The impact of the subprime mortgage crisis remained in October and the consequences became more severe as time went on. Some of the companies, institutions, and businesses that fell in the first crisis are not mentioned for the time being, because they have already died in the first wave. But those companies that have temporarily passed through do not mean that they have no worries, but they are just crumbling and not falling. The most famous of these are the imminent Ponzi case and the sensational collapse of Lehman Brothers.

If Zhou Liwen's memory is correct, these two major events will be born separately in a few months, that is, in 26 years. In a sense, these two events can be said to be a continuation of the subprime mortgage crisis, which once again made the already terrible economy worse, and the subsequent global economy entered a long-term depression with no end in sight

Zhou Liwen started to prepare now, and also did the preliminary work for the upcoming two major events. This plan is long-term and will not have much effect in the short term. But once Lehman Brothers falls, there will inevitably be an opportunity to fill the void in the financial world, and at that time, it will be Zhou Liwen's opportunity.

While Zhou Liwen and David were discussing how to implement it, at Nokia's headquarters in Finland, the company's president, Ollila, looked at the two documents in front of him with a grim face.

The first document is the sales report for this quarter, and the data on this report makes Ollila tremble, and it can be said that he has never seen such ugly data since the rise of Nokia. If calculated according to this data, Nokia's loss this quarter has reached a point that he cannot bear.

As a multinational company, Nokia has a large number of employees, and there are Nokia branches, boutiques and so on in major cities around the world. With current sales, let alone making money, the daily losses are astronomical. Faced with this situation, there are not many options for Ollira, one of which is of course to find a way to increase sales, at least to return to the previous 7o% scoop ratio, so as to continue to maintain. The second is to lay off employees, reduce expenses, and close specialty stores.

In other words, it is to open up sources and reduce expenditures. It's easy to say, but it's not so simple. Let's talk about open source first, that is, to increase sales, with the current decline in Nokia's sales can be stopped, it is very good, and with the subprime mortgage crisis that has swept the world, the impact on the entire market is very large. Not only Nokia, but other mobile phone manufacturers, even companies such as Apple and Samsung, have also experienced a decline in sales. If Nokia has the ability to rise to the wind at such times, then Ollia will not be constantly confused by the dilemma that Nokia is facing.

As for throttling, that's the last step that can't be helped. Layoffs are simple, but their impact can be fatal to a company. Few companies can come back to life through layoffs, as in the case of the once-famous Xerox, when the layoffs began, that is, the beginning of the company's final death. Moreover, Nokia is not a financial institution, nor is it a service industry, it is a physical company, and the people it has are extremely valuable resources for the company. As soon as the layoffs are opened, what will Nokia face next? Aurela knew it all too well.

"Giles, come over here." Ollila picked up the phone and dialed the number of Zhao Kelin's office, and said this very briefly. A few minutes later, Zhao Colin sat in front of Ollila.

"I need an explanation," Ollie stretched and pointed to the sales report, looking at Zhao Colin seriously.

Zhao Kelin's expression was a little helpless, he was silent for a while and said: "Although I myself want to give you an explanation, but Ollila, I'm really sorry, you know the current situation, I have tried my best to ......." ”

"Did your best? Is this the result of your best efforts? Ollilah asked unceremoniously: "Compared with last season, this season's data has almost dropped by 6 What did you promise me before?" Don't forget that I still remember."

"That's right, I did promise before, but Ollila, if you want to put the blame on my head, I can't accept it at all" Zhao Kelin replied not to be outdone: "You won't be unclear about the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis, this is a disaster that has swept the world, with the powerful United States, plus the power of the whole of Europe, it can't be stopped, not to mention that even countries such as Japan and China are involved." In this case, do you expect me to have the power to change all this? If that's the case I'm not mine, maybe I'll have to change my name to God. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Kelin was also angry. Originally, he planned to use sales to stabilize the bad situation of the market decline in a few months, and then wait for technical improvements such as the operating system, and then regain the lost ground in one fell swoop.

But who would have thought that the subprime mortgage crisis would come so quickly and so violently. In just a few days, the world was devastated, and over time, the world's economic system was hit almost by a typhoon that had never been seen before. In this case, no matter how great Zhao Colin's ability is, he can't do this, he admits that he did promise O'Lela at the beginning, but if O'Lella grabs this promise and wants him to take full responsibility, Zhao Colin will definitely not be able to.

Even, Zhao Colin was ready, just before walking into Ollila's office, Zhao Colin had already carried a written resignation letter in his arms. As long as Ollila doesn't care about his feelings and says something excessive, then he will throw his resignation in the other person's face on the spot and turn away.

Looking at Zhao Colin who was staring at him without fear, the expression on Ollila's face was extremely complicated, and after a while, to Zhao Colin's surprise, Ollila did not continue to hold himself responsible, but instead sighed and sat back in his seat.

"It's a disaster...... Please forgive me for what I have just said, Giles, and please be considerate of my feelings. ”

"Nothing, I can understand, my friend." Zhao Colin was also frustrated, shook his head and sighed.

"What should we do now?" Ollilah asked.

Zhao Colin smiled bitterly, what should I do now? Didn't Ollilah know? There are only two truths in front of them, but one of these two paths is a dead end, and the other is a tortuous path with no future in sight. After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Colin suggested that for the time being, it is better not to fight the idea of layoffs, and continue to look at the market situation, maybe this crisis will pass soon. The darkness before dawn is the deepest, but as long as you get through this darkness, maybe the dawn will be ushered in.

Listening to these words, Ollila also secretly smiled bitterly and shook his head, Zhao Kelin's words did not seem to be encouragement, but a comfort. Or, to some extent, a self-deception, self-consolation.

Darkness before dawn? Maybe it's pre-dawn darkness, but who knows how long this darkness will last? Maybe a year, maybe two years, three years, five years, or even longer? With Nokia's current bad situation, can it be sustained? Will we be able to see the true light of day?

Without layoffs, there is only one other option, and perhaps this is the last way to bring Nokia back to life. It's like a person about to drown, clinging to a life-saving straw. However, another document on the table disappointed Ollila, because it was from Microsoft, which he had high hopes for.

In this document, Microsoft first laid out a lot of difficulties in reopening the Symbian system, and went on to ask Nokia to invest a lot of money to support it. In addition, Microsoft later came up with a lot of "pity" reports on the current progress of the work, describing a beautiful blueprint for Nokia. It seems that victory is already in sight, and the fragrant apple is not far away, and this ripe fruit can be plucked with a little more effort and tiptoe.

Seeing this, Ollila's heart is extremely complicated. There seem to be two different voices debating each other.

One...

A voice was like a devil with two horns and a small fork in his hand, and said in his ear: "Go on, go on, as long as you invest more, tens of millions of dollars of funds that will definitely succeed have been smashed, and hundreds of millions of losses have been incurred every month, so why not continue?" Do you want to give up? If you give up, this only hope will be completely gone, maybe, if you hold on a little longer, maybe tomorrow will have results, and then Nokia will return to the glory days of the year, and become the undoubted hegemon of the mobile phone industry."

Another voice retorted loudly: "What nonsense, have you forgotten Bell's warning?" Microsoft simply does not have the ability to reopen the Symbian system, everything they do is to hollow out Nokia, and use this means to achieve their goal of annexing Nokia. Even if they don't do the mobile phone market, they can make some gains in tablets, but they haven't even done this, how can they make such a promise to you? ”

The little devil suddenly shouted in a sharp voice: "This is completely a rumor, Microsoft is the world's leading software company, if they don't have the ability, who else will have the ability?" Can Nokia break the deadlock on its own? Since you're talking about phones and tablets, don't you know that the earliest idea for tablets was Microsoft? What's more, Microsoft's own mobile phone operating system is also good, and HTC used Microsoft's operating system on the first generation, including later generations of smartphones, which is not enough to prove their strength and experience in this area? ”

"You idiot" another voice said disdainfully: "It's all that year, can creativity represent products?" This is simply a layman's opinion. As for Microsoft's mobile phone operating system, it's even more garbage, don't you know that HTC has begun to abandon Microsoft's operating system and switch to Android? Doesn't that prove that Microsoft is a liar? ”

"Phew, you're a liar, your family is a liar" The little devil jumped like thunder, dancing with a small fork in his hand and scolding. And the other party was not to be outdone, for tat ridicule and sneering, without arguing a few words, the two guys began to fight, and the fight was dark, and O'Lela's head hurt as if he had been chopped by a knife

"What's wrong? Ollila, are you sick? In just a few tens of seconds, Zhao Colin suddenly saw Ollila's face pale, his face distorted, beads of sweat the size of beans seeping out of his forehead, and he held his head weakly with both hands, and a painful sound came out of his mouth.

Zhao Kelin, who was frightened, hurriedly got up and grabbed Ollila, who was almost unable to sit still in the chair. After asking a hurried question, he immediately picked up the phone and prepared to call an ambulance.

"No...... Don't "hold back the pain, Ollilah waved his hand.

"You're sick, I'll take you to the hospital," Zhao Kelin insisted.

"It's okay, I'm just too tired." After a sharp pain, it seemed to be somewhat relieved, Ollila waved his hand, and then said, "I have aspirin in my drawer, please help me ......." ”

Zhao Colin hurriedly opened the drawer, took out a tube of aspirin from it under the reminder of Ollila, poured out a piece from it, helped him take it, and then took the cup and poured him a glass of water.

"Thank you......." After taking a sip of water, Ollila thanked him, and then moved from the chair to the sand on the side with the help of Zhao Kelin, and half-lay down for a while, when the effect of aspirin gradually took effect, his face gradually eased a lot.

"You need to go to the hospital for a check-up." Zhao Colin was relieved to see that Ollila seemed to have recovered, but he still persuaded him.

"I'll go, but not now." Ollila nodded, and then he asked Zhao Kelin: "Giles, my friend, Nokia is our homeland, do you want to watch the destruction of this empire?" ”

"How is this possible" Zhao Colin didn't understand the reason why Ollila asked, but he denied it without even thinking about it.

"So, Giles, I want to ask you a question, not just as a boss and a colleague, but as a friend, a family member who has been with Nokia for many years." Ollilah stared at Zhao Colin and asked very solemnly.

Zhao Kelin was a little puzzled, but he still nodded and agreed.

"Do you think there's a chance we're betting on Microsoft? Or can Microsoft make a difference for Nokia? ”

"It's ......." Zhao Colin didn't expect Ollila to ask such a question, he hesitated for a while before saying, "To be honest, Ollila, I don't know." ”

"You're telling the truth, and I'm glad you're so candid." Instead of being disappointed, Ollilah seemed a little happy, and then said, "Can you tell me what you think?" Or your own judgment. ”

"Of course, of course" Zhao Colin nodded: "Actually, you know, I am in favor of suggesting that Nokia and Microsoft cooperate, and I have always been responsible for the cooperation with Microsoft." According to our previous judgment, as the world's largest software company, since we want to reopen our Nokia's Symbian system, Microsoft is indeed a very good choice. However, in the recent past, the progress of the other party has not met the requirements we urgently need, and even in this project, we have paid and received a bit of a disproportionate return. In just a few months, Microsoft has cost us nearly 100 million euros, and this time it is asking us to invest ...... more. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Colin glanced at Ollila, but Ollila didn't react much, maybe the severe headache just now made him a little tired, just half-lying down and listening quietly.

Zhao Kelin continued: "You know Ollila, I am an expert in marketing and sales, but we are not professionals in software, according to our usual habit, the professional is left to the professional people to do. But this time Microsoft's appetite seems to be a bit big, and it even makes me feel a little bit of an intention to take advantage of the fire. But then again, in our current situation, Microsoft is still the best choice, after all, who else can we rely on but them? ”

"yes, that's the problem that bothers us." O'Lella sighed softly, the investment in Microsoft and the distant project results have made him a little irritable, but as Zhao Colin said, who can Nokia rely on now except Microsoft? Otherwise, he wouldn't have decided to cooperate with Microsoft in the first place.

But now, another thought has taken hold in his mind, and it's getting stronger as Microsoft has disappointed him. But always, Ollila still has expectations for Microsoft, after all, so much money has been spent, so many days have been waiting, maybe tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, Microsoft can surprise him.

After hesitating for a while, Ollila asked Zhao Kelin, who had been in contact with Microsoft, if the other party had any other intentions in the process of contacting Microsoft. Regarding this, Zhao Colin did not confirm it, he just told Ollila that Microsoft still values Nokia very much, and has mentioned more than once that Nokia is a strong and promising company, as for other aspects, it is not directly proposed, if there is, Zhao Colin will not fail to report to Ollilah with his character.

"I see, Giles, you go out first, I want to be alone for a while..." Ollila said weakly to Zhao Kelin.

Zhao Colin asked Ollila again if his body was really okay, and suggested that he go to the hospital for a comprehensive physical examination. Ollila agreed, saying that he would go to the hospital for a check-up when he felt better, and Zhao Colin said goodbye and left.

After Zhao Colin left, Ollila, who was half-lying on the sand, did not close his eyes and rest, but opened his eyes and didn't know what he was pondering, and after a while, he got up with some difficulty and walked towards his desk with heavy steps.

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