Top of the Great Era

Chapter 2982 Seizing food from the tiger’s mouth

In fact, there is no need for Zhou Buqi to give advice on how to deal with Qualcomm.

Boss Lei already had an idea.

Even the entire plan was planned long ago by Boss Lei, who even kept Zhou Buqi in the dark for a time.

The reason I came here specially is not so much to ask for advice as to seek instructions.

This is the attitude expressed by Lei Jun.

He was not Zhou Buqi's subordinate, nor was he Zhou Buqi's younger brother. With his status and position, he could not work for others. However, in their interactions, Lei Jun was obviously lowering his posture and intentionally putting Boss Zhou in a higher position.

Especially here in the United States.

This requires Zhou Buqi to "lead" him even more.

After all, there was no Zhou Buqi in the previous life. Xiaomi was still doing very well under the leadership of Lei Jun. As expected, it reached a strategic cooperation with Qualcomm when Xiaomi was very weak, and carried out cross-stock swaps with each other, becoming "in-laws", which solved the shackles of Xiaomi on mobile phone chips in one fell swoop.

When other smartphones are short of chip supply, Xiaomi has never been restricted in terms of chips.

Especially high-end machines.

It can be said that among the world's high-end mobile phone manufacturers, only three are not restricted by chips. In addition to Apple and Samsung, there is only Xiaomi. Other mobile phone manufacturers will definitely be more or less restricted by chip supply.

Because there are fewer high-end chips, Qualcomm gives priority to Xiaomi. Other mobile phone manufacturers need to wait in line to get chips, which makes it difficult for them to get the first chance to launch chips, and the opportunity to experience the fresh chips is snatched away by Xiaomi.

Even Samsung can't compare to Xiaomi in this regard.

Now, Lei Jun has come to the United States and has taken the initiative to follow the process of "asking for instructions in the morning and reporting in the evening". It is impossible for Zhou Buqi to use Qiao's status to show off as if he is so great. Instead, he returns the favor by sharing the business secrets of the acquisition of LinkedIn with him.

Lei Jun’s views on mergers and acquisitions do make sense.

Ziweixing International should initiate an acquisition of LinkedIn!

If Ziweixing International does not buy it, judging from the attitude shown by Reid Hoffman, it will definitely look for other buyers, which will pose a potential threat.

  In particular, Kurian, as the CEO of Ziwei Cloud, wrote a long exposition report, expressing the significance of acquiring LinkedIn in many aspects. Especially in the development of Ziwei Cloud, LinkedIn can complement Ziwei Cloud!

LinkedIn is a business social product that targets business people and professionals, who happen to be the target users of enterprises.

Zhou Buqi immediately thought of Microsoft.

In his previous life, after Nadella became the CEO of Microsoft and gained a firm foothold and stabilized his power, he soon showed his acquisition-crazy personality and started buying companies all the way. The largest deal was the acquisition of LinkedIn for $2016 billion in 265.

At the same time, Microsoft Cloud has achieved rapid development under the leadership of Nadella.

Rapid growth with accumulated strength.

The market is expanding every year, and every year it is encroaching on the market that originally belonged to Amazon Cloud.

This cannot help but make people think.

Is the development of Microsoft Cloud related to Microsoft's acquisition of LinkedIn? After all, before that, Microsoft Cloud was always in a half-dead state, but after the acquisition of LinkedIn, it quickly underwent a qualitative change, and Microsoft Cloud became the world's second largest cloud computing platform, second only to Amazon Cloud.

This is of great importance, so we must be cautious!

Whether it is for the expansion of its own social business or the ecological synergy effect formed by the cloud business, Ziweixing International has sufficient reasons to launch a merger and acquisition of LinkedIn! Just as Lei Jun said, at least we can't let such an excellent company as LinkedIn fall into the hands of competitors!

Lei Jun left Zhou Buqi and went to Qualcomm to "secretly communicate".

Zhou Buqi definitely cannot get involved in such matters.

He called Microsoft's Ballmer.

"Happy New Year!"

“Haha, Happy New Year!”

Although it was already January 2014, 1, it was still New Year's Day, and there was still a New Year atmosphere. Zhou Buqi simply exchanged a few pleasantries with him, and then asked, "I'm curious, have you chosen your successor?"

"The choice has been made."

Ballmer was a little sad.

I am about to lose my power, and I feel a little lost.

Zhou Buqi smiled and asked, "Satya Nadella?"

Ballmer laughed and kept it a secret, "You'll know when the time comes."

Zhou Buqi said angrily: "Why wait? Everyone knows that you have already chosen the Indian guy?"

"Well..." Ballmer hesitated, sighed, and told the truth, "It's mainly because Gates likes him very much. You know... Gates has incredible influence in this company. When he and I have disagreements, the board of directors will support him unanimously."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "When I was young, I always admired Bill Gates and was also fascinated by Steve Ballmer. In my eyes, you are all the same."

Ballmer was in a very good mood after hearing what he said. He laughed and said, "You are really... We are old friends. Is there anything you want?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Nothing, just checking up on an old friend... By the way, when will you hand over?"

"Next month, after the year-end board meeting, I will officially step down."

Ballmer didn't hide it.

As Zhou Buqi said before, this is no longer a trade secret. It has spread in Silicon Valley that Indian-American Nadella will replace him as the new CEO of Microsoft.

Zhou Buqi knew what was going on and asked, "Why not wait until April? I thought you were going to wait until after the shareholders' meeting to hand over the company. At least you can receive applause from all shareholders at the last shareholders' meeting you preside over. You deserve it."

Ballmer smiled and then sighed, "It's almost time. The sooner I let go, the sooner I can relax. Oh, by the way, do me a favor!"

"you say!"

“You have an NBA team, right?”

"Well, the Golden State Warriors have done really well this year. They are far ahead in the regular season and will probably win the championship this year."

Zhou Buqi couldn't help showing off.

Because the other party is a loyal basketball fan. As a busy boss, he often shows up at NBA stadiums to watch games.

Ballmer said, "Then please help me keep an eye out for which NBA team is willing to sell. I also want to buy a team. It must be in a big city, Seattle, DC, New York, Los Angeles, no other cities are fine."

Zhou Buqi said: "Okay, I'll ask for you."

After making this call, Zhou Buqi quickly called Lu Qi over and said solemnly: "I just learned about the situation. Microsoft will announce the appointment of the next CEO at the fiscal year board meeting next month. It's Nadella!"

Lu Qi didn't quite understand what he meant yet, so he smiled and said, "We will send a congratulatory letter in the name of the company when the time comes."

Zhou Buqi waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "After taking office, Nadella is under a lot of pressure. He needs to keep the power in his hands, win over the senior executives who were at the same level as him, and handle the interpersonal relationships within the company. Another point is that Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia is too big. The huge number of employees and assets will encounter many integration difficulties. These are the problems left to Nadella. It will be difficult for him to free up his hands in a short period of time."

Lu Qi was a little surprised, "Why are you so interested in him all of a sudden?"

Zhou Buqi said firmly: "We must take advantage of this weak opportunity to complete the acquisition of LinkedIn before Nadella is free! We must not give him a chance to catch his breath. Once he has sorted out the internal affairs, he will definitely try to snatch LinkedIn from us!"

Lu Qi was shocked. "You want to acquire LinkedIn?"

"This is everyone's opinion, and almost all executives agree!" Zhou Buqi couldn't hesitate at this time, "We must act immediately and contact LinkedIn. We must be quick and complete this deal before Nadella handles Microsoft's internal problems! Ballmer helped us a lot, but he left a mess for Nadella. We must not miss such a precious opportunity! We must snatch LinkedIn from the tiger's mouth!"

(End of this chapter)