Chapter 66 3G Era (2)
Han Xuan understood a truth when he was very young: doing business is not necessarily less money than playing finance, but monopolizing technologies that conform to the development of the times is sometimes more money than playing finance and industry.
The Federal Reserve's profit last year was not as profitable as Blueberry Laboratory. Han Xuan mainly made a fortune in the development of Internet technology. The time to enter the mobile phone manufacturing industry was neither good nor bad, but it made the American giant Motorola breathless. In the past, Motorola collected patent fees from Han Xuan, but now it has become about one-ninth of the profit for every mobile phone Motorola sells to Han Xuan as an authorization fee. This is not the money earned by selling parts to Motorola.
In the 2g era, Han Xuan tasted the sweetness, so he stepped up to the 3g market. The global 3g market size is expected to exceed 800 billion US dollars. The small-scale industry can no longer attract Han Xuan, but he attaches great importance to the 3g industry and invests about 3 billion US dollars in R&D funds. This is just an internal investment from Qualcomm. He also participated in the industrial chain of other links, with a total investment of more than 10 billion US dollars. For this reason, he acquired shares of more than 20 companies, and this part of the investment is as high as more than 40 billion US dollars.
There is no doubt that 3g will bring more opportunities to the world's communications industry and promote the formation of a new pattern of mobile communications. At the same time, the new multimedia services brought by 3g will create huge new sources of income, bring opportunities and benefits to the entire industry, and give birth to a new value chain for mobile communications.
Network equipment manufacturers, content suppliers, content integrators, service providers, network operators, terminal application software vendors, terminal manufacturers, and end users. The entire industrial chain of Han Xuan's industry has been covered. Before the International Telecommunications Union issued the standards, he had already started research and development because Han Xuan was sure to formulate third-generation mobile communication standards based on his own company's standards, such as data cable interfaces, audio formats, video formats, etc., and the whole world is adopting the standards set by his companies.
If a single company has competitors, then when all the companies in Han Xuan join forces, they will be almost invincible. If the SS Group and HPS Group are added, it will be even more terrifying. These companies still have many partners, and the entire alliance is strong. Now is a critical period for external expansion. Capital is scattered around the world and everyone can cooperate with each other for win-win cooperation.
After the outbreak of the Internet bubble crisis, the Snow Mountain Consortium ranked third. Recently, those companies with sharp declines in market value are recovering. It can be expected that in the near future, its scale will jump to the No. 1 consortium in the United States, skipping second place directly. Now it needs to accumulate reputation...
After skipping the topic about Petri Robben, Han Xuan and Anya did not mention it. When they walked forward, they were just talking about what happened recently.
Han Xuan talked about the human and geographical environment of Gabon, Africa, and strange animals were also the focus. Some things had been told by Anya on the phone, but she still listened to it tonight and then told him what happened in school. Ivanka's name is often mentioned during the chat. Donald's eldest daughter Ivanka is also in Los Angeles, California. After arguing with her father at the beginning of the year, she brought her small vault to Los Angeles to start a business, hoping to start a fashion brand clothing company of her own, the name is "Ivanka"...
A circular building can be seen in the distance. The whole building is like a complete big cake. It is the same color as the four towers of the Snow Mountains and is also silver. It is not as high-profile as the golden exterior wall of the spiral building located in New York. This is the Blueberry Research Institute, which was built in the late 1990s and was just put into use in 2003.
The name is blueberry, but it actually has nothing to do with Blueberry Group. Before Blueberry Group rushed to the Nasdaq Exchange to go public, Han Xuan stripped it from Blueberry Group. In 2003, after integrating other research departments including the former Bell Laboratory, they all moved to this building called "Space Ship". There are more than 11,000 employees, including more than 2,000 doctors from all walks of life. There are currently as many as 1,200 main projects under study, ranging from biodegradable plastic bags to cellular mobile communication equipment, car engines, aircraft engines, aircraft aerodynamics, Mars landing cabins, etc., covering multiple departments.
Han Xuan vividly calls it "the greatest technological innovation incubator of the 21st century", and occasionally calls it "the devil who sucks his pockets". This institute can make money and spend money. Since it started operating in 2003, it has invested more than 40 billion US dollars in it. Fortunately, the value it created exceeds this number, otherwise even he would have to sweat a cold sweat, worried that the institute would go bankrupt.
A lot of money was wasted after being invested. For example, the "Mars Colonial Project" inside would not bring him profits for at least 30 years. It is expected that he will be in a state of insufficient income for a long time. When can he start traveling on Mars or discovering valuable magical minerals on Mars, he will be able to recover some money, mainly because of his personal interests.
The so-called "modular aircraft" is also the product of this research institute. Last year, Han Xuan visited it and thought that twenty years later, all kinds of novel things opened his eyes. Air projection and interaction technology, 3D images of laser beam projection entities, 30-degree holographic displays, etc., were all born in it. Many creative and strange ideas are also valuable assets that may be studied in the future.
The contact was already in the afternoon. When we were about to arrive, we called Mr. Zachley, the director of the Blueberry Research Institute, and soon someone came out to greet them. As the actual manager of this research institute, it is hard to imagine that Mr. Zachley only had a bachelor's degree from a second-rate university and could enter Han Xuan's eyes. Naturally, there were outstanding things, such as a good temper, serious work, thick-skinned face, etc. He is an old employee of the Snow Mountain Group and once served as the secretary of Executive Anthony.
I didn't want the institute to be the bureaucratic qualities of the enterprise, so I chose to let him take the position. There was not much right in this position, mainly because I was a co-sponsored and coordinated the relationship between the institute and various enterprises. I would look for him when the project was out of money, and I would not study the things. The companies that were anxious to urge him to look for him. The requirements for education and ability are not high. The institute has a special department responsible for projects, appropriations, external negotiations and other matters.
Long time no see, Han Xuan felt that Mr. Zachley was a little fatter, and it seemed that he had adapted well in his new position.
I once heard of this guy's stingy temper, and those researchers always couldn't see money in their eyes, and it was not enough to spend it. Zachley forced them to save research funds. Otherwise, after spending the money, even if Zachley blocked her in the office and didn't use the toilet, she would not agree to the allocation. She seemed very bachelor, but she would not really delay big things. This is Mr. Zachley's cleverness. He knew that the boss needed to spend the least money to research the best things.
He would always be more polite to useful people. After saying hello to Zachley, Han Xuan walked in from the south gate of a building that looked like a donut. The floor was gray, the walls were painted white, and the decoration was simple and beautiful. The cleaner was about to get off work after cleaning and was packing things.
"You want to visit 3g technology today, right? I have marked the location of the department responsible for this project on the map. Follow me and don't get lost. Some rooms still have radiation residues, but the location is relatively remote. I believe I won't walk in unexpectedly."
Han Xuan was stunned and asked, "What did those people study when I was away? Also, don't you even know how to go?"
Zachley reached out and gestured, wanting to explain something, and finally said disheartenedly: "More than a thousand departments, not including some messy warehouses. I have only been here for more than a year. How could I write them all down?
And many projects are being changed. Once I went to do business. The day before was the insect laboratory, and I opened the door the next day before and went in. Do you know what I saw?
More than ten corpses! The door sign was not changed and turned into an anatomy laboratory, which made me not sleep well for several days.
3g is a good project. Once their supervisor took a mobile phone for me to play with. He could watch movies and it was not stuck at all. He allocated the final budget to them on the spot. I have never seen a mobile phone like that before..."
Chapter completed!