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Chapter 698 Acquisition of Alcatel

The 19th century was the era of the Industrial Revolution. Everyone was obsessed with inventions and creations. Generators, electric motors, electric lights, telegraphs, and wireless communications made the whole world smaller.

The 20th century was a century of war and politics. The outbreak of two world wars and the "nuclear crisis" that shrouded the hearts of mankind around the world during the Cold War made the Sword of Damocles always hang in the hearts of mankind around the world.

In the 21st century, after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the United States became the only superpower in the world. The process of global economic integration has made the entire world smaller and smaller. At this time, in the hearts of mankind around the world, more attention is paid to the economy rather than war.

.High-speed economic development has made human beings richer and richer, but at the same time, it has also made human beings feel more and more empty. Various entertainment facilities have also been presented as never before. Just like the industrial revolution in the 19th century, new entertainment is available almost every day.

Facilities were completed and new entertainment projects were launched.

After a long period of human accumulation, the 21st century is a century of enjoyment. According to some authoritative statistics, the proportion of human expenditure on entertainment in the 21st century will be higher than housing, food, clothing, and spiritual enjoyment for the first time. Spiritual enjoyment will become a more important aspect for people.

Electronic games are an important entertainment item that satisfies people's spiritual enjoyment. Whether they are stand-alone games, online games, or various handheld game consoles, they can bring countless joy to people and will also become the biggest profit point.

Lin Feng's own "Second Entertainment" has become a leader in the online game industry, but it is still very weak in the stand-alone market. In addition to its "Valve" development team's "Half-Life" and the original "3do" game development team's

"Heroes of Might and Magic", although the two games ("Half-Life 2" and "Heroes 4") sold very well after they were launched, "Half-Life 2" sold a total of 6.5 million copies, and "Heroes 4"

(Only sold for 3 months) A total of more than 3 million copies were sold, and the results were extremely gratifying. However, in the stand-alone game market, it can be said that "Second World" wants to compete with global super games such as "EA" and "Ubisoft"

There is still a long way to go for companies to compete, and it will not be possible to catch up in a short time.

However, in the 21st century, there is another industry that is developing the most rapidly, and that is mobile phones. Today’s mobile phones have just transitioned from “black and white” machines to “color” machines, and camera phones have just come out, and ringtones are still only “polyphonic” ringtones.

Although some have begun to support mp3 playback, there is still a long way to go before "mp3 ringtones". And currently, in the eyes of most people or businesses, mobile phones are just a calling tool that may have certain entertainment and office functions.

However, from the perspective of Lin Feng, who has memories after his "rebirth", mobile phones will be another point for his career to take off: office phones, camera phones, multimedia phones, elderly phones, gaming phones...etc., Lin Feng has too many things in his heart

The classic models of later generations, as well as the grasp of the development direction of mobile phones. It would be really unjustifiable if I did not get involved in the mobile phone industry.

What's more, mobile phones can also become another new game platform. As long as the outline is properly drawn, mobile phones will become another huge game group. This is what Lin Feng pursues. In terms of online games, he is already ahead of the world. In terms of stand-alone games,

We need to catch up, so in terms of mobile games, we must be the first to try it out, and become the overlord of the industry just like online games.

Build a real game empire through online games, stand-alone games, and mobile games! This is the future blueprint outlined by Lin Feng. Of course, there is also the handheld game market. This is what Lin Feng is currently stepping up to do with Erika Kazama.

projects in.

When major European media were quarreling over which football club Lin Feng would acquire, Lin Feng flew to Paris, France, to complete the final step of acquiring a French mobile phone brand.

"Boss, you're finally here. I'm just waiting for you to finally sign the contract." Tang Jun was in charge of picking up the plane at the airport. He looked excited when he saw Lin Feng and his party.

"Yes, it's finally here. The acquisition was finally successful." Lin Feng said with emotion on his face.

We have been in contact with this acquisition since last summer, and it has not been until now, at the end of February or almost March, that all detailed negotiations have been completed. No outsider can tell how difficult it was during this period. And the success of this acquisition is largely due to

Because of Tang Jun's trust in the future mobile phone market, he spared no effort in this acquisition and finally convinced the French to agree to sell the complete ownership of their mobile phone brand, Alcatel.

Alcatel, founded in 1898 and headquartered in Paris, France, is a century-old French company and a world leader in telecommunications systems and equipment as well as related cables and components. The Alcatel mobile phone brand it launched is just one of its

It is just a sub-department. In itself, Alcatel does not mainly focus on the profits of Alcatel mobile phones. The real profits are still in the IP/ATM switching system, SDH/sonet transmission system, mobile communication system, wireless local loop system, etc.

In terms of satellite communication systems, adsl access systems, Internet terminal equipment, etc., Alcatel has an absolute advantage in the world.

The main customer base of the previously launched Alcatel mobile phones is in Asia, especially China. However, due to the "blowout" of mobile phone manufacturers in China's domestic domestic market last year, coupled with the rise of Korean mobile phones, as well as the strength of Nokia and Motorola, Alcatel

Carter's market share was steadily declining. By the time Tang Jun contacted it and made up his mind to sell Alcatel mobile phone ownership, its mobile phone brand's market share in Asia was less than 1%, and in Europe, including France, it was only 1%.

About 3%, coupled with the avalanche of mobile phone prices, Alcatel's mobile phone market is losing money month by month. In 2002, the total loss was as high as 95 million euros. Alcatel had been thinking of selling it, but at this time, Tang Jun contacted it. It was just because of France

People have always been arrogant, so this acquisition process was full of hardships.

Under Tang Jun's unremitting lobbying, and Lin Feng appropriately gave Tang Jun an ultimate bargaining chip - the fixed asset investment scale of China's communications operation industry will reach 210 billion yuan (RMB) in 2003, and it will still be 210 billion yuan next year.

And through Tang Jun's mouth, he told Alcatel that he could get about 10%-15% of the market share, or even more.

After receiving this shocking news, Alcatel was still swinging back and forth, and its hesitant mentality completely changed. After all, businessmen are pursuing profits. If Alcatel, a century-old store, wants to continue operating in the 21st century, it must assess the situation and not

Maybe they are stuck in a rut. After final discussion, Alcatel decided to sell its Alcatel mobile phone brand and cooperate with Lin Feng's "Phantom Technology" to develop China's booming communications market.

"Boss, this is the final contract. Take a look at it. If you are not satisfied, we can negotiate with Alcatel again." Tang Jun handed the final contract template to Lin Feng.

Lin Feng knew nothing about French, but fortunately, this contract had three templates: Chinese, French, and English. And when Lin Feng rushed to Porto to watch the showdown between Porto and AC Milan, Lin Feng’s sexy secretary, Lin Zhiling, who knew French, rushed to

Went to Paris, France, to represent Lin Feng to assist Tang Jun in final negotiations with Alcatel.

"By the way, friends, Avril, and Allegra, I have something to do and can't accompany you anymore. You can go and have fun by yourself. Haven't you always wanted to visit Paris? And there is the United States on the outskirts of Paris.

The largest 'Disneyland' overseas." Lin Feng turned around and said.

"Yes." The three girls nodded. The romantic city of Paris has a fatal attraction for all girls. It not only has a strong French culture and art, but also a variety of fashionable clothes, perfumes, and red wines.

It seemed that the romantic atmosphere could be felt every minute. After hearing Lin Feng's words, Li Zhiyou, Avril, and Allegra immediately ran away under the "invisible" protection of several bodyguards.

After the girls left, Lin Feng and Tang Jun returned to the hotel. Lin Chiling had just returned from Alcatel, and they read the final contract carefully under Lin Chiling's explanation.

The contract to acquire Alcatel's mobile phone department is not complicated. Lin Feng's "Phantom Technology" acquired the ownership of Alcatel's mobile phone company for 250 million euros, and in the first three years, Alcatel will guarantee the original "Alcatel"

Employees are still working under the new "Alcatel" brand. After three years, the employees can decide whether to return to work at the Alcatel headquarters or continue to work at "Phantom Technology".

This point did not exist originally. According to Alcatel's intention, these technical talents must be recovered once they are sold. However, according to Lin Feng's prediction, the scale of fixed asset investment in China's communications operation industry in 2003 will reach a super figure of 210 billion yuan.

Under the bait, Alcatel had to give Lin Feng a little sweetener. In China, a very special "red" country, it is impossible to do business without any connections.

Especially for such a large piece of cake worth tens of billions (RMB), it may be difficult to achieve it just by normal competition methods. After all, although Alcatel has the most cutting-edge technology in the communications industry, it does not mean that other companies can.

It's worse than Alcatel. The difference is really limited. So Alcatel must rely on Lin Feng's relationship to get this contract.

Except for the purchase price and employee arrangements, the rest are all minor details. Tang Jun and Lin Zhiling have already discussed these issues one by one, and there is no possibility of the company suffering losses. After all, for a subsidiary that is losing money every year, there is really no need for Alcatel to

What kind of trick is this?

As for the cooperation between the two parties, the contract to jointly develop the communications market in mainland China is a little more troublesome. The profits involved are too large. Any one percentage point is a profit of hundreds of millions. This is also an important reason why Tang Jun and Alcatel have been entangled. Fortunately, Tang Jun

When I was the president of Microsoft China, I had handled many similar cases and had experience. With Lin Chiling's assistance, the contract was finally finalized.

"Phantom Technology" and "Alcatel" invested a total of 500 million euros to establish Shanghai Phantom Alcatel Co., Ltd., of which "Phantom Technology" invested 250 million euros and Alcatel invested 250 million euros. At the same time, "Phantom Technology" invested 250 million euros in the market.

Shareholding, Alcatel will invest in technology, and jointly hold 50% of the shares. "Phantom Technology" will be responsible for the administrative aspects, and "Alcatel" will be responsible for the technical aspects, and both parties will perform their respective duties.

After reading the contract, Lin Feng nodded, everything is waiting for the signing tomorrow. Lin Feng believes that after the signing tomorrow, it will set off a huge wave in the industry, and the mobile phone market, which has been fiercely competitive, will usher in an even greater "
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