Rebirth of the Internet Overlord

{Time: March 17, 2004}

{Location: Planting flowers-South Vietnam}

When the early morning sunlight crawled into the house along the gauze curtains and filled the room, Sima Lin on the big bed was gently opened by the soft sunlight. She rubbed her eyes, and it took her a long time to get used to it again.

A new environment awakened by the sunshine in the morning. Through the gauze curtains of the large floor-to-ceiling windows, outside the window is the beach bathed in the warm sunshine.

Sima Lin was sure that this was not the shabby youth hotel where she stayed two days ago, but a hotel suite across the street from Ning Zimo.

It was that day at the beach. He heard that she was staying in a youth hostel, and he suddenly wanted to invite her to live in his current hotel suite. Sima Lin did not refuse. In addition to having no reason to refuse, she also understood that she did not want to refuse.

thoughts.

Because this is a rare opportunity for her to get to know Ning Zimo.

She could see him at close range every day.

Although it only lasts a few days,

But it is enough to have such time.

Dunhill's suite is a two-bedroom and one-living room with a bedroom. In addition to two large bedrooms with balconies, it also has complete kitchen utensils. It was less than 8:00 this morning, and there was already a living room in the suite next to the door.

There was a tinkling sound.

Hearing this voice, Sima Lin's lips curled up.

that guy,

I'm afraid,

Making breakfast again.

It's a pity,

Such a happy time,

There are only a few days left.

Better get up!

As soon as she moved, Sima Lin sat up immediately, then looked at her box and began to worry.

Why is it always such a worry about what to wear every time I want to see him?

…

Hearing the door knock, Ning Zimo glanced at the clock on the wall. It was already 8:20 in the morning.

He turned to the other side and saw Sima Lin approaching with a smile.

Although the long legs in hot pants were indeed very attractive, he still looked into her eyes with determination.

"Go and wash up quickly. The eggs will be ready in a while. Let's have egg sandwiches and milk this morning."

"Um,"

Sima Lin responded, but her body stayed two steps behind him and quietly watched him skillfully operate the frying pan to fry bread.

After watching for a while, Sima Lin tilted her head and asked curiously, "Did you also cook by yourself during the year you were abroad?"

"It's not my turn, because Pan Yu's craftsmanship is the most powerful among the three of us, so at that time, he was responsible for breakfast for me and Chen Shijun." Ning Zimo curled his lips helplessly.

His "unwilling" action made Sima Lin, who was standing beside and behind him, amused.

"You can't do everything to the extreme, otherwise others won't be willing to accept it."

"That's true. So, even if I can't beat Pan Yu in cooking, I can't beat Chen Shijun in chatting..., but I am very creative!"

When Ning Zimo let himself go freely, he suddenly remembered that this was not an apartment in San Jose. Moreover, the person he was chatting with was the girl he invited to a suite because of his hotheadedness.

Thinking of this, he could only look back with a smile and said, "Go and finish early. The person I made an appointment with will be here at 9 o'clock."

"Oh, I'm going then~~"

Sima Lin hurriedly responded and ran to the bathroom.

***+***

It was said to be 9 o'clock, but before 8:55, there was a knock on the door. When Sima Lin was about to get up, Ning Zimo had already stood up.

Ning Zimo shook his head gently at her and saw her nod again. Ning Zimo walked to the door. But as soon as he opened the door, he was stunned. It was his stunned skill that Sima Lin immediately noticed.

Strange. She turned around and looked out the door, and saw a short-haired middle-aged man wearing a floral shirt and a curly-haired woman standing at the door.

The middle-aged man smiled brightly and said to Ning Zimo, "You are Mr. Ning - Ning Zimo. I am Ren Zhengfei, a colleague from Bloomberg."

The naive middle-aged man is none other than Ren Zhengfei, the person Ning Zimo wants to see today.

But what makes Ning Zimo dumbfounded is that Lao Ren will really appear in a floral shirt today, so he was really shocked by Lao Ren's outfit just now. Who would have thought that in this stunned moment, the curly-haired woman next to him

He actually translated his words again in English.

This is because he is afraid that Lao Ren’s grand Qianzhou accent will make his writing sour and difficult to understand.

Or do you think he, Ning Zimo, is an ABC who doesn’t understand Chinese?

Ning Zimo could only smile awkwardly and said, "Mr. Ren, don't worry, your translator will be Mike Zafirovsky. Although I started my career abroad, I am an authentic Hannan native of Qin Province.

The dialect we speak there is somewhat similar to your Qianzhou dialect."

When it came to the last part, Ning Zimo said it directly in the Hannan dialect with an accent similar to the Qianzhou dialect. This suddenly embarrassed Ren Zhengfei who was standing at the door carrying two bags.

But in Ning Zimo's opinion, this middle-aged Ren Zong was probably quite surprised.

After all, the sale of Hua Wei to Motorola was a secret that not many people knew in the previous life.

Fortunately, in addition to being an easy-going person, Lao Ren is also a person who has experienced ups and downs. He smiled casually, as if he had exposed the person Ning Zimo was talking about.

"Mr. Ning is famous all over the world, and his information channels are very wide. He is very clear about our Hua Wei's purpose this time." As he spoke, Ren Zhengfei took the two bags of things from the curly-haired woman's hands.

Passing it to Ning Zimo, Ren Zhengfei's face was full of smiles, "I don't know what Mr. Ning's preferences are. I brought some of our Qianzhou specialties during my visit this time."

Ning Zimo looked at the two bags handed to him. The large words "Qianzhou Moutai" on them made him dumbfounded.

After all, this is a person who is running in the flower growing business, and he has taken out all the flower growing signs.

Now even if you don't drink, you have to take over for the sake of face.

However, it seems that the meeting place is set to be in his suite?

But, Sima Lin is still in the room.

While his thoughts were circulating, Ren Zhengfei introduced the curly-haired woman next to him, "Mr. Ning, this is the translator I brought to South Vietnam this time, Miss Liang Yu."

Ning Zimo took the opportunity to say hello to Liang Yu, and then saw Ren Zhengfei glance at Sima Lin, who was still sitting at the dining table, and then turned back and smiled at him.

"Mr. Ning is really in a good mood. He takes his girlfriend with him when he goes out, so he can balance work and life. It's great, it's great."

Ning Zimo was dumbfounded. If he told this blind boss Ren face to face, would he lose his face?

He could only turn around and smile awkwardly at Sima Lin, then let the way in.

"It is inevitable that we young people will not understand our work and life as clearly as seniors like Mr. Ren. This makes Mr. Ren laugh."

Ning Zi acquiesced silently, which actually made Sima Lin, who was still sitting at the dining table, blush. He could only take advantage of Ren Zhengfei's back to him and nodded to Sima Lin. Then there was silence and peace.

In the atmosphere, he silently put away the tableware arranged in front of Ren Zhengfei's seat.

When they sat down at the dining table again, Ren Zhengfei chatted happily with Sima Lin in a familiar manner. He acted like an experienced person, and he was able to handle it with ease, which did not embarrass Sima Lin too much. Ning Zimo sat at Sima Lin's table.

Next to him, he looked at the future CEO of the number one flower planting company, chattering like an old man.

It really makes my head hurt!

In May 2003 last year, when the SARS epidemic in Zhonghua was tense, Mike Zafirovski, the president of Motorola Group, decided to take the risk of visiting Zhonghua. When he visited Zhonghua, he not only represented

Motorola donated equipment and supplies worth RMB 11.8 million to flower planting. Ma Kai, then director of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that he was full of confidence in the flower planting economy.

Perhaps they, senior officials of multinational companies who have been working in the flower-growing market for a long time, still have their own opinions on the flower-growing culture. They know well that it is easy to add flowers to the cake, but difficult to provide help in times of need. For the flower-growing companies that are still under SARS, their status as "friends in need" lies in

Flower cultivation is an intangible asset in culture and business.

This intangible asset was urgently needed by Zafirovsky. While he was visiting Zanghua, he said that a secret negotiation was going on in the special zone in southern Guangdong.

The target of this negotiation was Hua Wei, which would soon sweep the world. By May 2003, when Zafirovsky visited Hua Wei, the negotiations between the two companies had been going on for nearly a year. At that time, the relationship between the two companies was

There is a huge disparity in sales volume. Motorola’s revenue in 2002

As high as 26.7 billion U.S. dollars, while Huawei barely exceeded 20 billion yuan. But what made Zafilovsky value Huawei was the complementarity between Huawei and Motorola: the shortcomings of Motorola's telecommunications department were

Core network, and core network construction is Huawei’s strength.

Zafirovsky knew the value of Hua Wei very well, so he pushed hard for this matter. After his visit to Peking, he immediately flew to the Special Administrative Region to urge the project team to continue negotiations. After more than six months of repeated back and forth, the acquisition terms were finally finalized.

Finalized: Motorola invested US$7.5 billion to acquire 100% of the equity of Huawei. Three of Huawei's six business departments will be developed independently, and three will be merged and absorbed into Motorola.

Until March 2004, this protracted negotiation was still continuing. Zafilovsky will also arrive at the Dunhill Hotel in Yazhou this month. And a precise acquisition offer will be signed here.

And this is one of the main purposes of Ning Zimo coming to Yazhou this time!

He wanted to provide it through ACS equipment. Bloomberg, the head of Huawei's European office, made an appointment with Ren Zhengfei!

Perhaps, such an appointment would have been a fantasy a year ago.

But after completing the shocking transaction of selling Skype to eBay in 2004, Ning Zimo had enough confidence to have a good chat with the future Huawei boss Ren Zhengfei!

"Actually, my purpose this time is very simple. I want to take the initiative to seek cooperation with Huawei after Motorola's acquisition of Huawei failed."

Ning Zimo looked into Ren Zhengfei's eyes and wrote lightly with the corners of his mouth raised.

As soon as these words came out, not only did Liang Yu, the translator next to Ren Zhengfei, widen his eyes, but even Sima Lin, the "girlfriend" next to Ning Zimo, felt that Ning Zimo was crazy!

But Ning Zimo looked at Ren Zhengfei motionless,

Looking at the middle-aged man who was very easy-going just now,

At this moment, there was a dazzling light in his eyes!

He is thinking about a problem.

This so-called richest man in flower cultivation,

Is this to cause trouble?