Chapter 197: Purpose
"I don't like it here. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”
Steve Jobs pinched his chin and whispered as he looked out the window at the complex.
Fusto shrugged, he wasn't surprised.
Steve Jobs formed a bond with ZG in the 80s of the last century, and he has said a lot of ugly things about ZG in public.
Of course, he is paranoid and arrogant. But he's not a psychopath, and it's impossible to provoke a dispute for no reason.
In fact, in the 80s, Apple computers were copied in ZG, and China Learning Machine was the originator of copycats. Apple has protested to the ZG government, but no one has paid any attention to it.
Jobs didn't care about the ZG market, and last year because of financial fraud, Apple's headquarters even fired almost the entire leadership team of Apple's ZG branch.
It's no different from what he imagined, and he never idiots think it's a backward country. But he still doesn't like it, because of his extremism, which he always thinks is an export place for counterculture and technology.
But now he is still standing on this continent entrenched in the East, and some people say that he is not a businessman, but a paranoid artist, but an artist also needs to eat.
"Fusto, what impressed you the most about your stay here for a few months?" Jobs looked at him and asked.
"Steve," Fu Sto's face was a little complicated, "I want to say that Chinese restaurants in the United States are all ****." ”
Jobs was stunned, he didn't expect Fusto to say such a thing at all.
Fu Stowe waved his hand and didn't explain, Jobs had been a vegetarian all his life, and he couldn't understand it at all.
"Steve, have you figured out how to deal with the situation?" Although Fu Stowe believed in his ability, he really didn't feel that Apple had any bargaining qualifications.
Jobs thought for a moment and shook his head, "The most important thing now is Eric, figure out what exactly he wants." ”
"Eric.." Fu Stoto had a headache when he thought of this name, what did that person want?
.....
Emma and Li Li are still in a state of fog, and the cute and stupid elephant in the corner has really been beaten back by the lotus!
"It's so beautiful," Li Jiani slammed the elephant's belly, "This feels the same as the real thing." ”
Lotus looked at her funny, thinking that it was a real elephant, and you were already dead for such a trick.
"Alright," Lotus stepped forward to hug her, turned her head to look at the two girls and said, "Go cook, you three." ”
He didn't say that it was okay, but when he said that the two of them were hungry, they hadn't eaten that day.
"Put me down, I'll cook!" Li Jiani kicked her legs and screamed.
"Got it, I'll put you down when we get to the kitchen." Lotus didn't believe her, if she let it go now, she would definitely run back and continue to play with the new toy.
"Okay." Li Jiani was honest, and she was caught in the kitchen by him in frustration.
Dusk and night, hazy shrouded the earth,
Lotus smiled slightly at the screams that came from the living room from time to time, these three girls were teaming up to bully others.
He looked down at the various materials on his desk, and he was going to meet with Steve Jobs tomorrow, hoping that he would give him a satisfactory answer.
To say not to be curious, that is false. But Lotus doesn't have any special emotions, he has never been a fan at all, and now he has the future in his own hands.
When night falls, how can the twinkling stars in the starry sky remain unchanged?
.....
Lotus Group Building, in the conference room,
"Hello, Mr. Jobs." Lotus stretched out her right hand and smiled.
"Hello, Mr. Eric." Jobs looked at the young and excessive oriental man in front of him and smiled slightly, and shook his hand vigorously.
The expressions on the faces of the personnel on both sides were solemn, and the entourage of Apple was no longer pompous, and Jobs had a high status in their hearts.
"Mr. Jobs," Lotus was the first to speak after taking a seat, and he smiled, "This is your first time in ZG, right?" How does it feel? ”
"Very good." Jobs shrugged noncommittally, and to be honest, he didn't find anything that interested him. Of course, he didn't even walk out of the hotel. The impression here was still very bad in his mind. But he was seeking cooperation on behalf of Apple, so he could only hold back his emotions and say some hypocritical things.
"That's good," Lotus smiled deeper, "and I'm sure Mr. Jobs will be impressed by it." ”
"I hope so." Jobs's face was still calm, but he was faintly uncomfortable in his heart.
Steve Jobs was an avid Zen Buddhist and traveled to Japan many times in his life. His introductory book for learning Zen, The Zen Master's Beginning, is the work of a Japanese Zen master. His genius and innovation, his discerning strategic thinking, and aesthetic artistic design are all deeply influenced by Zen Buddhism. He's also a fan of Japanese style, so he really doesn't want to talk about the country.
Lotus smiled slightly, and didn't care about his attitude, it was also a good feeling to let a disgusted paranoid person praise ZG.
"Alright, Mr. Jobs, let's get down to business." Lotus spoke again, and he said, "Did the conditions I put forward last time have any results?" ”
Jobs was a little unaccustomed to this feeling of being led by others, he was silent for a moment, and shook his head, "I'm sorry, your conditions are too harsh, and we can't agree to them." ”
"That's a pity," Lotus smiled faintly and said, "I thought we had reached an agreement, and it doesn't seem like things will go so well." ”
"Mr. Eric," Jobs was not ready to talk to the rhythm of the lotus flower, he took out a document and handed it over, "this is Apple's sincerity. ”
The lotus took it, rubbed it lightly a few times but didn't open it, and he suddenly said, "Mr. Jobs, you must know Jameson, the chairman of JTC1, right?" ”
Fusto's face was puzzled, and Jobs's face changed drastically.
"Mr. Eric," Jobs said, grimacing, "if there's something about the WAPI standard, then I'm sorry, there's nothing we can do about it." ”
“wapi..” Fu Stowe was shocked, how could he have anything to do with this?
The WAPI standard is a wireless LAN security standard promulgated by ZG, which started the project in 2001 and announced the mandatory implementation of the WAPI standard in 2003.
But its promulgation has caused dissatisfaction among the U.S. government and businesses, and three U.S. cabinet ministers (U.S. Secretary of State Powell, Secretary of Commerce Evans, and Trade Representative Robert Zoellick) signed a letter to the ZG government, demanding that ZG abandon the WAPI standard. Sixteen industrial organizations including the Usito jointly lobbied the ZG government departments to abandon the WAPI standard, and encouraged the relevant U.S. departments to characterize the WAPI standard as a "technical trade barrier" and submit it to the China-US Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade and the WTO Conference, gradually upgrading the WAPI standard to the level of Sino-US trade disputes.
At the 15th session of the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade, the ZG government made strategic adjustments, announcing that the WAPI national standard will not be mandatory from June 1, and that the WAPI standard will be revised and improved and promoted to an international standard. At the same time, the United States is committed to supporting WAPI in promoting it as an international standard. Of course, their promises are a joke.
In February last year, at the meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, which had been considered the last hope of WAPI, JTC1 Chairman Jameson suddenly announced that the WAPI proposal had been cancelled and still does not exist. This turn of face caused the ZG national standards delegation to withdraw from the meeting in protest.
Lotus looked at him calmly and said, "Mr. Jobs, as far as I know, Your Excellency has a very good relationship with Will Bordeman. ”
Baudeman.... A hint of shock flashed in Jobs's eyes, this is prepared.
Will Baldman, Executive Director of the WiFi Alliance.
It is an indisputable fact that the United States has always relied on capital. Although the WiFi Alliance is a non-profit organization, hundreds of member companies within it have a WiFi business.
The reason why WAPI is jointly blocked by the United States and several other European and American countries is, of course, not because of the so-called ZG threat theory, or because it is not compatible with WiFi devices. In fact, all of this is driven by these capital groups. There's only one standard they want to see, and that's the wifi standard.
Lotus looked at the two people who were silent, thought for a while, and said: "Mr. Jobs, in my opinion, Apple's shares are not worth exchanging for Vphone-related technology, this is a completely meaningless transaction." But now that we're sitting face to face, I think it's time to talk about something more practical. ”
"You work for the government?" Jobs suddenly looked up at him and asked.
Lotus laughed and looked at the two of them a little funny, "Vphone uses the WiFi standard." ”
"Then why are you doing this?" Jobs frowned in confusion.
"Because this is my home country." Lotus said a little unnaturally.
Jobs glanced at him, his eyes full of disbelief.
There are many reasons why Lotus does this, first of all, it can be sold to the country, after all, even if he doesn't do it, it will naturally pass in two years. Secondly, VPHONE needs WIFI, and WAPI does not meet international certification standards, so mobile phone WIFI is prohibited in China. He can't let Vphone give up wifi to assemble WAPI, so he doesn't have to think about foreign markets. As for the anti-WAPI popularization abroad, he won't even think about this idea, let alone him, the WiFi Alliance is not easy to use, even the country.
In the end, it can be regarded as exporting anger for the country, after all, those little brothers were bullied very badly in Frankfurt! (To be continued.) )