Chapter 19 Peaks and Loops
When Depp walked into the conference room on the top floor of the company, he immediately saw Douglas, the president of Asia Pacific, sitting across the long table.
It was a surprise to him, but if Douglass was there, it would probably be the biggest news for him at today's meeting.
So he walked briskly over to Douglas, pulled out a chair and sat down.
"Douglas, why are you back?" said Depp with a smile as he sat down.
Douglas gave Depp a strange look, in his mind, Depp and him had little to do with him, what kind of medicine is this guy selling in his gourd today?
So he replied cautiously, "Just got off the plane." ”
"Oh, what do you think of the Asian market now?"
Douglas heard Depp's abrupt question, and became more cautious, so he had to answer officially: "It's good, although due to Sony and Samsung, our living space in the low-end market is not optimistic, but they can't compare with us in the high-end chips, just because we don't produce finished products ourselves, so we are slightly inferior in the terminal." ”
Depp didn't want this kind of unnutritious answer, but he also knew that his impatient question would inevitably make Douglas a little confused, and foreigners were not good at Huaxia's subtlety and detours, so he asked bluntly: "What about the Huaxia market?
As soon as Douglas heard this, he probably understood what Depp meant, because it was he who put forward the proposal for technology transfer that the company rejected some time ago, and the purpose of reconvening this meeting today is actually to continue to discuss this proposal.
In other words, the company's top management has not completely blocked the road of technology transfer, but just needs more convincing people to make the company make up its mind.
So Douglas smiled and said frankly: "Huaxia's words are more difficult, the businessmen there are too speculative, they would rather put foreign companies in the form of OEM to make that meager profit, rather than spend a lot of money on independent research and development, the more so, the worse their competitiveness, the worse the competitiveness, the lower the profits, the lower the profits, the lower the profits, the more unwilling they are to use the money in their hands to improve their competitiveness, this is a dead cycle, but they are happy to do it." ”
"I don't deny the wisdom of the Chinese people, but their speculative psychology is too heavy, and it is really difficult for them to change if they are not driven to a dead end. ”
Depp looked at Douglas's sly eyes flashing as he spoke, and suddenly smiled: "You're right, you didn't drive them to a dead end, they are too easy to settle with the situation, so if the market is willing to have such a person come out to act as a spoiler at this time, and the benefits to our company outweigh the disadvantages, what do you think?"
"Hehe, it seems that Mr. Depp and I have similar ideas!" said Douglas with a smile.
"Yes, I have also read your analysis report on the Asia-Pacific region, since we can no longer take advantage of the low-end market, why not transfer these technologies happily, so that we can not only recoup funds for the research and development of our high-end chips, but also add to the blockage of companies such as Sony, Samsung, Philips! The best of both worlds, why not?"
Douglas listened to Depp's words, but fell silent, Depp looked at his expression, and for a moment he couldn't figure out what the president of the Asia-Pacific region thought.
After waiting for a while, when Depp couldn't help but was about to continue speaking, Douglas, who had been secretly looking at his expression, suddenly smiled: "I met two interesting friends in Xiangjiang this time, their introduction of technology coincides with your ideas, if you are interested, I can help you introduce you." ”
Depp was stunned: "Oh? Who are they?"
"Longtu Technology. ”
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On the eve of Li Xiaoming's preparation to go to the United States in person, he muttered around several places by himself, and finally came out of Xue Jin's house satisfied, there was one more person by his side, a guy who looked very similar to a knife but looked more sophisticated.
In terms of Li Xiaoming's insights in later generations, that is what is Happy Rice, what is that every day, he is still afraid of death, so he has been wandering around these days just to find a bodyguard for himself and then go to TI to meet those old men.
"Brother Dajun, are you really so good?" Li Xiaoming listened to Xue Haoran's introduction to Jin Dajun, and asked with a look of unfinished eyes.
Jin Dajun grinned: "It's okay." ”
"Yo he, then I will entrust you with this little life of my little brother in the future! Li Xiaoming thought that one day he would also be a bodyguard, and he was immediately overjoyed.
He imagined himself strolling on the country road, followed by three or five big and three rough family members swaggering through the market, and from time to time teasing the eldest daughter and little daughter-in-law, and suddenly felt that his life was complete!
"Well, that's a good start. ”
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As the second in the United States and the fourth in the world, Dallas Fort Worth Airport, Li Xiaoming has felt a frenzy on his face since he got off the plane.
The madness of the Dallas people is second to none in the United States, otherwise there would be no team as wild as the Mavericks.
But Mr. Li's decision to come to Dallas at this time was clearly not a wise decision, especially in 2001, when relations between the two sides were extremely tense.
But Li Xiaoming knows that time waits for no one, and he can't wait for the relationship between the two sides to ease up before slowly contacting TI, and there may not even be much leftovers left.
Now his goal is that TI is ready to eliminate some of the second- and third-rate technologies transferred, if he swallows them all, first of all, the funds will not be allowed, and then the core technology of the baseband chip will not be thought about, and the trade barriers will not be bypassed.
And even if Li Xiaoming plans to swallow this part of the technology, it is impossible to transfer it directly into China, which is why Douglas was able to meet Liu Minghan and Zheng Shuang in Xiangjiang.
Longtu is planning to set up or acquire an existing electronics company in Heung Kong as a springboard for technology transfer.
Walking out of the airport, Li Xiaoming saw Douglas standing next to an extended Cadillac at a glance, he hurriedly walked over and held the other party's hand and said apologetically: "It's really troublesome for Mr. Douglas to come to greet me in person, it's too troublesome." ”
"Haha, don't say that, Lee, there are still people waiting to see your ambitions!"
Li Xiaoming is really embarrassed to hear such a statement, it is definitely not a good thing to have too much limelight, if the group of high-level executives of TI finds out about his threat, maybe everything will only come to an end.