Chapter 296: To Finland
Because of a piece of news, Zheng Yan put down everything in the United States and hurried to Helsinki, the capital of Finland.
Helsinki, a city that combines classical beauty with modern civilization, is also a garden city that skillfully combines urban architecture and natural beauty. Most of the buildings in the city are made of light-colored granite, and it is known as the "white city of the north". At the same time, because it is adjacent to the Baltic Sea, it is beautiful and clean all year round, and is praised by the world as the "daughter of the Baltic Sea".
Although it is winter now, Helsinki has a temperate maritime climate, and the temperature is much higher than that of New York, which is very comfortable.
"Zheng Yan, the time I agreed with Bianwestlund is seven o'clock in the evening, in addition, the heads of some other local enterprises also want to meet with you, I don't know what you mean?"
Since Miyuki Aso was not there, and this time the matter was very important, Zheng Yan had to ask Bill Miller to put down his work and rush over. It's just that the two didn't deliberately hide their itinerary, and many people were eyeing Zheng Yan and wanted to get in touch with him.
"Bill, I have only one goal this time, and that is Nokia. As for other companies, whether they are financial institutions or brick-and-mortar enterprises, they are not my targets. If you feel the need, you can meet with them and I'm gone. ”
Today's Nokia is just an inconspicuous small manufacturer, but who would have thought that ten years later, it will be a well-deserved hegemon in the mobile phone industry.
At present, Nokia is on the verge of bankruptcy due to too many industries, and Nokia's president and senior management are gradually abandoning other industries, splitting up traditional industries, and only retaining Nokia's electronics division, even its traditional industry paper mill, has been sold more than a year ago, which is a good opportunity to enter Nokia, so Zheng Yan came.
As for the other industries in Finland, except for one Nestle, Zheng Yan has never heard of it, so he has no idea of getting involved.
"By the way, Bill, what time did you agree with the head of the Bank of Finland?"
"According to what I've got, because Nokia is in a very bad financial situation, the Bank of Finland is ready to sell Nokia, so I don't think they are the biggest obstacle this time, so they scheduled the meeting until tomorrow. ”
Today, Nokia is still under the control of the Bank of Finland, which is also the largest shareholder of Nokia, and the Bank of Finland cannot avoid it in any way if it wants to successfully take Nokia under its control. In Zheng Yan's view, communication with the Bank of Finland is more important than a meeting with Nokia Chairman Bionwestlund.
"Now that it's been arranged, so be it. I'll take a rest first, and when the appointed time comes, you can come and call me. ”
Zheng Yan has always had the idea of getting involved in the mobile phone industry, but so far, except for Apple's little shares, there has been no gain, but fortunately, there has been a change in Nokia, which gives Zheng Yan the opportunity to intervene.
"Zheng Yan, Mr. Bionwestlund has arrived. ”
At 6:45 p.m., Bill Miller knocked on Zheng Yan's door.
"Mr. Westlund, this is Zheng Yan, the president of our Sunshine Investment. Zheng Yan, this is the president of Nokia, Mr. Bion Westlund. Bill Miller introduced to the two.
"Hello, Mr. Westlund, thank you very much for giving me this opportunity to meet. ”
Zheng Yan looked at the spirited old man in front of him, and he was also full of admiration in his heart, although Yoma Ollilah was the master of Nokia's Zhongxing and pushed Nokia to an unprecedented peak, but it was the old man in front of him who made a great contribution to Nokia - Bionwestlund.
Bionwestlund has always focused on the telecommunications industry, and he believes that the future of telecommunications is the trend of technological development, so he established Nokia Electronics and focuses on telecommunication systems. If it weren't for him, there would be no world-civilized Nokia.
"Hello Mr. Zheng, although I have seen reports about you, I can't help but be a little surprised in my heart, you are really too young. ”
"I'll take it as your compliment, please take a seat. ”
Regarding the question of his age, Zheng Yan has heard it countless times, so it is not surprising.
"Mr. Westlund, you must know what I mean. I know that Nokia is not in a very good situation at the moment, and I am interested in this area, so I want to take a stake in Nokia. ”
Anyway, Bianwestlund already knew his intention, and Zheng Yan didn't bother to beat around the bush and directly stated his purpose.
Bion Westlund didn't expect Zheng Yan to be so direct, and some of the greetings he had already thought of were useless.
"Mr. Zheng, according to my understanding, your investment has been concentrated in Internet-related industries, why did you suddenly become interested in mobile phones? Of course, this is just out of my personal curiosity, and you can not answer. ”
Zheng Yan's direct disrupted Bionwestlund's negotiation thoughts, so he didn't say his opinion, but asked a seemingly inconsequential question.
"Yes, I do have a soft spot for the Internet industry, and I've never hid it, and I'm afraid the whole of Wall Street knows it. However, in my opinion, after the mobile phone industry develops to a certain extent, it may not be able to completely replace computers, but at least it can have most of the functions of computers. ”
"I know my opinion is a bit bizarre, but I do. That being the case, it's no surprise that I'm interested in the mobile phone industry. ”
What Zheng Yan said was a fact many years later, but no one can see this now, even if Biang Westlund is particularly optimistic about the telecommunications industry, he didn't think so long-term, or didn't dare to think about it.
"I really didn't expect Mr. Zheng to take such a long-term view. However, I still have one thing that I am very puzzled about, and I hope Mr. Zheng can help me answer it. ”
"Although Nokia produced the first mobile phone in Taipei-Europe mobile phone network, it is not a great company in the world, or even a very inconspicuous existence. ”
"With Mr. Zheng's current economic strength, if he is optimistic about the future development of mobile phones, he can completely invest in a large company, just like Ericsson in Sweden or Motorola in the United States, why choose Nokia?"
Because Bionwestern Lund has invested a lot of effort in Nokia, he has always opposed the sale of Nokia, and even does not want too much outside capital to intervene.