The Godfather of Football

When Eliza Moon returned to his villa in Palo Alto with a tired body, Ye Qiu had just finished taking a shower and was sitting outside the balcony of the living room, facing the cool breeze blowing from the forest, with his feet directly on the balcony fence, without any image at all.

On the table next to him, there was a bottle of red wine and two highball glasses.

"You are so leisurely!" Eliza walked out of the living room with a smile and came to the balcony. She immediately felt a gust of fresh air blowing in her face, making her feel as if all her worries were gone.

Ye Qiu didn't even turn his head, but stared at the dark forest in the distance in a daze.

This is one of the luxury residential areas in Palo Alto. All the people living here are rich people in Palo Alto, and everyone knows that there are the most high-tech companies here.

Silicon Valley is actually not just a place, but a region, including Palo Alto. The headquarters of many famous companies such as Google are here, and the new headquarters of Ye Technology is also here.

Ye Qiu has been staying in the headquarters these days. He discussed the development of the second-generation Zeus mobile phone with Jonathan Ive, Andy Rubin and others. This phone will add some light sensors and gyroscopes, and the game department of Leaf Technology will also launch several games specifically, many of which are creative from Ye Qiu.

"I call this finding joy in suffering!" Ye Qiu said with a smile.

Eliza threw a sanitary eye at him in a bad mood, but poured herself a glass of wine.

This villa was bought by Ye Qiu and given to her. When Leaf Technology moved its new headquarters to Palo Alto, Ye Qiu bought a luxury house here and gave it to Eliza, and she accepted it without hesitation. However, Ye Qiu also lived here when he came to Silicon Valley. The two of them seemed to have returned to the life of sharing a house in Amsterdam in the past.

"By the way, how is the patent reorganization going?" Ye Qiu broke the silence.

Eliza sat down next to him, with a table of red wine between them, "Do you think it will be so fast?" There was a bit of ambiguous and coquettish atmosphere in her tone.

Ye Qiu smiled at this, and couldn't say much.

More than 7,000 patents and nearly 1,000 patents. It is not easy to combine these patents.

The main reason why Nortel Networks never thought of using patents to gain benefits is that their patents are too loose, but these patents are very high-quality patents, covering wireless networks, telecommunications switching, Internet routers, modems, personal computers, search, social networks and semiconductors.

So many high-quality and diverse patents are a strange thing in itself. When these patents of Nortel Networks in Ye Qiu's previous life were made public, they almost shocked the whole world. But now, they are wasting these excellent patents that are even considered to be only found in Bell Labs and IBM. One very important reason is that the structure of these patents is too loose.

Therefore, after Ye Qiu bought these patents, the first thing he needed to do was to integrate these patents, classify them into some patent combinations, and form his own powerful patent weapons. In this way, whether it is used as defense, authorization, or even attacking competitors, it is very powerful.

But the whole integration requires some process and some means.

For example, when Sheryl Sandberg persuaded the government, she promised that the core purpose of Leaf Technology buying these patents was to protect itself, and also promised to license the patents to manufacturers in need as much as possible. Of course, this kind of authorization will charge a high fee.

However, Eliza Moon considered the future of the company. After all, no one can guarantee whether Leaf Technology will need to use these patents to attack some opponents who infringe on its patents in the future, so he decided to set up a new company to be responsible for operating the company's patents and the subsequent lawsuits.

Don't underestimate these patent lawsuits. Not long ago, Lucent sued Microsoft for infringing their MP3 patents and claimed $1.5 billion. Later, those patent lawsuits also cost hundreds of millions, which was very shocking.

Ye Qiu had seen some news. By 2012, Qualcomm's annual patent fees were as high as $4 billion, and IBM, the world's largest patent holder, collected more than $1 billion in patent fees a year.

In the past, Google produced Android phones, but Google itself did not make much money. Instead, Microsoft made much more money from its series of patent licenses than Google, which worked hard to develop the Android system.

It can be seen that patent wars are bound to become the biggest barrier for high-tech companies in the next few years.

Leaf Technology currently has nearly 9,000 patents, which has also allowed Leaf Technology to successfully enter the ranks of industry giants.

"We are currently recruiting more than a dozen reverse engineers." Eliza said casually.

"Reverse engineer?" Ye Qiu had never heard of this term.

Eliza smiled and glanced at him. Her eyes seemed to be saying, you don't understand sometimes, right?

"The job of a reverse engineer is to check the routers, mobile phones and other products and equipment on the market, and to reversely track and study the finished products, to find out whether there is evidence of infringement of our patents in these products, and to collect them, and then negotiate with the company where the products are located. If the negotiations fail, a lawsuit will be filed."

Ye Qiu didn't know such details, so in his previous life, he was still thinking, how could those big companies know whether others had infringed on their patents? Especially with thousands of patents at every turn!

It turns out that they have special so-called reverse engineers studying this. I really didn't expect it.

"Of course, we are still adopting a defensive strategy and taking the licensing route. As for our competitors, we also hope to cooperate and share each other's patents conditionally." Eliza said confidently.

At the very least, whether it is 3G and 4G in wireless communication technology, or in semiconductors, voice, Internet, etc., this series of patents of Nortel Networks are very core technologies. If we really want to fight a patent war, whether it is Microsoft or Intel Neither Apple nor Google can escape.

The more she understood these patents, the huge market they represented, and the near-monopoly power, the more Eliza Moon realized that Ye Qiu would definitely make a fortune from this acquisition.

"Next, we will negotiate with Google on patents for search and other businesses. At the same time, we will maintain Nortel Networks' previous patent licensing business with some companies and further tap its potential."

Ye Qiu nodded. He didn't want Ye Ye Technology to become a patent monster, but there was a saying that said very well, I won't offend others unless they offend me. Everyone will make money by being harmonious, but if you offend me, I won't mind killing you.

With these patents, more and more mobile phone and hardware manufacturers will be forced to join the Ye Ye Technology chariot, because even now, Apple’s mobile phones have not been developed yet, because of Ye Ye Technology’s previous research and development Layers of patent obstacles have been set up for them, and with the loss of Jonathan Ive's hardware division, Apple's R\u0026D capabilities have suffered a huge blow.

In the current mobile phone industry, especially in the field of smartphones, Nokia is still the dominant player. Ye Zi Technology makes the most money, but the amount is not very large. However, Ye Qiu believes that with the launch of Zeus II, Nokia will be completely pushed down from the top. Forum, he is even happy to see that in the near future, he successfully acquires Nokia's mobile phone business and the patents in Nokia's hands.

"Thank you, Eliza!" Ye Qiu raised the goblet beside him.

After the two clinked their glasses, Ye Qiu took a sip and suddenly said: "The company will conduct many important R\u0026Ds next, such as map business, tablet computers, smart TVs, in-car intelligent systems, etc. Wait, plus the patent company, I think you still need to be based in the United States."

Eliza nodded. She also knew that the company was currently in a stage of rapid development and leaps and bounds. Only if she was based in North America could Ye Qiu rest assured, "But what about Tottenham Hotspur?"

Although compared with Ye Zi Technology’s current total assets of tens of billions, Tottenham Hotspur is simply a drop in the bucket, but for both Ye Qiu and Eliza, Tottenham Hotspur and has been renamed The agency companies of sports service companies all carry too many hopes for them. It is the testimony of their coming from nothing to having everything now, and it is also the fate between them.

"I have the right candidate. From now on, if you are promoted to vice chairman, I will find you a CEO!" Ye Qiu said with a smile.

Eliza seemed to realize who Ye Qiu was talking about, and curled her lips cutely, "Do I have the ability to resist?"

"You don't want the shares yourself. If you don't have shares, you have no right to speak!" Ye Qiu teased her with a smile.

He had never been stingy with Eliza, and was even willing to give her more shares, whether it was the sports service company she already held a share in, or Ye Ye Technology, in which she did not hold a share, but she always refused, even Ye Ye Qiudu didn't know why.

"You know, I don't do so many things for the sake of shares!" Eliza looked at Ye Qiu, her eyes seemed to be shining, which made Ye Qiu's heart sway, as if he was attracted by something.

He knew, he even felt that not only him, but Huang Chu could also detect it, even his parents could detect it.

Sometimes, he really felt that he owed Eliza too much, but there were some things that he really didn't know what to do because he not only had Huang Chu, but also had two children. Way to give her the slightest promise.

For Ye Qiu, family is the most important thing in his mind, and for this he can give up everything!

Eliza also knew Ye Qiu's thoughts, but she didn't mean to force him. Just as she once said to Huang Chu, sometimes women are stupid. To love a man, you don't have to possess him. Look at him. Okay, I feel good about it too and feel very satisfied.

Therefore, she never thought about fighting for anything, even though she seemed so smart and capable, she cherished her feelings, Ye Qiu, and Huang Chu very much, because the two of them were her best. Friends, even relatives.

Just when both of them were silent and a little embarrassed, Ye Qiu's cell phone rang, and it turned out to be Huang Chu.

"It's so early, it must be Xiao Huang Rong!" Ye Qiu smiled and pointed the caller ID towards Eliza, then nodded towards Eliza, stood up and prepared to go back to the house, and at the same time connected the phone.

It would be morning in London at this time.

"Why did you get up so early?" Ye Qiu asked his precious daughter on the phone.

Eliza didn't look back, but listened attentively to his voice that was gradually fading away. She couldn't help but smile bitterly, but it was just a bitter smile, because she knew it would be like this from the beginning, but she never regretted it.

Ye Qiu stayed in the United States for eight days and completed an acquisition worth $800 million. This news immediately attracted the attention of the media around the world, but in fact, he himself did nothing.

Ye Qiu also felt helpless about this, but he couldn't stop the media from reporting on him, right?

After returning to London, Ye Qiu rested for a day, and then the international players began to return to the team one after another. A new round of intense schedule began again, and two weeks later, Tottenham Hotspur's first opponent was Newcastle.

The current Newcastle is no longer the invincible Newcastle in previous years. Today's Magpies are a thorough mid-level Premier League team, while Tottenham Hotspur is rising with the tide. Even if they are playing away, everyone still believes that Tottenham Hotspur will have no problem defeating their opponents.

But Tottenham Hotspur encountered the old problem again. After more than 20 minutes of the game, the team had not scored yet, but Martins took the lead in breaking through Tottenham Hotspur's goal. Losing the ball at the beginning seemed to have become a chronic disease for Tottenham Hotspur.

But Tottenham Hotspur did not let the magpies be arrogant for long. Losing the ball instead stabilized Tottenham Hotspur. Before the end of the first half, Ribery's goal helped Tottenham Hotspur equalize the score.

After the start of the second half, Tottenham Hotspur launched a round of bombardment, relying on the goals of Van Persie and Fabregas, and reversed Newcastle 3:1, which also allowed Tottenham Hotspur to complete a reversal again.

But just when the media was still entangled in Tottenham Hotspur seemed to always have a bad start, the team returned to London and faced the opponent of the third round of the Champions League group stage at home, Slavia Prague from the Czech Republic. This was also a very critical battle for Tottenham Hotspur, who lost the first game of the group.

As a result, just 5 minutes into the game, Fabregas, who has performed very well recently, took the lead in using a pass from Messi to break through the goal of Slavia Prague.

Then Vargas made a cross from the left, causing an own goal by the defender of Slavia Prague. Before the end of the first half, Messi scored another goal for Tottenham Hotspur, and the first half ended with 3:0.

In the second half, Ribery, Fabregas, Messi and Carroll, who came on as a substitute, scored successively, and finally helped Tottenham Hotspur beat Slavia Prague 7:0 at home, winning two consecutive group stage victories.

So far, three rounds of group stage have been played, Valencia has won all three games and ranked first in the group, Tottenham Hotspur has two wins and one loss, ranking second in the group. These two teams are also the teams with the most hope of qualifying from the group stage. As for Steaua Bucharest and Slavia Prague, they can only choose to compete for the UEFA Cup qualification.

Back in the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur welcomed Blackburn, but this time Tottenham Hotspur, playing at home, seemed to have found the rhythm of the game, and played with Blackburn steadily from the beginning.

Blackburn, known as the violent blackburn, wanted to use active pressing and oppression to curb Tottenham Hotspur's attack, but this set of tactics has been proven to be ineffective again and again. In the 26th minute, Yaya Toure's back-up scored the first goal for Tottenham Hotspur.

Then in the 41st minute, Van Persie scored another goal for Tottenham Hotspur, 2:0!

After the start of the second half, Van Persie pulled to the right to receive the ball, shook off the opponent's central defender Dunn, and shot directly with his left foot, and the ball went straight into the dead corner of the goal, 3:0!

Following closely, Vargas, Arshavin and Cavani, who came on as substitutes, scored successively. Tottenham Hotspur defeated Blackburn 6-0 at home, completing a big victory and letting everyone see the strong bench strength of Tottenham Hotspur.

In the middle of the week, the League Cup round of 16 knockout match was ushered in. Tottenham Hotspur welcomed Blackpool at home. Ye Qiu still played with a full substitute lineup. Aaron Ramsey and Carroll's goals helped Tottenham Hotspur beat the opponent 2-0, but the best performance in this game was Gareth Bale, who played as a left winger.

Gareth Bale formed a left-wing attack combination with Marcelo in this game and performed very actively. The team's two goals were assisted by Gareth Bale, one of which was a sudden knock back from the left to assist Aaron Ramsey, and the other was a free kick to assist Carroll.

Relying on the outstanding performance of this group of young players, Tottenham Hotspur headed into the League Cup quarter-finals, and this time they met Manchester City.

At the weekend, Tottenham Hotspur defeated Wigan 4-0 at home. In just the first 35 minutes of the first half, Tottenham Hotspur took the lead 3-0 with Ribery's double and Messi's goal.

After a large lead in the first half, Ye Qiu began to make substitutions to save strength for the Champions League group match in the middle of the week. In the second half, Wigan could hardly threaten Tottenham Hotspur. Instead, in the 72nd minute, Cavani, who replaced Van Persie in the starting lineup, finally broke through Wigan's goal and scored the fourth goal for the team.

After defeating Wigan 4-0, the team rushed to the Czech Republic to challenge Slavia Prague away. In the end, Tottenham Hotspur defeated Slavia Prague 3-0 away with goals from Alves, Van Persie and Arshavin.

But when the team returned to the Premier League, they drew 1:1 with Middlesbrough away from home.

So far, the Premier League has played a total of 13 rounds. Tottenham Hotspur ranks sixth in the Premier League with seven wins, two draws and two losses, and two rounds less, with 23 points. Liverpool, which ranks ahead of Tottenham Hotspur, has one round less but 24 points.

Currently, Arsenal, which has 30 points, ranks first with Manchester United. The goal difference of the two teams is the same, but Arsenal has more goals and ranks first. Manchester United is second, followed by Manchester City with 26 points and Chelsea with 25 points. After the Blues changed coaches, their results have steadily improved.

Of course, this is also because Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur have one and two rounds less. Otherwise, with Chelsea's current results, it is not certain whether they can maintain their top four rankings in the league.

And with the series of fluctuations brought about by Mourinho's dismissal, some people inside Chelsea have begun to have some thoughts.

The most eye-catching piece of news is that Frank Arnesen has changed from the original head of the scout department to the team's technical director. After Grant was promoted to the head coach position, he seems to have become the second most powerful person in Chelsea.

With the two major allies taking over the greatest power in Chelsea's competitive field, Pini Zahavi, an Israeli who was originally suppressed by Mourinho and Mendes, has become active again and has become Chelsea's number one external poacher. Some people even say that Pini Zahavi has the final say on who Chelsea will introduce during the winter break.

As for whether the Blues will recruit players, this is no longer a question that needs to be discussed. Everyone knows the current problems of Chelsea. Even if Grant has performed well after taking office, in fact, he is still relying on his old capital. The key problems of the team have not been solved at all. This will be a problem sooner or later.

After announcing Mourinho's resignation, Abramovich took the initiative to stand up and expressed his full support for Grant. However, no one knows whether Mourinho resigned voluntarily or was fired. Chelsea officials have not given an explanation, so the outside world can only rely on speculation.

But in the entire Chelsea high-level changes, as the club's CEO, Peter Kenyon has not shown up, which makes many people curious about the status of this Manchester man after the major changes in Chelsea's management.

Many newspapers have disclosed that in this change, Peter Kenyon has been excluded by Abramovich, and the disagreement between the two can be traced back to when Abramovich wanted to introduce Shevchenko and Ballack. At that time, Peter Kenyon, like Ye Qiu, was opposed, which planted a gap between the two.

"It has been revealed that Peter Kenyon is likely to leave Stamford Bridge after fulfilling his contract with Chelsea this year, which also declares that Abramovich's grand slogan of recreating a Manchester United empire when he took over Chelsea has completely failed!"

Because if Ye Qiu's departure foreshadows a failure at the competitive level, then Peter Kenyon's departure will declare a failure at the management level, and if this really happens, Chelsea will inevitably usher in greater changes.

Especially after announcing Grant's firefighting, Abramovich expressed the hope that Chelsea can become a financially healthy team, which also implies that he will continue to take a tight monetary policy attitude towards the team.

Many media said that this may also be a sign that Chelsea bids farewell to the Premier League throne!