Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 603 Mr. Fang Never cheats on friends (two in one)

Google is powerful.

The Google of the future is stronger.

Considering that Google has already had two negotiation meetings with Android, and the expected acquisition negotiations will come at some time, just as Sony’s old friend Stringer returns from Tokyo, then the friendship between the two parties will be consolidated.

On April 4, Fang Zhuo invited Stringer to have a private afternoon tea together.

Because Stringer entertained Sony's local executives at the Greenwich Hotel, which is not far from Chinatown, so Fang Zhuo arrived at the hotel ahead of time, and by the way, he met Fan male.

The Greenwich Hotel in New York is not modern, with oak beams and antique wooden floors that feel exotic.

Fang Zhuo sat in the sofa waiting area on the first floor, while listening to Fan Xiong's chat, he looked at the style of the hotel with great interest, and even built a lush courtyard a little further in.

"Mr. Fan, there is a normal job transfer in the group. Do you want to transfer Fan Yuanzhi to the US market? My son is close, so I don't have to wait for the Chinese New Year holidays to press the marriage."

Fang Zhuo mentioned Fan Xiong's son.

"Mr. Fang, it depends on his own wishes. Work is the main thing." Fan Xiong said with a smile.

Fang Zhuo knew that the speaker in front of him was determined to keep his son away from the Anliang Chamber of Commerce, so he nodded slightly, and chatted a few more words about the MIGA Fund.

With the MIGA fund investing in US real estate, getting involved in subprime bonds, and actively buying stocks of high-quality Internet companies, its reputation in the Chinese circle is getting louder and louder. In particular, the continuous growth of Google's market value has made everyone earn money. earned a lot.

The current MIGA fund has a high threshold, and some people want to invest through the relationship of the Anliang Chamber of Commerce, which happens to fall into Fan Xiong's arms, in order to sell their influence.

It can be said that although many people in Chinatown don't know what "Mr. Fang" looks like, they all know that there is such a person standing behind the Anliang Chamber of Commerce. Compared with the original Li family, the situation is already different.

Seeing that the time was coming, Fan Xiong put the car keys on the table in front of Mr. Fang, and asked again: "Mr. Fang, the car has been processed, it is very safe and confidential, do you want to let the two assistants follow?"

Fang Zhuo's places in and out of New York are all bustling areas. Hearing this, he said a little bit dumbfounded: "I'll just drink tea with Lao Si, it won't happen."

At this time, a little boy came in through the revolving door of the hotel, happily circled the fountain, and trotted to the waiting area.

The little boy was only about four or five years old. As soon as he ran to the sofa, he saw a group of people sitting with expressionless faces. He staggered and almost fell down.

Fang Zhuo's eyes were quick, and he stretched out his arms to hug her.

The four Asian faces following behind saw the little boy being hugged by a strange man, and one of them said in a somewhat blunt tone: "Let him go!"

The little boy shrank back when he heard the voice.

Fang Zhuo glanced at the menacing Asian man, not knowing what was going on, so he didn't let go.

The assistants of the Anliang Chamber of Commerce who came with Fan Xiong all stood up.

The four Asian men were not intimidated, and their faces became more fierce.

The hands of the two assistants touched the back of the waist silently.

All four Asian men saw this movement, and stopped their steps abruptly, keeping their hands away from any parts that might cause misunderstanding.

"China, Japan, Korea?" Fang Zhuo asked in English, stroking the little boy's shoulder.

Before the Asian man could answer, there was a hurried sound of high heels from behind, and then a rather intellectual woman appeared.

She looked at the confrontation scene in surprise, and quickly said something to the little boy in Korean.

The little boy looked up at Fang Zhuo, replied in Korean, shook Fang Zhuo's hand again, and ran towards the woman.

"Misunderstand."

Fang Zhuo said something to Fan Xiong, and he recognized the woman who had just appeared.

Fan Xiong and his assistants all sat down.

The woman squatted down and gently comforted the little boy, while an Asian man whispered about the situation and details of the encounter just now.

"Sorry, Mr. Fang, I have caused you trouble." The woman stood up, glanced at Fang Zhuo who was quite outstanding on the sofa, and even apologized in Chinese, and then introduced herself, "I am Li Fuzhen from Samsung Group, Xiaoxian is a bit mischievous, really abrupt."

Fang Zhuo nodded slightly. This eldest princess who is known as the Samsung Group appeared here for some reason.

He smiled and said politely, "It's okay."

Fang Zhuo has no intention of continuing the chat. Although Li Fuzhen is the eldest princess of Samsung, he is far away from the core of power. Although the idea of ​​the four alliances was mentioned in the previous communication with Xiaoyu, the contact through the Android company is enough.

"President Fang, I have heard about your entrepreneurial experience, and I admire you very much." Instead, Li Fuzhen sat down gracefully with his son in his arms, "My brother Li Zayong also talked about the story of Yike defeating Sony, and he admired you very much." vision."

She thought that the richest man in the neighboring country in front of her didn't know herself, so she mentioned the Samsung prince Li Jae-yong.

Fang Zhuo said slowly: "Well, how is Mr. Li Jianxi? I ​​have been friends with him for a long time, and I have never had a chance to visit him."

Li Fuzhen was taken aback when he heard this man mentioning his father, and then realized one thing, whether it is a "prince" or a "princess" is not enough in front of the other party, the other party's specifications should be the rendezvous between the heads .

Although Yike and Samsung Group are far apart, it seems that behind the "richest man in the neighboring country" is not just wealth.

Li Fuzhen came to New York this time to relax and visit his sister. Before coming here, I really heard my brother mention things about neighboring countries. One of them was related to the man in front of me. Several home appliance companies in China are going to join forces to invest in panel production lines. It is said that there is This one's in the middle.

The accuracy of this "said" is very high, because it is the specific news from a home appliance company in a neighboring country.

"Father is very optimistic about Huaxia's economic development, and intends to visit Huaxia to investigate and invest in the middle of the year." Li Fuzhen replied seriously.

Fang Zhuo's expression softened, and he asked with a smile: "Chairman Li wants to invest in panels? If I return to Shencheng, he is welcome to be a guest."

Li Fuzhen did not expect that this person would suddenly ask a question about the "panel". She is in charge of Samsung's hotel business, and she is not involved in the panel, one of the core businesses of the group, and she was afraid that the answer would be wrong. hesitate.

"Uncle, do you know my grandfather? Do you know my mother? Do you know me?" The little boy suddenly broke free from his mother's hand, took a step, and asked curiously.

Fang Zhuo reached out and touched the little boy's head, and said with a smile, "I don't know you yet, what's your name?"

"My name is Ren Dongxian, and I am here to inspect the hotel with my mother!" The little boy Ren Dongxian proudly puffed out his chest, and even took out a business card from his body and handed it over.

Fang Zhuo took the business card in surprise, looked down, and couldn't help laughing, the business card was drawn with colored pens.

He shook his head while laughing, and took out a business card of his own and handed it to the little boy: "Hi Ren Dongxian, you are very good, and you can accompany your mother to inspect the hotel."

Ren Dongxian took the business card and found that it was in Chinese characters he didn't know. He handed it to his mother and continued, "Of course! Mom's Shilla Hotel is a member of The Leading Hotels of the World, and it is the best hotel in the world!"

Fang Zhuo said in a coaxing tone with a little exaggeration: "Really? That would be great."

Ren Dongxian smiled shyly, and added: "I think of it, my mother taught me not to say that. Shilla Hotel is one of the best hotels in the world."

Fang Zhuo was amused again by the child's "one of the blind sheep".

Li Fuzhen on the side looked at this scene, and explained softly that the Leading Hotel Group has a luxury hotel alliance, and its own Shilla Hotel is one of them, and this time it came to inspect other hotel styles.

Fang Zhuo rubbed the little boy's head, and from the corner of his eye, he saw Stringer being sent downstairs by Sony's local executives.

He shook Ren Dongxian's fleshy little hand: "Mr. Ren Dongxian, goodbye, I have to go to work."

Ren Dongxian said in a serious manner: "This gentleman, goodbye, you go to work, I also want to inspect the hotel."

Fang Zhuo got up and left with a smile on his face.

A group of Anliang Chamber of Commerce closely followed.

Seeing that his uncle had left, Ren Dongxian hurriedly asked his mother, "Mom, mom, what's his name?"

Li Fuzhen was holding a business card with no extra titles on it, only the name and number. She pointed to the Chinese characters and read: "Fang, Zhuo, Fang Zhuo."

Ren Dongxian repeated it twice, ran out two steps, and shouted loudly at Fang Zhuo's back: "Mr. Fang Zhuo, goodbye, goodbye! I'm busy too."

Fang Zhuo stopped, laughed loudly, turned around and waved his hands, and left the hotel together when Stringer arrived.

"Stringer?" Li Fuzhen also recognized the new foreign head of Sony Group.

"Mom, who is Stringer?" Ren Dongxian heard his mother's soft question.

"He is a very powerful person, the one who left with Mr. Fang just now." Li Fuzhen said.

Ren Dongxian lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and said: "Mom, you said that powerful people are with powerful people, so Mr. Fang Zhuoda who is with Mr. Stringer is also very powerful?"

Li Fuzhen touched his son's face: "Of course he is also very good, but I don't know how good he is."

"Compared to uncle?" Ren Dongxian asked.

Li Fuzhen thought about his brother's current position. He is in charge of the Sony-Samsung joint venture LCD subsidiary... while the other party is discussing development strategies with the head of Sony.

She shook her head: "Mr. Fang is better."

Ren Dongxian's eyes widened, and he asked in surprise, "How about comparing with Grandpa?"

Li Fuzhen took his son's hand and said with a smile, "Of course it's your grandfather who is amazing."

Ren Dongxian nodded: "That is also very powerful."

"Let's go, go up and see my aunt, she is in a bad mood recently, you need to comfort her more." Li Fuzhen instructed.

"Understood." Ren Dongxian pursed his lips and agreed.

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"Children's innocence can make people forget their troubles. Their world is always simple and beautiful. Unfortunately, ours is always complicated."

Stringer saw President Fang laughing loudly on the first floor, and said with a smile after getting in the car.

"Who said it wasn't?" Fang Zhuo drove a low-key Mercedes-Benz, "There should be cigars in the car, how about Sony? Did the layoffs go well?"

"The group is bloated, and the business is very complicated." Stringer lit a cigarette without looking for a cigar, "Suddenly regretted it, maybe I shouldn't take over this position."

Fang Zhuo smiled and said: "Okay, that's not very simple, let Nakabachi Ryoji be the chairman."

Stringer shook his head and said, "But I'm also afraid that the Sony Group will fall into the hands of others."

Fang Zhuo glanced at the head of Sony from the corner of his eye, and said after passing a traffic light, "So, I have a good deal in New York this trip, and I want to chat with you as soon as I hear that you are back."

Stringer made a listening statement.

Fang Zhuo introduced the Android system of the Android company, and also talked about the current situation of the mobile phone market, mentioning various problems faced by hardware manufacturers and software developers.

Finally, he talked about his contacts with Android companies and his investment intentions.

"It's not easy." Although Stringer is not good at this aspect of business, it is not easy to simply listen to Mr. Fang's introduction.

Sony has a joint venture mobile phone company with Ericsson, which is actually considered the first echelon in the current market, but there is a big gap between the head and the tail of the first echelon.

Nokia Asia-Pacific is strong, Motorola is not bad, there is Samsung in front, and the market share of Sony Ericsson mobile phones often fluctuates between the third and fourth.

"It's worth doing because it's not easy." Fang Zhuo described, "Otherwise, why do you think we, Yike and Google, are interested in this Android company at the same time?"

He added: "It's not just the two of us, including Samsung and HTC, who have been in contact with Android companies and have shown great interest."

Stringer wondered: "Why didn't I receive a report in this regard, did the Android company approach Sony?"

Fang Zhuo replied succinctly: "Sony's performance in the past two years has not been good."

Stringer felt a bit stuck in his heart, and asked after half a cigarette, "What about the investment budget?"

"If you Sony is willing, then you can share half and half with Yike, each with 1500 million US dollars, and a total of 3000 million US dollars to discuss investment with Android companies." Fang Zhuo reported the figures, "Just like Sony, Ericsson, and Bertelsmann. "

Sony favors a half-and-half partnership, as do Ericsson, Samsung and, initially, Bertelsmann.

However, Stringer was blocked again. The group is now laying off staff and has to focus on developing its existing business.

The most important thing is that, as the newly appointed chairman, this year's financial report will inevitably attract much attention. At this time, such an expense will come...and it is the electronic business that everyone is very concerned about...

The inclination in Stringer's heart retracted.

Fang Zhuo saw that his old friend was silent and said with a smile: "You can ask Sony's team to evaluate the prospect of the Android system. I personally think that this is a very important deal. It's impossible to say whether it can be done or not. But it's worth doing."

Stringer opened his mouth, but did not mention the investment. He talked about Ryoji Nakabachi, who had conflicts on the Tokyo board of directors. He said that although he was not elected as a director, he was still in charge of the group's electronics business.

Seeing that he had reached his destination, Fang Zhuo slowly pulled over and stopped.

He turned his head to look at Stringer, his old friend, and said with a smile, "I can understand your embarrassment when you say it this way. Otherwise, a compromise method is fine. The money doesn't need to be paid by the Sony Group. It just happens to be easy." Ke is looking for a license for mobile phone patents."

"Sony Ericsson's mobile phone patent authorization should be packaged for a period of several years, so that it can invest in the future, and there is no need to quarrel with Nakabachi and the others, and the funds will not be affected."

Fang Zhuo asked for advice gently: "How is it?"

Stringer's tendencies popped out with a "thump", and he said reservedly: "Fang, you don't need to go around such a circle if you want patent licensing."

"Hahaha, I saw it." Fang Zhuo smiled, "But I think it's a win-win thing, and there's no need to cover it up too much. Everyone gets what they need."

Stringer nodded slightly: "I will have an assessment of the Android company."

"As soon as possible, I will fly to San Francisco to talk with them." Fang Zhuo said seriously, "We want to be ahead of Google. I heard that it intends to acquire directly."

Stringer said succinctly: "Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow at the latest."

"I invite you for afternoon tea today." Fang Zhuo blinked, "How about replying to me tomorrow?"

Stringer smiled: "Deal."

(End of this chapter)