Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 795 Good News and Bad News (4K)

The meeting between Fang Zhuo and Qualcomm Vice President Anderson only talked about the cooperation of operators.

In fact, the two parties still had a cooperation tendency involving ice core foundry before, but today they tacitly did not mention it.

In addition to the threshold conditions in the manufacturing process, the consensus basis for the cooperation between Bingxin and Qualcomm is the adoption of the Yike mobile phone chip solution. Now that the Verizon operator in the Qualcomm 3G standard camp has changed, the prospect of future cooperation still needs to be negotiated and observed.

For Qualcomm, its relationship with V vendors is a small bargaining chip at the operator level, and it needs to bet carefully.

For Yike, TI's chip is still in the list of candidates. Qualcomm can indeed bring multiple benefits, but the first contradiction is to polish a good mobile phone.

However, even if there are variables and considerations for their own interests, both parties absolutely hope to work together smoothly, and each takes what they need to jointly create a star smartphone product. Otherwise, Fang Zhuo and Anderson will not quickly make peace after meeting Google, V business to communicate.

The meeting with Anderson ended, and the time was close to midnight.

Fang Zhuo's mind is lingering on Google, Android, mobile phones, Qualcomm, operators and other things, and it is inevitable that he feels mentally tired.

By the time I got back to the hotel and finished washing up, it was already one o'clock in the morning.

Fang Zhuo calculated the time, and it happened to be one o'clock before work in Shencheng, so he called Su Wei.

"Hey, Weiwei, what are you doing?" He asked while picking up another mobile phone, Motorola.

"Wait." Su Wei replied two words flatly.

Immediately afterwards, Fang Zhuo heard her voice briefly summarizing the content and announcing the end of the meeting.

Su Wei's voice sounded again with a brisk smile: "Of course I'm thinking of you."

Fang Zhuo pointed out: "You are clearly in a meeting! I just made the call because it would not affect your work."

"Esco is also very busy, do you think Yike and Bingxin are the only ones who are busy?" Su Wei said with a smile, "It should be early in the morning in Silicon Valley, since President Fang called at this time, he must have been busy until now." sleep."

Immediately, she said seriously: "Fang Zhuo, I must tell you that regular diet and work and rest are very important. Your stomach needs attention. Have you been drinking at night? The doctor has long told you to drink less."

"Well, I didn't drink at all today." Fang Zhuo remembered the toast with Anderson, but that was yesterday.

Su Wei gave a "hmm" and asked about the experience of taking the private jet and the progress of Yike's mobile phone.

Fang Zhuo was satisfied with the time saving of the private jet, and briefly talked about the situation of the mobile phone.

While he was talking about the US operators, he was playing with the Motorola logo in his hand. Sprint, the fourth largest operator in the US, and Motorola jointly developed the WiMAX standard, which would inevitably bring serious losses to both parties.

Although the outcome of Sprint is not clear, Motorola's decline is clear, and the huge sums it spent on WiMAX must have been in vain.

Fang Zhuo planned to chat with Su Wei about the fourth-old carrier in the United States and Motorola, and asked with a smile, "Wei Wei, guess what I'm playing with?"

"What are you playing?" Su Wei pondered for a moment, then raised her voice, "Mr. Yu, Mr. Yu, is that you? Talk."

Fang Zhuo coughed violently, and Xiao Su's private words became more and more...

He said helplessly: "Boss Yu and I only talk about business affairs, not love affairs."

Su Wei laughed: "Of course I know, but I don't know if those Fengyue are all on business."

Fang Zhuo: "..."

Su Wei fired a shot to change places, changed the subject, and said directly in a positive tone: "Whose cell phone are you holding in your hand?"

Fang Zhuo felt that it seemed inappropriate to talk about the last topic again, so he withdrew his thoughts and chatted about WiMAX, which was forced into the 3G communication standard by the United States.

San Francisco chatted with Shencheng in the afternoon for an hour. In the end, Su Wei ended the call with sleep.

Before going to bed, Fang Zhuo glanced at the Nokia that was about to shut down, and fell asleep soundly with the idea of ​​"charging technology".

……

In the last two weeks of [-], there seemed to be no further disturbances.

Fang Zhuo is based in Silicon Valley and is busy building a patent pool with Google.

Yike set up a lobbying team to contact the American Internet companies on the boss list to promote the Android system.

And, Fang Zhuo didn't come up to himself, but asked Jackson, a vice president of Yike America, to lead a team to participate in the communication with Qualcomm with the V business, first to see what the situation is, and then consider how to effectively solve it .

On the last day of the end of the year, the United States is already preparing to celebrate the New Year across the country.

Fang Zhuo continued to work overtime, personally supervised, and achieved some small results.

Whether it's Google's CEO Schmidt or the founder Larry, they all support the idea of ​​a patent pool proposed by Yike, and quickly conduct internal discussions and accelerate cooperation.

In the end, Yike and Google quickly reached an agreement to strengthen the concept of this "patent pool" into a patent alliance independent of Android companies, named Pro Alliance.

The two companies signed the "Android Network Cross-Licensing" agreement to carry out patent cross-licensing for free under the framework of the Pro Alliance.

The Android system is open source and free, and can be used by any manufacturer. The Pro Alliance selects device manufacturers and agrees that members share patents related to the "Android and Pro Alliance" on any device that meets the Android compatibility requirements.

These patents are shared free of charge by members, as well as by any new companies joining.

Schmidt attached great importance to the establishment of the Pro Alliance, and even delivered a passionate speech when the two signed the agreement.

"We believe the Pro agreement will further expand Android's openness to its members, enabling patent peace and freeing up future members' time and money to develop new ideas."

"I, Mr. Fang, Google and Yike all have strong confidence in the prospects of Android."

"Mr. Fang asked me how to name this alliance. I think Yike has been practicing its Making Progress, so I didn't hesitate to use Pro as the name of our alliance."

"Tomorrow is a new year. I hope that Google, Yike, and Android can all achieve great development and great gains."

The atmosphere after the signing of the agreement was very pleasant.

Because both Fang Zhuo and Schmidt know what kind of situation Android will face if they want to develop, such a framework has long-term benefits, but it still takes effort and strength to persuade other manufacturers to join in and contribute patent licensing.

In the evening, Fang Zhuo wanted to chat with Schmidt about the V business.

"Hey, Mr. Fang, I've been working hard today, and tomorrow is the New Year. Let's not discuss these unpleasant things, but make some preparations for a happy day." Schmidt declined the opening of the topic with a hint The good news, "Google and T-Mobile have fully communicated, and it is willing to fully promote Android 3G mobile phones."

An all-out promotion by an American carrier.

And, it is the third oldest in the United States, and it is actually a giant in the European market.

Fang Zhuo had to admit that this was excellent news.

On the way back, he thought about the situation of the T dealer and the attitude of the V dealer, and after he got a little clue, he saw Xu Keden's expression was a little serious.

"Teacher Xu, what's the matter? Do you want to have a vacation tomorrow?" Fang Zhuo made a joke, and the itinerary for tomorrow has been confirmed.

Xu Kedeng sighed: "No, I just feel sorry for our patents. They are obviously all researched by everyone, and they are based on the touch screen method."

Fang Zhuo smiled: "For the long-term, the alliance will not absorb new members for the time being. We must first promote the development of our mobile phones, and follow-up members also depend on our opinions."

Xu Keden nodded silently.

Having said that, I still feel sorry.

He thought for a while, then said, "If only we could develop our own system."

Fang Zhuo noticed Xu Keden's gaze, and he didn't know whether it was a casual chat or a part of the company's internal meaning.

He pondered for a while, and replied: "Being the leader has to pay a price, but it can be used as an option in the future."

Xu Keden neither nodded nor shook his head, and discussed: "Can Yi Ke come up with such a price?"

Fang Zhuo confirmed without hesitation: "No, at least not now."

Later, he added: "New forces will inevitably provoke counterattacks from old forces."

He knew that Mr. Xu would never understand the cruelty behind these words now.

In fact, not only the old forces, but also all opponents will inevitably attract multi-faceted competition.

Developing a system, equipped with a mobile phone, and eating a portion by myself, this is of course the most ideal state.

But Fang Zhuo and the people in the company mentioned the Google ecology, the significance of the Open Mobile Alliance, the use of the wave of globalization, and the most suitable way for Yike to develop at present.

The Google ecosystem does not only refer to the Android system and Google services.

Not to mention the cooperation of an operator, even the American local giant had to negotiate with difficulties for more than half a year, and still had to rely on the lobbying of key figures. of nodes.

Let’s just talk about the price Google paid for the Android camp...

After the decline of Motorola, the first taker was Google, which spent a sky-high price of 125 billion US dollars to acquire Motorola, and used its 17000 patents to build a patent moat for the Android camp.

What is the concept of 125 billion US dollars?
This kind of payment is difficult for Yike to come up with in the future.

The moat is protection when you are in the same camp, but it is the sharpest weapon when you become an opponent.

Even if Yike develops its own mobile phone system and sells well, can it withstand the patent competition?

The current self-research and independent development is facing competition from rivals such as Nokia, Apple, and Android.

Competition is not just about sales.

The former HTC is the most typical example.

Historically, HTC was the first manufacturer to launch the Android system. Its mobile phone market share was once ahead of Apple by a slight margin at a certain stage, and it became the sales champion of smartphones in North America.

With the status of "Android No. 300 Brother", HTC's market value exceeds [-] billion US dollars.

Apple then sued HTC for patent infringement.

HTC lost the lawsuit and was banned from selling in the US market.

Then, Nokia sued HTC for patent infringement.

HTC lost the lawsuit and was banned from the European market.

In the future, Microsoft, Samsung, BlackBerry... or sue, or levy patent fees, just a few years can be called a "massacre" of HTC in the global mobile phone industry.

If Yike sells the self-developed mobile phone well, who will Apple, Samsung, Nokia, Blackberry, and Google show mercy to?
On the contrary, the logos of Huaxia enterprises will only receive more "preferential treatment".

Such competition, any manufacturer that intends to develop must stand the test, and Apple is no exception. It once paid Nokia more than 2011 billion US dollars in patent fees in 10 to seek a settlement.

It can be said that patented technology has always been an effective barrier to industry competition. With the development of smart phones and the impact of new manufacturers, traditional giants with a large number of patents will never sit still.

Some of the games and fights behind this were noisy, and some were silent.

Self-research at the moment is just a false proposition in pursuit of success.

Standing in the dusk of the last day of [-], Fang Zhuo was not only full of ambition to participate in the competition, but also thoughtful about the competition situation.

"Mr. Xu, Yi Ke's main task now is to create a good mobile phone, and I will think about other things later."

"Let's go, have a drink, and celebrate the arrival of 07 a few hours early."

Fang Zhuo patted Xu Keden on the shoulder.

Build a high patent wall, accumulate sales volume, and slowly become the industry king.

……

The last moment of the year.

Fang Zhuo received a call from the old Jazz Stringer during the New Year's Eve.

He was a little helpless: "Sir, I just gave myself a few hours off an hour ago."

Stringer laughed and said, "I don't want to make this call either, but I still think it's necessary to tell you about the Sony Ericsson phone."

"Well, I hope it's good news," Fang Zhuo said.

"This is probably Chinese news, I'm not sure." Stringer knew, "Ericsson has basically reached a cooperation agreement with Apple, and Apple will obtain the patent authorization of Sony Ericsson mobile phones."

After Fang Zhuo came to the United States, he expressed with the old Jazz that he hoped that Sony Ericsson's mobile phone patents could provide some help to Apple's competition.

He was a little surprised: "Ericsson? What does Sir mean?"

"Just as Ericsson did not obstruct us from licensing our patents to Yike, Sony will not obstruct Ericsson." Stringer said seriously, "Ericsson is also a close partner of Sony."

Sony Ericsson, Sony Ericsson, although Sony is ahead, there is still love.

Stringer did not hear Mr. Fang's voice: "Mr. Fang?"

"Oh, I was thinking, this is really a coincidence, Yike found Sony, and Apple found Ericsson." Fang Zhuo's voice was unhurried, "It's not good news, but it's not bad either. "

"I think so too, Mr. Fang, I wish you and Yi Ke a happy New Year." Stringer said.

Ding dong, the New Year's Eve bells are very heavy.

At the latest moment of the year, Fang Zhuo could only say against his will: "Sir, I believe Sony will achieve greater glory under your leadership."

Stringer thanked Mr. Fang for his blessings, and agreed to ask Mr. Fang to help him advocate a few words in media interviews.

As a foreign director, Fang Zhuo had nothing to dislike.

He ended the call with the old jazz, put down his mobile phone, and smiled at Yike colleagues who were celebrating the new year together: "I have received good news that our potential partner T-Mobile plans to invest 30 billion US dollars to increase investment in 3G networks. investment and deployment.”

"Cheers to the good news!"

In the new year, Yike ushered in the first good news.

(End of this chapter)