Reborn Entrepreneurial Giant.

Chapter 468 Retirement Party

Returning to Beijin from Tianjing, the matter of Glory has come to an end for the time being, but Qu Li can't take any time off. The Alipay crisis was peacefully resolved, Tudou.com was listed, Qiu Bojun officially announced his retirement plan, and BAT successively announced open platform plans...

There are too many changes in the Internet industry. It is difficult for people like Qu Li, who has almost retreated to the front line, to keep up with the changes. Groupon and Gaopeng, which cooperates with Penguin, have begun to lay off employees. 5000 group buying companies have become divided, and they still cannot stop new entrants. Happy Online group buying...

Kaixin.com has postponed its IPO, overseas social game revenue has dropped, and domestic Kaixin Farm has been overtaken by Goose Factory, so it thought of using its traffic advantage to launch a group buying business.In fact, what Chen Binghao should do most is mobile first, but Qu Li is no longer interested in paying attention to Kaixin.com.

Kingsoft is making adjustments according to his will. Although the market value of this company may be limited in the future, it is valuable. The WPS membership subscription model will eventually be successful, not to mention the corporate security and online game business, so Tianming Fund has increased its holdings. Jinshan.

Lei Jun, Qiu Bojun and other Zhongguancun veterans gathered together and invited Qu Li, as well as someone like Lao Liu, Yang Yuanqing and others. They were friends before, well, Lei Jun was his younger brother before.

Lei Jun is now in high spirits. Although he has lost his shape, he is in good spirits. Naturally, this gathering is not to make peace, but to celebrate Qiu Bojun's retirement.If you say that he has not officially retired, that doesn't matter. It can also be understood that the glorious Lei Jun is showing off.

Qu Li and Mou Xiang have "reconciled" for a long time, and Mou wants to become a strategic partner with Jumei, and they have a harmonious relationship.The Alipay incident did a lot of damage to Ma Yun's reputation. At that time, Dadongzi was not strong enough and had no domestic competitors. Now with Jumei, a pseudo-B2C platform, many "loyal" Taobao customers have switched to Jumei. Juhuasuan has greatly enriched consumer choices on both platforms.

Many domestic media commented that this may be a turning point for the two companies. They must have thought too much. Taobao's traffic is still the largest e-commerce platform in China.The goal of Jumei Juhuasuan has always been "Taobao Mall·Tianmao", but it is full of difficulties and cannot be conquered.

However, Lao Liu changed his view of Qu Li and no longer simply believed that he was a lucky young man. After all, Honor’s revenue of US$300 billion in half a year was too much for inherent recognition.

Yang Yuanqing had no opinion of Qu Li, but he still felt uncomfortable when an ordinary boy next to him suddenly surpassed him and received more international praise than him.

Lei Jun was called the new working-class emperor on the Internet, and Qu Li quickly refuted the rumors on Weibo: "Lei Jun is a partner, not a working-class worker. Glory is our common cause."

This is unimaginable for a certain person who talks about politics. Yang Yuanqing is envious, jealous and hateful of Lei Jun, but he also knows that he has no chance anyway. Fortunately, he is the largest individual shareholder of a certain idea.

At a gathering among friends in Zhongguancun, many people came, including Li Yanhong, Zhang Chaoyang, Cao Guowei and many others whom Qu Li didn't know.Qiu Bojun was very popular, and then Jiu Jin began to reminisce about the past. In the beginning, the success of WPS was the success of individual heroism, but now only teamwork is left.

Reminiscing about the glorious past, Qu Li did not have the same sentiments as they did. Anyway, he was not old enough to recall the past. He had always liked to "go by the past" and create history.He was not the center of the party today. Qiu Bojun did not discuss Jinshan's future with him, so he believed in him and Lei Jun.

Qiu Bojun was the protagonist in the first half of the party, but he did not expect to switch to Honor in the second half. Although these people are all in Beijin and have complicated relationships with various classmates and colleagues, Honor has established a relatively strict confidentiality system, so even if these people are well-informed, The understanding of Glory is limited, so Qu Li can talk nonsense without any restrictions.

Apart from Honor, the only person who has the possibility to acquire Motorola in China is a certain person. Yang Yuanqing is not unhappy. The relationship between Qu Li and Google is known to the world. It can be said that without Google, there would be no Honor. Without Jumei acquiring Google China at a low price, Shopee would fully take over. Enter Google Shopping search.And this time it was Motorola that Honor contacted first.

"If Google hadn't intervened, the price of this acquisition might have been controlled at around US$100 billion. However, the difficulty of the acquisition would have been greatly increased because they have too many patents..." Lei Jun explained. He didn't say that Qu Li originally wanted to blackmail him. Just take advantage of it, train the team if it’s not cheap, and increase the company’s collective sense of honor.

"Is it worth the extra $25 billion?" someone asked

"Nortel's more than 4000 patents are worth US$45 billion, Moto's 1.7 patents are even more valuable, and there are 5000 patents under review..." Lao Liu understands the situation very well. Honor really wants to get 1.7 patents. , then it can be used both offensively and defensively, and it can use its patented weapons to check and balance other mobile phone brands, especially Apple.It is too naive to really think that after signing the settlement agreement, everyone will always be in peace.

“How did you reach a deal with Google so quickly?”

“The decision was made after a few talks during the Sun Valley Summit.”

Why so fast?Of course, Google is anxious, because after Apple and others divide the patents, they will throw the lower-valued patents to patent trolls and ask Android phone brands to collect money.

This acquisition of Honor means that a certain company has basically cut off the possibility of selling mobile phones globally, which is also possible for ZTE and Juhua Factory. However, their decision-making is really incomprehensible. The two factories have entered the top of global mobile phone sales this year. 10 people, but most of them are functional phones.They can make some money now, but when the market abandons feature phones, how much inventory will they have?

"With this acquisition completed, you will be No. 1 in the smartphone industry, right?"

Is this a joke to him or not?If you look at the financial report, you will know that Apple's profit margin is far higher than that of Honor. There are many reasons for this. Apple's supply chain management is the best in the world and its profit margin is the first in the world.

Honor has developed Qu Li's bad habits, likes to use money to solve problems, and its management level cannot keep up. There are three OEM companies, and the share ratio given to sales channels is higher, which has depressed the company's profit margin.

Qu Li's acquisition of Motorola was half sincere, but he didn't know the other half. It can be said that he achieved a combination of reality and reality, deceiving others and deceiving himself.Taking advantage of this acquisition, we will recruit people from Motorola, and then we will reorganize and refine management from the supply chain to sales channels.

Because Honor has "cultivated its internal strength" through this acquisition, financial media and Internet news around the world actively reported it. Honor's popularity and strength have been generally recognized, so no matter what the outcome is, it will make money in the end.

With Honor and Motorola, there is a high probability that smartphone sales will rank first in the world, but Apple will not make money. The real industry leader will always be the IPhone.However, if someone is a competitor, he must not show cowardice, and he cannot tell the truth.

"When you acquire moto, are there any opportunities for other brands in the domestic market?" Yang Yuanqing suddenly asked

"Of course, I think in addition to Apple, Samsung, and Honor, there will be at least three domestic brands that can rise and compete with Nokia..." Qu Li said casually

"Is Nokia really dead?" Zhang Chaoyang was even interested.

"Who knows, but they're not special anymore."

"Has Google ceded the domestic operating system market to you?"

"It's a KMS service, including an app store..." In order to protect his own interests, Qu Li reached an agreement with Google to establish a mobile phone authentication protection mechanism and grant varying degrees of authorization to Android phones based on KMS or GMS services.

To put it simply, it is to forcefully promote the Kunlun operating system mobile service KMS in the country through various means.