Ren Zhengfei was shocked, and a light flashed in his eyes.
In fact, Huawei is currently eager to sell his mobile phone business to others.
Huawei Mobile has been losing money since it entered the mobile phone business. It has been losing money year after year, and there is no sign that spring is coming.
Ren Zhengfei is not the only one who has the idea of selling the mobile phone business. Senior executives within Huawei are generally not optimistic about the future of the mobile phone business.
Because right now in the Chinese market, mobile phone brands are almost monopolized by European and American brands. All domestic mobile phone manufacturers can do is make very cheap copycat phones.
This is the case with Huawei mobile phones. Their current products are all customized by operators for a few hundred yuan. Almost every one of them is sold with the promotion of charging phone bills and giving away mobile phones. It is a completely rubbish product and not only cannot make money.
, and also affected Huawei's brand.
Therefore, many senior executives of the company have mentioned the sale of the mobile phone business many times in meetings, and have actually contacted many foreign businessmen to come to the company for on-site visits and discussions.
One of these companies has even confirmed its acquisition intention.
But unexpectedly, at this time, the overseas financial crisis broke out, and the company that had agreed to buy Huawei mobile phones ran out of money.
The acquisition business that had been negotiated also fell through.
Therefore, when he heard that Lin Chen wanted to invest in Huawei's mobile phone business, Ren Zhengfei was naturally overjoyed and even a little unbelievable.
"Mr. Lin, are you really interested in acquiring our Huawei mobile phone?"
"It's not an acquisition, it's a shareholding." Lin Chen corrected Ren Zhengfei's statement.
Ren Zhengfei was confused: "Is there any difference?"
"Of course." Lin Chen explained: "Huawei is a high-tech enterprise with rich technology reserves. You have many technologies that can be used in the mobile phone field in the future. To use these technologies, Huawei mobile phones cannot leave Huawei.
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"It can be said that in my eyes, the real value of Huawei mobile phones lies in having a great parent company like Huawei. Without Huawei's parent company, Huawei mobile phones are worthless."
"Mr. Lin thinks highly of us." Ren Zhengfei said with a wry smile: "Mr. Lin knows that Huawei Mobile has been losing money in the past few years. Although there is support provided by our parent company, Huawei Mobile has always been in the market.
Not recognized by others. Many people, including me, feel that Huawei should not enter the mobile phone market."
"It's just that you have developed in the wrong direction temporarily."
Lin Chen touched his pocket, then suddenly turned to Su Ningyu and asked: "Ningyu, is your phone from Apple?"
"Yes." Su Ningyu took out her mobile phone and handed it to Lin Chen.
Lin Chen placed him in front of Ren Zhengfei again.
"Mr. Ren, do you know this?"
"I know." Ren Zhengfei nodded, "This is Apple's 4S phone. My wife and my daughter both bought it."
"Since you understand, Mr. Ren, I will say it directly. Mr. Ren, I think mobile phones, especially smartphones, have broad prospects for future development. This will be a very huge market, even among young people and middle-aged people."
Completely replace non-intelligent machines among the crowd!"
"Huawei Mobile should not enter the mobile phone market, but that only includes the traditional mobile phone market, and smartphones are the real direction that Huawei Mobile should focus on!"
"As a businessman, I very much hope to enter this field. But smartphones are also high-tech products. The technologies they involve include screens, batteries, and software. Each of them is a difficult high-tech technology. So I think it is better to start from scratch.
, it is better to cooperate with others than to create something from scratch.”
"Huawei is the most suitable partner in my opinion. Because of this, after I heard that you were planning to sell your mobile phone business, I immediately asked Ningyu to introduce me to you."
"Mr. Lin, are you too optimistic?"
Ren Zhengfei sounded suspicious: "Smartphones are good, but for many people, such as me, mobile phones are just a tool for us to make calls and send text messages. Smartphones are so expensive now, and ordinary people will spend so much money to choose smart phones.
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"So what if someone could make a smartphone similar to Apple's, with similar configurations, but not as expensive as an Apple phone?" Lin Chen said meaningfully.
"Then the land will definitely sell like hot cakes!" Ren Zhengfei excitedly clapped his hands on the table.
Then, he fell silent.
Lin Chen's words seemed to be a shining light, allowing Ren Zhengfei to see clearly the future development direction of the mobile phone market.
As a businessman who has been in business for more than ten years, he naturally saw at a glance that if he could really make a mobile phone like what Lin Chen said, not to mention foreign countries, it would be worth at least hundreds of billions in the domestic market.
Market!
It’s just that such a mobile phone can really be made with Huawei’s capabilities?
Seeing the hesitant look on Ren Zhengfei's face, Lin Chen knew that the other party had been persuaded by him, and now that he was in trouble, all he had to do was make a final move.
"Mr. Ren seems to have concerns? I also know that if you want to make a smartphone like Apple, the investment here is absolutely staggering. Huawei has been losing money in mobile phones for many years, so it is normal to have concerns.
This is also the reason why I proposed to invest this time.”
"As long as Huawei accepts my shareholding, I can bear the future technology research and development expenses of Huawei mobile phones and the previous losses. Of course, this is why I need to get the controlling stake."
Ren Zhengfei listened quietly to Lin Chen's words, his brows furrowed tightly.
In fact, during this period, Ren Zhengfei could be said to have completely despaired of the mobile phone business.
After the company that wanted to acquire the mobile phone business suspended negotiations, Huawei could not find anyone to take over the deal, so Ren Zhengfei even considered closing Huawei's mobile phone subsidiary.
Because even if this will make all the upfront investment go to waste, it is still better than running a company and incurring huge losses every month.
But what Lin Chen said just now made Ren Zhengfei see hope again.
No matter how failed Huawei Mobile was in the past, it is his own child after all. As a parent, who would bear to watch their child continue to decline?
As long as there is a glimmer of hope, he will persevere. And now what Lin Chen has given him is not just a glimmer of hope, but an extremely bright road.
Moreover, his conditions are also very favorable. He is only injecting capital and holding shares, not actually acquiring Huawei Mobile Phone. In this case, if Huawei Mobile Phone can really be revitalized in the future, Ren Zhengfei also has hope of getting it back.
Thinking of this, Ren Zhengfei no longer needs to think too much about what to choose.
He sat up straight and said to Lin Chen: "Mr. Lin, I must admit that your words convinced me. I will convene a board of directors immediately to discuss this matter. If possible, I hope you can give me some time.