(.) The subprime mortgage crisis has had a huge impact on the European economy, as is France, which is an important country in Europe's Big 6. For a time, many companies that were still very nourishing a few months ago 6 continued to close down, and even some multinational giants began to have a hard time, and 6 consecutive layoffs were born. However, instead of being depressed, Bell's Bell Electronic Technology Group Company received a huge injection of funds from Shi Wen.

Standing on the windowsill of a luxurious office, Bell looks down on the beautiful city of Paris from a high vantage point. But who would have imagined that just a few days ago, on the top floor of the building opposite his office building, a bankrupt businessman had jumped from there.

This kind of scenario has not been uncommon since the subprime mortgage crisis swept the world, and almost every day the news will report this kind of sudden news. But this time the impact on Bell was huge, because that day his car had just passed by the gate of the building opposite, and the businessman who committed suicide fell from the roof of the building only ten meters away from his car.

It's really a terrifying memory, so far Bell can close his eyes and think of the distorted human body and the ...... of the head that exploded like a watermelon smashed on an iron plate, and even, Bell still shuddered a little in his heart, if he hadn't happened to know Zhou Liwen at the beginning, his company was supported by Zhou Liwen and Shi Wen, maybe there would be one more corpse lying on the cold ground that day.

Bell left Siemens to create the company on his own, but small and medium-sized companies like his abound in Europe, both in terms of investment and company strength. This kind of company, in the case of a good economy, may be able to reach by seizing an opportunity, but often the vast majority of it is just ordinary

In the face of great changes in the economy and the market, small and medium-sized enterprises like this are the least resistant, except for the financial community. According to Bell's knowledge, in the United States, the country with the worst subprime mortgage crisis, nearly 1o6 small and medium-sized companies, such as trading companies, small factories, real estate economics and construction companies related to real estate, have closed down every month in the past few months. As for the European side, there are not a few, and the businessman who jumped down and fell in front of him, his company, is one of them.

Secretly congratulating himself on his luck, Bell sighed at the attachment of the goddess of fate, and was also deeply grateful to Zhou Liwen and Shi Wen for their help.

These days, Bell Electronic Technology has made capital preparations at Shi Wen's request, and has also received a huge capital injection from Shi Wen, because they have a big move, which is to take advantage of the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis to merge some high-tech enterprises and companies worth investing in, and at the same time attract those who have lost their jobs.

This plan is huge, and when Bell sees it, his blood is about to boil. On the one hand, he admired Zhou Liwen's courage, and on the other hand, he was excited about this plan. If this plan can be successful, oh, even if it is partially successful, Bell Electronics Technology will become a large and influential company in the industry.

Europe is different from the United States, there are many established companies, and a company like Bell Electronics Technology Group must seize such an opportunity if it wants to gain the status of the business community. More importantly, Bell also got an "inside information", it is said that the Chinese government also suffered huge losses in response to the subprime mortgage crisis, but the rich Chinese government has already made a decision internally, and is ready to take out four trillion dollars in one go to stimulate the economy and promote domestic demand, and call it the "four trillion plan".

Four trillion yuan, according to the current exchange rate, into euros is about 400 billion euros. While the Chinese government's money is mainly spent in the domestic market, it is important to remember that this is not unrelated to the international market.

According to reliable sources, the Chinese government's 4 trillion yuan plan is mainly used in real estate, construction, public utilities, highways, electricity, energy, steel and other aspects, and the surrounding markets of these industries are huge. Bell Electronics Group is well positioned to get a piece of the pie in some of these industries. As long as you get one percent of the project, or even one thousandth, it will be enough for the exhibition of Bell Electronic Technology Group in the next few years.

So these days, Bell has been busy preparing for this work. Although the four trillion plan will be launched next year, with Zhou Liwen's commitment, Bell will have a much greater success rate if he starts preparing in advance. To this end, he recruited a number of professionals to judge and analyze the investment aspects of the Chinese government, selected some suitable projects, and then found partners within the Chinese government to be fully prepared.

Early this morning, Bell arrived at the company and had a five-hour meeting with the experts. Now that the meeting had just ended, Bell had simply eaten a sandwich for lunch, and although it was already half past one in the afternoon, it was better to have afternoon tea. But Bell didn't care, and after dropping the sandwich, he stood at the windowsill with a cup of coffee and looked into the distance to relax himself, because there was a meeting in an hour.

Just after a few sips of coffee, the phone on the table suddenly rang, and Bell put the coffee on the windowsill and walked over to the telephone.

"Sir, there's an outside line looking for you." Picking up the phone, the voice of his secretary Elena came from inside.

"Who is looking for me?" Bell asked.

"The other party claims to be Mr. Marshall, vice president of Nokia, do you answer?"

Bell was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted. It's no wonder that Elena hesitated, as his contact with Nokia was not announced within the company, and the company does not currently have any business with Nokia. A sudden phone call, and also claiming to be the vice president of Nokia, as a secretary, Elena is suspicious of this, and it is normal for Elena, as a secretary, to be suspicious.

However, Bell is different, he is a person who has direct contact with the other party, and has even communicated with Marshall. When he heard that it was him calling, he hurriedly asked Yelena to pick up the call.

A few seconds later, Marshall's call came to Bell's extension, and Bell said apologetically, "Is that Mr. Marshall?" Hello, I'm Bell, I'm so sorry, I couldn't answer your call at the first time when I was on some business. ”

"Mr. Bell, I should have been the one who said I was sorry." Marshall said with a smile on the phone: "As the president of a company, we are the same kind of people, isn't it normal for you to be busy with work during working hours now, in fact, I should have asked the secretary to make an appointment with your secretary first, but today I forgot the arrangement, so I called directly." ”

"It's okay, I'll give it to my secretary, and she'll let her know me immediately if she calls me in the future. By the way, I'll give you my private number later, which will be more convenient. Bell said with a smile, but he didn't believe what Marshall said in his heart, what secretary and secretary had made an appointment in advance, with Marshall as the executive vice president of Nokia, how could he make this mistake? Then there is only one explanation, he was in a hurry to find himself, so he did not follow the ordinary business procedures to contact, but called directly to find him in person.

So, why is this happening? Bell quickly thought of a possibility, that is, Nokia had encountered a problem, or because of the subprime mortgage crisis, they were facing a bigger problem than when they first visited, and in order to solve the problem, Nokia's top management seemed to remember what they said and what they suggested, so the call appeared.

As expected, Marshall said on the phone: "Mr. Bell, last time you came to visit Nokia and gave us some suggestions, after many internal discussions and careful considerations, I would like to talk to you again about the possibility of cooperation, what do you think?" ”

Bell suddenly smiled, he was almost about to blurt out OK, but with the excitement in his heart, he still paused, and asked rhetorically, as if with some surprise: "Is it a discussion on the phone?" I'm so sorry Mr. Marshall, you know I'm busy at work, and there's ...

meeting, and this kind of thing is just a phone discussion, I'm afraid it's not formal enough, right? Why don't you arrange for me to come to your company in person in a few days? ”

"Of course, Mr. Bell, when do you think you can go?" Marshall asked on the other end of the phone.

"You wait a minute......." Bell said something to him, then picked up the phone next to him and dialed an internal line, and soon the secretary Elena answered.

"Yelena, help me check the latest itinerary ......." Bell chatted with Yelena for a few words, hung up the phone, and continued to say to Marshall: "I'm really sorry to keep you waiting. I'm afraid I won't be able to spare time this week, but can I do it after next Wednesday? I'll be out next Tuesday after the meeting, and I'll be there on Tuesday evening, and we'll meet at your company on Wednesday? ”

"It's ......." Marshall was a little embarrassed, today is only Wednesday, and it will take a week for Bell to delay, which is simply too long. He hurriedly told Bell to wait, and then the phone fell silent. Bell was not in a hurry, and waited leisurely, because he knew that Marshall must have gone to ask for instructions.

A few minutes later, Marshall's voice rang on the other side of the phone, and he said, "Well, Mr. Bell, if you can spare time tomorrow, I will leave for Paris today, and tomorrow we will negotiate in your company?" ”

"You're coming?" Bell said in a surprised tone, "Isn't this too much trouble?" ”

"No, no, no, it's not a hassle at all, it's easy to fly to Paris, and I personally like the city very much, and when they're done talking, we can have a cup of coffee in Paris together."

"Since you're insisting, then okay. Marshall, you are a guest, I will send someone to pick you up at the airport, and as for the accommodation, our company will also arrange it for you. It's just that I can't accompany me today, and we'll see you tomorrow? ”

"Thanks, see you tomorrow," Marshall was also polite, and hung up the phone after saying thank you.

When the phone hung up, Bell asked his secretary Yelena to make arrangements as soon as possible. In any case, even if you don't come forward today, you must still be polite, not to mention that the other party is still the executive vice president of Nokia, which is already a rare guest in many companies and even some government dignitaries.

Bell is now convinced that Nokia is in big trouble. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been in such a hurry to find themselves, thinking that when he came to visit in person, Nokia's arrogance came out of his bones, and if it wasn't for Shi Wen's banner, he wouldn't even be able to see Ollila's face.

And now, although it was Marshall, how could he be so impatient without Ollila's decision? This has proved that Bell's original visit has paid off, and Nokia has begun to change its attitude.

Immediately afterward, Bell directly canceled the next meeting and locked himself in the office to prepare nervously. Because Marshall is coming tomorrow, how to talk next, what to talk about, and even what conditions to prescribe are all crucial. In addition, Shi Wen has to report immediately, you must know that Bell is the president, but she is the chairman, not to mention that this matter was arranged by Shi Wen from the beginning, and these key points must be authorized by her.

Marshall arrived at the airport that afternoon and took the first flight to Paris. When he got off the plane and walked out of the airport, he saw at a glance that the pick-up staff sent by Bell was already waiting.

Stayed in a luxurious hotel and enjoyed the VIP service of Bell Company, but Marshall was not in a leisurely mood at this time, on the contrary, he was still a little urgent. Because he had been summoned by Aurila before he came, and Aurila had a long conversation with him. In view of the current economic situation and Nokia's declining sales, Nokia has stood on the precipice and could collapse at any time.

In addition, Microsoft only knows that it is reaching out for money, and this practice of constantly asking Nokia for conditions has aroused Ollila's disgust and vigilance. If there had been no visit from Bell, perhaps the current Ollilah, although annoyed, would not dare to offend Microsoft, so she could only continue to pin her hopes on the other party in the hope of a miracle

And the same is true in real history, although the final collapse of the Nokia empire was due to Nokia itself, Microsoft's action to trap Nokia is also an important part. In the end, when the collapse of the Nokia empire came, Microsoft had completed the layout of Nokia, and swallowed the empire as a savior, thus completely ending the history of Nokia.

But now the situation has changed, Bell has planted a seed in Ollila's heart more than half a year ago, and now this seed has begun to take root and grow strongly. Because of Bell's appearance, Ollila is more disappointed in Microsoft than in history, and he now clearly feels that something is wrong with Microsoft, so he specially sends his right-hand man Marshall to contact Bell. In his opinion, Nokia has now reached the most critical juncture, whether it is dead or alive has to bet, rather than hanging on the tree of Microsoft, it is better to see if there is a better solution on Bell's side.

All night, Marshall pondered the question, and did not fall asleep until late at night. By dawn the next day, he woke up, freshened up, changed into a suit, and waited quietly for the time to come.

At eight o'clock, Marshall got into the car sent by Bell Electronic Technology Group and went to Bell Company. When he took the elevator to Bell's office, he was greeted by a woman named Kim who claimed to be Bell's secretary and led him to the president's office.

knocked on the door, Elena entered the office, and said to Bell, who was on the phone, that Marshall had arrived, Bell nodded and made a gesture, and then Elena turned sideways and asked Marshall to come in, and when she saw Marshall, Bell briefly said a few words to the phone and hung up the phone, and then turned out from behind the desk very enthusiastically.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Marshall, you see...... I have too much on my hands to pick you up personally. ”

"It's okay, I can understand that." Marshall smiled and shook Bell's hand, but he was a little unhappy in his heart, who doesn't understand this set of things, Bell deliberately did this in front of him, didn't he just want to wait for the meeting to take some initiative.

"Coffee, tea, or ......?"

"Coffee."

"Elena, two cups of coffee. By the way, by the way, help me cancel the later guests, thank you. Bell said this to Yelena and beckoned Marshall to sit down.

Waiting for the coffee to come up, Bell took a sip and said apologetically: "I've been too busy these days, you know that this subprime mortgage crisis that has changed the death has almost ruined the whole world, and I am lucky that the loss is not big." However, many of the partner companies have suffered huge losses, which has led to major changes in some orders and businesses, and I have been dealing with these businesses these days, and I have not even ...... sleep time every day. ”

Bell began to talk about the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis on the entire economy, and scolded the Yankees for breaking the whole market, making business very difficult now. He also talked about the businessman who jumped off the building across the street a few days ago, and even described the scene to Marshall.

Listening to these words, the more Marshall listened, the more uncomfortable his whole body felt, and a reluctant and embarrassed smile hung on his face. Because Nokia is also one of the companies that Bell said has suffered heavy losses, and even more so now that they are already in decline. In addition, the merchant who jumped off the building, hearing this story in his ears, even felt a little frightened, and he even began to think that if the Nokia empire really fell, then maybe he would make the same choice as the merchant, right? As soon as he thought of this, he felt a throbbing pain in his stomach, and the color of the coffee on the side became different, and the color was like blackened blood, which looked so dazzling.

(It's the last day of January, everyone who still has a ticket in hand to support it, thank you!)

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