Chapter 73 Partnership to build mobile phones

Author: Banlou Yaofeng

Chapter 73 Partnership to build mobile phones

Qu Li, Cao Jilong and others left their contact information, phone number, email, QQ, well, it was actually a business card. In this era, you actually have to leave a QQ number. It’s really drunk. Why is Mao not a WeChat account? Oh, there is no WeChat!

Meeting Zhou Shaoning again, Qu Li finally learned about Android being developed by Google.

"Google's operation imitates BlackBerry and is very different from the IPhone's iOS. It needs to be significantly modified. We may discuss the direction of modification with us tomorrow."

"Really? Google is a big company with a market value of over 150 billion US dollars. Isn't it easy to find a younger brother?" At the beginning of 2007, Google had a market value of 150 billion US dollars. This kind of power is visible to the naked eye.

"I'm also very surprised that the leader of the Android team is Andy Rubin, a well-known geek. Google acquired the project in 2005, but has no clear idea of ​​the future development direction. Maybe it's

because of you……"

Qu Li understood some of it, probably because he was bragging on YouTube. After verifying some of his ideas on Apple's iPhone, he felt that he was very talented.

"One more thing, we have to give them a clear answer tomorrow regarding our equity distribution issue." Zhou Shaoning said it with some difficulty.

"This matter is easy to discuss. It's 30-70 or 28-80 between us. If you want to be a major shareholder, you can get 70-80%. If you want to be a small shareholder, you can get 20-30%." Although Qu Li wants to make a smartphone,

But since Jumei already exists, and there are many domestic restrictions at this stage, such as mobile phone license issues, and the development of Android may take two or three years to mature, he doesn't have much confidence in accomplishing this.

"The reason why the shares are allocated in this way is to allow the company to have someone who can make decisions. It does not mean that collective decision-making is not good, but when developing an industry, no one knows how to go ahead. Instead of wasting time on arguments, it is better to

If you follow a road to the dark side, even if you go astray, you will not stop moving forward..."

"Google is more satisfied with you!" Zhou Shaoning was a little bitter. Schmidt's words were a bit difficult for him to accept, but Qu Li was indeed more of an entrepreneur than him.

"But I am the founder of Jumei." Qu Li didn't believe Schmidt would ignore this.

"You and Larry Page's mutual friend Musk has two companies at the same time. Schmidt believes more in your judgment of the market and the future. He said that as long as the direction is right, you can get twice the result with half the effort. If the direction is wrong, no matter how strong your ability is,

…”

"..." Who is optimistic about him?

"What do you think? Google is not the only choice. We can also develop our own mobile operating system." Qu Li said this, but if Zhou Shaoning really chooses to develop his own operating system, he will definitely quit.

There are some things that cannot be said simply by being patriotic. First of all, there is a lack of money. To develop a qualified mobile operating system requires at least a team of hundreds of people. The average monthly salary of 5,000 US dollars is not high, right? Two years of development and no income is not too much, right?

At least 12 million U.S. dollars have been invested in the two years of development. As time goes by, the demand for talents by major Internet giants has increased sharply, and the costs will also rise. Entrepreneurs who dare to burn like this will never know how they will die. Look at IOS and

Symbian, TiZen, WindowsMobile, Blackberry OS, WebOS, etc. that fell in front of Android...

Not only that, except for Warwick and Neutral, domestic mobile phone manufacturers have too many patent deficiencies. Without Google standing in front of them, who can protect them from the wind and rain? Not to mention Warwick and Hongmeng are successful, this is just lies. Both are microkernels.

, Google's own son Fuchsia OS was developed earlier and invested more resources, but it has not been successful yet, which shows that this road is not so easy to follow.

Of course, an autonomous and controllable operating system is essential, but the premise and key is to have money and talent. You can’t just let programmers generate electricity for love. Why? Excellent domestic programmers can not only work in China

, you can also immigrate to work overseas. Even after 35 years old, if you can't go to Silicon Valley, you can still go to Europe, Japan, South Korea, or worst of all, you can go to Southeast Asia. In addition to Silicon Valley, China and maybe India, where is there no shortage of outstanding programmers in the world?

So don’t think that there is something wrong with Qu Li’s brain. While he is thinking about developing an operating system in the future, he is also determined not to play with Zhou Shaoning as long as he develops an operating system. Many things depend on timing. If you don’t want or don’t want to do something this year, you can do it next year.

Not necessarily.

"Other companies may have better choices, but Google is already our best choice." Zhou Shaoning did not get carried away and made a rational choice.

"Then, how are the shares distributed?" Qu Li asked the key point again

"I will invest 5 million soft girl coins."

"Then I will invest 30 million to account for 75% of the shares. You will be the CEO of the company and I will be the chairman. Do you think it's okay?" Qu Li valued Zhou Shaoning's personal valuation at 5 million. I don't know how much less, but Google is more optimistic.

Qu Li, how much is he worth personally?

"Okay, we've settled on that." Zhou Shaoning knew that he couldn't hesitate at this time. The opportunity to cooperate with Google might pass by in a flash, and they had to reach an agreement in the shortest possible time.

"But we don't have a mobile phone production license, nor do we have a factory." Since we have decided to give up our leading position, of course we have to try Qu Li's quality.

"We focus on design and sales, and look for OEMs for production. I believe Apple does the same thing. They will most likely find well-known OEMs such as Futukang."

"Although the problem of mobile phone licenses is serious, we can make two preparations. Apply and lease at the same time. In the past few years, there have been rumors that the country will relax restrictions on mobile phone licenses. Let's see if we can find someone to find out the specific time."

"The three cores of smartphones: the chip determines the upper limit of performance, the LCD screen determines the real-life effect, the operating system determines the user experience, and then there are baseband and sensor selections. Even if the Android development progress exceeds expectations, it will take us at least a year to design a qualified product.

The product."

"One year?" Zhou Shaoning frowned. He didn't know how Qu Li made this judgment. Why couldn't he see it?

"This has something to do with our development strategy. Do you think we can start from scratch and learn from Nokia, Motorola, and Samsung to launch a sea of ​​​​machine tactics? Why does Apple only have one iPhone? The biggest reason is to simplify the supply chain and ensure product quality.

." Qu Li actually doesn't understand why companies that implement machine-sea tactics dare to say that the quality of their products is very good. Isn't this nonsense?

Just like a scumbag, he says he is sincere to everyone and is a master of time management, but a scumbag is a scumbag, and his abilities and time have limits.

Using simple logical reasoning, you can know: Those companies that launch more than ten or twenty mobile phones and cars a year must have quality control problems.

"We want to come up with an excellent product that is comparable to the iPhone and use the power of Google to cooperate with American operators. However, the patent issue is too difficult to solve. Our home market must be the Chinese market."

"Yes, we lack mobile phone patents, Google..."

"We pay to help them verify, make prototypes, and show them to other partners. It's a benefit at no cost, so why not?" It is impossible for the sinister Qu Li to regard Google as a benevolent person.

"What about this cooperation?"

"Unless you don't want to start a business in this direction, Google at least provides us with an opportunity to become an internationally renowned brand. Do you not want it or dare not take the gamble?"

"bet!"
Chapter completed!