Chapter 427 Helpless Cooperation
William White had a good evening and went to White Pictures refreshed. He can't stay in this place for too long. His big egg in Los Angeles has already been built. After the interior decoration is completed, his office location should be changed.
It's funny to say, the richest man in the United States lives in Hollywood all day long, and those who don't know don't know how to arrange him.
The old guys didn't think there was anything wrong with coming to this place to meet William White. It's true that not everyone can come here to find him.
"Everyone, you can read the briefing on the table, but you can't take it away, and I won't admit it when I go out of this door." Facing the guy who went straight to the point, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs expressed their indifference, and it was hard for others to say anything . Motorola had some ideas, but it was inconvenient to jump out. In fact, he was a team with William White.
The content of the briefing is very simple, just a simple comparison. It can let these guys who only understand data understand the current situation more intuitively.
"William, the situation seems to be very bad. The patent here in the United States is less than 70%?" After looking at the information roughly, the CEO of Goldman Sachs couldn't help it.
"Well, Mr. Haig, this is just the most optimistic estimate. Let's put it this way, although we are not superior in numbers, Motorola and Bell have advantages in key parts. However, if they have enough patience and Money can still bypass these patents, of course, so can we.”
"Is it a financial problem? Dear William, if so, I think there is no problem." The old guy from Morgan Stanley interjected. Rockefeller pretended to be dead, and Morgan Stanley was undoubtedly the boss. If he wanted to rely on his old man to sell his old man, William White could only complain secretly.
"The cost of time is too high. The time left for us is three years at most. If you have a technology that is not enough, you must turn it into a product. What we are doing now is to strengthen our own technology and try to set it up thicker. bastion, in fact, they are doing the same."
William White's words are very clear, it is not easy or impossible for anyone to get rid of anyone. The next thing to look at is just negotiation skills.
What worries the old guy is that the Eureka project created by the Europeans is closely related to many high-tech companies. The problem William White encountered here is definitely not an isolated case.
"William, is it possible that, let's say, we use information security as an excuse to think there's something wrong with the setup."
"Good idea, but, Mr. Haig, it can be used as a negotiation condition, but it can't be implemented in practice. Not to mention the so-called gsm, which was originally a standard formulated by dozens of countries. It is a country that has not joined the GSM alliance. More inclined to adopt their equipment."
William White made it clear that these mobile operators in the United States sell everything for the price. It is not difficult for Europeans to enter the US market.
Americans seem to have lost the two most important markets in Asia.
"Damn it, it's a conspiracy, and these dwarfs have betrayed us again."
The old guys really heard something wrong. On the surface, Motorola and Bell Labs suffered the most, but this is not the case. These consortiums have benefited more or less from it. If they are kicked this time If you're out, don't say anything.
"Okay, so it seems that there is only negotiation." The old guy from Damo said again.
"Well, that's it. As for the division of interests between us, it's simple. How big a market can be divided is the key to the problem. Our population base is too small, even if one tenth of the people use mobile phones, There are only tens of millions, and Asia plus Europe far exceeds this base."
"One out of ten, William, are you sure there will be so many target users?"
"Now it is naturally impossible. Our next mobile phone will not be priced at more than 2,000 dollars, and the next one may hover in the range of 1,000 dollars. If there are 30 million users, I think, this price It will be even lower. Guys, the price of an electronic product is closely related to its quantity. Ten years from now, we will have a mobile phone in the $500 range. If it reaches this price range, what is so difficult for 100 million users around the world?"
William White's voice fell, and the atmosphere at the scene was boiling. They are always used to measuring with static figures, so they naturally scoff at the number of 100 million users.
Now, William White tells them, it's not $4,000 or more, my price range is $500.
five hundred? If it is 500, how could there be only 100 million users, this number should be even greater.
The number of users is large, not only mobile phones, but also so many towers and switches. Wait, there are massive phone bills, damn it, the Europeans can't take advantage.
Next, William White exposed the cost of mobile phones. He also made it very clear that this price may be difficult in the United States, but it is not difficult at all to produce in the foot basin or Baodao.
Core components cannot be exported?
William White was stunned. Many of these things are produced by others, okay? Do you really think it is high-tech?
The most depressing is undoubtedly Motorola, obviously, they once again misjudged, and the same as the CPU department.
As a senior production enterprise, they see very clearly the cost analysis of William White. This is not some nonsense at all. They believe that William White is already making similar attempts.
The only thing to be thankful for is that they are still the largest shareholders.
It's just that after these things, they believe that these investors here will never believe them again.
A word so ambitious is the best interpretation.
A group of bosses left in a hurry, and they needed to act immediately. At this time, they also figured out that William White couldn't eat this big meal at all.
Although it can be said so, they want to appreciate it. If William White hadn't discovered the Europeans' attempts, they would have been caught off guard.
As for whether William White will fool them, this naturally needs to be verified.
GSM system, right?
Check it out for me.
If it was done by the Gallic Rooster family, it would be really difficult to check. One bad thing is international events. If you cooperate with dozens of companies, it will be much simpler. What's more, you have left traces in the United States. We are going to investigate directly. How dare you not cooperate?
It's a bit hateful to find fault. For my own health, I'd better let those politicians go. William White believed that Europe would compromise.
Everyone is playing internationalization now. As the largest consumer market, the United States still has confidence. If it doesn't work, it can still be sanctioned anyway.
Alcatel?
Haha, no matter how powerful you are, it's useless, just grab it and talk about it.
In fact, Lao Mei has indeed done this in history, and more than once. The excuses are ready-made, for the information security of the United States.
Well, if it wasn't for Lao Mei's trick, their manufacturing industry would have been over long ago.