If he sends them out at cost price directly, by leveraging the first-mover advantage, latecomers would realize the unprofitability of the deal and few would intervene.
Later, he could use the smartphone as a platform to build access permits for system apps, or take a percentage, and the profits in later stages would be considerable...
However, this was just a fleeting thought by Tony, aimed at urging Tao Yu to get the company back on track. Mainly, he was somewhat fed up with the disadvantage in public opinion.
He could even imagine what the media would say about him after causing chaos in New York, forcibly using his own popularity to suppress the exposure of their laboratory news!
In terms of big beauty, this kind of unconfirmed evidence meant nothing to those top-tier groups.
Just paying some money would easily resolve it.