At the Lenovo headquarters, Liu Chuanzhi is discussing the gains and losses of this acquisition with Yang Yuanqing.

As a veteran mobile phone manufacturer, although Motorola has declined, it is still the third largest Android smartphone manufacturer in the United States and the third largest smartphone manufacturer in Latin America, and has cooperative relations with more than 50 operators around the world.

As a new smartphone manufacturer, Lenovo needs more than US$1 billion to create a brand value of the same as this, and the risk of failure is huge. Acquisition of Motorola is undoubtedly the best choice. By acquiring Lenovo's mobile phone business, you will quickly enter the coveted US market.

Lenovo spent a lot of effort on this acquisition and even brought Alibaba. But they didn't expect that giants such as Google and Microsoft would be involved in the acquisition, and they didn't expect that Zhang Ran could defeat all his opponents and become the final winner.

Liu Chuanzhi sighed: "Zhang Ran's patriotic state is too deep. Not long ago, at a meeting at the White House, he talked to the Foreign Investment Committee to suppress Chinese companies. He also said that his friend was preparing to acquire Palm phones last year, which was like talking about other people's affairs. This drama was so good!"

Yang Yuanqing remembered that when he met Zhang Ran at Motorola headquarters in January, Zhang Ran kept saying that he was only interested in Motorola's set-top box business, so he was not wary of him at all. He sighed: "He is a performer and is really good at acting!"

Liu Chuanzhi looked at Yang Yuanqing and said, "Although we lost the bid, we may not have no chance to get Motorola. Zhang Ran is a man who is extremely ambitious, but he is extremely stable in his work and never easily enters an industry he doesn't know easily. This time he acquired Motorola, he should not be for the mobile phone business, but for the right to talk to Google, so that Netflix can tie up with Android! He is not in his mobile phone, and Motorola cannot do it in his hands, and he will definitely sell it in the end. If Zhang Ran can complete the acquisition of Motorola, then after completing the acquisition, he will have a meal. Tell us our ideas. If Century Dianfeng doesn't want to run the mobile phone business, he can sell it to Lenovo, and we are willing to take over."

When Yang Yuanqing heard this, his eyes lit up. He was worthy of being Mr. Liu, and he looked at the problem thoroughly! He smiled and said with a smile: "It's not easy to make mobile phones. We at Lenovo are not very successful in making mobile phones, let alone Zhang Ran, an amateur!"

At the same time, Hastings called Microsoft Ceo Ballmer and asked loudly: "Steve, how could Microsoft lose? How could Microsoft lose this kind of bid? How could Microsoft lose to Zhang Ran!"

Ballmer frowned, feeling unhappy with Hastings' tone: "Hastings, pay attention to your identity, it's not your turn to take care of this!"

Hastings now just wants to stop Zhang Ran’s acquisition: "Steve, I’m sorry, I’m not offending you a little. Zhang Ran’s acquisition of Motorola is not about the mobile phone business, he wants Motorola patents, he wants to build his own mobile phone system..."

Ballmer interrupted Hastings and said bluntly: "I know that because Zhang Ran acquired Netflix, you wish you could kill him. But I have no interest in your grudges and don't want to have any connection with your grudges. You don't want to involve your grudges and don't involve your grudges in the company's business. Do you know why you lost to Zhang Ran? Because Zhang Ran is thinking about how to do things well, and you only have the things you do in your eyes!"

Hastings opened his mouth and wanted to explain, but in the end he couldn't explain what he explained. He joined Microsoft in hopes to use Microsoft's power to create new streaming media and avenge Zhang Ran; but after joining Microsoft, Ballmer suppressed him in various ways. Microsoft's streaming media was never able to do it. In the end, he had to give up streaming media and serve as a director at Microsoft.

Now that I heard Ballmer say this, Hastings was a little discouraged: "You are right. I am really too obsessed with personal hatred. I am really not qualified to continue to be a director of the company. I will submit my resignation letter as soon as possible!"

Ballmer had long disliked Hastings and said coldly: "I'm looking forward to it!"

After hanging up the phone, Hastings sat in front of the computer and recalled the past. He realized that Ballmer was right. The reason why he failed to do streaming at Microsoft was that he was too obsessed with hatred for Zhang Ran. He always wanted to quickly strengthen Microsoft's streaming business and then defeat Zhang Ran. He was eager for quick success and instant benefits when doing things, so it was not surprising that he failed.

Hastings thought for a long time in front of the computer, and finally he opened his mailbox and sent an email to Google Ceo Larry Page.

This is the final revenge against Zhang Ran, and the final result depends on God’s arrangement!

Larry Page saw the email the next morning. After reading the email, his whole expression became solemn. He immediately called Eric Schmidt and Sergey Brin, saying that there were very important things to discuss.

More than ten minutes later, Eric Schmidt and Sergey Brin entered Larry Page's office and asked him what had happened. Larry Page did not speak and placed the email that had just been printed in front of the two.

The email reads: "Larry, streaming is the future of movies, and streaming media wants to connect more users not to own a mobile phone brand, but to own a mobile phone system. We all know that the most important thing for mobile phone systems to succeed in the market is not how excellent the system itself is, but that there are enough developers to develop various applications for the system. The reason why Microsoft's WP fails is that no one develops applications for them and fails to establish a complete ecosystem for WP.

Zhang Ran can build an ecosystem when making a mobile phone system. Zhang Ran not only has Netflix and Blockbuster Online, but also he is the founder and major shareholder of fly, and has the ability to convince fly to build a system with them. Fly has a large number of users and many third-party developers develop various applications for it. If fly and Zhang Ran join forces, a large number of third-party developers will enter Zhang Ran's system and develop various applications. It is said that he still holds shares in Facebook. If Facebook joins again, then Zhang Ran will be even more unstoppable. Also, don't forget the Chinese market. Google withdrew from China, and Zhang Ran is a Chinese and has a good relationship with the government. With the promotion of the Chinese government, Zhang Ran's mobile phone system can easily dominate China's mobile market. It can occupy a certain share overseas, and with the huge Chinese market, who can stop him then?"

After reading Hastings' email, Eric Schmidt and Sergey Brynn's expressions became solemn. With the various resources in Zhang Ran's hands, it would be possible to succeed if he made a mobile phone system.

Larry Page asked in a deep voice: "What do you think?"

Sergei Blin said directly: "Zhang Ran must be stopped, and they cannot be allowed to complete the acquisition. We will immediately submit a new offer to Motorola, 18 billion or 20 billion, as long as we can prevent this acquisition, it will be a victory!"

Although Century Peak has obtained the priority bidding right, there is still some time before the transaction is completed. As long as Google's new quotation is high enough, Motorola can find various reasons not to make the deal, causing Century Peak's acquisition to abort, and then accept Google's offer.

Eric Schmidt shook his head slowly: "You can't rush to make a conclusion. It's hard to say whether Zhang Ran really wants to get involved in the mobile phone system. If Zhang Ran has no such plan and we ruined this acquisition, then he will definitely hate us and will probably turn to Microsoft. If Zhang Ran turns to Microsoft, then Microsoft will gain a large number of developers, and WP's biggest shortcomings will be filled, and things will become even more difficult to deal with!"

Larry Page thought it made sense and asked, "What do you think should you do?"

Eric Schmidt pondered for a few seconds and said slowly: "In this way, I will talk to Zhang Ran and convince him to join the Android Alliance. As long as he can join the Android Alliance, we can even tie Netflix to the Android system. If Zhang Ran agrees, everything will be fine; if Zhang Ran refuses, it means that he does have the ambition to independently build the system, so we will snipe this transaction with all our might!"

Sergey Brin and Larry Page's eyes lit up. This is indeed the safest way!

In a suite at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Zhang Ran’s mother Huang Ying was trying on a dress, Zhang Ran, Zhang Jingchu, and Zhang Ran’s father Zhang Zhimin were waiting in the living room.

Last year, Zhang Ran attended the Oscars ceremony and wanted to bring his parents with him, but Huang Ying said arrogantly, "You can't win the award, why am I going to do? I'll call me when you can win the award. This year, Zhang Ran is a big hit at the Oscars, and the chance of winning the award is very high, so he brought his parents with him.

To attend the Oscars, you must wear dresses. Huang Ying is at her age. Dior’s brands seem not particularly suitable, and she is not willing to wear them, for fear that others will say she is a monster, so Zhang Jingchu asked a designer to help her customize several sets of dresses. At first, Zhang Jingchu wanted to find Guo Pei to design, but considering that Guo Pei’s dress was quite typhoon, she finally chose the exceptional founder Marco.

Marco has not designed dresses for Aunt Peng yet. Not many people outside the circle know about it, but she is very famous in the circle. She is one of the few designers in China who have her own ideas and persistence. It is undoubtedly appropriate to ask her to design dresses for Huang Ying.

Huang Ying came out of the room wearing a simple white dress, looked at Zhang Ran and asked, "What do you think?"

Zhang Jingchu stepped forward and pulled Huang Ying, exclaiming: "Mom, you are very beautiful, noble and elegant!"

Zhang Ran looked carefully and saw that the whole dress was very excellent, with the stand-up collar and buckles very exquisite, and they were decorated with dark flowers, which looked elegant and fashionable, which was very suitable for people of their age to wear. He said satisfiedly: "Mom, if we go out together, if I don't say it, people will definitely think you are my sister!"

"Naughty!" Huang Ying glared at Zhang Ran, but her face was full of smiles. She looked at Zhang Zhimin and asked, "Old man, what do you think?"

Zhang Zhimin said "Yes!"

Zhang Ran immediately laughed: "Dad, mom hopes you praise her!"

At this moment, Zhang Ran's cell phone vibrated. He took it out and frowned slightly. How could Eric Schmidt call himself at this time? He probably wanted Motorola to continue to stay in the Android camp! He immediately answered the phone: "Eric, isn't your call because we got Motorola's priority bidding right? We asked for a crime?"

Eric Schmidt laughed and said, "We are not that unbearable. Motorola and Google have good cooperation. We hope that this partnership can be maintained. We also have many places to cooperate with Century Peak. I don't know when you have time. I want to meet you and talk about cooperation!"

Zhang Ran was a little surprised. The acquisition of Motorola by Century Peak was not completed at all, so Google came to discuss cooperation. This was too impatient, right? This was a bit strange! He pretended to be relaxed: "It won't work in the past two days. I'm going to attend the Oscars. So, how about next Wednesday afternoon?"

Eric Schmidt then remembered that tomorrow is the day for the Oscars. Zhang Ran, a strange man, actually won 11 Oscar nominations and asked: "Yes, where is the place?"

Zhang Ran looked at the room and said, "Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles!"
Chapter completed!