October in Beijing this year has nothing to do with golden autumn. Especially today, the lowest temperature has dropped to 3 degrees Celsius.
My breath is foggy when I wake up in the morning.
The morning weather forecast is saying that it will be cloudy and light rain today.
The sky is overcast.
In addition, at this time, the capital was still suffering from the smog air quality that has been gradually forgotten by the public in later generations, making people a little confused between white and black.
People on the street seemed to be walking in a hurry, and their faces were serious.
At this moment, a wide hall in a certain building was full of people. Almost all of them had taken off their cold-proof coats, either suits or leather shoes, or were exquisite.
His complexion was not affected by the bad weather at all.
The atmosphere also smelled of enthusiasm.
Or even a bit... gearing up.
The hall is divided into several areas. There is a nameplate in the center of each area to indicate the identity. You can clearly see:
ZTE, Ericsson, Nokia, Datang Telecom, Bolang Communications, Juchang...
Waiting for well-known large companies.
As well as the three major operators China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom.
It can be said that everything that should come and should not come has come.
Of course, everyone is eligible for admission.
Leaving aside domestic manufacturers, Ericsson is indeed very strong in the communications field. In the past few years, it is still in the first echelon internationally.
Nokia... Nokia is certainly qualified to enter. It is also a member of China Mobile's 4G communication network centralized procurement test, but its performance is not outstanding and cannot compare with Juchang.
In fact, looking at Nokia as a whole, its most profitable business is theoretically the communications business.
Let's put it this way.
Although last month, on the morning of September 3, Microsoft announced that it would acquire Nokia’s mobile phone business and a large number of patent portfolios for a total of approximately US$700 million. Nokia will provide Microsoft with a 10-year non-exclusive patent license, etc.
The end of Nokia's mobile phone empire is a foregone conclusion.
However, in the post-mobile phone era in which Nokia packaged its mobile phone business and sold it to Microsoft and gradually disappeared from public discussion... Specifically, in 2019, when China Mobile announced a centralized procurement announcement for 5GNSA function upgrade and transformation equipment, Nokia won more bids.
Among them, in the MME (network node) equipment bidding, Nokia won 56 sets, which was higher than ZTE's 22 sets. Of course, it was far behind Juchang's 219 sets. The second place was Ericsson, with as many as 153 sets. .
In the SAE-GW (Service-Public Network Gateway) equipment bidding, Nokia won the bid for 60 units, followed by Juchang with 369 units, Ericsson with 231 units, and ZTE with 21 units.
More specific examples include: Nokia announced in 2018 that its charging standard for 5G essential patents is 3 euros per device.
Signed a framework agreement worth 1 billion euros with China Mobile, mainly to provide hardware and management advice for China Mobile's deployment of 5G networks...
In addition, Nokia ranks second in the world among 5G technology telecommunications network equipment suppliers with approximately 5% of patent applications.
Nokia and Motorola, two super giants in the mobile phone industry, are similar in many aspects. They are "dead" in the eyes of the public, but only their mobile phone business has died.
In other aspects, my mouth is full of oil.
To be fair, Nokia's poor performance in China Mobile's centralized procurement test is partly related to the end of its mobile phone empire.
In short... this "forced" hearing, driven by all parties, can be said to be comprehensive.
Representatives from all parties have already taken their seats at the corresponding seats.
Someone may say something and laugh at Yan Yan.
This was in stark contrast to the belated arrival of the three main figures, Zhong Zhengye, Lin Hong and Li Xia, representatives of Bolang Communications, who walked into the venue without a smile.
At this moment, those people who took the initiative to sign up to participate in the hearing, the invited media reporters, and the "unknown sources" of melon-eaters all had slightly restrained expressions.
Representatives of several major participants still went their own way, and some of them who were familiar with Zhong Zhengye even took the initiative to say hello with a smile.
It was just casual greetings, not so anxious or weird.
…………
Li Yue, the representative of the mobile party, pushed the microphone in front of him, and a coughing sound came through the audio equipment: "Okay, everyone is here, let's get started."
The scene fell silent almost instantly.
Occasionally, a soft cough could be heard.
According to the general process, at this time there should be "enthusiastic participants" who will speak enthusiastically to kick off the meeting as a vanguard.
but!
not at all.
After Li Yuegang finished speaking, Ericsson's representative almost did not hesitate, immediately signaled, and then spoke: "Excuse me, does Bolang Communications, which was established on July 26, 2013 this year, have full qualifications?"
"I would like to ask you whether Bolang Communications' participation in your 4G communication network centralized procurement test complies with normal procedures!"
"I would like to ask you why Bolang Communications was allowed to change product solutions midway after participating in the centralized procurement test without knowing whether it complied with the normal procedures!"
The first thing I asked was three questions in a row.
The attitude is clear.
It’s that straightforward!
Li Yue's face was calm, and he spoke slowly and clearly and replied: "Bolang Communications has submitted qualification certification documents to us. For more specific content, please refer to our company's previous announcements."
“Bolang Communications’ participation in our 4G communication network centralized procurement test was announced in accordance with the procedures, and no objections were received during the announcement period.”
"Through the centralized procurement test, Bolang Communications actively optimized and iterated the product solution, so it applied for an updated solution to enter the test. After careful evaluation, we gave an approval opinion."
After speaking, Li Yue looked at the Ericsson representative: "Next question."
Although his tone was calm and not sharp, he showed a tough attitude.
He just gave verbal answers to the questions raised, without even bothering to explain in more detail. As for anything else, he didn't even bother to mention a single word.
"..."
The representative from Ericsson was a bit entangled, questioning the fairness of the process from all angles.
Every detail is magnified.
For example, the friendly and cooperative treatment enjoyed by Bolang Communications at the test site was something that even Juchang and ZTE criticized.
Friends in the same profession are enemies, this saying applies to all times.
We have reached the stage of this kind of public hearing, and if we can step on a wave of competitors within a reasonable range, no one will let it go.
ZTE, which still maintains a good cooperative relationship with Bolang, will not be an exception.
As the ‘battlefield’ completely opened up and all parties came to an end, the ‘enthusiastic people’ quickly seized the opportunity to show their presence.
Although everyone looks dignified, but now it is noisy, it is no different from a vegetable market.
but……
Interestingly, the Bolangfang representative hardly spoke.
During the hearing, which lasted the whole morning, only Zhong Zhengye said three sentences, namely: "We have nothing to add at the moment."
"We have nothing to add yet."
"Thanks."
Before noon, at 11:48, Li Yue, the representative of China Mobile, tapped the microphone in front of him, cleared his throat, and said expressionlessly: "This is the end of the first session of this hearing. The disputes that have not reached consensus will be put aside for the time being. The second session will be held in this hall tomorrow at 9 a.m. on the 17th. We hope that all parties will make more comprehensive preparations and submit more detailed evidence."
After speaking, he looked at the audience and said, "Thank you, everyone."
At this point, the first multi-party war of words between mobile and mobile parties has come to an end.
There was little consensus.
Although the mobile party has the right to explain, since it can be forced to hold such a hearing, it also means that the right to explain is not fully effective.
As the hearing ended, it was the turn of netizens to start talking.
"Can I tell the truth? I can't understand it. Really, I don't even understand why the hearing was held. Shouldn't China Mobile have the final say on centralized procurement? It's not private. Tender.”
"Theoretically, this is true, but China Mobile is a state-owned enterprise and has the obligation and responsibility to cooperate with public inquiries and public supervision. It also involves the possibility of corruption... In short, the inside story is very complicated."
Wanfengxiangyun: "It's one-sided, and some key discussions on overseas networks have shown the reason;
This is Goldman Sachs' all-round premeditated attack on Bolang. Logic and rationality are not considered. The main purpose is to prevent Bolang from entering the communication equipment supply industry in China. If successful, Bolang will not be able to enter the international communications market. now;
This is just one of them. Others include cracking down on Bolang’s terminal business and pan-Internet business, which are part of the endless incidents that have occurred in the past few days. Now Bolang has only partially dealt with it on the surface, and the deeper crisis is still there;
In short, this incident has nothing to do with rationality, logic, routine and other aspects. For example, this first hearing seems to be a dispute about some insignificant matters, but this is not the case in overseas public opinion."
The media reporter said: "I just browsed the main discussions on overseas networks, and public opinion has been incited. Bibixi and Ebixi have also reported on the scene, quoting live footage from the hearing, but the captions are the same as their usual style, Very messy;
Judging from the news, some people in some areas have begun to boycott Bolang, although they may not even understand what Bolang is."
Jiu Ai: "This hearing is a bit interesting. The protagonists are the parties instigated and instigated by China Mobile and Goldman Sachs. The real core focus of the confrontation, Bolang, has become a spectator, while we ignorant people are basically talking and talking, which is a bit interesting. "
The development of the situation indeed has nothing to do with rationality.
No one even cares what the truth is.
Because in this game, the facts themselves are just playthings that can be manipulated, and each party's demands are different.
The reason why Bolang became a bystander was entirely intentional.
There is no way, Wen Liang still hasn't understood the situation clearly.
Wen Liang only knew that the interest complex formed by Goldman Sachs as the leader and the mediators in the middle wanted to dismember Bo Lang, but he really couldn't understand the situation.
This is no ordinary struggle.
Even the facts themselves can be ignored or even manipulated to a certain extent, so what else can we talk about, right?
Therefore, Wen Liang only made one direction arrangement:
'Keep internal stability as unshakable as possible, dormant, watching, and waiting for opportunities.'
Since the opponent's ultimate goal is to dismember Bo Lang anyway, no matter whether Wen Liang can see through the situation, as long as he ensures that he is not dismembered, he will not be defeated.
As for losses…
Ah.
I don’t know who it is anymore.
Not counting things like goodwill, just to straighten out various aspects including Orange Logistics, Hot Shopping Mall, etc., we continued to spend extra money, which exceeded 5 billion in a few days.
This is not considered sprinkling water.
After all, since the launch of Xinghai 1 Youth Edition, the net profit in the domestic market is only about 20 billion, while the net profit in the overseas market is less than 20 billion.
It can only be said that for now, the impact of this game on Bolang cannot be said to be traumatic.
…………
Ever since I went to Lao Miao's house on the night of the 12th last Saturday, Wen Liang hasn't been eating there again these days.
I almost never left the Four Seasons Hotel where I stayed.
Since the last invitation to Wen Liang for afternoon tea was declined, there has been no movement from Zhang Sanshi and the others.
Occasionally, Wen Liang would receive text messages and multimedia messages from his old secretary, with different contents, mainly informing him of important information.
After all, Lao Miaotou is a very particular person, and he has been trying his best to prevent Wen Liang from being fooled by others with poor information.
Unfortunately, there is still no trace of the existence of another group in all the news.
But everyone is well aware that there is another group besides the two parties, the boss, the boss, and the largest neutral party.
Of course, this does not include Lao Pingtou and his affiliated groups. Strictly speaking, this is the largest group, because Lao Pingtou can easily unite people from all walks of life.
Broadly speaking, Lao Miaotou, Lao Litou, and Wen Liang all belong to this group.
Despite this, Wen Liang still maintained the greatest patience and did not work as a secretary even if he had nothing to do. Taking advantage of this rare period, Wen Liang studied two philosophical issues.
What does it mean to live well with yourself in the true sense?
What is the sea of stars?
He couldn't understand either of the two questions. The first question seemed easy and the answer was simple, but in fact it was capricious and could not be solved once and for all.
As for the second question, Wen Liang thought about it and came up with a point: "When humans think, God laughs."
…………
All in all, when the time came to 9 o'clock on the 17th, China Mobile's second hearing went on as scheduled again.
The incident that lasted for a long time yesterday seemed to have been collectively forgotten.
As usual, Li Yue announced the start.
Then Ericsson’s representative couldn’t wait to jump out and mentioned directly: “Excuse me, according to the comprehensive evaluation results of the centralized procurement test, the comprehensive performance of our product solutions ranks first. Why did you only choose Bolang Communication’s solution to transfer?
Pilot environment deployment? According to your test rules, although Bolang Communications ranks first in multi-dimensional comprehensiveness including quotation, the pilot environment deployment is still within the scope of testing and does not involve the delivery of contract quotations attached to formal delivery!"
"In addition, you have announced that all pilot base station projects will be frozen, and the temporary access plan is only for Bolang Communications!"
This time the Ericsson representative only raised this question.
This is also where Juchang and other manufacturers are dissatisfied.
Bolang Communication's quotation is indeed cost-effective, everyone admits this, but now it is only a pilot environment. In theory, at least three rounds of 7x24 stress tests will be conducted before formal cooperation negotiations will be considered. Everyone wants to try this link.
Now that mobile companies are doing this, there is a tendency to only focus on purchasing product solutions from Bolang Communications.
This is not okay!
No matter how friendly the cooperation is, I cannot accept it.
Li Yue ignored the many impetuous thoughts present. He answered simply as he did yesterday: "During our centralized procurement test, Bolang Communications discovered and pointed out various possible weaknesses in the actual implementation of the full-scenario deployment plan.
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Subsequently, Bolang Communication completed the iteration and optimization of the software and hardware solutions in an extremely fast time, while also considering the overall performance, which improved by 19% compared with before;
As of the deadline, Bolang Communications is still the only tested manufacturer that has submitted a feasible solution to us in this centralized procurement test."
After finishing speaking, Li Yue glanced at the Ericsson representative and turned to look at the audience: "Next."