Chapter 435: Smashing

(.) "Application software?" Shi Wen thought for a while and said a little puzzled: "But as far as I know, Nokia's Symbian system has a lot of application software, and their platform is not completely closed, right?" The Symbian system can also provide a port for software vendors, and the closed situation you are talking about does not seem to exist, right? ”

Zhou Liwen was happy when he heard it, and he tilted his head to look at her with an inexplicable smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Why do you look at me like this? Say" Shi Wen's face was slightly red, and she clenched her fist and slapped it on Zhou Liwen's shoulder, because she knew that whenever Zhou Liwen showed this expression, she must be laughing at herself in her heart, could it be that she just said something wrong?

Zhou Liwen pretended to exhale in pain, rubbed his shoulders and shook his head and smiled: "You, you, in fact, you are not wrong to think like this, Ollila, including Nokia's senior management, still thinks so, they don't know what they really are wrong." ”

"Why do you say that?" Shi Wen was puzzled.

Zhou Liwen casually took out his or mobile phone, clicked on the application software inside, especially the app store, and explained with a smile: "Technically, you are not wrong, Nokia's Symbian system is indeed not completely closed, and they have also opened the software side." But did you know that Nokia is used to being the boss, and in the system platform store of application software, such as the app store, they have made a very ridiculous decision? ”

"Ridiculous?" Shi Wen asked curiously.

Zhou Liwen nodded: "According to Nokia's decision, any company that opens application software in the Symbian system must pay a fee to Nokia, and only after collecting the fee will Nokia open the port to the other party." But you have to think that the real purpose of a software company, including any company, is, of course, to make a profit, and without profit, it is impossible to keep a company running. Mobile phone application software, including games and other software, is not less competitive than computer software, or even surpasses. In this case, who can guarantee that a mobile app opened by a software company will make money? In this case, without a penny of income, you invest money to pay fees to Nokia, is everyone all idiots? What's more, there are several smartphone systems now, and they are all free to open the port, and promote it for free on the application software store platform, and only after the official sale will it be divided according to the sales ratio. If it were you, what would you choose? Do you choose someone else, or choose Nokia? ”

"So that's the case" Shi Wen suddenly realized, she now completely understands where the real problem of Nokia is, and why Zhou Liwen must seize the operation of the Symbian system, or the right to operate, in cooperation. Only by changing the congenital deficiency of the Symbian system can Nokia have the possibility of turning over, otherwise it will continue like this and be abandoned by the market.

Although the truth is simple, it is not easy to see clearly. Maybe in a few years, when Nokia suddenly comes to its senses and comes to its senses, it will be too late. But Shi Wen still doesn't understand a little, since Zhou Liwen owns the OR company, and his company and smartphone share are far from Nokia, as competitors in the smartphone industry, Zhou Liwen and Nokia are actually opponents, shouldn't they defeat their opponents? But why does Zhou Liwen want to lay out Nokia now? Isn't he afraid to cultivate a strong opponent?

Regarding this question, Shi Wen did not ask, because she knew that Zhou Liwen must have her own reasons. And Zhou Liwen also did not take the initiative to tell Shi Wen that supporting Nokia for his or company is not to cultivate competitors, but on the contrary, it is a far-reaching layout for him in the smartphone industry. Although the OR company is temporarily in second place, Zhou Liwen is very confident that Samsung's sales will be more than that, and Samsung has now given up the OR mobile phone operating system and began to switch to the Android system, from this aspect, the competition between them has shifted from the simple competition of smartphones to the competition of mobile phone operating systems.

In the face of a strong opponent, Zhou Liwen does not have an absolute advantage even if he can gain the upper hand, at this time, to launch Nokia, use Nokia's influence in the mobile phone manufacturing industry and the power of the new Symbian system to attack Samsung, this is Zhou Liwen's real purpose.

In addition, even if Nokia takes this opportunity to resurrect, there is nothing bad for Zhou Liwen. As long as the lifeblood of the Symbian system is firmly grasped, Nokia is nothing more than a tool for itself. What's more, in a sense, in fact, Zhou Liwen and Bill Gates have similar ideas, and their ultimate goal is to control Nokia, and the first step he takes now is to prepare for the next step.

In the improvement and optimization of the new Saipan system, what Zhou Liwen has done is actually very simple. That is to adjust the ports of the Symbian system so that its system is completely open to all application software vendors. At this point, Zhou Liwen has an innate advantage, you must know that the operating system of or, including the application software store platform, such as the app store, is currently the most complete and powerful in the smartphone industry. Almost 95% of the companies that open smartphone applications have full cooperation with OR company. All Zhou Liwen needs to do now is to open the port of Symbian and port most of the application software currently running OR smartphones to the platform, so that the application software support of Nokia mobile phones can be fully guaranteed.

With a large number of application software support and choices, Nokia's brand and reputation for product quality can at least reverse the current bad situation, if not soaring, so as to alleviate the declining market situation, which is exactly what Nokia wants to see.

After staying at Shi Wen's winery for two days, Zhou Liwen had a deep talk with the visiting Bell by the way. The technical staff of the new joint company is the core personnel of Zhou Liwen's laboratory from OR, including Cisco, which is not only strong in technical strength, but also very reliable.

Zhou Liwen made comprehensive preparations for the so-called optimization and improvement of the Symbian system, and when the joint company was officially put into operation, these technicians quickly put into work. At the same time, some mobile phone application software companies also received a private invitation from OR company, and after signing a confidentiality agreement, they ported the application software of the Symbian system.

This is a quick process, as most applications are not the same for the core of the two operating systems, but they are just tweaked in the code. By the time Zhou Liwen settled everything and left France, the United Company already had nearly 100 applications that had been ported, and the new app store was also seamlessly connected, similar to OR's app store, thus creating a new app store platform from scratch.

On this basis, Zhou Liwen has not forgotten his other advantage, that is, his online payment methods, including the application of Alipay. The new Symbian system, like the current OR system, has an embedded Alipay function, which can be used in an extremely convenient way to purchase, pay, transfer and other electronic banking functions. This is also another major move by Zhou Liwen to carry out online payment, especially Alipay, and it is also a further squeeze on the living space of the Android system.

Shortly after Zhou Liwen returned to the United States, OR's new smartphone was finally officially launched. Due to the foundry incident and the subprime mortgage crisis that swept the world, the launch of this new smartphone has been delayed for several days, and those OR fans have long been looking forward to it.

When the new smartphone product was officially announced, the company's new smartphone not only followed the vast majority of the functions and usage habits of the previous model, but also carried out further optimization in some links, and also added fingerprints, palm prints and other locking functions, and in the special model, there was even an iris function, which was unique and only found in science fiction movies and surprised consumers.

For the first time, the screen size has also reached the 47-inch HD screen size, and for the first time, CPH has used a new processor to improve the starting and performance, and the maximum capacity of flash memory has reached GH for the first time, and it can even be expanded to 28HR scoop huge capacity. As for the camera, it also goes a step further, whether it is the main camera or the secondary camera...

Compared to the previous generation of smartphones, the shooting effect is not much different from that of ordinary digital cameras. What's more, the IOB system used has also been fully upgraded, which can perfectly run various types of application software, giving users endless enjoyment.

In addition, the new phone has also been improved with its battery capacity, including a much longer battery life, which is particularly pleasantly surprised by the previous models. When the OR company's offer for the new smartphone was officially announced, the whole market was boiling again, because OR continued its previous tradition and set the price of this new, more powerful model at a price standard similar to that of the previous one. This is of course very good news for the economy and individuals who have been hit hard in the subprime mortgage crisis, so a few days before the official sale, long queues began to form in front of OR stores around the world, and countless consumers even stayed up all night waiting outside with sheets and tents in order to buy this mobile phone for the first time.

As expected, within 24 hours of the official start of the first day of sales, another wave of OR was set off around the world at the same time, and in less than a week, the number of sales of this phone has reached 8 of the previous global sales. This is a very remarkable number, you must know that the current global sales of various electronic products are declining due to the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis, and the OR company actually launched their new mobile phone under this situation, and can achieve such high sales, which is enough to show the strength and prospects of the OR company.

Stimulated by huge sales, the stock market is of course the most reflective. In the sluggish stock market, OR stocks, which have been gradually declining some time ago, suddenly became excited like chicken blood, and their stock prices rushed up, attracting countless investors. In just a few days, its share price has risen by $1.1 billion in total share value, which is nothing short of a miracle.

Compared to OR, the other large smartphone manufacturers are not doing well. In addition to Apple's launch of another new Apple smartphone shortly after, which was well received in the market for its novel styling and excellent sales promotion methods, as for the two smartphone giants, Samsung and HTCI, their sales began to decline dramatically. If HTC is looking for its own death, and their excessive models and styles make consumers dizzy, and they don't know how to choose, then the poor sales of Samsung's new mobile phones launched after that are puzzling to Koreans.

Because their new smartphone has improved compared to the previous model in terms of shape and function, but precisely because it has switched to the Android system, it has caused great inconvenience to the habits of previous users. Coupled with the incompatibility between the IOB system and the Android system, the previous users caused great inconvenience in backing up and transferring data, resulting in Samsung's product sales not only failed to achieve the expected effect, but also declined.

However, the deep-pocketed Samsung Group does not think so, and in their view this is only a temporary situation. With the passage of time after a complete replacement of the system, the situation is certainly getting better. Especially when Lee Kun-hee returned to the helm of the Samsung Group, he has made new plans for the future exhibition of Samsung mobile phones, and these changes are also in his expectations, and he does not think it is a big deal.

Moreover, his biggest problem at present is still facing a domestic equity lawsuit. After Lee Meng-hee and his son formally filed a lawsuit against Lee Kun-hee and his son and Samsung Group, the Seoul District Court has accepted the case, and the lawsuit between the two sides is now in full swing, whether in court or out of court, each-for-tat and not giving an inch

On this day, after another trial, Lee Kun-hee, who did not appear in court, listened to the reports of the lawyers who had just returned from the court in his old mansion, and when he heard that the current situation was very delicate and that the lawsuit seemed to be likely to be lost, his brows couldn't help but furrow.

With a wave of his hand, the lawyers stepped down, and after the lawyers left, Lee Kun-hee stood up, walked barefoot on the wooden floor, opened the sliding door to the garden, and thought about it with his hands folded.

The situation of the lawsuit was a little unexpected, he didn't expect that Li Mengxi's father and son were menacing this time, and it seemed that there was really a possibility of a reversal. In fact, in terms of total shares, even if the equity and dividends required by their father and son are given to them, it is not a big deal for Li Kunxi and Samsung Group, and Li Kunxi can still easily take out these money and shares.

The reason why Lee Kun-hee has always refused to give in is that the most critical point is to completely drive Lee Meng-hee and his son out of the Samsung Group. If they get these shares, then Lee Mengxi and his son will be able to directly meddle in Samsung's internal affairs, which is absolutely not allowed by Lee Kunxi, who has always been arbitrary.

As a brother, uncle and nephew, Lee Kun-hee knows very well what kind of character his eldest brother and nephew are, if they are given the opportunity and right to enter the board of directors of Samsung, then the entire Samsung Group will enter endless internal friction. A group that has internal friction and is unable to devote its energy to the exhibition is a fatal weakness. As the most successful businessman in South Korea, Lee Kun-hee sees it very clearly, so this is also the reason why he completely kicked out Lee Meng-hee and his son as soon as he took over Samsung.

And now, the ambiguous attitude of the district court made Lee Kun-hee, who had always felt that the situation was under his control, a little panicked, and he didn't know why this situation happened. It stands to reason that with his status and connections in South Korea, as well as his friendship with Mr. President, the district court should be on his side. But now it's the opposite, what is going on?

After thinking about it, Lee Kun-hee, who was a little irritable in his heart, stood there and took a deep breath, he turned around and walked to the table, picked up the phone and dialed the number of the Blue House. First, the staff answered, and when he learned that it was Lee Kun-hee calling, the other party politely asked him to wait, and after a while, Mr. President's voice rang on the phone.

After a brief chatter, Lee Kun-hee took the initiative to make an agreement with Mr. President, telling Mr. President that Samsung Group would remit the next Winter Olympics reserve to the designated account as soon as possible. Mr. President was very happy to hear this, and he praised Lee Kun-hee for his contribution to the country and the Korean people on the phone, and also specially commended him.

Smiling politely, Lee Kun-hee then asked a few words about the current equity lawsuit. According to his idea, the next step for Mr. President is to support his own statement. But who would have thought that this time Mr. President did not directly express his support for himself, but told Lee Kun-hee with some weight that due to his previous pardon, there were more opposition voices against the government from the outside world, and now it is at the critical time of the upcoming general election, so it is inconvenient for him to meddle in this matter for the time being.

However, Mr. President still comforted Lee Kun-hee, saying that this lawsuit will not be finished in a short time, and even if he loses the lawsuit in the local court, Lee Kun-hee can appeal. At that time, as long as he can be re-elected, will it be perfectly resolved to sentence Lee Kun-hee to win everything on appeal? So he told Lee Kun-hee not to worry too much and that everything was under control.

After saying thank you, Lee Kun-hee politely invited Mr. President on the phone when he was free to dine and drink tea or something, Mr. President readily agreed on the phone, and after the other party hung up the phone, Lee Kun-hee, who had been majestic and calm in front of outsiders, suddenly became distorted, and he was so angry that he smashed the entire telephone on the ground at once.

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