Chapter 695: Technology in hand
Time passed slowly, after more than half a month of communication and negotiation, Du Yuemei made a huge breakthrough in Ericsson Group, this time the Li consortium spent 500 million US dollars to buy out the authorization of Ericsson Group on mobile communication technology.
This technology can only be used by Heung Kong Telephone Group, and cannot be transferred to a third party without the permission of Ericsson Group.
Roy Smith, president of Ericsson Group, originally hoped to be able to sell a technology twice, but unfortunately Du Yuemei did not give him such an opportunity.
Du Yuemei will not be stupid to let the group buy technology twice, this time after the Xiangjiang Telephone Group gets the technology, it will cooperate with the British Telecom Group to establish a subsidiary, and the Xiangjiang Telephone Group will provide the technology and occupy a part of the shares in the company, so that it will not violate the agreement between them and Ericsson Group.
500 million US dollars to win these technologies, relatively speaking, the price is a little expensive, but Li Guangyu instructed her to buy out the technology as much as possible, and she can only talk about this price after these days of negotiations.
Fortunately, what is beneficial to the Li consortium is that she put a lot of pressure on Nokia after the one-time technology license buyout of Ericsson Mobile Communications Technology.
After the Li consortium mastered the mobile communication technology, the mobile phone technology was much easier, and Nokia knew very well that even if they did not license the technology to the Li consortium, they would soon be able to develop their own mobile phones.
In this industry, the most important thing is mobile communication technology, without which mobile phones are not used.
The Li consortium has semiconductor companies, both in panels and chips, which have strong strength. Even if they can't buy some unique technologies for mobile phones, there will be other R&D institutions willing to sell them the technology.
Look at the Ericsson Group, in terms of mobile communication technology, how much money they have spent from research and development to the present, according to his estimates, this will definitely not exceed a billion dollars. And this time, the license to the Li consortium alone allowed them to recover half of the R&D costs.
After learning the news from Ericsson Group, Dorr Norwich, president of Lokia, immediately convened a high-level meeting of the group to discuss the licensing of mobile phone technology by He Jin.
This time, they also hope to follow the example of Ericsson Group and make a one-time authorization to Heung Kong Telephone Group, hoping to return a large amount of funds.
As for the future of the mobile phone industry, Doyle Norwich is not clear, at least in the short term, if they want to rely on the cost of each mobile phone fee, it is estimated that it will take a long time.
It is better to learn from Ericsson Group, and the current technology is licensed to the Li consortium at one time, so that the funds returned can also be invested in the next research and development.
In the afternoon, Doyle Norwich met with He Jin in his office.
He Jin sat down and said, "Mr. Norwich, I don't know how your company is negotiating?"
"Miss He, we at Nokia are very willing to deepen our friendship with the Li Foundation, and after I have discussed with the senior management, we are willing to communicate with you on the licensing of mobile phone technology. ”
After He Jin heard this, she was still very happy, she had been here for half a month, and she had not made much progress in technology transfer, and this time she finally saw a little hope.
"We at Heung Kong Telephone Group are very sincere, and I believe that our cooperation with each other will be mutually beneficial and win-win. ”
In the ensuing price negotiation, the difference between the two sides was very large, and Lokia was obviously ready to slaughter the fat sheep in the Li consortium, and quoted a price of 300 million US dollars.
How could He Jin agree to Dole Norwich to offer a high technical licensing fee, if it weren't for Li Sheng's need to let the group's mobile phone be listed on the market earlier than Motorola, she wouldn't want to continue to negotiate with Dole Norwich.
As far as mobile phone technology is concerned, how can it be compared with mobile communication technology, they only get the authorization of 500 million US dollars, and Nokia actually dares to shout 300 million US dollars for the licensing fee.
He Jin said: "Mr. Norwich, it seems that your group does not seem to have any sincerity, if it is just like this, I can only leave." ”
Doyle Norwich said: "Miss He, there is an old saying in your side that the price is high and you sit on the ground to pay back, and we can negotiate the specific price slowly, and our group still hopes to reach a cooperation agreement with you." ”
In the following days, He Jin argued with Doyle Norwich at Nokia's headquarters every day about licensing fees, and at the same time, Xiangjiang was also communicating with Motorola to put pressure on Nokia Group to make some concessions on the price.
Seeing that 82 years are about to pass, He Jin finally reached a technology licensing agreement with Nokia Group on December 28, and Xiangjiang Electric Light Group bought out Nokia's mobile phone technology license with a one-time purchase of 80 million US dollars.
After signing the contract that afternoon, He Jin said: "Mr. Norwich, I am very happy to reach this cooperation with your group, and I believe that in the future, your group will also benefit a lot." ”
This time, Heung Kong Telephone Group also promised to help Nokia mobile phones enter the Heung Kong market in the future, which allowed them to reach this cooperation.
The next morning, as soon as Li Guangyu arrived at the office, Gan Qin reported the good news to Li Guangyu.
Li Guangyu is also quite happy, after reaching a cooperation with Nokia this time, he really has the capital to enter the mobile phone market.
Li Guangyu said: "You notify Zhao Qihui and ask him to step up the recruitment of personnel in the mobile phone department, especially mobile phone research and development personnel." We must make more reserves, and at the same time let Wheelock Development Company speed up the construction of mobile phone factories and R&D departments in Tin Shui Wai Industrial Park. ”
After Gan Qin left, Li Guangyu made a special call to the Governor's Palace, and now he needs to communicate with Youde about the construction of the signal base station, without this thing, the mobile phone is a toy.
This negotiation is very smooth, the current economy of Xiangjiang is weak, at this time the Li consortium has increased its investment in Xiangjiang again, which is very good for the current situation in Xiangjiang, how can Youde oppose it?
When Li Guangyu said goodbye, Youde said: "Mr. Li, you also occupy 50% of the shares in the British Telecom Group, I don't know what you plan to do over there?"
Youde also knows that the domestic economy has not been good in recent years, and if Li Guangyu can also build a base station there, it will also play a huge role in stimulating the current economy of Britain.
Li Guangyu said: "We plan to pilot in Xiangjiang now, and if we achieve good results here, we will invest in the construction of the British side." ”
Li Guangyu didn't want to spread the stall too big at one time, the Xiangjiang side of the place is small, and after accumulating mature experience here, he will promote it to the United Kingdom, Treasure Island and Southeast Asia, and the Heung Kong Telephone Group will also expand to these areas.
Youde said: "Mr. Li, I think you also know that the market in England is much larger than that in Xiangjiang, and if you invest there, it will be more conducive to you to recover your costs, and I believe that our government is very welcome for you to invest there." ”
Youde still didn't want to give up like this, and the Li consortium had very sufficient funds to support the simultaneous construction of the two places.
Li Guangyu did not agree with Youde's opinion, but only excused himself from the fact that the technology is not perfect now, and he will talk about it later.
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