WeChat was founded in a low-key manner.

Full name: Lijiapo WeChat Technology Co., Ltd.

Temasek and Tsing Yun Group each hold a 50% stake. Considering the practical needs of the operational management team, Temasek agreed to transfer 1% of the voting rights to Tsing Yun.

Let the latter actually enjoy the power of company management.

The two parties agreed that the Lijiaopo WeChat Group will nominally serve as the global headquarters of WeChat, but will not have shares in branches in other countries, except for additional investments.

This is understandable, because instant messaging software developed based on mobile phone address books must be supported by local telecommunications companies and other powerful forces.

In terms of lithium ore cooperation, Temasek has promised to take the lead in global prospecting, preliminary contact and negotiation, etc.

As for the subsequent purchase of land and establishment of a mining company, Qingyun Group will be needed, either to pledge its own equity or to invest corresponding funds in cooperation.

On this point, Temasek emphasizes that it should avoid obtaining financial support from the government as much as possible.

Everyone can see that in the world economic system dominated by British and American capital, especially in energy and minerals, the idea of ​​hegemony is fully demonstrated.

Temasek can act as an intermediate buffer to effectively avoid the worst-case scenario.

On this point, Li Zehua did not refuse, but just mentioned the salt lake and the specific country as a general goal according to his memory.

Many lithium mines discovered in later generations seem to be around famous salt lakes?
The two sides also exchanged views on various aspects, including the R&D and manufacturing of smartphones, Qingyun Group's future listing plan, food delivery companies, and cooperation methods for setting up a branch in Lijiaopo.

As for Pinxixi e-commerce, the two parties agreed to wait until the second half of the year, depending on the specific development situation in the country.

Temasek Holdings is an investment company. Investing in industries or companies with development prospects and future returns is the basis of its survival.

Starting a business, establishing a new company from scratch and participating in actual operations, that is what Qingyun Group and countless other entrepreneurs should do!

……

"I'm sorry that our first meeting has been delayed until this time."

It was already past ten o'clock in the evening when we returned to the hotel suite. Fortunately, Wang Tao and Lu Fei only chatted briefly about Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and left early.

Liu Zijie, the new president of the group's compliance and supervision department, first introduced several young talents around him to Li Zehua.

"Wei Kejian, born in 1977, is from Hebei Province. He graduated from the Department of Management of Shanghai Jiaotong University and received a bachelor's degree in economics from Yale University in the United States.

With extensive experience in the financial industry on Wall Street, he joined...

Based on his rigorous work attitude and outstanding management experience, I intend to recommend him to the company as the general manager of the Lijiapo branch, who will be fully responsible for all matters in Southeast Asia. "

"This is Xiao Chengdong, born in 1975 in Fujian Province. He graduated from the Department of Mathematics at Princeton University in the United States. He was previously responsible for providing data model support for Fortune companies.

I intend to recommend you to the company as the Assistant to the President of the Compliance and Supervision Department."

"This is Lin Wending, born in Malaya in 1973, graduated from Leekath National University of Technology, and previously worked at Leekath Chip Company as a senior manager...

I intend to recommend you to the company as the head of the overseas mobile phone R&D department."

This time, Liu Zijie brought almost all of his followers to Hong Kong. Those who could be recommended to Li Zehua in person were naturally the best among them.

These people are the connections he has accumulated over the years. Except for Lin Wendi, many of them have worked with him for many years and know him well.

Because it was too late, everyone just had a brief introduction when they met for the first time and did not have any in-depth communication.

After everyone left, Li Zehua chose to tell Liu Zijie everything.

"At this stage, the company has only US$500 million of funds available for overseas use, so it may not make much of a splash in the early stages.

For example, for mobile phone R&D and instant messaging software development and testing, you can first arrange to form a team and collect various business information. "

Liu Zijie knew this very well and had already prepared, "Five million US dollars is enough. When I was in Lijiaopo, I had already consulted experts in the relevant field.

The development of instant messaging software based on the mobile phone address book is not difficult and can be done by a team of dozens of people.

The difficulty of promotion lies in the attitude of telecom operators, the local media control, and the response of competitors.

These points are all fine in Lijiapo.”

At this point, he changed the subject and said, "As for smartphone hardware development and software adaptation, Google Inc. of the United States has already made public the source code of its Android system.

A survey of this market shows that companies such as Samsung of South Korea, HTC of Taiwan, and Motorola of the United States have all launched smartphone models equipped with the Android system.

Although the market response is good, the new and old forces led by Apple and Nokia control the vast majority of mobile phone patents, which cannot be circumvented in any way. "

Liu Zijie's attitude is already very clear. He is optimistic about promoting instant messaging software in Southeast Asia because it has the approval of Temasek Holdings.

The good relations it maintains with the United Nations in Southeast Asia will greatly promote the implementation of this project.

Based on the same logic, takeout express delivery and even future e-commerce can first gain a foothold in Lijiaopo and then slowly develop to neighboring countries.

The only thing he is not optimistic about is smartphone manufacturing.

Even though Li Zehua has repeatedly emphasized that there is enough base in the country.

Liu Zijie still refuted: "The cost of small-scale trials is a burden that the group cannot bear at this stage.

Five million US dollars is not enough just to set up a research and development team and obtain relevant patent authorization.

As far as I know, the company has not yet obtained a mobile phone license in the mainland, and also does not have the support of the three major telecom operators, so it will be difficult to make a profit in the initial stage.

Huge expenditures and long-term losses will drag down the development of the company's other main businesses.

As a member of the company's management team.

I have a responsibility to express my reasonable opinions! "

"I understand a little bit now."

Li Zehua muttered to himself, his face looking a little unhappy, but that was all.

He is not a soft girl who can be liked by everyone.

As a qualified businessman, he quickly put himself in the right position, "Smartphones must be made, and we must persist in making them.

The reason is very simple!
The practical needs of the company to develop its business forced me to do this.”

Liu Zijie resisted the urge to continue refutation and forced himself to listen quietly.

Li Zehua was able to express his thoughts calmly.

“First, the emergence of smartphones has led to a major reshuffle in the global mobile phone industry, with traditional dominant companies gradually losing market share.

On the premise of this great benefit, with the open source support from Google, the biggest obstacle, the operating system, was solved.

There is a smooth road ahead for global mobile phone manufacturers.

As for the licensing of mobile phone hardware patents, we can learn from Samsung and adopt the strategy of procrastination.

Samsung holds the core technology that Apple needs, and they threaten and compromise with each other, but we have a strong country supporting us.

Different from the promotion of instant messaging software in Southeast Asia, our positioning from the beginning of smartphones was to be rooted in the domestic market.

The reason is simple. Almost all domestic electronic manufacturers are madly upgrading and transforming, and a complete industrial chain will soon emerge.

In this case, any parts we need can be purchased domestically, which is the inherent advantage of having a strong country to back us up.

Patent licensing can be discussed slowly. If you can spend money, spend it. If you can’t spend money, find a way around it. If there is really no other way, just drag it out.

Isn't it for the purpose of actively responding to lawsuits that the group employs so many legal workers? "

Liu Zijie is not an extremely pedantic person. After working abroad for so many years, he is well aware of the rules of the game.

But I still feel a little contempt for it. This seems like they are planning to force their way onto the bus and then buy the ticket later.

Several similar cases flashed through his mind, and he said worriedly: "Those multinational companies will not give up easily, and they may be required to pay huge compensation afterwards.

The negative impact on the group will be difficult to eliminate.”

It's really not a good thing to be branded as a plagiarist.

However, Li Zehua didn't care at all, "It depends on both sides, how big the interests are in each other's territory.

If Nokia and Apple are willing to completely abandon the domestic market, it will indeed have a huge impact on us, and it is not an exaggeration to say that our smartphone business will not be successful at all.”

Many people have the impression that Nokia began to fall behind in the era of smartphones and quickly lost market share.

But in fact, even if Nokia loses its mobile phone business, its own patent library will continue to reap profits around the world.

Especially in 09, any company in the world that is determined to make smart phones cannot bypass the patent licensing of these two companies. But Li Zehua is Chinese, and ten years later, will Samsung and HTC still have market share in China?

This is the foundation of a superpower. It is impossible for its core industries to be completely controlled by others, not to mention the exchange of interests involved.

As a company that wants to get involved in the smartphone manufacturing industry, Li Zehua’s principle is to negotiate if possible, and forget it if not.

“We need to look forward!”

He is very confident, “Today we really have nothing, not even enough money, but Qingyun Group is a large comprehensive group.

Our businesses are all developing very well and the future is promising.

When the group develops to a certain stage, we will inevitably turn to technological investment, coupled with the core technologies we now have.

It is entirely possible to reach a settlement with these companies. Believe me, Apple will compromise unless it intends to completely abandon the domestic market!

Just because I don’t have money today doesn’t mean I won’t have money tomorrow. Excluding the part of 500 million US dollars that can be used for the instant messaging software, there is about 300 million that can be used for the smartphone business.

First use it to build a team and collect information, just as a greeting to the industry, at least to let them know that there is such a new company that is determined to make mobile phones.

Now, I want to talk about the positioning of mobile phones in Qingyun Group and the core factor why we want to do it. "

"Appreciate further details."

Although Liu Zijie has been living abroad for a long time, in Southeast Asia, especially among the older generation of the Chinese community, the frequency of daily use of Chinese culture is very high.

“First of all, the food delivery industry is an industry that requires information sharing at all times.

Delivery drivers and couriers’ route planning, order package pickup and delivery, and real-time communication with consumers all require a suitable information transmission vehicle.

Computers, laptops, and tablets are not up to the task because of their size.”

Li Zehua took out an iPhone 3 and handed it to him. "A smartphone that can fit in one hand and can communicate anytime and anywhere with the help of 3G network information coverage will perfectly meet all needs."

“Can’t a traditional keypad phone do that?”

Liu Zijie really doesn't know much about this.

It has only been a month since Wu Liangyu contacted him. He has to hand over his original job and is also responsible for the information communication between Qingyun Group in Lijiaopo and Temasek.

It is good enough to be familiar with the general scope of the group's business. There is simply no time to delve into the specific details of the food delivery and express delivery industry.

He is not Superman.

Li Zehua is the same. The huge domestic affairs have completely tied his hands and feet, even though he has countless money-making projects in his mind.

It is also impossible to put it into practice due to constraints in energy, time, ability, money, etc.

Therefore, he must try every possible means to attract, bribe and absorb high-quality talents who are in line with his business philosophy.

From the current perspective, Liu Zijie is a very suitable candidate. Not only did he join himself, but he also used his own connections to attract a large number of talents.

The other is Sun Tongyu, the former general manager of Taotao. At the beginning, Li Zehua treated him as dispensable, but now he is very eager for him.

The two parties share the same philosophy of focusing on the grassroots market and putting people first.

If we can invite him back, he can at least share most of the Pinxixi affairs.

So now, Li Zehua showed great patience and carefully explained the huge role of smartphones in the takeout and express delivery industry.

Liu Zijie decisively grasped the key point, "Mobile payment, QR code?

Add instant messaging software to the mix, and this is how you think the mobile Internet is going to develop?"

"Of course!"

Li Zehua was not stingy in sharing this, because Liu Zijie will not only serve as the president of the group's core department.

He will also be responsible for the group's overseas business in the early and middle stages. Either of these two positions is enough to send him to the group's board of directors.

Not to mention that he holds several positions and has a whole team of highly qualified talents under him. Li Zehua cannot attach enough importance to this.

In terms of welfare benefits, group options, and future planning arrangements, he is prepared to take practical actions to carry out in-depth interest bundling.

As long as Liu Zijie can bring corresponding help and benefits to the development of the group.

Liu Zijie also saw this, so he tried it step by step, and Li Zehua readily agreed to his personnel recommendation from the beginning.

Now that there are differences in judgment and planning for the development of core businesses, he gradually understands where the bottom line is.

That is, within the group, he can increase his influence as long as he can provide help that is beneficial to the company's business development.

But he must not cross Li Zehua's bottom line, and he must respect the latter's position as the helmsman in the company's development process.

After thinking this through, Liu Zijie adjusted his attitude appropriately, but couldn't help but ask curiously, "Chairman, can the QR code patent you mentioned make a company as big as Apple choose to give in?"

"Of course!"

Li Zehua laughed and said, "Who made us so lucky that we could detect a hint of future development in advance..."

Mobile phones, especially smartphones.

In the future, it will also carry some special attributes of means of production. Especially for individual business owners, the importance of scanning the QR code is self-evident.

Even now, Qingyun Group holds the powerful weapon of QR code. Once the global patent is obtained, there will be a lot of room for operation.

Especially the takeout and express delivery industry can be used as the first batch of pilot projects, as the packages of the two industries develop along with the online shopping market.

From more than a billion packages to tens of billions and even hundreds of billions, the importance of QR codes can even determine the life and death of an industry.

Without QR codes, it would be impossible to establish a shared information network among enterprises, consumers and merchants, and the cost of information transmission would increase infinitely.

With high costs, where is the competitive advantage?
The takeout express delivery industry is not a luxury goods store. Does it expect consumers to call customer service every day to ask where their packages are?

What nonsense.

Without QR codes, there would be no sharing economy.

Without QR codes, mobile payments are a joke.

Li Zehua is so cunning that he signed contracts with dozens of universities and research institutions in Shanghai, eastern Guangdong, and Yanjing.

They don't have to do anything else next.

Focus on studying the existing technologies, especially the scanning and viewing of electronic devices, including but not limited to various scanning, input and reading methods such as cameras.

And the secondary, tertiary, and multiple reading input methods derived from this.

He wanted to fundamentally eliminate any possibility of circumventing Qingyun Group's patent.

To put it simply, as long as you use QR codes or multi-dimensional codes, you will definitely infringe on Qingyun Group's patents.

Whether at home or abroad, he will attract enough powerful players to establish a broad alliance of interests.

As long as you are a businessman and use this to make profits, don't even think about escaping the patent licensing fees. Every penny is love, and this will no longer be a joke.

Apple owns a large number of patents for mobile phone hardware, appearance, etc., but does it dare to say that it will not equip its mobile products, especially domestic products, with scanning and QR code payment technology?

Never mind whether it is third-party software being used, the iPhone is just a poor excuse for providing a platform.

As long as Apple dares to break off relations, Qingyun Group will not be easy to deal with even on its own. At worst, the two sides will fight the lawsuit until the end of time.

Apple wants Qingyun to stop infringing on its patents when making mobile phones and demands a huge amount of compensation.

Then Qingyun Group dares to make Apple suffer, isn't that just hurting each other?

Does Apple dare to completely abandon mobile payments in China?
That’s even better. Qingyun can just wait and happily seize the market together with Huawei.

Liu Zijie was almost shocked. Could this thing be so important?

"Therefore, we must not give up on smartphones. They are the foundation of our hardware. Whoever dares to stop us will be the sworn enemy of Qingyun Group!"

Li Zehua gave orders without hesitation, “At this stage, we can recruit talents in related fields more quickly abroad.

I don’t care what means Lijiaopo Company uses, whether it’s cheating or coaxing, as long as they get all the people for me first.

We have three or four months, so it shouldn't be too hard for you, right?"

What else can Liu Zijie do? He can only nod and agree. (End of this chapter)