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Looking carefully at the magnificent building complex in front of him, Lin Haoran couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion.

Motorola is currently at the peak of its popularity.

In the field of communications, Motorola has long been an industry benchmark that leads the trend. Its influence is everywhere and known to everyone.

However, who could have predicted that such a brilliant technology giant would embark on a path of rapid decline in the future? It is really sad.

In the time and space before Lin Haoran traveled through time, Motorola had long lost its former glory in the field of mobile communications, fell behind in all aspects, and even experienced multiple changes of ownership!

But all this has nothing to do with Lin Haoran. The purpose of his visit this time is simple and clear, which is to seek cooperation with Motorola.

He wanted to make mobile calls possible in Hong Kong, and Motorola, being the most mature and complete company in the field of mobile communication technology in the world, was the best partner.

Why not choose direct investment, but prefer cooperation?

The reason is that Lin Haoran has reservations about Motorola's performance in the stock market. Simply put, he is somewhat dismissive of its stock price growth.

Although the company is well-known and widely recognized in the communications field, its stock market value does not seem to fully reflect its true value.

In its most glorious period in the future, its market value will be only a few hundred billion US dollars, and now, Motorola's market value is only about 10 billion US dollars.

With this market value, it is not even among the top 100 in the United States.

The total market value is now 10 billion US dollars, and at its peak, it only increased by a few dozen times.

The future prospects are very different from those of Walmart, Apple, Intel, Microsoft and other companies.

More importantly, even if Lin Haoran tried to buy a large amount of Motorola shares through the stock market, it would be difficult for him to obtain any substantial controlling rights over Motorola.

Because Motorola has a deep background in American military industry, it has developed many military products for the US military, such as the famous World War II military walkie-talkie SCR-536 and the SCR-300 backpack frequency-hopping walkie-talkie.

As a Chinese and non-American, once Lin Haoran had the idea of ​​acquiring Motorola, it would be almost impossible for him to succeed even if the Galvin family was willing to sell it.

The government will inevitably intervene for reasons of security and other factors, causing the acquisition to ultimately fail.

What's more, Motorola has always been firmly controlled by the Galvin family, and there is almost no chance for outsiders to successfully acquire it.

Therefore, Lin Haoran never thought of Motorola as an investment target from the beginning to the end.

His purpose was simply to have mobile signal coverage in Hong Kong as soon as possible so that people could use mobile phones.

In this way, he won't have to go through the trouble of using a pager anymore.

After all, although he is in the United States now, he actually spends most of the year in Hong Kong.

In addition, the communications field itself is an industry with great profit potential. For Lin Haoran, such an opportunity is naturally not to be missed.

If he can successfully enter this industry and control Hong Kong's mobile communications market, it will be of great help to him.

The fixed-line telephone business in Hong Kong has been monopolized by the Hong Kong Telephone Company.

A year ago, Lin Haoran secretly acquired Hong Kong Electric Group and eventually succeeded in taking over this British giant.

Another competitor at that time was the Hong Kong Land Group.

After missing the opportunity to acquire Hong Kong Electric Company, the Hong Kong Land Development Group then set its sights on Hong Kong Telephone Company and China Electric Company.

Therefore, after the Hong Kong Land Group secretly acquired 10 million shares of Hong Kong Telephone Company in the next two or three months, the plan was interrupted due to competition with China Gas Company.

Even so, the Hongkong Land Group now actually holds 10.95 million shares in Hong Kong Telephone Company, accounting for % of the total shares.

Although he could not control the Hong Kong Telephone Company, with so many shares, if he wanted to acquire the Hong Kong Telephone Company, it would be a matter of time.

This time, if Lin Haoran could convince Motorola President Mr. Robert Galvin to cooperate in developing mobile communications in Hong Kong, he would not mind directly acquiring the Hong Kong Telephone Company.

In this way, he will directly control the fixed-line and mobile phone communications fields in Hong Kong, and it will be a matter of time for him to expand to places such as Southeast Asia in the future.

At this moment, a secretary in professional attire had already been waiting at the door. When she saw Lin Haoran, she stepped forward with a smile and said softly, "Mr. Lin, Mr. Galvin is waiting for you inside. Please follow me."

Lin Haoran nodded slightly, followed the secretary's steps, and stepped into Motorola's reception area, which was decorated in a simple yet stylish way.

After passing through several glass doors, they arrived at a spacious office.

After the secretary knocked on the door gently, a deep and powerful voice came from inside: "Come in." The door slowly opened, Lin Haoran stepped into the office, and saw Mr. Robert Galvin sitting at the head seat of the long table.

Robert Galvin is an old man in his sixties, wearing a dark suit, with a warm smile on his face and a leadership quality in his eyes.

"Mr. Lin, welcome." Galvin stood up and shook hands with Lin Haoran politely.

Although Lin Haoran's popularity in the United States has greatly increased during this period, Robert Galvin does not care much about it.

The reason is simple. Robert Galvin thinks Lin Haoran is just a pure investor.

And he is a big shot in the technology world.

Under normal circumstances, there is little intersection between the two parties.

If it weren't for Citibank's consideration, Robert Galvin would not even be interested in meeting Lin Haoran.

After all, Motorola not only has world-leading communication technology, but also has the government as a strong backer. There is no need to please investors like Lin Haoran, even if the other party's wealth is even more impressive than their Robert Galvin family.

In Robert Galvin's eyes, Lin Haoran seemed at first glance to be just a nouveau riche who rose to prominence by chance.

Their Galvin family has gone through several generations and has deep roots and a history that is far beyond the reach of emerging wealthy people like Lin Haoran.

Therefore, Robert Galvin originally had no interest in meeting Lin Haoran.

"Mr. Robert Galvin, I have heard of your name for a long time. I have known you since I was very young. I know that you are a pillar in the American scientific and technological community. It is such an honor to meet you today!" Lin Haoran smiled and spoke sincerely, without revealing the slightest bit of the arrogance of being a "nouveau riche".

Hearing Lin Haoran's appropriate words, Robert Galvin couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

Although he had reservations about Lin Haoran's background and origins deep down, the other party's humble and polite attitude undoubtedly made him feel good, and his expression became more cordial and friendly.

"You're welcome, Mr. Lin. I'm also very happy to communicate with a young talent like you," Robert Galvin responded.

The words revealed encouragement from an elder to a younger person, as if implicitly acknowledging Lin Haoran's status and potential in the business field.

Robert Galvin does have reason to be proud. As a giant in the communications field, Motorola has become an internationally leading communications company since World War II. To this day, its status has not only not declined, but has continued to rise.

Even the famous Bell Labs lags behind Motorola in the field of communications.

Robert Galvin believed that in the field of communications, Motorola had absolutely no rivals.

Lin Haoran naturally felt the confidence and pride that came from Robert Galvin's heart, but he did not feel unhappy about it.

He has a clear vision of Motorola's future. Its decline is inevitable, but what does it have to do with him?

"Mr. Robert Galvin, I came here this time and brought you a local gift from Hong Kong. I hope you like it." After Lin Haoran finished speaking, he handed a gift bag in his hand to the other party.

Robert Galvin took the gift bag with a little curiosity. He knew that Chinese people always liked to bring a gift when visiting, so he did not refuse.

At the same time, his favorability towards Lin Haoran increased again.

In fact, what was inside was just an exquisite Bian embroidery of Along the River During the Qingming Festival, which he had indeed brought over from Hong Kong.

Not only did he send one to Robert Galvin, he also sent one to Steve Jobs, Walter Wriston, chairman of Citibank, and others.

Anyway, this thing is not valuable.

"Thank you very much for the gift, Mr. Lin. However, as you can see, my schedule is always quite tight and I have a lot of important work to do."

Robert Galvin gently put down the gift bag in his hand, and said directly, "Therefore, if we can get straight to the point and discuss the purpose of your visit directly, it will be more efficient for both of us. I believe that frank communication can make our conversation smoother."

Based on Robert Galvin's limited understanding of Lin Haoran, he secretly speculated that the young visitor's purpose might be to invest in or even acquire Motorola.

In Robert Galvin's mind, Motorola is undoubtedly a company that is seriously undervalued by the stock market, and its market value is far from reflecting the company's outstanding position and profound accumulation in the communications field.

Robert Galvin was not surprised that investors like Lin Haoran, who were looking for investment opportunities, showed interest in Motorola.

After all, there have been many investors who have approached Motorola over the years with acquisition intentions, but without exception, they were all rejected by Robert Galvin.

Motorola, the company that carries the glory and dreams of the Galvin family, is something that Robert Galvin will never allow any outside forces to interfere with.

Therefore, although Robert Galvin maintained politeness and courtesy on the surface, he was secretly prepared to reject Lin Haoran. (End of this chapter)