When Kira decided to enter the scene, Gang Leader Qiao also started to prepare.
Apple's actions seem to be very secretive, but the previous series of announcement preparations, such as press conference preparations, contacts with major media, private invitations to major Internet review bloggers, etc., have made other people aware of it. To what.
In the Mainland, because Chen Yi knew what Gang Qiao was doing before he traveled through time, the Chip Alliance still acted like a Buddhist.
Many hardware manufacturing companies in the Chip Alliance are now like frightened birds. They are not worried about Gang Leader Qiao's actions, but they realize that they seem to be in a life-and-death crisis like the Chinese metal materials companies.
Other giants in Europe and the United States have also started their own actions. Google acquired Android early on, but it still cannot keep up with the progress of Qiao Bangzhu and cannot take the lead. Since it cannot gain first-mover advantage, it can only open source.
So Google contacted manufacturers in the United States, South Korea and Bay Island to prepare to form an Android alliance to compete with Qiao Bangzhu's OS.
Another giant, Nokia and Google, is not uninvited, but Nokia, the leader in the global mobile phone industry, has put forward a condition: its own products such as map navigation and music must enjoy special treatment.
As a result, the two had differences and finally broke up, and Nokia began to continue to rectify its own Symbian system.
At this time, Nokia was very arrogant, and they also had arrogant capital. In 1998, their shipments exceeded 300 million, accounting for more than 35% of the global share.
But in the face of Gang Leader Qiao's various actions, Nokia was actually a little concerned.
For example, now, Nokia Vice President Illari, who is responsible for smartphone strategy and product marketing, personally invited James, the vice president of Blue Star's largest securities retailer and investment bank Merrill Lynch, to play golf in order to obtain 5 billion U.S. dollars. The business loan was used to acquire a series of software companies.
James watched Illari hit a high-scoring ball after his swing, applauded and shouted: "Good shot!"
Ilari just nodded politely. He was not more concerned about whether the ball was played well or not. He was only concerned about when the loan would be received.
“We need your support for this project.”
Although James did not dare to take it lightly in the face of Nokia, a major customer, he only made a formal promise: "We will evaluate this project as soon as possible and provide the results as soon as possible."
This sentence already shows the attitude of Merrill Lynch. The first thing is that it can be done in no more than a week at the earliest. Although there are many big banks like Merrill Lynch in the world, there is only one Nokia, and it is not. It's not an American company.
In the electronics industry that the United States is quite proud of, computers were rubbed on the ground by the Japanese, and Motorola mobile phones were also smashed by the Finnish Nokia. It is estimated that if Nokia had not directly chosen to go public in the United States to show its sincerity, it is estimated that the Finnish Blue's electronics industry will also be treated the same as Japan.
Although Nokia is still a Finnish brand, the capital behind it is pure American capital.
During the Cold War, the United States needed to win more players to its side, so many high-end industries began to move outward. Among them, Japan relied on its own inherent heritage to perform the most brilliantly, so it expanded.
Then, the United States used non-technical means to give it a beating, and then began to support the Southern Dynasties.
At the same time, Japan is looking for opponents all over the world and wants to continue playing the balancing game. It is under this background that Nokia made its fortune.
But then the Star Ring generation came out and looked like it was alone in defeat, which shocked the United States. It thought that China's semiconductor industry would be like Japan, blasting other players all over the world, but then Star Ring Technology The Buddhist attitude made the United States lower its guard again.
No new mobile phones have been released in the past few years. They still rely on the Star Ring generation to dominate the world. When it was first released, it knocked all the major mobile phone manufacturers of Blue Star to the ground. In the first and second years, the shipment volume exceeded 200 million units, occupying 26% of the entire Blue Star market in one fell swoop.
However, in the second year, other giants reacted and quickly followed up, no longer squeezing out toothpaste like before. However, new product technology iterations took time, so the Star Ring generation was allowed to be arrogant for one more year.
In the third year, all major manufacturers released a new generation of products, but Xinghuan Technology had no response. In the eyes of outsiders, it seemed that the company had exhausted its talents. By 1998, the number of shipments was only 40 million.
At this point, everyone only thought that the Star Ring Generation was just a meteor shining in the sky, brilliant but short-lived, and it disappeared from everyone for a while.
However, brands from other major manufacturers in the chip alliance emerged one after another and directly entered this fierce battlefield and competed fiercely with overseas giants.
But neither James nor Illari cared much about this. Illari just felt that James seemed to be perfunctory and frowned.
One week is considered very fast for an average company, after all, it is a $5 billion acquisition, but for a major customer like Nokia, it is simply a one-star bad review for service attitude.
Ilari couldn't help but start to wonder, is this guy having an affair with Gang Leader Qiao?
Perhaps seeing the wrong expression on Ilari's face, James knew that the other party had misunderstood, and quickly explained: "You know, the real estate market has been so hot recently, we have to carry out a large-scale overall planning again, and what you need We have a lot of funds, so this will take some time..."
As soon as Ilari heard the word real estate, he knew that he was too sensitive. After a sudden realization, he showed an apologetic smile: "I'm sorry, I'm too nervous."
"It's okay, I understand your feelings very well." James said sincerely, "Our existence is just to help various companies, how can we stand by and watch when you need it?
Besides, we are the best friends! "
After hearing this, Ilari smiled seemingly from the bottom of his heart, but in his heart he didn't believe a word of what he said, especially the last disgusting sentence.
A banker's words, especially if one of the thousand words about money is true, then he has a conscience. This time, Nokia only approached Merrill Lynch after having cooperated with Merrill Lynch many times.
He actually doesn't like playing golf at all, and when he was getting along with James, he could feel that the other person didn't really like this sport, but the two of them had to play golf together for this conversation.
After the two brothers reconciled for a while, James asked curiously: "The company you want to acquire this time... Uh, don't get me wrong, I'm just curious, are you going to enter the Internet?"
As if he was afraid that Illari would misunderstand, James quickly adjusted his tone after speaking in general, while Illari explained: "The products of these companies help to complete our business puzzle."
“But are these companies valuable?”
James finally asked the question that he had been holding back in his mind. He has always been a practitioner in the financial industry and has the demeanor of an old banker.
This time it was a 5 billion acquisition, which confused him. Are the products of these software companies so attractive?
He is not one of those old stubborns who rejects all modern electronic information equipment. On the contrary, he attaches great importance to various new technologies in the electronic information industry, because this represents an exponential improvement in the efficiency of consulting.
People in the financial industry who don't pay attention to the speed of obtaining consultations either have family members who have mines and come out to experience life and don't care about it, or their lives will be swallowed up by others.
But he had only heard of two of the companies listed in the loan application materials, one of which made music software and the other made map navigation.
There is no way it can be compared with a company that makes mobile phones!
Ilari looked at his expression and paused. After thinking for a while, he decided to be more revealing and show his strength from the side, lest Merrill suddenly get hooked up with Gang Leader Qiao.
"James, you should know the Symbian system. It is so fascinating. It represents the future. The future must be the world of smartphones. Nokia has become the first in feature phones, and smartphones will also be in our possession." Something in the middle!
So we have to plan in advance. Nokia will become the Microsoft of smartphones and all the software in the mobile phone.
We want them all! "
James suddenly understood. Although he didn't understand what a smartphone was, he still knew about Microsoft.
Comparing mobile phones with personal computers, everyone knows Microsoft's position in the personal computer industry, and Nokia now wants to become Microsoft in the mobile phone industry.
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