In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Chinese people basically relied on shouting, and further distances required letters and telegraphs.
If anyone had a "brick" in his hand at that time, it must be the most handsome boy.
Of course, when it comes to hairstyles, they have never convinced anyone.
In 1984, Swedish Ericsson sent its first employee Birk to China, and signed a contract with Qinhuangdao in December of the same year to build and put into use China's first mobile communication equipment system.
This is China's 1G era. It has no sense of existence, but it also leaves some traces.
In 1991, Motorola demonstrated the world's first digital cellular system and phone prototype using the GSM standard in Hannover, Germany.
Yes, mankind has entered the 2G era.
At that time, in the Oyster Village Industrial Park in Baoan County, Shenzhen, China, a small company that had just been established for less than 4 years was facing difficulties. Old products cannot satisfy customers, and new products are imported and often "stopped."
A middle-aged man thought about it and decided:
Yes, he is Ren Zhengfei. He was 47 years old that year.
On December 2, 1991, three BH-03 model switches were shipped from the factory. On the evening of December 31, Huawei held a celebration party to celebrate the delivery of the first product with Huawei’s intellectual property rights and brand. No one knew at the time that the company actually had no funds on its books and that if the product failed, the company would go bankrupt. When they were happy, they sang and danced, drank beer, and played skewers.
Also in this year, Motorola became the setter of a generation of mobile communications technology standards and established its leadership position in the mobile communications industry.
At this time, the Chinese people had a vision of "upstairs and downstairs, electric lights and telephones."
The days of long queues at the post office to make long-distance manual calls are indeed still fresh in people’s memories. However, with program control replacing manual labor and domestic independent research and development replacing imports, the "seven countries and eight systems" have been completely broken.
The initial installation fee has been reduced from the original 5,000 yuan to tens of thousands of yuan, and the initial installation fee has been reduced again and again.
A company's self-developed products may bring benefits to them, and also play an indelible role in promoting China's development and improving people's lives.
On November 10, 1992, the world's first mass-produced GSM mobile phone was launched. It was not produced by Motorola, but by Nokia, a Finnish company.
With the mass production of Nokia 1011, the era of GSM standard network has arrived.
In the mainland Chinese market, it was not until 1995 that the first GSM network mobile phone, Ericsson GH337, was launched.
Motorola, which was going smoothly, had a problem at this time. There were differences between the company's mobile phone department and the network department. The mobile phone part insists on continuing analog signals, while the network part believes that digital is the future development direction.
The two major departments were in a stalemate, and the Network Department even contacted its then rival Qualcomm to manufacture digital mobile phones. As a result, the network department began to abandon the mobile phone department and develop alone. There was even a time when network engineers were using digital phones made by Qualcomm, Motorola's biggest competitor.
At the same time, a Finnish company began to rise and gradually replaced Motorola's leading position in the mobile phone market. This Finnish company later became Nokia.
In 1997, Nokia officially surpassed Motorola and remained the world's largest mobile phone manufacturer in terms of shipments for more than ten years. It was not until 2012 that the number one position was taken by Samsung. Down.
At that time, the sales of the small company in Shenzhen had climbed to 4.1 billion yuan, the company had 5,600 employees, and it invested about 400 million yuan in research and development.
Huawei also launched its wireless GMS solution for the first time and carried out employee stock ownership reforms.
One morning in December 2003, a group of four people, wearing big sunglasses and flowery underpants, were chatting happily at the beach. This is not a vacation, but a deal worth tens of billions of dollars.
Yes, Ren Zhengfei is discussing the sale of Huawei.
The two foreigners are Motorola Chief Operating Officer Mike Zafirovsky and Motorola China Business Director Larry Cheng.
In 2003, what was the concept of US$10 billion (or another US$7.5 billion)? Ding Lei ranked first on the Forbes China Rich List in 2003, with a net worth of only US$1.076 billion.
If it had been sold at that time, there is no doubt that a large number of people in Huawei would have achieved financial freedom, which would be much better than it is now. Some people may say: This is hindsight. If Ren Zhengfei could have predicted all this, he would have sold it anyway.
Were you really not expecting it?
Ren Zhengfei:
Regarding the speech on the "spare tire" plan, the emails of the President's Office are all public. I don't remember when I started talking about it, but I said it repeatedly. It’s just that society doesn’t pay attention to it. Now that the United States is attacking us, the term "spare tire" has been taken seriously.
So, when exactly did Ren Zhengfei propose the "spare tire plan"?
In 2002, Huawei's situation looked good to outsiders, but Ren Zhengfei didn't think so.
In his opinion, it was very simple to survive at that time, either to completely leave the "battlefield" or to prepare cotton-padded clothes.
The next year, there were plans to sell Huawei. After being disliked by Motorola's new spokesperson and experiencing changes in the deal, Ren Zhengfei began to discuss with the young people in the company:
Boxing is afraid of young people.
That year, Liang Hua, 39 years old, had been with Huawei for 8 years; Guo Ping, 37 years old, had been with Huawei for 15 years; Xu Zhijun, 36 years old, had been with Huawei for 10 years; Hu Houkun, 35 years old, had been with Huawei 13 years; Meng Wanzhou, 31, has been with Huawei for 10 years; Ding Yun, 34, has been with Huawei for 7 years; He Tingbo, 34, has been with Huawei for 7 years; Yu Chengdong, 34, has been with Huawei for 10 years...
Do it!
The stick is afraid of the old wolf.
That year, Ren Zhengfei was 59 years old, and Huawei had been founded 16 years ago.
The spare tire plan is now online. In October 2004, Huawei Integrated Circuit Design Center, founded in 1991, was officially renamed HiSilicon Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
If Huawei had really been sold to Motorola or other manufacturers at that time, it is impossible to imagine what the current communications industry would be like.
Will the building built by Motorola collapse?
In 2004, Motorola spun off its semiconductor department and established Freescale.
In 2005, we jointly launched Motorola iTunes, a mobile phone with Boss Qiao. Two years later, Gang Leader Qiao learned from experience that he left Motorola behind and started a new business to launch the iPhone.
The smartphone era has officially arrived.
After the impact of Nokia, Gang Leader Qiao looked back and was surrounded by Samsung. In August 2011, Motorola Mobility was acquired by Google for US$12.5 billion and was officially taken over in May of the following year.
Only 8 years have passed since the intention to acquire Huawei.
In 2014, Motorola Mobility was sold to Lenovo by Google at a discount of US$2.9 billion.
Huawei, which was disliked by others and gave up on acquisitions, surpassed Ericsson for the first time in 2013 to become the world's largest equipment manufacturer 10 years later. Sales revenue was 239 billion yuan (approximately US$39.5 billion), a year-on-year increase of 8.5%, and net profit was 21 billion yuan (approximately US$3.47 billion), a year-on-year increase of 34.4%.
There are a lot of belittling comments about Huawei on the Internet, and there are also over-praising comments.
Simple division, black for the sake of black, pink for the sake of pink.
In the past, Huawei has also made a lot of efforts.
Together with Bain Capital, they tried to acquire 3Com, but were interfered with; they also tried to acquire Nortel Networks, 2Wire and other companies, but were "robbed"; they were even interested in Motorola, but Motorola held many patents. One stop, I still stayed in the beautiful country.
But why are there still people who are black just for the sake of being black? To what extent must a private enterprise develop in China before it is fully recognized?
Insufficient independent research and development, is it embarrassing?
In the R&D investment list released by the EU industry, Huawei ranked 5th in 2018 and 3rd in 2019.
Or are you jealous of making too much money?
In recent years, Huawei’s annual tax payment has remained at around 100 billion.
Of course, it is a company after all, and it should shoulder its due responsibilities, and there is no need to praise it too much.
There are thousands of companies in China, just like Huawei, that have made achievements in their own fields and contributed to the rapid development of China. This is why we are changing with each passing day.
And what do we need to do now?
What Ren Zhengfei said in an interview with CCTV 5 years ago:
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