Rebirth 98, the rise started from ripping off Microsoft

Facing the old Ryoji Nakabachi, the young Lu Yiming was obviously much more energetic.

"President Zhongba, I'm not SONY's enemy, you don't have to hate me so much."

"You can fool Howard, but you can't fool me. If you say that you have no conspiracy to steal our SONY technology, who will believe it?"

Apparently, Ryoji Nakabachi has identified Lu Yiming as a competitor who came to snatch the SONY market.

So he was furious and asked the teacher for his crime.

However, what he got in return was a sneer from Lu Yiming.

This made Zhongba Ryoji extremely upset: "What are you laughing at?"

Lu Yiming restrained his smile, and then said in a calm tone: "President Zhongbo, would you go grab the copper coins from a beggar's rice bowl on the street?"

"What do you mean by that!?"

Although Ryoji Nakabachi didn't quite understand, but seeing Lu Yiming's pointed expression, his self-esteem was severely impacted, and then his eyes turned red: "You said SONY is a beggar!!!"

"That's right, in my eyes, the current SONY has lost its determination to forge ahead, and has begun to indulge in the game of capital. It is indeed no different from a beggar."

"you!"

Ryoji Nakabachi is out of anger. SONY is a career he has devoted his life to, and no one will allow his struggle to be so worthless.

However, Lu Yiming didn't have a good impression of SONY, so he was even more unceremonious when he spoke: "Am I wrong? Once upon a time, SONY was almost synonymous with advanced technology, the embodiment of innovation and quality. Constantly launching Its innovative products, such as radios, televisions, walkmans, digital cameras, etc., can be said to be the best among similar enterprises, constantly impacting the new trend of the times..."

"But now, has SONY launched any epoch-making electronic products in recent years?"

"..."

Facing Lu Yiming's questioning, Nakabachi Ryoji fell into deep silence.

How long has SONY not carried out technical and conceptual innovation?

Immersed in the glory of the past, sitting on the mountain and losing the determination to forge ahead, now the top management of the entire group is in line with the interests, only pursuing gorgeous book data, forgetting that SONY was originally a technology company that relied on technology and R&D. company.

Lu Yiming's words were undoubtedly ridiculing Zhongba Liangzhi.

"President Zhongbo, what's the point of you being hostile to me? Even if you obstruct this transaction, you can't reverse Howard's determination to change SONY's business strategy. Your enemy is not me, but the top management of SONY's board of directors. Shareholders, even Wall Street financial capitalists. They are the ones who ruined SONY, but do you dare to yell at them?"

Every word he uttered was like a knife, piercing Nakabachi Ryoji's heart fiercely, making him bloody, and making him feel at a loss.

Yes, without Lu Yiming, someone else would come and take away SONY's "property".

In fact, coming here to meet Lu Yiming this time was purely Ryoji Nakabachi's temptation to Lu Yiming. In any case, he was not willing to let SONY be "dismembered" like this, and then sold at a price.

It's a pity that after seeing Lu Yiming so confident, he had an intuition that he might not be able to stop this matter.

Ryoji Nakabachi didn't understand the reason for all this. He stared into Lu Yiming's eyes, trying to see the answer from his eyes: "How did you convince Howard? Although he doesn't want to admit it, he is indeed very shrewd. I'm curious, what exactly did you use to impress him."

Although Howard couldn't stop Howard from selling SONY's technology, Ryoji Nakabachi couldn't help being curious, at least he wanted to know how he lost.

Anyway, the acquisition has been settled, and Lu Yiming doesn't mind giving Ryoji Nakabachi an answer: "In addition to the high price of 30 billion US dollars, I also gave Howard a bright future."

"glorious future?"

"Yes, has Mr. Nakabachi ever seen a superhero movie?"

"Although I don't care much about these young people's things, but our SONY owns the copyright of "Spider-Man", so I also watched it."

Hearing what Nakabachi Ryoji said, Lu Yiming nodded with a smile: "Spider-Man 1 and Spider-Man 2 are really well shot."

These two films were released in 2002 and 2004 respectively. The former achieved a good result of 8.21 million US dollars, while the latter was also good, with a box office of 7.84 million US dollars.

Even "Spider-Man" 3 has already started filming, and it is scheduled for April next year. The historical box office record is as high as 4 million U.S. dollars, which can be regarded as a fairly good finale of the trilogy.

Compared with the high investment and low income of the hardware department, it is obvious that the way of making money by making movies and copying stock prices is more efficient.

Lu Yiming looked at Ryoji Nakabachi with emotion, and said to him: "I have already planned to work with SONY to create the Marvel Universe series, and except for Spider-Man, the copyrights of the main superheroes in the Marvel Universe are all in Suqiao Pictures hands, so it is impossible for Howard to refuse my offer."

"Marvel universe? Superhero series IP!"

Just knowing part of the plan, Ryoji Nakabachi couldn't help but gasp, being startled by Lu Yiming's thoughts.

As the president of SONY, although entertainment is not his field of expertise, at least he knows the general direction of development. After all, SONY has won MGM and entered Hollywood for so many years. As the president, Ryoji Nakabachi Still involved in the entertainment industry.

Therefore, he can naturally see that Lu Yiming's plan is indeed very attractive.

Especially in recent years, with the rapid advancement of computer technology, sci-fi blockbusters have begun to emerge in batches, and even the "Spider-Man" trilogy series of movies that SONY is focusing on are all inspired by this shareholder wind.

And a superhero is so popular, if multiple superheroes are linked, how many fans of these comic characters can be attracted?How much box office did it drive?

The more he thought about it, the more desperate Nakabachi Ryoji became, so that the whole person seemed quite depressed: "I see..."

He already understood that it was impossible for him to stop Lu Yiming's acquisition plan, but he still couldn't understand the significance of Lu Yiming's doing so.

"Mr. Lu, with your financial resources and connections, can't you handle a plan like the Marvel Universe by yourself? Why use it as a bargaining chip and cooperate with SONY?"

At this time, Ryoji Nakabachi looked at Lu Yiming with extremely complicated eyes. He couldn't understand what the young man in front of him had done.

However, the plan related to smartphones is a secret among secrets, so Lu Yiming did not give a positive answer, but said with a smile: "From the success of the "Spider-Man" series, we can see that SONY's strength in shooting superhero movies, What's more, MGM is one of the eight major film industry giants in Hollywood, why don't I cooperate?"

In the end, Ryoji Nakabachi still failed to extract any valuable information from Lu Yiming, but he still had a premonition that the young man in front of him, if he took the image sensor and image processing technology from SONY in a deliberate way, there would definitely be a future. Become SONY's rival.

After the affairs of the island country were over, Lu Yiming was not intoxicated by the luxury and luxury of Edo City, and soon set foot on his way home.

Two and a half hours later, a private plane landed at Xiaoshan Airport. Lu Yiming got off the landing gear and took a deep breath: "It still feels like the air in China is sweet."

When she came to pick up the plane, Qingxue smiled and complained: "The airport is located in the suburbs, so the air is of course fresh."

Lu Yiming stepped forward and embraced the pretty beauty in front of him. It had been a long time since they had seen each other, and the two soon got tired of being together, causing Yu Jiayi, a senior who was still single, to suffer a ton of blows.

On the second day, Lu Yiming came to Maomao Mobile refreshed and showed Huang Zhang the results of his trip to the island country.

It has to be said that a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and SONY's hardware R&D strength is still very strong. Even if there is a mistake in the strategic thinking of the upper layer, the core technical background is still there.

This time, Lu Yiming bought a lot of good things, all of which were SONY's bottom-of-the-box treasures. If it had been a few years ago, before Howard Stringer was completely in power, no matter how much money he spent, he would never have thought of getting it from SONY. buy these things.

Huang Zhang naturally knows the goods, so he looked at the list of patents brought back by Lu Yiming, and was shocked again soon: "SONY's image sensor and image processing technology! Are these real?"

Then he looked at Lu Yiming with an unbelievable expression: "Boss Lu, don't tell me that you kidnapped President Zhongbo's own son to force this stubborn old man to submit."

In addition, Huang Zhang really couldn't figure out why Nakaba Ryoji agreed to accept such a loss-making deal.

$30 billion seems like a lot, but letting SONY directly sell its "foundation" is too outrageous no matter how you look at it.

This time, Huang Zhang was once again shocked by Lu Yiming's "supernatural powers".

Lu Yiming said: "These things cost me 30 billion US dollars. Make good use of them, thoroughly understand the technology, and then integrate them into our Maomao mobile phone to create a cross-generational product!"

Huang Zhang was full of excitement: "Don't worry, Mr. Lu, we will not let you down!"

The mobile phone jointly developed by SONY and Ericsson is still very capable in this era, and is even considered the best "mobile phone camera".

The quality of the photos taken is very high, which is the profound background brought by the rich technical accumulation.

If you want to catch up, Maomao Mobile does not know how much money you have to invest and how long it will take to have a slight chance of catching up with the opponent.

Unlike now, it can be used immediately!

Lu Yiming exhorted: "I have signed an agreement with SONY, and the relevant technology cannot be used to produce digital cameras and other products to compete with SONY."

"what?"

Huang Zhang was a little puzzled: "But SONY is also producing mobile phones, do we have to give up?"

Lu Yiming shook his head: "How is it possible? The promise between me and SONY is just not to produce existing competing products such as feature phones. Smartphones are not feature phones. Sony doesn't even have something, so we must not let us produce it? In terms of contracts I have already let Yu Jiayi read it, no problem, I have left the back door when I signed the contract, and I am not afraid of a lawsuit."

It is already January of 2006, and it can be said that the time is getting tighter and tighter.

In order to speed up the progress, Maomao Mobile has been expanding its enrollment and poaching people everywhere.

However, the embarrassing thing is that although there are many companies in China that make mobile phones, there are none that make smart phones. As a result, there is no place for you to find outstanding talents if you want to find them from your peers. Lu Yiming has to find a way to find them himself. .

Just when Lu Yiming was having a headache, Li Yiwen called and told him the good news: "I found the person you asked me to pay attention to before."

"Oh?"

"Wait, this is his number, please remember..."

Lu Yiming quickly asked Yu Jiayi to take out the banknotes and write down a series of numbers.

Beijing, Microsoft Asia Academy of Engineering.

Lin Bin received a call from his old boss Li Kaifu.

"Lin Bin, I hope you will come to Google to help me and do a great business together. If you stay at Microsoft, your talent will only be buried."

"This……"

Lin Bin had a bitter smile on his face. A few years ago, he, Zhang Hongjiang and Zhang Yaqin founded Microsoft Asia Academy of Engineering. Many people have grown to more than 30 people at present.

Not only that, right now the entire company, under his direct leadership, has a research and development team of more than a hundred people, responsible for the research and development of major software projects such as Exchange E12, E13, Windows Vista, IE8, speech recognition and synthesis, and real-time communication. .

In the autumn of 2004, Lin Bin was also awarded the "Gold Star" award for Microsoft's highest contribution.

To be honest, he is quite happy at Microsoft and has a great sense of accomplishment.

The only problem, presumably the salary is a bit low?

At least compared with his contribution, Microsoft's salary for him is not high, let alone any shares.

Kai-fu Lee himself jumped from Microsoft to Google, and was even sued by Microsoft recently because of this incident, accusing Google and former Microsoft global vice president Kai-fu Lee of violating the non-compete agreement.

Of course, Google and Microsoft reached a settlement half a month ago, and the lawsuit was settled.

Kai-fu Lee officially became the head of Google's Xiaguo Product R&D Center, and served as Google's global vice president and president of Greater China.

Li Kaifu, who had been upgraded from a wage earner to a partner, naturally began to recruit people aggressively, and Lin Bin, a talented man who he had single-handedly dug out when he was at Microsoft, naturally became the first on the list of poachers.

Kai-fu Lee knew very well that the joining of top talents like Lin Bin would bring great benefits to the entire project team, so the conditions offered were undoubtedly favorable.

Asking for money for money, asking for shares for shares, and even the kindness of the past, Lin Bin didn't know how to refuse.

In the end, Li Kaifu felt that Lin Bin would definitely agree, so he asked casually: "By the way, what project do you plan to do after you come here? For Google, the search engine is the core of the whole company. If you can make achievements, I can introduce you to the head office."

Lin Bin shook his head and said: "I have no experience in core search technology. I am better at doing projects that emphasize product user experience and interaction, are interesting and fun, and have strong user demand in China."

Li Kaifu laughed suddenly: "Google is planning to develop a social software, I think it is quite suitable for you, or let you do it?"

"But……"

"Come on, can I still cheat you? Let's just make a deal and wait for your good news."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Bin showed a wry smile again. As a technical geek, he really didn't know how to reject a social bully like Li Kaifu.

However, Lin Bin is not very repulsive about jumping to the Google Xiaguo Product R&D Center. After all, although he has done well in Microsoft, his status in the company is actually not very high. , the order is given from above, and then he comes to do things.

The proposals submitted several times all fell to nothing, which made him very uncomfortable. After all, technical nerds are also arrogant.

"Isn't it good to get Google and try it?"

While Lin Bin was hesitating, the phone rang again, and this time the call was from a number that was very unfamiliar to him.

"Hi, who is this?"

"Hi, I'm Lu Yiming."

"!!!"

Half an hour later, in a coffee shop next to the Microsoft Asian Academy of Engineering, Lin Bin stared blankly at the richest man in Asia who suddenly appeared in front of him.

"The richest man in Lu, is it really you?"

Lin Bin's mind is buzzing until now. After all, a person suddenly called and said that he is the richest man in Asia. This kind of thing is quite sudden.

However, Lu Yiming's face was still very recognizable.

After sitting down, Lin Bin looked at Lu Yiming, who was ten years younger than him: "When I first received a call from you, the richest man, I thought I had encountered a liar."

"I, the richest man, send money?"

"Haha, almost."

Hearing Lu Yiming's words, Lin Bin laughed out loud, and his humorous words soon made the atmosphere of the conversation a lot easier.

"I don't know why the richest man Lu came to see me?"

"No big deal, I just want to invite you to change the world with me."

"???"

Lin Bin didn't expect this answer. He even thought he had an auditory hallucination: "Change the world? Isn't this a big deal?"

But looking at Lin Bin, who was cautious in words and deeds, Lu Yiming was full of emotion in his heart. If it wasn't for him, in a few years, Lin Bin would have to play monkeys with Rebus.

It's just that I've been cut off by myself right now. When Rebs wants to make a mobile phone in the future, where should he find someone?

After learning that Lu Yiming came to poach him, Lin Bin was a little proud and moved. After all, he is the richest man in Asia, so he came here to poach himself to change jobs, which shows his sincerity.

But Lin Bin still shook his head: "I'm sorry Mr. Lu, I have promised Mr. Li before that I plan to join Google's Xiaguo Product R&D Center after resigning."

Lu Yiming laughed and said, "What a coincidence, I am a shareholder of Google. Is there any difference between you going to Google to work for me and joining Maomao Mobile to call me? So why don't you just consider coming here directly?" Where is the cat moving?"

"Ah...this..."

For a while, Lin Bin didn't know how to complain. Does this sound like the same thing?