If Zhou Shi doesn't intervene, someone from Microsoft is likely to become the next CEO of Nokia, and the inertia of history is really unstoppable. But fortunately, Zhou Shi was able to get a piece of the pie, and the legal disputes faced by Time Android were largely avoided, or at least the patent fees paid to Microsoft for using Time Android's Fruit Shells, Nuts and other mobile phones will be less than the patent fees paid for Samsung, HTC and other mobile phones using Google Android.

Although Zhou Shi won the patents of Nortel Network and IDCC, he allocated them to several companies for use, and self-protection may be possible, but with the development of the enterprise, if the accumulation of his own patents does not keep up, there will definitely be problems. This initiative to acquire Motorola is accompanied by the fact that both nuts and fruit shells are digging into their corners.

Microsoft wants to seek Nokia, and it can't do without Zhou Shi's compromise, a big reason is because Nokia is more and more inclined to use the Time Android system. And Rubinstein is the former CEO of Guoke, if he is given more time, maybe there will be no chance for Microsoft, and Microsoft wants to enter the mobile field, except for Motorola, the best choice is only Nokia. Otherwise, it can't be LG and Samsung, right? As for HTC, who likes it!

I don't know how much husk nuts can be harvested in this cooperation, Zhou Shi thought about it, and felt that there was not much loss to them, so he didn't think about it anymore.

"By the way, how about Harman International?" Zhou Shi, at the same time as the acquisition of Motorola, Guoke approached Harman International, which is a leading global manufacturer of audio products and a global provider of advanced audio and infotainment solutions, with a great influence in the automotive market, the mass consumer market and the professional audio market. It has 16 world-leading brands such as **L, HarmanKardon, Infinity, AKG, Becker, etc.

"They're baffled by our acquisition, Simon, isn't this decision too hasty?" said Feng Xing, who and Carly Fiorina are in the dark, one for Motorola and the other for Harman International.

"You still don't understand, this is the future layout of the fruit shell!" Zhou Shi has always been not very satisfied with Feng Xing's ability, but fortunately, he is quite cooperative and worry-free.

"Now the human-computer interaction tools are keyboard and mouse, the future may be voice control, we must see this trend, Shell Felix and Apple Siri are very hot now, but they are the appendages of the mobile phone, if we liberate Felix from the mobile phone, migrate it to the smart speaker, we let it play music through voice control, check the weather, arrange various schedules, set alarm clocks, and even let it control various devices through smart speakers in the future, what do you think our future will be when the time comes? If it does, we will still be a giant technology company without smartphone revenue. Nowadays, technology is developing so fast, who knows when smartphones will become unpopular, and it is necessary for us to prepare for the future. "Zhou Shi

"Simon is right, it took a short time for the PC market to fall from the peak, our main business is smartphones, but we must not rely on it alone, even HP has printers and other businesses. Carly Fiorina said, with some uncertainty, Meg Whitman had recently become the new CEO of Hewlett-Packard.

"They didn't believe it at first, but then they showed sincerity and were willing to talk to us, but the asking price was too high, but now Harman International's share price has fallen sharply, the lowest has fallen below $30, and now the market value is about $2.5 billion, and the attitude is much better. Feng Xing didn't argue anything, and after expressing his attitude, he still did things well conscientiously.

"What's our offer?" Zhou Shi

"Before Harman International's share price fell sharply, our offer was $50 per share, and now it's down to $42. "Feng Xing

"You don't need to reduce the price, you can do it quickly, as long as the price is within $55, you can buy it directly. "Zhou Shicai doesn't care about this little money, compared to the big strategy in the future, this expenditure is still acceptable.

"Simon, voice control doesn't have much to do with speakers! Feng Xing still disagreed

"Harman's brand is loud enough, artificial intelligence voice assistant is not only time has this ability, Apple and Google have this strength, and even more companies have joined, as an emerging brand, how can we establish our own advantages? Zhou Shi, Amazon's echo, an opponent that has not yet appeared, puts a lot of pressure on him, although the nut pad is better than Amazon's Fire tablet in terms of sales and praise, but the success of Amazon in the previous life has put too much pressure on him, this is a company with trillion-dollar potential.

In fact, in the previous life, Samsung used $8 billion to acquire Harman International, which gave him a lot of inspiration, including autonomous driving technology and Internet of Things platform, Samsung has begun to seize the future market. Why does Zhou Shi want to invest in several major domestic automobile companies, making money is only secondary, and he has to do far more than he imagines. The premise of the popularization of driverless technology is that automakers are willing to share data, so that driverless cars can have breakthrough development, especially when it comes to driving behavior data, and data from different automakers must also be obtained. However, there are not many companies willing to do so. Rather than expecting to ask for someone's consent, it is better to start having an automotive company that you can influence as soon as possible. Chery and Geely, the two largest private automobile companies in China, as well as the largest state-owned automobile company in China, Modu Automobile Group, are very likely to cooperate with Zhou Shi in the future on unmanned driving technology, under his influence, Tesla has reached a cooperation with his investment in MobileEye.

"Besides, Guoke's headphones can use AKG's technology to make our brand more attractive. Zhou Shi, the acquisition of a brand like Harman International is simply not linked to national security, and the possibility of administrative intervention is basically zero. Pure business behavior, as long as the money is sufficient, I believe there will be no major problems.

"Okay, I'll do my best. "Feng Xing

"If there is a difficulty, I am more than happy to cooperate!" Carly Fiorina said sincerely, well, Feng Xing may not need such sincerity.

"Thank you, if there is a need, I will not be polite!" Feng Xing said this, but in his heart he decided not to give her a chance to interfere no matter what. With this kind of large-scale acquisition, there is a lot of room for maneuvering for the direct person in charge, and there are many additional gains that can be obtained even if it is not illegal.

"By the way, Microsoft wants us to enter the PC market and compete directly with Apple, does Simon think it's feasible?"

"Can the PC market be ......," Zhou Shi said without hesitation. Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "The Rebirth of the Post-80s Legend Claw Book House" for free for the first time.