Super Tycoon

Looking at the opposite guest, Zhang Yang also felt a little surprised. After all, in the mobile phone industry, the two parties are not at the same level.

In the field of BP machines, this company was the leader in the industry. In the era of mobile phones, this company was also one of the best. It was once the number one in the industry. It has just been replaced by Nokia for more than two or three years, and it is currently the second in the global mobile phone industry.

As for Zhiduoxing's mobile phone, it didn't even enter the top ten in China, and it didn't even rank in the world, and the other party even came to the door to seek cooperation!

Mr. Thomas, you just said that you are representing Motorola to discuss cooperation in the mobile phone business with Zhiduoxing Group? Zhang Yang wanted to confirm again.

Yes, we hope to have more cooperation with Zhiduoxing Group in the mobile phone business. Needless to say, our achievements in the mobile phone field, although your company has just started to dabble in this field, we are very optimistic about your company potential.

Although Thomas understands Chinese, he still speaks in English, for fear that his Chinese will cause misunderstandings to the other party.

Then how do you want to cooperate? Zhang Yang asked in detail.

The largest mobile phone manufacturer that Zhiduoxing cooperated with before was Bird, which ranked third in China, but it couldn't even enter the top ten in the world.

Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Ximenzi, Suni, Xiapu, Ericsson, LG, Blackberry, Dopod (HTC)...

The technology of any of these mobile phone manufacturers is better than that of Bird, and naturally far stronger than that of Zhiduoxing. And Motorola can become the second in the industry, the former leader, the strength is naturally needless to say.

I hope we can OEM each other and help each other promote products in our own advantageous markets.

Zhang Yang knew it was unreliable as soon as he heard it, because Motorola's fab in China was about to be sold, and Huaxin International was going to buy it.

The reason is simple. Motorola's stock price has fallen severely in the past two years, and last year it fell into a loss. Their communication fields and chip fields have developed at the same time, but unfortunately none of them can maintain the glory of the year.

This year, Motorola is planning to divest all of its semiconductor business, slim down the company, and ensure that it focuses on the communications field, thereby turning losses into profits.

But this point was opposed by the CEO Galvin at the time. Galvin was the grandson of the founder of Motorola. Although he was not a major shareholder, there were many people who supported him.

Motorola is in the midst of civil strife at this time and needs new revenue growth,

To ease the company's financial pressure.

Zhiduoxing mobile phones are currently only promoted in the Chinese market, and other markets in Southeast Asia have only launched traditional Chinese versions. It’s not that they can’t make an English version, but because the current technology is insufficient, they can only use the most controlled Chinese market for leveling , After the level is high, you can go to the advanced map to brush money.

Mutual OEM, and mutual promotion, must take advantage of Motorola, Zhiduoxing obviously suffers. But Zhang Yang didn't directly refuse, because starting next year, Zhiduoxing is going to expand to overseas markets, and it's okay to find a partner first.

Mr. Thomas, we can't agree to this condition this year, but maybe next year. Since we want to cooperate, everyone has shown sincerity. We need some communication-related technologies and hope to buy some patents from your company.

Authorization? Of course, we are willing to cooperate with Zhiduoxing Group.

No, it's not a simple patent authorization, but a purchase. We need the right to use and the right to upgrade technology. Zhang Yang grasped the different words.

Under normal circumstances, no company would authorize this. Many companies are often accused of infringement, not because they have imitated 100%, but because they have cracked other people's patented technology and then upgraded it to use it, but this is also illegal in many countries.

The reason why Zhang Yang dared to raise this condition is because Motorola was in a loss state last year, with global sales of just over 10 billion US dollars, and its semiconductor business was the largest loss.

The most fundamental reason is the battle between AMD and Intel, which highlights the backwardness of Motorola's chip technology and has become more and more uninterested. Even some industrial chips have not been purchased from them.

If it wasn't for Motorola's loss, why would it take the initiative to contact Zhiduoxing to seek cooperation?

Although the sales of Zhiduxing Group did not increase much last year, it did not decline, and it was much higher than that of Motorola.

Mr. Zhang, I can't agree to your request. Our technology is the best in the industry, so I can promise you a low price.

Zhang Yang shook his head: Since you are the best, why worry about our subsequent upgrades?

If Motorola's technology is really the best, how can it slip to the second place in the industry, and it means that the gap will be widened? In the field of communications, Nokia, Ericsson, Ximenzi, Samsung, etc. are all top-notch, and others are better integrated with the electronics industry.

Whether it is in the field of consumer electronics or chips, Motorola's influence is not as good as that of Zhiduoxing, which is also a fact that the other party has to admit.

Not long after the Forbes list came out this year, Bill Gates' assets dropped to just over US$40 billion, while Zhang Yang's personal assets rose to US$16 billion.

The main reason is that some of Zhang Yang's investments have been confirmed to belong to him personally, so his assets have risen rapidly. But it is a pity that he lost his title of the richest man in Asia and was taken away by the Saudi prince.

But Zhang Yang is also the second richest person in Asia and the 11th richest person in the world. Li Chaoren's assets have shrunk to 8 billion US dollars, only half of Zhang Yang's.

The richest people on this list have to be taken seriously. Even if Zhang Yang makes any important investment decisions, he can be interviewed by some political leaders.

Zhang Yang wanted to cooperate with Motorola very much. He suddenly remembered that in his previous life, Motorola rose again next year and got rid of the burden of semiconductors. He even paid an extra 200 million dollars for this, but he also got rid of it Some debts allowed Motorola to concentrate on operating the communication industry, and developed the V3, the king of mobile phones.

The main concept of the V3 is the external design, ultra-thin, the best-selling of this mobile phone once made Motorola think that it can regain the position of the industry leader, and only need to increase the sales by another 10%.

He suddenly thought of what a two thousand yuan mobile phone should look like. With the company's current technology, it is difficult to make the clamshell so thin, but the bar machine can.

Motorola's flip phone is classic, but it's too focused on the flip phone. Regardless of whether today's cooperation can be negotiated or not, just because Thomas came to remind Zhang Yang, he is very happy.

Of course, it would be even more perfect if we could negotiate a cooperation.