Age of Dreams

( ) Motorola's benefit gala, on Starbucks Island, New York.

Although the area of ​​Stara Island is more than twice the size of Manhattan, its population is very sparse, which is also related to the fact that there are too many vacation villas on it. The rich like to come here for vacation. You can see the statue of Zi You when you look up, and It is really pleasant to live here overlooking the busy New York Harbor.

Taking Motorola's cruise ship, departing from New York Harbor to State Island, Xiao Qi looked at the familiar Motorola's performance on the cruise ship, and his mind was full of thoughts.

In his previous life, before going abroad, Xiao Qi witnessed the glory and decline of Motorola in China.

As the first foreign large-scale communication company to develop in China, Motorola relied on its tyrannical strength. After making a fortune in pagers, it moved to the mobile phone field. At its peak, it occupied almost 90% of the market in China. .

At that time, Motorola was synonymous with excellent products and high-end mobile phones.

Even the first mobile phone that Xiao Xu was equipped with in the unit was Motorola's v998. Although the price had been reduced from the peak price of 9000 to more than 5000 at that time, it was still unattainable.

Xiao Qi, who was still a child, played with his father's mobile phone for a long time in novelty, and even put it on the pillow to accompany him to sleep.

At that time, Xiao Qi really thought that there was no better mobile phone than v998 in this world, and there was no greater company than Motorola.

As a result, Nokia entered China on a large scale later, relying on the friendly policy of building signal base stations for mobile communication and Lianshu free of charge, it insisted on turning Motorola into a "mobile phone with poor signal", and the Nokia mobile phone that adjusted the receiving frequency is "in A mobile phone that can talk anywhere."

As a result, the proud and arrogant Motorola was beaten to the bum by Nokia. After entering the new century, its market share in Huaguo has dropped sharply for several consecutive years. By this year, it has only 25% of the market share.

But Motorola is still very proud. Their overall profitability in the world is still good, at least before the emergence of the smartphone iphone, they all maintained a proud record of profitability for more than 20 consecutive years.

It's just that after Xiao Qi's dreampad came out, no matter how stiff their leadership was, they saw intelligent electronic products. How much share will it occupy in the future, so the research on intelligent products has been launched with enthusiasm.

Motorola and Nokia are actually very, very disappointing in terms of intelligence.

The world's first mobile phone is from Motorola, the first touch-screen mobile phone is from Nokia, and the first mobile phone with integrated wifi chip is also from Nokia...

They have already seized all kinds of opportunities, but they are too conceited, thinking that mobile phones exist for calls, and those fancy functions will be cast aside by real middle- and high-level income earners. Because these customers simply don't have time to play with their mobile phones.

So later, the incomparably sharp Qiao Gangzhu succeeded, and Samsung, htc, etc. also swarmed up with their smartphones, and the two mobile phone companies went bankrupt directly. This is probably now in 2006, and most people are Did not expect.

In 2013, when Nokia announced the closure of several flagship stores in Huaguo. Countless mobile phone users ran to the closed store to take a group photo to commemorate their youthful years.

After all, Motorola and Nokia are the memories of a generation of Chinese people growing up, including Xiao Qi, who have deep feelings for them—not because of the mobile phone itself, but because of the growth process carried by the mobile phone.

With this slight melancholy, Xiao Qi took a special car and arrived at the "Motor Manor" built by Motorola.

it is good.

Said it was Motorola. In fact, it is somewhat inaccurate. It should be said that the protagonist today is the Motorola mobile phone company. Its parent company, Motorola, also involves the rights and interests of the military's weapon electronic equipment, communication equipment of various important departments, and so on. That is really true. Just like the existence of IBM, it can be said that they are all illegitimate children of the United States.

Unlike the parent company, which involves the military's strict secrecy, Motorola's mobile phone company is used by all civilians. Therefore, the behavior can be very high-profile.

No matter how high Nokia's market share is around the world, in the current US market, Motorola is still number one in the US before iPhones start selling. It is still a behemoth that ordinary companies cannot look up to.

Like today, when Xiao Qi arrived at six o'clock, there were already crowds inside and out. Nuo Da's manor was occupied by two to three hundred well-dressed gentlemen and ladies, and the popularity seemed very strong.

Wade was very enthusiastic, knowing that Xiao Qi didn't know anyone, so he called early, and then waited at the door, and walked in with Xiao Qi.

"Mr. Griffin, Vice President of Motorola Mobile, wants to meet Qi Shao before the charity dinner starts." Wade said as he walked, "Griffin has served as the president of Greater China, and he is not bad. I didn't agree to him hastily, because they might mention the dreampad."

"Go and see." Xiao Qi nodded, "These wolves will come sooner or later. Apart from investment banks, these mobile phone companies are not cheap."

"it is good."

Wade breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly led Xiao Qi to another road.

The two passed through two halls, Xiao Qi entered a relatively small lounge on the second floor, while Wade waited outside the door.

Here, a gray-haired old man is holding a book to read.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, the old man raised his head, smiled heartily at Xiao Qi, stood up and gave him a warm hug: "Mysterious boy, I finally see you!"

Xiao Qi raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Mr. Griffin, I am also very honored. When I was a child, you were the president of Motorola Greater China. At that time, you could only see it on TV. Where is the big shot!"

"Yeah, seeing young talents like you appear, I feel more and more old." Griffin smiled wryly, and beckoned Xiao Qi to sit down, "I don't have much time in Motorola, and I should retire next year , so I take the liberty to invite Mr. Xiao here today because I want to do something for Motorola at the last moment."

"Mr. Griffin, please tell me." Xiao Qi smiled.

"I watched the Fairy Company's DreamPad, it's great! It's wonderful! It reminds me of when Cooper made his first cell phone call more than 30 years ago..." Griffin showed a look of memory on his face, " He opened this door for us humans, and Mr. Xiao Qi, you have opened another even wider door for us!!"

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