Chapter 814 The Age of Smartphones
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Chapter 814
No company is willing to be only a technology licensing manufacturer. Eric and Roger Wilson talked for the whole afternoon and basically confirmed the acquisition intention of the company. Next, Firefly only needs to convince a few major shareholders to transfer their hands. Equity.
The market value of the company is only about 80 million US dollars, and it does not show any amazing growth potential. As long as Eric offers a reasonable price, it is not difficult to buy this company.
The autumn sky in London was short, and it was already twilight when the helicopter landed on a tarmac in the Pinewood Studios. Eric got off the plane first, looked at Caroline carefully stepping on the pedals, and reached out with a smile: "Come on, I'll hold you down."
Caroline doesn't mind letting Eric hold her down, but the smile on his face and the tone of his speech are like treating a child. The thing Caroline doesn't like is that others treat her as a little girl. , You know, she is only one year younger than Eric, and she is twenty-five this year.
"No, I can do it myself," said so, Caroline jumped down, staggering slightly, but she was immediately supported by Eric beside her.
After Caroline stood firm, Eric said, "Let's have dinner together. The restaurant here is pretty good. I'll take you back later."
During the day, Caroline drove by herself, but it was already dark at this time. Although Wilson Manor was not far from here, Eric was worried that Caroline would go back alone. This is already the outskirts of London, and the roads are basically The top is all wild farmland, and driving alone at night is definitely a very infiltrating thing.
Caroline and Eric walked out side by side and said, "Eric, I'll just drive back by myself, and I promise my mother will go home for dinner together."
"Let's just eat together, I'll take you back first," Eric said, looking at the girl and what to say, and continued: "Don't refuse, I don't worry about you driving home alone, tomorrow I'll let someone Take your car to Wilson Manor."
Caroline bowed her head slightly and nodded softly: "Well, okay."
Walking out of the tarmac, the driver had already prepared the car, Eric politely opened the car door, let Caroline get in the car, and then got in himself.
Eric didn't think much about it, but thought it would be more polite to send Caroline home in person, and it wasn't too far away anyway. However, Caroline, who was sitting next to Eric, was a little overwhelmed, and her little head began to overclock involuntarily.
Eric is going to his house.
There seems to be something wrong with this.
Wait how you will entertain him.
How will mom and dad feel about this?
Eric casually chatted with Caroline, and when he saw that the girl was absent-minded, he calmed down.
The driver was obviously much faster than Caroline.
Fifteen minutes later, the car passed a stone bridge. Eric took advantage of the street lights on the bridge to look out. Outside the car window was a deep river about ten meters wide. Presumably this is the River Tame that Caroline said. .
Wilson Manor is on the other side of the River Thame, across the stone bridge, and the car has stopped outside a manor in a blink of an eye.
Eric and Caroline got out of the car together, looked over curiously, and looked over the iron fence. Under the lights in the manor, you could see the wide and flat lawn and the castle in the distance.
Because of the long aristocratic history, there are countless castle buildings in the UK. However, because of the expensive maintenance and repair costs, most of them have even been in a state of abandonment. Even the Windsor Castle of the British royal family needs state financial allocation to maintain it. In this era, the nobles who were able to maintain the castle manor left by their ancestors had a very deep background.
Caroline stood beside Eric, but she was obviously overwhelmed. She wanted to invite Eric in, but she didn't know if Eric would be willing or not, and she didn't know what her parents thought. After all, she could Never told Mom and Dad that Eric would visit.
At this time, the doorman of the manor saw his young lady getting out of the car with a man, and took the initiative to greet him. After approaching, he recognized Eric's appearance.
When she saw someone walking over, Caroline came back to her senses and introduced herself, "Eric, this is Mark."
Eric politely reached out and shook it, and said, "Hello, I'm Eric Williams."
"Hello, Mr. Williams," the doorman shook Eric's hand reservedly and looked at Caroline next to him: "Miss, do you need me to inform the master and madam?"
"Ah, this" Caroline looked at Eric.
"Don't bother, it's just that it's a little late before I send Caroline back," Eric shook his head, said to Mark, and turned to Caroline: "Then I'll go back first, and tell your parents for me. say hello."
"Well," Caroline nodded, not knowing whether she was disappointed or regretful.
The driver handed over the two bags. Eric remembered that these were the trench coats and shoes that Caroline had changed during the day, and handed them over to Mark who was standing next to Caroline, then said to the girl, "Then, I'll go first. Bye bye."
"Goodbye," Caroline waved to Eric and watched the lights of the car go away. This time, she looked away, took her clothes from Mark's hand, and said, "Mark, I'll do it myself."
Mark didn't know what was going on at all. It wasn't until his young lady walked into the manor alone with two packaging bags that he reacted and called the count.
Countess Edith Wilson heard the doorman's notice and greeted her, looking at her daughter in a pink hoodie and flat boots, dressed as a little girl, completely different from the attire she had left in the daytime, her eyes flashing, but then again. He quickly regained his calm, took the bag of clothes and handed it to the maid behind him. He took his daughter's hand and asked, without mentioning Eric, and asked gently, "Baby, how are you doing today?"
"Well, Mom," Caroline nodded and said, "Eric sent me back personally, but unfortunately he doesn't want to stay as a guest."
The acquaintance Moruomu, the countess looked at Caroline's puzzled and lost expression, smiled and said, "Mr. Williams is a gentleman, maybe he doesn't want to be too abrupt."
Having said that, the Countess sighed slightly in her heart. From childhood to adulthood, both the Count and his wife loved this little daughter the most, and even Caroline's three brothers took great care of this little sister. They originally hoped that Caroline, like many noble ladies, could find a husband who was right in line with each other and live a peaceful and happy life.
It's a pity that Caroline graduated from Cambridge University a few years ago. Mr. Earl made a blind date for his daughter. Caroline, who has been obedient and obedient since childhood, unexpectedly showed strong resistance and even ran away from home. move.
Caroline accidentally met Eric Williams, and the Count and his wife also felt that it would be a good choice if the two could walk together.
Things didn't go as expected after that.
Caroline then boldly expressed to the couple that they did not want to continue their previous life, so she went to Harvard Business School to study, and finally worked for Eric Williams by accident.
Over the years, as Eric became more and more famous, the earl and his wife also learned more about Eric's deeds, and they realized that Eric and Caroline had been difficult to get together, so this time Eric was filming Casino Royale at Pinewood Studios, not far from Wilson Manor, and they never made any further invitations to each other.
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Looking at the daughter beside her with some pity, the countess suddenly remembered many years ago.
Although people around her say that Caroline has a weak temperament, her acquaintance Mo Ruomu, some stubborn characters under Caroline's weak appearance, are exactly the same as a woman many years ago, and she is worried that Caroline will repeat the past. In the past few years, the earl and his wife let their daughter live according to their own ideas.
After all, it was he who cherished and cared for his dearest child for many years. The couple had three sons who were quite good, and they did not expect Caroline to inherit the family business.
As long as my daughter can be happy, that's fine.
Realizing that the expression of the mother beside her was a little dazed, Caroline asked, "Mom, what are you thinking?"
The countess shook her head: "It's nothing, your father is waiting for us to have dinner together. Come in."
After returning to Pinewood Studios and having a simple dinner, Eric went to the study of his residence.
These days, after filming, he has been thinking about the layout of the future smartphone era. Today, he has determined the right acquisition intention, which means that he is about to have another important piece in his hands.
However, there is still a long way to go in the future.
Nokia, Qualcomm and other companies invested by Firefly Investment Company have been developing rapidly and prosperously in accordance with the established trajectory of the management over the years.
Because he has absolute control over Nokia, Eric has absolute power to let the mobile phone industry giant develop according to his own ideas. The same is true for Qualcomm, which holds a high proportion of shares, and Yahoo, which is on the rise. But if this is the case, Eric will have to invest a lot of energy to control these companies, which is obviously impossible, because Firefly Group has already occupied most of the time and energy. Apart from exhausting himself to death, Eric couldn't think of the second result, so he could only grasp a general direction in general, and leave the specific and minor things to the professional managers of these companies to take care of.
According to the current trend, Nokia will only follow the trajectory of the original world. This development idea is very feasible between the rise of smartphones, but once the rise of smartphones, Nokia will inevitably decline.
After these days of thinking, Eric has roughly figured out another way.
In the study, connected to the Internet, Eric opened the chat software on the desktop, Chris in New York, Yahoo Ian Grenier in Boston, and CTO Steve Mitnick were all online.
A separate makeshift chat room was created, a few people were pulled in, and Eric briefed them on the results of his meeting with Roger Wilson today.
Then, the four of them began to discuss the topic that has been going on these days.
Eric's plan to take a different approach is divided into three main phases.
The plans are mainly themed by Yahoo Networks and Firefly Electronics, and span a ten-year period.
With the assistance of Yahoo, Firefly Electronics will focus on the development and sales of three products in the next ten years.
From 1996 to 2000, Firefly's main focus will be on the promotion of the 3-player, while privately developing the tablet that Eric discussed with Roger Wilson in the afternoon.
Several people have come up with a name for this tablet these days, called .
In the plan, Yahoo, Yahoo and Firefly Electronics itself will all be an important part of the R&D system.
In the next four years, it will focus on application chip development, Yahoo will be responsible for system research and development, and Firefly Electronics will be responsible for the overall research and development framework of this product.
Steve Mitnick had the idea of developing a brand new operating system as early as a few years ago, but at that time the ns operating system had risen, and it was impossible to break Microsoft's monopoly in the field, so Eric Rejected Steve Mitnick's idea.
However, now, his original ideas and ideas can be used in the research and development of mobile operating systems. Eric has also provided Steve Mitnick with many ideas these days based on his impressions of Android and Apple operating systems in previous lives. In the future, this mobile operating system will carry Eric's ambitions in the field of mobile Internet. This time, Eric will definitely not let the mobile operating system in the field of previous life's Android and Apple divide the world equally.
After four years of sufficient research and development time, it was officially launched in 2000. At that time, the mobile communication market will also completely turn to civilians.
Then, in the period from 2000 to 2005, while promoting and selling 3 players, Firefly Electronics will also make use of the technical background accumulated in previous years, with the assistance of Qualcomm and Nokia, to rapidly specialize in the research and development of smart phones, and at the same time , Because of the investment in p, the promotion of this mobile phone in the mobile communication market is not a problem.
In ten years, in 2005, Firefly Electronics will also completely open the era of smart phones.
However, now, his original ideas and ideas can be used in the research and development of mobile operating systems. Eric has also provided Steve Mitnick with many ideas these days based on his impressions of Android and Apple operating systems in previous lives. In the future, this mobile operating system will carry Eric's ambitions in the field of mobile Internet. This time, Eric will definitely not let the mobile operating system in the field of previous life's Android and Apple divide the world equally.
After four years of sufficient research and development time, it was officially launched in 2000. At that time, the mobile communication market will also completely turn to civilians.
Then, during the period from 2000 to 2005, while promoting and selling 3 players, Firefly Electronics will also make use of the technical background accumulated in previous years, with the assistance of Qualcomm and Nokia, to rapidly specialize in the research and development of smart phones, and at the same time , Because of the investment in p, the promotion of this mobile phone in the mobile communication market is not a problem.
In ten years, in 2005, Firefly Electronics will also completely open the era of smart phones. To be continued