There is no such thing as a free lunch in the world, this sentence is a proverb in the West, and there is also a similar proverb in the East, that is, steamed buns will not be lost in vain in the sky.

Mr. Corot knew very well that Zhou Liwen was a businessman, and he was the best among businessmen, and if Siemens did not show some sincerity, the cooperation between them would be just a joke. What's more, Zhou Liwen gave a good explanation for the first question he just raised, although Siemens is a huge enterprise that is stronger than OR and is well-known in electronics, electrical appliances, construction, transportation and other fields, but in the smartphone industry, without Zhou Liwen's help, it is almost impossible for them to succeed.

"Hehe, why do you think I need something from Siemens?" Unexpectedly, Zhou Liwen replied with a smile and shrugging his shoulders, looking at Mr. Corot, who was a little surprised, including Baptiste, Zhou Liwen said: "Bell-Nokia United is an open company, as long as it meets the company's requirements, any company can apply for the new Symbian system and application software platform to join." Didn't you know that LG in South Korea signed this agreement just a few months ago, and for you, you just need to formally apply for it and then determine the terms of its authorization, just like LG. ”

"It's that simple?" Baptiste's eyes widened in disbelief, for industry reasons, and news outlets between Europe and Asia, Baptiste didn't know about the LG and Bell-Nokia partnership, and even Mr. Corot didn't notice the news hidden in the corner. However, since Zhou Liwen said so, then this matter is absolutely certain, and with Siemens' energy, it is almost a minute and a second to find out the trivial things.

"Of course," Zhou Liwen smiled and nodded.

In fact, for Siemens' technical reserves, Zhou Liwen is a little greedy, as a world-ranked huge multinational company, Siemens in many aspects of the world's most cutting-edge technology. But Zhou Liwen also knows that Siemens also looks at these technologies very strictly, and will definitely not easily exchange them.

What's more, Zhou Liwen's main industries are three categories, the first category is of course the smartphone communication industry, the second category is the IT industry, and the third category is the financial industry. In addition to these, the real estate industry and logistics, express delivery industry is no longer Zhou Liwen's main industry, over the years, Zhou Liwen has begun to reduce the equity of these industries, and gradually transfer the industry to the actual operator.

For example, the logistics and express delivery industry is now in charge of Guo Tao and Situ, and Zhou Liwen is no longer even the chairman of the board of directors, just a major shareholder. In the real estate industry, after selling one-third of the shares to Wei Zi and Brother Jun, most of the remaining shares were given to Zhou Bei's foundation, and Zhou Liwen himself only held a small part of the shares in terms of form.

The real estate company, although it has made a lot of money in the development of several major projects, has also hit this golden signboard, especially in the overall urban transformation of Heijiang, Zhou Liwen and Richard have made a lot of money together. However, as the real estate market becomes more and more crazy, and the price of land in various parts of the country continues to rise, real estate development has gradually begun to deteriorate from the initial commercial behavior. In order to avoid trouble in the future, Zhou Liwen decisively began to withdraw from it, anyway, he should have earned almost as much as he should have earned on this, rather than being remembered by others at that time, or making something happen, it is better to leave the game early.

Of course, Zhou Liwen's withdrawal from the real estate development company does not mean that he has completely withdrawn from China's real estate market. You know, judging from the current situation, the real estate boom in Chinese mainland can be maintained for at least five or six years, not to mention that even after 214, although the state has taken a series of measures against the high housing prices in the real estate market, it still has no good effect, even if the purchase restrictions in several major cities only slow down the crazy rise in housing prices, but do not complete the problem of curbing real estate deformities from the root.

Withdrawing from the real estate development company, Zhou Liwen used the Huhai Bank under his control to directly enter the upstream class from the real estate developer, that is, the bank's capital flow for the real estate industry, the mortgage industry. In fact, Zhou Liwen was laying out this project when the domestic real estate was just beginning to pick up, and now it is the harvest season.

Compared to the real estate developers, the banks are the real winners of this feast. Whether it's local governments, real estate developers or ultimately home buyers, banks are indispensable for every step of the way. Banks play karate in it, putting money in the left pocket directly into their right pocket, and then moving from the right pocket to the left pocket, and each time they move, the bank can make an unusually large profit, to use bad words, if the government relies on the sale of land to obtain GDP growth and income, real estate companies take advantage of rising housing prices to develop and make high profits, and home buyers grit their teeth and take out all their savings or loans to buy houses. Then in all the links, the bank quietly received a proportional and huge profit from everyone's hands.

At present, Huhai Bank is already the second largest commercial bank in China, its business outlets have spread all over the country, and its overseas expansion is also extremely fierce, with the upcoming listing on Wall Street, Huhai Bank's assets will be further expanded, if it is not for some factors, Zhou Liwen can even make it a giant more than the four major banks.

In addition to Huhai Bank, Alipay, the No. 1 National Bank of the United States, and the New York Investment Bank are all indispensable parts of Zhou Liwen's financial empire. On the surface, they are acting independently, but in fact, they are all under Zhou Liwen's control.

As for the trading company, it has long been out and is in charge of professional managers. In recent years, with the rise of the domestic real estate industry, the trading company has basically cooperated with Li Haifeng, so more actual management is still on Li Haifeng's side, Zhou Liwen didn't even hang his name, so he gave his sister's dowry.

It can be seen that judging from Zhou Liwen's current core industry, he has no more energy to develop other directions. Although Siemens' technology is good, it is not very useful to Zhou Liwen, unless Zhou Liwen plans to directly enter the electronic and electrical industry, or other industries related to Siemens. But for Zhou Liwen, he has no interest in these at all, so when he got those technologies from Siemens, Zhou Liwen just sold them for some money.

In this case, why is it better for Zhou Liwen to sell Siemens? You know, Siemens' strength in chip technology is still very strong. Although, when it comes to chips, most people will think of Intel, and if they are more professional, they may also think of Motorola. Don't forget, there is another company in Europe that is famous for chip manufacturing, that is, Siemens Group, Siemens may not be as good as Intel in computer chips, Motorola has a unique feature in communication chips, but in some program-controlled chips and high-end technology required chips, Siemens is very famous.

Perhaps, if you have a good relationship with Siemens, you can borrow their strength and channels in this regard in the future. Zhou Liwen knows the truth that he can't put his eggs in one basket, and he does it for the future just in case. Moreover, Zhou Liwen spent so much effort to build the IOB system and APP application software store, and then through the layout of Bell-Nokia, he made the new Symbian system, the main purpose of which is to master the operating system of smart phones, so as to achieve an undefeated position in the future.

Zhou Liwen knows very well that as long as his plan is successful, even if the company's smartphones are eliminated from the market in the future, then he can still call the wind and rain on the smartphone stage only by relying on these two major operating systems. In the afternoon, Zhou Liwen rejected the cooperation between Siemens and OR, and also had some careful thoughts, if Siemens also joined the ranks of the IOB system of the OR company, it would inevitably cause strong uneasiness in the entire smartphone market.

The hat of the trust may be deliberately buckled on Zhou Liwen's head, once this hat is worn, it is not a good thing for the OR company. What's more, Zhou Liwen's layout in the Samsung Group is almost there, and when the Samsung Group succeeds, Samsung mobile phones will be attributed to the IOB operating system ranks, and by that time, the IOB operating system will occupy the entire smartphone 8 market, such a terrifying proportion, Zhou Liwen feels scared when he thinks about it.

And if Siemens is led to Bell-Nokia and adopts the new Symbian system, then a three-country situation can be formed on the surface.

IOB system as the leader, the new Symbian system as the rookie, the Android system follows the two, and then there is the Microsoft system as a passer-by to play soy sauce, this is the best market structure. And this kind of market structure is also convenient for Zhou Liwen to grasp the proportions in it, just like a high-ranking emperor, appropriately engaging in balancing power among his courtiers.

Baptiste is not from a technical background, and he was engaged in pure marketing and sales before, so he doesn't understand the deep meaning of Zhou Liwen's actions. But Mr. Corot is different, this is a scheming guy, not to mention that he has not eaten rice in Siemens for so many years, and after thinking about it deeply, he somewhat understands Zhou Liwen's true intentions.

"Thank you very much for your help, I think Siemens will have a good cooperation with Bell-Nokia United." Mr. Corot smiled and stretched out his hand to Zhou Liwen. After the two questions, he felt that the other questions he had planned no longer needed to ask Zhou Liwen. What's more, he also secretly admired Zhou Liwen's thoughtfulness and pushed Bell-Nokia to cooperate with Siemens, which does not affect the proportion of the overall operating system of smartphones, and also in the eyes of the outside world, the cooperation between the two European companies is also a matter of course.

Of course, Mr. Corot didn't know Zhou Liwen's overall layout of Samsung at this time, and if he figured out Zhou Liwen's real final plan, then he would definitely be even more emotional.

"Then I congratulate you, Mr. Coro." Zhou Liwen also smiled and shook hands with the other party, and then nodded to Battiste on the side: "Mr. Bell and Baptiste are old friends, I think Baptiste can be fully responsible for this matter, and even directly involved in your company's mobile phone reboot project, what do you think?"

"Of course it's no problem," Corot said happily, feeling that Zhou Liwen was too understanding. By saying this, Zhou Liwen was telling them that he would send a message to Siemens through the Bell-Nokia joint company and named Baptiste as the most suitable candidate. With this factor, Corot's cultivation of Baptiste as his successor in the Siemens Group will be half the effort, and when Siemens' new smartphone market is successful, Baptiste, as one of the biggest contributors, will be able to succeed himself unusually smoothly and become the family's agent in the Siemens Group.

Baptiste is not stupid, after listening to the conversation between his uncle and Zhou Liwen, he was immediately overjoyed, and he couldn't close his mouth with joy. At this time, in his heart, he simply regarded Zhou Liwen as a messenger sent by God, with Zhou Liwen's support and the cooperation of his old friend Bell, the next opportunity for him to show his skills in Siemens Group came.

The next specific arrangements were not discussed between the two parties, and since Zhou Liwen's identity and status had made such a promise, it was impossible to go back, and Mr. Corot was the same. Leave these tedious little things to the people below, as long as people like them talk about the general direction, everything is OK.

By the time the three of them came out of the lounge together after talking intimately, the drinking party outside was almost over, and then there was a small salon. At this time, all the guests who were not officially invited had already left one after another, and seeing Lin Yaxuan talking to Count Herbert not far away, Zhou Liwen greeted Mr. Corot and them, and then walked towards her quickly.

"Finished talking?"

Zhou Liwen smiled and nodded, and then smiled at Count Herbert, who deliberately took care of his wife, to express his gratitude.

"Let's go, the salon is about to start, and I will introduce you to a few friends when the time comes." Count Herbert is indeed an empathetic old nobleman, Zhou Liwen's wife is so beautiful, and Zhou Liwen is not in her alone, although such a drinking party is more famous in the aristocratic circle, it is difficult to ensure that some noble children come to offer their courtesy. In order to avoid Lin Yaxuan's embarrassment, coupled with the difference between Eastern and Western cultures, not long after Zhou Liwen went to the lounge, Count Herbert noticed Lin Yaxuan, so he specially rushed to take care of her to avoid some inappropriate things.

The place of the salon was not far from the reception hall, and following Count Herbert through the corridor, they came to a hall that looked like a study. Once inside, there are several sofas scattered inside, surrounded by high bookshelves, and a burning fireplace against the wall, which looks very comfortable.

Walking in, Zhou Liwen saw at a glance that Sir Charles had arrived, they had a good chat at the reception before, and when they saw Zhou Liwen and his wife coming, Sir Charlie smiled and raised the wine glass in his hand to Zhou Liwen. Mr. Corot did not attend this salon because of his ill health, and Baptiste, although he was Mr. Coro's successor, was not qualified to attend such an occasion, so he was not here.

Holding Lin Yaxuan's hand, Zhou Liwen nodded to the people present to express his gratitude, and then sat down on the two-seater sofa next to Sir Charlie. Count Herbert sat across from him, and when they had sat down, an old nobleman in a gown and bow tie picked up a small bell and shook it, and soon the door was closed with the help of a waiter.

This is the old nobleman who is the owner of the place, Mr. Barak, after whom the apartment is named. At the previous reception, Count Herbert had introduced Zhou Liwen and his wife to each other, so Zhou Liwen was no stranger to him.

"Well, gentlemen, welcome to the Barak Apartment, this year's salon looks very good, and we have two distinguished guests on board, so let me introduce you now."

Mr. Barak cleared his throat and said, then nodded to Zhou Liwen and his wife with a smile, introducing the identity of Zhou Liwen and his wife.

At this time, Zhou Liwen and Lin Yaxuan stood up at the same time and bowed slightly to everyone to show courtesy. The people present, whether they already knew each other or not, or had just heard of Zhou Liwen but had not talked to directly, applauded at the same time, and the friendly anger made Lin Yaxuan, who was a little nervous about this scene, slightly settle down.

After the presentation, Mr. Barak announced the official opening of the salon. The word salon was first derived from the Italian word "tt", which originally meant to decorate a room with works of art, and in the 17th century, the word entered France, originally the name of the Louvre Palace Gallery, "salon" is the transliteration of the French word u, which generally means a larger living room in French, and specifically refers to the luxurious living room in the residence of the upper class, and then gradually refers to an occasion to talk about art, play cards and chat while appreciating the crystallization of art. In the same way, it can also be interpreted as a way for some friends to get together and discuss.

Unlike the previous receptions, the atmosphere of the salon was more relaxed, with polite aristocrats or members of high society, laughing and talking about something to each other, some looking for familiar friends to talk about interesting anecdotes, and even two old aristocrats who loved chess took out their chessboards to fight, attracting onlookers. As for Zhou Liwen and Lin Yaxuan, it was the first time for them to participate in the salon activities of European aristocrats, and they seemed a little restrained at first, but Sir Charles first chatted with Zhou Liwen on the topic of the previous cocktail party, which made them gradually adapt to such an atmosphere.

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