On the surface, Warwick and Google's settlement to sell the ATE40 with Xiaoyuan's voice assistant in Europe is not a problem at all, because this settlement is a win-win situation.

Warwick makes money, source code companies make money, and major APP applications in the United States make money, but Google doesn't make money.

Google may have some agreements with major apps to get a share of the profits from advertising and payment services, but this profit is almost negligible compared to the share of the source code company.

Could it be that Google is a good person, looking at you Warwick pitifully, so let Warwick go?

The world of technology and capital is very cruel, a life-and-death struggle.

In this market, only the boss survives, and there is no position for the second and third bosses.

So, it is absolutely impossible to count on Google to be kind.

If Warwick sells mobile phones honestly, then it and Google will definitely get along and make their own money.

But when Warwick gets involved in systems and ecosystems, Google isn't so benevolent.

Now that Xiaoyuan's voice assistant is getting bigger and bigger in the European market, and the profits are getting more and more, Zhou Xiao always has a feeling that the oligarchs of Mi Technology, represented by Google, are raising pigs and fattening them to kill.

With this idea, Zhou Xiao took the initiative to call Yu Jiangdong, senior vice president of Huawei Company and consumer business E.

This time, Zhou Xiao called with a private mobile phone.

Yu Jiangdong was very happy to receive Zhou Xiao's call.

Warwick's ATE40 has achieved good results even when the chip production is insufficient and can only use the AB model, and the source code company has made great contributions. The first person Yu Jiangdong wanted to thank was Zhou Xiao.

"Mr. Zhou! Hello hello hello! Yu Jiangdong was now in a meeting in the company, but after receiving a call from Zhou Xiao, he immediately left the conference room to answer the phone outside.

Zhou Xiao said: "Mr. Yu, I want to know the content of the negotiations between Warwick and Google in Europe, although I should not ask about the content of your negotiations, but I think this is related to the survival of source code companies overseas." ”

Yu Jiangdong said: "Mr. Zhou, I will send the information to your company's mailbox, and let my vice president He Bin go to Jiangcheng tomorrow to explain some of the situation to you." ”

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Xiao felt that it was necessary to understand the situation in the European market himself.

"Brother Kai, Brother Kai!" Zhou Xiao shouted.

Seeing that no one answered, Ma Xin shouted loudly: "Wang Fatty! ”

Wang Kai came from the office in a daze, "Mr. Zhou, Mr. Ma." ”

The company's efficiency is good, Wang Kai's subordinates also have people, and Wang Kai does not need to do a lot of logistics service work himself.

Now that the income is higher, there are fewer things, and Wang Fatzi is getting fatter and fatter, and he has become a greasy middle-aged man.

"Do you want to lose weight?" Zhou Xiao asked.

"The company still has this benefit?" Wang Kaile is happy.

"Well, a ten-day trip to Europe, lose weight while traveling." Zhou Xiao arranged a task for Wang Kai and said, "You find a few brothers, take Shen Dan with you, and go to Europe to learn about the actual market of Xiaoyuan's voice assistant." Although the source code company has a mission in Europe, we do not have the most direct understanding of the European market, and we hope that your research can provide some help for the company's decision-making. ”

Wang Kai knew that this task was not trivial, and he was no longer joking, "I'll do a research plan right away." ”

The next day, He Bin rushed to the source code company to interview Zhou Xiao.

Zhou Xiao understood the whole content of the negotiations between Warwick and Google.

Warwick compromised on certain patents and paid Google royalties. Google has made concessions on the ATE40 and Xiaoyuan's voice assistant, allowing Europeans to use the Xiaoyuan voice assistant on Warwick.

In the short term, Google is making big money.

Google and Warwick have been battling over the patent for several years, and now that Warwick has backed in, Google will get a pretty net penny.

But in the long run, selling the Warwick AET40, which is equipped with Xiaoyuan's voice assistant, in Europe will seriously harm Google's interests.

"Let's not be naïve enough to think that Google and the tech giants in the United States have such good intentions to allow Warwick to participate in their games," He said. ”

He Bin glanced at Zhou Xiao helplessly and said: "Mr. Zhou, the most fundamental reason why they let Xiaoyuan's voice assistant enter the European market is that they have taken a fancy to the potential of Xiaoyuan's voice market. ”

Zhou Xiao asked with a smile: "So, when Xiaoyuan's voice assistant is blooming all over Europe and has a huge user base, waiting for the source code company to be cut by the technology company in the United States when it has huge profits in Europe?" ”

He Bin didn't expect Zhou Xiao to be able to see the problem so thoroughly, "Warwick relied on Xiaoyuan's voice assistant to compete for the European market, which is actually a very failure!" But this is also a way to do it, and Warwick's current situation is also clear to Mr. Zhou, and we don't even know if there will be a new mobile phone with better performance at this time next year. ”

Of course, Zhou Xiao knew about Warwick's situation, and no one dared to take orders when he designed a chip that was more expensive, and he didn't have the ability to make it himself. developed a relatively bullish mobile phone, but GS was banned by Google, and finally relied on Xiaoyuan's voice assistant to turn over and win a battle in Europe, and also held the heart of eating this meal without a meal.

According to the current trend, Huawei may really withdraw from the high-end market next year.

He Bin knew that Zhou Xiao was worried that the server of Xiaoyuan's voice was now in the hands of Europeans, and the voice assistant was also running in accordance with the security and privacy rules to be formulated by the United States Technology Company.

Google Akari opened Xiaoyuan's voice assistant into the European market, in fact, it is stepping by step to bundle Xiaoyuan's voice assistant with European profits and its own specifications.

In due course, especially when most European consumers are using a plug-in-free version of Xiaoyuan's voice assistant, Google and other Western tech companies could tighten the ropes and ask Warwick and Source Code for a sky-high price.

If the source code company has a profit of 500 million euros a year in Europe in the future, and Google asks you for 100 million euros in protection money, will you give it or not?

If you don't give it, Google once again banned the application of Xiaoyuan's voice assistant on Android in the name of privacy, and European consumers at that time were accustomed to using a plug-in-free version of Xiaoyuan's voice assistant, and it was difficult to go back to the era of downloading plug-ins over the wall. If you don't give, then you lose 400 million euros of European profits.

If the profit of the source code in Europe reaches more than 1 billion or 2 billion euros in the future, Google wants you to keep only a small part of the shares, and sell Xiaoyuan's voice assistant to Google in Europe and even overseas at a considerable price, will you sell it or not?

Of course, you can not sell, but you will completely lose the European market and a lot of wealth that you have already acquired.

In the view of Western logic, the most painful thing for a new type of company is not to have nothing, but to gain and then lose.