Winner Takes It All, Resurrection 2009

Nokia is not having an easy time at this time.

If we say that it simply made a mistake and was obsessed with hanging on the crooked tree of key-operated function phones and refusing to look back, it would undoubtedly be an insult to everyone's IQ.

In fact, many traditional mobile phone manufacturers including Nokia, Motorola, Sony, etc., started to plan for half-touch screen and full-screen mobile phone technologies as early as the beginning of the rise of key-operated feature phones.

Nokia also launched a number of touch screen mobile phones that used writing pens, but they were restricted by the signal transmission limitations of telecommunications operators at the time and production processes.

The development of so-called full-touch screen mobile phones has not made much breakthrough. Even so, veteran manufacturers such as Nokia have accumulated many core technology patents and used them to establish technological barriers.

However, America doesn't practice free competition at all. When Apple's semi-touch screen iPhone was first launched, Nokia took the finished product and took it apart, and was shocked.

It is more than just infringing on a few or dozens of Nokia's patents?

It is simply a blatant borrowing, and they don't take traditional manufacturers seriously at all!

If Nokia were placed in any other country at that time, it would have been confident that it could have strangled it in the cradle, but it happened to appear in the dominant country on this planet. Behind Apple is the support of the entire American capital.

With their help, iPhone completely ignored all rules, continued to develop fearlessly despite the so-called patent infringement, and the patent disputes between the two sides have never stopped.

When the situation was at its worst, traditional companies like Nokia even crushed the iPhone to the ground, and Apple was on the brink of being banned from selling iPhones worldwide several times.

As a result, the U.S. Department of Commerce simply said that patents cannot become a constraint on technological development, and all restrictions disappeared.

What can Nokia do?
They believe in technological patents, but patents are a manifestation of credit that relies on national strength and are a balance and compromise reached by major powers on technological disputes.

When the most powerful country on the planet starts to act like a hooligan, any accusations and obstructions seem so ridiculous.

Nokia fell behind step by step in the patent litigation that lasted for two or three years. They originally had a chance to catch up, but the world no longer welcomed them.

Towards Apple and Samsung, they were tough at first and then compromised. Even though Finland and Europe successively came out to support them, it was difficult to save the situation.

It has extended an olive branch to capitals such as Dongda, Asan, Damao, and Oumeng, hoping to develop a smartphone production, design, and R&D system based on its technology.

Nokia was not satisfied with it again, and after a round of careful selection, it set its sights on its own Symbian, hoping to gain a last chance of survival. However, it was eventually swayed by Microsoft and its last glimmer of hope was successfully destroyed.

Of course, big companies have the pride of big companies. Even if they are in decline, they still have a foundation that ordinary people can hardly imagine. If nothing unexpected happens, Nokia will live on with its so-called pride.

Until you completely rush into hell.

From a narrow defeat in the 3G era to being completely left behind in the 4G and 5G eras, more than a decade later, Nokia has completely become a telecommunications equipment manufacturer.

More than 80% of its main revenue comes from providing equipment, and there is also a part of patent licensing income, but the good days will not last long, because the holding period of a large number of patents is about to expire.

Fortunately, Qingyun came.

It came at a very timely moment and the chips offered were very tempting.

From the initial high-priced patent licensing to the recent proposal to exchange Nokia shares for Qingyun Electronics (only Panda and Honor Electronics, excluding Roewe) shares.

And promised to provide more than half of the funds needed for Nokia's transformation and support the continued operation of the Symbian system.

Qingyun had no choice but to do this, because when it came to making mobile phones, especially mid-to-high-end smartphones from scratch, Qingyun had almost no foundation at all!

It did not start out as a telecommunications company (like Qualcomm, Petal and Nokia), nor does it have relevant industry technology accumulation (like Samsung and Sony). Panda and Honor are imported products.

Almost all the required hardware technology and parts production were purchased from outside. Li Zehua was willing to spend money, but technology is not something that will necessarily produce results just by spending money.

Because the first-mover advantage is never just an empty talk, but an insurmountable mountain standing in the way of all companies that want to break through.

Hundreds of thousands of patent authorizations have built a basic patent network that saves costs and maximizes hardware functions. Can we break through and find another way?

It is easier said than done, even if there are sufficient resources to support it.
There are only a few paths to success, and no one is a fool. If you want to circumvent patent restrictions and start a new business, you will have to bear the greatest risks and face obstruction from competitors.

This is not a battle between LCD and plasma in the home appliance industry, but the difficulty of a company like Changhong to regain its technological leadership in LCD technology after repentance.

It is useless to have money, people and resources because the opponent has too great a first-mover advantage.

For example, even though Dongda Group had gathered its entire national strength and all employees held shares and worked hard for Huaban, it almost took over the signature technologies of traditional 2G giants such as Lucent, but it still took fifteen years of bumps and setbacks.

Before Li Zehua was reborn, there was only a slight possibility of being evenly matched. Qingyun Electronics had no foundation and no system, and it only got a first-mover advantage to get a head start.

But if there comes a day when Qingyun Electronics completely falls out with Squid Capital, it is highly likely that Roewe will not survive, but it is possible that it will survive, after all, it is a cheap product and its second-hand technology can be used.

“The success of Huaban is certainly gratifying, but everyone’s joys and sorrows are different. I’ve met Mr. Ren before. He’s a rare talent, with a firm mind, but he’s always quick, accurate and ruthless in his actions.

Once he targets a competitor, few will have a good life. Even ZTE cannot escape his patent sanctions, let alone us who have no technical background! "

At the group decision-making meeting before leaving the country, Li Zehua said generously, "If Qingyun Electronics wants to succeed and make achievements, it should take an unconventional approach, form an alliance with ZTE internally and Nokia externally.

To be honest with you, Qingyun is very rich!
The Southeast Asian market contributes billions of dollars in growth almost every month. As Minsheng Financial Holdings conducts business simultaneously at home and abroad, it will provide targeted services to small and medium-sized businesses.

It is easy to make 30 to 50 billion every year, and this is a conservative estimate. If I, Li, am more ruthless, it will be effortless to make 200 to 300 billion every year. "

This is definitely not bragging. In the area of ​​Internet finance alone, there are Minsheng Financial Holdings and Ant Financial Services Group as the backers, and online and offline operations are carried out together, bringing together WeChat, TikTok, Meituan, Ele.me and the sharing economy of the future.

It integrates the entire logistics and express delivery industry, including Pinxixi e-commerce, group buying business, online car-hailing, as well as Qingyun Electronics and Qingyun Agriculture, which have never appeared in history.

If we only cover full-time and part-time employees internally, we are expected to achieve the unprecedented feat of breaking through 2015 million employees worldwide around .

If we calculate the loan business based on the consumers covered by this economic system, and if we really let it go, even if each person only makes a hundred yuan in interest and service fees each year, that would still be hundreds of billions.

If they were even more ruthless, they could come up with a white glove endorsement, put a New Year pig in each country every year, make a quick buck and run away, wouldn't that mean they could make tens of billions extra?

Everyone had no objection to Li Zehua's money-making plan, except for his dissatisfaction with the big gift package given to Nokia. Even though Guo Xinyi used to be his assistant, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Boss, judging from the current environment, the situation you mentioned, where Apple, Google, Samsung, Qualcomm, and even our domestic partners join forces to launch a siege against us, is probably unlikely to happen, right?

Not only investors cannot understand, we also cannot force ourselves to accept such harsh cooperation conditions. 30% of Qingyun Electronics will only be distributed as dividend shares and no less than US$200 billion in transformation funds will be provided.

We don’t know how much money we will have to pay each year in the future just to share Nokia’s patent library. If the news gets out, the whole world will think we are crazy.”

"That's right, Chairman. Can you be more cautious? Nokia isn't that powerful. At most, we can just use it first and then fight the lawsuit to delay the process. If we have market share, are we afraid it will take over?"

He Li also chimed in, "Isn't that what Apple and Samsung do? They frequently infringe on its core patents, and the two companies are entangled with each other every day. At worst, they can appeal after the verdict is passed.

It's better to postpone it for one day."

"Behind Apple is the whole of America, behind Samsung is half of Wall Street, behind Nokia is half of Europe, what do we have behind us?
Half of Tokyo University?

The problem is that given the hardware strength of the University of Tokyo, it will not have a chance to dominate the world's resource allocation within ten years. To be more precise, it can only fight within fifteen years, and may be able to show its strength in twenty years.

How can Qingyun learn to copy the development path of Apple and Samsung? Believe it or not, as long as we dare to use Nokia's core patents without Nokia's consent, within half a year, the American and European markets will ban the sale of all Qingyun Electronics products!"

Li Zehua sneered, "If you don't have the real strength, don't follow suit. It's like if Qingyun was responsible for the production, design and manufacture of the world's first smartphone.

That's a shame, it won't even survive the second year because the University of Tokyo can't withstand the pressure from the entire Western world. It joins global trade but doesn't abide by other people's rules. How can it expect to have an easy life?
If you don't have the strength, you have to keep it a low profile. If you don't have the strength, you are a fool if you stand up and pretend to be strong. To put it bluntly, it was Panda Honor Mobile that gave up more than 90% of its profits.

Qingyun Electronics has a chance to survive only by adopting another labor-intensive OEM model that earns meager profits in exchange for the mercy and charity of others.

Google, Apple, Qualcomm, Samsung, and Intel are all playing the boiling frog game, seemingly supporting us by licensing patents.

In the final analysis, it is because if the compradors can make profits, they will not think about being self-reliant.

Compress the industrial chain to the extreme and bind tens of millions of factories. When everyone can barely make ends meet, they will not take the risk of independent research and development, because the initiative will always be in the hands of others.

The conflict over technology patent licensing is a warning to us, telling us who is the boss who keeps his word.

When Li Zehua said this, he did not only hate a certain person in later generations to the core, but also despised him to the core.

Having weak bones is a congenital defect. No matter how big or strong one becomes, it cannot cover up the servility emanating from the bones. Under the so-called integration of the industrial chain, one stifles the innovative thinking of peers.

The reason is that all consumers can enjoy the benefits of technological development, but the result is that companies that had been working hard on core technology research and development have collapsed one after another.

The rest are all OEM companies that are forced to pay more than half of their net profits to outside companies every year, and have since lost the initiative in development. To put it nicely, they are technology companies.

In essence, what is the difference between them and the foreign trade textile enterprises in the 1990s that relied on external orders and employed manpower for production?
Who wants to experience the era when hundreds of millions of pieces of clothing could only be exchanged for an airplane?
"There is no room for negotiation on this matter. If any investor is unhappy, let him come to me and tell me in person!
No matter who it is, for every Panda mobile phone Qingyun Electronics produces today, in addition to the basic procurement costs, it has to pay about US$260 in patent royalties to foreign manufacturers.

For Honor Electronics, this figure is more than US$110 per unit (a tiered patent licensing fee charged based on the retail price of the mobile phone).

Who can tell me how to save more than $1 billion in patent fees for these two products each year?

Today it’s still okay, the sales volume of Panda and Honor combined is only tens of millions units, but if one day this number becomes 100 million units, wouldn’t it contribute tens of billions of dollars to foreign countries every year?
Who is working for whom? I worked so hard to start a business, but in the end I have to work like a slave for the capital?

Whoever dares to advise me not to be a human being, I will make him fail to be a human being!

What I mean is, even if it means paying three or five times the price, we must find a new way!

ZTE is the first choice in China, Nokia is the only way to break through abroad, and Huaban’s cooperation with the enemy cannot be stopped. Even if it means temporary losses, we must firmly follow the path of independent research and development.

Isn't it just about money? I'll do it even if it means selling everything I have!"

Everyone present was stunned by his murderous words. Li Zehua was not a person who would do things his own way. Seeing that everyone had fallen silent, he immediately said, "Don't forget the lesson of Qingyun Software!"

One sentence is worth a thousand words.

Everyone came back to their senses instantly.

Since QingCloud Software's mobile operating system research and development touches on the core interests of Google and other companies, the two parties are involved in the adaptation and system guidance of mobile phone hardware production issues.

There are also many conflicts over issues such as Google's entire product line and Qingyun Electronics' overseas sales of products.

Google has the first-mover advantage, and Apple is unwilling to support a new competitor, so QingCloud Software has not obtained any authorization for GPS and other map applications.

Since the products are sold overseas, Qingyun Electronics will not be able to install hardware and software based on Western technology on its mobile phones if the United States does not relax its technology patent negotiations.

Without Google's entire package, Apple Maps and other basic applications, Qingyun's entire package could not obtain Beidou navigation support (due to foreign restrictions), and the negotiations suddenly reached a dead end.

Google and Apple strongly demanded that QingCloud Software give up its own research and development. The condition offered by Google was to acquire the company in full. In return, Android will be included in subsequent updates.

It is specially optimized for the Chinese market. After all, Qingyun Software's research on Chinese operating systems is far beyond the reach of foreign companies.

In order to force Qingyun to make concessions, they also tried to contact Qualcomm and Huaban, and took threats including restricting technology licensing, cutting off telecommunications basic hardware service functions, and stopping chip supply.

Fortunately, now is a favorable window period for international hot money to flow into Dongda, and Squid Capital is also preparing to make a large-scale layout to reap the benefits. Since it is profitable, it naturally dare not make things too tense with Dongda.

What's more, Qingyun is Qualcomm's largest user. Qualcomm will not destroy its own Great Wall before Qingyun completely develops its own chips. Although it has come forward to help suppress it, it has not gone too far.

Therefore, Qingyun still has time to develop, but in the long run, the pros and cons of self-development or becoming a OEM are very obvious.

However, if Nokia can provide strong support, the situation will be reversed immediately, because this big guy will be the undisputed number one in the telecommunications market at this time.

Qualcomm, all petals have to stand aside.

Li Zehua would rather pay several times the amount of cartilage fee he pays every year to get on board Nokia's chariot, even if it means supporting the latter to continue to enjoy hegemony in the telecommunications field, than being blackmailed by the enemy.

Sony is also within Qingyun's cooperation scope. As long as the company can help Qingyun achieve overtaking, he is willing to pay a high price to acquire it.

If the money is not invested in independent research and development, it will be left to pay for failure in the future.

“But bearing half of the cost of Nokia’s mobile phone operating system and smartphone applications is likely to be completely wasted!
The loss of tens of billions of dollars will hurt even the company. The most important thing is, will Nokia agree to open a patent pool to share the results of technological development? "

"I think it's difficult. Nokia doesn't even give Apple face. The US government has also tried to suppress it, but they were all pushed back. Can we succeed?"

The people below were talking a lot, and their words were full of questions.

Li Zehua waved his hand and rejected all objections, "Everything depends on human effort. Even if it costs money, you have to create a future for me.

Why do I work so hard to make money?
Won't it be possible for you to stand up straight and talk to anyone on an equal footing in the future?

Everything Qingyun has today was fought for by us. Don’t be afraid, just do it!

If we win, QingCloud's various software services can sweep away all opponents by relying on their hardware advantages.

If we lose, the worst that can happen is that we can cancel the registration of Panda and Honor. We still have Roewe. We can start from the low end and take back what we have lost step by step!"

"Boss, I support you. At worst, we can start over. The group has plenty of money anyway. The oldest of us, Lao Zeng, is only in his forties. Give us another 10 to 20 years, and Qingyun will surely amaze the world!"

Although Wu Yibin is usually very smooth in dealing with people, he is a stubborn person in his heart. After joining WeChat Technology, he and Tengda fought each other openly.

Even he himself has suffered threats to varying degrees, and even his car has suffered an accident, but he is not afraid and is full of fighting spirit when facing tough opponents.

"Well said! Anyway, the group also has core patents in the software industry. At worst, we can just fight a patent war. I have discovered that Qingyun's large number of people is a natural advantage outside."

Zhou Shouyuan, who attended the meeting via video, was cheerful, “As long as food delivery, express delivery, logistics, and online car-hailing services are successful, we will have the support of WeChat technology and micropayment in public opinion and finance.

No one can shake our foundation. Maybe after three to five years, many people outside will have to act according to our wishes. By then, hehehe..."

He didn't say it clearly, but everyone understood the implication. This is what it means to have destiny in my hands... (End of this chapter)