Chapter 3010: Exceptionally Smooth

Probably because of sufficient preparations, on the second Monday of August, August 8, Android and Motorola announced at the same time that the two parties had formally signed an acquisition agreement. Android successfully acquired Motorola Mobility for US$12.4 billion. !

Coincidentally, August 8th happens to be the beginning of autumn in the lunar calendar, which is the official entry of autumn. Such good news comes on this day, which seems to indicate that they will have a good harvest in this harvest season. of harvest.

After the news spread, the industry was in an uproar.

Android is working hard to acquire Motorola. Everyone knows that this has been announced, but the acquisition was successful and silent?

This is too smooth!

Think about Nortel's 6,000 patents. There are so many companies vying for bids. How come Motorola, a company with a patent reserve nearly three times that of Nortel, doesn't have many companies interested in acquiring it?

Not to mention other companies, not only were Apple and Microsoft not involved at all, they actually didn't even say a word during the process. This was really... unusually smooth.

Think about how much noise Apple and other companies in the industry made when they acquired Nortel's patents in May in order to prevent Android from participating?

Or is it that, except for Android, everyone is not optimistic about Motorola and thinks it has no value in being acquired?

Such an idea was quickly dismissed by everyone. First of all, they could not accept the possibility emotionally. Motorola was the originator of the mobile phone industry and for a long time, it was also one of the representatives of high technology in the United States.

How could it be reduced to a value without being acquired?

What's more, everyone still believes in Feng Yiping's vision. Although he is very rich, I believe that no one will spend 12.4 billion US dollars to acquire a company that is not worth acquiring.

For the general public, as long as they make a comparison, they will feel that although this price has a premium of more than 60%, it is not too high relatively speaking.

Not counting the 7,500 patents that are still being applied for, Motorola also owns 17,000 patents. In May, everyone paid $4.5 billion for Nortel's 6,000 patents!

On average, that is a number that most people dare not think of. A patent is worth US$750,000!

In many places in the United States, this is enough to buy two or three very nice single-family homes.

They took a look. In the statement, Android said that US$9.5 billion was used to acquire patents. Based on this calculation, shouldn't the acquisition price be much lower than Nortel's?

What's more, there is the Motorola brand...

Then it is really puzzling that such a large acquisition was finalized with such a plan so silently?

The part of speaking to the outside world was still left to Rubin, “Since its launch in 2007, Android has not only greatly expanded users’ choices, but also improved users’ entire mobile experience. As a member of the team that develops the Android system, I am very I am happy to see the role that Android has played in promoting the rapid development of the mobile Internet..."

Because of his immediate boss, Mayer, Rubin temporarily received compulsory training from experts. Originally, he wanted to interpret this passage in a crazy and cool way, but now, he only has the satisfaction of an old father. Pride and glory.

The audience was equally pleased to see this scene. The founder of Android has finally matured, just like Android.

"Currently, nearly 300 million Android devices are activated around the world, and the number of new devices activated every day is as high as 700,000. These devices are on the networks of 237 operators in 125 countries around the world..."

"But our efforts to provide more excellent services and support for all users have never stopped. While adding more features to Android, we have also been looking for new ways to further enhance Android. This is what I That's why we're excited to announce today's acquisition of Motorola Mobility,"

"We all know that Motorola is a very great company. They have more than 80 years of innovation history in the fields of communication technology, products and intellectual property development. It is these innovations that have laid the foundation for the convenience and efficiency we can enjoy today. The foundation of mobile services…”

This is not a rainbow fart, because strictly speaking, as long as it passes the approval of the regulatory authorities, that is, maybe next month, Motorola will officially become a member of Android. Therefore, when Rubin praises Motorola, he is actually praising himself. .

"We welcome Motorola employees to become part of the Android family. We are honored to work hand in hand with such a great company. We believe that after the merger, we will provide users with better services because of Motorola's outstanding and professional colleagues." Excellent user experience, further strengthening the entire Android ecosystem..."

"We firmly believe that this will greatly benefit users, partners and developers..."

"At the same time, we would like to tell everyone who has always cared about and supported us that it is many hardware partners, including Motorola, that have made Android successful. We look forward to continuing to cooperate with all partners to provide a better user experience,"

"In other words, this merger will not change our stance on Android as an open platform. Android will continue to be open as before,"

After saying this, some people with bad intentions may use this to cause trouble - some guys may spread that Android will favor its own son more in the future, or turn Android into a paid software for Motorola's advantage, etc.

He changed the subject, "Friends who care about Android should also know that the entire Android ecosystem has been under patent attacks from some companies recently. We acquired Motorola in the hope of improving our market competitiveness by strengthening our own patent strength, which will give us a higher ability to resist antitrust threats from other companies..."

At this time, it is unreasonable not to blacken the opponent and gain sympathy points for yourself.

"We sincerely hope that this acquisition will once again return the success of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices to the right path of innovation rather than lawyers and litigation,"

"... We believe that this merger will not only further strengthen Android, but also stimulate market competition, provide consumers with better choices, and provide all users with a more outstanding experience..."

"Thank you for your support!"

The representative of the other party to the transaction, Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha, also said, "This transaction will bring great value to Motorola shareholders and provide more new opportunities for our employees, customers and partners..."

"We are one of the founding members of the Open Handset Alliance and have had very good cooperation with Android. Now after the merger, we will bring more innovation and provide more outstanding mobile solutions..."

So, it was really finalized so quietly?

At such a time, other manufacturers must speak up. HTC, which has outstanding performance in the US market, was the first to stand up and said, "We welcome Android's acquisition of Motorola."

Afterwards, other members of the Chinese smartphone army jointly expressed their views, "We welcome Android's acquisition of Motorola and Android's efforts to protect the ecological environment."

The well-known rating agency Moody's also jumped out to represent the investment community. The investment report they released was dozens of pages thick, but in summary, there was only one sentence, "We are optimistic about this transaction!"

If it is two sentences, then add one more sentence, "This is a positive transaction!"

It's not that no one has questioned this. Their mainstream view is that Feng Yiping's company has entered an unfamiliar low-profit market from an Internet field with a super high profit margin. It not only has to produce hardware, but also has to manage factories, inventory and a large number of workers...

Considering that this move may also alienate Android from other Android hardware manufacturers, in the long run, Feng Yiping's successful acquisition of Nortel's patent acquisition failure may not necessarily be a successful acquisition.

Rubin, whose speech was praised by everyone, showed his true colors again. He just wanted to find the guy who made these remarks and spray them to death with a mouthful of ginger ale.

Low profit margin, are you blind?

Apple's profit margin is low?

He looked for Feng Yiping among the jubilant crowd on the Apollo. He hoped to have a good talk with him again.