Reborn Entrepreneurial Giant.

Chapter 328 Active Response
Qu Li, who was screwing screws in the Qiancheng Automobile workshop, also felt sudden when he heard the news. There was no sign at all before, and Ollila from Nokia never asked him what he thought of Zhou Shaoning. Why was it so sudden?
Not long after the news of the acquisition was announced, Ollila contacted Qu Li and came to Xingsha to have a detailed discussion with him.

"You are crazy, you want a middle-aged woman to be the CEO of Nokia." Qu Li questioned

"Actually, the best candidate in my heart is you, but unfortunately, it's impossible for you..."

"Zhou Shaoning signed an agreement with us..."

"I know, but Jumei can let Brady join Google, why can't Zhou Shaoning join Nokia? We are willing to pay a certain price."

"Didn't Zhou Shaoning bear the loss himself?"

"We hope he has nothing to lose." Ollila
"That's not easy..." Qu Li didn't know where Nokia's confidence came from, it involved hundreds of millions of dollars
"We have what Glory needs most." Ollila
"Really?" Qu Li was finally moved, and he didn't know if he was sincere.

"Of course, you can guarantee that you will not be troubled by patents in the EU."

"In addition to licensing, we have to acquire a part, which can restrict Apple and Samsung."

"No problem!" Ollila agreed straight away. An enemy's enemy may not be a friend, and helping Glory may not be right, but Nokia needs time and more changes.The success of Glory is a miracle in the history of business. Zhou Shaoning, as the main creator, may be able to lead Nokia back to glory.

Judging from his resume, Zhou Shaoning is simply the perfect candidate. From AT&T Bell Labs to UT Starcom to Google to Glory, he has grown and improved every step of the way.

The domestic media have different opinions on Zhou Shaoning's resignation from Glory and choosing to start his own business, but the parties and Qu Li did not speak up, and all doubts can only be doubts.But it doesn't matter to Nokia, as long as Zhou Shaoning is suitable for Nokia, that's enough.

Qu Li and Ollila have reached a preliminary agreement, and the rest will be handed over to Lei Jun. Qu Li still has a lot of doubts. For example, the company established by Zhou Shaoning seems to have new products coming out soon. Would it be okay to give up at this time? It would be a pity, how much will the acquisition price of Nokia be?What is the purpose of selling patents to Glory?Is it really for Zhou Shaoning?

There are so many doubts, and perhaps no one can give the correct answer. Not all entrepreneurs are able to hang up like Qu Li, and can clearly know the future development direction. Most of them can only rely on previous experience to make judgments.But in the face of destructive innovation and dimensionality reduction, it is often powerless.

After talking with Ollila, Qu Li returned to Beijin, and Lei Jun also came back at this time. Not long after Nokia announced the acquisition of Zhou Shaoning Company, Apple launched a patent lawsuit against Honor in Dongying and Kimchi. People unexpected things, why not in North America?
"Because Japan and Kimchi Country are easier to control..."

"We have no patents in these two countries..."

"Does Apple have it?"

Because of the existence of the "Patent Cooperation Treaty", Honor does not need to apply for patents in all countries in the world, but Apple's choice to start a war in Japan and the country of kimchi must have something to rely on.

"Nokia knew that Apple would sue Honor, or did Apple decide to initiate a lawsuit after seeing Nokia's actions, why not in the United States?"

"Jobs wants to control the scale of the lawsuit?"

When encountering a real problem, Lei Jun, a local CEO, has fully exposed his deficiencies in his ability. He is not good at handling similar things, and he is even a little at a loss.

"Does Apple want to use the patent litigation between Dongying and Kimchi as a breakthrough, or is it a blow to the confidence of local operators in cooperating with Honor?"

"At the extreme, what's the worst scenario we face?"

"Can a countersuit be filed against Apple?"

"Do you want to be in Zhongguo..."

Qu Li sits in the Motorola Building to straighten out their current predicament.Glory, who is not short of money, can of course hire an excellent lawyer to respond to the lawsuit.The situation in Dongying is better. With Itochu Trading Company, at least it can help them find a good lawyer.In the country of kimchi, Samsung and SK Telecom will obviously not provide much help. Although there are many other partners, they are not chaebols. The only thing Honor can rely on is itself.

"They don't initiate a lawsuit against Glory in the United States, and we can't do that in China. After completing the deal with Nokia, we will go to England and Germany..." Qu Li made a decision. After such a long time of preparation, Glory is certainly prepared.

"Prosecute in the EU?" Some people wondered

"Pretend to see if they really want to fight with us, or..."

Patent litigation usually takes place in the country where the enterprise or the infringing company is located, or in a third-party country. The situation is more complicated. For example, Ericsson sued India for coarse grain mobile phones. Most likely, it was not to eliminate coarse grain mobile phones, but to collect money.

In addition to actively responding to the lawsuit, Honor will also reach a patent licensing agreement with Nokia, and purchase some 2G/3G/4G communication patents, and then initiate a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple depending on the situation.

In addition, we must actively respond to possible extreme situations, such as the ban on sales in the country of kimchi and Japan. Therefore, the construction of flagship direct-sale stores in various countries has slowed down, and priority is given to the construction of domestic direct-sale and authorized retail stores.

The media at home and abroad reported endlessly: Zhou Shaoning joined Nokia, and Apple sued Glory. This Chinese female technology company finally ushered in the most severe test since its establishment.

The sales of Honor mobile phones have not been affected too much by these negative information. Magic, whose price is lower than Honor G3, sold 30 units in a week, which is still far behind G3. The global sales of Honor G50 is 3 units a week.But the combined sales of the two phones have steadily surpassed that of the iPhone.

The sales volume of Magicbook and MateBook is not good, with less than 5 units sold in a week. The North American market is mainly sold through Amazon, Shopee, and supermarket channels such as Best Buy and Wal-Mart.The domestic situation is similar, mainly Internet, supermarkets, and IT chain retail enterprises.

Gpad is the most affected. After the appearance of iPad, consumers gradually turned to Apple, and companies such as Samsung and Motorcycle seemed to have plans for Android tablets, so that the sales of Gpad dropped to about 100 million per month.

These data are unknown to the outside world, and Honor only has a rough estimate. Honor sells 300 million smartphones, 100 million tablets, and 20 notebooks a month. Assuming the average price is 500 US dollars, then the monthly revenue is about 21 billion US dollars. With a net profit of about 2 million US dollars, there is no cash flow crisis, and if you have money, you can hire a good lawyer and spend money to lobby, and you will not easily suffer from discriminatory and unfair treatment.

These are not safe, Qu Li once again met with the head of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and communicated with the higher-ups, hoping to get fair treatment from all countries and not favor Apple.

Tight on the inside and loose on the outside, and let the outside air out, it once again shows that Honor has obtained patent authorization from major communication giants in the world, and has acquired thousands of patents in various aspects of software and hardware...

Ballmer arranged for the Microsoft headquarters to come over and conduct in-depth discussions on the cooperation between the two parties!
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