Reborn in 2010, the AI ​​in my mind is too powerful.

Chen Yiran did not believe he would fail with Meizu, after all, many companies that were much bigger and more powerful than Meizu had already acquired so many others.

Moreover, it was a company whose founder later disappeared without a trace. He felt that Meizu must have some hidden dangers that hadn't yet surfaced, and Huang Zhang was probably just waiting for the right price to go up.

But what was unexpected was that Huang Zhang was an extremely stubborn person; he really wasn't going to turn back until he hit a brick wall.

Meizu Technology Building, No. 1 Ruantiyuan Road, Tangjiawan Town, Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai City.

This was the first time Chen Yiran had witnessed what a family business was like. Huang Zhang gave him a general tour of the company, and then they went to the conference room.

In the conference room, all the Meizu executives who received him were members of the Huang family.

Founder and sole shareholder: Huang Zhang.

The person in charge of the supply chain is his younger brother, Huang Zhipan.

The money bag belonged to his older sister, Huang Xiaoqin.

The purchasing director is his cousin, Huang Baitao.

This is a very typical family business. In addition to these important positions, even the receptionist, the cafeteria worker, and the janitor are all done by members of the Huang family.

Chen Yiran could clearly sense that the other family was a bit reserved.

The sense of alienation was very obvious, which made him feel that things might not go very smoothly today, but he still spoke up directly and was prepared to cut the Gordian knot.

Chen Yiran has recently developed a habit of throwing money at people.

"Mr. Huang, let me be frank. I'd like to offer $3 million for a 30% stake in Meizu. You know that's an absolute premium. I'm calculating that once Meizu gets the license for my Doubao app and with Samsung's support, they can extract the future value of the system themselves."

Although Meizu hasn't released the figures, I speculate that your revenue in the first half of 2012 was only around one billion RMB.

Huang Zhang on the other end paused for a moment, then said hesitantly, "Is it possible that we can just discuss cooperation? Could Doubao be directly integrated into our current Flyme system, or could we use Samsung's One UI directly?"

Chen Yiran's face darkened slightly, and he said with some dissatisfaction, "It is my established strategy to let China have its own Android branch. I am certain that Samsung's One UI will not be widely used in China. In fact, for the sake of the experience in China, future Samsung phones will also use the Android branch made in China."

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. By getting on board now, you can become a foundational supplier for Chinese mobile operating systems. To be honest, if Samsung hadn't strongly recommended you, I wouldn't have considered Meizu at all.

Your technical skills are simply not up to par in my eyes.

These words were rather impolite, which annoyed Huang Zhang, who knew that this was their territory.

Even world-renowned young tech leaders deserve some respect.

But then he thought of the burly men behind Chen Yiran, and the police officers already at the entrance providing security.

There was also the government team that was rushing over after suddenly learning of Chen Yiran's arrival.

He still didn't dare to give any response, only saying somewhat hesitantly, "Mr. Chen, this is indeed not in line with Meizu's philosophy. Meizu has always used 'small and beautiful' as its basic philosophy."

We hope to win user loyalty through exceptional design and seamless hardware and software optimization; we are less inclined to seek external capital for expansion.

"Boss Huang, your phones are heavily modeled after Apple's iPhone, so why don't you also consider their sales figures? The future Chinese market will inevitably converge with the situation abroad."

In every scenario, a few models will emerge and become the most mainstream. Other models will only be mid-to-low-end models, earning a meager living.

Your current strategy is to compete with the most flagship models, but you want it to be small and beautiful? This is problematic in itself. A small and beautiful company cannot produce flagship models in the future mobile phone market.

Small, niche companies can't handle either the overall ecosystem or the various supply chains.

You think Apple ignores your tribute simply because you're still too small.

As an Apple shareholder, I don't believe your plagiarism will have any impact on Apple. Forget about selling overseas, you don't even have much sales in China. But if you grow large, that's a different story; litigation is inevitable.

There's also Samsung's supply of various parts, because you're the only ones making them now, so naturally they'll provide you with all the high-end components.

However, in the future, more and more mobile phone manufacturers will make flagship models, and you will not be the only mobile phone manufacturer using Samsung's high-end screen. Your current self-perception of being small and beautiful is just an illusion.

"I'll ask one last time, is 3 million US dollars, 30%, okay?"

Huang Zhang clearly wasn't listening to Chen Yiran and was about to retort when his older sister pulled him back.

Huang Xiaoqin said very politely, "Mr. Chen, please wait a moment, we need to discuss this briefly."

Forced by the bloodline suppression, Huang Zhang obediently followed his sister out of the conference room.

The family started whispering at the door. Huang Xiaoqin asked somewhat reluctantly, "3 million US dollars! If we got it, we wouldn't be so strapped for cash like we are now. Huang Zhang, are you sure we can't take it?"

Huang Zhang pretended to ponder for a moment, then said firmly, "No, it won't work. Don't be fooled by his power. His Aurora Group hasn't produced many products; all he has is AI. Besides, even though we've been acquired by him and have money, we still have to implement many of his strategies."

For example, if he has a conflict with a company, he might target the other party and send us to compete against them. In that case, we would have to bear the losses from the competition ourselves.

Don't be fooled by his investment in us; he probably doesn't care at all. With his wealth and status, we're probably just cannon fodder to him.

My younger cousin, Huang Baitao, quickly explained: "Aurora Group isn't without products. They've acquired many high-quality companies and can now produce a wide variety of products. However, when it comes to mobile phones, it seems that only EDA and chip industries are truly competitive."

I think we still need to ask about the specific plans after the acquisition. Besides developing a branch of the Android system and hardware, will they interfere with our hardware strategy?

Huang Zhang snorted: "Do you even need to ask? They'll definitely interfere with us. I've told you before, investors are all speculators. He's no different from Lei Jun, except he's Lei Jun with more money."

Huang Xiaoqin sighed: "It's good that you've thought it through. No matter what, the company is actually yours, and you have to make the final decision. I'm just reminding you that the company's finances have always been tight. If you can get such a large sum of money this time, you won't be short of money later."

"I'm pretty sure we want to be a small, beautiful company. We don't need to become a super big company; we just need to make sure our customers keep loving our products."

Huang Xiaoqin nodded: "Okay, then don't refuse now. Just say you need to think about it some more, and then call to refuse again in a week or two."

Why?

Huang Xiaoqin slapped Huang Zhang on the head: "You idiot, otherwise you wouldn't have been expelled before finishing high school. What can you do besides dealing in electronics? Have some emotional intelligence! The city leaders will be here soon. If we announce today that things won't work out, it'll make them lose face! They definitely hope that Chen Yiran can acquire us."

"Uh, okay, okay."

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After Huang Zhang and the others returned, they told him they needed a week to consider it.

He knew then that the deal was off.

He didn't leave immediately; he still gave the Zhuhai government face and took another stroll around Meizu with the municipal government team that had rushed over.

They strongly recommend him to open a factory or acquire something in Zhuhai.

However, there weren't many other companies in Zhuhai that met his needs. After a brief, perfunctory response, Chen Yiran flew to Beijing the next day.

If Meizu doesn't work out, then try Xiaomi. Lei Jun is definitely better than Huang Zhang.