Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 610 Google's Actions (Two in One)

Fang Zhuo and Google haven't met for a long time, but whether it's the other party's strong interest in Android, Google's new competition filing, or even their proposed system cooperation, these are all expected.

However, he was quite surprised that one of the manufacturers listed in Google's filing included Texas Instruments, which has already produced a rather mature system.

TI's mobile phone operating platform has gathered a group of upstream and downstream component manufacturers. Moreover, a giant like it has always had standards of conduct. Google wants to persuade it to compete with the open source Android according to its own meaning, and it is bound to take a lot of effort.

But there is also a great advantage that Texas Instruments' system is very effective immediately.

Fang Zhuo didn’t know how determined Larry and Sergey were to the filing. He could only evaluate and guess from his own perspective. He believed that Google and Texas Instruments would still have a long period of time before the ownership of the Android company was settled. distance.

Because there is also a problem of the right to speak in the cooperation between the two companies.

Is Texas Instruments willing to give up the right to speak in the system developed by itself?
Even if it is not Deyi, if you change to Fayi, Yingyi, Riyi or whatever, they will all have such a similar problem.

However, even with the promise of cooperation from Google, he couldn't immediately agree.

Why does a four-party alliance that is about to collapse get Google's respect?

Only an unbreakable alliance can squeeze the most favorable terms of cooperation from Google.

Of course, Fang Zhuo, Google's Larry and Sergey could all see the cracks in this alliance, so he had to mend it as much as possible so that the alliance could not maintain its combat effectiveness before he could obtain satisfactory conditions.

On this point, Sony Group, which is willing to license Sony Ericsson mobile phone patents, has to play a role.

That night, Stringer came to discuss the situation with Mr. Fang as promised.

When he walked into the hotel suite, took the tea handed over by Mr. Fang, saw the documents being opened on the table, and asked, "What are you studying?"

"Report on the games launched by domestic companies." Fang Zhuo himself sat down with a cup of tea, closed the online game performance previously reported by Sina, blew a sip of tea, and said, "Today, the two founders of Google, Larry and Xie Ergay is looking for me, they want to buy Android."

Unbreakable alliances require openness and honesty.

Stringer said with a smile: "Larry and Sergey are very powerful young people. Just before coming here, Larry also called me and asked me to meet and discuss cooperation."

The head of Sony is equally open and honest.

As for whether this "openness and honesty" is due to Fang Zhuo's frankness, it is not worth worrying about.

Fang Zhuo nodded, briefly described what happened this afternoon, and mentioned the conditions for the first model to be equipped with the Android system.

In fact, he really couldn't be blamed for walking away with half-truths and half-truths. What kind of condition was Larry's offer?
Will the first Android phone be a success?
The Android system is not well-known overseas, and it can guarantee bottom sales if it is installed.

On the contrary, the first model may be a guinea pig that becomes a stepping stone.

This is from the perspective of measuring conditions. Of course, Fang Zhuo still wants Yike's mobile phone to be equipped with Android as soon as possible, but his tone of talking about this now is very normal and disapproving.

The same goes for Stringer.

He even said sarcastically: "What the Android system needs is the vigorous promotion of our mobile phone manufacturers, rather than putting it on the table as a negotiation condition."

Compared to Mr. Fang, he is less interested in meeting tomorrow, and only politely agreed.

What Sony Group needs now is not Android, not a mobile phone with an operating system, but beautiful financial statements.

On this point, Yi Ke's cooperation with one more procedure most impressed Stringer.

The head of Sony continued: "Even if Google develops its own mobile operating system, they must also consider the attitude of our hardware manufacturers. If Android is enough, how can we carry their things?"

"This is why Larry wants to see you. His priority is to persuade you or Sandor or Li Kitai." Fang Zhuo commented, "If he persuades one of them, the remaining three will be more passive. .”

Stringer understood that he wanted to hear his own clear attitude.

He smiled and said, "Fang, the cooperation between Sony and Yike is still sweet, maybe you should talk to those two from Samsung and Motorola."

"Also, you don't have to worry too much, Google has nothing to do in the field of mobile phone systems."

"I don't think anyone at Android would give up our help and choose Google."

Fang Zhuo's words "Google is rich" hovered in his throat for a while, but he still didn't say it. He could understand Stringer's rather relaxed attitude, which was a matter of mutual importance.

He communicated with Stringer for a while to unify his cognition.

Afterwards, Fang Zhuo informed Li Kitai and Sandel by phone, telling them that Google's interest in the Android system has not waned.

In the end, he contacted Rubin of Android Company, talked about the contact with Google this afternoon, and analyzed the match made in heaven between hardware manufacturers and operating systems, which was unmatched by Google.

Now unless Nokia is persuaded by Google to abandon Symbian and make Android, the cooperation prospects of the four alliances have been stretched to the fullest.

The only problem is that the purchase price needs to be negotiated, and the bidding actions of Motorola and Samsung must be implemented. Only in this way can it be regarded as bringing greater sincerity to Android and a greater threat to Google.

The next morning, Google's Larry met Stringer, Sony's new boss.

He also analyzed the many conflicts and interest disputes among the four alliances, and sincerely stated that Google is looking for hardware partners to jointly promote the development of the Android system.

Unfortunately, because the homework was not done properly, Larry never mentioned a cooperation method to make Sony's accounts more beautiful.

Stringer almost bluntly rejected Larry's lobbying on the spot, consolidating the unbreakable alliance.

This afternoon, after another setback for Sony, Larry and Sergey met with Sandel, the CEO of Motorola.

As a result, Sandel's attitude was even more explicit than Stringer's.

"Google also wants to make a mobile phone system?"

"Why do you Google make a mobile phone system?"

"How can you compete?"

"I don't think such a crossover is beneficial."

"You are accountable to Google's shareholders, not trying to buy a small company in a whimsical way to enter the mobile operating platform."

"Larry, Sergey, you must carefully consider your plans for the future development of the company."

Sandor's rather arrogant words directly angered Sergey.

Sergey retorted: "You don't need to point out this point. Google has always been responsible to shareholders. At the same time, we have to be responsible to a wider user group."

"If you continue to insist on acquiring Android companies or developing your own mobile phone system, you must inform me again." Sandel was very calm in the face of the anger of the Google founder.

Sergey asked suspiciously, "Why?"

Sandor replied lightly: "Because, I want to sell the Google stock I hold in my hand."

Sergey: "..."

The two Google founders were somewhat speechless.

But they were not shocked by Sandor, and they still met Lee Ki-tae, the president of Samsung Electronics.

Li Jitai has already learned about the situation of the other three companies, knowing that they all rejected Google's solicitation.

So, he showed the same gesture.

First, Boss Fang left in a huff, then Jazz's blunt refusal, then the CEO's shareholding attack, and finally the president's polite refusal.

Google's Larry and Sergey got four negative responses in a short period of time.

This is inevitably frustrating, and at the same time, it will also doubt whether there is any problem with the previous judgment of these four alliances.

On the one hand, Larry raised his offer for Google to $8500 million. On the other hand, he put his contact with four hardware vendors in the discussion.

Andreessen, Google's vice president, expressed his opinion: "Eco and Sony are obviously more closely related than the other two."

"Eco and Sony not only have in-depth cooperation in music, they jointly lead the Sony Bertelsmann Music Company. This approach has transformed Eco from a competitor of Sony to a collaborator after the defeat of Walkman."

"At the same time, Fang Zhuo himself became a non-executive director of Sony Group this year."

"Obviously he has a good personal relationship with Stringer."

"I think that played a big role in the intent to acquire Android this time around."

Anderson saw many colleagues nodding in agreement with his point of view, and continued: "Raising the acquisition price of Android is a way of expressing our attitude. It is telling Rubin and the four alliances that we have not given up yet, but we will not give up in the future." The high price premium will also hurt Android's cooperative ecological prospects."

"Motorola and Sony have shown signs of recovery, Samsung has maintained growth, and Yike has a healthy cash flow. This is a goal worthy of our unity."

"If Fang Zhuo can be dealt with, this alliance may be disintegrated in an instant."

"Sandor is too arrogant, Lee Ki-tae seems to be following in the footsteps of his partners."

"Can we call the people from Deyi first and use this kind of action to put pressure on them?"

Larry nodded first, then shook his head and said, "Whether it's TI's filing or our own research and development, I'm afraid it won't pose too much threat to Fang Zhuo, but may stimulate his fighting spirit."

Sergey agreed: "We still have to start from within."

At this time, another vice president said: "I found that the four of them are a little different. Motorola, Sony, and Yike are the CEOs and chairman who can most determine the company's development, but Samsung Electronics is only the president. .”

He continued: "Samsung Electronics is just a subsidiary of Samsung, and President Lee Ki-tae is only the president of the subsidiary. The one who can most decide Samsung's actions is that Lee Kun-hee. Can we have room for negotiation in this regard?"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone else at Google felt as if they could give it a try.

Although Samsung Electronics is one of the pillars of the Samsung Group, and Lee Ki-tae is a high-ranking senior executive of Samsung, Samsung's greatest will comes from the chairman Lee Kun-hee.

Li Jitai declined the kindness of the Internet giant Google, must Li Kunxi be like this?

The meeting continued to discuss the acquisition of the Android system and the competition with the four alliances.

Larry, who is very efficient in his work, got the number of Lee Kun-hee, the head of South Korea's Samsung Group, immediately after the meeting.

Overseas calls were connected without too much waiting.

Larry has already talked about the Android system with the four alliances. This call with Li Jianxi can be described as practice makes perfect. He described Google's neutral support position in the Android ecosystem and promised to give preferential conditions to Samsung's mobile phone products...

Li Jianxi was a little surprised that this call came from the founder of Google.

However, after listening to Larry's lobbying in detail, he did not show a rejection attitude, but rather vaguely expressed that he would consider it carefully.

This response surprised the high-level, small-scale Google executives.

Vice President Anderson saw that Larry still focused on Fang Zhuo after the phone call, and raised his own doubts: "Since Li Jianxi is likely to reverse Samsung Electronics' attitude from a higher level, we may simply pull Samsung to cooperate directly. Then focus on Fang Zhuo."

Several others have similar meanings.

Sergey, who had met Fang Zhuo, expressed the same feeling as Larry: "We want to acquire Android, but our goal is not only to win this acquisition, but also to make Android a mobile phone operating system. "

"Samsung Electronics has its own R&D team, and it's hard to say how much energy and promotion Android can put into it."

"the most important point is……"

Sergey looked at Larry.

Larry continued: "The most important thing is that I think the ecological development of the Android system needs a partner with a challenging spirit. If I were to choose between Samsung Li Jianxi and Yike Fangzhuo, I would The choice is the latter."

Both he and Sergey were deeply impressed by the meeting in the cafe that day. Unlike Li Jianxi, who is getting old, Fang is always a person who regards difficulties as challenges. He has a strong interest in the open source of Android, which is very interesting. Let people appreciate.

The small specification discussion for Samsung is over.

"Just the change of Samsung may not be enough to knock down Fang Zhuo, perhaps, we should still find people from Texas Instruments." Sergei changed his mind a little before leaving.

Larry smiled slightly: "No, it's not just Samsung, I also have a piece of news about Motorola. I believe this will make Mr. Fang realize how unreliable his four alliances are."

Sergey was a little confused: "What is it?"

"Eco's biggest rival is not us, nor Motorola, Samsung and Sony." Larry said, "Its rival in the market is Apple. I just got the news that Apple and Motorola have a mobile phone equipped with iTunes. It will be released in the fall, do you think that Sandel will leak such news to Mr. Fang?"

Sergey was surprised. He knew that the fierce competition between iTunes and iMusic was no less than the tit-for-tat in the mobile phone market.

Larry said with a smile: "If Mr. Fang knew that the partner he worked so hard to maintain had already joined forces with his biggest competitor to attack Yike's market, what would he think?"

"Combined with Samsung's wobble, what will happen to him?"

"Android needs hardware partners, and Yike and Sony are good partners."

"To defeat Fang Zhuo, first use his collaborators to break his will."

Larry gave a determined smile.

(End of this chapter)