I took a nap, woke up again at around 9am, had breakfast, and went out by car at around 10am.
As soon as the Mercedes-Benz in the hotel slowly merged into the traffic flow, Wen Liang's private phone number came in with an unfamiliar call.
After waiting for a few rings, Wen Liang answered the call and greeted politely: "Hello."
An enthusiastic middle-aged male voice came from the other end of the phone: "You must be Wen Liang."
After receiving a positive reply, the other party smiled and introduced himself: "Hello, I am Yu Cheng."
Hearing the name, Wen Liang raised his brows slightly, and his tone became enthusiastic: "Hello, Uncle Yu, how dare you bother to call me? I was just thinking of visiting your home today."
Yu Cheng said with a smile: "I am a guest from afar. If I have time these days, I will come and sit at home."
"Absolutely." Wen Liang responded repeatedly: "I will definitely bother Uncle Yu after I finish my work."
After a few words of greeting, Yu Cheng took the initiative to mention: "If you need anything, tell me. Don't be afraid of trouble."
Yu Cheng didn't talk too much, just exchanged a few pleasantries, brought up business, and ended the call.
To be honest, this phone call was unexpected by Wen Liang.
Yu Cheng is the uncle Su Jian talks about who is doing well in the industry.
The location and level are both OK.
Anyway, they are much better than the two middle-aged salted fish in the old Wen family.
Wen Liang also thought about finishing the official business for a while, and then saying hello to Yu Chengyu Hall in the afternoon to see what time was convenient for him, and then come to visit him.
There is no rush in getting down to business now. This time we are definitely just reaching a preliminary framework for the direction of cooperation, and then we will spend a long time grinding it out little by little.
Unexpectedly, Yu Cheng was more active than him.
From the other party's tone, Wen Liang could also tell that his relationship with Lao Li's family was closer than imagined, and he was very enthusiastic about Wen Liang, his prospective grandson-in-law.
Very proactive in every aspect.
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After ending the call, Wen Liang unconsciously fiddled with the phone in his hand.
I thought about various aspects of this trip to the capital.
What Wen Liang was mainly thinking about was whether to ask Yu Cheng for help at this time.
Now that Yu Cheng is so proactive, if Wen Liang simply visits, the effect may not be good.
There is a strange logic in the society of favors. The most important way to maintain some relationships is to ask for help.
Although Yu Cheng was related to Lao Li's family and had no direct contact with Wen Liang himself, since Su Jian took the initiative to establish the relationship on behalf of Lao Li's family, Wen Liang had to maintain the relationship that should be maintained.
However, the current situation is that for all simple matters, gentle people do not need to trouble others.
When it comes to Yu Cheng specifically, Wen Liang can only help him with one thing: to speed up cooperation with operators.
But at this stage...
Yesterday, Wen Liang, Liu Chiping, and Zhang Sanshi went to China Mobile and met with the leaders in charge of related businesses.
After drinking a cup of tea, we chatted casually about some far-flung matters, without any hint or explicit statement.
After all, it's just a formality.
Zhang Sanshi and Shen Nanpeng were the matchmakers, and it was Bolang who actually negotiated business with the operators.
After all, investment consists of resources besides funds.
Yesterday everyone reached a preliminary consensus that China Mobile will be the supplement and China Unicom will be the main focus. We will try to find a direction today.
Neither of them wanted to settle directly.
Wen Liang is actually not in a hurry. According to the current development situation of Bolang, it is completely late to implement it by the end of this year.
Finally, Wen Liang had an idea.
'Don't make a decision in a hurry. We'll take a look at the situation after the dinner.'
'Visit Yu Cheng and have a frank talk with someone. Before that, can I have a phone call with Su Jian?'
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The car soon stopped at a large hotel next to East Chang'an Street.
All the way to the seventh floor.
A simple meal of Tan's cuisine was arranged for lunch. Of course, it was the most exquisite kind.
Zhang Sanshi and the others made reservations several days in advance.
The time agreed with the guest is 12 noon.
It's still early.
When Wen Liang and Li Xia walked into the reserved box, Zhang Sanshi, Liu Chiping, and Shen Nanpeng were drinking tea at the small table next to them.
Li Xia consciously sat at a table outside with the assistants of these three people. None of them came by themselves. Although they all knew that things could not be settled in one go, it was impossible not to prepare anything.
Before he sat down, Wen Liang smiled and apologized: "Sorry, I'm late again."
Zhang Sanshi responded with a smile: "Mr. Wen has worked hard all the way. We live next door and we arrived a little early."
"If I had known, I should have lived here." Wen Liang responded casually.
"..."
After exchanging pleasantries, Zhang Sanshi directly brought up the business: "President Shen just mentioned the preliminary results of his follow-up communication, which are okay. As you know, Mr. Wen, there is not much hope in moving."
Although it was just a formality yesterday and there was no explicit hint, the initial impression can be seen.
Liu Chiping looked at Wen Liang and took over the conversation: "China Mobile's 3G network is not ideal. Now they are mainly focusing on small-scale 4G pilot tests and have no time to worry about other things. It is predicted that 4G licenses will not be issued this year. "
Shen Nanpeng didn't say much.
After summarizing everyone's thoughts, Wen Liang turned his eyes slightly and said in a casual tone: "Actually, I can do anything here. Although the main focus is Bo Lang, I personally follow Mr. Liu and you white goose."
What the words mean is that everyone says and does what they say, and he is here to serve as a foil this time.
At the end, Wen Liang specially explained: "Everyone knows the actual situation of the mobile game industry. Our pace is relatively slow. It's just that we don't want people to watch the show recently."
Liu Chiping understood what Wen Liang meant.
Although Bolang owns some businesses that focus on the mobile terminal, such as Xiaocheng Book, Guofeng Studio, and Hot Selling Mall, its coverage is far inferior to White Goose's extensive business.
So Bolang is really not that anxious now.
The mobile game market is booming this time. It looks lively, but in fact the pace is very slow.
Liu Chiping certainly knows that Bolang's focus is on the production of high-quality Chinese-style products, and the other things are just sprinkled with water.
Moreover, Liu Chiping also knew that the crisis that Ren Yuxin felt was actually Wen Liang's intention, and he could not just watch it, so Liu Chiping quickly stepped forward to push almost all domestic game manufacturers out of business.
But later he didn't expect that domestic mobile phone manufacturers would get involved.
So now Wen Liang's meaning is very simple. If the white goose hopes to land as soon as possible, Bo Lang will follow up. If you can, use your strength. If it doesn't work, don't worry. Slow down and things will be smooth.
So, Liu Chiping thought about it briefly: "Well, Mr. Wen, you and Mr. Zhang will accompany the people from China Mobile here, and Mr. Shen and I will go with the people from China Unicom. If there is any progress, I will let the assistant inform here, and we will communicate with each other. Whether or not."
Wen Liang has no objection.
From the beginning to the end, their focus this time was not on mobile, but on China Unicom.
many factors.
The key here is network speed.
The main focus on mobile is due to some follow-up considerations, namely the evolution direction of network standards.
It has been more than half a year since the 4G standard was finalized, and everyone has already known the main development directions of the three major domestic operators.
Because China Mobile is a big company and has a huge business, and has lost hundreds of billions in the 3G TD direction, and has the above requirements, the main evolution direction of 4g is the TD-LTe standard.
The evolution direction of China Unicom and Telecom's original 3g standards to 4g is the FD-LTe standard.
Based on the information available to all parties, it is speculated that the higher authorities will give priority to promoting TD.
Wen Liang is aware of the subsequent development. It is very interesting. All three companies will obtain TD licenses next year. Then, the FD license was not issued to China Mobile in 2015, and China Mobile did not obtain the FD license until 2018.
However, China Mobile has deep pockets and still forms the largest 4G network in China. For ordinary users, the network speeds brought by the two standards are not much different.
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Soon, Shen Nanpeng and Liu Chiping both left.
Wen Liang and Zhang Sanshi were left drinking tea and patiently waiting for the moving party to arrive.
Speaking of which, Zhang Sanshi is actually a little curious.
He also took the initiative to ask: "Mr. Wen, you used to attach great importance to cooperation with operators, why don't you seem to care so much now?"
Wen Liang laughed when he heard this: "My impression in everyone's eyes shouldn't always be that of a sharp-edged person."
Zhang Sanshi also laughed: "Yes, I'm just a little curious."
Wen Liang sighed: "It's mainly useless to worry. China Mobile has not vigorously developed 3G. China Unicom and Telecom do not have enough financial resources. The scope of cooperation that can be negotiated must be better than nothing at this stage;
This time I also learned that China Mobile’s pilot work on 4G is not fast. Based on this situation, the higher authorities will obviously not be in a hurry to issue licenses.”
At this point, Wen Liang looked calm and said casually: "Actually, the key points are network speed, stability, and coverage. As for tariffs, I think the higher-ups will be more proactive in the future, because this is a people's livelihood project."
The more actual information he knew, the less anxious Wen Liang was.
And this thing can’t be done in a hurry.
So that sentence is correct, infrastructure will always restrict the development of Bolang.
Zhang Sanshi also understood Wen Liang’s thoughts: “Yeah, it’s better than nothing, but it’s very difficult to really achieve scale.”
"Actually, there is a way." Wen Liang suggested.
Then he came up with a rather interesting idea: "We can negotiate with relevant departments and take the initiative to provide free WiFi in key places, mainly buses and subways."
Before Zhang Sanshi could speak, Wen Liangshun came up with a bad idea: "Let Bai Goose coordinate the coverage of WiFi in large shopping malls in Guangdong that do not have WiFi coverage. This can solve the problem from the root."
Zhang Sanshi: "...It's a good idea."
That's all he could say.
Based on his knowledge, he can see that the higher-ups may take the initiative to push in this direction.
However, if they really want to do this, White Goose will have to shoulder the pressure. Not only Bolang, but many companies will be able to enjoy the results.
…
The lunch meal is very simple.
There is wine.
But there is no wine table routine.
After all, Zhang Sanshi still had the confidence to dare to save the game, and the people who came were relatively polite.
Some consensus was also formed at the dinner table.
People on the mobile side are more candid and can talk frankly, but it is not something that can be solved in a hurry, so you need to have some patience.
Wen Liang and Zhang Sanshi both expressed no objection.
Shen Nanpeng and Liu Chiping's dinner with China Unicom went relatively smoothly, but the gap there was even greater.
In short, everyone's opinions are similar.
The current market demand is exploding rapidly. With demand, more people will be willing to use larger data packages. This is a positive feedback loop.
Based on this, everyone has a basis for cooperation.
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Considering that there are still some dinner parties to come, the preliminary negotiations are progressing relatively smoothly, and the negotiations between White Goose and China Unicom are relatively in-depth.
Wen Liang and Su Jian had a brief communication about visiting Yu Cheng.
At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Wen Liang took two bottles of wine to Yu Cheng's house as a guest.
After a not-too-complicated process, Wen Liang met Yu Cheng.
Yu Cheng looks like he is in his forties, he is young and energetic, and his words are very enthusiastic.
Wen Liang just drank a cup of tea, exchanged a few words, frankly mentioned his own affairs, and left at the appropriate time -