Chapter 194: What I Saw on K Street (Part II)

Therefore, behind the scenery of Fulong fixed network switch, there is a potential crisis, drought and flood in the field of mobile communication procurement, so that Fulong bets on more advanced technology, to step on the accurate, otherwise one step on the wrong step, Fulong this company is probably only a few years of existence history.

Therefore, Fulong carried out RF design and development in Chengdu, introduced the core software of the Indian software management system, and developed the core technology with eight domestic universities......

Cheng Ran knows that the route chosen by Fulong is correct, and now it is whether this layout can be fully rolled out, and there are still two or three years before the 3G standard is perfected.

The estimation in front of him still makes Cheng Ran feel that the world is unpredictable, Cheng Feiyang founded Fulong, to build an iron army, seeing the warship taking shape, Cheng Ran originally thought that he would be able to lie down like this and enter the peak of life, but he didn't expect that in the bigger world, there would be storms and waves.

Even if a steel warship hits it by one or two mistakes in the storm, it will be easily torn apart.

The air in Washington, D.C. was cold, the windows outside the café were covered with frost, Cheng Ran could feel the cold, and there was also this situation of looking around from a high place and having nowhere to lean on Cheng Feiyang's body.

It is said that the father of the Zhizi Mo Ruo, in Cheng Ran, which is also established in turn, the pattern of the domestic communications industry is changing with each passing day, and it can even become the most drastic place in the world in the future, and it is also a place with endless market opportunities, but there are already strong international manufacturers standing on the top.

Fulong has just won the fixed-line switch market, but at this time, it has been able to foresee the change, the entire industry has been comprehensively upgraded, and the almost cruel elimination process has begun.

What Fu Long can fight for is such a year or two.

This is Cheng Feiyang's battle, but Cheng Ran is thinking about whether he can do something in it.

At the beginning of the lanterns, they went to the agreed place to eat, when the vice president Tian Feng picked them up at the door, the place to eat was one of the high-end restaurants, there were waiters at the door with a wide variety of bow ties for them to choose from, this is the characteristic of the restaurant, everyone who dined was required to wear a tie, to show that the dress was formal, to put it bluntly, to create a sense of ceremony.

It is said that there are countless members of Congress and senior government officials who have eaten at this restaurant, and it may be a state senator or a minister sitting at a table inside.

Most of the people who entered the dining room were indeed dressed in formal attire, and the banquet of the Fulong company was at a long table, which accommodated the high-level executives who came to Fulong, Sun Guangzhen, the head of the Santa Clara Institute, and several cooperative companies, followed by Robert, who had a relationship with this lobbying, and an official from the Ministry of Commerce invited by Robert.

Cheng Feiyang used to study himself in college, and he still hasn't lost his English for so many years, after all, he is engaged in research and development, and he is desperately following, but his listening and speaking skills are poorer, and his oral level is not much better than Lei who is okay.

Next to him, Sun Guangzhen was in charge of translation, and he could still communicate after half listening and half talking.

The Ministry of Commerce vaguely heard that the official named Benjamin was not active, and his words were not radical, but every time he spoke, led by Robert, the representatives of the cooperative companies on the American side stopped talking, causing everyone on Fulong's side to stop talking and listen to each other, even if they were communicating in circles.

It's not condescending, it's top-down, it's natural, and there's no pretentious posturing to be taken for granted.

The whole rhythm is in the hands of the other party.

The U.S. Department of Commerce has extremely heavy authority, although it is also responsible for meteorological and marine fisheries, but its main rights are still embodied in international trade, export control, anti-dumping fines and investigations, and it has several important things in its hands, which can jam Fu Long's neck.

The first patent examination, the second technical examination, and the third telecommunications industry access standards.

And because of the bilateral ideological issues, the other side raised many questions, some of which were close to questioning, and even did not hide some biased speculations and speculations.

It can be seen that the Fulong side has been trying its best to communicate at this dinner, and the official named Benjamin, although his attitude is still relatively hard, but there are fewer words to make trouble.

However, Cheng Ran knew that he believed that Fu Long knew that prejudice existed for a long time and was difficult to eliminate, and that there were many officials with Benjamin's attitude in the Ministry of Commerce, and the prospects were not optimistic.

At the end of the dinner, Benjamin left, and the top management of Fulong felt the pressure of scrutiny and distrust, and everyone was not in a high mood, and they paid the bill here, and the meal cost more than 2,500 US dollars, and one of the wines that Benjamin liked was more than 800 US dollars.

Later, I learned from Robert of the lobbying company that an official like Benjamin has an annual income of about 100,000 US dollars, which is considered a middle class, but he has to support his family, Benjamin's eldest son is at Princeton University, and he also has a high student loan, so he usually will not pay out of pocket for such consumption, and naturally there are people like Fu Long and the lobbying company who pay the bill, which is why these high-end restaurants near K Street are doing a prosperous business. So it's been said that a lot of U.S. laws weren't made on Capitol Hill, but were finalized in these restaurants.

Fu Long spent money to be questioned. And you have to hope that this will win some "understanding" from the other party, so that the other party will loosen up their attitude towards themselves in the future.

Spending a lot of money, even paying a high price, meddling if others want to interfere, controlling if they want to intervene, seeking market access in a way that borders on losing dignity, and having to face difficulties and prejudices, this is the norm faced by many domestic companies going to the United States.

Cheng Feiyang and his entourage also met with some US officials and congressmen in the next two days, and the news from all sides began to be summarized, and now the Chinese companies on K Street are not only their Fulong in Rongcheng, but also some enterprises are also active.

This is not surprising, lobbying is not a low-key behavior, sometimes it is even high-profile, in the consultation of the developed K Street, the most worrying thing is information.

Even the content of Fron's lobbying on K Street is likely to be known.

Three days later, Cheng Feiyang unexpectedly received an invitation.

With the invitation came a man in a suit and leather shoes, saying that he was from the Chang'an Association.

Cheng Ran thought of the "Chang'an Economic and Trade Mission" they met at the airport on the day they arrived in the United States. There are reporters and media waiting, Cheng Ran then saw the relevant report in the newspaper the next day, some of the participants in the economic and trade group are actually not strangers, and this group of people is also a rare domestic group that is very popular in Washington.

Because there are quite a few of them...... To put it bluntly, it's a comprador. Some of Cheng Ran's two lives seem to be clear at a glance. Who are the people behind it, most of them are elites in the eyes of the world, these people have backgrounds and resources, and they are also very capable, but what Cheng Ran didn't expect was that because of Cheng Feiyang's activities, the other party still came to the door.

The people who arrived clearly introduced to Cheng Feiyang the relevant member units of the Chang'an Association, the goals and objectives of the entire economic and trade mission, and finally implicitly expressed to Cheng Feiyang the intentions of the Chang'an Association.

On the U.S. side, Fron's attempt to seek key technology cooperation in research and development may serve as an excuse for some people in the United States to exaggerate the "republican threat theory."

Of course, the impact of Fu Long's activities may not be so great, but he will always give the other party more weight, and this kind of thing can be avoided as much as possible.

The other party also talked about the current national grand strategy to join the WTO, Fulong's behavior of wanting to go up the industrial chain is understandable, but its heart is strong, but its strength is too immeasurable, and now the most advanced technology upstream is still an American company, and on this, the United States, whether the government or Congress, has many pairs of eyes staring, staring very hard, and will not let the threat appear.

Fu Long should first clarify his division of labor, and not touch the nerves of the main interest groups in the United States that want to dominate the upstream of the industry under the framework of international trade. Otherwise, Fulong's activities in the United States may make many companies in the Chang'an Association fall into a passive situation in negotiations in the United States, causing others to distrust.

The person who came brought the words, and Cheng Feiyang heard it, but he also politely declined the invitation to attend the banquet of the Chang'an Meeting. Obviously, others drew the Tao down at the beginning, and Cheng Feiyang would not act according to the other party's "guidance", so even if it was for business, especially in a foreign land, there was no need to attend this banquet of the other party.

Xie Feifang, after the other party smiled and left, Cheng Ran gave Cheng Feiyang a thumbs up, "Dad, it's tough!"

On the one hand, Cheng Feiyang's refusal to deal with the comprador group is tough, and on the other hand, there are still companies in the same field as Fulong who are now operating on K Street, all of which are old rivals of multinational companies, and these naturally do not want Fulong to master the core technology, and they intend to use organizations like the Chang'an Association to deter or persuade Fulong to change their minds, which is of course also a means for them.

But...... Cheng Feiyang refused.

Moreover, I didn't even attend.

The attitude is very clear.

The predecessor of Fulong Company, Huatong, was actually a comprador who started as an agent, but what was the final outcome, China's seven countries and eight systems were divided by foreign capital, and the windfall profits of 10,000 yuan were made in the first line, and the essence of capital was Business is business, morality was put on both sides, and the word profit was in the middle.

Cheng Feiyang saw it very clearly, so even in the face of such a threat, he would never let Fu Long repeat the mistakes of the past.