Chapter 62: Negotiating with the Big Two
"Mr. Cook, you must have come here for the intelligent voice butler!" Seeing that this Cook had already come, Lin Xuan didn't go around the bend and went straight to the point.
"That's right! Mr. Lin, we at Apple are very interested in your intelligent voice butler, and we are willing to pay 500 million US dollars to acquire intelligent voice butler, I don't know what Mr. Lin thinks? Cook said with a serious expression, and after speaking, he glanced slightly at the change in Paige's face beside him.
Of course, Page's expression did not fluctuate much, but his heart was full of thoughts, just now he only came out of $400 million, and this Cook came up and bid $500 million, it seems that Cook successfully persuaded the shareholders of the board of directors this time, and obtained a lot of authority, but what is the upper limit of the price he can offer? 700 million, 800 million, or is it higher than the highest price you can get out of 1 billion?
However, Page also knew that the reason why this Cook opened his mouth to come up with this price was also because he saw that he was here.
Hearing Cook's words, although Lin Xuan was very happy in his heart, he smiled unknowingly on his face!
"Mr. Lin, you should know that your software is more suitable for selling to us Google, and we Google also have great sincerity, to be honest, the company's shareholders promised me the maximum authority of 800 million US dollars, but in order to show our sincerity, I am willing to take out another 200 million US dollars from my private account, that is, one billion US dollars to buy Mr. Lin's software." Page suddenly stood up and said with a serious face, since Cook is here, he has to do his best.
Hearing the figure of one billion dollars, even if Lin Xuan was strong in his heart, he couldn't help but show a hint of surprise, and he was also excited in his heart, the billion-dollar acquisition of intelligent voice butler, it seems that he had underestimated the value of intelligent voice butler in Page's eyes!
"It seems that Google is still as stingy as ever - Mr. Lin, we Apple can also contribute a billion dollars, and I am personally willing to add another 100 million dollars for Mr. Lin!" Cook glanced at Page and said with a smile.
Hearing the price offered by Cook, Page's face sank, the price of 1.1 billion US dollars was already beyond the budget of his trip, but he couldn't just admit defeat in this fight, and he knew better that if he simply raised the price, it seemed that he could not contain Apple, which was also wealthy, so he immediately changed his strategy.
"Mr. Lin, I just talked with you, I think you should not want to sell this software, it is better for you and me to cooperate, I think with your eyes, it must be very clear that the cooperation between intelligent voice butler and Google, there will be a more incredible future, so my idea is that we Google will pay one billion dollars to acquire 50% of the equity of your company, and we Google will also make every effort to expand the market of intelligent voice butler in Europe and the United States!"
Hearing this, Lin Xuan was really a little moved, one billion dollars to acquire fifty percent of the equity, which is equivalent to the value of the intelligent voice butler, doubled in an instant.
And once his company cooperates with Google, with Google's help to promote and expand overseas markets, the future of intelligent voice butler is really limitless.
Page's strategy really put Cook in a difficult situation, and he didn't know how to deal with it for a while.
First of all, it is impossible for him to spend two billion dollars to buy intelligent voice butler, and if it is just like Google, only 50% of the shares, it will not mean much to Apple.
BECAUSE THEIR ORIGINAL INTENTION WAS TO MAKE THIS APP DISAPPEAR FROM ANDROID PHONES, OR ONLY TO OFFER AN IOS VERSION.
However, if it only acquires 50% of the shares, Apple will not ask Lin Xuan to give up his existing Android users and only provide the IOS version.
And it is impossible for Apple to promote this Android version of the intelligent voice butler, so no matter how stupid Lin Xuan is, he can also weigh the pros and cons.
"Mr. Cook, Mr. Page!" Lin Xuan felt that it was time for him to interrupt this war without gunpowder, and said with a slight smile: "I have deeply felt the sincerity of the two of you, first of all, I am very grateful to the two gentlemen for their love for the intelligent voice butler." I can see that whichever company I work with is going to make the other one very unhappy, so I have a better way, I wonder if Mr. Page and Mr. Cook are interested? ”
Zhao Qingshan and Qiu Chunliang immediately translated Lin Xuan's words to Page and Cook, and the two of them nodded one after another, and then looked at Lin Xuan with some curiosity, waiting for him to answer.
"My company, Xuanyu Technology, should be established soon, but I already plan to set up a branch of the intelligent voice butler business separately, named Xuanyu Intelligence, and I can take out 30% of the shares of Xuanyu Intelligence and sell them to two.
And what I also want to tell you is that when my Xuanyu Technology and its subsidiary Xuanyu Intelligence are opened, the intelligent voice butler will also launch an upgraded charging service.
As for the price of the fee, if you two become our shareholders, you can naturally negotiate with me. ”
Hearing this, Cook and Page frowned.
After so many years in the business world, they naturally knew the meaning of Lin Xuan's words.
From Google's point of view, Page naturally hopes that the intelligent voice manager can be free forever, so that the Android system can use this software to seize more market share and even shake Apple's position in the industry.
But if the intelligent voice butler chooses to charge, then its impact on Apple will be greatly reduced, after all, not everyone is willing to spend money to buy an APP, especially if the price is too high, then Android will once again lose the advantage of competing with Apple.
On the contrary, Apple naturally hopes that the higher the fee, the better, so if they can obtain 30% of the equity of Xuanyu Intelligence, they will also be eligible to participate in the pricing, and to some extent, there will be chips to restrict the expansion of the Android system.
And this may be the only way out for him now.
Of course, as far as Lin Xuan is concerned, there are more benefits to be gained by cooperating with two companies at the same time, first of all, he can also get a lot of money, and secondly, the cooperation between the three companies can allow Google and Apple to restrain each other, so as not to let themselves be subject to either party.
What's more, stepping on the shoulders of two giants at the same time will definitely make your future company have greater influence and a broader market.
"I don't know how much Mr. Lin plans to sell your 30% equity!" After a little silence, Page was the first to ask.
"Mr. Page, based on the calculation that you just acquired 50% of our company with 1 billion dollars, then 30% should be 600 million US dollars. But for the sake of Mr. Page's face, I can give your company a discount, as long as $500 million.
As for Mr. Cook, I don't need Apple to pay me anything, but I need Apple to open apple
store authorizes us to use the operating system launched by Xuanyu Technology in the future! ”
Hearing this, everyone present all changed their faces, and looked at Lin Xuan with a surprised expression, even Chen Yu on the side, when he talked to Lin Xuan before, Lin Xuan did not say that he wanted Apple to open the Applestore authorization, nor did he mention that their company would launch an operating system in the future, but just said that he would cooperate with two companies at the same time, so that the intelligent voice butler could step on the shoulders of the two giants and expand the overseas market.
However, Chen Yu felt that Lin Xuan might have made this decision on a temporary whim. After all, the whole negotiation process just now seems to have exceeded their previous expectations.
"Mr. Lin, are you going to enter the mobile phone operating system market?" Cook asked, surprised.
"That's right!" Lin Xuan nodded firmly.
Hearing this, Page, Cook, Zhao Qingshan, and Qiu Chunliang couldn't help but look at each other, and then they couldn't laugh or cry, they all knew that the competition in the mobile phone operating system market was almost tragic, not to mention that the market has been basically dominated by Apple and Google, and even the overlord of the PC computer operating system - Microsoft, is struggling on the mobile phone.
And such a small company that has not yet been established dares to set foot in the mobile phone operating system market.
So they really don't know whether to laugh at him or admire him.
However, when they think of the technological content contained in the intelligent voice butler, as well as the myths created by Bill Gates and even Jobs, these two bigwigs seem to have to re-examine the words of the young man in front of them.
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