Too Late to Hold Me Back novel Chapter 1199

"Vanguard Systems."

"Vanguard? They're a massive tech conglomerate.

When did you partner up with them? Why didn't you look to the Quinn family for a collaboration?"

Mira shot him a dry look. "They have the capabilities and the talent pool for this kind of work. If it were purely a financial partnership, Solflare Group could have handled it solo."

The implication was obvious: Partner with the Quinns? And spend every day arguing with Gwen?

Seeing Miles pull out his phone and start typing, Mira asked, "Are you actually entering the contest?"

"Why wouldn't I? Free money from Solflare Group is still free money."

"Since when do you need three thousand dollars?"

"Who says I don't? Three grand is enough for a new suit. I need to be frugal these days."

Eleanor chimed in. "You little brat. You make money and only think about buying clothes for yourself instead of bringing me something nice to eat?"

"Name it, Grandma Eleanor. Whatever you want, I'll go buy it right now," Miles replied with a grin.

Spending time with Miles lately, Mira had found him surprisingly tolerable. His frequent visits genuinely made Eleanor happy.

Right then, James Barlow's name flashed on Mira's screen. "My dear Mira, did you make Aegis OS public?"

"How did you know?"

"How do I know? The executives behind the major US tech giants and Android Inc. are already onto it."

"They caught on that fast? Do they have eyes inside Mavaria?"

"They have their own intelligence networks, naturally."

It made sense. Just as the global tech titans were sharpening their knives to conquer the Mavarian market, this mysterious Aegis OS suddenly emerged. How could they not see it as a threat?

We're going to dominate the domestic market as quickly as possible. The international front is in your hands.

You need to mobilize your teams and start building hype overseas immediately.

We'll accelerate things here. A two-pronged attack. We need to claim as much global market share as possible before they can mount a counter-offensive."

In her past life, their domestic smartphones hadn't hit the market for another eight years, but they had still successfully secured a foothold internationally.

"Understood. I'll get my people on it right now."

This was the undeniable advantage of having elite international connections.

James and his network could establish distribution channels in other countries. Once they broke into those markets, the distributors would earn their cut.

As long as the regional branches profited, the headquarters profited.

It was a mutually beneficial, highly lucrative cycle.