Chapter 486 "Pangu" was born

"Mr. Hu, what about a walk?"

Walking in the community, Hu Yang had been thinking about some questions, and suddenly heard Wu Xinhui's voice, which startled her.

"Assistant Wu, didn't you have something to do at night, why did you suddenly appear again?"

Hu Yang looked at it, and Wu Xinhui was standing behind him, smiling with low eyebrows.

"Ahem, what, I went out to have a meal with someone, and I just finished it. I was afraid that the boss had something to do here, so I came over. ”

What can Wu Xinhui do, it is nothing more than to avoid eating mutton.

Hu Yang knew her little caution, and she didn't break it, just let out an "um" from her nose, and then walked towards her house.

"Assistant Wu, you call Charm Electronics early tomorrow morning, and ask them to come up with the design plan of the 3G mobile phone as soon as possible, I want to take a look." In addition, you call Ye Chong now and ask him to inquire about when the domestic 3G license will be issued. ”

Hu Yang came directly to the study and casually arranged two jobs for Wu Xinhui.

Wu Xinhui remembered what the boss told her and went out to make a phone call. Hu Yang sat down at the desk and took out his mobile phone to dial Xia Bing.

"Boss, I'm about to call you. I had a good conversation with Android before, but who knew that the other party's attitude suddenly took a 180-degree turn in the past two days, and I wonder if someone was meddling?"

After Xia Bing arrived in North America, he met directly with the founder of Android. The other party does not reject the acquisition at all, and it seems that the price is right and the contract will be signed soon.

But in the past two days, the other party's attitude has changed a lot, and his appetite has also increased a lot.

"Do you need to doubt this? Do you want to go back and have someone investigate and see if Gu & Ge has any intention of acquiring Android?"

Hu Yang guessed that someone was sticking a stick, and he immediately thought of Gu & Ge.

"If Gu & Ge wants to buy Android, it will be troublesome, we have no advantage in competing with local companies. ”

If there is competition, it is acceptable to raise the price of some acquisitions, but I am afraid that if someone uses a little trick, North American venture capital will lose its qualification to compete.

Xia Bing expressed great concern on the phone.

"Mr. Xia, don't be so stressed. It's good to be able to complete the acquisition, but if you can't, you can talk to Android about licensing the technology and ask them what the price will be if we want to get a perpetual license for the latest version of the software. ”

Hu Yang thought that if he couldn't successfully acquire Android, he would settle for the next best thing, and get the perpetual license first.

With the foundation of technology authorization, a group of talents can be recruited for secondary development, and this result is also acceptable to Populus euphratica.

"Okay, boss, I see. ”

Xia Bingzhen did not have the confidence to defeat Gu Ge in the negotiations, and the key to this was the merger and acquisition review process from Lao Mei.

In this comparison, it is much easier to obtain the technical authorization of the other party.

After Hu Yang ended the call with Xia Bing, he immediately got in touch with Gao Mingkang again. Mingkang Communications has established its own R&D organization in North America, and several professionals are needed to assist Xia Bing and North American Venture Capital in matters related to technology licensing.

"Mr. Hu, your idea is right, there is no need to fight with Gu Ge, not to mention the loss of money and labor, and in the end it will not achieve the goal. Let me give you a suggestion, on the one hand, let's carry out secondary development through technology licensing, and on the other hand, why not try to cooperate with Gu&Ge?"

When Hu Yang acquired it at that time, it was jointly acquired with Su Tingting.

Listening to Gao Mingkang's meaning, this kind of plan can be taken again.

"Well, I'll think about it. Mr. Gao, you provide Mr. Xia with two technical consultants as soon as possible, and we'll talk about the rest. ”

Hu Yang hung up the phone, and sat there thinking about Gao Mingkang's suggestion.

In fact, in that time and space, the Android system was not perfect all at once. On the contrary, after the acquisition of Android, Gu&G formed the Open Phone Alliance with 84 hardware manufacturers, software developers and telecom operators to jointly develop and improve the Android system.

The Android system publishes the source code in the form of an open source license, thus establishing the dominance of the Android system mobile phone in the world.

Let's put it this way, the perfect Android system is the result of the joint efforts of many excellent companies. And Gu & Ge also took advantage of this open and inclusive attitude to quickly establish an ecosystem that adapts to it.

"Well, that means even if I buy Android, I'll have to find a way to build an alliance?"

In the final analysis, the Android system is an open-source platform, and this platform has a high degree of openness, but it will also be subject to external interference.

Hu Yang felt that Gao Mingkang's suggestion to cooperate with Gu & Ge might not be feasible.

The operating system is a technical source, and it may not be impossible to overcome it, and the difficulty lies in the establishment of the ecosystem.

After thinking about it for a long time, he still recognized some of Gao Mingkang's suggestions and first obtained technical authorization for secondary development. It is possible to try to build alliances within the country.

After receiving the latest instructions from the boss, Xia Bing came to Android again with the negotiation team and technical consultants.

However, this time, Xia Bing put aside the intention to acquire Android for the time being, and instead talked about the issue of permanent technology licensing.

"Technology licensing?"

Robin, the founder of the company, was puzzled, but the company did not have a source of income at the moment, and he was still interested in the request.

"Yes, although your company's operating system is not yet perfect, we hope to obtain a permanent license and carry out secondary development on this basis. ”

There is nothing to hide about this, Xia Bing heard from the technical consultant that the boss wants to obtain technical authorization, probably to save time.

Android itself is a free and open source operating system based on Linux, but it takes a lot of time to develop from scratch. If the secondary development is carried out on this basis, it will definitely be much faster.

Robin thought for a moment and agreed to Xia Bing's request for technical authorization.

However, the two did not compromise on the price, and after several haggling, the final licensing fee was determined to be $1.7 million.

"Mr. Robin, great to work with. Let's get that done first, and then we'll move on to the acquisition. ”

Xia Bing's words surprised Robin, he thought that the other party had obtained the technology authorization and would probably give up the acquisition plan.

Because the Android company has nothing, there is only this set of mobile phone operating systems.

"Ahh Ms. Xia Bing, happy cooperation. ”

Robin definitely can't ask Xia Bing, why do you spend money twice on the same thing? He signed a contract with Xia Bing very happily, and after the other party successfully paid, he handed over the technical information of the operating system to the other party.

The technical information was quickly transmitted back to China, and Xia Bing followed Hu Yang's instructions to make a copy of the data and handed it to two technical consultants from Mingkang Communications' North American R&D organization.

The two brought the information back to the North American Research Institute of Mingkang Communications, and Gao Mingkang ordered the research institute to hire some software engineers and began secondary development for the Android system.

If someone asks Silicon Valley what has the most people, the answer must be the most software technicians.

The institute has set up a 25-person mobile phone operating system research and development team to carry out secondary development of the Android system.

"Mr. Hu, Mr. Xia's efficiency is really high, it's only been a few days, and the technical information has arrived in China. I plan to set up a R&D team in China and Europe to specialize in the research and development of mobile phone operating systems. ”

When Xia Bing and Robin talked, the object of technical authorization was Mingkang Communications, because it was useless for North American venture capital to hold technical information.

Of course, the licensing fee of $1.7 million ultimately needs to be paid by Mingkang Communications to North American venture capital, so that the whole procedure is complete.

Hu Yang thought about it, talked to Gao Mingkang about the idea of the mobile phone open alliance in his mind, and finally asked him if it was possible to form such an alliance in China first?

"Well, you can give it a try. After all, China is a big market, and international giants still care about this market very much. ”

Gao Mingkang is not very sure, but now is the best time to develop a mobile phone operating system and build an ecosystem, after all, everyone has the same starting point.

"That's okay, let Mr. Xia continue to drag Android in North America for a while, I hope your research and development can be one step faster. ”

Hu Yang now asked Xia Bing to continue to negotiate the acquisition with the other party, in fact, it also means to make trouble with Gu & Ge. Of course, he will not let Xia Bing stay in North America for too long, just one month, more than a month, Xia Bing can come back first, and the negotiation will be completed by North American venture capital.

As a result, in less than a month, Xia Bing returned to China from North America.

Gu & Ge didn't know at first that Android had given Mingkang Communications a permanent technical authorization. By the time I knew, half a month had passed.

Gu & Ge was a little anxious at this time, and hurriedly raised the purchase price appropriately, and then in a short period of time, an agreement was reached with Android Company, and Gu & Ge wholly acquired Android Company.

Robin, the founder of Android, served as the deputy director of the Android business unit of Gu & Ge after the completion of the acquisition, and was responsible for the construction of the Android platform.

This news caused a lot of shock in the industry, and the stock price of Gu & Ge also rose sharply, breaking through $150 in a few trading days.

At the end of the year, Mingkang Communication's open mobile phone operating system platform was completed. The system was named "Pangu", and an invitation was sent to domestic and foreign communication manufacturers and operators, inviting everyone to participate in the optimization of the "Pangu" system.

At the same time, the Pangu system also began to be open-source licensed, and on this basis, the source code was open-sourced.

Mingkang Communication's series of dazzling actions not only stimulated Gu & Ge to launch its own open "Android" system platform, but also prompted Microsoft to hurriedly launch its own mobile phone operating system "Wasion".

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