"Robin, long time no see!" Schmidt sat down in front of Zhang Ran, with a faint smile on his face, letting people know that he was in a very good mood.

"Eric, you should be looking for me to let Motorola stay in the Android Alliance after we acquire Motorola, right?" Zhang Ran asked, and then said with a smile, "Between Google and Microsoft, we must choose Google, everyone knows that cooperating with Microsoft will not end well, we are not so stupid!"

"Hahaha, you're really impatient. Schmidt laughed, looked at Zhang Ran, and said seriously, "We are looking for you not only to hope that Motorola will stay in the Android camp, but also hope that the peak of the century will also join the Android Alliance, and hope that you can contribute to this war between Android and Apple and Microsoft." ”

Zhang Ran's eyes flashed, and he asked, "Oh, how do you contribute?"

Schmidt stared into Zhang Ran's eyes and said slowly: "Signing a patent licensing agreement with the Android Alliance, allowing the alliance's mobile phone developers to use the patented technology held by Motorola worldwide, of course, as part of the agreement, the alliance's mobile phones will pay you a certain license fee based on actual sales." ”

Zhang Ran said directly: "Using our patents to protect our competitors, I'm afraid the license fee alone is not enough!"

Schmidt said with a smile: "Google can bundle Netflix and Blockbuster Online into the Android system, with Android's current market share and Google's market influence, I believe this will play a great role in the promotion of Netflix and Blockbuster." ”

Zhang Ran was stunned when he heard this, he remembered that before his rebirth, Android's market share had reached 85%, and if 85% of the world's mobile phones were bound to Netflix and Blockbuster Online, then Netflix and Blockbuster could use the influence of the Android platform to achieve rapid development.

Google's offer is so generous that it's hard to refuse!

However, Zhang Ran knows very well that if Century Summit gives up making its own system, then it will be in the hands of Google from now on. What if we wait until Android dominates the mobile phone market and then turn the other cheek with the peak of the century? When the time comes, Netflix and Blockbuster will no longer be bound, what can Zhang Ran do? Just like Nokia cooperated with Microsoft, Nokia originally launched the P7.5 mobile phone, and the market response was okay, but after the P8 came out, the P7 could not be upgraded to the P8. As a result, many Nokia users abandoned Nokia, resulting in a rapid decline in Nokia's market share.

You can't leave the fate of the company in someone else's hands, absolutely not!

Zhang Ran shook his head slowly and said, "This is a very tempting condition, but I'm sorry, I can't agree!"

"Oh, why is that?" Schmidt stared into Zhang Ran's eyes and said slowly, "You don't want to make your own mobile phone system, right?" With the strength of the peak of the century, plus you are the major shareholder of Fly, if you make the system, Google will be a more formidable opponent than Microsoft!"

Zhang Ran heard the threat in Schmidt's words, but instead of the slightest surprise on his face, he showed a faint smile, as if he didn't hear Schmidt's threat at all: "Now China's state workers and even soldiers are using smartphones, but the mobile phone system is foreign, and the government has security concerns and is worried that the system has a back door." In order to solve this problem, the government has found several domestic Internet companies to develop the system, Alibaba, Tencent, and Century Summit have all received the task of developing the system. In the end, the government will select the best of the systems developed by each of our three companies and roll them out across China. We acquired Motorola in the hope of getting ahead of the system competition between Alibaba and Tencent, as well as in response to the patent war between Microsoft and Apple, and Alibaba and Lenovo acquired Motorola for the same purpose. Our system was developed under the auspices of the government, and other countries will definitely be worried about security, so it is very difficult to develop overseas, and it is unlikely that it will have any impact on Android. ”

Schmidt was slightly stunned, the Chinese government wants to develop its own system is a well-known thing, China Mobile launched its own mobile phone system OMS in 2008, and Unicom also launched a Wo system with independent intellectual property rights last year. However, due to the weak technology of China Mobile and China Unicom, the system they launched was not favored by everyone. Internet companies such as Century Summit and Alibaba have strong technical strength, and if they develop the system and then promote it across the country, it is really possible to replace Android. Google has already withdrawn from China, and Google doesn't care too much about losing Android in China, the key is whether it will have an impact on markets outside China.

However, Zhang Ran has already said that the system was developed under the auspices of the Chinese government, and this system can only be developed in China, and it will be very difficult to expand the market outside of China, and it will not pose much of a threat to Android.

Of course, this is just Zhang Ran's one-sided statement, whether it is true or not, who knows?

Schmidt said with a smile: "With the strength of the peak of the century, wouldn't it be a pity to only do the Chinese market!"

Zhang Ran didn't answer, and said lightly: "Microsoft has joined forces with Nokia, and although Nokia's market share is declining, it is still 30%. Microsoft and Nokia have joined forces, and we have reason to believe that within two years, the P system will be able to account for 20% to 30% of the overall smartphone market. In the P system, Microsoft will definitely bundle Bing search, so that Microsoft's share of the search market has also increased significantly. In addition, a series of applications such as Microsoft Maps will be bundled in the P system, which will eat away at Google's market in large quantities. And the positioning of the peak of the century is very clear, it is an Internet + film company. We are very focused, and even if there is a prospect in other industries, we will not get involved. We don't do searches, we don't do maps, we don't do browsers. In our system, all of this business must be handed over to someone else, either Microsoft or Google! Microsoft is Google's enemy, and we don't want to be Google's enemy!"

Schmidt knew that Zhang Ran was telling himself that if Google dared to sabotage the acquisition of Century Peak, then Century Summit would fall to Microsoft. Microsoft plus Nokia is already terrible in itself, and if you add the peak of the century, the whole situation will be even more difficult to manage. He said quietly: "Google has many enemies now, and we don't want to go to war with the peak of the century!"

Zhang Ran breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Schmidt say this, but he knew that it was impossible to really convince Google by fooling alone, and he had to give Google enough benefits. There are no eternal enemies in the mall, only eternal interests. "After we complete the acquisition of Motorola, the Netflix, Blockbuster Online, and Fly apps can loosen restrictions on Google and allow users to search for content in the app when they use Google Search on their phones," he said unhurriedly. ”

Schmidt was shocked when he heard this, Google is the search overlord of the EB side, but after entering the era of mobile Internet, it has encountered huge challenges, and Google can not search as freely as before in the mobile phone. Mobile phone users log in to Fly, log in to Facebook, log in to Netflix, and use all apps, all apps. Google doesn't have a way to automatically crawl and categorize information within a mobile app.

In recent months, Google has been trying to convince other app developers to allow Google to run an in-app search service inside their apps. But Fly, Amazon, and Facebook all refused, unwilling to show the information to Google.

If Zhang Ran can convince Fly to cooperate with Google, as long as Fly takes the lead, other app developers will inevitably follow. In this way, Google will be able to continue its advantages as an information aggregator on the traditional Internet on mobile. Google can continue to rely on indexing this content to distribute traffic and applications, maintaining its position as the king of the web on-ramp.

Schmidt frowned and asked, "Can you really convince Fly to work with us?"

Zhang Ran said proudly: "If I can't do it, who can? If Google is not interested in in-app search, then forget it, I believe Microsoft will be interested!"

Schmidt believes that if Fly lifts restrictions on Microsoft, Bing's market share in the search market will increase significantly, which Google absolutely does not want to see. Ensuring Google's search status is more important than Android. He didn't hesitate anymore and said directly: "Google withdrew from the acquisition of Motorola!"

Next, Zhang Ran and Schmidt had a detailed conversation on the specific content of the cooperation. It was not until five o'clock in the afternoon that the two sides waved goodbye. The agreement with Google would prevent Google from raising its offer and making a new offer to Motorola, so that Summit of the Century could focus on negotiating with Motorola.

Five days later, the U.S. House Select Committee on Intelligence organized a hearing on the Summit of the Century's acquisition of Motorola, chaired by its chairman, Mike Rogers. Since the 12 congressmen who opposed the takeover have all been dealt with by the summit of the century, and the other congressmen did not oppose the acquisition, the congressmen were very polite when they questioned Zhang Ran at the hearing, and they all asked some dull and painful questions, and the whole hearing seemed very harmonious.

However, among the four witnesses at the hearing, USC professor Kenneth was firmly opposed to the acquisition, and he questioned Zhang Ran about the acquisition in various ways, and his words were very sharp.

Zhang Ran violently responded to Kenneth's questioning, and he asked Kenneth to enumerate: "The peak of the century has been in the US market for many years, what have you done to endanger US security? In which incident, which customer was harmed? If you can't cite the facts, then why do you think that after we acquire Motorola, we will endanger US national security?"

Zhang Ran said indignantly: "A few years ago, you accused Century Summit of acquiring Netflix that would endanger the security of the United States, but in fact, after the acquisition of Netflix, Century Summit not only did not endanger the security of the United States, but saved tens of thousands of jobs. When I bought Netflix, I said I wanted to keep 20,000 jobs, and I did it, and I said I would invest 10 billion in five years, and I did it. According to the plan of the peak of the century, the company will build 7 large-scale logistics centers and more than 200 large-scale warehouses in the United States in the next five years, which can create more than 50,000 new jobs. You say that I will endanger the national security of the United States, so please tell me, will these logistics centers and logistics warehouses also endanger the security of the United States, and will they not be built?"

Zhang Ran's cross-examination left Kenneth speechless, and his remarks won the support of a large number of American people after they appeared in the newspaper. On Zhang Ran's Fly account, a large number of netizens left messages, expressing their support and comfort to Zhang Ran, while scolding the parliamentarians led by Ryan Lou Wyden for being insane.

Since the opposition to the takeover has already been dealt with, the CFIUS is not embarrassed by the takeover.

On the morning of March 17, both Century Summit and Motorola issued press releases confirming that the acquisition had been approved by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States. Century Summit also said that the company will continue to move forward with the regulatory and commercial acquisition process involved in the acquisition of Motorola Mobility to ensure that the transaction is completed in the third quarter of this year.

At this point, the biggest obstacle to the acquisition of Motorola by Century Summit has finally been cleared!