Haifeng wasn't interested in pleasantries. He got straight to the point:
"Wireless charging will be critical for the next generation of smartphones.
Assign the research to Lab No. 1 immediately."
He wasn't worried about pushback from the senior team. To him, wireless charging was just another minor function—easily solvable with the resources of China Star's lab system.
Later, he found Li Jun, head of Lab No. 2, and handed him something even more revolutionary: a new charging data cable blueprint.
Li's eyes lit up the moment he saw it.
"President Lu, this… this is perfect.
If we release this, it will shake the entire mobile phone industry."
The Bigger Picture
Haifeng wasn't chasing just functionality.
He wanted to control the patents—the standards—that define the future of mobile hardware.
The war for the smartphone market wasn't about who had the best screen or fastest chip.
It was about who owned the interface.
The charging interface.
Type-C: The Universal Standard
At the time, the market was a mess. Every manufacturer had its charging port:
Type-A: Used in most computers and accessories
Type-B: For printers and legacy hardware
Micro USB: Common in Android devices but not universal
The problem? Asymmetry.
Micro USB could only be inserted one way
Misalignment damaged ports and weakened battery life
Repair costs soared
Haifeng's solution?
Adopt Type-C as the national standard.
Its advantages were clear:
Reversible design—plugs in both ways
Supports fast charging protocols
Compatible with phones, laptops, tablets, and more
Capable of 18W, 65W, 120W, and even 360W fast charging
"A 4,000 mAh phone battery can charge in 5–6 minutes at 360W.
That's faster than a lunch break."
Even more critical?
With a special chip, one cable could charge everything—from phones to laptops to IoT devices.
Haifeng's goal was to turn the Type-C standard into China Star's proprietary ecosystem:
Manufacture the cable
Patent the tech
License it out
If other manufacturers wanted to use it?
They'd pay a royalty.
Strategic Blueprint
China Star would:
Produce Type-C data cables
Register the patents globally
Build a licensing model (just like Qualcomm's)
And the market precedent was clear.
Qualcomm charged $4–7 USD per phone in royalties for baseband patents—even from phones that didn't use Qualcomm chips.
Why?
Because baseband IP was baked into every 3G/4G-capable phone.
That's what Haifeng was aiming for:
Make Type-C indispensable.
Make China Star the gatekeeper.
And soon, when 5G and 6G hit the scene?
He wouldn't be playing catch-up.
He'd be waiting at the summit.