As the founder of Qualcomm.

Owen Jacob, who only holds a 0.13% stake in Qualcomm.

It's okay when the shareholder's equity is very dispersed.

Owen Jacob can firmly control the communications company with the authority of the founder.

Once someone is really interested in the company and owns the majority of the shares.

The authority of the founder is also useless, and he can only act as the CEO.

But the more important position of chairman had to be given up.

Fortunately, Qualcomm at this time is in the darkest hour before dawn.

Owen Jacob didn't know the dawn was coming.

In this dark hour, someone is willing to come out and "save" Qualcomm from the quagmire.

This person is still so rich and has such a high status, and the founder is still very happy.

Therefore, Owen Jacob also supported Abel's accession.

When Abel promised to inject more funds and raised 30% of his salary in the company's salary increase.

Owen Jacob was even less resistant to him.

In the conference hall on the top floor of Qualcomm headquarters, Owen Jacob sat in front of Abel.

In front of Abel were some documents, all of which were Qualcomm's detailed information and some confidential research directions.

In 1998, Qualcomm sold its mobile phone division.

He began to concentrate on semiconductor chips and various communication technologies.

At present, Qualcomm has only three subsidiaries, namely Qualcomm Semiconductor Business (QCT) Division and Qualcomm Technology Licensing Business (QTL) Division.

The former mainly develops and produces wireless chip platforms and other product solutions, and it is the birthplace of chips such as Snapdragon.

Qualcomm's technology licensing business (QTL) division is a well-known patent troll.

The legal department of this subsidiary will be completely comparable to Disney in the future.

The task is to fight lawsuits all over the world all day long, and the objects of the lawsuits with it are all the giants of various countries, and they are simply the governments of various countries.

It is also a sub-department within Qualcomm that spends the most money except for the R&D department.

The fines paid to governments around the world every year, as well as the lawyers' fees, are astronomical.

As for the last department, it's called Qualcomm Ventures.

This unit was set up just last year to invest in small high-tech companies related to communications technology.

The company's initial capital was said to be $500 million, but now a year has passed.

The amount of money that was really invested was less than $50 million.

When even the head office is short of money, where does Qualcomm get the money to invest in the investment company?

After reading these materials roughly, Abel had an idea in his heart.

That is. Since I have built Tesla in advance, I still want to promote the emergence of electric vehicles in advance.

Now we have Qualcomm and this most important core enterprise of the mobile Internet in the future.

Why can't I get out of the mobile Internet era in advance?

In parallel time and space, the first year of the emergence of the mobile Internet should be the official launch of the 3G network.

But it really made the mobile Internet a climate, and crushed the old-timer Internet half to death.

That should come to the popularization of 4G signals.

In this 2G era where the mainstream signal is still GSM/GPRS, it is still a bit long ago to say 4G.

But in the 3G era, Abel remembers that it is not too far away.

He remembered that in China, it seems that there was a 3G signal after 08.

In this era of American trendsetters.

Abel thinks that 3G on the American side should appear earlier than the Celestial Empire.

Thinking of this, Abel asked Owen Jacob softly.

"Owen. I remember by the standards of your industry. The mobile phone signal we are using now is considered the second generation, which is the so-called 2G, right? ”

"Yes." Owen Jacob nodded, "There are many popular signal standards around the world, but all of them are developed by TDMA and our CDMA technology. ”

Most of the mobile communication technology has always been derived from these two types.

The first to emerge was Time Division Multiple Access Technology (TMDA), which was largely invested by industry giants back then.

Qualcomm of the chicken thief decisively researched the CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) technology.

It also takes advantage of the attention of the major giants, when they are all on TDMA.

In the two years from 1989 to 1991, Qualcomm applied for almost all CDMA-related patents.

By the time the giants found out, Qualcomm had become the king of CDMA.

"It seems that the most used signal is GSM now?" Abel asked.

Abel still remembers the 2G era, and it is PHS and GSM networks.

Xiaoling's universal is CDMA technology, which is authorized by Qualcomm.

As for GSM, Abel didn't know that it was actually the culmination of TDMA technology.

It was first proposed by Nokia, and was quickly promoted in Europe, and then globalized, becoming the most mainstream mobile phone signal at present.

Nokia is also one of the world's undisputed mobile phone hegemons thanks to this technology's patent.

"So to speak." Owen Jacob said softly, "But I believe that our CDMA is the real future of mobile communications!" ”

Abel nodded, he was actually concerned about his next question-

"I've seen the relevant sources. I know that the next generation of mobile communication technology is called 3G. Owen, what I want to ask is, when do you think the 3G era will come? ”

Owen Jacob's answer surprised Abel a little.

The Qualcomm founder said: "It's already on its way. Since the beginning of this year, Verizon Communications, ATT, and T-Mobile, these three companies have begun to lay 3G network base stations. ”

"So fast?" Abel was surprised.

These three companies, he knows, are the three giants in the U.S. mobile communications industry.

Its status is the same as that of China's immobility, inaccessibility, and telecommunications, except that in the United States they are also private companies.

"Yes." Owen Jacob smiles:

"It is expected that by the end of next year, or the beginning of '03, the network will be ready for testing. If all goes well, 3G signals will appear on federal soil after 2003. ”

The news revealed by Owen Jacob immediately made Abel realize -

Mobile Internet 1.0 is coming!!

Without his push, under the competition of profitable and competitors.

The three major mobile communications giants in the United States are more active than anyone else in promoting its arrival.

Abel couldn't help but be a little glad, no wonder his talent made him have to control Qualcomm this year.

Wait until next year, when the three major U.S. mobile communications giants realize that 3G is ahead of 2G.

The advantages of CMDA in 3G will make everyone understand the value of Qualcomm.

That's when the manure pit starts to metamorphose into a gold mine.

Acquisitions will not be as difficult as they are now.

Abel couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, feeling a little dark in his heart at the same time.

He gave Owen Jacob a few more words of encouragement.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, he left Qualcomm and went to Pacific Energy, which is still headquartered in San Diego.

After two hours at Taiping Energy.

He boarded a helicopter directly on the tarmac atop the Pacific Energy headquarters building and left San Diego to return to Santa Barbara.

Two days later.

Evening.

Beverly Hills, 812 North Bedford Road.

"How's this one, my dear?"

Abel was sitting on the sofa with Erlang's legs crossed, with a notebook on his lap, reading the company's internal emails.

He looked up and saw Anne Hathaway, wearing a white and black double-breasted round-neck waisted jacket, with a high ponytail on her head and a black velvet headband studded with pearls, standing at the door of the cloakroom.

"Well, yes, but what about your skirt or pants?"

Abel looked at the big white legs and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and joke.

The corners of Anne's mouth raised, and she reached out and took a pair of white pants from the side and gestured to let Abel suggest.

"That's it, it's beautiful." Abel felt good, and after saying it with a smile, he continued to read the information on the computer.

Anne didn't bother him, and happily went to put on makeup and changed clothes.

Abel had been on the West Coast for some time, and his women knew about it.

During this time, he lived mainly in Santa Barbara, and they all knew it.

They also knew that there were two women in the place where Abel lived.

One of them is also pregnant, and the child is his.

But what can they do?

A woman who didn't become a member of the Smith family office was not qualified to know these things.

I don't have any confidence when I know it.

Like the models in Elizabeth's back garden, and Sophie Marceau.

As for the women who know these things and have joined the Smith family office.

It was even more difficult for them to leave him.

can only scold Ikana and Paris in private.

In front of him again, a little tantrum within his tolerance or something.

And Abel, who left Santa Barbara and came to Beverly Hills, was the first to come to his side.

Anne was very happy, and felt that this was a sign of her own position in his psyche.

When I heard Abel say that there was a drinking party tonight, and I was going to bring myself there.

Anne was even happier.

At this time, she didn't even have time to please Abel, let alone lose her temper in front of Abel.

Half an hour later, Anne, who had changed her clothes and put on makeup, came to Abel's side.

She didn't dare to disturb him, so she sat quietly and obediently, staring at his perfect marble face.

Until Abel finished his work and saw her dressed up next to him.

He remembered, "Oh, it's time." ”

Abel smiled and said, "Let's go, let's go to the drinking party." ”

"Uh-huh!"

Anne nodded excitedly and happily, was held by his hand, and walked outside.

The reception that the two of them were going to attend was held on Beverly Hills.

The initiator of this reception is one of the superheroes in the American media industry.

Rupert Murdoch, the founder and chairman of the famous News Corporation, and a new American.

At his estate at the top of Beverly Hill, Murdoch threw a grand drinking party.

Abel, who is on the West Coast, naturally received an invitation from Murdoch.

Murdoch's reception was a top-level reception with a draw comparable to Vanity Fair for the media or Hollywood.

Like Anne, after she had Abel, she didn't think much of this kind of drinking party.

But if it weren't for Abel, she might not even be qualified to attend this kind of drinking party.

In order to be able to participate in this level of drinking party, I am looking for opportunities to be able to enter.

Just the qualifications to enter are almost enough to make most of the small stars outside the fourth line, and those young newcomers who have just entered the industry, pay everything for it.

For Abel, this is the grandest drinking party in the eyes of Hollywood.

In his eyes, he didn't think it was interesting, and he didn't even want to go.

It was only later, from his own side, that Abel accepted the invitation after knowing one of the purposes of Murdoch's drinking party.

The place where Abel lives now is not very far from Murdoch's villa.

Everyone is at the top of the mountain, and it is estimated that it will only take ten minutes to walk there.

But when the tycoon travels, how can it be on foot.

It is still standard when Abel travels.

There are a total of seven Cadillac cars, 3 SUV SUVs, 3 sedans, and a modified Cadillac monster in the middle.

The convoy left 812 North Bedford Road, just five minutes on the summit road in Beverly Hills.

You will arrive at the brightly lit Murdoch Villa, located at the heart of the hilltop.

When Abel and Anne arrived, it was already about eight o'clock in the evening.

Generally speaking, the drinking party of the elite in Europe and the United States will start around six or seven o'clock.

It will end until about 9 to 10 p.m.

Whether it is a drinking party that starts at six or seven o'clock, and the participants arrive at eight o'clock, it can be considered late.

But that's for the average attendee.

In the more high-end cocktail parties in Europe and the United States. People who have always been the most high-status people tend to arrive late and leave earlier.

Only those who are not of high status and desperately want to drill into the camp in the drinking party will arrive first and leave at the latest.

As the boss of the new media giant Smith Media, just in the media field, he is not inferior to Murdoch's Abel.

He is clearly of great height.

If you count Abel's influence in other places, even Murdoch can't compare to him.

In this way, he participated in the drinking party held by Murdoch, and it can be said that he was willing to come over to give Murdoch face.

Late arrivals and late arrivals are naturally nothing.

Speaking of which, the first meeting between Abel and Murdoch was also at a drinking party.

That was last year.

A charity reception hosted by New York's major media magnates and the Commercial Bank of Texas in Manhattan.

Abel attended, and because of the insistence of the Commercial Bank of Texas, he also sat on the main seat, much to the surprise of many wealthy New Yorkers at the time.

You must know that the drinking party, the second time Abel appeared in the mainstream eye.

The first was a cocktail party hosted by the Hilton family.

Murdoch was also on the throne at that time.

Judging from the identities of both parties at that time, Abel was not qualified to sit at that table.

In other words, at that time, Abel was no match for Murdoch in terms of social status in the United States.

Now a year has passed, and it is only a year.

Murdoch's status is still the same, but Abel has advanced by leaps and bounds.

He had grown to the point where Murdoch could not match.

The so-called feng shui rotation is nothing more than that.

Abel felt that the feng shui of the United States in the next few decades would be on his side.

Because of the late arrival, Abel's convoy does not have to be like the cars of Hollywood superstars who come early.

At six or seven o'clock, just outside Murdoch's villa, there was a long queue of traffic jams, which were filmed by reporters.

When Abel's motorcade arrived, there were still many reporters outside.

These people also want to take pictures of celebrities leaving.

"Oooh! Look at that team, all Cadillac. Don't think about it, it must be Abel Smith here! ”

"Murdoch is still great. Even Abel Smith can be invited. I remember that Lei Shidong was not invited to the banquet last month. ”

"What kind of shit are you talking about! Abel Smith saved the stock market in New York last month! It's not in Los Angeles, of course Lei Shidong can't be invited! ”

"You're a CBS reporter, of course you have good things to say about Lei Shidong."

"Falk YOU!"

“.”

There was some commotion on the entertainment reporter's side.

The first car of the Abel convoy handed over the invitation at the door of the villa.

After confirming the identity of the convoy, the other guests had to get out of the car at the door and enter.

Abel's convoy, but the entire convoy drove in.

At the same time, the people who participated in the reception.

also immediately found that Murdoch's son, James Murdoch, trotted all the way to his father's side and whispered a few words to Murdoch.

Murdoch, who was talking to a couple of guys in suits and leather shoes, immediately said "out of company" and then walked outside accompanied by his son.

The eyes of the more than 100 guests at the reception immediately looked at the Murdoch father and son.

They didn't know what had happened to make the Murdoch father and son so moved.

After the Murdoch father and son left, News Corp. CEO Raven also stepped forward to entertain everyone.

Even if there are doubts and curiosity, no one dares to leave at this time.

Fortunately, Hollywood, or the media industry, has always been the most well-informed industry.

This well-informed was also reflected at the reception.

Soon someone received a text message from the entertainment reporters who were guarding outside Murdoch Manor.

In the past six months, two movies have been released in a row. Angelina Jolie, a new Hollywood first-line actress who has won a good box office.

She held her mobile phone and whispered to her friend, 1999 Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow, "It's Abel Smith here!" ”

In the current present.

Gwyneth Paltrow's status in Hollywood is a little stronger than Angelina Jolie's.

Gwyneth Paltrow has already won an Oscar, even if she is later called the Queen of Water.

That's also the Academy Award for Best Actress.

In the same year, Angelina Jolie won the Best Supporting Actress, which was still a notch worse than the Queen of Water.

The two have a good relationship in the circle and are the core members of the "Bi Lia Chi Sisters" within Hollywood.

"You mean to say that Murdoch and his son are out to pick up Abel Smith?"

Gwyneth Paltrow said in a low voice.

"That's how it should be!" Angelina Jolie nodded in a low voice:

"The paparazzi guarding outside Murdoch's villa, sent me a message that said so!"

Gwyneth Paltrow nodded, just about to say something.

They saw a commotion among the other Hollywood stars and the guests at the reception.

It turned out that Murdoch and his son had already walked out of it with a smile on their faces and a tall man and a woman.

Who are the young men and women who walk side by side, like a pair of beautiful people, not Abel Smith and Anne Hathaway?

"Wow!" Gwyneth Paltrow whispered, "It's really Abel Smith here!" ”

"Hmm. is the only one who will let Murdoch and his son greet him personally! ”

Angelina Jolie also whispered.

Angelina Jolie thinks it's understandable.

She felt that if she was replaced by someone else, even if Lei Shidong had the same status as Murdoch, arrived.

It is estimated that at most, there will be a James Murdoch, that is, the son of the elder Murdoch.

Angelina Jolie, who has seen Abel at the reception of former CAA CEO Michael Ovitz and Disney's "Princess Diaries" premiere.

This famous she-wolf in Hollywood.

At this time, she, like other "she-wolves", stared at Abel beside Anne with green eyes!

Charlize Theron hooked up with Abel Smith at a cocktail party, and the story has skyrocketed ever since.

What Hollywood actress wouldn't want to repeat it on herself?