Reborn Entrepreneurial Giant.

Chapter 408 Determined to reconcile

After handling various chores in Xiangjiang, Qu Li flew to Beijin to discuss the reconciliation with Apple. Regardless of their sincerity, they must ensure the interests of Glory and reduce future troubles.It can’t be like TSMC suing SMIC, and it will never end.

In addition, they are also discussing the reasons for the reconciliation between Apple and Honor. Is it because the limited communication patents have brought huge pressure to Apple, and they are worried about the siege of Samsung and Nokia, or because Qu Li, who rarely makes mistakes, let Qiaobusi know that only uprightness can defeat the enemy. glory?

There’s no way of knowing what Bridges’ thinking is, but we can guess what Apple is thinking.

"They probably want to bid for Nortel Networks patents but don't want to be taken advantage of."

Nortel Networks went bankrupt in 2009 and has been selling off various assets in the past two years, leaving behind core patents. In the era of smartphone explosion, these patents are crucial.Not only Apple is interested, Microsoft, Google and other companies that are interested in making a difference in the smartphone market want to bid for these patents.

Honor is different. It has obtained a long-term patent license from Nortel Networks. Watching them grab food like mad dogs. This is not what Qu Li said, but what the Wall Street media said: Honor's team is a far-sighted team.It is simply a miracle that a start-up company has the ability to solve patent issues.

Domestic Huami OV, except Huawei, the other three companies initially survived under the patent protection of Qualcomm. Later, OPPO was the most aggressive in terms of patents and carried out a large number of acquisitions and patent swaps.

Qu Li has now seen the future, so he can make acquisitions with foresight. There will be no such good thing in the future. We can't let Honor acquire Nokia, right?Qu Li suspects that if Nokia really invests in the Android camp, it is likely to replace one of Huami OV.

A big drama has unfolded around Nortel Networks' patent bidding. Although Qu Li knew the answer in advance, it was still difficult for him to intervene in a competition of this level.His most desired outcome is that Google cannot obtain communications patents, including the inability to acquire Motorola Mobility.

As long as Google does not have communication patents, it cannot protect new members of the Android Alliance, and it will have to rely on established companies such as Samsung, LG, and Nokia, especially the Android phone king Honor.If this really happens, then Google's GMS service will most likely not be promoted, and the Android app store will belong to mobile phone manufacturers.

What does this mean?In 14 years, Apple's AppStore earned US$4500 billion in revenue and US$1250 billion in commissions from developers. Google Play revenue is higher, assuming it is US$1500 billion. If Honor accounts for one-fifth of it, it will be US$300 billion, with an average annual net profit of about US$20 billion.

Dreams are good, but reality is cruel. Whether it is preventing or allowing Google to acquire Nortel Networks patents, it will not help the final result.

Despite this, Qu Li still had to buy double insurance for Honor: "While we were preparing for the listing, we contacted Motorola Mobility..."

"Why, Tianming, I still can't understand, why are you rushing to go public and now want to buy Motorola mobile phones?" Lei Jun and others can't understand. Qu Li has always emphasized taking things slowly and practicing internal skills, from patents to supply chain, and now it has been proved There is nothing wrong with that, but when choosing the timing of listing and large-scale acquisitions, you should be cautious and cautious, right?

"Do you think a hardware company with a market value of hundreds of billions of dollars is not high enough?" Qu Li asked back. Several financial investment institutions had promised, and everyone signed a betting agreement. Goldman Sachs and Morgan were even willing to underwrite it, so they gave it to them. Opportunity to invest in shares at half discount.

"That's not true. Wall Street investment banks are not philanthropic. They must be profitable." Lei Jun

"We can't afford it early if we don't have profit. What we want is for them to make money. We are not just a Chinese company, we are a multinational company founded in China. We must have international thinking. Why did I invite editor-in-chief Peng Xiaoguang to take the stage for my New Year's Eve speech? , just to make everyone pay attention to his article..."

"Profit contribution and risk sharing are one of them. Honor has no reason to participate in the bidding for Nortel Networks patents, but can Google and Apple jointly invest in the acquisition of Nortel Networks patents?"

"How is this possible?" Lei Jun is not stupid. Android's biggest competitor is IOS. Google may want Apple to be unlucky more than Honor, and then dominate the entire mobile phone operating system market.

“What about Microsoft and Apple?”

"This……"

"Forget it, it doesn't matter. Regardless of whether Apple or Google acquires these patents, what will another company do?"

"Your idea is too bold." Lei Jun understood what Qu Li was thinking. Regardless of whether Motorola can be acquired or not, it is right to be the first to do so. Regardless of whether it can be acquired or not, Honor will still make money, or at least it can weaken the strength of its competitors.

"Hire a good public relations team and try not to involve relations with the United States and competition between the two countries."

"I understand." Lei Jun was sincerely convinced by Qu Li. Qu Li's various actions were in perfect harmony with the essence of Qi Sheng.Let Glory be invincible first, and then create trouble for the opponent.

"Do we really want to reconcile with Apple?" Lei Jun still doesn't want to give up this opportunity. Apple's lawsuit against Honor for infringing IOS patents is at the software level. Even if you slide to unlock, you can't say that if you have it, I can't have it. The underlying logic of how everyone implements this function no the same.But communication patents are relatively hard-core, and some basic standard patents cannot be avoided.Honor has been preparing for several years, and it is normal to buy one or two such patents.

The simple understanding is that Apple’s lawsuit against Honor’s patent can be delayed forever. Not only that, Honor has already had an OTA upgrade function. According to the history of Apple suing HTC for patent infringement of the Gmail code in mobile phones, Honor can cover that part of the code through online upgrades. .To put it bluntly, Honor is different from HTC. Although it is not as strong as Apple in terms of system software and hardware, it is at the same level as Apple and far surpasses Samsung and Nokia at this time.

"Isn't Microsoft asking us for patent fees? It can ask Apple and we can exchange patents."

"..."

Lei Jun was speechless. This situation and horizons suddenly opened up. They are all masters in operating systems. Apple's patents can cover some of Microsoft's patents, and now they can save part of the patent licensing fee.

Several people determined the next response strategy during the discussion, and then discussed the magic2 released after the Spring Festival. Last year’s magic1 sold 100 million units, and then it was out of stock. There was no AMOLED screen. This year, they simply gave up and went directly to retina screens and Gorilla glass, plus Qinglong [-] chip and KOS system.

The biggest surprise may be the klun voice assistant that comes with KOS.Before Apple acquired Siri in 2010, the app was available on the App Store and KunLun Store. After the acquisition, Siri was removed from the entire network.But Honor is already developing similar products. For speech recognition, it cooperates with Nuance abroad and with iFlytek domestically.

Even if Siri and Klun are artificially retarded, they were able to launch this feature in early 2011 thanks to the contribution of Guge. The cooperation between Jumei and Honor is still worth looking forward to.

Qu Li took the engineering machine and shouted "Hi, klun!" and tried to communicate with him or her. It turned out that he or she was artificially retarded. He really shouldn't have too many expectations. The practicality of klun requires more resources, such as Google search, an encyclopedia, WolframAlpha knowledge search, maps, weather, music, phone calls, text messages...