Ye Minfeng asked worriedly, "Mr. Yao, you said before that the main market for Orange mobile phones is overseas markets. Has this strategy changed now?"
"Nothing has changed in five years."
Yao Yuan said, "I have proposed the idea of smartphones. At present, the domestic basic communication network is still in its infancy. Many cities' wired communication networks are still under construction. There is no room for smartphones in China."
"Can I understand it this way?" Ye Minfeng has been thinking about this issue for a long time. He gestured and said, "Mobile phones with relatively backward performance are supplied to the domestic market, relatively advanced mobile phones are supplied to overseas markets, and smartphones are developed for overseas markets."
Yao Yuan thought for a while and nodded, "It can be understood this way. The two principles of the domestic market are usable performance and low price. Today's mobile phones are communication tools for a small number of people, and can easily cost tens of thousands of yuan, plus network access fees and phone calls.
, the vast majority of people are unable to afford it.”
"I want mobile phones to be introduced into thousands of households like electric fans and become an affordable mobile communication tool for ordinary people. This means that the selling price of mobile phones will drop significantly."
He Shirley said, "It will definitely have to be significantly reduced. You get what you pay for."
To put it bluntly, no matter how excellent the performance is, there is no environment in China to bring these capabilities into play. 2G technology is already being used abroad, but it is still blank in China. Analog communication is still used, that is, the communication technology developed by Motorola.
In fact, since Yao Yuan is determined to enter the mobile communications industry, he will not just make small efforts in basic communication facilities and communication terminals. The most important thing is the battle for technical standards that will define the world's mobile communications landscape in five years.
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I have to start preparing because I am already behind.
Yao Yuan said, "Chunfeng Academy of Sciences has already started chip research. Last year, it established an operating system project team. You should communicate with them more. Didn't I ask you to go to the United States before? What have you gained?"
Chips are fatal things that have troubled China for decades.
This thing is called the atomic bomb in the field of electronic technology, but it is much more difficult than the atomic bomb.
Yao Yuan went hand in hand. Chunfeng Academy of Sciences established a chip research institute, and Weihua Company also established a chip research project team. This method that requires more money has only one purpose - to catch up with the research progress and make up for the owed work.
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Because it involves massive amounts of basic research data.
Last year, Meng Weiguo bought a company called ads in the small country of Finland in Eastern Europe, took over all the technology and researchers, and established a European R&D center. In addition to their R&D center in Novosibirsk, the R&D staff
Ten thousand.
$200 million was spent.
From that time on, Yao Yuan handed over communication technology and chip technology to Weihua Company to focus on, while Chunfeng Academy of Science focused on basic research. Ads Company’s lithography machine technology and business were separated and placed in Chunfeng
Academy of Sciences, Chunfeng Academy of Sciences conducts research on photolithography machines.
This is a clear industrial chain - Chunfeng Academy of Sciences develops and produces basic equipment such as photolithography machines needed to produce chips, conducts research and development of basic communication equipment and key components for Hua Company, and Orange Mobile sells communication terminals.
Otherwise, the Chunfeng Academy of Sciences is a huge gold-swallowing beast. The R&D team of Weihua Company is organized in the Chunfeng Academy of Sciences. All expenses are included in the Chunfeng Academy of Sciences and are completely independent from other business departments.
Under this situation, Yao Yuan does not want Orange Mobile to engage in the above research and development. He only needs to improve the mobile communication terminal, that is, the mobile phone.
At this time, Ye Minfeng said, "Mr. Meng happened to be going there too, and I went to the United States with him. Mr. Meng fell in love with a small company and acquired it wholly. However, Mr. Meng said that the small company was more sensitive, and the United States
There were restrictions on these sensitive businesses, and he set up cross-shareholdings to hold that small company through a registered agency in the United States."
He smiled, shook his head and said, "A small company engaged in wireless communication technology has a turnover of less than 10 million US dollars a year. I don't know why Mr. Meng attaches so much importance to it."
A company with a turnover of less than 10 million US dollars is indeed a small company in Yao Yuan's business empire. Meng Weiguo has become a typical representative of the Dongfeng Group's "buy, buy, buy", and he makes big purchases.
It's 200 million in one move, but a mere 10 million dollars is really not something he can judge.
Not sure why he became interested in such a small company this time, Ye Minfeng felt strange.
"Oh?" Yao Yuan asked, "What's the name of the company?"
Ye Minfeng frowned and thought for a while, "It seems to be called...
Moreover, the communication technology standards introduced in Europe have a much wider scope of use, and m’s cdma only has a market in South Korea, so it may be difficult to support it.”
"m..." Yao Yuan muttered, "This name seems similar."
He couldn't remember it for a while.
Ye Minfeng said, "Mr. Meng said that this business is a good deal. With the help of cdma technology, we can directly develop third-generation communication technology, and we can develop our own second-generation communication technology by referring to cdma technology. But Mr. Meng thinks that the price they ask is too high.
We are still negotiating in California at the moment.”
Which company is company m?
Waving his hand, he said, "If he thinks it's worth it, buy it. There are not many opportunities to directly buy technology. Tell me about the situation here."
Ye Minfeng said, "My side is going very smoothly. Eighty percent of Apple Computer's shares are ours. According to your instructions, we control them through offshore companies and the French Ward Investment Group. The other part is through holdings
It’s done with secondary market stocks.”
He smiled and said to Shirley He, "It didn't cost much, and Apple Computer was about to go bankrupt due to bank loans."
Yao Yuan is in a good mood. There will no longer be Apple mobile phones in the future, but there may be Apple computers.
Many people think that Apple makes mobile phones first and then computers. In fact, it is an out-and-out computer company. In the 1980s, the personal computers they produced were very popular and once occupied 2% of the U.S. market.
Ten shares.
After entering the 1990s, Apple Computer Company entered a period of decline until its comeback in 1997.
This is because of one man, Steve Jobs.
The time when he left Apple Computer Company to start his own business coincided with the decline of Apple Computer Company. In 1997, his own company was acquired by Apple Computer Company. He returned to Apple Computer Company. Under his leadership, more than 20 years later,
A technology giant worth three trillion dollars was born.
Ye Minfeng is in favor of the acquisition of Apple Computer Company. After studying the company's development history and actual situation, he also believes that the current decline is only temporary and that it can develop again with the injection of new funds.
And there are a lot of good technologies that can be used, which are very lacking in Orange phones.
Yao Yuan could not help but nod, "Well, well done. Also, the person I told you about, Steve Jobs, invite him to be the CEO of Apple as soon as possible."
"That guy is difficult to talk to. I met him once. After quitting Apple, Puter Company has done well." Ye Minfeng said.
Yao Yuan said simply and neatly, "Puter Company, no matter what, wants to invite Steve Jobs back to be CEO. Puter Company and Jobs must not be missing each other."
These two are the basis of the os system.
"Okay, I'll go talk." Ye Minfeng said.
Yao Yuan said in a deep voice, "Obtaining a majority stake in Apple Computer is only the first step. How to get all their technology back and use it in Orange mobile phones is the primary issue."
Ye Minfeng has considered it, "My approach is to reorganize Apple Computer Company into Orange Technology Company, establish a mobile phone division to launch Orange mobile phones, and remodel the original Apple Computer. Directly transplant our Orange brand there."
After a pause, he said, "There is no equity relationship between the domestic Orange Company and American Orange Technology, but the brands are the same. In this way, the technology of American Orange Technology can be exchanged for the right to use the brand.
Take it back."
Yao Yuan was stunned for a moment and then laughed, "Lao Ye, you are so cruel. You can still let Orange mobile phones directly enter the US market. Will the US regulatory authorities approve it?"
"It's difficult, but it should be possible. In fact, we have absolute controlling rights, and we can do whatever we want. The so-called free market in the United States is talking about itself. They have strict regulations on high-tech, but no matter how much they go too far,
I won’t blatantly plunder. I have also thought about it. If there is any judicial obstruction, I will solve it through legal means. But you need to make this determination." Ye Minfeng studied in the United States, and he knew it very well.
The situation in the United States also clearly shows the so-called free market in the United States.
Yao Yuan said, "I have no objection. Just go ahead and do it. Use American means to solve American problems."
Ye Minfeng then knew what he was doing and said, "I will go to the United States in a few days to handle the follow-up matters. Mr. Yao, after I leave, who will Skyworth Electric be handed over to?"
When Chuangwei Electric was founded, Ye Minfeng was a minority shareholder, but this was the first company he started after returning to China, and he was very emotional.
Yao Yuan said, "Don't your brother work in the Economic and Trade Department? If he is willing, leave it to him."
Ye Minfeng's younger brother has been assigned to work in the Department of Economic and Trade for several years after graduating from college. He only mentioned this once during a casual chat, but Yao Yuan unexpectedly remembered it.
He said gratefully, "Okay, thank you Mr. Yao, I will call him later, he is willing."
Skyworth Electric is still in its infancy. Previously, all its energy was focused on mobile phones. Currently, Skyworth Electric has not been able to launch any products. Yao Yuan's arrangement highlights the importance he attaches to Ye Minfeng.
In Ye Minfeng's view, this was compensation given to him by Mr. Yao.