"Boss, the guys from RIM have agreed."

Listening to Benier's ecstatic voice, Lin Zheng was so happy that he couldn't throw his phone out: This is Blackberry, did they agree so happily?

"What are their conditions? Well, let me tell you about the detailed process of your contacts." Boss Lin's voice trembled a little.

He couldn't help but be excited. This was the only giant that could compete with Motorola in the field of two-way paging in the late 20th and early 21st century. But now, this guy Benier couldn't go through two or three days in Canada and actually got the cooperation with RIM? This is really... In the eyes of Boss Lin, he is actually not optimistic about Benier's trip to Canada this time. Of course, he is not absolutely optimistic about it, but he has to take a year and a half to reach a cooperation agreement with RIM, right? But now, in just two or three days, Benier actually got the cooperation with RIM? After the initial shock, Boss Lin Zheng was very curious, how did you Benier do it?

"Oh, this is a long way to say..."

Benier's phone call was originally a contribution to his boss, so he naturally expressed the whole process in detail: to put it simply, his trip to Canada was very smooth. Before he went to Canada, he contacted RIM. The current RIM company is indeed developing a two-way pager, and they are also using ICQs that have caused huge waves in the entire European and American technology industry. They even have the idea of ​​integrating ICQ into the RIM bidirectional pager they are developing. They are considering how to obtain the authorization of ICQ, but because the RIM company is in extremely shortage of funds now, they have not contacted ICQ companies...

"Wait!" Lin Zheng felt that his mind was not enough, so he quickly interrupted Benier, "Old Bei, do you think the reason why RIM did not contact us is to raise funds and prepare to obtain our authorization for them to transplant ICQ to their two-way pager?"

"That's right, that's it," Beniel's pride could be clearly felt through the microphone. Hearing his boss's question, he couldn't help but say to Lin Zheng proudly, "Their CEO Mr. Jim Balsillie told me personally that they have found some ways. They probably will be able to determine the financing matter in another month or two. Once the financing matter is determined, they will contact us."

"this……"

Why do I think this matter is so mysterious? Lin Zheng hesitated for a moment. Finally, he asked Beniel, "Benier, I think they should not say this kind of thing to us, right?"

"Of course he wouldn't tell me at the beginning that we had reached our initial intention and Jim Balsillie told me after the general direction of cooperation was finalized," said Beniel. "That guy Jim Balsillie is not a good thing, he is as cunning as a fox."

However, Beniel's words were a bit insulting. In the business world, when talking about a person, especially his opponent, who is cunning like a fox, is not so much abusing him, but more praise to him: I wonder how many people want him to be cunning like a fox. Does Beniel want to be scolded behind his back, "Damn old fox!"? This is indefinite.

Lin Zheng is also a boss. Naturally, he can get the little thoughts in Benier's heart. He chuckled, and his heart was indeed relieved. After pondering for a while, he continued, "Well, let's continue, especially the part of their financing and their two-way technology that Jim Balsillie told you."

"Oh, they found a venture capital company and hoped that the other party could invest $1 million in them, a considerable amount of the money was used to obtain our authorization. However, the other party's requirements were a bit high, Jim Balsillie was still a little hesitant, and the two sides were in a stalemate on this issue, but after we appeared, RIM naturally did not need to raise funds from the venture capital company."

"But their two-way paging technology is really good. I tried their office samples, which are very useful," Benier was quite realistic in this matter, but just in Lin Zheng's heart, he praised him for less than a word. This guy turned his mouth and turned his back. "But now he is trying it in their laboratory. Whether it can still ensure such fluency and stability in practice remains to be tested."

Benil said it easily, but Lin Zheng heard it and said white hair sweat on his back: Damn! It’s so dangerous!

Obviously, RIM wants to raise $1 million. In addition to obtaining ICQ company permission to take ICQ live chat software all the way to their two-way pager, it should be that their two-way pager technology is still somewhat immature and perfect. Fortunately, if Benier had not been anxious to promote the mobile version of ICQ, it might have really allowed RIM to overcome this hurdle, and RIM would have overcome this hurdle...

After carefully recalling the relevant history of RIM, Lin Zheng was very sure that as long as RIM crossed the hurdle in front of him, there would basically be nothing that could stop them in the future.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Zheng asked, "Well, what is the final result? What price did we pay? What result did we get?"

"We invested $3 million and ICQ's mobile terminal equipment authorization, obtained 32.5% of RIM's shares and the promise to fully popularize the mobile version of ICQ in RIM mobile communication terminals. Unless we specifically requested it and mandatory government requirements, mobile version of ICQ must be installed on each RIM mobile terminal device. Of course, in order to achieve this share ratio, I promised that damn Jim Balsillie that we will not participate in their corporate management and operations, and only regulate finances and dividends." Speaking of this, Benier was quite angry, "Boss, we don't have to pay so much money at all. Even if we don't come up with the last trump card, I can guarantee that we can get more than 25% of the equity..."

Beniel was chattering and cursing the cunning of the old fox Jim Balsillie, who was cursing Jim Balsillie on the surface, but in fact he was showing his merit to Lin Zheng: Boss, look, I have put a lot of effort into achieving your initial requirements. You don’t know how troublesome that bastard Jim Balsillie is to deal with it... But unfortunately, Boss Lin’s thoughts floated away again.

That's right, Boss Lin was distracted again. He had to figure out why the $3 million plus the authorization of ICQ on their mobile communication device terminals... is not an exclusive authorization... can allow himself to obtain 32.5% of the shares of RIM plus exclusive ownership of the RIM platform? This has never been thought of in Lin Zheng's mind.

However, Lin Zheng is Lin Zheng after all. In the blink of an eye, Lin Zheng figured out where the problem lies. He couldn't say he could slapped his thigh hard: Damn! I forgot, I only remember the coldness and nobleness of RIM in the BlackBerry era. It was an era when everyone used a BlackBerry phone to install B, but I forgot that RIM now has nothing to do with it. RIM is in the darkest period before dawn and is struggling desperately... Although I know that their RIM company was in the darkest period before dawn, Jim Balsillie could not know. In Jim Balsillie's view, do you know whether this before dawn darkness is a dark year or a 10-year dark year? From the establishment of RIM in 1984 to this year, this has been 11 years, but have RIM achieved some impressive achievements in these 11 years?

No! Don’t talk about impressive achievements, even ordinary achievements have not been achieved. It’s amazing that it’s just that it’s alive until now and has a little fame in the industry, but that’s all. It’s completely incomparable to ICQ, which is in the limelight and is in the stage of rapid development! ICQ can actively extend an olive branch to their RIM company and grant the mobile communication device terminal authorization, which is probably enough to make RIM faint happily.

Don't forget that when RIM is trying hard to engage in two-way paging, there is a vicious and vicious behemoth above their heads: Motorola is entrenched, and two-way paging has always been the traditional territory of Motorola. Once RIM makes Motorola unhappy, he will just stretch out a little finger and crush them in minutes. It is no different from crushing an ant easily.

Tsk... When things got to the point where they were settled, Lin Zheng smacked his lips and felt a little regretful: If RIM company took the initiative to find its own door, will things improve?

But the next moment, he threw away this idea in the Black Sea. Didn’t RIM plan to raise funds before? It has no money to cooperate with others, and has money to cooperate with others. These are two completely different mentalities: if you have money in your hands, don’t you feel panic?

But no matter what, Benier did a good job in this matter. Even if he accidentally hit him, he was the one who benefited the most in the end. After pondering for a while, Lin Zheng finally spoke, "Old Bei, you completed this mission very well. Well, what kind of reward do you want to get?"
Chapter completed!