On Sunnyvale First Avenue in Silicon Valley, palm headquarters is just a three story building, which looks really insignificant.
In the past few years, the company has sold millions of handheld PDA products with a total sales of several billion dollars, still maintaining its early appearance.
The only change is probably the orange trademark sign on the top of the head, which contains the four letters palm.
The plump and round font is very appropriate to the chubby image of most PDAs using palm system.
Wu Tao got out of the car and stopped in front of the door for a long time.
In his previous life, he also bought Treo's mobile phone and played it for a long time. At that time, it was regarded as a divine machine.
I didn't expect to have the opportunity to visit here. Besides being proud, I couldn't help feeling thousands of feelings.
Molly couldn't understand his mood. After getting off the bus, she took her own sunglasses and proudly went straight to the main door of the small building.
Wu Tao had to pick up his feelings and quickly followed up.
The receptionist of the company was a middle-aged woman in her early 40s. Facing Molly's domineering momentum, she still glanced at Molly through the gap above her glasses and asked slowly.
"Do you have an appointment?"
"Yes, Molly Soros." Molly looked at the diamond watch and said, "it's about 10:30 a.m."
The middle-aged woman looked up at the wall clock. "Then there are two minutes to go. Please wait a minute. Jeff is in a meeting."
It's bull like. Wu Tao has seen it.
If it hadn't turned over two years ago, palm wouldn't have been so indifferent to a god of wealth like Molly.
Now the company is on the right track, with sufficient cash flow, and its attitude towards capital is not so enthusiastic.
Not only that, but even a little tacit exclusion.
But Molly seemed to be used to it. She went to the next lounge and sat down.
Two minutes later, when the current middle-aged woman came to the lounge, Wu Tao had stood up with Molly.
After the front desk and through the L-shaped corridor, the middle-aged woman led them to a small reception room.
There was nothing in it except a square table and four chairs.
Molly and Wu Tao sat side by side facing the door of the reception room. As soon as they sat down, a tall man with blond hair and blue eyes pushed the door in, so they stood up again.
The middle-aged woman pointed at her and said, "boss, the guests have arrived."
The other party nodded, "Oh, Susan, please pour us a cup of coffee, thank you."
Susan nodded expressionless and walked out of the door. Molly got the opportunity and offered to reach out and say, "Mr. Hawkins, nice to meet you."
"Me too, Miss Soros. Call me Jeff! "
"Then Jeff, allow me to introduce you to Wu from China." Before Jeff could sit down across the table, Molly introduced directly.
Jeff shook hands with Wu Tao lightly. When he heard that he was from China, he obviously didn't pay much attention to him.
Wu Tao doesn't care, because he can see that the other party is not aimed at himself, but a typical technical businessman. What he can value is only technology and products, that's all.
While the two sides were seated, aunt Susan's coffee was also served.
After sipping his coffee, Jeff looked at his watch and said straight to the point, "we still have 25 minutes. Please start."
Wu Tao couldn't help laughing bitterly. As expected, others didn't take themselves seriously.
In these 25 minutes, if the other party can't be interested in his own side, the cooperation between the two sides will be avoided.
So I looked at Molly and said directly, "Jeff, I'm here to negotiate with your company to authorize palm to produce mobile phones."
There was no big change on Jeff's face. He just looked at Wu Tao like an inquiry, frowned and looked thoughtful.
Wu Tao's unilateral statement continues, "I believe that the future development of mobile phones is bound to enter the era of smart phones. A smart phone can integrate all aspects of customers' clothing, food, housing and transportation. Supporting such complex functions must be supported by the mobile operating system. "
"... therefore, considering the foresight of technology and the necessity of reserve, we Yuanqi technology come to your company in advance to discuss cooperation and hope to launch our first smartphone as soon as possible."
Wu Tao finished and drank half a cup of coffee.
Jeff touched his chin. His words didn't surprise him at all, so his face was still unmoved.
"Wu, I have to tell you that, in fact, PalmOS has found a partner in the mobile phone field, and our first Treo smartphone has entered the design stage."
Wu Tao was suddenly surprised. In this way, the Treo smartphone has not been released yet, and the handspring company that launched Treo does not yet exist?
A little unexpected. However, Wu Tao quickly gave up his deep study of these problems and said, "does your company still think there are too many partners in the mobile phone field? It should be good and harmless for you, shouldn't it? "
Jeff rubbed his cheek without retorting. In fact, he doesn't know whether palm smartphone can succeed. In addition, the disputes and differences between PalmOS and its old owners are still far away.
Wu Tao and Molly exchanged eyes and said, "if Mr. Hawkins questions the strength of Yuanqi technology, then..."
As he spoke, he took out the prepared documents from his briefcase.
"Then I think this document can give Mr. Hawkins a clearer understanding of our Yuanqi technology in China and the brand influence of lotus mobile phone."
Jeff took the document and was about to find a reason to dismiss the two people in front of him. Suddenly, he glanced at them so casually that he was stunned for a moment and couldn't get out of the amazing data.
"Oh, my God." Jeffton couldn't sit still. "Mr. Wu, in the past month, the total shipment of lotus mobile phones of your company exceeded 2 million units, and the proportion between the Chinese market and the international market reached 3:2? This is amazing. Is this true? "
Because according to this data, the annual shipment of lotus mobile phones is almost destined to exceed the 10 million mark!
If you can use Palm OS completely, doesn't it mean that the annual shipment of palm system can exceed 10 million?
It was a big temptation for Jeff.
Wu Tao smiled and said, "now lotus mobile phone has been listed in the American market. I think Mr. Hawkins can know if he knows it a little. And miss Molly, who often goes to China, can also prove this. "
Molly nodded cooperatively. "Yes, Jeff, I can prove it. Otherwise, I would not recommend Mr. Wu to your company. Frankly speaking, Wu intended to discuss cooperation with BlackBerry first. "
Jeffton put down all his airs when he said this. Not only that, he had to accept Molly's kindness.
"Thank you, Miss Molly and Mr. Wu. I think we can talk about the ways and specific matters of bilateral cooperation today."
This time it was Wu Tao's turn to look at his watch and say, "isn't Mr. Hawkins only 25 minutes? In fact, Molly and I have only one hour today. "
It's really lifting a stone and hitting himself in the foot. Jeff can't wait to take back what he just said.
Just as a boss, he can't do so even if he is in a hurry to cooperate.
"In an hour, please allow us palm company to give you a comprehensive introduction..."