At this meeting, the summit of the century decided to continue to acquire Spreadtrum and adhere to the route of independent research and development of chips, but Hastings' proposal to sell Motorola was not discussed, which was not the topic of this meeting. However, Zhang Ran feels that Hastings' suggestion is very reasonable, Motorola mobile phones have never been able to open the situation, and continue to suffer huge losses, rather than wasting funds on Motorola, it is better to take Motorola out and make every effort to develop VR.

Zhang Ran had a private appointment with Hastings and listened to Hastings' detailed plan. After reading Motorola's various data analysis and predictions, Zhang Ran agreed to Hastings' plan and convened a board meeting. The Board of Directors also approved plans to spin off Motorola and merge Motorola's mobile phone business.

Rhett sent an email back to Qualcomm Chairman Paul Jacobs. In the email, he said forcefully: "The peak of the century is to grow up, not to be frightened! If Qualcomm wants to go to war, then we will accompany it to the end!"

Wu Ruide's reply made Paul Jacobs and the entire Qualcomm very angry, in their eyes Chinese companies are rookies, can only let them take care of it, I didn't expect the peak of the century to be so faceless, it's just lawless! In the past year or so, Qualcomm has been secretly developing low-end chips, the goal is MediaTek, wanting to kill MediaTek, the main competitor, and dominate the mobile phone chip market. But now, Spreadtrum has replaced MediaTek as Qualcomm's number one target.

After deciding to sell Motorola's mobile phone business, Zhang Ran sent an email to Yang Yuanqing. In the email, Zhang Ran did not reveal his intentions, but asked Yang Yuanqing if he had a chance to communicate. Yang Yuanqing knows about Qualcomm and the pinnacle of the century, Motorola's situation is not good, if Qualcomm is out of stock, then Motorola will die. If Summit wants to go ahead and buy Spreadtrum, then Motorola is likely to be sold. So, Yang Yuanqing immediately contacted Zhang Ran.

On the phone, Zhang Ran directly expressed his intention to sell Motorola Mobile and asked Yang Yuanqing if he had the confidence to take over. Yang Yuanqing has been waiting for a long time to take over, and now when he heard that Century Summit was willing to sell Motorola, he immediately expressed his willingness to take over.

In Yang Yuanqing's view, the acquisition of Motorola is of great benefit to Lenovo, in terms of market, Motorola Mobility's strongest market performance in North and South America, which can help Lenovo's mobile phone business internationalization, especially in the mature market of smart phones. In addition, the relationship between Motorola mobile terminals and operators overseas is also very favored by Lenovo, because in the mature overseas market of mobile phone business, it is mainly driven by operators, depending on the relationship with operators.

After meeting with Zhang Ran, Yang Yuanqing immediately went to Motorola Mobility headquarters in Chicago, met with Hastings, and many management personnel, asked about some general directions, operational points, etc., and then the two sides officially started negotiations.

While the negotiations between Lenovo and Motorola were in full swing, Wu Ruide also secretly contacted Huawei and other companies to prepare to send Gao to the National Development and Reform Commission. Qualcomm's patent licensing fee is priced very high, charging 5% of the selling price for each mobile phone, and domestic mobile phone manufacturers are very dissatisfied with this. Now there is the peak of the century, Huawei, ZTE, and a number of domestic companies have stood up. They jointly sent a notice to the National Development and Reform Commission, saying that Qualcomm abused its dominant market position to suppress Chinese companies and hoped that the state would conduct an anti-monopoly investigation.

The country originally wanted to knock Qualcomm, the country is pushing 4G recently, and the 4G standard is mostly in the hands of Qualcomm, Qualcomm plans to license the fee for 4G is 5% of the final sales price of each mobile phone, that is to say, a mobile phone, if I sell 1000 yuan, I must give Qualcomm 50. Originally, the profit of domestic mobile phones is low, and Qualcomm is doing this, which will undoubtedly increase the operational pressure of domestic mobile phone manufacturers.

On November 22, the National Development and Reform Commission officially launched an anti-monopoly investigation against Qualcomm, raiding Qualcomm Beiping and Modu to investigate mobile phone manufacturers, chip manufacturers and other related enterprises.

On November 25, Qualcomm stabbed the news to Reuters, trying to put pressure on China through the U.S. government and public opinion. Qualcomm said in a statement that the NDRC had launched an investigation into the company under China's anti-monopoly law, but that the NDRC had informed them that the contents of the investigation were confidential. Qualcomm also said it would cooperate with the NDRC's investigation.

After this news came out, it immediately attracted widespread attention from the global media, and many industry insiders and analysts were guessing why Qualcomm was fined.

Some experts believe that Qualcomm's large market share in 4G chips may be the main reason for the anti-monopoly investigation. In China Mobile's 4G terminal bidding in August this year, a total of more than 20 terminal models, as many as 15 of them used Qualcomm chips. Other manufacturers, such as Spreadtrum and HiSilicon, have 4G chip solutions, but their market share is still too small.

Some experts believe that China is about to issue 4G licenses before the end of this year, and Qualcomm is ready to charge a high licensing fee, and the relevant authorities may hope that the price of 4G mobile phones can be lowered to attract more users to upgrade and buy. If Qualcomm's licensing fees do not fall, it will affect the final pricing of 4G mobile phones, so the government can only let Qualcomm make concessions on licensing fees.

Some experts have analyzed that Qualcomm may have violated the "differential treatment" of price monopoly. Qualcomm charges different proportions of patent fees for different targets, and according to Article 55 of the Anti-Monopoly Law, such differential treatment may be recognized as monopolistic behavior.

On December 3, Spreadtrum Communications announced that it had been notified by Century Summit that the acquisition of Spreadtrum Communications had been approved by Chinese regulators.

On December 10, Century Summit and Spreadtrum jointly announced that the acquisition of Spreadtrum Communications by Century Summit has been completed, with a total price of about $1.84 billion. Spreadtrum Communications will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Century Summit, and its shares will be delisted from Nasdaq.

A spokesperson for Century Summit said: "Century Summit has invested more than a billion dollars, not to control technology, but to allow every young person, every small company, to share this technology in a more cost-effective way." At the same time, the spokesperson also said: "Next, Century Summit will invest in more domestic chip companies, and at the same time, Spreadtrum will purchase ARM's latest Cortex-A50 architecture license to launch chips for the high-end market!"

The words of the spokesperson of the peak of the century once again detonated public opinion and also attracted heated discussions among netizens. Some people exclaim that the peak of the century is indeed the hope of domestic chips; some people lament that Zhang Ran's ambition is so big; some people question whether the peak of the century can do a good job of high-end chips; and many people go to Ma Yun and Ma Huateng's Weibo to leave a message, look at Zhang Ran, and then look at you, you will know how to make money all day long!

On this night, Zhang Ran drove to the Century Film Capital to attend the premiere of the movie "Exotic". This film is produced by Ning Hao, and it is the second film directed by Yang Qingya after graduation, adapted from He Xi's sci-fi "Exotic".

Ten years ago, Zhang Ran's sci-fi film "Time and Space Warrior" was adapted from He Xi's sci-fi "Six Beings in a Foreign Land", and this story filmed by Yang Qing is another of He Xi's two exotic stories, and it is also considered by many science fiction fans to be particularly suitable for making a movie. As a result, it has been widely anticipated by sci-fi fans since its preparation

Zhang Ran hasn't been in front of the media for a long time, and his appearance surprised and delighted the reporters at the scene, and no one expected him to come to cheer. The reporters quickly surrounded Zhang Ran and threw all kinds of questions at him, while the reporters in the back row hurriedly pressed the shutter.

A reporter asked: "Director Zhang, you haven't appeared in front of the media in recent months, are you preparing for your new film?"

Zhang Ran smiled: "No, I'm taking care of the children at home, I'm a standard housewife and man now, and I'm with my wife and children all day long, and I haven't thought about the new film at all!"

Where are the reporters present willing to believe that who doesn't know that you are a workaholic, how can you do nothing for a few months and just stay at home with your wife and children! A reporter asked: "How is the later stage of "Years, Months and Days" going, and when will it be released?"

Zhang Ran said: "Next year's summer file!" and said: "I'm here to attend the premiere of "Exotic" today, why do you keep asking my movies, it's off topic!"

A reporter said: "Director Zhang, have you ever watched "Exotic" in private, and what do you think of it?"

Zhang Ran said with a smile: "I haven't seen the finished film, but I heard Ning Hao say that the movie is very good, and I know Yang Qing's level, I believe this movie must be excellent!"

A reporter asked: "In this year's Lunar New Year file, there are very few famous directors, you, Zhang Yimou, Ning Hao and other big directors are missing, and Feng Xiaogang is the only one." The real big production is only "Exotic", and the only work of the big director is Feng Xiaogang's "Private Custom", which can be said that the entire Chinese New Year file is a contest between "Exotic" and "Private Custom". Both of these films are the pinnacle of the century, which one are you more optimistic about?"

In the past, the Chinese New Year file was the battleground for Chinese films, and it was the most lively schedule, but this year's Chinese New Year file was a lot deserted, not only did there be fewer famous directors, but even the total number of films released was only about 18, far lower than the level of the previous two years. The reason for this situation is because of the rise of the Spring Festival stalls. In the past two years, the Spring Festival file has been promoted to the youngest and strongest domestic film schedule. In the past, big-budget movies were crowded to the Lunar New Year stalls, but now the Spring Festival stalls have diverted a lot of films, such as "Exquisite Ancient City", "Havoc in the Heavenly Palace", and "Macau Fengyun" and other movies have gone to the Spring Festival stalls, and the Lunar New Year stalls are naturally deserted a lot.

In Zhang Ran's view, this is undoubtedly a good thing, if too many movies are piled up in the Chinese New Year file, and the internal friction is serious, no one will be able to make money in the end, which is not conducive to the development of Chinese films. He said with a smile: "I know that I am a science fiction fan, and "Exotic" has an investment of 600 million yuan, and there are many Chinese and foreign stars involved, I am more optimistic about "Exotic". However, Xiao Gang is the king of comedy in our mainland, and his movie will be terrifying once it explodes. Okay, I won't say more. Have time to chat!" Zhang Ran waved his hand at the reporters and walked into the movie palace.

After Zhang Ran walked into the movie palace, people on both sides of the aisle looked at him. Whether it was ordinary fans, media reporters, or guests, they all greeted him with surprise: "Director!", "Teacher Zhang!", "Director Zhang!......

"Hello everyone. Zhang Ran responded with a smile, and then came to the middle of the first row. Sitting next to him are Ning Hao, Yang Qing, and the film's leading actors, Hu Jun, Teresa Palmer, Chang Jirong, Cao Bingkun, Michael Douglas and others. When they saw Zhang Ran coming, they all stood up and said hello with a smile, regardless of whether they recognized him or not.

The cost of "Exotic" is close to 600 million yuan, and there is a lot of pressure to rely on the domestic market to recover the cost, so Hollywood stars are used to strive for overseas markets. Ten years ago, when Zhang Ran filmed "Time and Space Warrior", he also used this model. However, "Time and Space Warrior" speaks English, the male protagonist is American, and the female protagonist is Chinese; while "Exotic" is a Chinese film, the male number one is a Chinese actor, and the actress is a Hollywood star.

This change makes Zhang Ran very happy, which shows that Chinese movies have really become stronger!