Reborn Entrepreneurial Giant.

Chapter 328 Actively Respond to the Litigation

Qu Li, who was tightening screws in Qiancheng Automobile's workshop, felt suddenly when he heard the news. There was no sign before. Nokia's Ollila had never asked him what he thought of Zhou Shaoning. Why was it so sudden?

Not long after the news of the acquisition was announced, Ollila contacted Qu Li and came to Xingsha to have a detailed discussion with him.

"You are crazy. You want a middle-aged man to be the CEO of Nokia." Qu Li questioned

"Actually, the best candidate in my mind is you. Unfortunately, it's impossible for you..."

"Zhou Shaoning signed an agreement with us..."

"I know, but Jumei can let Brady join Google, why can't it let Zhou Shaoning join Nokia? We are willing to pay a certain price."

"Don't let Zhou Shaoning bear the losses himself?"

"We hope he will not suffer any loss." Ollila

"That's not easy..." Qu Li didn't know where Nokia's confidence came from. This could involve hundreds of millions of dollars.

"We have what Glory needs most." Ollila

"Really?" Qu Li was finally moved, not knowing whether he was sincere or not.

"Of course, we can be guaranteed that we will not be troubled by patents in the EU."

"In addition to licensing, we want to acquire some of them, which can restrict Apple and Samsung."

"No problem!" Ollila agreed immediately. The enemy of my enemy may not be a friend, and helping Glory may not be the right thing to do, but Nokia needs time and more changes.The success of Honor is a miracle in business history. As the main founder, Zhou Shaoning may be able to lead Nokia to glory again.

Judging from his resume, Zhou Shaoning is simply the perfect candidate. From AT&T Bell Labs to UTStarcom to Google to Honor, he has grown and progressed every step of the way.

Domestic media have various opinions on Zhou Shaoning's resignation from Honor and his choice to start his own business, but neither the person involved nor Qu Li opened his mouth, so all doubts can only be doubts.But this doesn't matter to Nokia, as long as it is determined that Zhou Shaoning is suitable for Nokia, that is enough.

Qu Li and Ollila reached a preliminary agreement, and the rest was left to Lei Jun. Qu Li still had many doubts. For example, the company founded by Zhou Shaoning seemed to be launching a new product soon. Would he give up at this time? It would be such a pity. How much would Nokia's purchase price be?What is the purpose of selling patents to Honor?Is it really for Zhou Shaoning?

Perhaps no one can give the correct answer to these many doubts. Not all entrepreneurs are as capable as Qu Li and can clearly know the future development direction. Most of them can only rely on previous experience to make judgments.But in the face of destructive innovation and dimensionality reduction, we are often unable to do what we want.

After talking to Ollila, Qu Li returned to Beijin, and Lei Jun also came back at this time. Not long after Nokia announced the acquisition of Zhou Shaoning's company, Apple launched a patent lawsuit against Honor in Japan and Kimchi Country. Another incident that caused confusion Surprising thing, why not in North America?

"Because Japan and Kimchi Country are easier to control..."

"We have not applied for patents in these two countries..."

"Does Apple have it?"

Because of the existence of the Patent Cooperation Treaty, Honor does not need to apply for patents in all countries around the world. However, Apple must have something to rely on when it chooses to start a war in Japan and Kimchi Country.

"Nokia knew that Apple would sue Honor, or did Apple decide to initiate the lawsuit after seeing Nokia's actions? Why not in the United States?"

"Bridges wants to control the size of the lawsuit?"

When encountering a real problem, Lei Jun, a local CEO, was fully exposed. He was not good at handling similar matters and was even a little at a loss.

“Does Apple want to use the patent litigation between Japan and Kimchi Country as a breakthrough, or does it want to undermine the confidence of local operators in cooperating with Honor?”

“At the extreme end of the spectrum, what’s the worst case scenario we face?”

“Can we launch a countersuit against Apple?”

"Would you like to stay in Zhongguo..."

Qu Li takes charge of the Motorola Building to sort out their current predicament.Of course, Honor, who is not short of money, can hire an excellent lawyer to respond to the lawsuit.The situation in Japan is better. Itochu Trading Co., Ltd. can at least help them find good lawyers.In Kimchi Country, Samsung and SK Telecom obviously won’t provide much help. Although there are many other partners, they are not chaebols. Honor can only rely on itself.

"They will not initiate a lawsuit against Honor in the United States, and we cannot do so in China. After completing the transaction with Nokia, we will go to England and Germany..." Qu Li made a decision. It took such a long time to prepare, and Honor was certainly prepared.

"Go to the EU to sue?" Some people are confused.

"Just to show off, let's see if they really want to fight with us, or..."

Patent litigation generally occurs in the country where the company is located or the country where the infringing company is located, and sometimes occurs in a third country. The situation is more complicated. For example, when Ericsson sued Coarse Cell Phones in India, it was most likely not to eliminate Coarse Cell Phones, but to collect money.

In addition to actively responding to the lawsuit, Honor will also reach a serious patent licensing agreement with Nokia, purchase some 2G/3G/4G communication patents, and then initiate a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple based on the situation.

In addition, we must actively respond to possible extreme situations, such as the ban on sales in Kimchi Country and Japan. Therefore, the construction of flagship directly-operated stores in various countries has slowed down, and priority is given to the construction of domestic direct-operated and authorized retail stores.

Domestic and foreign media have reported repeatedly: Zhou Shaoning joined Nokia, and Apple sued Honor. This Chinese technology company finally faced the most severe test since its establishment.

The sales of Honor mobile phones have not been too affected by these negative information. Magic, which is priced lower than Honor G3, sold 30 units in one week, which is still far behind the G3. Global sales of 50 Honor G3 units in one week.But the combined sales of the two phones have steadily surpassed the iPhone.

The sales of Magicbook and MateBook are not very good, with less than 5 units sold in one week. The North American market is mainly sold through Amazon, Shopee, and supermarket channels such as Best Buy and Walmart.The domestic situation is similar, mainly in the Internet, supermarket, and IT chain retail enterprises.

The biggest impact was on Gpad. After the iPad appeared, consumers gradually turned to Apple, and Samsung, Motorola and other companies seemed to have plans for Android tablets, so Gpad sales dropped to about 100 million per month.

The outside world has no way of knowing these data, and Honor can only estimate it. Honor sells 300 million smartphones, 100 million tablets, and 20 laptops a month. Assuming the average price is 500 US dollars, then the monthly revenue is about 21 billion US dollars. It can be With a net profit of about US$2 million, there is no cash flow crisis. If you have money, you can hire good lawyers and spend money to lobby, and you will easily avoid discriminatory unfair treatment.

These are still not safe. Qu Li once again met with the senior leaders of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and Commodity Affairs to communicate with higher authorities, hoping to receive fair treatment from various countries and not favor Apple.

Tight inside and loose on the outside, and open to the outside, once again shows that Honor has obtained patent authorization from major communication giants around the world, and has acquired thousands of patents in various aspects of software and hardware...

Ballmer arranged to come to Microsoft headquarters to have an in-depth discussion on cooperation between the two parties!