Hello, 1983

Liu Qingshan simply and neatly pocketed the rocket at a price of 85 million.

This price is exactly at the price expected by the two bosses.

The reason why they didn't reach an agreement with Alexander was that Alexander was only willing to pay 80 million, and they asked for 85 million, and the two sides were negotiating.

Now some people directly give this price, of course they are happy to shoot.

The two brothers also understood: with the success of Mountain's business, it is basically impossible to take advantage of others.

The next day, the news quickly appeared in the newspapers. It wasn't how much influence a team had. The main reason was that the buyer was Liu Qingshan, a recent man of the year.

So the newspapers are filled with reports of Mr. Mountain's foray into the NBA.

After hearing the news, Mr. Alexander slapped his thigh with regret: if he had known earlier, he would have stopped bargaining.

Because it is the off-season now, Liu Qingshan is not in a hurry to go to the Aerospace City, but only entrusts the second sister to send someone to carry out the delivery, and there are still many procedures to go through.

Chairman Guo and the others are quite satisfied with the location chosen by Xiao Zihou. The area is large enough. It was originally a comprehensive shopping mall, and it only needs a little remodeling before it can open for business.

And there are enough warehouses behind the store, which can be used as warehouses.

All of these things, Liu Qingshan entrusted to Lao Xiao, including reconstruction and purchase of equipment, etc., and even the canteen and apartment, etc., have to be prepared.

As the new owner of the team, Liu Qingshan also participated in the meeting between the labor and management.

The owner of the NBA is also a very large circle. Those who can afford the team must have assets of hundreds of millions.

However, most of these bosses are already middle-aged, and Liu Qingshan is the youngest one, which is really enviable.

Liu Qingshan also met the NBA president, Stern smiled and welcomed Liu Qingshan to join the big family.

I also met the representatives of the players' union, mainly the guy who looked like a gorilla, who is now the president of the players' union.

The owners of those teams also welcomed Liu Qingshan, and at the same time maintained a certain degree of vigilance: because generally speaking, when the team changes the owner, there will be big moves.

Especially a young man like Liu Qingshan, who might be a young and vigorous young man.

However, Liu Qingshan had no such plans. For the past two years, the old hooligan had ruled the world, so he had to endure it.

After some exchanges, the bosses discovered that this young man Liu Qingshan is not like other young people, he is more slippery than them, he is a young old fritters.

So everyone can rest assured that it's good not to be stunned, hello to me, hello to everyone, and we can play happily together.

While Liu Qingshan was chatting with a bunch of middle-aged uncles, suddenly a guest came to visit.

It was a vice president of Motorola. They saw from the newspaper that Liu Qingshan came to the Windy City. As a partner, of course, they had to come forward and invite him.

After all, the batteries used in Motorola mobile phones are made by Jade Bird Technology.

Because Motorola's headquarters is in a small town on the outskirts of the Windy City.

The United States has developed for hundreds of years, and has gradually found some experience. For example, large-scale factories and enterprises are generally located in the suburbs. This is worth emulating.

Liu Qingshan received visitors in the small reception room of his room.

The vice president of Moto is a gentle middle-aged man with a slightly bald head. He introduced himself and said his name was Kelly.

Liu Qingshan shook hands with the other party and sat on the sofa. Kelly explained his intention, and Liu Qingshan readily agreed, and proposed to visit their headquarters.

Founded in 1928, Motorola has a history of decades. It started from manufacturing radios, kept pace with the times, and grew into a giant in the field of mobile communications. Of course, there are many things worth learning from.

The next day, Liu Qingshan led Li Tie and Vera to take the special car sent by the other party to the town of Schaumburg, where the motorcycle's headquarters is located.

The town of Schaumburg has convenient transportation and is the most famous satellite city of the Windy City.

After getting off the car, Liu Qingshan saw the headquarters building of the motorcycle. Looking at the huge building, Liu Qingshan also felt a familiar feeling in his heart.

Who has not heard of Motorola's mobile phones from that era?

But soon Liu Qingshan was refreshed: Now this honor belongs to Jade Bird.

Even though Jade Bird is one step ahead now, it still lags far behind in terms of chip research and development. This has also led to the fact that motorcycle mobile phones are still better than Jade Bird in terms of signal reception and call quality.

This is also where Jade Bird needs to catch up in the future. Liu Qingshan has set up a chip research laboratory in Jade Bird Science and Technology Park, just for this.

Take the time to study while you can still communicate with each other now, and it will be difficult when you get stuck in the neck in the future.

"Mr. Mountain, please." Kelly gestured.

When the group entered the building, Liu Qingshan felt that there was a sense of rigor everywhere.

On the US side, it pays more attention to corporate culture, like Old Joe Apple, which is the most representative.

In contrast, Liu Qingshan felt that the management of his own company in China was a little less interesting.

In the chairman's office, Liu Qingshan met Motorola's leader, Mr. Bob, the second generation of the Galvin family.

This is an old man who is nearly seventy years old, and his eyes seem to be shining with the light of wisdom.

"Hello, Mr. Bob, nice to meet you."

Liu Qingshan greeted him very politely, after all, the other party was about the same age as his grandfather.

Bob also looked at Liu Qingshan carefully, and then nodded: "Mr. Mountain is indeed a talented person. I am also very happy to meet such a wonderful young man like you."

Later, Kelly introduced a man in his thirties beside Mr. Bob to Liu Qingshan, who was Chris, the third-generation heir of the Galvin family.

He will take over the company from his father in a few years.

In addition, there are several senior executives of the company, including two co-CEOs, George Fisher and Gary Twain. Obviously, they attach great importance to Liu Qingshan's visit.

Although Motorola is a family business, Bob did not call his son to take over after he stepped down as CEO. His reason is very simple: Chris still needs a few more years of training.

Liu Qingshan shook hands one by one and greeted each other one by one. The two sides are not only competitive, but also have cooperation in some aspects. The motorcycle needs the battery of the Jade Bird, and the Jade Bird needs the chip of the motorcycle, so it is relatively friendly on the surface.

After greeting each other, they sat down around a round table. Old Bob was very interested: "Liu, our cooperation is very pleasant. I have another bigger plan. I wonder if you are interested?"

Liu Qingshan's heart moved: wouldn't it be the famous iridium project?

It is undeniable that this is a very great plan. If it can be realized, then Motorola will be a real giant in the industry, and no one can match it.

It's a pity that the iridium project finally went bankrupt, and Motorola was also seriously injured.

However, Liu Qingshan still pretended to be very interested: "I would like to hear more about it."

Bob waved his hand and gestured to Chris beside him, and Chris told excitedly:

"We will launch 77 communication satellites in space to replace the base stations on the ground, so that calls can still be made in any corner of the earth, even at the north and south poles."

"Because the element iridium has 77 electrons, we call this project the Iridium Star Project. At present, our company has invested one billion US dollars and is looking for investment banks from Wall Street. The total planned investment exceeds five billion."

Seeing Liu Qingshan's shocked look, Chris couldn't help but feel a little proud: "How is it, Mr. Mountain, are you interested in joining?"

"It's a great plan!" Liu Qingshan nodded vigorously, but soon shook his head regretfully:

"It's a pity that all my funds are invested elsewhere, and even the Earth Network and Columbia Pictures are pledged, which is really a pity."

Liu Qingshan knew that this iridium project ended in failure, Motorola never recovered, and those Wall Street investors lost their money.

If he was still involved, wouldn't his head hit the tree?

"It's really a pity." Chris also shook his head. He was still young and didn't realize that Liu Qingshan was not optimistic about this project.

It's still his father who is more old-fashioned. Although old Bob didn't read anything from Liu Qingshan's expression, he felt that the young man rejected it too simply.

When contacting Liu Qingshan's demonic performance in business, old Bob had doubts in his heart: If it were me, shouldn't he be very excited when he learned of a grand plan that spans the ages?

Old Bob was lost in thought: Is there something wrong with the Iridium project?

Going through the Iridium project again in his mind, old Bob felt that this plan has been discussed many times within the company, and there is no flaw.

However, since he started doing business with his father and worked hard in the shopping mall for decades, Bob is not an exaggeration to say that he is an old fox.

He knows that even the most perfect plan will inevitably go wrong when it is implemented.

It seems that the risk should be further reduced, and the company's investment in this plan should not be reduced.

As for the gap, the group of investors on Wall Street have long been fooled by old Bob into a frenzy, waving their banknotes to enter the market.

Liu Qingshan didn't know that his reaction just now made old Bob think of so many things. He was discussing further cooperation with Mr. George, one of the two CEOs of the company.

George euphemistically expressed that the battery independently developed by Motorola has been formed, and maybe next year, there is no need to manufacture mobile phone batteries by Jade Bird.

Of course, the patent fee still has to be paid, and no matter how their R\u0026D team tries, they can't get around this barrier.

Of course, this incident is also expected, Liu Qingshan knows that with the background of Motorola, it will not fake the hands of others.

So he also said with a smile that he would continue to cooperate extensively with Motorola in the chip field.

Liu Qingshan's plan is to try to catch up with each other in this field in the shortest time possible.

Then, with the R\u0026D capabilities and financial investment of Jade Bird Company, at least we must ensure that we do not lag behind in this field.

The feeling of being stuck in the neck in later generations is really uncomfortable.

The two sides exchanged for more than an hour in a friendly atmosphere, and then Chris led the team and led Liu Qingshan to visit.

Old Bob is getting older, and naturally he is not accompanied.

Without his father present, Chris seemed much more relaxed. When introducing Liu Qingshan, he unknowingly showed a bit of complacency.

He certainly has the qualifications to be proud, because Motorola is really strong.

Liu Qingshan has been listening, and he has benefited a lot from Chris's words.

"Mr. Mountain, this is our company's research and development department, and it is not open to the public, sorry."

Chris pointed to a small building and said, and then refused to enter.

Liu Qingshan smiled and nodded, expressing his understanding. Generally, such places are absolutely confidential to the company. Of course, outsiders cannot be let in casually, especially his competitor.

I went to a few branch factories in the town, and they all produce various parts and components. The modern management is also called Liu Qingshan's eye-opening.

In contrast, his Jade Bird Company was not rigorous enough in this regard.

"Mr. Mountain, this is our new model, which is smaller and has better signal."

Chris was playing with a newly offline mobile phone in his hand, looking like he couldn't put it down.

As a result, someone next to him suddenly interjected: "Mr. Mountain, the mobile phones produced by our Motorola have surpassed the Jade Bird mobile phone in sales, and this latest model will be launched on the market in October, and I believe the sales will be even higher."

Liu Qingshan glanced at it, and the speaker was Gary Twain, one of the two CEOs.

This guy's voice was a little shrill, and it didn't sound very pleasant.

Especially the words inside and outside the words, revealing to belittle the blue bird, too high of their own meaning, it is even more uncomfortable.

Liu Qingshan couldn't help raising his eyebrows: "It's a coincidence, our Blue Bird also has a new model, which will be launched in October, Mr. Twain, how about we compare it?"

"Bet, I don't have a hundred million dollars." Gary was not stupid at all, half-jokingly said.

Liu Qingshan waved his hand: "We are business partners. If we spend money, it will hurt feelings too much."

"It's not like this. If the sales of your mobile phone are high, you can use the lithium battery patents for free; if the sales of our new mobile phone are high, then you can use your company's patents in the chip field for free."

"In this way, it can be regarded as a healthy competition between our two companies. Even if we lose, it will be a good story."

Liu Qingshan talked eloquently, not belittling the other party, nor being aggressive. What he showed was just a strong self-confidence.

After speaking, Liu Qingshan looked at Gary, and then turned his eyes to Chris, with a faint smile on his mouth, just staring at the other party like this, quietly waiting for a reply.

Gary was a little annoyed and felt that he was despised by the other party. He couldn't help raising his voice, and his voice became sharper:

"Mr. Mountain, I also believe that healthy competition is good for the company's development."

Liu Qingshan nodded lightly: "What about Mr. Chris's opinion?"

Chris also showed strong confidence on his face: "I am the vice president of the company now. Of course, I have to listen to Mr. Gary, because he is the CEO of the company."