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Zhou Shaoning's heart was shocked, and he suddenly understood the big boss's business idea.

good idea!

When it comes to choosing smartphones, there are too many alternatives to Aster. Android phones are almost the same no matter what brand they are. The iPhone is exclusive and has no semicolon.

Relying on the necessity of iPhone, bundling iPhone with Aster can make Aster also a must-select.

But here comes the question, can Apple be willing?

Just to get rid of SoftBank’s exclusive agency clause, let the Aster mobile phone be bundled with its own iPhone? does it worth? In any case, Asda and Apple are both manufacturers of smartphones and have competitive attributes.

Zhou Shaoning calmed down and said, "Sooner or later, the exclusive agency clause will be cancelled. If Apple insists, I think SoftBank will retreat appropriately. In the US market, Apple's attitude towards operators is extremely strong. I believe that Masayoshi Son does not dare to take risks. But Apple may not agree with ranking Aster and iPhone as Top 2."

Zhou Buqi said: "So we need to understand it with reason and move it with emotion."

"ah?"

Zhou Shaoning couldn't laugh or cry.

Zhou Buqi said: "The current smartphone market has taken off, Motorola is on the verge of bankruptcy, and Nokia's sales have plummeted. If Apple wants to dominate the mobile phone market, they should not focus on Asda."

"Huh?" Zhou Shaoning vaguely understood what he meant, "Samsung?"

"Of course, this is not to belittle oneself, this is reality." Zhou Buqi spoke in Chinese, and was not afraid of the two maid girls beside him hearing, "Samsung Electronics is far stronger than Asda, by several orders of magnitude. In the feature phone era, Samsung was able to compete with Nokia and Motorola. When the smartphone era came, they quickly made industry transformation and embraced Google."

Zhou Shaoning said: "Which is the lesser of two evils."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "Yes, that's what I mean. Just tell Apple clearly that Asda is just a small company. Maybe it can compete with Apple in the domestic market in the future, but it cannot be Apple's opponent in the international market." . Asda will not pose a real threat to Apple. In the field of smartphones, the real threats to Apple are super giants like Google and Samsung.”

Zhou Shaoning said with a smile: "Looking at your tone, you are not trying to reconcile with Apple, but you are trying to cooperate with Apple."

Zhou Buqi said: "Of course it's best if we can cooperate. Google is so obviously sidelined to help Samsung, and Asda can only rely on itself. Don't blame anyone!"

Zhou Shaoning sighed, "Google and Samsung... Google's choice is too arbitrary."

"Arbitrary? Not necessarily." Zhou Buqi doesn't think so. "Get out of my personal position and look at Google from a larger perspective... If I make a choice for Google, I will focus on supporting Samsung instead of Asda."

"How do you understand?"

"Samsung has a strong foundation and will have no fear of filing a patent lawsuit with Apple. In other words, Samsung's vitality will be stronger than Asda. Who knows how the smartphone market will change in the future? From the perspective of resilience and inheritance In terms of pressure capabilities, Samsung is stronger than Asda."

Zhou Shaoning sighed and said: "Yes, if Google tilts more resources to Asda, if Asda cannot withstand the next change of the times, of course Asda will be gone, Google will also suffer. Correspondingly. In comparison, Samsung Electronics’ resistance is much stronger.”

Zhou Buqi said: "Yes, that's it. Traditional mobile phone manufacturers around the world are all dying under the impact of smartphones. Nokia, Philips, Siemens, Motorola, Ericsson, Sony, Panasonic... these are all gone. Only Samsung has withstood the impact and successfully transformed. In Google’s eyes, if Samsung can withstand it once, it can withstand the second time. Therefore, making Samsung the core brand of Android system is the most consistent with Google’s long-term value.”

Zhou Shaoning nodded, "Maybe there is also geopolitics. South Korea always stands with Europe and the United States, and the risk of force majeure is smaller."

Zhou Buqi said: "So when negotiating with Apple, you must clearly explain the main contradiction and the secondary contradiction. Apple's biggest enemy in the mobile phone market is Google, followed by Samsung. Now, Google and Samsung have joined forces!"

"Well, I've asked Apple. A lawsuit with Samsung is inevitable, and a legal team is being organized to start a war."

"In the current situation, it is best for Apple and Asda to cooperate."

"That's not true, is it?"

Zhou Shaoning is a little funny.

Even if Google and Samsung are coming fiercely, they will even go to court for patent property rights between giants. Industry practice is usually for small companies to litigate against small companies, or for large companies to litigate against small companies.

Between giants and giants, there is almost nothing.

The main reason is that it costs too much!

For this kind of super giant, both parties can invite the world's top legal teams to produce hundreds or thousands of pieces of evidence to prove their own points of view, and they will continue to argue and argue.

A large-scale lawsuit of this level will never end in five or six years. Regardless of who wins or loses, the legal fees alone will cost tens of millions of dollars.

All the money was spent on hiring a lawyer.

Google and Samsung are now determined to compete with Apple. Apple will definitely take this matter very seriously.

But even so, Apple and Asda still have a competitive relationship, so they won't cooperate with Asda, right?

Zhou Buqi said: "From Apple's perspective, give them advice. If I were the CEO of Apple, I would definitely choose to cooperate with Asda."

"Why?"

"The reasons... are about three points. First, Asda is unwilling to litigate and takes the initiative to settle, which is equivalent to reducing the pressure on Apple. Asda can also persuade SoftBank to cancel the exclusive iPhone agency rights in the Japanese market. That’s the benefit.”

"Um."

"Second, adding icing on the cake is not as good as providing help when the time is right. Asda is now under siege and is being attacked by Google, Samsung and Apple. If Apple takes the initiative to back down, it will be equivalent to doing Asda a big favor."

Zhou Shaoning said: "I don't think they will care about this favor, but you are right. The current situation is that Asda is being encircled and suppressed by Google, Samsung and Apple. Apple may also be encircled and suppressed by Google, Samsung and Asda. If Apple and Asda cooperate, they can fight against the alliance between Google and Samsung, which will be safer."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "Yes, this is the third point. There is a basis for cooperation between Apple and Asda. Asda was originally the most important brand in the Android camp, but Google found a new love and chose Samsung. Asda Da must be dissatisfied. If Apple helps Asda, it will be equivalent to creating internal strife in the Android camp. Asda can become a nail in Apple’s path to disrupt Google’s layout in the Android industry, destroying the fortress of cooperation between Google and Samsung. It will also plunge the Android camp into more intense internal fighting.”

"I go!"

Zhou Shaoning shuddered.

Big boss this week!

How evil!

This idea is really open-minded. He can put himself in the other party's perspective and come up with such destructive tricks to attack himself. Moreover, you must proactively tell the other party about such tricks and persuade the other party to attack them.

It's a bit of a willful way to break a jar.

Didn’t Google let Samsung replace Asda’s core position in the Android system? Doesn’t Google intend to support Samsung to compete with Asda to prevent one company from becoming dominant?

OK!

Then the table will be overturned, and no one will have an easy time!

With Asda's strength, it will definitely not be able to create a "Google + Samsung" combination, so it will simply change jobs and join forces with Apple!

Let’s go with Apple to harm the Android camp, and then there will be nothing but chicken feathers everywhere. It depends on whether Google dares to bet on the future of Android, and it will continue to pull Samsung to squeeze Asda.

Zhou Buqi has the confidence to make such a big gamble.

If the bet was lost and Astar was finished, it didn't matter to him. Even if Asda disappears in China, it will have no impact. In the next few years, the domestic smartphone industry will flourish.

If Google loses Android, it will completely lose ground in the mobile Internet era. It might become the next Yahoo or the next Baidu.

Zhou Shaoning took a deep breath and said, "Seven Injury Fist."

Zhou Buqi was more relaxed and said: "No, even if we cooperate with Apple to implement the 'TT strategy' in the Japanese market, it is estimated that the contract period will be three to five years. After the contract expires, it will be difficult to renew the contract. It is to join forces with Apple in the short term to check and balance the combination of Google and Samsung. We dare to bet that if Google does not dare, they will give in."

Zhou Shaoning said immersedly: "I have to think carefully."

"Let's go," Zhou Buqi smiled, "By the way, there are two more options for cooperation with Apple."

"What is it?"

"The domestic smartphone supply chain has begun to take shape and needs order support. With high quality and low price, I believe Apple will consider it further."

We don’t need to say this. I have met Cook and he asked me a lot of questions about domestic suppliers.

"That's best. There is another one. We must do it... In fact, it will also help Apple. I believe they will agree."

Zhou Shaoning asked: "What?"

Zhou Buqi said: "If you use the 'instruction manual' that Tang Binchen created to work with the iPhone, whether it is sold by an operator or by Apple's direct-operated store, it must be paired with an 'App User Guide' launched by Ziweixing to provide consumers with Provide the highest quality service.”

"Uh... I'll try my best."

Zhou Shaoning was standing in front of the office window at this time. It was daytime in the United States, but he seemed to vaguely see the starry sky, which was the starry sky of the "Purple Micro Galaxy".

…

After making the call, Zhou Buqi thought about it for a moment and looked back at Ning Lu, "Do you have any other plans for the evening?"

Ning Lu said: "Look, there are still about 200 emails."

"in a hurry?"

"It's okay, it's all about reporting."

Ning Lu shook her head gently.

Boss Zhou seems to manage many and large industries, but he has greatly delegated power, and he no longer has to sign documents constantly as he did in previous years.

As long as he is lazy, he can let himself go for two or three months and ignore the company's affairs.

Zhou Buqi pulled the two maids with red and moist cat ears beside him and stood up. "Then let's stop reading now. Today's work is done. Go back to the room and rest."

Ning Lu understood, spoke a few sentences in Japanese, and gave some instructions. The two cat-eared maids, like kittens, took the male master's hand and shyly walked out of the bathtub.