Reborn Entrepreneurial Giant

Qu Li, Cao Jilong and others left their contact information, telephone, email, QQ, well, it’s actually a business card, it’s really intoxicating to leave a QQ number in this era, why is it not a WeChat account, oh, there is no WeChat!

Meeting Zhou Shaoning again, Qu Li finally knew about the Android that Google was developing.

"Google's operation imitated BlackBerry, which is very different from the iPhone's IOS. It needs to be greatly revised. We may discuss the direction of revision with us tomorrow."

"Really? Google is a big company with a market value of more than 150 billion US dollars. If you want to find a younger brother, is it easy?" This was at the beginning of 2007, and Google had a market value of 150 billion US dollars. This kind of strength is visible to the naked eye.

"I'm also curious that the head of the Android team is Andy Rubin, a little known geek, and Google bought the project in 2005, but doesn't have a clear idea of ​​​​the future direction. It may be because of you……"

Qu Li understood a little bit, probably because he bragged on YouTube, some of his ideas were verified on the Apple iPhone, and he felt that he was very talented.

"One more thing, we will give them a clear answer tomorrow about our equity allocation." Zhou Shaoning said it with some difficulty

"This matter is very easy to discuss. We have 30-70% or 280% between us. If you want to be a major shareholder, you can get 70% to 80%. If you want to be a small shareholder, you can get 20-30%." But Jumei already exists, and there are many restrictions in China at this stage, such as the issue of mobile phone licenses, and the development of Android may take two or three years to mature. He does not have much confidence to make this happen.

"The reason why the shares are allocated in this way is to let the company have someone who can make decisions. It's not that collective decision-making is not good, but to develop an industry, no one knows how to go ahead. Instead of wasting time on arguments, it is better Follow a road to the dark, even if you go astray, you will not stand still..."

"Google is more satisfied with you!" Zhou Shaoning was a little bit bitter, and Schmidt's words made it hard for him to accept, but Qu Li was indeed more of an entrepreneur than him.

"But I am the founder of Jumei." Qu Li did not believe that Schmidt would ignore this point

"Musk, your mutual friend with Larry Page, has two companies at the same time. Schmidt believes in your judgment on the market and the future. He said that as long as the direction is right, you can get twice the result with half the effort. If the direction is wrong, no matter how strong your ability is. ..."

"..." Who is this optimistic about him?

"What do you think? Google is not the only choice, we can also develop our own mobile phone operating system." Qu Li said so, but if Zhou Shaoning really chooses to develop his own operating system, he will 100% quit.

Some things are not enough to be patriotic. The first is lack of money. To develop a qualified mobile operating system, at least a team of hundreds of people is required.

In the two years of development, at least 12 million US dollars must be invested. As time goes by, the demand for talents by major Internet giants will increase sharply, and the cost will also rise. Entrepreneurs dare to burn like this, and they don't know how to die. Look at Symbian, TiZen, WindowsMobile, Blackberry OS, WebOS, etc. that fell in front of IOS and Android...

Not only that, except for Huawei and Neutral, domestic mobile phone manufacturers lack too much patents, and without Google in the front, who will protect them from the wind and rain. Don't say that Huawei Hongmeng has succeeded, this is just a lie. The same microkernel, Fuchsia OS, Google's son, was developed earlier, and more resources have been invested, but it has not succeeded. It can be seen that this road is not so easy.

Of course, an autonomous and controllable operating system is essential, but the premise and key is to have money and talents. You can’t let programmers generate electricity for love, right? Why? Excellent domestic programmers can not only work in China, but also immigrate to work overseas. Even after the age of 35, if you can’t go to Silicon Valley, you can still go to Europe, Japan and South Korea, and at worst, you can go to Southeast Asia. In addition to Silicon Valley, China may also have India. Where is there no shortage of excellent programmers in the world?

So don't think that Qu Li has a problem with his brain. While thinking about developing an operating system in the future, he is determined not to play with Zhou Shaoning as long as he develops an operating system. Many things have to be timed. If you don’t want to do something this year, you won’t necessarily be able to do it next year.

"Other companies may have better choices, but Google is already our best choice." Zhou Shaoning did not get carried away and made a rational choice

"Then, how to distribute the shares?" Qu Li asked the important point again

"I will invest 5 million soft sister coins."

"Then I will invest 30 million to take up 75% of the shares. You will be the CEO of the company and I will be the chairman. Do you think it's okay?" Qu Li gave Zhou Shaoning a personal valuation of 5 million, and I don't know how much less, but Google is more optimistic Qu Li, how much is he worth personally?

"Okay, let's make a deal like this." Zhou Shaoning knew that he couldn't hesitate at this time, the opportunity to cooperate with Google might flash by, and they had to reach an agreement in the shortest possible time.

"But we don't have a mobile phone production license, and we don't have a factory." Since he decided to give up his dominant position, he had to try Qu Li's quality.

"We focus on design and sales, and find OEMs for production. I believe Apple is doing the same thing. They will most likely find well-known OEMs such as Futukang."

"Although the issue of mobile phone licenses is serious, we can make two preparations. Apply and rent at the same time. In recent years, there have been rumors that restrictions on mobile phone licenses will be relaxed in China. Let's see if we can find someone to find out the specific time."

"The three cores of smartphones: the chip determines the upper limit of performance, the LCD screen determines the actual effect, the operating system determines the user experience, and then there are baseband and sensor options. Even if the Android development progress exceeds expectations, we need at least a year to design a qualified one. The product."

"One year?" Zhou Shaoning frowned, wondering how Qu Li made this judgment, why couldn't he see it?

"This has something to do with our development strategy. You said that we can learn from Nokia, Motorola, and Samsung to launch mobile tactics from scratch? Why does Apple only have one IPhone? The biggest reason is to simplify the supply chain and ensure product quality. .” Qu Li actually didn’t understand why a company that practiced machine sea tactics dared to say that its products were of good quality. Isn’t that nonsense?

Just like a scumbag, he said that he is sincere to everyone and is a master of time management, but a scumbag is a scumbag, and his ability and time have upper limits.

It can be known with simple logical reasoning: Those companies that launch more than ten or twenty models of mobile phones and cars a year must have problems with quality control.

"We want to come up with an excellent product comparable to the iPhone, and use the power of Google to cooperate with operators in the United States, but the patent issue is too difficult to solve, and our home market must be the Chinese market."

"Yes, we lack mobile phone patents, Google..."

"We spend money to help them verify, make prototypes, and show them to other partners. The benefits are not costly, so why not do it?" Qu Li, who has a black belly, can't think of Google as a good person

"Then this cooperation?"

"Unless you don't want to start a business in this direction, Google at least provides us with a chance to become a well-known international brand. If you don't want it, don't you dare to bet?"

"bet!"