Chapter 418: Ma Wei's Lunch Auction

The whole contract ceremony went very smoothly. With the confirmation of lawyers on both sides, Ma Wei finally signed his name on the contract and then paid Huawei Group $10.58 million to buy a 15% stake in their wholly-owned subsidiary, Huawei Mobile Phone.

After that, Ma Wei made a direct phone call to Sergei, the president of Google, and asked him to arrange matters related to strategic cooperation with Huawei.

The whole process is so smooth that it looks like drinking water. However, everyone present knew that this seemingly simple operation was all different from person to person. To be precise, it's all different from one Ma Wei to another. If you were someone else, let alone make a phone call, even if you make 10,000 calls, you won't have half a dime......

Soon, the news of Google's cooperation with Huawei immediately spread throughout China. Including various international media, they are also making a lot of reports, speculating about why Google has found a little-known mobile phone company that has only been established for less than a year as a cooperation object.

Other mobile phone brands on the market, such as LG, Sanx, Sony, Ericsson, T, do not choose so many mature brands, but choose a mobile phone company called Huawei.

Some talk shows in Europe, real-time news, specially invited experts to interpret Google's approach. But apparently they are doing useless work, because they can't see the future clearly.

In addition to the media hype, the Internet can also be described as a pot of porridge. First of all, domestic netizens are all excited and proud of this cooperation.

"Wow? Huawei phone, why don't I seem to have heard it before. It's a great feeling to beat so many competitors!"

"Huawei Group knows, do communication equipment. Google is really interesting enough to choose our domestic company. In the future, we will have domestic smartphones! And they are still ahead of other big brands. ”

"I didn't expect our domestic company to beat so many competitors and cooperate with Google. At present, Google is the only smartphone, and it is very important who can become the second one. ”

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The reason for the excitement of the Chinese people is naturally that Google mobile phone, as a latecomer, has subverted the traditional market ruled by Nokia and Motorola. In particular, the Google smartphones they produce have become a luxury item sought after by young people and wealthy people. Every time it arrives, it will be robbed like crazy, and the price on Taobao has been stable at 8,500 yuan, which remains high.

As for pride, Huawei can become the second company in the world to produce smartphones. This glory is very worthy of the pride of the Chinese people. After all, at that stage in 2003, to be honest, the domestic manufacturing industry, science and technology industry, R&D capabilities, and independent innovation all needed foreign technology.

It is already very good that people are willing to let domestic companies carry out OEM. Not to mention Google's direct technology licensing to let Huawei produce its own smartphones.

This simply makes other mobile phone companies, especially well-known brands such as Trix, Sony, Ericsson, etc., feel deeply envious and jealous. I don't know what Google's relationship with Huawei is, and why it prefers this company so much.

And the party Ma Wei is too lazy to care about these eyes and jealousy from the outside world. At this moment, he suddenly received an email from a subordinate. The general content of the book is that Christie's in the United Kingdom needs to ask for his consent if it wants to auction one of Ma Wei's things.

Christie's is one of the world's leading art auction houses and ranks among the top three in the world. It has a rich history of almost 240 years.

The lot brings together fine art, watches, jewelry, automobiles and wines from around the world. Ordinary items can't get into their eyes at all.

Ma Wei opened the email with some curiosity, thinking that what he had would be at Christie's. Why did you never know......

However, when he opened the email and was about to read it carefully, Ma Wei suddenly realized that the lot that Christie's was going to auction was actually his own lunchtime.

To be precise, it is to let a group of wealthy people bid for the opportunity to share lunch with him. During the meal, the other party can talk to Ma Wei, and have the opportunity to learn a lot of very valuable information that is very helpful for the future and life.

Of course, the decision to say it or not, or how to say it, the initiative is in the hands of Ma Wei, and there is no intention of forcing it.

Looking at the email sent by Christie's auction house, Ma Wei's first reaction was to think of "Buffettle's lunch". According to the memory of his previous life, in 2019, the amount of Buffettle's lunch coupon was as high as nearly $5 million. Each meal usually does not exceed half an hour.

In other words, the world's top investors can make money even by eating. And in half an hour, people were willing to pay 5 million US dollars.

Investors like Warren Buffettle, professional speculators, a sentence of which stock is optimistic, talking about the future market trend, can make many followers make a lot of money. Lunch is also expensive, and for good reason.

But Mavi thought to himself that he was just an entrepreneur, a Russian arms dealer. The auction of this lunch ticket, I don't know who will spend money on it. In the event that the final auction fails, it will not be a shame to lose face to the world...... It's a bit of a digging hole, and it feels like you've pitted yourself......

Ma Wei was in front of the computer seriously, ww. thought carefully for more than two minutes. Then, directly in the email, he replied humorously, "Okay, but please try not to let it slip, thank you." ”

The reason why Ma Wei agreed to this request was mainly because Christie's auction house was not a small auction with no name. When they consider a lot, they will certainly investigate the market demand. If no one has the interest and does not meet a certain standard, then they will not shoot themselves in the foot.

20 minutes after the email was sent, Salted Fish was lying on the bed watching TV, playing with his mobile phone, and scrolling through Ma Wei, who was in the circle of friends, suddenly received a call from the United Kingdom.

"Hey, hello, is this Mr. Ma Wei, dear Mr. Ma Wei, I am from Christie's in the UK, and we have received an email from you. So I would like to ask you, where do you choose to have lunch? Is it the Russian Pushkin restaurant, or the Soviet nostalgia restaurant, or the White Rabbit restaurant?"

On the phone, a British woman asked Ma Wei with a respectful attitude. The three restaurants she is talking about are the top three restaurants in Russia. These Mavi have also been there. And sometimes, I even invite the chef of the restaurant to my home to cook the food. Use it to entertain guests, or enjoy it yourself.

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