Chapter 286: Faux pas

Samsung Group is the largest conglomerate in South Korea, and when people think of Samsung, the first thing that comes to mind is the Samsung logo in the shape of a blue rugby ball with white letters in the middle. But in fact, Samsung Group has more than 8o subsidiaries and a number of legal entities, among which the most famous belongs to Samsung Electronics.

The famous Samsung mobile phone is a product of Samsung Electronics, but few people know that Samsung touch screen manufacturers do not belong to Samsung Electronics, but belong to Samsung Corning under the Samsung Group, but unlike Corning in the United States, Samsung Corning is a joint venture between Samsung Group and Corning in the United States, and the two companies each account for 5o% of the shares, but the management rights are in the hands of Samsung Group.

Corning Inc. of the United States is a world-famous manufacturer of special glass and ceramics, but it is also a pioneer of TV picture tubes, Corning's display technology department has strong technical force, after the establishment of Samsung Corning as a joint venture with Samsung Group, Samsung has been flying with the technical support of Corning, so as to establish its own Samsung Display Company, which belongs to Samsung Electronics.

The well-known Samsung touch screen technology is jointly developed by Samsung Corning and Samsung Electronics, and its production is mainly responsible for Samsung Corning. Therefore, Zhou Liwen and their trip not only had to deal with Samsung Electronics, but also had to get a cooperation agreement through Samsung Corning. This is also one of the main reasons why Zhou Liwen deliberately brought the personnel of the American Scopa, after all, Samsung Corning is a joint venture between South Korea and the United States, and it may be easier to negotiate with the Americans.

Zhou Liwen and his entourage flew directly from Shanghai to Seoul, of course, this city will be renamed "Er" by South Korea in a few years. But in Zhou Liwen's eyes, the name Seoul is far more connotative than the inexplicable Er, in his opinion, the sticks are simply taking off their pants and farting, is it not a potato called a potato or a ground egg, artichoke, taro? Isn't this a joke?

Of course, Zhou Liwen's words are just talking about it in his stomach, he is not so stupid to talk about these topics on the territory of the stick. The hotel was booked before departure, and the Intercontinental Jiangnan Hotel was selected, which is conveniently located and accessible, and it is a new hotel, and its facilities and housing are very good.

The person in charge of the Korean branch of the ORZ company came to pick him up, saying that it was a branch, but in fact it was only an office, which was mainly responsible for the technical cooperation between the institute and Korea University, and he was accompanied by two professors and several assistants from the electronic laboratory of Korea University.

Liao Yuancheng has always been in charge of the work in South Korea, and after the exit meeting, Liao Yuancheng introduced Professor Kim Jong-ji and Professor Choi Jeong-ryong of Korea University to Zhou Liwen and others. These two professors, Professor Kim Juan-zhi is the director of the real YĆ n room, and Professor Cui Zhenglong is the project leader, and they have given great help in the design of the ORz chip system.

"Professor Jin and Professor Cui, I have been looking up for a long time, I originally wanted to visit the two of you at Korea University tomorrow, but I didn't expect to meet at the airport today, it is so polite that you can come to pick you up." Zhou Liwen hurriedly stepped forward to shake hands with the other party and said in English with a smile.

Professor Kim is in his fifties, of medium height, with a gray head, but his face is ruddy and he looks very good. And Professor Cui Zhenglong looks like he is in his forties, tall and thin, wearing a pair of glasses, and he looks like a technician.

"Hehe, Dong Chou came to Seoul, as an old friend of cooperation, how could he not come to pick it up?" Professor Jin Jianzhi opened his mouth to be fluent in Chinese, which surprised Zhou Liwen a little.

However, the young Professor Cui Zhenglong did not understand Chinese and could only communicate with Zhou Liwen in English, and the two sides exchanged a few words, and then walked out of the airport together.

While everyone was talking and laughing and walking towards the car parked outside, suddenly a person ran recklessly, perhaps too quickly, and suddenly hit a person walking behind.

"Even one Xiba!"

The man who was hit was one of the assistants of the two professors, and the young man in his twenties almost got knocked over, but fortunately he was able to make a fool of himself by his feet. But even so, he was so angry that he lost face in front of the guests, and turned around and scolded.

ā€œ(*y^!2a! Z……。 ā€

A series of Korean words came out of his mouth, and the person who bumped into him bowed and apologized, and seemed to be asking something. Hearing the voice behind him, Professor Kim stopped unhappily and shouted at his assistant.

The assistant said a word to the person who collided with him, and then hurriedly ran over to report to Professor Jin Lianzhi, Professor Jin Lianzhi was stunned after hearing this, and then confirmed a sentence to him, and after he answered again, Professor Jin Lianzhi said to Zhou Liwen: "Dong Zhou, there is a person in the back who said that it was a cadre sent by the Samsung Group, do you think it is ......?" ā€

"Samsung's people? Then ask him to come over. Zhou Liwen nodded, this time he came to negotiate with Samsung, it was originally Professor Jin Jizhi who pulled the thread, but when he first picked up the airport, he didn't see anyone from Samsung, he thought that Samsung didn't send someone to the airport, and it took a long time for people to arrive, but it was a little late. Since it is a person on the Samsung side who wants to meet, this face still has to be given.

Professor Jin Lianzhi explained to his assistant, and the assistant turned back and quickly brought the person over. But as soon as he looked at this person, Professor Jin Jizhi frowned, and asked him a few words in Korean before Zhou Liwen could speak.

The person who came was wearing a suit and tie, and at first glance he looked like a white-collar employee of the company. After seeing Professor Jin Jizhi and others, he first bowed respectfully, and then seemed to ask if it was Chairman Zhou Liwen Zhou. When he learned that Zhou Liwen was the youngest of them, there was obviously a trace of surprise on his face, and then he said a lot of Korean that Zhou Liwen didn't understand, and after finishing speaking, he bowed again, handed over a business card, and then turned around and left.

Zhou Liwen was confused, he didn't know what this three-star person was talking to him, so he could only look at Professor Jin Lianzhi and Professor Cui Zhenglong beside him, but who would have thought that Professor Liangwen's face was not very good-looking, especially Professor Jin Lianzhi's eyebrows still had anger that could not be concealed.

"Professor Kim......?"

"Dong Zhou, let's get in the car first."

"Good!"

Zhou Liwen did not refuse, followed them into a modern car, and the car went all the way out of the airport and soon arrived at the hotel. Professor Jin Jizhi and Professor Cui Zhenglong entered the hotel room with Zhou Liwen, and when there were no outsiders in the room, the two professors suddenly bowed to Zhou Liwen.

"This ...... What is this for? Zhou Liwen was startled, and hurriedly reached out to help, but the other party bowed ninety degrees, and Zhou Liwen didn't know where to hold his hands from, so he could only turn sideways and avoid it.

"I'm sorry Jay Chou, this is an apology to you for the rudeness of our compatriots." Professor Cui Zhenglong said to Zhou Liwen with a blushing face, and the second monk Zhou Liwen was puzzled, and hurriedly asked what was going on.

Waiting for the two of them to sit down in the sand, Professor Jin Jizhi and Professor Cui Zhenglong both shook their heads and sighed, but Professor Cui Zhenglong opened his mouth to explain, and after listening to the explanation, Zhou Liwen knew why they had such a sudden move.

It turned out that the person who was at the airport just now was indeed from Samsung, but he was just a very ordinary employee of Samsung, and his position in the Samsung Group was at most a role such as a team leader or a small supervisor. The words he said to Zhou Liwen translate into meaning that he welcomed Zhou Liwen's arrival on behalf of Samsung Group and Samsung Electronics, and said that Samsung Group hoped that Chairman Zhou would contact him in advance after settling down, so that Samsung Group could arrange a time for the two sides to have an interview.

This kind of thing is nothing if it is placed elsewhere, at most, it feels that Samsung's shelf is big, and it has not fulfilled its obligations as a master. But in South Korea, a country that pays great attention to respect and humility, this approach of Samsung Group is very rude, not to mention in front of Professor Kim Jung-ji and Professor Choi Jeong-ryong, which is almost a slap in the face of them.

You must know that Zhou Liwen came to South Korea this time mainly for two reasons, the first thing is to visit Korea University to promote further cooperation between the two sides in research work. The second thing is to negotiate with Samsung's touch screen, and whether it is the former or the latter, it has a lot to do with Professor Kim and Professor Choi Jung-ryong.

Not to mention the former, as the director and the person in charge of the project, although the two professors met Zhou Liwen for the first time, the cooperation between the two sides has been going on for nearly two years, and the cooperation has been very pleasant in the past two years. As an intermediary, he expects Zhou Liwen to reach a cooperation agreement with South Korea's Samsung, which is not only a favor for Zhou Liwen, but also a help for a Korean company in his own country.

But who would have thought that although Samsung Group agreed to negotiate and invited Zhou Liwen to South Korea. But at this time when the other party just got off the plane, instead of sending a weighty person to greet him, he only sent a low-level junior cadre to pick up the plane like child's play. He even said such rude words, how could this not make these two professors angry?

In their opinion, this is not only rude to Zhou Liwen, but also a loss of face for Koreans. In particular, Professor Kim Jong-ji, as a well-known signboard of Korea University, has a very high status in the academic circles, and if this kind of thing is about to be spread, maybe some people will use the topic to accuse him of being a person.

"Two professors, how can I blame you, maybe this matter is a mistake on the part of Samsung." Zhou Liwen, who figured out what was going on, was also a little angry in his heart, although Samsung Group was a cow, his ORz company was not bad in the mobile phone industry, and this time there were also personnel from Scopa in the United States, Samsung did this almost deliberately to give himself a dismount. But in any case, this matter has nothing to do with the two professors, and Zhou Liwen is not an unreasonable person, so he had to comfort the two who were very angry.

Who would have thought that Professor Jin Jizhi was very undiscouraged, and said very firmly: "Dong Zhou, don't worry, I will definitely give you an explanation for this matter." The journey is tiring, please ask Dong Chou to rest first, we will say goodbye first, and wait for tomorrow at Korea University to see ....... ā€

"Farewell!"

The two professors got up at the same time and bowed to Zhou Liwen, then turned around and left with their faces wrenched.

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