Feng Yu was having dinner with Elena at his home in Seattle when he received a call from Liu Chuanzhi. Liu Chuanzhi told Feng Yu that Lenovo Group's software business will be separated and merged with Kingsoft and Russian Bear Software to form a new Lenovo software company. This was approved by Lenovo's board of directors.
Feng Yu confidently told Liu Chuanzhi: "Old Liu, you will not regret your decision today. I can guarantee that this new software company will be the pride of Hua Xia, Asia, and even the whole world!"
Feng Yu insisted on bringing Kingsoft into this merger. This was not only because he felt Kingsoft's technologies were good, but also because Kingsoft had WPS Office software.
Feng Yu had used WPS in his previous life. Compared to Microsoft Office, WPS was not as good as Microsoft Office, but it was still considered one of the best among Hua Xia's self-developed software.
With Feng Yu's "creativity", WPS will be improved, and it might be able to catch up with Microsoft Office in a short time.
Kingsoft had also started to research on anti-virus software, and Han Card was doing well. All these will help Lenovo improve their software products and technologies.
Of course, there was another person in Kingsoft Software, and Feng Yu valued him. Lei Jun. He was so young, and he was already the General Manager of Kingsoft Software in Beijing.
Feng Yu also likes to use people in their thirties as the top management in his company. Young people are fine, but Feng Yu does not like to use older people. Firstly, these people will retire after a few years. Secondly, people who were too old were more rigid and inflexible. Not everyone was like Li Mingde, who could satisfy Feng Yu.
Lei Jun was someone with his own ideas, and he was someone that Feng Yu wanted to recruit. In Feng Yu's previous life, Qiu Bojun was also known as Hua Xia's top software developer. He was also someone that Feng Yu did not want to give up.
"Did Kingsoft Software agree? How many shares do they want? "Feng Yu asked.
Kingsoft's market value was not high, and it did not have many assets, but its products and technology were still very valuable. But if the requirements were too high, then they might as well poach people.
"Silver Mountain's side is still negotiating. The specific results are not out yet, but there is a high chance that the negotiations will be successful. General Manager Feng, do you really think that we can compete with the US with the addition of Russian engineers? "Liu Chuanzhi is not confident. He didn't think it would be a problem to occupy a place in the world, but he didn't think it was possible to compete with the United States.
"At least in some aspects, it will definitely be possible, such as office software, anti-virus software, and so on. As for the system, it depends on how far you can go. "Feng Yu wasn't sure that the other party would be able to fulfill his request.
Also, Feng Yu had suggested two operating systems. One was Windows 7, and the other was Android. In Feng Yu's previous life, Microsoft and Google had more engineers than Lenovo.
But even if Feng Yu could not succeed with both systems, he would still be able to make a killing.
"General Manager Feng, this is an important matter. Aren't you coming back?" Liu Chuanzhi asked.
"I will definitely be back when the company is set up. I still have some work to do here. " Feng Yu still had not completed Amazon's investment and shares acquisition, and he still has not seen if Kirilenko's engineers' stock analysis software is reliable. After he finishes all these, Lenovo's software should be set up, and he can return to China to deal with it.
Amazon's investment had been settled, but the paperwork was not completed yet. Feng Yu had also seen Amazon's website, and he was not satisfied with many parts of it.
After Feng Yu becomes Amazon's major shareholder, he will ask Jeff to improve the website to what he wants. Amazon will also become a test subject.
If China's internet was not outdated, and people's purchasing power was too low, Feng Yu would have set up a website like this in China.
"Alright. Let's talk when you are back."
After Liu Chuanzhi hangs up, Feng Yu turns to Elena. "Where do you want to go today? There will be a Broadway show in a few days. I can bring you there. "
Elena's face beamed with happiness. "I'll listen to you."
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Qiu Bojun and a few other Kingsoft executives sat together to discuss if they should merge with Lenovo Software. Now, they own Lenovo's shares, and if they join Lenovo, they will have better prospects. But the downside is that Kingsoft, which they had built up, will disappear.
"I think we should join Lenovo Software, and there will be many software experts from Russia joining us. This will help us achieve our dreams faster." Lei Dajun said.
"Our dreams? Our dream is to be the world's top software company! But if we merge with Lenovo Software, what will happen to Kingsoft's brand? "One of Qiu Bojun's executives asked.
"What if we can keep Kingsoft's brand? Including our WPS brand? "Lei Dajun asked.
"How can we keep it? The other party is the major shareholder. Will they use your brand? In the future, all their software will be branded with Lenovo's name! "
Lei Dajun laughed and shook his head. "Our WPS is the best office software in China. Lenovo does not have it, and they can only use ours. Also, we are the ones doing the research on office software. We are also good at researching on Han Card. We can let them sell our brand and keep our WPS brand. We can even ask them to use our Kingsoft name for their next product. "
Qiu Bojun asked curiously. "Are you confident that the other party will agree to this condition?"
"Not only this. I think this joint venture company should be called Lenovo Kingsoft. We must let people know this is a merger and not us being acquired by Lenovo!" Lei Dajun said confidently. Actually, Lei Dajun is more suitable than Qiu Bojun to be the head of the company.
Lei Dajun's words made the rest of the executives excited. If they can do this, then there is nothing wrong with merging with Lenovo. They will be working in a bigger company and will have a bigger platform. In the future, they will be able to realize their dreams and make more money.
"Lei Dajun, are you confident that you can convince Zhu Linan? What about Liu Chuanzhi? Are you confident that you can convince him? "
"From the proportion of shares they gave us, it can be seen that they really want to facilitate this merger. So, they will definitely agree to our request. Our Kingsoft is not a nameless brand! "Lei Dajun said confidently.
Zhu Linan was sitting in a small meeting room in Kingsoft's Beijing office. Qiu Bojun and the rest were discussing the results, and Zhu Linan did not leave. He believed the conditions he proposed were good enough.
Of course, Zhu Linan had proposed these conditions because he wants Qiu Bojun and the rest to stand on his side in the future. This way, he will have full control over Lenovo! This way, when the company is listed, he will get more benefits.
Someone knocked on the door and entered. Zhu Linan frowned. Why is it not Qiu Bojun but Lei Dajun?
"Manager Zhu, we had discussed and have a few small problems. I hope Lenovo can agree to them." Lei Dajun laughed.
"What is it?"
"This joint venture company cannot be called Lenovo Software. It should be called Lenovo Kingsoft. Can you all agree to this?"
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