My Age of Investment

  Chapter 345 Acquisition

  Cooperation is naturally just a cover. The real purpose of Xia Jing's trip was actually directed at the robot with two antennas above his head.

  I have been communicating with Andy Rubin for so long, especially after talking about his views on the mobile phone operating system. After showing that he is not a novice, he feels that the time is almost ripe and it is time to get to the point.

   "I want to acquire Android!"

When    said this sentence, Xia Jingxing's tone was flat, as if she had said something trivial.

   But this sentence fell in Andy’s ears, no less shocking!

  "Aren’t you going to make a mobile phone? Why did you change your mind again?"

  Andy spread his hands, "Man, don't play me."

  Xia Jingxing smiled and said: "I didn't make a joke with you, the mobile phone must be made.

  Building mobile phones and acquiring Android are not contradictory things. "

   "Android is open source, even if you don't acquire Android, we can still license it to you."

  Andy explained, “Android is an operating system developed based on Linux. From its birth, it is destined not to be closed source.

  In our vision, Android will form an alliance in the future to attract as many mobile phone manufacturers, operators and upstream and downstream companies as possible in the mobile phone industry chain to join.

  With the help of more people, we will expand our market share together.

  If you plan to make a mobile phone and subsume Android under your command, it will not benefit you too much, and it will not help your mobile phone company form any unique advantages. "

  Xia Jingxing smiled and thought quietly.

  In the past, Google also made mobile phones, but sales were bleak, with only a few million units shipped a year, not as good as Apple’s weekly shipments.

  At the same time, this behavior of being both an athlete and a referee is also criticized and vigilant by other manufacturers.

  If you want to eat all the meat without giving people a sip of the soup, you have to learn apples.

  But Apple has almost done research and development, and soon the epoch-making IPhone1 will come out, and there is not much time left for him.

  There is no time to build a closed source system and fight against Apple.

  It’s almost a foregone conclusion to follow the old road of previous Android.

  But Android also stumbled at the beginning, and was directly overwhelmed by Apple's "full touch screen, no keyboard" design. Half of the keyboard phones developed were abandoned, and then they began to fully embrace the touch screen.

  This is a waste of a lot of time, which is not worth it.

  The first mobile phone G1 in the Android camp was launched by HTC.

  When the IPhone series turned out, the smartphone was redefined.

  There was no one in the world who could play at that time!

  HTC has transformed from a foundry to a mobile phone brand, and it has been violent with former customers.

  A dead horse is a living horse doctor, so he began to blend with Android.

  As soon as the result was blended, it really caught up with a good outlet.

Although it couldn't beat Apple, HTC equipped with Android was the only mobile phone manufacturer that could compete with Apple at that time.

  With the help of this wave of smart phones, HTC has overwhelmed a lot of competitors, and it has become the emperor of Android phones and synonymous with the Android camp for several years.

  This is a good opportunity to overtake a corner. Xia Jingxing thinks that he should not give it to HTC, but incubate a mobile phone brand under his control.

Withdrawing his thoughts, Xia Jingxing said to Andy with a serious face: "To promote the Android system, you need an experimental phone equipped with the system, which will debut in an extremely shocking way."

  He looked at Andy, and asked: “You don’t think that after the system is developed, there will be mobile phone manufacturers coming to discuss cooperation right away?

  These people must see the benefits, they must see the sales of mobile phones equipped with Android systems skyrocketing, and see a lot of money in their pockets...

  Trust me, Android needs the first partner! "

  "Do you want to help Android make the first phone?" Andy asked.

   "Yes, didn't you just ask me a lot about mobile phone design? I happen to have some insights about this, and I want to build an unprecedented mobile phone."

  Andy smiled, "Darren, it’s not that I look down on you. You have no foundation in the hardware industry. What do you use to build it?"

  Xia Jingxing pointed to his brain, "Rely on this!"

  Andy waved his hand, “Darren, don’t go around all the time, I hope to hear your truest thoughts.”

  Xia Jingxing nodded, "Okay, then I'll just say it. Android is the left hand, and the mobile phone company is the right hand. I hope both hands will be caught together.

  As for the conflict of interest between the two companies and other partners after Android formed the mobile phone alliance, it will be coordinated at that time.

  Don’t worry about it at the moment, the most urgent thing is to build the first mobile phone. "

  Andy almost understood what the other party meant, this one wanted to take both benefits.

  But at present, he hasn't even seen the other party's mobile phone brand, which tells him how to believe.

  "Dalun, you are a well-known entrepreneur in the social industry, but in the hardware field, you are completely new.

  Building a mobile phone brand from scratch is not an easy task. "

  Xia Jingxing smiled and said: "I said before that this is a technological wave and an opportunity for the mobile phone industry to reshuffle.

  It is destined to have giants fall, and new stars are also destined to make their debut. "

  Andy didn’t know where the other party had so much confidence, so he didn’t even mention the mobile phone, and went back to the operating system.

   "I don't want to sell Android?"

  Xia Jingxing feels normal to the other party’s reply, and it is impossible to convince the other party as soon as he comes up.

  Of course, knowing the reason, moving it with affection, and allowing it to benefit.

  "The mobile phone operating system development process is a bottomless pit, and it is destined to burn a lot of money."

Xia Jingxing smiled and said: "I heard that you were almost kicked out by the landlord because of the delay in paying the rent. Or Perlman rushed to the bank to lent you $10,000 and became your seed investor. "

  Andy smiled and said, "You know all this. It seems that you have investigated us very carefully!"

  "Not only that, but I also know that in order to start Android, you used all your savings, right? Otherwise, you won't borrow money from friends over and over again."

  Andy doesn’t speak, which means he hurts his feet.

  For Android, he can be regarded as crushing all his belongings.

  Once it fails, there will be nothing.

   Xia Jingxing observed his words and colors, and continued: “To support the development of Android, there must be a huge treasury behind it, which can support you with an unlimited budget.”

  Andy smiled and said: "Daren, listen to what you mean, can you become our treasury and invest unlimited amounts of money for us?"

  Xia Jingxing nodded slightly.

  Andy smiled and said: "Dalun, IMHO, Facebook is a valuation, and it is not listed. You shouldn’t have much cash, right?"

   "I sold 10% of Facebook."

  Andy was shocked, and then stopped talking.

  Billion U.S. dollars, even in the United States, this is a huge sum of money, and it is still cash, not many people can get it.

  "If you think about it, Android not only entrusts your entrepreneurial dreams, but also entrusts your friends' support and help to you.

  If half of the research and development is done, there will be no money, and the work will fail.

  Not only is you ashamed of your friends, but your entrepreneurial ideals can't be realized. "

  Xia Jingxing smiled faintly, “I am firmly optimistic about the future of smartphones. I can fund your dreams.”

  Andy put his chin in his hand and thought quietly.

  The other party has money and can support Android to continue research and development.

  I also know a certain amount of technology. I am not a layman. After the acquisition, when everyone is working together, it will be much easier to communicate.

  In short, it's not terrible.

  "I need to discuss with my friends!"

  Xia Jingxing shrugged, "Of course it can, but I just hope to reply to me as soon as possible."

  (End of this chapter)