Chapter 750 Outstanding Sales, It's Easy to Say
On First Avenue in Sunnyvale, Silicon Valley, the Palm headquarters is just a small three-story building, which looks really inconspicuous.
In the past few years, this company, which has sold millions of handheld PDA products with a total sales of billions of dollars, still maintains its initial appearance.
The only thing that has changed is probably the orange trademark signboard above the head, with the four letters of Palm inside.
The plump and round font fits perfectly with the chubby image of most PDAs using the Palm system.
Wu Tao got out of the car and stopped in front of the door to look at it for a long time.
In his previous life, he bought a Treo mobile phone and played with it for a long time. At that time, he regarded it as a magic phone.
Unexpectedly, I have the opportunity to visit here now, and I am honored and filled with emotion.
Molly couldn't understand his mood. After getting out of the car, she put on her sunglasses and proudly went straight to the main entrance of the small building.
Wu Tao had no choice but to pack up his feelings and followed quickly.
The front desk receptionist of the company was a middle-aged woman in her early forties. Facing Molly's domineering aura, she still glanced at Molly through the gap in her glasses unhurriedly and questioned her slowly.
"Do you have an appointment?"
"Yes, Molly Soros." Molly looked at the diamond watch and said, "It's about half past ten in the morning."
The middle-aged woman looked up at the wall clock on the wall, "Then it's still two minutes away, please wait a moment, Jeff is in a meeting."
Enough arrogant, Wu Tao can be regarded as knowledgeable.
If it hadn't turned around two years ago, Palm would definitely not have dared to neglect such a God of Wealth like Molly.
Now that the company is on the right track, with sufficient cash flow, the attitude towards capital is not so eager.
Not only that, there is even a tacit repulsion.
But Molly seemed to be used to it, and went to the lounge next to her and sat down.
In two minutes, when the middle-aged woman at the front desk walked towards the lounge, Wu Tao had already stood up following Molly.
After passing the front desk and passing through the L-shaped corridor, the middle-aged woman led the two of them to a small reception room.
There was nothing inside except a square table and four chairs.
Molly and Wu Tao were sitting side by side facing the door of the reception room. As soon as they sat down, a tall man with blond hair and blue eyes pushed the door in. Out of courtesy, they stood up again.
The middle-aged woman pointed casually: "Boss, the guests have been brought."
The other party nodded, "Oh, Susan, please pour us a cup of coffee, thank you."
Susan nodded expressionlessly and went out the door. Molly got the chance and reached out her hand and said, "Mr. Hawkins, it's a pleasure to meet you."
"Me too, Miss Soros. Call me Jeff!"
"Then Jeff, please allow me to introduce you, Wu from China." Before Jeff sat down across the table, Molly introduced directly.
Jeff shook hands with Wu Tao lightly, and obviously didn't take it too seriously when he heard that he was from China.
Wu Tao didn't care, because he could see that the other party was not aimed at him, but a typical technical businessman. The only thing he valued was technology and products, that's all.
While the two parties were seated, Aunt Susan's coffee was served.
After Jeff took a sip of his coffee, he looked at his watch and said straight to the point: "We still have twenty-five minutes, please start."
Wu Tao couldn't help but smile wryly, he really didn't take himself seriously.
During these twenty-five minutes, if the other party cannot be interested in their own side, then the cooperation between the two parties will be out of the question.
So he glanced at Molly and said bluntly: "Jeff, I'm here this time to negotiate with your company about authorizing Palm to produce mobile phones."
There was no big change on Jeff's face, he just looked at Wu Tao inquiringly, frowning, looking thoughtful.
Wu Tao's unilateral statement continued, "I believe that the development of mobile phones in the future will inevitably enter the era of smart phones. A smart phone can integrate all aspects of the customer's basic necessities of life. To support such complex functions, it must be Support for mobile operating systems."
"... Therefore, we Yuanqi Technology, considering the technology foresight and the need for reserves, came to your company to discuss cooperation in advance, hoping to launch our first smartphone as soon as possible."
After Wu Tao finished speaking, he drank less than half a cup of coffee.
Jeff touched his chin, the words did not surprise him at all, so his face remained unmoved.
"Wu, I have to reveal to you that in fact, PalmOS has already found a partner in the mobile phone field, and our first Treo smartphone is already in the design stage."
Wu Tao was suddenly a little surprised. So, the Treo smart phone has not yet come out, and the Handspring company that launched the Treo does not yet exist?
A little unexpected. However, Wu Tao quickly gave up on these issues and said: "Does your company still think that there are too many partners in the mobile phone field? This should be beneficial and harmless to you, isn't it?"
Jeff rubbed his cheeks without retorting. In fact, he has no idea whether the Palm smartphone will be successful. Coupled with the current disputes and differences between PalmOS and the old club, it is still far away to resolve them.
Wu Tao and Molly exchanged glances and said, "If Mr. Hawkins is questioning the strength of Yuanqi Technology, then..."
As he spoke, he took out the documents he had prepared from his briefcase.
"Then I think this document can give Mr. Hawkins a clearer understanding of China's Yuanqi Technology and the brand influence of Lotus mobile phones."
Jeff took the file and was about to find a reason to get rid of the two people in front of him. Suddenly, he glanced so casually, and was stunned for a moment, unable to get out of the astonishing data.
"Oh, my God." Jeff couldn't sit still for a while, "Mr. Wu, in the past month, your company's Lotus mobile phone has shipped more than 2 million units, and the proportion of the Chinese market and the international market has reached 3:2? That's amazing, is it true?"
Because based on this data, the annual shipment of Lotus mobile phones is almost destined to break through the 10 million mark!
If PalmOS can be fully used, doesn't that mean that the annual shipment of the Palm system can break through the tens of millions mark?
For Jeff, it was simply a big temptation.
Wu Tao smiled, spread his hands and said, "Now that the Lotus mobile phone has been launched in the US market, I think Mr. Hawkins can know if he knows a little bit. And Miss Molly, who often goes to China, can also prove this point."
Molly nodded cooperatively, "Yes, Jeff, I can prove it. Otherwise, I would not have recommended Mr. Wu to your company. Frankly speaking, Wu planned to go to BlackBerry to discuss cooperation first. "
These words made Jeff put down all his airs immediately, not only that, but he also had to accept Molly's favor.
"Thank you Miss Molly, Mr. Wu, I think we can talk about the ways and specific matters of cooperation between the two parties today."
This time it was Wu Tao's turn to look at his watch and said, "Mr. Hawkins only has twenty-five minutes? In fact, Molly and I only have one hour today."
This is really shooting himself in the foot, and Jeff can't wait to take back what he just said.
It's just that as the boss, no matter how urgent he is to cooperate, he can't do so.
"For one hour, please allow our Palm company to give you a comprehensive introduction..."