Chapter Seventy-Eight: You Don't Pay for Your Life
To tell the truth, at the time when Jobs released PON, in the mobile phone industry, Gu Mojie really wasn't even a fart.
The reason why Google thinks of him is that the first reason is that Google itself has no foundation in the mobile phone industry, and on the other hand, Gu Mojie has made a good appearance of entering the mobile phone industry, and has done some peripheral fancy work reserves, plus it is a more powerful partner of Google now.
So, Gu Mojie put down what he was doing, and regardless of the hard work of the transoceanic flight, he flew to San Francisco again, spent a week abroad, and had a long talk with some Google cores led by Larry Page, and agreed on a broad and loose alliance - perhaps not qualified to use the word "alliance".
However, perhaps Google is still more cautious and has no hole cards on hand, so there are not many potential collaborators invited. In the United States, two small and reliable companies have entered Google's field of vision, while none of the big European brands have been hired.
In the East Asian cultural circle, or the Chinese cultural circle, except for Gu Mojie himself, he only saw one invited party, and it was quite valued by Google.
It is Chen Wenqi and Wang Xuehong of Taiwan, the co-bosses of HTC Electronics () and VIA Electronics (A).
Wang Xuehong can also be regarded as a senior entrepreneur, the daughter of Wang Yongqing, the richest man in Taiwan and the founder of Formosa Plastics Group. Compared with her father's position in the chemical industry, Wang Xuehong has created her own career since the 80s and has set her sights on the electronics industry.
At that time, it was the decade when Mr. Jiang Xiaowan took off into the "Asian Tigers", and VIA Electronics made great efforts to become the main foundry and technical support partner of A, the second largest player in the PC field, and gradually developed into independent R&D. At the beginning of 2007, VIA was the second largest company in the world and the only company that could break Qualcomm's monopoly in the field of 3-standard mobile phones.
A specializes in 3 mobile phone P, specializing in mobile phone peripheral electronics and the whole machine. Therefore, the two companies under Wang Xuehong's name can form their own industrial chain in the mobile phone industry, and they are not afraid of any opponent getting stuck in any link.
You know, even if it's Apple or Samsung, in "dǐng", "diǎn", "small", .⊥.∧os_ (); At the beginning of the 3 era, they could only play the role of Wang Xuehong's name, and their P had to ask Qualcomm to buy a license.
To put it bluntly, Apple and Samsung also work for Qualcomm, at least in the hardware production and sales link, Qualcomm's profit margin is higher than Apple's, who let it have this monopoly domineering. At best, Apple is the most successful of the high-level workers, but it doesn't change the nature of being stuck in the middle of a job.
At this time, Wang Xuehong's cards are complete, so that Google's Larry Page attaches great importance to him, and his courtesy to Wang Xuehong is far above Gu Mojie.
Gu Mojie is not unconvinced by this, after all, he is a post-50s predecessor who is conscientious and conscientious in industry, and that is also what he should be. He lowered his figure, and was very modest in front of Wang and Chen during the week, discussing a lot of ideas about the prospects of the industry and the layout route, not to mention banquets and gifts.
In line with the principle of reaching out and not hitting smiling people, this week, Wang Xuehong and Gu Mojie were quite harmonious, not to mention how many friendships they made, they finally became familiar.
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January 19th, a Friday. Tomorrow is the weekend, and busy people are in a semi-frenzy of decompression. But whoever has a little spare money will either buy and buy, or drink.
Tokyo, Ginza. In a fairly upscale quiet and intimate small bar, Quan Baoer sat alone in front of the bar, playing with his mobile phone, browsing with a pair of friends. She had a few drinks and water in front of her, and the agent's assistant sat at the table at the door a little farther away, so that she could enjoy some quiet alone.
The water is 3,000 yen per cup, which is equivalent to about 150 yuan. It's hard to say about cocktails, which usually start at 20,000 yen.
After all, in places like Ginza, before the collapse of Japan's real estate bubble in the 80s, the highest land price soared to the equivalent of more than 1 million yuan per square meter. Later, the bubble burst and plummeted to the lowest level of 6~80,000. In 2007, it roughly rose back to more than 400,000 yuan.
Of course, this refers to the price of the land, not the floor price of the house. Considering that the ultra-high floor area ratio of the Tokyo metropolitan area is often more than 5 times, the floor price of Ginza is now about 100,000 yuan.
100,000 square meters of place, used to open a bar that is only open for 6 hours a day, if you don't sell a glass of wine for more than 1,000 yuan, you will already lose money.
"It's been so busy these days, how can there be so many things, it must be too long to go to China, alas." Bao'er poured a small half cup of "Bloody Mary" into her throat in one gulp, and the recent experience of being busy like a dog slipped through her mind.
After the Hatsune singer's Tokyo concert, she didn't have time to rest at all; After two or three days, he immediately participated in the NS Record Contest and won an annual gold award; Even on December 31, the "Red and White Song Party" of N TV Station performed on stage again.
The Japanese "Red and White Song Party" is roughly equivalent to the Chinese "Spring Festival Gala", and the Japanese do not use the lunar calendar, but the Spring Festival. So they celebrate the New Year in the Gregorian calendar. Bao'er, who is just 20 years old, has been invited to participate in the year-end "Red and White Song Party" for the fifth time, and has participated every year since she was 16 years old.
Years later, she had time to work on her long-delayed album, and finally on January 17, she officially launched the album "Double Decade" (ANN).
That was two days ago, and the press conference ended yesterday.
With such a busy schedule, it is the vitality of the iron beating, and it will be drooped down.
"Originally, I wanted to give Oba a birthday gift, but I was too busy...... Forget it, I didn't promise it anyway, it was just a surprise, if I don't go, I won't go, and he won't blame me. ”
Looking at the calendar, Bao'er remembered that on Gu Mojie's birthday, she didn't even make a phone call. Although the two don't have a good relationship, after all, two months ago in China, when Bao'er celebrated her birthday, she really disturbed people, and a diǎn does not mean that it is a little rude.
He must be busy, too.
Bao'er thought about it, and involuntarily dialed the phone.
As for the international roaming long-distance call fee, it is not considered by the local tyrant girl who drinks a glass of wine for 2,000 yuan at all.
The phone was connected, and a surprised voice came back from the other side: "Why are you calling me?" ”
Bao'er: "I forgot to tell you happy birthday, I'm two weeks late, don't blame me." ”
Gu Mojie: "What's so strange about this, is everyone busy?" Why did you suddenly think of it, could it be that it was just empty? ”
Bao'er: "That's right. I officially released the album the day before yesterday, yesterday's press conference, and today it is finally empty. I didn't have the time to make a phone call a while ago, and I only slept 4 hours a day. ”
As she spoke, Bao'er's voice was a little sad, as if she thought of those hard days.
Gu Mojie sighed sympathetically: "It's almost, it's all the same." It's really an evil day, and I don't know why, just entered 07 years, and I feel like things are piling up. ”
Bao'er muttered, "What are you busy with?" ”
"Damn, I'm definitely busier than you." Gu Mojie's nerves have been a little tense in the past few days, and he was teased, and he suddenly gushed out:
"Think about it, at the beginning of January, China Mobile Unicom Telecom announced 3 roadmaps, I have to be busy, right? You have to set up your own mobile phone company, right? On the 9th, Jobs announced the PON like a desperate one, I have to be busy again, right? You have to fly to the United States to find a potential strategic ally, right?
And that's not all! I'm in the United States, but there are new things in China that keep calling. After a while, Zhou Jielun came to me to inquire, saying that his contract with Brother Xian would expire on March 1, and asked me if I was interested in investing in his newly registered 'Jewell Music Company' and holding small shares;
And then yesterday the people in the entertainment division under him didn't know which crazy thing to send, and told me that Blizzard's "World of Warcraft" has opened a "Burning Expedition" expansion in the United States, but the domestic nine cities and Blizzard have been slow to talk about the new conditions, and the people in the Culture-Culture-Department are also stuck, and it is estimated that the national service will not be updated every year and a half. Ask me if I'm interested...... Forget it, you don't understand these things. ”
Gu Mojie himself didn't know how he could become a chatter in an instant, and he poured out like beans in a bamboo tube. Some things are still trade secrets, so how can you just talk about them in order to "prove how busy you are"?
Gu Mojie cleared his throat, and after stopping, he took care of it: "Uh-huh-just those words, just forget it, there are some things that have not yet been decided, don't talk nonsense to me." ”
Bao'er said in a solemn voice: "Of course I understand, am I such a person with such a loose mouth, or do you think I will betray my friends?" ”
"That's good, I don't mean anything else." Gu Mojie also seemed to have drunk diǎn alcoholic beverages, which was a little self-deprecating.
"And you're still in the United States?"
"No, at Narita Airport. Isn't this a hurry back to deal with Jewell Music and World of Warcraft after talking to the Americans about how to deal with PON? ”
Bao'er was shocked: "Are you in Tokyo?" But how can there be direct flights from San Francisco or Los Angeles to Hujiang, how can you refuel in Tokyo? ”
Gu Mojie: "Originally, this was the case, but I was in the United States for a while, and I had a few days with Wang Xuehong, the boss of /A, and I always had to visit her father, Wang Yongqing, Formosa Plastics." Wang Yongqing is now living in New Jersey, so I ended up going around the East Coast and flying back from New York. ”
The fuel tank capacity of the Boeing 747 passenger plane is designed according to the farthest transoceanic route on the earth, if it takes off from Los Angeles, the fuel volume is enough to fly to the Shanghai River, but if it is a plane taking off from the east coast of the United States, because it has an additional 4,000 kilometers of range, it has to stop for refueling on the way.
Either refuel in Los Angeles or refuel in Tokyo. After Gu Mojie met Lao Wang in New Jersey, the flight he took back to China happened to take off from New York to Tokyo for refueling, so he needed to stay at Narita Airport for a few hours.
"Then you're not enough buddy, you're all in Tokyo, why don't you go into the city and have a drink with me."
"I'll be back in two hours!"
"Change!"
"My Passport ......"
"Don't you have a long-term business visa? Don't think I didn't know you were done when you talked to Bana! If it's a man, don't grind. Boa took a sip of a Singapore Sling, slammed the glass on the bar, burped, and continued:
"Besides, I'm also thinking about you - do you think, the plane that takes off from New York to China must only fly to the Shanghai River, not to a small city like Qiantang, right? You fly now, and when you arrive in Hujiang in the middle of the night, you can't go back to Qiantang, so you still have to stay in Hujiang for one night. If you change your booking in Tokyo, you can find a direct flight to Qiantang tomorrow. Formalities, is it still difficult to defeat our big boss Gu? (To be continued.) )