Chapter 422 Hongda Electronics

While the Devonshire was still on its way to China, Barron had already received a message from Finn Hudson, CEO of Global Industrial Investment Fund (GII).

At this time, Finn Hudson was already in the Gulf Province of China.

After hanging up the call from the other party, Barron had a smile on his face.

He stopped stroking Alya's silky hair and patted her shoulder.

When the girl with a delicate face and Arabian style raised her head to look at him, from Barron's perspective, he could see the girl kneeling in front of him, wearing a maid outfit.

Compared to Aaliyah's tall figure, the size of this maid's uniform was a little small. Not only did the skirt only reach above her knees, but it was also tight on the chest.

"Your Highness the Duke, we...can't do this."

When Barron asked Aliya to hold on to the railing at the head of the big bed, and then he admired the Arab girl's amazing waist-to-hip ratio from behind, the girl had already noticed what was going to happen next and couldn't help but say aloud.

Well, it looks like she is quite into the drama...

"My loyal maid, I just want to check for you..."

While saying this, Barron lifted the cover of the "book" and began to swim in the ocean of knowledge...

"No, don't... stop!"

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The Devonshire landed at the airport in the capital, and the convoy carried by this large plane took them directly to the courtyard building near the east gate of the Forbidden City.

The repairs and renovations here were completed two months ago. This "Little Duke's Palace" is different from the other four-door "Duke's Palace". Although the interior decoration refers to the new Chinese style, The home decoration is still more modern style.

The "Duke's Mansion", except for a few modern appliances, mostly restored the ancient Chinese style, and the furniture was mainly made of mahogany, many of which were commissioned by Barron from a local named Yan Hegui. Help him collect mahogany furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

It is worth mentioning that in the decoration of these courtyards, the use of modern appliances is naturally indispensable. After all, when living here, Barron at least cannot go to the toilet outside or ask servants to do it like the previous residents. Go empty the toilet...

On the second day, Barron met here the CEO of GII Fund who came to Yanjing.

"Although the process was not easy, we finally completed the acquisition of High Tech Computer Corporation. I had already made preliminary intentions with Philips in the Netherlands, and then I needed to discuss this matter with Huaxia Electronics Group."

During this meeting, Finn Hudson reported to Barron more specifically about his work during this period.

In the second phase of the GII Fund, they raised up to US$12 billion in funds, so what they need to do next is spend the money...

Of course, although Finn Hudson is the CEO of GII Fund, he is also very clear about his position, that is, the executor of Barron's will.

When Barron's selects the CEOs of its funds, he looks for experienced people who are strong in execution, rather than "leaders" with their own unique personalities and ideas.

It will be 2006 soon, and Barron knows that although there are many models of so-called "smartphones" on the market, these models that will look "weird" in later generations are definitely not the right way to usher in the era of smartphones. After all, almost all smartphones currently have not given up on physical keyboards. Its control method can be said to be not accepted by the public on a small mobile terminal such as a mobile phone.

Now that IC Capital has acquired the Android company, what it needs to do next is to prepare for the coming real smartphone era.

After all, coming from his previous life, he understands how turbulent this era is - Apple has become the company with the highest market capitalization in the world. Even without Jobs, it continues to "rest on its laurels", but it does not affect its huge profits at all. and rising market capitalization.

In the era of smartphones, existing mobile phone brands have also undergone a major reshuffle. The once-unparalleled brands such as Nokia, Motorola, Ericsson (now Sony Ericsson), Philips, Siemens...

More than ten years later, except for Samsung, which is doing pretty well, the rest have either disappeared from the market, or are just hanging on like Sony...

Of course, Sony is a little different. After all, it is the "belief" of some people. Even if the mobile phones launched in the future are made the same as Xiang, there will still be people shouting "really fragrant"...

Back to the topic, after Finn Hudson’s trip to the Netherlands was fruitful, he then went to the Gulf Province of China. There, he encountered some challenges, but in the end he still used his “superpower” , completed the acquisition of High Tech Computer Corporation.

The Chinese name of High Tech Computer Corporation is HTC International Electronics Co., Ltd. This name may be unfamiliar to everyone, but in two years, they will change the company name from High Tech Computer Corporation to HTC Corporation...

Yes, this company is the "ham sausage" that launched the first Android smartphone in Barron's previous life and became a huge success, HTC.

It's just that HTC is still a company mainly engaged in OEM. It was only two years later that they started to create their own brand, that is, HTC.

Hongda International Electronics was founded in May 1997 by Wang Xuehong, two other investors, and nine engineers in Taoyuan, Bay Province.

Wang Xuehong serves as the chairman of the company - it should be noted that Wang Xuehong also has another identity. She is the daughter of Wang Yongqing, the founder of Formosa Plastics Group, who is known as the "God of Management" in Bayan Province...

This was also the main difficulty in the GII Fund’s previous acquisition of HTC. After all, although HTC’s development was still average at this time and its market value was not high, its chairman was the princess of the Formosa Plastics Group and was not short of money...

Of course, it is said that the current HTC is very average, but also compared with other major mobile phone manufacturers that have their own brands. In a specific field-smartphones, HTC still has some popularity.

When Hongda Electronics was founded, it did not have very successful products and was not well-known. It was not until it cooperated with Compaq to develop iPAQ, which was once listed as the most powerful PDA in the Guinness Book of World Records, that the product became really popular. It established its leading position in the PDA market and gradually became the world's largest PDA OEM.

As a foundry at this time, their biggest customers are big names like HP, Dell and Palm.

In addition, in 2002, Microsoft announced the Pocket PCPhone Edition operating system, and HTC immediately developed the world's first PDA Phone equipped with its system...

Although major manufacturers such as HP and Dell did not pay for this product, it was favored by most European telecommunications operators and signed a large number of orders with HTC. It also achieved good sales after its launch in Europe, gradually increasing HTC's industry reputation.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, HTC has gradually become the world's largest Win Mobile smartphone OEM, monopolizing 80% of the market share. It provides OEM smartphone business to major telecom operators in Europe and the United States, including a full range of services from design to production. Only the operator's logo will be stamped on the final product, and HTC has officially become a global OEM manufacturer.