Chapter 153 Good News, Bad News
In Songquandong Mansion, An Rusong walked out of the kitchen carrying a tray and came to the dining table.
On the tray is a can of warmed milk, weighing about a pound. In fact, An Rusong doesn't like to drink hot milk, he likes to drink cold milk, but there is no way, Sun Manzhu has a bad gastrointestinal condition, and she always gets upset if she drinks cold milk. In order to accommodate her, An Rusong gradually got used to giving it to her. Milk is warmed.
In addition to milk, there are three freshly made sandwiches on the table, and there are also three omelettes, all of which An Rusong made after getting up in the morning.
Men don't have to be too diligent, but occasionally they need to show their thoughtfulness in front of women, even if it is to give them a surprise.
Dividing a can of milk into three parts, An Rusong looked into the living room and didn't see Sun Manzhu coming out. He only saw Li Caicao still doing yoga according to the teaching on TV, a small brown dachshund. , turning around her.
The dachshund is a female dog named "Andy". Sun Manzhu bought it and raised it not long ago, but after only raising it for less than a week, she lost interest in it. The reason, it’s not anything else, just because she spends less time at home, but Li Caicao doesn’t go out every day. She takes care of Andy almost all the time, so in just a few days, the puppy and Li Caicao Caicao became intimate.
Nowadays, the relationship between Sun Manzhu and Li Caicao is much more harmonious, but women are always jealous, and there are all kinds of rivalries and jealousies. Therefore, until now, Sun Manzhu Manzhu doesn't like this puppy anymore.
"Manzhu," An Rusong took a hand towel and wiped his hands while walking into the living room. He greeted Sun Manzhu and said, "Hurry up, hurry up and eat. Didn't you say you want to eat this morning?" Are you going to talk to people from Lotte? ”
Buchu Anru Unexpectedly, the two new stress-relieving toys launched by the toy factory have once again been welcomed by the market. Last night, Sun Manzhu mentioned that she would meet with the purchasing manager of Lotte today, and the other party planned to purchase a batch from the toy factory. Toys, but we still don’t know how much they can purchase.
Sun Manzhu's voice came from the direction of the bathroom, and I didn't know what she said. Her voice was a little unclear. She must have been brushing her teeth.
An Rusong didn't rush her anymore and walked to the sofa on his own.
In front of the sofa, Li Caicao was doing cat pose. An Rusong walked up to her, stretched out his hand, put his arms around her slender waist, and picked her up directly from the yoga mat.
Li Caicao was not angry because her exercise was interrupted. She twisted her body like a water snake in An Rusong's arms, and laughed crisply from her mouth. But the dachshund thought that his close owner was being bullied. He squirmed his little butt and chased after An Rusong, barking repeatedly. From time to time, he even wanted to nibble on his heels.
Carrying Li Caicao into the restaurant and placing her directly on a chair beside the dining table, An Rusong leaned over her little mouth and took a few bites before switching to Chinese and saying: "Eat!"< br>
Li Caicao smiled up at him, then turned to comfort Andy who was barking on the ground.
Among the many women around An Rusong, Jiang Xiuyuan seemed to be the purest in mind. As for whether Li Caicao was pure, An Rusong couldn't tell because he could feel it. It seems that there are many secrets hidden.
But one thing An Rusong can determine is that Li Caicao is a very optimistic woman. She does not have strong material desires. As long as she can have enough food and clothing, she will be happy every day. Sun Manzhu was so targeted at her at the beginning, and even beat and scolded her frequently, but one moment she was full of grievances, and the next moment she didn't know what she saw, and she started to be silly and happy again.
An Rusong liked her character, but he never told anyone about it.
Just when An Rusong took his seat and before he had time to pick up his chopsticks, the cell phone he had placed on the dining table was already ringing.
He reached for the phone and looked at the caller ID. He pressed the answer button without hesitation and pressed the speakerphone.
After a while, Macaulay's voice came from the mobile phone. This guy seemed very excited and he spoke loudly: "Hey, Ann, my friend, I hope my phone call didn't disturb you. Your rest."
"Of course not. , Macaulay, it’s already morning in Seoul,” An Rusong said with a smile, “I’m preparing to have breakfast.”
After saying this, he asked first before the other party could continue to speak: "Why, my friend, call me at this time, yes Do you have any good news for me? "
"You can say that, but it's not entirely true," Macaulay said with a smile, "I have bad news and good news." After a pause, he continued: "The bad news is, I'm afraid there's nothing I can do I rushed back to Seoul before the 15th, but the good news is that when I return to Seoul this time, two gentlemen, John Fisher and Eddy Cue, will go to South Korea with me. When the time comes, you need to receive them A large negotiating team.”
An Rusong knows who John Fisher is. He is one of the three core partners of DFJ and one of the founders of this venture capital. In "DFJ" The "F" in it represents him. At that time, DFJ's investment in Baidu was also led by this person.
As for the name Eddy Cue, An Rusong would not be unfamiliar with it. However, the Eddy Cue he knew was not from Draper Corp., but was affiliated with From Apple, he was responsible for the software services business in Apple and later became the vice president of Apple. The launch of things like iTunes Store and iCloud was all related to this person.
"Eddie Cue, is this Eddie Cue of Apple?" An Rusong asked on the phone.
"You know him?" Macaulay said in surprise, "Oh, Ann, it seems you have really done a lot of work. Now, I am not surprised at all by your success. .”
"However, I still want to remind you," he then added, "If Eddie Cue makes any offer, even if it is difficult for you to refuse, do not accept it. You must understand that Fisher is very He is very optimistic about you, your NGN, and especially your photo wall application. He thinks NGN will be the next Facebook. "
"You mean, Apple wants to acquire my NGN?" An Rusong asked in surprise.
“Yes, they will definitely do that,” Macaulay said without hesitation. “Those people at Apple are the most cunning and greedy. They don’t like sharing, they only like to monopolize, so , If there is a chance, they will definitely buy your company first.”
As if to strengthen the persuasiveness of his words, he added: “In addition, Apple has already felt it. Challenge from Google, they are now doing their best to enrich the application library of Apple system , Coincidentally, they now have a large amount of cash in hand, and they can use the gold and dollar offensive. Therefore, my judgment is that they will first ask to acquire your company, and secondly, they will ask you to sign a completely exclusive cooperation agreement. , these two requirements will limit the Kill your company, so you must not accept it."
"Macaulay, you have brought me two bad news," An Rusong thought for a while and said with a smile. Correspondingly, you should also bring me two pieces of good news.”
"Haha, of course," Macaulay laughed. We are all smart people, and some things don't need to be said so clearly.
Since Apple plans to acquire NGN or sign an exclusive agreement, An Rusong, who intends to move applications to the Apple system, will naturally be under certain pressure. After all, Apple is a platform, and he He just provides applications. If people don't accept him, he has nothing to do.
So, Macaulay obviously reminded him not to accept Apple's two conditions, so accordingly, DFJ should provide him with the confidence to reject Apple.
Where does this confidence come from? There is no doubt that it can only be Google, which is gearing up to compete with systems such as Apple and Symbian.
"Ann, I'm not on vacation in the United States these days. I've done a lot of work for you," Macaulay claimed credit on the phone. "I've helped you get through Google. As long as you If you can pass DFJ's subsequent careful investigation, you will receive an invitation from Google and become a member of Google's mobile alliance."
The so-called prudent investigation is a term in economics. Its general meaning is that in the process of investment, financing or acquisition, the investor needs to understand the true operating status of the target company, including whether there are any legal disputes and what the liabilities are. , how is the efficiency of the enterprise, etc., etc.
This prudent investigation is not done casually. Only after the two parties have reached a preliminary investment intention, the target company will allow the investor to send an additional team to investigate its own company.
Since DFJ has made arrangements to launch a careful investigation into NGN, it means that they are bound to win this investment. In addition, with Apple’s acquisition intention ahead, it is estimated that DFJ will The financing plan that Fengjie came up with this time must have very generous conditions for An Rusong.
As for careful investigation and so on, An Rusong doesn't care. How many people does his NGN company have now? What are the financial expenses? As for legal disputes, there are none. Well, there is only one thing that can be related to the law, and that is several patents that are still in the process of application, such as various filter effects.
To be honest, applying for a patent for filter effects does not actually have any protective effect. However, for Internet companies like NGN, this patent must still be applied for, because at some point in the future At this critical moment, An Rusong can also use patent prosecution to delay competitors' entry into the market.
Just like Apple, if it wants to launch its own "photo wall" application, An Rusong can sue it, and then delay the launch of similar applications from Apple, buying time for himself to seize the market.
(End of this chapter)