Chapter 989 Stuck neck is uncomfortable

  Liu Qingshan bought the rocket neatly with a price of 85 million.

   This price is exactly at the price expected by the two bosses.

  The reason why they didn't agree with Alexander was that Alexander was only willing to pay 80 million, and they asked for 85 million, and the two sides were bargaining.

  Now that someone directly offers this price, of course they happily sell it.

  The two brothers also understood: With Mountain's commercial success, it is basically impossible to take advantage of others.

   The next day, this news quickly appeared in the newspapers. It was not because of the influence of a team, but mainly because the buyer was Liu Qingshan, a recent celebrity.

  So the newspapers are full of reports about Mr. Mountain's entry into the NBA.

   After hearing the news, Mr. Alexander slapped his thigh with regret: If he had known earlier, he would not have bargained the price.

  Because it is the offseason now, Liu Qingshan is not in a hurry to go to Aerospace City, but just entrusts the second sister to send someone to carry out the delivery, and there are still many procedures to go through.

  Chairman Guo and the others are quite satisfied with the location Xiao Zihou chose. It covers a large enough area. It was originally a comprehensive shopping mall.

  And there are enough warehouses behind the shop, which can be used as warehouses.

   Liu Qingshan entrusted Lao Xiao with all these matters, including reconstruction and purchase of equipment, etc., and even the canteen and apartment should be prepared.

  As the team's new boss, Liu Qingshan also participated in the meeting between the employer and the employee.

  The owner of the NBA is also a very large circle. Those who can afford the team must have assets worth hundreds of millions, right?

  However, most of these bosses are over middle-aged, and Liu Qingshan is the youngest one, which is really enviable.

   Liu Qingshan also met the NBA president, Stern smiled and welcomed Liu Qingshan to join this big family.

   Also met representatives of the players union, mainly the guy who looks like a gorilla, he is now the chairman of the players union.

  The owners of those teams also welcomed Liu Qingshan, and at the same time maintained a certain degree of vigilance: because generally speaking, when the team changes the owner, it will make big moves.

  Especially a young man like Liu Qingshan, who might be a youthful young man.

  However, Liu Qingshan has no such plan. These two years have been dominated by old hooligans, so he has to endure it.

  After some communication, the bosses realized that this young man, Liu Qingshan, was different from other young people, he was even more slippery than them, he was considered a young old fritter.

  So everyone can rest assured that it’s not just Lengtouqing, hello, me, hello, everyone, and we can play happily together.

  While Liu Qingshan was messing with a group of middle-aged uncles, a guest suddenly came to visit.

   It was a vice president of Motorola who came. They saw from the newspaper that Liu Qingshan had come to Windy City. As a partner, of course they had to come forward and invite him.

   After all, the batteries used in Motorola mobile phones are manufactured by Jade Bird Technology.

  Because Motorola's headquarters is in a small town on the outskirts of the Windy City.

  The United States has developed for hundreds of years, and has gradually explored some experience. For example, large-scale factories and enterprises are generally located in the suburbs. This point is worth emulating.

  Liu Qingshan received visitors in the small reception room of his room.

  The vice president of Moto is a gentle middle-aged man with a little bald head. He introduced himself and said that his name is Kelly.

  Liu Qingshan shook hands with the other party, and sat on the sofa. Kelly explained his intentions, and Liu Qingshan readily agreed, and proposed to visit their headquarters.

  Motorola was founded in 1928 and has a history of decades. It started from manufacturing radios, followed the pace of the times, and grew into a giant in the field of mobile communications. Of course, there are many things worth learning from.

  The next day, Liu Qingshan led Li Tie and Vera to take the special car sent by the other party to Schaumburg, where the headquarters of the motorcycle is located.

  Schaumburg has convenient transportation and is the most famous satellite city of the Windy City.

  After getting off the car, Liu Qingshan saw the headquarters building of Motorola. Looking at the huge Motorola, Liu Qingshan also felt a familiar feeling in his heart.

  People from that era, who hasn't heard of Motorola's mobile phone?

  But soon Liu Qingshan cheered up: Now this honor belongs to Jade Bird.

  Even though Jade Bird is one step ahead now, it is still far behind the opponent in terms of chip research and development. This has also led to the fact that Moto's mobile phone is still superior to Jade Bird in terms of signal reception and call quality.

   This is where Jade Bird needs to catch up in the future. Liu Qingshan has set up a chip research laboratory in Jade Bird Science and Technology Park for this purpose.

   Take advantage of the fact that you can still communicate with each other, so hurry up and learn. It will be difficult when you get stuck in the future.

   "Mr. Mountain, please." Kelly gestured with his hand.

   A group of people entered the building, giving Liu Qingshan the feeling that there was a sense of rigor everywhere.

  In the United States, they pay more attention to corporate culture, just like Joe’s Apple, which is the most representative.

   In contrast, Liu Qingshan feels that his domestic company is still a bit lacking in management.

  In the chairman's office, Liu Qingshan met Mr. Bob, the second generation of the Galvin family, who is in power at Motorola.

   This is an old man who is nearly seventy years old, and his eyes seem to be shining with wisdom.

   "Hello, Mr. Bob, nice to meet you."

  Liu Qingshan greeted very politely, after all, the age of the other party was about the same as his grandfather.

  Bob also looked at Liu Qingshan carefully, and then nodded: "Mr. Mountain is indeed a good-looking talent. I am also very happy to know such a great young man like you."

   Subsequently, Kelly introduced a man in his thirties next to Mr. Bob to Liu Qingshan, who was Chris, the third-generation successor of the Galvin family.

  He will take over the company from his father in a few years.

   In addition, there are several executives of the company, including two co-CEOs, namely George Fisher and Gary Twain. Obviously, Liu Qingshan's visit has been highly valued.

  Although Motorola is a family business, after Bob stepped down as CEO, he did not ask his son to take over. His reason is simple: Chris still needs to train for a few more years.

  Liu Qingshan shook hands and exchanged greetings one by one. The two sides are not only competitive, but also cooperate in some aspects. The motorcycle needs Jade Bird’s battery, and Jade Bird needs the motorcycle’s chip, so they are relatively friendly on the surface.

   After greeting each other, they sat down around a round table. Old Bob was very interested: "Liu, our cooperation is very pleasant. I have a bigger plan. I wonder if you are interested?"

  Liu Qingshan's heart moved: Could it be the famous Iridium project?

   It is undeniable that this is a very great plan. If it can be realized, Motorola will be a real giant in the industry, unrivaled.

   It's a pity that the Iridium project finally went bankrupt, and Motorola was also seriously injured.

  But Liu Qingshan still pretended to be very interested: "I would like to hear more about it."

  Bob waved his hand and gestured to Chris beside him, and Chris began to talk about it with great interest:

   "We will launch 77 communication satellites in space to replace the base stations on the ground, so that in any corner of the earth, even the north and south poles, you can still talk."

   "Because the element iridium has 77 electrons, we call this plan the Iridium Star Project. At present, our company has invested one billion US dollars and is looking for investment banks from Wall Street. The total planned investment exceeds five billion dollars."

   Seeing Liu Qingshan's shocked face, Chris couldn't help but feel a little proud: "How about it, Mr. Mountain, are you interested in joining?"

   "Great plan!" Liu Qingshan nodded vigorously, but quickly shook his head regretfully:

   "It's a pity that all my funds are invested in other places, even Earth Network and Columbia Pictures are pledged, which is really a pity."

  Liu Qingshan knew that this Iridium project ended in failure. Motorola never recovered from the fall, and those investors on Wall Street also lost their money.

   If he still meddles, wouldn't he hit his head on a tree?

   "It's really a pity." Chris also shook his head. He was still young and didn't realize that Liu Qingshan was not optimistic about this project.

   His father is more old-fashioned. Although Old Bob didn't read anything from Liu Qingshan's expression, he felt that this young man refused too simply.

   After contacting Liu Qingshan's monstrous performance in business, Old Bob became suspicious: If it were me, shouldn't I be very excited when I learned of a grand plan that spans the ages?

  Old Bob fell into deep thought: Could it be that there is something wrong with the Iridium project?

  Through the Iridium plan again in his mind, Old Bob felt that this plan had been discussed many times within the company, and there were no flaws.

  However, starting with his father in business, he has worked hard in shopping malls for decades. It is not an exaggeration for Bob to say that he is an old fox.

  He knows that even the most perfect plan will inevitably have deviations when it is implemented.

   It seems that the risk should be further reduced, and the company's investment in this plan should not be reduced.

   As for the gap, the group of investors on Wall Street have long been fooled by old Bob and are waving money to enter the market.

  Liu Qingshan didn't know that his reaction just now made old Bob associate so many things. He was discussing further cooperation with Mr. George, one of the company's two CEOs.

  George euphemistically expressed that Motorola's self-developed battery has already taken shape, and perhaps next year, there will be no need for Jade Bird to manufacture mobile phone batteries.

  Of course, patent fees still have to be paid, and their R&D team can't get around this barrier no matter how they try.

   This matter is of course expected. Liu Qingshan knows that with Motorola's background, it will not be faked by others.

  So he also smiled and said that he would continue to cooperate extensively with Motorola in the chip field.

  Liu Qingshan's plan is to try to catch up with the opponent in this field in the shortest possible time.

   Then relying on Jade Bird's research and development capabilities and financial investment, at least to ensure that it will not lag behind in this field.

  The feeling of being stuck in the neck in future generations is really uncomfortable.

  The two sides communicated for more than an hour in a friendly atmosphere, and then Chris led the team to lead Liu Qingshan to visit.

  Old Bob is old, so naturally he is not accompanied.

   Without his father present, Chris seemed much more relaxed. When introducing Liu Qingshan, he unconsciously revealed a bit of complacency.

   Of course he has the qualifications to be proud, because Motorola is really strong.

  Liu Qingshan has been listening, and he has also benefited a lot from Chris' words.

   "Mr. Mountain, this is the research and development department of our company, so it is not open to the public, sorry."

  Chris pointed to a small building and said, and then he couldn't get in.

  Liu Qingshan nodded with a smile, expressing his understanding. Generally, places like this are absolute secrets of the company. Of course, outsiders cannot be let in casually, especially his competitor.

   Went to a few branch factories in the small town for a tour, all of which produced various parts and components. The modern management also opened Liu Qingshan's eyes.

   In contrast, his Jade Bird Company is not rigorous enough in this regard.

   "Mr. Mountain, this is our new model, which is smaller and has a better signal."

  Chris is playing with a newly offline mobile phone, looking like he can't put it down.

  As a result, someone suddenly interrupted: "Mr. Mountain, the sales volume of our Motorola mobile phone has surpassed that of the Jade Bird mobile phone, and this latest model will be launched on the market in October. I believe the sales volume will be even higher."

   Liu Qingshan glanced at it, and it was Gary Twain, one of the two CEOs, who was speaking.

  This guy's voice is a bit high-pitched, which doesn't sound very pleasant to the ear.

  Especially in the inside and outside of the words, it is even more uncomfortable to belittle the blue bird and to overestimate oneself.

  Liu Qingshan couldn't help raising his eyebrows: "What a coincidence, our Jade Bird also has a new model, which will be launched in October, Mr. Twain, how about we compare it?"

   "Bet, I don't have 100 million dollars." Gary was not stupid at all, he said half-jokingly.

  Liu Qingshan waved his hand: "We are business partners, if you use money, it will hurt your relationship too much."

   "How about this, if the sales volume of your mobile phone is high, then you can use the lithium battery patent for free; if the sales volume of our new Jade Bird mobile phone is high, then you can use your company's patent in the chip field for free."

   "In this way, it can be regarded as a healthy competition between our two companies. Even if we lose, it will be a good story."

  Liu Qingshan talked eloquently, and he didn't belittle the other party, nor was he aggressive. What he showed was just a strong self-confidence.

  After speaking, Liu Qingshan looked at Gary, and then turned his gaze to Chris, with a faint smile on his mouth, just staring at him, waiting quietly for a reply.

  Gary was a little annoyed, feeling that he was underestimated by the other party. He couldn't help raising his voice, and his voice became even shriller:

   "Mr. Mountain, I also believe that healthy competition is conducive to the development of the company."

  Liu Qingshan nodded his head lightly: "What about Mr. Chris's opinion?"

  Chris also showed strong confidence on his face: "I am the vice president of the company now, of course I have to listen to Mr. Gary, because he is the CEO of the company."

  (end of this chapter)