"This patent auction, which is highly watched by the industry, ended with logic, and the Google consortium completely defeated Apple."
"All the remaining patents and patent applications of the bankrupt Nortel Networks cover the information and communications technology industry. In the end, a consortium composed of six companies, including Logic, Google, Microsoft, Huawei, Blackstone, Trisolaris and Motorola, paid US$4.7 billion.
These patents were acquired at a reasonable price, and it has not yet been disclosed how the acquired patents will be distributed.”
“Apple’s bid failed and stock price plummeted!”
"Apple's stock price hit a new low this week, falling to $7.36 per share. The only thing that is expected to boost confidence in the stock market is the Apple press conference in March. However, considering Steve Jobs's health, the company's prospects are unknown and the future is confusing, according to a Wall Street analyst
The analyst expressed that he has a wait-and-see attitude towards Apple for the time being and does not recommend holding it.”
"..."
In the ward, Jobs, who had just undergone surgery, was watching TV and felt a dull pain in the newly transplanted liver.
The next moment, he called Cook and launched an investigation.
"Steve, how was the surgery?"
"That's great, Tim, but this gift you gave me after the surgery almost sent me back to the operating room."
Jobs' eyes were burning, "Is this the gift you promised me!?"
"Steve, there are big changes in the auction."
Cook cursed and said that Sony was instigated by Lu Fei to defect to the Android camp, "Sauri, we are trying to find a way to remedy this."
"Remedy? How to remedy it? It's over."
Steve Jobs's face was as cold as frost.
"As you said, no matter what the cost, no matter what means." Cook said in a sinister tone, "Since we cannot obtain Nortel Network through a reasonable auction, we are prepared to appeal and demand a thorough investigation of Google's logic in the name of antitrust.
Qualification for the auction.”
This is going to completely flip the table!
Jobs was full of relief, "But logically, their qualifications to bid for Nortel's patents have been approved by the Ministry of Justice..."
"The Ministry of Justice has approved it, and there is also the Trade Commission. Even if the Ministry of Justice has approved it, why can't it be reviewed?"
Cook has discussed countermeasures with the legal department.
Google, Microsoft, and Logic are suspected of colluding against Apple, and another antitrust investigation will be conducted on the entire consortium and the entire bankruptcy auction, and is in contact with the Antitrust Association——
Put pressure on relevant departments!
"Apple alone is not enough. Behind Huaxia Land are Blackstone, Motorola, Microsoft, and Google. We must unite with Ericsson, EMC, Intel, and RIM to unite all who can, whether anonymously or under real names, to jointly appeal!"
Jobs narrowed his eyes, "It's best if they are all American companies."
"This is what we do and we are doing it."
Cook said: "For example, Micron, like us, lost to Yangtze Memory in the Qimonda acquisition bid, and took Yangtze Memory, Fuxin, and logic to the Department of Justice."
"Not enough, not enough."
Jobs' eyes were fierce, "You still need to find the media, find the media that is close to us, and write in the direction of 'logical threat'. If you write that Logic has acquired Nortel Networks patents, it will threaten our information and even guojia."
Safety……"
"Hiss~"
Cook took a deep breath, what he did was too incredible.
"It can also be written that Logic has threatened the core interests of our local manufacturers, Logic's auction qualifications must be cancelled, and Logic's market sales and mergers and acquisitions operations must be restricted."
Jobs had murderous intentions and could not hold back the knife.
"Steve, if we do this, Logic may retaliate against Apple in the Chinese market, which is not worth it." Cook changed the subject, "I think we can launch a call for restrictive measures on Logic.
But Apple can’t be involved, at least we can’t be the main culprit.”
"Tim, you might as well speak more clearly."
Jobs understood it and deliberately pretended to be ignorant.
"If it is inconvenient for us to say it, it is not enough for the media to say it. We must let the masters and young masters of the Donkey Party take action. We have spent so many years and fed so many people. Isn't that what we have reserved for today?"
Cook feels that they should take up the banner of suppressing logic.
"We also need a slogan, 'Support domestic products'!"
A smirk appeared on Jobs's lips, and suddenly his throat felt itchy and he coughed repeatedly, which immediately alarmed Laurenna.
After ringing the pager, doctors and nurses swarmed into the ward after a while. When Jobs asked him to be discharged from the hospital, the attending physician shook his head and refused: "You need to rest now, recover after surgery, and receive follow-up targeted therapy."
.”
"how long?"
Jobs looked at the bottles and bags and felt very irritated.
"At least 4 months off."
The attending physician looked serious.
"4 months?"
Jobs rolled his eyes, and his plan came to his mind.
Laurenna looked at him and heard him say quietly: "Call Bill Gates for me and ask him to come and see me in the hospital. I have never thought of him as much as I do now..."
The next day, all Apple employees received an email sent in the name of Jobs, which roughly stated:
The liver transplant operation was very successful, please don't worry about it.
Although I love Apple deeply and hope to return to work as soon as possible, I had to take a 4-month leave of absence due to my illness.
Jobs was unable to attend the Apple press conference and failed to stage the return of the king. Following the failure of Nortel Networks' patent acquisition, the entire company was hit again and morale was low.
The outside world, especially Wall Street, failed to have expectations for Apple, and the stock price was turbulent, subsequently falling below $7.
Another record low, $6.84.
However, how miserable Apple is, how happy the consortium headed by Google and Logic is. Nortel Networks is in the pocket, which not only stabilizes the morale of the Android camp, but also protects the younger brothers from being bullied by Apple, and can also use everything available
Patent, backhandedly accuse Apple of patent infringement, directly turning the plaintiff into a defendant.
Offensive and defensive aliens! It's logic, Google's turn to attack!
While people inside and outside the circle were waiting to see what happened, a grand celebration banquet was held to celebrate the smooth acquisition of Nortel Networks.
But because of Microsoft and Google, the king cannot see the king, so Google held one, and Microsoft also held one.
Lu Fei was caught in the middle and could only switch sides.
The front foot is in Silicon Valley, getting drunk endlessly with Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and the back foot is in the yard of Bill Gates' lakeside villa, attending a barbecue party with Ballmer and Bill Gates.
"Lu, I heard Warren say that you increased your holdings of Apple stocks?"
Bill Gates takes a bite of beef brisket.
“It’s a little deeper, but it still can’t reach the sign-raising line.”
Lu Fei raised the corner of his mouth. Thanks to himself and the general environment of the subprime mortgage crisis, Apple fell into a trough. Taking advantage of this good opportunity, he purchased a total of 22.18 million shares in these years, equivalent to 2.36% of the total share capital, which is more than Steve Jobs.
1.775%.
But the total cost was less than $200 million.
"Why are you so optimistic about Apple?"
Ballmer was curious.
It stands to reason that Apple is currently facing internal and external troubles, an economic crisis externally, and Steve Jobs seriously ill internally. Although the sales of iPhones, iPods and other electronic products are good, logic is far ahead.
"No matter how depressed Apple is, it is still a technology company comparable to Logic and Microsoft, isn't it?"
Lu Fei analyzed: "Besides, in the entire field of smartphones, Apple is still the best logical follower. As long as Apple can still gain a foothold in the European and American markets, especially in the United States, even if it cannot be the first, it can still be the second.
Third, the future is bright, I recommend Warren to hold it, and of course I recommend it to you."
"No, no, no, it's enough that I have Microsoft stock."
Ballmer waved his hand.
Bill Gates gave Lu Fei a beef rib, "Lu, you should also buy more Microsoft shares. With you as a shareholder, Microsoft can get out of the subprime mortgage crisis faster."
"Of course!"
Lu Fei was crazy about buying goods during the low period of the US stock market, including Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Motorola, General Electric...
The most scanned items are technology stocks!
"Buying Microsoft, I decided not to suffer a loss. The Win7 system will be launched soon in the second half of the year, which will definitely make the stock price rise back to more than 30 US dollars." Ballmer wiped his oily mouth with a tablecloth.
"cheers."
Lu Fei smiled knowingly and raised his beer.
"cheers!"
Bill Gates and Ballmer looked at each other and held up their beers.
The moment the bottles collided, Bill Gates noticed that the mobile phone on the table was vibrating. When he answered the call, he was surprised:
"It's Laurena!"
"Is Steve looking for you to say hello to him for us? Do you need us to visit him in the hospital?"
Lu Fei took a bite of the beef ribs, which were charred on the outside and tender on the inside.
"Lu, you are really a devil. If Steve Jobs saw you, he might be so angry that he would be sent to the ICU for emergency treatment."
Ballmer smiled as Bill Gates picked up his phone and left.
"Hahaha~"
The barbecue smelling air was suddenly filled with a happy atmosphere.
"Lu, you said you wanted to buy an NBA team."
Ballmer looked forward to it, "Which teams are for sale?"
"I asked someone to ask Stern. It is very likely that there will be four teams, the Warriors, Wizards, Nets and Hornets."
Lu Fei took a sip of beer.
"Are you really willing to sell? It's not that I don't believe you."
Ballmer said that he initially fell in love with the Pistons and tried every means to buy them, but when the Pistons owner passed away and his son inherited his father's business and took over the Pistons, he ultimately failed.
"Today is different. The owners of these teams are now looking to exchange their teams for cash to survive the subprime mortgage crisis."
"That's good, that's good."
Ballmer felt relieved, "But the Warriors, Wizards, Nets, and Hornets all seem to be bad teams. Which one do you like?"
"The Hornets and Nets are in small ball markets."
Lu Fei looked disdainful: "As for wizards and warriors, I prefer warriors, and you can guess the reason."
"Because the Warriors are in the Golden State and represent Silicon Valley."
"In addition, the Rockets are also under my consideration."
"You favor the Rockets because your compatriot Yao is in the Rockets, right? However, the Rockets' strength is very average. They have been in the first round all year round and haven't been past the second round in many years."
Ballmer smacked his lips.
"That's because Alexander is too stingy. He only looks for substitutes for Yao." Lu Fei curled his lips, "But the Rockets are a playoff team after all, and they are not as easy to negotiate with as the previous teams."
"Price is not an issue. The key is that both the Warriors and Rockets must produce results. At least they cannot be worse than Allen's Trail Blazers, and it is best to win the championship earlier than his team!"
Ballmer slapped his thigh excitedly.
"Then it's settled."
Lu Fei smiled and said: "The Rockets Warriors, choose one of the two, the only thing left is a person in charge and a team to operate the team acquisition."
"That's right, it's best to have an expert who understands both NBA and investment. We don't have time to take care of the team, hahaha~"
Ballmer reached out to clink glasses with him.
"Celtics shareholders heard Lacob was great."
Lu Fei raised his neck and drank it all in one gulp.
After chatting about the NBA for a while, Bill Gates came back from the phone call and didn't say what he had discussed with Jobs.
Lu Fei didn't ask any further questions and just ate barbecue and drank wine.
By the way, I opened a bottle of champagne to celebrate.
The acquisition of Nortel Networks is the "auction of the century" that attracts global attention. If the American media is paying 100% attention, China's is paying 200% attention. When the news comes back to China——
There is no doubt that the whole network is boiling again!
From Qimeng to 40/45nm process technology to Nortel Networks, Mr. Lu has gone completely crazy.
All day long, both cell phones are ringing off the hook.
Peers congratulated and leaders praised, but it was not just verbal praise. The benefits mentioned by Leader Sha followed. Hualu, Fuxin, and even the entire Silicon Group were included in the newly launched "Golden Sun Project"
” among the list.
That is the photovoltaic enterprise support plan.
A total of 15 billion special funds and direct financial subsidies.
Moreover, in the second batch of national semiconductor funds, not only Logic, Fuxin, and Yangtze Memory are still on the list, but as long as they are in the core logic industry chain, China Micro, Silicon Group, and even Huawei HiSilicon are all included in the list of key supports.
Huawei received the notification and Ren Zhengfei called specifically.
"Mr. Lu, congratulations!"
"Hahaha, we should be happy together."
Lu Fei laughed sincerely, "Nortel Networks has a share of logic, and Huawei has a share. Let's work together."
While Ren Zhengfei was satisfied, he also revealed that the board of directors had approved the logical acquisition of 49% of Huawei Terminal's shares.
We had cross-shareholdings in the past, but now we are almost closer to each other!
As Huawei's major shareholder, Lu Fei is naturally concerned about Huawei's bidding operations. More than 6,000 patents are just one round of Nortel Networks' auction. Subsequent auctions will also include fiber optic metropolitan area networks, enterprise networks, and Internet telephony and other high-quality assets.
.
"No, not at all."
Ren Zhengfei said with a hint of regret in his tone, "Without your cooperation, Huawei alone would not be qualified to enter the auction let alone bid. The Ministry of Justice would not approve it at all."
"Then poach people! To be honest, Logic has secretly poached a lot of people. If we didn't engage in communications, we would have hollowed out the entire Nortel network." Lu Fei smiled and sat on the sofa.
"What a coincidence, I thought so too."
Ren Zhengfei laughed heartily on the phone.
"After the acquisition of Nortel Networks is completed, Apple and Ericsson will not have much time left."
There was a hint of murderous intent in Lu Fei's words.
But at this moment, the landline phone on the coffee table rang.
The caller Guo Xing lost the joy of the acquisition and was replaced by panic, "Mr. Lu, something happened."
"Don't be anxious, speak slowly, the sky will not fall."
Lu Fei suppressed his smile and looked serious.
"Just now, we received internal information that the Antitrust Association sent a letter to the Ministry of Justice and the Trade Commission, believing that we and Google used unfair means to prevent Apple from acquiring Nortel Networks' technology patents, and requested a new antitrust investigation."
Guo Xing smiled bitterly and said: "There is a high chance that it will be accepted."
