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Chapter 1903 The Utilization Value of Twitter

Last year, Zuckerberg was Time Magazine's Person of the Year.

You know, a group of Silicon Valley legends such as Jobs, Dell, HP, Ellison, etc. have never received such an honor.It can be seen how important Internet social networking is in this era.

Just like Bezos who created Amazon back then, this thing has really changed the way modern people live.

In the past few years, the major Silicon Valley giants have been working hard to deploy social business, basically not very good, and the worst is actually Microsoft.At that time, Microsoft's MSN was the world's largest chat tool, but after so many years of development, no one used it anymore.

There is no way, Microsoft can only give up the business of MSN, and instead spend huge sums of money to acquire Skype.

Zhou Buqi was not in a hurry about this.

But other people can't do it. After Larry Page took office as CEO, he vowed to yell out the slogan to bet on social networking with all his strength. The result is good. Before his own side has made a move, the competitor's side has made a big move first. .

Under this background, it undoubtedly greatly increased the industry value of Twitter.

Because I have to negotiate with Apple and Microsoft about Asda joining the anti-Google alliance, and help Boss Ma to say a few good words to get Yahoo and Softbank... Zhou Buqi is very busy now, and the next half month , walking among the giants in Silicon Valley, like a messenger.

Similar to previous expectations, the financial environment continued to deteriorate, and all stocks continued to fall.Regardless of the fact that the decline in stock prices has no effect on the normal operations of the company, the impact on the shareholders behind it is too great.

To have an impact on shareholders is to have an impact on the board of directors and management.

If you have an influence on the management, it will affect the development of the business.

Therefore, major companies are trying to find ways to save the stock price crisis.

The most effective way is to start the merger and acquisition model all the way. The more monopolistic the industrial model is, the more optimistic it is by the capital market.

Microsoft's acquisition of Skype for US$85 billion has been officially announced, and there have been several large-scale acquisitions in the market.

EBay is going to acquire e-commerce service provider GSICommerce, and the transaction price is expected to exceed US$20 billion; Oracle is negotiating with cloud service company RightNow, and if the deal is concluded, the price will not be less than US$10 billion; Apple will acquire Anobit, Adobe With the acquisition of Efficient Frontier, EA will acquire Friends Studio...

One of the most fierce or HP.

With the impact of the Internet and the popularity of smart phones and tablet computers, the life of traditional PC manufacturers is getting more and more difficult, and they are all thinking about transformation.

Dell's approach is to restructure after delisting, while HP's approach is completely different. They want to start a super luxury purchase.

HP wants to transform into a software service provider, and is negotiating with Autonomy, the second largest software company in the UK, and the transaction price may exceed US$100 billion...

Zhou Buqi is most concerned about Google.

After Larry Page came to power, he has made great adjustments to the business line, shutting down a large number of messy products such as buzz, knol, desktop, labs, Sidewiki, Reader, etc., and initiated two acquisitions for 4 million $7 million bought travel software company ITA Software.

These two acquisitions are "small businesses". Next, it's the turn of the real big business, right?
On May 5th, Sunday, Larry Page invited Zhou Buqi to play golf and talked about Twitter, with a clear intention.Three days later, the two dined in private and expressed similar meanings again.

Zhou Buqi also finally spoke, expressing his willingness to sacrifice his personal reputation and sell Twitter to Google.

However, Google has to give corresponding chips.

But not just money.

Specific plans have not yet been discussed.

We have to wait for the outcome of Nortel's patent case.

To say that Microsoft has played hard enough in this regard, organized and planned an anti-Google alliance, and joined forces with HP, Nokia, and a large number of other technology companies to initiate a lawsuit against Google, opposing Google's acquisition of Nortel's patents.

Everyone knows that after Google gets this patent, it will only license it to manufacturers in the Android camp and exclude other camps.

This is a fatal blow to other operating systems.

Therefore, Microsoft took the lead in launching the attack, demanding that "Nortel Networks' patents should be permanently free worldwide".Of course Google is unwilling and is working hard for it.

Another battle.

He would not participate in these matters unless he had a weapon. Anyway, he knew that Google would acquire Motorola in the future, which meant that they would miss Nortel's patents.

In contrast, Zhou Shaoning was very concerned about this, and came over this evening, "The current lawsuit is just delaying time."

"Procrastination?"

"Yes, legally speaking, there is no reason to prevent Google from acquiring Nortel's patents."

"What's the point of procrastinating?"

"To raise money."

Zhou Shaoning seemed to be involved in it, with a complacent look.

Zhou Buqi asked, "Raise money? How do you say it?"

Zhou Shaoning said: "Once Google and the anti-Google alliance join the bidding for Nortel's patents, the price of these 6000 patents will go up to the sky. We must raise enough cash. The latest lawsuit is actually the first Going to court, procrastinating, and postponing the bidding time will give Microsoft more time to organize.”

Only then did Zhou Buqi figure out what was going on, "Organized?"

Zhou Shaoning said: "It's almost there. There are seven giants in total, Apple, Microsoft, Blackberry, EMC, Ericsson, Sony, and Asda. These patents must be obtained at all costs."

"At all costs..." Zhou Buqi is cautious about this, "For Apple and Microsoft, they must do whatever it takes. They are mortal enemies with Android. But for Asda, it must be appropriate."

Zhou Shaoning said with a smile: "I know that Asda now has a net cash flow of 15.2 billion US dollars in its account. I have already agreed with them to invest a maximum of 3.2 million US dollars."

Zhou Buqi said: "How long will it be over?"

Zhou Shaoning said: "It is estimated that the lawsuit will be over in June, and the formal bidding will start in July. Now Motorola is also listening to the letter, and their negotiations with Google have been in full swing. Once Google has a patent for Nortel If the snap-up fails, Motorola will definitely be targeted.”

"Motorola is waiting, and so is Twitter!"

"Twitter?" Zhou Shaoning's eyes lit up, "Did we talk?"

Zhou Buqi said in a very ordinary way: "Basically, it is a matter of your wish and I have nothing to talk about. Now let's wait for the Nortel case to end, and wait for Google to officially switch to Motorola before finalizing the Twitter case."

Zhou Shaoning said very excitedly: "Yes, we must make full use of the value of Twitter and strive for more benefits. But...wouldn't it be a pity to sell Twitter at this stage?"

"pity?"

"Twitter should be the second largest social network in the world after Facebook right now? It's stronger than MySpace. The social market is so high, it's unavoidable to sell it now..."

Zhou Buqi didn't take it seriously, "Only when the market is soaring can we sell at a high price and maximize the use value of Twitter."

(End of this chapter)