Reborn Entrepreneurial Giant.

Chapter 429 Complex Choice Questions

The general trend of the smartphone industry is becoming more and more obvious. Apple and Honor have become the most dazzling existences. Although Google has Android, its development is not smooth due to the lack of mobile phone patents. For example, the Nexus mobile phone designed by Honor for Google uses native Android system, the user experience is not as good as Honor's optimized KOS system, and last year's sales were less than 100 million units, which is considered lackluster.

This year’s Nexus 2 mobile phone, Google chose to cooperate with HTC. Many people commented that there was a gap between Google and Honor. This is true. And patent protection has confidence in all aspects.

Honor is the king of Android phones and the closest partner of Google before. It can influence the choice of other mobile phone companies. Nokia is an example of Honor, so it will step into the Android camp with one foot, and cooperate with Intel on the other. MeeGo system.

For Google, it is very important to get glory and determine their leadership in the Android camp, which can ensure their status in the mobile Internet era.It is very difficult to achieve this goal. First of all, we must have more choices, cultivate more obedient younger brothers such as HTC, and win over major manufacturers such as Samsung and Nokia.

So Google actually doesn't want Honor to be too powerful, but to cultivate younger brothers, it must have patents, and the bankrupt Nortel Networks is about to sell their patents.Attracting a large number of companies to participate, Google is very determined and signed an acquisition offer for a fake horse auction.

"What is a fake horse auction?" Qu Li asked without understanding

"A stalking horse bid is when a bankrupt company selects an interested company to set a minimum bid price so that other potential bidders cannot bid below that price..."

"Still don't understand!" Qu Li continued to listen to the explanation
"Google bids $9 million, and if other potential bidders win the patents through auction, Nortel Networks will pay Google a breakup fee of $2500 million."

Qu Li probably understood that Google wanted to buy this batch of patents and directly set a minimum price to scare away a group of competitors and avoid getting into a fight.

"So it's basically confirmed that Google can buy these patents?"

"Not necessarily, but Google's best hope."

Qu Li thought that companies such as Apple and Microsoft would join forces and finally acquire these patents at a super high price of 45 billion US dollars. Presumably, Google also did not expect this surprise. The question now is whether Honor will help Google.

The process of Honor obtaining the patent license from Nortel Networks is very complicated. To say that it is completely compliant, Qu Li himself has no confidence. What if these patents are acquired by the Apple Alliance and then initiate a lawsuit, the patent licensing agreement between Nortel Networks and Honor will be invalidated. , the possibility exists.

The complexity of modern business warfare is far from what novels can explain clearly. Of course, you can also use a simple model, that is, a certain idea and a coarse grain mobile phone model. It does not involve their core interests. If they give up most of their interests, they will naturally be safe.

Honor is now on the road of independence and self-improvement, and has jointly opened up a new industry with Apple, which has a bonus in the eyes of global consumers, but now there are voices who doubt the increasingly closed measures of Honor mobile phones and question their information security capabilities.

Not only Glory, even Shopee has suffered several rounds of hacking attacks, there is always someone who wants to prove himself in a special way, maybe a competitor.

In such a chaotic situation, Glory has been advancing all the way. Enterprises in the industry admire Qu Li's ignorance. Qu Li's ability to solve problems like a cocoon is widely recognized.

"Continue to maintain contact with Motorola, we want to acquire..."

"Really buy?"

"Really!" Qu Li gave Chen Jingqiu an affirmative answer on the phone, no matter what methods Google, Apple, or Microsoft have, I will directly reduce it to a blow. After the acquisition of Motorola, all problems can be solved easily.

What do you say that the acquisition failed?I don't understand, this is like a large-scale military training activity. Honor has the courage to acquire an established mobile phone company. Even if it fails, it can improve the spirit of internal employees and enhance their self-confidence.

It seems quite hypocritical, but how to explain the completely different competitive state after a certain wanted to acquire IBM's PC business?It is almost impossible for a certain idea to succeed ten years later. The key is that the people's mouths will make money and the bones will be destroyed. Estimated the impact of the Internet on real life.

Dare to fight tough battles is a kind of self-confidence. Although it will cost a lot of money, Qu Li is willing to pay for such invisible and intangible things. No matter whether he is stupid or smart, he can't shake his cognition. A small amount of money can buy a possibility from excellence to greatness, even if there is only a [-]% probability, why not do it?

Quli people are still in Xingsha, and there are still many things that cannot be avoided. The sales of the Honor G4 Pro mobile phone are good, especially in the domestic market. Many high-end users are full of enthusiasm for this mobile phone that is almost a full-stack self-developed mobile phone.

Zhang Yaqin and Li Yinan, two nationally well-known geniuses, collaborated in the same company, one in charge of software and the other in charge of hardware, known as "Glory Double Wall".It is these two geniuses that broaden the imagination of domestic consumers about the company Honor.

But even so, there are still many things to plan. For example, Honor needs to improve pure electric vehicle solutions. Now that the industry chain is not perfect, there are too many things to do by yourself, such as charging piles, super charging stations, and MCU chips. IGBT and other power original devices, silicon carbide raw materials, etc.

Although Envision Investment is a major shareholder of Infineon, the prospect of the pure electric vehicle industry is not obvious, and it is difficult for them to develop dedicated chips for Honor.Therefore, self-research has become a choice that Honor needs to consider emphatically.

Glory has now established a business unit for pure electric vehicles and autonomous driving solutions. The company did not invest much money before listing. After listing, it will increase investment year by year. There is also a chip department, and self-developed automotive chips. under consideration.

Glory is not a start-up company. If it can save time through acquisitions, it will not start from scratch. Many domestic companies have entered their sights, and Jiaxing Star is the key object of investigation.The excellent resume of the founder Shenhua is an important reason. This company has accumulated a lot of technology since its establishment in 2005. In addition, Sanan Optoelectronics and Spansion Semiconductor’s domestic subsidiaries GigaDevice...

STAR Semiconductor first provided packaging for Infineon, and the technology was gradually accumulated during this process. It is not very strong now, but it surpassed BYD Semiconductor in the later stage.Spansion Semiconductor Zhaoyi Innovation is considered half of its own.

Which method is better for cooperative acquisition and investment?Who knows, it's too metaphysical!

(End of this chapter)