Zheng Yaqi was stunned. This was the first time he met Zhang Ran who negotiated business like this. Give you a price. If you can, just talk. If you can, forget it. Isn’t this too domineering? But others have this strength and confidence, and he can’t help but say, “Look at whether we can cooperate like this. Both parties jointly establish a company. You invest in cash. We invested in all our works. Both parties jointly developed products including clothing, toys, online games, and daily necessities. This was how we cooperated with Changying. At that time, we occupied 30% of the shares.”

Zhang Ran said lightly: "Zheng Yuanjie's works are very famous. It's true that it's a big IP, but it can't be cashed in just a big IP. "Street Fighter" is very famous, right? But the adapted movies basically fail. World of Warcraft has 10 million users every month, but Blizzard wants to change the movie, but none of the six major Hollywood players are willing to take over. In the end, they can only play legends and Wanda together. The reason is very simple. Games and movies are two worlds. Gamers will buy movies in the future, and the same is true for Zheng Yuanjie's fairy tales!"

Zhang Ran looked at Zheng Yaqi and said, "There are many people who buy Zheng Yuanjie's fairy tales and watch more people, but will these people pay for the movies? Will they buy related clothing, toys, and various derivatives? You have also read the research report. How many people will pay for it? If Zheng Yuanjie's works are like "Harry Potter", with a large number of fanatical fans, I am afraid that Changying Group will sell its products and will also develop them, and it will not be until today. Zheng Yuanjie's works have a wide audience, but there are not many fanatical fans. To carry out all-round development, you must first cultivate fans. This requires a large amount of capital investment, not a matter of tens of millions, but a few hundred million, or even billions of investments. You can inquire about the industry, especially Hollywood companies, and see how it is divided!"

Zheng Yuanjie hoped that his works would be fully filmed and television. In 2006, he handed over all the film and television adaptation rights to Changying Group, and he was so happy. In 2011, he excitedly announced on Weibo that he had reached an agreement with Mingnuo Culture to change "The Adventures of Ball" into a 52-episode cartoon, and there was no movement in the end. As Zhang Ran said, only the Century Peak is the one who has the ability to fully develop his works in China. Zheng Yuanjie said: "If we license it to Century Peak, then how do you plan to develop it?"

Zhang Ran said: "Your works have hundreds of works, some are particularly suitable for making long animations, such as "Shuke and Beta", some are particularly suitable for making animated movies, such as "The Adventures of the Red Flag Car", and some are particularly suitable for making movies, such as "The New Legend of the Bull Demon King" and "Dragon Ball Storm". We are not a company that can leave after making a fortune, but we hope to make Pipiluluxixi a super IP like Mickey Mouse Donald Duck, and survive forever. Pipilulu, Luxixi, and Shuke and Beta are well-known, but not a brand, but we have to make it a brand so that we can survive forever. This is a systematic project and must be gradually promoted."

Zhang Ran looked at Zheng Yuanjie, saw him nodding slightly, and continued: "The first thing we did was definitely cartoons. We might first do "Shukebeta" and a series of cartoons by Pipilu and Luxixi, and then broadcast them at low prices or even free of charge to various TV stations to cultivate audiences and turn young audiences into fanatical fans of Pipilu and Luxixi, so that they will pay. After two or three years, after accumulating enough popularity, we will gradually launch movies, clothing, derivatives, and theme parks to gather resources to form a closed industrial loop."

Zheng Yaqi said: "The most people who have been looking for us to cooperate in the past few years are to authorize animations. But there are only two types of people here. One is to subsidize the government, and the other is to use the brand to enclose land. The animations they make are only 500 yuan, and the government will subsidize 1,500 yuan per episode, and they will make money in an instant. We didn't agree. If we want subsidies, it's better for me to do it myself. Do you still need you? If we give you the works, you must take out enough funds to produce them. We don't want shoddy works to destroy our signature."

Zhang Ran chuckled: "Do you know how much a domestic TV series cost per episode? Basically, 12 million yuan per episode, and how many episodes of "Dragon Group"? Now it's almost 20 million yuan per episode. "Dragon Group" is the IP we are cultivating. We are definitely willing to spend money in film and television production. I don't know much about the cartoon market and can't tell you how much money will be invested in an episode, but what I want to say is that since we do it, it will definitely be produced at the top global standards. We not only can produce ordinary animations, but may also add VR content, which is very expensive!"

Zheng Yuanjie and Zheng Yaqi didn't know what VR is, so they were a little curious, so they asked Zhang Ran what VR is. Zhang Ran briefly introduced what VR is and what are its characteristics. Zheng Yuanjie was very excited after listening to it and said that he wanted to write a fairy tale about VR. Zhang Ran immediately laughed. After experiencing VR, Liu Cixin said that she wanted to write a science fiction about VR. After Zheng Yuanjie knew VR, she wanted to write a fairy tale about VR. After experiencing VR, she wanted to write a fairy tale about VR. After ***, do you want to make a VR A film?

Zhang Ran talked about his idea about VR. Shuke and Beta drove an airplane and the other drove a tank, which can be presented through a first-person perspective. For example, Shuke drove an airplane and a pirate war, which can be made into VR, allowing the audience to stand in Shuke's perspective to watch it fight with the pirates. This can not only be made into VR animation, but also into VR games, placed in the theme park, allowing the audience to fly an airplane and fight with the pirates.

After listening to Zhang Ran's description, Zheng Yuanjie and his son were very excited, feeling that the cooperation with Century Peak could really develop the potential of the work. However, they still did not let go of the issue of the purchase amount and the share ratio. They were not very clear about how to divide Hollywood and how to operate it. They must have a full understanding of it before they can decide.

Zhang Ran and Zheng Yuanjie and his son chatted for an afternoon, and invited them to dinner in the evening. The two sides finally reached a cooperation intention. The specific issues such as buying out funds and share ratios need further negotiation. Of course, Zhang Ran would not talk to them again, but instead sent a special team to discuss.

After returning home, Zhang Ran was about to tease her daughter, but the little girl was already asleep. After taking a shower, Zhang Jingchu sat on the bed in a bathrobe and read a book. Zhang Ran went over and hugged Zhang Jingchu and wanted to play fun games with her. As soon as she took off her clothes, her phone suddenly rang. He picked it up and saw that it was Hastings's, so he connected. Hastings told Zhang Ran that Lenovo's acquisition of Motorola's mobile phone business had been agreed upon and asked him if he was going to attend the signing ceremony. Zhang Ran said, "Old Wu is enough to attend, I won't attend!"

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Ran and Zhang Jingchu were about to continue, but unexpectedly, the little girl on the crib next to her started crying again. Zhang Ran spread her hands at Zhang Jingchu and saw what was wrong with her daughter. Anyway, she was indeed urinating. He quickly changed the diapers for the little girl, and then hugged her in his arms to coax her.

On January 21, Lenovo announced on its official website that it acquired Motorola's mobile phone business from Century Peak for US$3.5 billion. Most of Motorola Mobile's employees, factories, 2,000 patents, brands and trademarks, and its partnerships with more than 50 operators around the world are all classified as Lenovo Mobile's business group, and is led by Liu Jun, senior executive vice president of Lenovo Group. Century Peak will retain part of its R&D team and form a new Motorola VR company, which is under the responsibility of Hastings.

Under the agreement reached between the parties, the acquisition price is US$3.5 billion, including payment of US$1.5 billion in cash, including US$750 million in cash and US$750 million in Lenovo common stock, while the remaining US$2 billion will be paid in three-year promissory notes.

After the news of Lenovo's acquisition of Motorola came out, it attracted the attention of global media. No one expected that Century Peak would take Motorola so soon, and he did not expect Motorola to depreciate so much. In 2011, Century Peak acquired Motorola for US$16.8 billion, and in less than three years, it sold it to Lenovo for US$3.5 billion. Previously, Century Peak had sold its set-top box business for 2.3 billion yuan. From the book, Century Peak lost US$11 billion.

Zhang Ran and Century Peak have acquired many acquisitions in recent years, many successful ones, but many failed acquisitions. However, most of these failed projects are small and have not attracted much attention. The acquisition of Motorola is different. Motorola is a world-class brand, and from the book, Century Peak lost 11 billion US dollars. Therefore, many media have described Century Peak's acquisition of Motorola as the most serious failure in Zhang Ran's life.

The domestic media led by "New Crystal News" and "Southern Weekend" were even more in a carnival. When Zhang Ran acquired Motorola, they were all sarcastic. Now the "facts" proved that they were right. Therefore, these media reported Zhang Ran's "defeat" in the form of front page headlines, which was as excited as the New Year.

"Now that Century Peak throws Motorola to Lenovo, we know more certainly a fact: when Century Peak bought Motorola, it was a gambling, and it was obviously a big mistake to acquire Motorola."

"Zhang Ran's sky-high error correction fee: Motorola's acquisition error of 16.8 billion was finally corrected!"

"The loss of $11 billion, why is Zhang Ran a disaster for a motorcycle acquisition?"

After seeing the news, Zhang Jingchu was very worried and couldn't help asking: "You really lost so much money?"

Zhang Ran did some calculations for Zhang Jingchu: "On the books, we did not lose more than 11 billion yuan. When we acquired Motorola, Motorola had 3 billion cash and enjoyed a tax exemption of $1 billion. From the books, we lost 7 billion yuan. It cannot just look at the funds. The most important thing is to see if the acquisition is successful. We have two purposes for Motorola, one is to promote the Phoenix system, and the other is to use Motorola's engineers and technicians to develop VR and wearable devices. The market share of Phoenix system has soared rapidly in recent months, and it should surpass Apple now; and Motorola's VR and wearable device R&D team have also retained it, so the acquisition of Motorola is not a failure, but a huge success!"

Zhang Jingchu laughed when she heard Zhang Ran say this: "Then I'm relieved!"

Several media such as "New Crystal News" were only happy for a day. If the statistical report released by the world's well-known organization idc slapped them hard in the face. According to statistics on various operating systems in the global market in the fourth quarter of 2013 released by idc, the Android system's share in the global smartphone market was 61.4%, ranking first among major mobile operating systems; the second is Phoenix Operating System, with a market share of 21.3%, and the third place Apple's iOS system has a market share of 15.6%; Microsoft and BlackBerry occupy the remaining share.

The statistical report of idc shocked countless people. No one expected that the market share of Phoenix system soared from 4.6% to 21.3% in just half a year, surpassing Apple iOS and becoming the world's second largest market system.

That night, "News Broadcast" spent nearly a minute to report the news that Phoenix system surpassed Apple iOS. After "News Broadcast" was broadcast, the entire network suddenly fell into a carnival.
Chapter completed!