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Chapter 846 The Rooster Crows and the World Becomes Bright
"Both the Hanxi Provincial Government and the Pingyang Municipal Government have expressed their welcome for the global settlement of Dongling Hi-Tech. According to sources, the total budget for the Dongling Hi-Tech headquarters building park may exceed 150 million US dollars!"

Yao Zhengru watched the news on Hanxi TV and knew that Li Dongling was trying to stabilize people's hearts. After all, there was too much news coming out of Dongling Hi-Tech during this period.

Especially the news about selling Xiaolingtong mobile phones surprised Yao Zhengru. He didn't know what Dongling Hi-Tech was up to.

But the establishment of the global headquarters can make Pingyang, Hanxi provincial capital, Yanjing and other places feel more at ease, and it also tells all parties that Dongling Hi-Tech will not move away.

"The Yanjing Economic and Trade Commission, Development and Reform Commission, Commerce and Trade Bureau, Electronic Information Bureau, Machinery Industry Bureau and other departments will start a new round of domestic research, and the first stop will be Hanxi..."

When Yao Zhengru saw this news, he knew that this was because Yanjing had started to pay attention to the Xiaolingtong transaction. Whether Xiaolingtong could be sold or not, it had to pass the Yanjing hurdle first.

Watching the news on TV, Yao Zhengru thought of his situation after arriving in Quancheng. Now all parties were waiting to see how he would start his first fire.

Yao Zhengru felt that in order to fully open up the situation in Quancheng, he would probably have to wait until Li Dongling brought his team and settled the large electric bicycle project in Quancheng.

Only when he sees that there is meat to eat can he make those who are on the sidelines and on the fence in Quancheng join his side.

However, before that, Yao Zhengru also needs to sort out the relationships between all parties in Quancheng before he can start subsequent actions!

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The airport in Hanxi provincial capital has been much busier these days than before, especially with the increase of foreign faces. As for the media and reporters, they have arrived in batches, not only domestic reporters, but also overseas media, all wanting to get first-hand information.

Hotels in Pingyang with better conditions have started to become fully booked again, including Yuhe Leisure Resort Hotel and Oriental Times Hotel. These two hotels with the best conditions in Pingyang are now fully booked.

There was even a scene where an entire floor of a hotel building was booked by someone, which shows how wealthy the parties who came to Pingyang this time are.

"It has been confirmed that the president of Nippon Benz Telephone and Telegraph Company, Nakamura Yufu, has come to Pingyang with a large acquisition group and has booked an entire floor of the Oriental Times Hotel!"

UTStarcom President Lu Hongliang was also at the hotel where he was staying in Pingyang, and he told Wu Ying the news he had obtained.

In addition to Starcom's executives, there was also a man in a suit and tie. Both Lu Hongliang and Wu Ying looked at the man from time to time.

"Apart from Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Company, what other companies are interested in acquiring the Xiaolingtong mobile phone?" asked Kitao Yoshitaka.

Yoshitaka Kitao is the head of the investment department of Japan's SoftBank. Although Masayoshi Son did not come in person this time, he also sent his right-hand man Yoshitaka Kitao to Pingyang.

Yoshitaka Kitao was one of the first people to join SoftBank, and he made great contributions to the establishment of the SoftBank empire. Many of SoftBank's investments and acquisitions were the work of Yoshitaka Kitao.

Sending Yoshitaka Kitao over is basically the same as sending Masayoshi Son himself, which is enough to show how much importance Son attaches to this deal.

"At present, we can find out that Ericsson, Motorola, Kyocera and other Japanese mobile phone manufacturers have come to Pingyang.

In mainland China, there are also some mobile phone manufacturers, such as BBK, Bird, Haier, etc., which are interested in Xiaolingtong, but it is probably difficult for them to come up with enough money to acquire Xiaolingtong.

Of course, it is not ruled out that other acquirers will join in!" Lu Hongliang said.

Kitao Yoshitaka said, "That is to say, the Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Company, which acquired the PHS mobile phone this time, may be UTStarcom's biggest rival?"

"Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Company is financially strong. I'm afraid Starcom may not be able to compete with it in terms of funds!" Wu Ying said solemnly.

The stock price and market value of Nippon Benzene Telephone and Telegraph Company are somewhat sluggish now, but ten years ago, it was the world's largest company by market value. At that time, Nippon Benzene was on the eve of a bubble burst, the stock market and the real estate market were booming, and the market value of Nippon Benzene Telephone and Telegraph Company once exceeded 350 billion US dollars.

Of course, it is not as good as before. The entire Nippon is in a slow decline, and the market value of Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Corporation is also shrinking.

But a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. As Japan's largest telecommunications group, it is still making a fortune, with annual revenue still exceeding US$21 billion and abundant cash flow.

Compared with the wealthy Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Company, UTStarcom is not even in the same league if we just compare who has more money.

Even if SoftBank is included, its revenue alone is still not as good as that of Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Company.

But when he heard Wu Ying's concerns, Kitao Yoshitaka remained calm. He had fought so many tough battles with Masayoshi Son and had managed to take advantage of others more than once. He had no fear of Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Company.

"SoftBank will take care of the funding issue!"

Kitao Yoshitaka said calmly that SoftBank has not had any bad luck in the past few years. Instead, every company it invested in has been a success, and a large number of conglomerates want to take advantage of SoftBank.

The success of investing in Yahoo not only allowed SoftBank to enter the Silicon Valley Internet industry, but more importantly, it made it famous in the investment industry.

The huge returns have attracted some wealthy Japanese investors and consortiums such as the Middle Eastern oil countries to approach SoftBank for cooperation, which has enabled SoftBank to raise large sums of US dollars.

On the other hand, SoftBank is also planning to bring in several other Japanese telecom groups. Although NTTT is the only dominant company in Japan, it also has rivals. Other Japanese telecom companies will certainly not want to see NTTT monopolize the PHS industry chain. At that time, the pressure on them will be even greater, and they will definitely make things difficult for NTTT.

Wu Ying nodded when she heard this. "Now it depends on whether Dongling Hi-Tech can pass the test of Yanjing. If Yanjing agrees, UTStarcom will immediately start negotiations with Dongling Hi-Tech!"

Inside a restaurant box in Pingyang, the atmosphere is bustling with activity, with people toasting each other during the meal. If someone from the mobile phone industry enters there, he will see that most of the people there are from this industry, and the leader among them is Xu Lihua, the founder of Bird.

The shocking news that Xiaolingtong was going to be sold off had already been widely circulated in the domestic mobile phone industry.

In the domestic mobile phone industry, besides UTStarcom, there are naturally other mobile phone manufacturers who want to swallow an elephant, and among them is naturally Bird.

Bird's strength is not enough to swallow up Xiaolingtong, but it is backed by Mingzhou Urban Investment and has introduced Mingzhou Electronic Information Company, a state-owned enterprise. With the support of the Mingzhou Municipal Government, it can even mobilize resources from Wujun Province.

"Reporter Wang, this is the territory of Pingyang Metropolitan Newspaper. I hope you can give me some advice!"

Xu Lihua raised a glass of wine and said to the reporter from Pingyang Metropolis Daily.

"Mr. Xu, you are too polite. I know what you all want to know, but to be honest, there is not much news from Pingyang Metropolitan Newspaper!"

Reporter Wang pointed at the table full of delicacies from land and sea, as well as several large bottles of wine, including a few bottles of liquor. This table would cost at least several thousand yuan, not to mention that the other party had just given him travel expenses, which was also generous.

Reporter Wang, who had drunk a lot of alcohol, was a little drunk at this moment, but as a frequent visitor to bars, his mind was still clear.

"This time the news came too suddenly, and we didn't get the news much faster than you did.

Now, in addition to Mr. Xu, the bosses of UTStarcom, ZTE and other companies have all arrived in Pingyang, and there are also several waves of foreign acquirers, one of which is the Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Company!"

Upon hearing this news, Xu Lihua and others felt a little depressed. The strength of these companies is far greater than that of Bird, and the big money sponsors behind them are also more powerful than those behind Bird!
After hearing what reporter Wang said, Xu Lihua couldn't get any more information out of him, so he lost interest in drinking anymore.

Just as he was about to leave, reporter Wang's cell phone rang.

"What, is the news accurate?"

"Is this the news released by Dongling Hi-Tech's financial department?"

After hanging up the phone, reporter Wang could not hide the shock on his face. Then he saw Xu Lihua and others looking at him anxiously.

With trembling hands, he picked up the wine glass and poured a glass of white wine. Reporter Wang then said, "I just received news that Dongling Hi-Tech's sale of the Xiaolingtong mobile phone business is priced at 14 billion US dollars!

Including the PHS production line, technology, patents, and all businesses in mainland China and overseas, all packaged for sale!"

"Fourteen billion dollars?!"

Upon hearing this, the bosses of several mobile phone manufacturers who had followed Xu Lihua and originally wanted to form an alliance with Bird to take over Xiaolingtong suddenly screamed.

At this price, even if I sell them, I still can’t afford to buy a PHS.

Xu Lihua was also somewhat desperate. This price was really beyond what Bird could afford. Even the Mingzhou City Government and Wujun Province could not afford it.

After the banquet, several mobile phone manufacturers prepared to leave. They felt that there was no point in staying in Pingyang any longer and prepared to return overnight.

"Boss Xu, what about us?"

Seeing that everyone else had left, the people from Bird couldn't help but look towards Xu Lihua.

Xu Lihua shook his head. Although he knew that he might not have the chance to intervene this time, he was still not ready to leave. He wanted to witness with his own eyes the birth of what might be the biggest deal in the history of the domestic mobile phone industry!

"I want to stay in Pingyang. I want to meet the founder of Dongling Hi-Tech. Otherwise, I will feel uneasy!"

Xu Lihua was puzzled as to why Dongling Hi-Tech was going to sell its Xiaolingtong phones, and he would never feel at ease unless he met Li Dongling.

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"Director Gu...!"

At Pingyang Yuhe Leisure Resort, Li Dongling also met the team from Yanjing, led by Gu Xiguang from the Economic and Trade Commission.

(End of this chapter)