Chapter 897 Cooperation with China Mobile

Building a mobile phone operating system is a national strategy and a major event.

It's a pity that the national team has been hit relatively lightly these years, and the way of thinking of the big leaders has not kept up, and they still look down on private forces.

This kind of national task in the field of science and technology is undertaken by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, state-owned enterprises, and universities. The result is that research and development are not carried out, and a bunch of things such as ratings, awards, and job titles have been produced, which have no market effect at all.

This time, the three major operators have taken over the burden of the mobile phone operating system, and they have also chosen three methods. Some seek help from the Computer Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and seek academicians to lead the team. Some are self-defeating, cooperating with colleges and universities to organize technical forces and do it by themselves.

In contrast, mobile is the most reliable.

Because of the money, China Mobile has engaged in many technical projects in the past few years. Among the three major operators, it is considered to be the most familiar with the Internet. Even if you look at the whole world, China Mobile is the best one. It is an operator who understands the Internet.

If the cognition is accurate, the positioning is accurate.

China Mobile received the most money, and also the most scientists and academicians came to their door, expressing their willingness to help them with this project.

Mobile is always rejected.

Past experience has shown many times that non-governmental IT technology is far superior to that of the national team, and those stunned boys in their twenties use it more than scientists with prominent titles.

Among the people, there is age discrimination. The older you are, the less valuable you are. When you are in your forties or fifties, you should retire quickly and give way to young people. In the national team, there is also age discrimination. The older you are, the more valuable you are. If you are still young in your 40s or 50s, the more senior you are, the more project funds you will get.

However, this time, it is an operating system, which is a technological project with hell-level difficulty.

Mobile will not bet on private power, but choose to cooperate with foreign companies!

The chosen targets were Microsoft and Google.

Because it is a national key strategic project and has a competitive relationship with the other two major operators, the efficiency of mobile is extremely high, and I immediately got in touch with Microsoft and Google.

I hope to pay a sum of money and commission them to develop it.

Just like China Mobile commissioned a third party to help develop Fetion.

Looking for help from foreign companies, this kind of thing has never been done by China Mobile, but it is done in a big country. It is a typical exchange of the market for technology... In short, it is spending money to buy technology.

The most classic and commendable case that has even been written into major business management courses around the world is the famous "two peaches kill three men" displayed by the Ministry of Railways.

Three years ago, China wanted to promote 200 kilometers per hour high-speed rail, but there was no relevant technology and wanted to buy it abroad. As a result, the Siemens lion opened its mouth and asked for a price of 50 billion!

The Ministry of Railways cruelly gave up on Siemens and found Alstom of France, Japan High Speed ​​Rail and Bombardier of Canada with relatively weaker technology, saying that it only chose two and let the three compete, which greatly lowered the price.

Siemens was eliminated, and its stock price plummeted. The headquarters was furious and directly fired the entire negotiating team.

In the second year, the Ministry of Railways wanted to build a 250-kilometer high-speed train and purchase technology...Siemens didn't dare to take too much money, and obediently admitted its low price to the door.

The move of the Ministry of Railways is amazing. It has played around with several giants and developed the domestic high-speed rail industry with the least chips.

Mobile also wants to adopt this method, let Microsoft and Google bid!

Use whoever has the lowest price!

China Mobile is the largest mobile phone operator in China and has a monopoly position on the channel side, similar to that of the Ministry of Railways.

How could I have thought of...

Only one day later, Microsoft and Google responded-deny!

Microsoft disagrees, because Microsoft does not pay enough attention to the mobile phone business and does not have its own mobile operating system. It will take until 2010 to really pay attention to the development of a proprietary mobile phone operating system. The current Microsoft mobile phone system is a magically modified computer version of the Windows system.

It is impossible for Microsoft to help others to modify their own Windows system, right?

Isn't this smashing your own job?

Not to mention moving, it is impossible for any company.

Microsoft's market value of 250 billion US dollars does not look down on the hundreds of millions of technical service fees.

Google actually wanted to agree.

At the beginning of this month, Google has officially released the source code of Android to the world through the authorization of the Apache open source license. This is also the reason why the country will suddenly launch a national strategy for mobile phone operating systems.

The scientists of the Chinese Academy of Sciences are well aware of the difficulty of the operating system, and it is impossible to start from scratch. But now that Android is open source, it is much easier to operate. Just like the open source of Linux on the computer side, four domestic Linux systems, Red Flag, Xteam, Blue Dot, and ChinaSoft, have been produced in China a few years ago.

The main strategy direction of the three major operators is to change Android.

Mobile wants to pull Microsoft, but it actually wants to put pressure on Google to keep them from talking too much.

The current Android is still very immature and has many problems. Google is doing its best to improve... If it can take money from mobile and release a mobile Android, it would be great.

Just as an experiment.

Why not spend mobile money and experiment with the Huaxia market? It's a good thing that the pie in the sky is falling!

However, the mobile requirements are demanding.

There must be leadership!

Just like entrusting a third party to develop Fetion, the copyright and operation rights belong to China Mobile, and Google will be responsible for the research and development, and make technical upgrades and improvements according to the entrusting party's requirements.

Google, as an Internet giant with a market value of 200 billion US dollars, certainly disagrees.

They make Android, not a living Bodhisattva. Although it is a free and open source product, there is still a huge potential for profit. Give up all the dominance, won't you become someone else's child? How can this make money in the future market?

Dominance is a non-negotiable point.

What China Mobile wants to develop is a domestic operating system without copyright, so it is not a foreign product?

I had no choice but to turn my attention back to the country.

This is a bit ashamed.

Since it is a domestic technology company, if it has the technology, wouldn't it be enough to undertake national projects by itself? Need to move as an intermediary? This can't be justified.

Therefore, we can only choose companies that are not qualified enough to undertake national projects.

The target was quickly selected - Borqs Communications.

This is a technology company that has just been established for two months. The entrepreneurial team is relatively experienced and is engaged in customized smart terminal software platform solutions.

The most important point, is a member of the Android Alliance!

Has a direct close relationship with Google and is working on improving the Android system.

However, this is a small company after all.

Skill level is not guaranteed.

In order to ensure the smooth development of the domestic mobile phone operating system, China Mobile sent people to Ziweixing. It has spread in the industry that several of the country's most powerful technical experts in the field of operating systems are all in Ziweixing, and they are all in charge of developing Ziweiyun's cloud operating system.

The person who came here this time was the president of China Mobile, Wang Yuyu.

Zhou Buqi, He Yang, Xu Liangjie, Shen Xiangyang, Wang Jian and others all appeared to meet the big boss of China Mobile.

Mr. Wang smiled and put on an equal attitude, "Mr. Zhou, I heard that you are in contact with China Unicom?"

Zhou Buqi said calmly: "Indeed, there are some business cooperations."

Mr. Wang glanced at him, "Is it for reading on the phone?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Yes, it is mobile phone reading. Mobile phones have become an indispensable tool for ordinary people across the country, and can become a more important communication channel. Paper books are too expensive, and reading digital versions through mobile phones will definitely become a big trend. "

Mr. Wang came here mainly to take him to inspect the SP business.

It's like watching flowers on horseback.

It's not the main job.

He Yang was a body behind Zhou Buqi, suddenly stepped forward, and said softly: "The cooperation with China Unicom can be further deepened."

"oh?"

Zhou Buqi looked back at him.

He Yangdao: "China Unicom seems to be developing a mobile phone operating system, I hope we can provide some technical help."

Zhou Buqi raised his eyebrows, and said with a serious face: "Building a mobile phone operating system is a big deal, and it's a national strategy! If we can help, we must help! If we can't, we must strive for coordination!"

Mr. Wang is old and has seen too many people, so he immediately laughed and pointed at Zhou Buqi, "You are dishonest, little Zhou! Three years ago, I was the president of China Unicom. What's the situation with China Unicom?" , would I not know?"

"Well……"

Zhou Buqi was a little embarrassed.

Sighing in my heart, I feel that I am not expected to be an actor, and this is my chance to be a film star. If I have the opportunity in the future, I will make some film queens.

Mr. Wang said with a smile on his face, "Unicom usually does not commission external projects. They are not strong enough, and they don't have enough funds. They can save some money by doing it themselves."

Zhou Buqi said: "Anyway, supporting the national strategy is the unshirkable mission of Ziwei Star. It's a pity... Alas, our cloud operating system has never been established, and the technical team is seriously short of people. If you want to help, I'm afraid there is nothing you can do. "

At this time, the inspection team had already reached the large conference room.

Basically entered the negotiation process.

Anyone can shout slogans, just listen to them.

The key is to look at real interests.

Mr. Wang said: "Your social product...is it called Helo? Well, I've heard of it. I firmly support restricting harassing text messages through technical means. This is better than Fetion's one-size-fits-all approach that can only send text messages to Fetion friends. The pattern is much stronger."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "Thank you for your support."

Mr. Wang then sighed, "The mobile reading base you mentioned...Xiao Zhou, it's not that I don't agree with you. It's a bit difficult to handle. Last year we invested in two reading bases and spent a total of 1 billion. The effect is very good. Poor. Moreover, the top priority of mobile right now is to build a mobile phone operating system, and the financial pressure is not small.”

Zhou Buqi didn't believe it.

Mobile is a super giant, and this little money is nothing at all.

It's nothing more than not wanting to take investment risks.

Fortunately, he already had a plan, and said with a smile: "Actually, it doesn't need to come up to operate at full capacity. You can do it first and test the water. If the effect is good, you will increase investment and further investment."

Mr. Wang clapped his hands and praised: "Xiao Zhou, let's think of going together!"

Zhou Buqi looked surprised, "I'm so lucky!"

Mr. Wang nodded and pondered: "The mobile phone reading base, as you said, should not be violent. I don't know about Unicom, at least the mobile side should be handled with care. First, use Monternet to build a reading platform , put the content of corresponding literary books, magazines and newspapers on it. As the business develops, it will expand slowly.”

"Yes, it should!"

Zhou Buqi felt that this should have happened long ago.

Why did you spend so much money on the video base and music base last year? Because China Mobile is really building a base, taking a piece of land in the name of high technology, and then spending money to build a building, buying and buying all the way, purchasing basic equipment frantically, and recruiting hundreds of employees.

Land bidding, infrastructure construction, procurement, and employment arrangements for hundreds of people... No one would believe it if there was nothing tricky about it.

This is so illogical.

How can one build a building immediately, purchase all the equipment, and recruit all the expected employees?

The normal logic should be to build the website first and see the effect.

If the effect is not good, just give up.

The effect is good, and then increase the equipment and staff little by little. After the number of equipment and employees has increased to a certain scale, the land will be built to build a relatively independent project base.

Later, a group of people fell from their horses.

Zhou Buqi knew that his operation might offend others, but he had a clear conscience. At least he saved the resources of the mobile group, which was equivalent to protecting state-owned assets.

When it comes to this, it's basically the same.

Ziweixing's two major demands have been met to a certain extent.

Zhou Buqi coughed lightly, and said bravely: "Mr. Wang, Helo's SMS business is relatively successful because we have technological advantages that can effectively limit the spam of harassing text messages. But if some other chat software wants to imitate Helo , I also want to enable the function of sending text messages to strangers, without technical support, it will cause great trouble to mobile phone users.”

Mr. Wang took a deep look at him and nodded, "Well, that's for sure."

Zhou Buqi made his statement immediately, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Wang, through the SMS service of Helo, we can also see that Ziweixing has the top IT technology in China. In the field of operating system, it is no worse than its peers. To be honest, in the Three months ago, we obtained part of the Android code and started related research."

Mr. Wang was a little surprised, "Have you got it in advance? Ziweixing is also a member of the Android Alliance?"

Zhou Buqi shook his head and said with a smile: "Members of the Android Alliance are nothing. Ziwei Star has a holding subsidiary that is engaged in the research and development of smartphones. It has reached an agreement with Google to jointly release the world's first smartphone. Android phone."

Mr. Wang suddenly realized, "No wonder!"

Zhou Buqi said: "We mainly study the virtual machine part of Android, and we want to apply it to the cloud operating system. On the day when all Android codes were open-sourced, our technical team carried out comprehensive research. In China, our technology The team should know the Android system best."

Mr. Wang wanted to entrust the task of developing the system to Ziweixing, but he dared not.

If you want to do this, you can't explain it to the leader.

For a national strategic project, it is uncomfortable to have to pay a few hands in the middle. Moreover, Ziweixing will not agree.

The best way is to let Ziweixing's expert team spend half a day every week to give some guidance to the mobile R\u0026D team, pointing out the general direction and pointing out the technical difficulties they encountered.

We talked for an hour.

Cooperation reached.