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Chapter 294 Mr. Rubin, your ambition is too small

Andy Rubin talked nonstop for nearly an hour, which involved a lot of technical terms. Although there was a Chinese version of the PPT as a reference, Gao Yang actually couldn't understand many details.

When it comes to technical terms, He Guangwen and Zhang Xiaolong will quietly explain to Gao Yang's translator.

Next, the two parties sat down for a formal meeting. Andy Rubin didn't know that he had already impressed the young investor in front of him, and he was full of expectations.

Unexpectedly, Gao Yang's first words were: "Mr. Rubin, what is your highest ideal in life?"

After being translated by Wu Fei, Andy Rubin was stunned, and said seriously: "Mr. Gao, my ideal is to do a good job in the Android system."

Gao Yang asked again: "Then how much do you hope to achieve with Android?"

Andy Rubin said seriously: "The goal of my team and I is to let Android break the monopoly and control of major manufacturers, and let it occupy a place in the smartphone market."

Gao Yang shook his head and smiled: "Mr. Rubin, to be honest, I think you and your team set too low goals and lack ambition.

Through your introduction just now, I feel that you have a typical geek temperament, which reminds me of Linus Torvalds, the father of Linux, who is very respectable.

In the past PC era, users all over the world have been living under the rule of the Wintel alliance, as well as UNIX and MAC, so Linux appeared.

However, what we are discussing today is a commercial project that needs to make money.

Bill Gates used to be called a geek. After Microsoft's great success, he was no longer a geek. He became a businessman and an entrepreneur.

We have a kind of martial arts culture in China, called Huashan Lunjian, which means that only top masters who have practiced martial arts to the highest level are eligible to participate in this kind of PK. "

While Gao Yang was speaking, Wu Fei translated to Andy Rubin.

Andy Rubin kept smiling and nodding while listening carefully.

I was a little puzzled in my heart.

I heard that Chinese people are very humble, but this one is not humble at all.

When Gao Yang stopped, Andy Rubin said seriously: "Mr. Gao is very straightforward. For android, our biggest goal is naturally to hope that it will break the rule of the big manufacturers and become the mainstream of the market. We are indeed discussing commercial projects, discussing Its prospects, its future profit margins and market size."

Gao Yang asked again: "Mr. Rubin, if 10 years later, in 2015, where do you think the world's largest smartphone market will appear?"

Andy Rubin thought about it seriously, and replied: "Mr. Gao, I think there is a high probability that it will be the Huaxia market."

Gao Yang nodded and smiled: "That's right, Mr. Rubin, I very much agree with your judgment. China's society is stable and its economy is developing rapidly. Now it has a population of more than 13 billion, and the world's largest middle-class consumer class will soon appear.

Therefore, 10 years later, China will definitely be the world's largest smartphone consumer market.

In addition, China's technology product manufacturing industry is also developing rapidly. Every year, we have the world's largest group of graduates of science and engineering universities, as well as the largest graduates of technical schools, and relatively low labor costs.

Ten years from now, 10 or even 100 of every 70 smartphones in the world may be produced in China.

Furthermore, in this development process, Huaxia will definitely produce a local mobile phone brand with global influence.

These general development trends at the macro-industrial level are the fundamental reasons why we hope to cooperate with the Android team to develop this project together. "

Andy Rubin said seriously: "Mr. Gao, I very much agree with your analysis."

Gao Yang said again: "So, if we invest in android, I hope that Mr. Rubin's team can set the development goal of this project to surpass all competitors, achieve the number one market share, and let an open source system platform rule the market , is in the interests of the absolute majority.”

Andy Rubin said with a smile: "Mr. Gao, of course we need to set such a strategic development goal. The biggest advantage of an open source platform is that it is expected to form the world's largest developer ecosystem, which cannot be achieved by any closed system. It’s a natural advantage of an open source platform.”

Gao Yang said: "I agree with Mr. Rubin's judgment on the development ecology of open source systems. To achieve the goal of growing into the mainstream of the market, the construction of the developer ecology is very important and the key to success.

Android can be geek-oriented in research and development, which is very suitable for developers to show their abilities and potential.

In terms of project management, it should be business-oriented. We need to invest a lot of money, and we need to introduce products to the market, generate profits, and earn money in order to continue to develop.

In terms of project operation, android should not only pay attention to the developer ecology, but also pay attention to cooperation with the entire industry chain, and even establish alliances.

From the design and manufacture of mobile phone chips, to mobile phone brand manufacturers, manufacturers, and some agreements and organizations that formulate industry standards, android needs to establish a good cooperative relationship with Android, including the introduction of cooperation at the capital level.

Therefore, the android company can't just focus on developing a system platform. Mr. Rubin has to find an outstanding industry diplomat to lead the company's external communication and cooperation. "

Andy Rubin nodded and said: "Mr. Gao, I agree with your ideas. The thinking is very clear, and this kind of planning is also great. To make an android company bigger and develop into the mainstream of the market, the company's operation and management really need to cooperate with the entire industry. chain to cooperate.”

Gao Yangdao: "Yes, Mr. Rubin, we can discuss investment cooperation only when we reach a consensus on the strategic development goals, development concepts, realization paths, and operation management models of Android companies.

Before we discuss how to invest, there is another premise. Let’s not discuss the current valuation of android company. We are optimistic about the future development prospects of android company and hope to invest in it. However, in terms of the company’s equity ratio, we hope to achieve absolute control proportion. "

Andy Rubin was taken aback, and said in surprise, "Gao Xian wants to absolutely control Android, or wait for it to grow to a certain stage, and resell it for a high price?"

Gao Yang shook his head and smiled: "No, Mr. Rubin misunderstood, it is exactly the opposite of what you think, we hope to have absolute control over android, first of all, we hope that the entire development team headed by you will remain stable, and second, we are long-term investment rather than speculation.

We hope that Android will one day grow into a technology-based company with global influence, and develop into a great company like Microsoft, Google, Jahu or Amazon.

We hope to cooperate with Mr. Rubin's team for a long time, develop together, enjoy the fruits of the company's development and growth together, and hope that android can grow into a respected company.

We hold Android because we don't want speculative capital to come in in the future, and we don't want Mr. Rubin's entrepreneurial team to suddenly want to sell the company one day in the future.

We want to hold shares and will not directly interfere with the normal operation of the team led by Mr. Rubin. We just try to provide support for Mr. Rubin and the team from the financial and other levels, so that you can concentrate on R&D and development without worrying about funds.

There is an old saying in the history of China, "A king is better than a prince". In the era of smart phones, I hope that Mr. Rubin can not only realize his life ideals through android, but also hope that because of its success in the future, Mr. Rubin can grow into a Industry leaders like Bill Gates or Jobs.

In short, our goal is to hope that the android company can develop stably for a long time without being disturbed by other capital, the entire entrepreneurial team can maintain stability for a long time, and the future operation team can also maintain stability for a long time..."

(End of this chapter)