Originally, this trip to Europe was relatively loose on the agenda.

After the Hannover Industrial Design Forum, everyone had at least a week to spare, and then went to France to meet with the expert group led by Gu Xueli.

This week, Wu Tao originally planned to give the members of the delegation a holiday, and by the way, to appreciate the customs and customs of Europe.

After all, it's not easy to come out on a trip, and you can't even have a chance to travel.

However, plans are always not changing fast.

Who would have thought that after the end of the forum, there would be an unusually large number of foreign representatives who came to contact them, as many as dozens.

In addition, the fulfillment of the order for 1 million Lotus mobile phones includes a lot of preparatory work.

This includes the certification of various European standards for Lotus mobile phones, as well as the determination of network access permits and other procedures, plus the bargaining of the sharing model between the two parties, which is really a lot of work.

Only by identifying these can the Lotus brand pave the way for overseas expansion.

Otherwise, it can only be a small fight with a sales scale of hundreds of thousands of units like before, and it will not become a big thing.

So this has become the top priority of the Yuanqi Technology delegation, not only Xiao Zixia is fully engaged, but even Tao Changxuan and Cai Bing are also involved.

After all, standard certification requires close cooperation in R&D.

The contact with the market was handled by Xiao Zixia, and the task of contact and talks in other aspects fell to Wu Tao.

Tan Xiaofei made a list of all the consultation appointments of foreign representatives and handed them to Wu Tao.

Since the last time she was praised, Tan Xiaofei's whole person has been full of energy, and even Xu Sheng, who cooperated with her, was beyond her reach.

Wu Tao, who took over the list, glanced at it, and all of them were famous companies and organizations.

However, everyone's time is limited after all, and for those who have the potential to cooperate, they can't let each other wait too long.

Wu Tao pondered for a while, then handed the list back to Tan Xiaofei and said: "According to the relevance to the company's current business, re-arrange it, and try to meet all of them within 3 days." ”

When Tan Xiaofei heard this, she couldn't help but gasp.

Originally, she gave the list to her boss because she wanted him to decide to eliminate some company representatives and only choose what was necessary.

I didn't want Wu Tao to work so hard, and I didn't want to let go of the slightest opportunity.

So during the week, everyone in the delegation was busy. Even the time to eat and go to the toilet must be carefully calculated.

Wu Tao took the lead, and others couldn't complain.

Until March 6th, it was raining lightly in the sky over Hanover.

The delegation embarked on a new journey with full harvest.

Everyone boarded the plane, Tan Xiaofei had already begun to look forward to the romance and prosperity of the Champs-Élysées in Paris, France, and even Xiao Zixia couldn't help but be full of yearning.

As the capital of romance, Paris has always been a place to attract women.

For this reason, Wu Tao specially chose to stay in Paris for one day, and then transferred to Nice to visit the European Telecommunications Standards Institute ETSI, the organization of GSM standards.

After coming out for so many days, Wu Tao began to feel a little homesick.

Especially standing on the street of the Champs-Élysées and looking at the blonde in a hurry, I suddenly felt like I was in a different world.

Ten years later, twenty years later, it's always been like this.

However, China has undergone earth-shaking changes. So much so that he stood on this unchanging street, with the illusion that everything had never been done again.

It wasn't until I met with the expert group led by Gu Xueli in the afternoon that this feeling was completely diluted.

One old and one young, walked through the streets after eating.

Gu Xueli couldn't help but sigh, "Compared with developed countries, there is still a big gap between our country and developed countries. Whether you can catch up in the future depends on the efforts of your generation. ”

Wu Tao couldn't help laughing, "Grandpa, you can definitely catch up, the key is to look at the length of time." ”

"I'm old after all, and of course I want to be one day sooner. Gu Xueli's tone was a little not optimistic.

Wu Tao heard it, "Grandpa, did you encounter something?"

Gu Xueli waved his hand, and looked back with a sigh of relief: "It's nothing, it's just because of some gossip, and there is a little pressure from above." ”

After that, he changed the topic and said, "Do you think there is any problem with this contact with ETSI?"

"There should be a problem, but it shouldn't be too big. Wu Tao saw that Gu Xueli couldn't let go, so he avoided the important and lightened it.

In fact, there must be problems.

Because the sudden rise of the Lotus brand will inevitably affect the interests of European competitors, such as Nokia, Alcatel, Ericsson and other foreign brands.

As a standardization association, many of its members are from these big foreign brands.

To put it bluntly, this European Telecommunication Standards Association is itself a product of compromise between multiple manufacturers.

Since this is the case, the representatives of the relevant manufacturers will inevitably obstruct it and affect the cooperation between the two sides.

After staying overnight in Paris, two delegations, totaling about 20 people, took the train to Nice.

The more than five hours of the trip, in the course of the scenic sightseeing, passed before you knew it.

Out of the train station, the ETSI pick-up bus was already waiting at the door.

In charge of the reception was a French girl in her early twenties, named Isabella.

A very French name.

Isabella seems to love to laugh, and a smile makes people feel like the sun is shining. Coupled with those exotic eyes and eyelashes, Wu Tao discovered that foreign girls also have a side that conforms to their own aesthetics.

Along the way, listening to Isabella's voice and looking at her smile, Wu Tao's mind relaxed a lot.

After half an hour's drive, everyone arrived at the headquarters of ETSI.

As the initiator group of the 2G standard, ETSI is not big at this time, and it even looks a bit of a copycat.

There are only two small buildings in the entire compound, and the number of staff and permanent members is only twenty or thirty, which is almost the same as the number of their own side this time.

The deputy chairman of the committee headed by Frank was named Frank, a skinny old French man. When speaking, a pair of blue eyes always like to dodge, which makes people feel insincere at first glance.

After the meeting, everyone was already hungry.

Frank said a lot of words of welcome, and when he finally ate, Wu Tao realized that it was a fixed meal similar to a boxed lunch.

I have to say, it's a bit shabby.

After dealing with lunch in three or two, Wu Tao wiped his mouth and said casually with Tan Xiaofei: "It seems that ETSI doesn't pay enough attention to us, is it because we are not welcome?"

Tan Xiaofei hadn't spoken yet, and Isabella next to her asked coldly, "Is there any?"

Although the voice is a little weird, the French beauty who received this reception can actually speak Chinese.

"Uh, what do you think?" Wu Tao was surprised, exchanged glances at Tan Xiaofei, and then threw the question to the other party.

Isabella pondered for a few seconds, then shook her head and said, "I don't think so, because we eat these every day at noon." ”

Listening to this exotic Chinese, Wu Tao felt that his bones were soft, and you had a big chest.

"Isabella, how did you learn Chinese?"

"When I was in college, I studied with Chinese international students. It's a pity that I can only speak, I can't write, so it's very bad ......."