20 years of restarting life

Chapter 2764 Zhao Changan’s Purpose

Including Jim's current statement of "serving the elite personnel in business and politics, rather than getting everyone to use RIM", it was nearly three years later that they gradually realized the terribleness of this conservative thinking.

In Zhao Changan's original time and space, by the end of this year, the number of BlackBerry users (registered users who paid to use RIM's servers) exceeded 2, and the company's annual sales exceeded US$ million.

By the end of 04, the number of paying users exceeded 100 million.

Compared with BlackBerry's market value and reputation, this speed is simply a snail's pace, and the reason is their wrong and stupid idea of ​​"serving the business and political elites".

However, starting from 05, they finally realized their mistakes and started to make changes, such as the dual-channel free switching setting which was delayed for two years.

At this time, BlackBerry's paid registered users began to increase dramatically.

By the end of 07, there were 1000 million paying users.

In the same year, Apple launched the iPhone, a technological product that combines the functions of an iPod and a mobile phone. It is also an Internet tool and a mobile computer.

That awesome touch screen design has stunned the entire mobile phone industry around the world.

This of course includes BlackBerry!

In 08, Google released the open source Android platform. BlackBerry users wanted RIM to use the Android system, but BlackBerry explicitly refused and insisted on using its own Operation System.

Even so, BlackBerry still has a chance to survive. In 10, BlackBerry had 2100 million registered paying users in the North American market alone.

However, he is still producing full-keyboard mobile phones, because the QWERTY keyboard of full-keyboard mobile phones is Mike's masterpiece that he is proud of. Even though it has shown to be out of date, he still clings to it and is unwilling to change or give up.

As expected, in the following years, it was defeated by Apple, Nokia, and Samsung.

From Zhao Changan's perspective of BlackBerry's entire mobile phone and PAD industry, it can be said that things were going very well in the beginning. However, after September this year, the company started to get confused and began to live off its past success.

This phenomenon must be broken as soon as possible to give the heart direction, motivation and mission, and eventually become a god-like existence.

Jim's expression looked better when he heard Zhao Changan explain that the newly developed mobile phone did not mean giving up the dedicated email channel that he, Mike and Doug were proud of.

However, he said seriously: "Even if this matter can be compromised, I still strongly oppose your idea of ​​popularizing it. If ordinary people need emails, there are ICQ, Yahoo Mail, and many other types, including the North American version of GGemail. They don't need to buy an expensive RIM and pay for it. They just need to turn on their computer or PAD to send and receive emails. And they can also send text messages without writing emails. Since this market is not suitable for BlackBerry, we should not compete for it, but focus on our own field."

Since they were not on the same page, Zhao Changan could not talk too much with Jim about some things. He just smiled and shook his head and said, "RIM's direction of making non-membership registered mobile phones will never change. In addition to the original registered membership charging model, the mobile phone will return to its essence, which is to purely make calls and send text messages. Of course, it will also be equipped with color screens, ringtones, cameras, ultra-thinness, ultra-lightness, and long battery life, which are the functions that mobile phones need."

"Then you will definitely fail and bankrupt an excellent North American high-tech company!"

Seeing Jim's angry face, Zhao Changan said with a smile: "Jim, since you are so pessimistic about my imagination of BlackBerry, how about this, let's take another gamble?"

"How to bet?"

"Just like last time, you still have 4% of BlackBerry's shares in your hands. You can use them as collateral for financing with me and sign a strict non-repayable contract."

Jim looked at Zhao Changan as if he were a fool, with a small flame burning uncontrollably in his eyes, and his voice was filled with anger: "Although I am pessimistic about the future of BlackBerry, which you control, you must know how popular BlackBerry's stock is in the stock market now. The shares I hold are already less than 5%, and I can always find a buyer for these shares and sell them at a good price."

BlackBerry's current share price is US$23.86, Zhao Changan holds 25.86% of the shares, and the market value is 280 billion RMB.

BlackBerry's total market value has reached 1080 billion RMB.

This means that Jim now holds 4% of the shares, with a market value of 43 billion RMB.

But just two and a half months ago, Jim mortgaged 6% of his shares to Zhao Changan in the form of mortgage financing, at $3.3, and received $1.14 million, 9 million RMB. Now this 6% stake has a market value of 65 billion RMB!

It would have been fine if Zhao Changan didn't mention this matter, but as soon as he mentioned Jim, his eyes would turn red.

He was not only angry about the loss of 7 million yuan, but also because this incident made him a laughing stock for many people!

Of course, Doug was even more depressed. Before September, he was also pessimistic about the future of BlackBerry, so he chose to sell 9% of his shares in the market, leaving only 4%.

These 4% of shares were basically bought by Zhao Changan through his Toronto branch of Nano-Tech. However, Doug had no reason to be dissatisfied with Zhao Changan, because even if Zhao Changan did not buy these shares, there would always be others who would buy them, and the selling price would be even lower.

Doug only sold this 4% stake for 5000 million yuan, or 4.3 million RMB!

Zhao Changan looked at the furious Jim and said calmly: "800 million m yuan."

"?"

At this moment, Jim looked at Zhao Changan in confusion, thinking that he had heard it wrong.

"4 million yuan, I will buy the % shares you hold."

Zhao Changan repeated it affirmatively.

200 million m yuan, which means BlackBerry is valued at billion m yuan.

BlackBerry's price has risen from 3 million yuan in late September to a staggering 23.86 million yuan now, a 790% increase!

However, its highest price was 25.3 million yuan half a month ago. Affected by those newspapers and magazines, it dropped to the current price.

Now everyone is waiting for Zhao Changan to arrive in Waterloo, wanting to see what he will do next to determine the future direction of the stock price.

However, Jim said that if Zhao Changan does things the way he does, it is very likely that BlackBerry's stock price will fall below 20 million yuan before Christmas.

However, Zhao Changan now wants to buy out his shares at a price of approximately 36.6 million yuan?

Compared to the current price of 23.86, it is also a premium of 53%!

Is he crazy?

You have to know that the last time the offer was 6%, the stock price was 2.6 million yuan, and he offered 3.3 million yuan, so the premium was only 27%.

Moreover, 2.6m yuan was obviously the bottom at that time and could rise at any time, but the current 23.86m yuan is the top and could fall at any time.

  Jim looked at Zhao Changan in doubt, trying to see something from his face - was he deliberately blackmailing him or trying to scare him?

Unfortunately, however, there was nothing unusual at all, as if they were simply discussing a good business.

"Bet or not?"

Zhao Changan had a smile on his face, looking affectionate and relaxed.

"I bet!"

Jim took the challenge with gritted teeth.