous life, Japan launched 3G mobile phone business and commercial 3G in 2001. China officially commercialized the 3G network in 2009, a full eight years later.
This life was also similar.
When he transmigrated, he encountered the 'Magician of the Century' plot, which could be calculated as the end of 1999. Not long after he transmigrated, Japan's commercial 3G came out, and Japanese mobile phones were indeed in a glorious era during this period. The 'i-mode' service was already online when he transmigrated. By now, after various refinements, it had functions such as checking subway, booking tickets, reading news, checking email, weather, handling checks, electronic books, viewing various websites, and also functions like watching video on mobile phones.
Some functions of the smartphone era had already been realized on Japanese feature phones.
Japanese operators were all private businesses, and this was the case in America and other countries.
In his previous life, due to the overall insular development environment of Japanese mobile phones, due to the perfected functionality of feature phones, companies lost interest in smartphones, misjudged the situation, and instead stagnated development, innovation was restricted, they were surpassed, and were left behind by the era. When Apple first entered the Japanese market, operators also made similar requests like 'let us handle the local production', demanding to change the logo and the carrier software. Moreover, Japanese mobile phones during this period were all released by operators. But, Apple's release at that time was not blocked. On the contrary, it caused the dominance in the mobile phone industry to begin shifting from operators to manufacturers.
In this life, Umbrella wanted to take one step ahead and follow Apple's path, seizing the market in advance. Then the expected outcome would also be similar. There was fundamentally no need to worry about Japanese operators joining forces to block it. Whether it was open tactics or hidden tricks, standing on the wheels of the era, they were sufficient to roll over them.
This time, Umbrella's release of mobile phones caused an impact no less significant than the construction of the UL chat software and network ecosystem.
In America, the network programs, software, and websites involved the interests of many businesses, so being blocked was inevitable. This time, in terms of communication, being blocked by Japanese communication operators of this period was also inevitable.
This time, Chi Shinnosuke nodded in turn, "Looking at Ark's calculation result, we also have almost no possibility of failure. Ark has also calculated various contingency plans for dealing with it. Originally, talking with other financial groups would have been easier, but the Tsubame Conglomerate doesn't have much development in mobile communication. I've talked to the Suzuki Conglomerate. Looking at their attitude, they are likely not to budge. As for the Yashiro Conglomerate, Yashiro Enzaburo still needs to stabilize the situation at present and cannot cooperate by overriding all dissenting opinions."
There was one sentence he didn't say, which was that in Ark's calculations, there were plans for some crises and obstacles, both open tactics and hidden tricks, and the final result was that Umbrella had an 85% or higher probability of overturning the old model of Japanese mobile phone manufacturing. In other words - this wave of theirs would not only not be intercepted, but could also crush the operators.
He didn't say it because he was worried that his son would have too much hope. If issues like timing caused them to fall into that small possibility, it would be very disappointing.
It was better to express 'no problem' conservatively. If it really failed, he could also adjust his mentality and start again.
Sometimes, he thought that his Umbrella, from its establishment, was a rogue template. After impacting the internet in America, it came to impact communication in Japan. Looking at this stance, it was another sweeping trend. But he quite liked this rogue drive...
After a quick internal muse, Chi Shinnosuke still continued to talk about the situation, "The hardware for the Cocoon Device has been perfected. In terms of software, Ark and Hiroki have also perfected the military mode. The device DNA authentication will be connected to the Inner Network, so there's no need to worry about it being detected. People without identity authentication cannot use it. However, there are currently only three hundred optimized Cocoon Devices. I have already had the warriors of the Fifteenth Night Castle receive one hundred units. Hongzi promised to have them select people with shooting talent to undergo shooting training first. The remaining two hundred units are reserved for the various departments of Umbrella's Red Umbrella. Remember to tell Joshua that if he has loyal followers he trusts who need this kind of training, they can be sent over for shooting talent testing. People with shooting talent will be prioritized for training, but the entire training plan will include real-world physical training and will last for a very long time. Let him make his own decision. Afterwards, he can directly send a message to contact me or Ark."
"I'll tell him in a moment and have him contact you after he confirms," Chi Feichei said.
"I'll have them speed up your contact lenses."
After speaking, Chi Shinnosuke directly cut off the communication, to avoid his son causing more matters that would keep him busy.
Things that should be delegated must be delegated, but there were also things that couldn't be delegated. For example, he had to direct and arrange the Yashiro Conglomerate's affairs.
And in his son's so-called 'Sky-Covering Plan', less than 10% was completed.
For example, plans such as satellite manufacturing, launching, later maintenance, surpassing existing satellite technology, and selling at a cheap price to various countries to achieve monopoly. Even if Ark could calculate everything, they would at least have to manufacture one and launch it to try, collect data, and only then would they have the opportunity for a breakthrough. Not only would the money earned from these few waves be immediately poured into the laboratory, but in the future, they would also have to pour money into the Blue Umbrella R&D Department, pouring money like mad.
Satellites were just a portion of it; there were many other matters that needed to be carried out simultaneously...
He suddenly felt fortunate to have Ark. Otherwise, his son would have worked him to death.
After all, he also liked this kid's Sky-Covering Plan... Just thinking about it gave him drive!
Japan, Tokyo.
Chi Feichei looked at the total video time. He used his Unnamed Left Eye Remote Communicator to contact Joshua. After explaining the situation, he changed his clothes and went out with Feichi.
Seemingly, only when talking about career could he chat with Chi Shinnosuke for three or four hours, and his cheap old man was quite talkative.
Work was indeed the best relationship adhesive.
Moreover, he was very interested in the Cocoon Device's 'Holographic Shooting Game'. However, for now, let the people from Red Umbrella and Fifteenth Night Castle use it for training.
Training personnel was more important than playing games. After people were trained well enough, there would be someone to keep him company and play with him in a team. Otherwise, playing target practice alone was meaningless.
Before that, he could go find Akai Shuichi for a fight...
[Bonus Chapter for Lord Meng Norns]
(End of Chapter)
After returning to Tokyo, Chi Feichei assembled his computer and then worked with Chi Shinnosuke, busy with the group's matters.
First, he had to direct Crow, Cat, a person, and Xiao Mei the Ghost to steal all the data they could from the Yashiro Conglomerate, package and take away all the information they could get their hands on, and by the way, take out and destroy the suicide notes of Entaro Yashiro and his daughter, allowing Yashiro Enzaburo to take the top position.
The news of the Yashiro Conglomerate's incident was published in the newspaper the next day, and the news of Yashiro Enzaburo temporarily taking the position of president was published on the third day. It would probably take Chi Shinnosuke some time to worry about him becoming formal and stabilizing his position.
Besides this, there was the matter of Umbrella's new mobile phone release.
Although Chi Shinnosuke had always contributed to ship manufacturing and large-scale medical equipment manufacturing, when the International Telecommunication Union confirmed the 'International Mobile Telecommunications Plan' and proposed the 3G concept, both the Shinchi Group and the Field Group intervened. Over the years, they had also dabbled in it from time to time with a small amount of funds.
His cheap old mom had an optimistic view on investment in communication and network programs, while his cheap old man wanted to try to break through in this area by utilizing the half-dead mobile phone manufacturing plant he had on hand.
So, it wasn't entirely unexpected by other groups and financial groups that the Umbrella established by these two people suddenly launched mobile phones. Due to the fact that the Shinchi Group already had business in this area, even the research speed wasn't met with suspicion. However, based on the Shinchi Group's consistent development at the tail end, no one paid too much value to it. Even if they weren't singing pessimism, they were in a state of observation.
Additionally, there was good news: Umbrella's Inner Network, with artificial intelligence as its core, was finally completed.
It took a lot more time because Sawada Hiroki and Ark went mad and added countless defense measures in terms of safety and hidden aspects, building the Inner Network into an invisible yet existing steel fortress in the internet.
This point was very much to Chi Feichei's liking.
It didn't matter if it was slow, but safety and hidden aspects had to be done well, to avoid matters being exposed afterwards.
After all, the existence of the Inner Network was for 'illegal intelligence collection and collation', 'utilizing human data information to improve their own artificial intelligence's ability', and 'channels for internal important document or information transmission'. Although they wouldn't go as far as to check a certain user's information, every single item was illegal.
If agent organizations from various countries found out, before the dangerous criminal organization was eliminated, they would have to be surrounded and suppressed first.
For such dangerous things, no faction would allow them to exist. To prevent them from being seized by a hostile party, destruction was the safest choice!
This time, there were two styles of mobile phones planned for release, both concealing the tentacles of the Inner Network.
The style was proposed by Chi Feichei, stealing the limelight from Apple, which was a huge hit in his previous life and hadn't yet appeared in this life. It canceled the physical keyboard, integrated the mobile phone antenna and border together, and the side stainless steel frame antenna was divided into two sections. One side was responsible for GPS, Bluetooth, and other signal reception and transmission, while the other side was responsible for universal mobile communication and GSM mobile signal reception.
Besides this, the battery life, screen resolution, camera pixel, and other aspects were enhanced compared to the feature phones of the present. It was equipped with the UL closed-source operating system, and there were also many UL software available for download in the app store.
The two styles of mobile phones differed in memory, screen resolution, and camera pixel. The UL-A2 had more multitasking functionality than the UL-A1, corresponding to two different prices. The price of the A2 would naturally be higher.
"...Currently, everything that should be sent for inspection has been sent. The tentacles of the Inner Network are very hidden, and no problems have been found," Chi Shinnosuke was using the Inner Network to video call Chi Feichei, talking about the matters, and by the way, providing data for the Inner Network's network test. "I have negotiated with the alliance and many countries' telecom companies, using some concepts of fourth generation communication technology and the establishment of some base stations as conditions. The release will not encounter too much obstacle."
Chi Feichei nodded. Providing some communication technology to the world was not a problem. Their mobile phones needed communication technology as support, and a green light all the way was beneficial for making money.
Ultimately, these people were still not optimistic about the mobile phone his cheap old man had made. It was probably the mentality of - 'That fellow might be okay at heavy industry, but manufacturing mobile phones is something we are more skilled at. Giving a green light is nothing. If they can't catch up to us, it's just a stance, and we'll let them play with us afterwards.'
Once UL mobile phones seize the market, those people will probably cry out in regret, wondering why they agreed to give UL mobile phones a wide green light for release.
"This time, the problem is in Japan," Chi Shinnosuke continued, "Japanese operators proposed that they need their carrier software pre-installed in the mobile phones. Moreover, they require the phone body to be printed with their logo instead of Umbrella's."
"Then ignore them," Chi Feichei's voice was slightly cold. "Directly release it. They can't stop it."
This didn't surprise him.
Many things in this world were chaotic, especially in terms of communication and networks, but a portion of it was consistent with his previous life.
In the earliest mobile phone manufacturing, operators took charge. Manufacturers like the original Shinchi Group had almost no influence, and these operators indeed held technology sufficient for monopoly.
In his previous life, Japan launched 3G mobile phone business and commercial 3G in 2001. China officially commercialized the 3G network in 2009, a full eight years later.
This life was also similar.
When he transmigrated, he encountered the 'Magician of the Century' plot, which could be calculated as the end of 1999. Not long after he transmigrated, Japan's commercial 3G came out, and Japanese mobile phones were indeed in a glorious era during this period. The 'i-mode' service was already online when he transmigrated. By now, after various refinements, it had functions such as checking subway, booking tickets, reading news, checking email, weather, handling checks, electronic books, viewing various websites, and also functions like watching video on mobile phones.
Some functions of the smartphone era had already been realized on Japanese feature phones.
Japanese operators were all private businesses, and this was the case in America and other countries.
In his previous life, due to the overall insular development environment of Japanese mobile phones, due to the perfected functionality of feature phones, companies lost interest in smartphones, misjudged the situation, and instead stagnated development, innovation was restricted, they were surpassed, and were left behind by the era. When Apple first entered the Japanese market, operators also made similar requests like 'let us handle the local production', demanding to change the logo and the carrier software. Moreover, Japanese mobile phones during this period were all released by operators. But, Apple's release at that time was not blocked. On the contrary, it caused the dominance in the mobile phone industry to begin shifting from operators to manufacturers.
In this life, Umbrella wanted to take one step ahead and follow Apple's path, seizing the market in advance. Then the expected outcome would also be similar. There was fundamentally no need to worry about Japanese operators joining forces to block it. Whether it was open tactics or hidden tricks, standing on the wheels of the era, they were sufficient to roll over them.
This time, Umbrella's release of mobile phones caused an impact no less significant than the construction of the UL chat software and network ecosystem.
In America, the network programs, software, and websites involved the interests of many businesses, so being blocked was inevitable. This time, in terms of communication, being blocked by Japanese communication operators of this period was also inevitable.
This time, Chi Shinnosuke nodded in turn, "Looking at Ark's calculation result, we also have almost no possibility of failure. Ark has also calculated various contingency plans for dealing with it. Originally, talking with other financial groups would have been easier, but the Tsubame Conglomerate doesn't have much development in mobile communication. I've talked to the Suzuki Conglomerate. Looking at their attitude, they are likely not to budge. As for the Yashiro Conglomerate, Yashiro Enzaburo still needs to stabilize the situation at present and cannot cooperate by overriding all dissenting opinions."
There was one sentence he didn't say, which was that in Ark's calculations, there were plans for some crises and obstacles, both open tactics and hidden tricks, and the final result was that Umbrella had an 85% or higher probability of overturning the old model of Japanese mobile phone manufacturing. In other words - this wave of theirs would not only not be intercepted, but could also crush the operators.
He didn't say it because he was worried that his son would have too much hope. If issues like timing caused them to fall into that small possibility, it would be very disappointing.
It was better to express 'no problem' conservatively. If it really failed, he could also adjust his mentality and start again.
Sometimes, he thought that his Umbrella, from its establishment, was a rogue template. After impacting the internet in America, it came to impact communication in Japan. Looking at this stance, it was another sweeping trend. But he quite liked this rogue drive...
After a quick internal muse, Chi Shinnosuke still continued to talk about the situation, "The hardware for the Cocoon Device has been perfected. In terms of software, Ark and Hiroki have also perfected the military mode. The device DNA authentication will be connected to the Inner Network, so there's no need to worry about it being detected. People without identity authentication cannot use it. However, there are currently only three hundred optimized Cocoon Devices. I have already had the warriors of the Fifteenth Night Castle receive one hundred units. Hongzi promised to have them select people with shooting talent to undergo shooting training first. The remaining two hundred units are reserved for the various departments of Umbrella's Red Umbrella. Remember to tell Joshua that if he has loyal followers he trusts who need this kind of training, they can be sent over for shooting talent testing. People with shooting talent will be prioritized for training, but the entire training plan will include real-world physical training and will last for a very long time. Let him make his own decision. Afterwards, he can directly send a message to contact me or Ark."
"I'll tell him in a moment and have him contact you after he confirms," Chi Feichei said.
"I'll have them speed up your contact lenses."
After speaking, Chi Shinnosuke directly cut off the communication, to avoid his son causing more matters that would keep him busy.
Things that should be delegated must be delegated, but there were also things that couldn't be delegated. For example, he had to direct and arrange the Yashiro Conglomerate's affairs.
And in his son's so-called 'Sky-Covering Plan', less than 10% was completed.
For example, plans such as satellite manufacturing, launching, later maintenance, surpassing existing satellite technology, and selling at a cheap price to various countries to achieve monopoly. Even if Ark could calculate everything, they would at least have to manufacture one and launch it to try, collect data, and only then would they have the opportunity for a breakthrough. Not only would the money earned from these few waves be immediately poured into the laboratory, but in the future, they would also have to pour money into the Blue Umbrella R&D Department, pouring money like mad.
Satellites were just a portion of it; there were many other matters that needed to be carried out simultaneously...
He suddenly felt fortunate to have Ark. Otherwise, his son would have worked him to death.
After all, he also liked this kid's Sky-Covering Plan... Just thinking about it gave him drive!
Japan, Tokyo.
Chi Feichei looked at the total video time. He used his Unnamed Left Eye Remote Communicator to contact Joshua. After explaining the situation, he changed his clothes and went out with Feichi.
Seemingly, only when talking about career could he chat with Chi Shinnosuke for three or four hours, and his cheap old man was quite talkative.
Work was indeed the best relationship adhesive.
Moreover, he was very interested in the Cocoon Device's 'Holographic Shooting Game'. However, for now, let the people from Red Umbrella and Fifteenth Night Castle use it for training.
Training personnel was more important than playing games. After people were trained well enough, there would be someone to keep him company and play with him in a team. Otherwise, playing target practice alone was meaningless.
Before that, he could go find Akai Shuichi for a fight...
[Bonus Chapter for Lord Meng Norns]
(End of Chapter)
