Li Kunyao rubbed his hands and said to Andy Rubin, "Does Mr. Rubin have time to visit our BenQ Mobile recently?"
Andy Rubin glanced at Yu Dong first, then responded with a smile, "I should have nothing else to do before the conference."
"Haha, it doesn't matter if something happens. We are close anyway. If anything happens, just come over. I run back and forth from both sides every day." Li Kunyao smiled and added some more to Andy Rubin's cup.
Tea continued, "I don't know much about the technology of smartphones. I will need you to communicate more with our engineers."
Andy Rubin nodded and said, "No problem."
Yu Dong said with a smile from the side, "Mr. Li, inviting such a great master to come here is not for nothing. Their current research and development plan on Android requires a lot of linkage experiments, a lot of equipment and consumables."
Li Kunyao immediately raised his hand and said, "Boss, don't say it, I understand, I understand everything. As long as Mr. Rubin can solve our troubles, equipment and other things, it doesn't matter if he is part of our BenQ mobile package."
Yu Dong smiled. Li Kunyao changed his words in time and did not lie. After all, he did not know how much the equipment and consumables needed by Android Company cost.
In fact, it doesn’t require much money. Most of the Android company’s current R&D funds are spent on personnel salaries and daily expenses. The cost of equipment and consumables are also concentrated on the robot project. The Android smartphone system project basically has no equipment.
As for the cost of consumables, because we haven’t reached that point yet, and even if we get to that point, the cost in this area will not be much. This is related to the attributes of the project.
Yu Dong curled his lips and said, "Lao Li, you are not letting the hawk see the rabbit. It's okay. Let Andy go and have a look with you. If you think it is suitable, we can talk about in-depth cooperation. Let me tell you,
It’s not easy for Andy. He runs the company by himself and has many places to spend money. If I can really help you, you guys can’t be stingy.”
Li Kunyao chuckled and said, "I understand, I understand, boss, don't worry, I will never let Mr. Rubin suffer."
Yu Dong nodded, "In that case, Andy, please go to BenQ Mobile with Mr. Li to have a look. I have nothing to do here. If you have any questions, please contact me at any time."
"Don't worry, there won't be any problems, Mr. Rubin, let's go." Li Kunyao went up and took Andy Rubin's arm enthusiastically, "It just so happens that it's almost lunch time. There is a very authentic restaurant downstairs in our company.
I’ll take you to a local restaurant and try it, I promise you won’t be disappointed.”
Seeing the two people walking away with their arms crossed, Yu Dong couldn't help but laugh. Those who are close to ink are black, and those who are close to vermilion are red. This is not true at all. Li Kunyao's previous style was not like this. He was born in engineering. He used to
He is famous for being tough, arbitrary, and meticulous when communicating with others.
But since BenQ Dentsu was acquired by Deep Space Corporation, Li Kunyao has undergone some changes, becoming enthusiastic and smooth, becoming more and more like Jimmy.
Li Kunyao may not have really changed from the inside out. It may be that he made deliberate changes in order to adapt to the new environment of the deep space system. After all, the corporate culture of the Deep Space Company is "to kill someone without repaying their life."
…
Andy Rubin went shopping at BenQ Mobile and was immediately impressed by Li Kunyao and the company's R&D personnel.
In fact, there are specialties in the industry. Andy Rubin is not proficient in all aspects of mobile phone manufacturing, but he has a unique understanding of the development of smartphones and has practical experience, so when talking to the R&D personnel of BenQ Mobile
When communicating together, I can often make them enlightened with just one sentence.
Some things are like this. If you go in the wrong direction, no matter how hard you try, it will be useless. Once you go in the right direction, even if the process is a bit difficult, you will eventually reach the end.
Just like Deep Space Company, not every step taken by Deep Space Company over the years has been perfect, but no matter which industry Deep Space Company enters, its strategic direction is basically correct.
Andy Rubin can not only inspire the R&D personnel of BenQ Mobile in the research and development of smartphones, but also can give a lot of very useful suggestions from the perspective of operating systems.
No matter how good a mobile phone is, the soul still lies in the system. The soul of the smartphones they will make after BenQ Mobile is the Android system, so Andy Rubin's suggestions are very effective for them.
Seeing that Andy Rubin was so powerful, Li Kunyao did not dare to delay any longer. He agreed with Andy Rubin on the spot that BenQ Mobile would jointly set up a R&D center with Android Company. Both parties would learn from each other's strengths, and BenQ Mobile would also give Android Company money.
Provide partial research and development funds.
Li Kunyao is a very adventurous person, so he made the decision on the first day he met Andy Rubin, and his intuition also told him that this Android company must not be missed.
Especially when Li Kunyao learned about the Android smartphone system being developed by his Android company, he became even more interested, thinking that he could use the Android system on his BenQ Mobile smartphones in the future.
More than three years ago, Nokia, Motorola, Ericsson, Mitsubishi and Psion jointly invested in Symbian in London, hoping to conquer the smartphone market through an alliance. Now the Symbian system is very famous. On the one hand, this system
The system is more mature than other mobile operating systems. It has been applied to several real machines and performs very well. On the other hand, after all, this system is backed by Nokia and other major manufacturers, and its development potential is definitely favored by everyone.
.
In fact, Symbian has always adhered to the concept of openness. Any organization or individual can develop software for it. Such features have also given Symbian more developers and a larger market. Many companies are thinking of entering it.
their alliance.
However, the alliance formed by these companies is not indestructible. In the first few years since its establishment, Symbian has never been able to launch a real product, so several giants have maintained a laissez-faire attitude towards this company.
manner.
However, starting from the year before last, after the fifth generation of Symbian system came out, several Symbian mobile phones appeared on the market one after another. Initially, it was because of the competition between Ericsson and Motorola for the title of "the world's first smartphone".
Ericsson first ignored early bugs in the Symbian system and rushed the product to the market. This was also the first market-oriented Symbian mobile phone in history.
This alliance is so unstable, so even if Yu Dong didn't say anything, Li Kunyao didn't want BenQ Mobile to join the Symbian family.
In addition, Microsoft also announced that their company will soon release its own mobile operating system.
As the leader in the operating system industry, Microsoft took action at this time. Many people believed that this was a dimensionality reduction blow. After Windows mobile is launched, it will definitely sweep across the mobile operating system market like Microsoft did in the PC field and quickly win the mobile operating system market.
Li Kunyao's idea is that if there is no other better choice in the future, maybe they can choose to use Microsoft's operating system.
But now with Android companies, it can be used as an important option.
Because of this, the conditions given by Li Kunyao were very generous. Andy Rubin didn't have high expectations at first, but when he heard that Li Kunyao's conditions were very good, he smiled and agreed.
After the initial discussion about cooperation, Li Kunyao looked at his watch, smiled and said to Andy Rubin, "It's almost five o'clock, let's go to the cafeteria for a meal. I'll call and ask if there are any private rooms in the cafeteria.
"
After that, Li Kunyao called the Deep Space Canteen and asked about the situation of the private rooms. Unfortunately, the first few private rooms were all booked.
This result was actually what Li Kunyao expected. During the annual meeting, it was basically impossible to book a private room in the deep space cafeteria.
Since there are no more private rooms in the cafeteria, it stands to reason that Li Kunyao could just take Andy Rubin to an outside restaurant to eat. However, Li Kunyao always felt that it was a pity not to eat in the cafeteria on such a happy day.
Li Kun rolled his eyes and made another call.
Soon Yu Dong's voice rang on the other end of the phone, "Hello, Lao Li."
"Boss, Andy and I have finished shopping." Li Kunyao said with a smile.
"Well, how was the chat?"
"Very good, we have initially reached a cooperation, but..."
"But what?"
"Isn't it time for dinner? I haven't found a place to eat yet. I called the canteen just now and they said that all the private rooms have been booked. Alas, it's a pity. I also want to take Andy to try the special dishes in our canteen.
"
As soon as Yu Dong heard this, he knew what Li Kunyao meant. He smiled and said, "Old Li, if you and I are going roundabout ways, just say it directly. Box No. 1 is also empty tonight, I asked them to keep it for you.
."
"Thank you very much, boss, but..."
"what happened again?"
"I don't know if Andy is used to drinking white wine, but I won't be able to buy any good red wine for a while."
Yu Dong sighed slightly, "I know, I'll have someone give you a bottle of Kandi. It will definitely not be old, so you can just drink it."
Li Kunyao laughed and said, "If you don't pay attention to it, if you don't pay attention to it, then I will thank the boss on Andy's behalf."
"Well, hung up."
After hanging up the phone, Li Kunyao looked at Andy Rubin and said with a smile, "Andy, you are so proud. The boss not only reserved box number one for us, but also took out his wine collection.
bottle."
There is a private room No. 1 in the Deep Space Canteen. The standard inside is very high. It does not usually make reservations for outsiders. It is reserved for Yu Dong, so Li Kunyao called Yu Dong.
As for the wine stored in Yu Dong's store, the amount of wine in his store is scary. The ones that sell the most liquor in Dongtun are Maotai and Wuliangye, and they are not only in the village, but also their ration wine. Before, Yu Hua and the others clamored to sell Yu Dong's wine.
I finished the wine, but the more I drank, the more I drank.
Red wine Yu Dong loves Romanee-Conti, and basically buys more than a dozen bottles every year, including some older ones, such as Romanee-Conti in 1945. Yu Dong had three bottles before him. It is said that these three bottles of wine cost Yu Dong ten years.
Fifty thousand dollars.
And the reason why I say "before" is because there are only two bottles left.
When Yu Dong bought these three bottles of wine, many people thought that Yu Dong would collect these three bottles of wine and maybe sell them in the future. However, no one expected that on Yu Dong's daughter Yu Yi's birthday, Yu Dong would actually
I opened a bottle directly.
At that time, when Jimmy and the others learned that they were drinking Romanee-Conti in 1945, they were too shocked to dare to take a big drink.
A bottle of wine costing US$50,000 is actually nothing to Jimmy, but a bottle of red wine with a history of more than 50 years has a completely different meaning. Moreover, 1945 was a small year for wine, and only 600 bottles were produced that year.
After decades of depletion, it is unknown how much wine is left.
It can be said that the value of collecting this kind of wine is definitely higher than drinking it, but Yu Dongzhen opened it and drank it.
However, after this incident, many collectors came to buy the remaining two bottles of wine, and the price doubled. They were willing to buy them for 100,000 US dollars per bottle. The two bottles added up to 200,000 US dollars.
In other words, although Yu Dong and the others drank one bottle, the value of the wine in his hand has increased.
If it weren't for the fact that Yu Dong didn't value tens of thousands of dollars at all, Jimmy would have doubted whether Yu Dong did this on purpose, just to increase the price of his collection.
Anyway, this matter is quite famous. Everyone knows that Yu Dong likes to collect wine, and he is relatively casual about the wine collection. No matter how precious the wine is, he may drink it at any time. It is for this reason that Li Kunyao will
He asked Yu Dong for a drink in a roundabout way. He also knew that Yu Dong had a lot of good wine stored in the cafeteria.
Li Kunyao happily took Andy Rubin to the cafeteria for dinner. After eating and drinking, he saw that the lights in Yu Dong's office were still on. He suggested to Andy Rubin that Yu Dong's office should be visited.
The two of them went up to the top floor and met Jimmy before they reached Yu Dong's office.
Li Kunyao smiled and greeted Jimmy, "Mr. Ji, you haven't gotten off work yet."
Jimmy looked at Li Kunyao with a smile, "Have you been drinking?"
"It's not like a distinguished guest arrived, and the boss provided good wine, so I drank two more glasses."
Jimmy nodded and asked, "Who is this?"
Li Kunyao introduced, "This is Andy Rubin from Android."
Jimmy suddenly said, "You are Andy Rubin. I heard YU mention you before. I am very happy to meet you."
Li Kunyao told Jimmy about the cooperation between BenQ Mobile and Android. After listening to it, Jimmy said with a smile, "Old Li, you are quite courageous and you are also very supportive of your brother company."
"My own brother company?" Li Kunyao was stunned for a moment, "Mr. Ji, what do you mean by this?"
Jimmy smiled and said, "Don't you know, the boss of Android Company is Yu Dong."
"But……"
Chapter completed!