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"Mr. Xu, we are here to say goodbye to you. Thank you and Android for your hospitality these days."

In the office of the chairman of Android, a group of yellow-skinned and black-haired executives of mobile phone manufacturers are saying goodbye to Xu Liang.

"Would you like to visit more?"

Xu Liang smiled at the dozen or so founders or executives of domestic mobile phone companies sitting on the sofa. This time when Android formed a mobile phone alliance, he took special care of Huaxia companies.

Huawei, ZTE, Meizu, Coolpad, Tianyu and more than a dozen domestic mobile phone brands, big and small, have all received cooperation invitations from Android.

In theory, these companies or mobile phone departments of companies are not qualified to become one of the 48 founding members of Android because of their small size and unknown brand reputation.

In the previous life, no mobile phone manufacturer in the mainland became a founding member of the Android Mobile Phone Alliance. The invited ones were all some Taiwanese companies.

In this life, Xu Liang controlled Android, and mobile phone manufacturers in Europe, America, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan were all invited. There was no reason to leave out domestic mobile phone brands.

Although the mobile phone market share will tend to be concentrated over time, most of these companies will decline, but because they embraced Android earlier, they can still enjoy the dividends of industry development for a few years.

Instead of giving the dividends to foreigners, it is better to give them to domestic mobile phone brands, which may promote the development of the domestic smart phone industry. If domestic smart phones can rise one or two years earlier, they may be able to invest some money in chip manufacturing.

This is exactly what Xu Liang is more happy to see. Many hands make light work. Kunlun Industrial Group alone cannot save national technology.

"No!"

The speaker is Rong Xiuli, the chairman of Tianyu Mobile, a middle-aged female entrepreneur in her forties.

She looked at Xu Liang with a smile and said, "We have visited and learned enough these days. It's time to go back and digest and absorb it.

This trip is really worth it! Android, Kunlun Mobile North American Branch, Hanhua, Facebook...

After seeing your technological career in the United States, to be honest, I am deeply touched!

Chinese entrepreneurs should take you as a role model, use fewer fancy marketing methods, and truly pay attention to research and development and technology. This is the correct business development model.

Kunlun Mobile has entered the high-end market in one fell swoop and conquered overseas cities and cities, relying on its strong technical strength and technological foresight.

As a colleague, I am quite convinced of the excellent achievements made by Kunlun Mobile.

I personally admire Mr. Xu for opening up the Android source code and inviting us domestic colleagues to visit several of your companies. Your mind is really beyond too many people."

Other mobile phone manufacturers' executives echoed and praised Xu Liang's talent and courage.

Xu Liang smiled and said nothing. Whether these people were sincere or flattering, he didn't care.

The reason why he was so generous was that he did not regard these people as opponents, but as partners.

If the Android camp wants to grow and develop, it must invite allies from all sides.

At this time, we can no longer look at the problem from the perspective of Kunlun Mobile Phone, and it is even more undesirable to be petty.

He even accepted mobile phone giants such as Motorola and Samsung, so how could he worry about the problem of domestic mobile phone manufacturers being enemies with Kunlun Mobile Phone.

So he simply acted more generously and invited domestic mobile phone manufacturers to visit his business in the United States, which shocked these people at once.

Originally, he didn't want to take this step, but who can blame the current atmosphere in the domestic business community for "worshiping foreigners and fawning on foreigners".

Visiting in China obviously does not bring a deeper shock and greater persuasiveness than in the United States.

"Mr. Xu, I have a question.

You gave Android open source to Motorola and Samsung. Aren't you afraid that they will seize the high-end market of Kunlun Mobile Phone?"

The speaker was a short man in his thirties named Huang Zhang, the founder and CEO of Meizu.

Everyone else looked at Huang Zhang silently. This was also a question everyone had been curious about.

It would be great if someone was willing to be the first to come forward.

Domestic mobile phone manufacturers have always been synonymous with low-end products. They lack money and technology. Even with the source code of Android, they can only develop low-end and mid-end mobile phones at most, and cannot cause trouble for Kunlun Mobile Phones.

However, giants such as Samsung and Motorola are different. Their strength is even stronger than Kunlun Mobile Phones. Once they produce smart phones, their goal will definitely be to target the high-end market, which will pose a serious threat to Kunlun Mobile Phones.

Xu Liang smiled and said, "Android is Android, Kunlun Mobile is Kunlun Mobile. These are two independently operated companies. There is no one influencing or controlling the other.

Since we want to be open, then we should be completely open. It is not open to choose allies in a targeted manner.

Kunlun Mobile is based on the high-end market and will not rely on the Android system. We will build our own core competitiveness.

Samsung and Motorola want to compete with Kunlun Mobile, so let's see the truth."

Huang Zhang nodded: "Mr. Xu, your confidence and calmness are really admirable. If it were me, it would definitely not be so easy to make this decision."

Huawei sent the terminal president Xu Zhijun to the United States to attend the cooperation meeting. He smiled and asked:

"Mr. Xu, thank you very much for giving Huawei this cooperation opportunity.

Before leaving, Mr. Ren repeatedly told me that I must learn more from excellent companies such as Hongmeng Android and Kunlun Mobile.

At the same time, he also entrusted me with a task, asking me to represent him and sincerely invite you to visit Huawei and guide the work when you return to China."

Xu Liang smiled and waved his hands, "I don't dare to be your mentor. I really want to learn from you. Huawei is a very courageous company. I have always admired your achievements overseas."

After a while of greetings, more than a dozen executives of domestic mobile phone manufacturers stood up and said goodbye to Xu Liang.

Xu Liang personally sent this group of people downstairs of the company and watched them leave by car.

Except for OPPO, which is still selling MP3, VIVO, which has not yet been established, and Xiaomi, which is unlikely to appear, the leading domestic mobile phones in the next few years or even more than ten years are all in these cars that are leaving.

It is foreseeable that after these people return to China, the copycat smartphones in this life may be more fierce than in the previous life, because Kunlun Mobile has set an example for all peers, and there is no reason not to copy the answers.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that they did not invite a domestic mobile phone manufacturer to this Android Mobile Phone Alliance Cooperation Conference.

Even new companies such as Meizu and Tianyu, which have only been established for a few years, were invited. The only thing they did not invite was that old company and well-known brand, which was deliberately embarrassing them.

It would be fun if the other party joined other smartphone camps in anger.

He took out his mobile phone and called ‘Qiu Bojun’.

The call was quickly connected.

“Mr. Xu?”

“Old Qiu, your strategy is very effective. After the domestic mobile phone company CEOs came here for a visit and went back, they were all convinced.”

“Thanks to Lei Jun, he gave me this idea.”

“Old Lei, this guy has a lot of tricks.”

“Mr. Xu, I want to ask you for permission for something?” Qiu Bojun’s tone was a little hesitant.

“You say.”

“I plan to resign as CEO of Android.”

“Resign?” Xu Liang’s voice suddenly became much louder.

He took a deep breath and calmed his thoughts.

"Why?"

"In the later period of Kingsoft, I knew that I was not suitable for running the company, but more suitable for R\u0026D. This is one of the reasons why I took the initiative to hand over the company to Lei Jun for management.

Android is now thriving and conquering the world.

I feel that it is increasingly difficult to cope with the current situation, especially the global business competition. I really lack experience in this area.

If it were not for Lei Jun and Mr. Xie's occasional help behind the scenes, Android would probably not even be in its current situation.

So I hope you can choose someone else to take charge of Android. I will only be the CTO and be responsible for the subsequent R\u0026D work of the entire Android."

Xu Liang was relieved. He thought Microsoft or some international giant had poached him.

"Lao Qiu, this kind of thing can't be joked about."

"Mr. Xu, this is a serious matter, of course I won't joke."

"Have you made up your mind?"

"Yes."

"Okay, I'll let you know after I discuss it with Mr. Xie."

"Yeah."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Liang frowned.

This is really unexpected news.

He shook his head and called Xie Wen.

The phone was connected quickly.

"Old Xie, did I bother you?"

"No, Mr. Xu, just tell me what you want to say."

Xie Wen's tone was calm.

"Qiu Bojun plans to resign from the position of CEO of Android. Has he talked to you about this?"

"No? Did he tell you in person?"

Xie Wen's tone was full of surprise.

Xu Liang savored it carefully and didn't think it was a deliberate lie. He was secretly satisfied with Qiu Bojun's wisdom.

No mistakes in one post, one content, one book, one forum, one 6, one 9!

Big things must be known to him, the big boss, first.

Otherwise, wait until you have discussed it and then inform me, are you planning to sideline me?

"He said it himself when we called just now."

"Do you agree?"

"I want to ask for your opinion."

Xie Wen was silent for a moment, "Mr. Xu, Qiu Bo has good management skills, but he knows too little about the global business world. His excellent software development skills make him more suitable for R\u0026D positions."

"I understand."

"What's the situation with Hongmeng Games' IPO roadshow?"

"Very good, it has raised $138.3 billion in intended subscription funds, and it is oversubscribed by more than 6 times."

Xie Wen's tone was full of excitement.

Hongmeng Games' net profit from the main business this year is expected to exceed $4.5 billion.

Hanhua, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan, the three main underwriters, gave a valuation of 25 times the net profit.

In other words, Hongmeng Games' overall valuation is $112.5 billion.

The company has a total share capital of 5 billion shares, 1 billion shares are issued, and it is listed in Hong Kong, with 600 million shares issued at HK$173.7 per share;

Nasdaq is listed again, with 400 million shares issued at $22.5 per share.

Of the issued shares, 60% of the old shares will be cashed out, and the remaining 40% will be used to raise new shares.

"Very good, please pay more attention to the Hongmeng Game IPO."

"Okay. Mr. Xu, will you attend the Hongmeng Game IPO on October 15?"

"Of course, I will attend in person then."

"Okay."

Finally, after Xu Liang organized his words, "Old Xie, if Android wants to change its CEO, do you think it should be promoted from within the company or recruited from outside?"

"Mr. Xu, I haven't thought about this question, and I can't answer you for a while.

However, I still prefer internal promotion.

After all, I know everything about the company, and it can also improve the work enthusiasm and internal driving force of the company's employees."

"Does Android have such talent?"

"Android is too young. It is probably difficult to find such talent at present, unless we transfer them from the United States. But the United States has limited understanding of Chinese culture, and it is difficult to become an Android CEO who takes into account the business environment of both China and the West and has a certain understanding and knowledge of the global market."

"This is exactly what I am worried about." Xu Liang said.

"Mr. Xu, I think we should be cautious about this matter."

Xu Liang responded, "Old Xie, this period is the golden period of Android's development, and there are many things to do. Please help Qiu Bojun more."

"Don't worry, I understand."

"Yeah."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Liang pinched his eyebrows.

The company is getting bigger and bigger, not only there are all kinds of external troubles, but also things that pop up suddenly inside, which makes people worry.

When he got home, Helen soon discovered his abnormality.

"What happened?"

"The company's troubles."

Simply told her the story again.

"If you don't have a suitable candidate here, I know someone."

"Who?"

"Qi Lu! He is now the executive vice president of Yahoo."

Helen briefly talked about Qi Lu's qualifications.

Combined with his memory, Xu Liang soon knew who this person was.

He studied computer science at Fudan University and Carnegie Mellon University, and joined IBM's Almaden Research Laboratory for two years.

After joining Yahoo, he has been the executive vice president.

After joining Microsoft, he reached the peak of his career.

Not only was he the executive vice president, but he was also the head of Microsoft's Bing project.

As the president of Microsoft's online business department, Qi Lu is one of the heads of Microsoft's four major business departments, in charge of a technical team of more than 10,000 people, and reports directly to CEO Satya Nadella.

During his time at Microsoft, he led a number of businesses including Microsoft Office, Office3int, Exchange, Yammer, Lync, Skype, Bing search, Bing applications, MSN and advertising platforms, and was the highest level of position held by mainland Chinese at the headquarters of a global technology company.

Later, he was valued by Li Yanhong and dug up Baidu.

Once became the general commander.

Although it seems glorious on the surface, holding the power of CEO, life and death.

But Li Yanhong is the real "king" of Baidu.

After Lu Qi, who had no foundation in Baidu, hurt the interests of the veterans, he was quickly kicked out by Li Yanhong, and Baidu's chance to turn over was also kicked away.

"Lu Qi not only has senior professional and technical knowledge, but also has excellent leadership and extensive business knowledge. I originally planned to let him be the CEO of FacebookAPP.

However, compared with Facebook, his Chinese identity and his background of studying and working in the United States for many years are more suitable for Hongmeng Android." Helen said.

Xu Liang nodded after a brief pause.

Lu Qi is indeed very suitable.

He is not Li Yanhong, who is willing to give up power.

As a new company, Android does not have so many so-called veterans.

"How do you know him?"

"Of course it was recommended by a headhunter."

"Do you have his information on hand?"

Helen nodded, "It's in the company. I'll give it to you tomorrow."

"Yes."