In the next few days, Zhou Liwen and Pang Yishan were doing inspections in several companies in Silicon Valley, and on the first day, Zhou Liwen rented a hotel car to visit Silicon Valley, and the driver Tom's service was very satisfactory to him, so he simply asked the hotel to hire Tom to serve as Zhou Liwen's full-time driver during their time in the United States.

AMD, Cisco, and even Intel, Zhou Liwen visited in the name of the institute. As early as before he came, Zhou Liwen contacted Scopa and sent several business emails to these companies, so his visit was very smooth. Although it is not received by the chairman and CEO like Scopa, because of the current recession in the high-tech industry, especially the IT industry, these large companies are very interested in the development of the Chinese market, and they have sent a special person to receive Zhou Liwen's visit, and the two sides have a contact meeting on possible cooperation in various aspects.

Zhou Liwen's fanfare, of course, Skopa saw it clearly. Diff was a little unsure whether Zhou Liwen was putting pressure on him like this, or if he really planned to cooperate with these companies, and even handed over chip manufacturing to the chip factories under these companies.

As a businessman, the most important thing in the negotiation process is patience. Diving is an experienced business owner who knows that the more times like this, the more important it is to hold your composure. If the other party just dangled a shot, wouldn't he just fall into the other party's trap by jumping out now? In addition, with his understanding of similar companies in Silicon Valley, companies like AMD and even Intel will never agree to the harsh conditions and prices demanded by Zhou Liwen, and the biggest possibility for Zhou Liwen to do this is to pretend to be a gesture and want to use this way to force himself to make concessions.

But judgment is judgment, and Diff is also prepared for both. On the one hand, he sent people to pay attention to Zhou Liwen's contacts with these companies, and on the other hand, he was ready to resume negotiations at any time. After waiting patiently for four or five days, Diff pretended to have Howard contact Levine next week and convey his "concessions" to the previous talks. According to Howard's intentions, the cost of Scopa's chip factory was reduced from $3O to $25 after recalculation to show Scopa's sincerity in cooperation.

In this regard, Zhou Liwen did not reply immediately, but politely asked Howard to express his gratitude to Scopal and Div on his behalf. At the same time, however, Zhou Liwen hoped that the negotiations with Scopa could be delayed a little, and that he would naturally visit Mr. Diff again when he had dealt with the matter at hand.

After receiving this reply, Diff couldn't figure out what medicine was sold in Zhou Liwen's gourd for a while. In his opinion, he has made a big concession on the price of $25, and as for the $13 that Zhou Liwen demanded, Scopa is absolutely impossible to accept. And he can be sure that the prices of companies such as AMD and Intel and even Cisco will definitely not be lower than his own. According to common sense, when Div conveyed goodwill to the other party in this way, Zhou Liwen should have negotiated with him again, instead of leaving himself aside like now, did he really find another production channel?

Just when Div was secretly wondering what Zhou Liwen would do next, or what tricks he would use to force himself to make concessions, Zhou Liwen's actions made him even more incomprehensible.

The day after Howard spoke, he left Guigu for San Francisco, leaving his lawyer at the hotel. When Div sent someone to quietly follow Zhou Liwen to San Francisco, intending to see what he wanted to do, some news came back that made Div even more confused.

Because what surprised him was that Zhou Liwen didn't go to San Francisco on business. Sitting in the rented car of the hotel, Zhou Liwen arrived in San Francisco and toured with the same enthusiasm as an ordinary tourist. On his first day, he drove around the San Francisco Bridge and some iconic sights. The next day, Zhou Liwen went to Chinatown to play, and for a whole day, he ate and drank in Chinatown, and wandered around. On the third day, Zhou Liwen even went to an outlet in the suburbs, and like ordinary people who like to go there to look for bargains during the discount season, he happily bought a lot of various brand seasonal clothes, bags and other .......

"This bastard! What exactly do you want to do? After receiving Zhou Liwen's actions these days, Diff couldn't understand the other party's intentions. Especially Zhou Liwen's move to find bargains made Div even more confused. This Chinese is obviously a millionaire, but he is so calculating like an ordinary white-collar worker, as if he came to the United States not to negotiate business with himself, but to buy cheap goods like tourists.

"Sun Dong is urging him to ask about the progress, Mr. Diff, how do you think you can reply to Sun Dong?" Howard was very embarrassed to ask, as the first employee of Scopa to directly contact Zhou Liwen, he also found Zhou Liwen's behavior these days incomprehensible. Moreover, Chairman Sun has been asking about the business talks between the company and Zhou Liwen these days, but now there is almost no progress in the talks, and he doesn't know how to report at all.

"I'll explain to the chairman." Def said with a calm face, and then asked, "What is Mr. Zhou's lawyer doing these days?" ”

"His life in the hotel is very regular, every day at seven o'clock to go to the restaurant for breakfast, then to the nearby park for a walk, read the newspaper, return to the restaurant at eleven o'clock for lunch, after lunch back to the room for two hours to rest, around half past two he will continue to go out, often go to Stanford University and churches, wait until six o'clock and then go back to the hotel, at this time he will make a long-distance call to deal with some official business, about ten o'clock in the evening ......." Howard pulled out a small notebook and pointed to the records on it and read them one by one.

Before he could finish reading, Diff interrupted him: "Don't read it, is he coming to support his old age?" Is this the life of a lawyer? It's like a retired old man on vacation! ”

Howard was silent, let alone Div, and even he was confused, such an observation felt pointless.

"Who can tell me what this damn Chinese wants to do?" The more Div thought about it, the more he couldn't figure it out, and he couldn't help but scold with a fire in his heart.

"Perhaps...... Or...... Possible....... Howard was mindfully arranging his sentences, and before he could say what he was thinking, the phone on the desk rang suddenly.

Walking to the table with a dark face, picking up the phone, Div listened, and after listening to a few words, his expression suddenly became extremely serious.

"Are you sure?" Diff asked eagerly, maybe something was said on the other end of the phone, and Div immediately ordered: "Do your best to find out the origin of the other party for me, quickly!" Whatever you do, I need answers! ”

He hung up the phone and waved at Howard, who was still standing in his office, signaling that he could go out. After Howard left, Div buried himself deep in the sand, frowning, because he had just received news from the phone and sent to follow Zhou Liwen's actions to report, just an hour ago Zhou Liwen suddenly went to the airport and picked up a man. Then they didn't go to San Francisco after getting on the bus from the airport, but went straight back to Silicon Valley.

Who is this man who suddenly appeared, and why did Zhou Liwen go back to pick him up in person? What kind of changes will his appearance bring, these make Def wonder. Quietly waiting, when the phone finally rang again, Div jumped out of the sand like lightning and grabbed it.

The efficiency of his subordinates was good, and they quickly found out the origin of the person Zhou Liwen picked up through the passenger list at Guò Airport. To Diff's surprise, this person's name was Liao Yuancheng, who used to be an important senior engineer and head of the practical office of Lianke, and now he was Zhou Liwen's right-hand man, mainly responsible for the work of the institute. In other words, Zhou Liwen's strange behavior these days has finally been explained, and the real reason why he went to San Francisco was to wait for Liao Yuancheng's arrival. Unlike Zhou Liwen, Liao Yuancheng is a pure technician and an expert in the semiconductor industry, what does it mean for Liao Yuancheng to come? This made Diff feel vigilant and flustered, could it be that Zhou Liwen really negotiated with other chip factories in private? That's why Liao Yuancheng was called to deal with technical issues?

As soon as the thought came to mind, it lingered, and the more Div pondered it, the more likely it became. If that were the case, the arrangement and waiting he had made would have become a big joke. Because of his persistence, Scopa actually lost a big customer, which will make the already moribund Scopa even worse. As the CEO of the company, once the truth of this matter is known to Sun Dong, I am afraid that he will have to leave first without waiting for the company to go bankrupt.

"Maybe it's just a coincidence......." Sweat dripped from his forehead, and Def reluctantly comforted himself, facing this situation, although he sensed something bad in his heart, his personality drove him to support it strongly, hoping for a miracle life.

But this bubble burst the next day, because the next morning, as soon as Diff arrived at the company, he saw Howard running to report in a panic, he told himself that Zhou Liwen, Pang Yishan, and Liao Yuancheng, who had just arrived yesterday, were picked up from the hotel by Cisco's people half an hour ago, and Cisco's senior management also appeared in the hotel, and Howard saw them talking happily with his own eyes.

As if he had been slapped on the head, Def's whole body shook and shook his body. If Zhou Liwen and Cisco really reach an agreement, then it is equivalent to saying that Scopa is completely out of this cooperation, which is an extremely severe consequence for both the company and the individual. Div didn't know when Howard had left, and as his mind cleared up from the blank slate, remorse welled up in his heart like never before. As the Chinese often say, if there is a bottle of regret medicine in front of him, he can't wait to pick it up and drink it clean.

"No...... Maybe there's still a chance...... Maybe....... The pale-faced Def muttered to himself, and after a long time, he gritted his teeth and rushed out of the office quickly.

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