Reborn in the red age

Chapter 194 America’s Technological Hegemony

For the noon reception, Li Qingfeng did not take Gatsby to a high-end restaurant, but found a Cantonese restaurant in Chinatown with a fairly good decoration.

I asked for a private room from the boss, ordered some of his specialty dishes, and asked for authentic Chinese cooking.

After the waiter left, Qingfeng Li said with a smile: "Gates, I'm very sorry. Last time you went to Xiangjiang, I should have treated you to a Chinese meal. It's just that for some reason I couldn't make it to Xiangjiang. I'll make up for it today." "

"No, no, no, Li, you don't have to be sorry. Miss Milani from our company treated me to an authentic Chinese meal at the largest restaurant in Hong Kong that day. It tasted very good. I liked it very much."

The two of them chatted for a while and exchanged information about their recent personal situations. After they had had enough wine and food, Qingfeng Li took the initiative to speak, and the two of them started the main topic of the day.

It was probably the first time we discussed business at the dinner table. Gatsby was a little uncomfortable at first, but he quickly adjusted and made exaggerated movements with his hands and said, "Lee, did you know? IBM already knows that you are here." What Xiangjiang has done, their company executives are very angry at what you have done. You think you are a rogue thief who has stolen IBM's market share in Asia. The vice president of IBM was angry at the shareholders' meeting a few days ago. Said that I want to teach you and your lemon technology a lesson."

"Really? As a technology company that has just been established for one year, I feel honored to be in the eyes of a technology giant like IBM." Qingfeng Li glanced at Gatsby with a half-smile, then pursed his lips and smiled. Said nonchalantly.

Just over a month ago, IBM had canceled Lemon Technology's agency rights in China. It believed that Lemon Technology had infringed on IBM's rights and took Lemon Technology to court. The two companies are still fighting a lawsuit.

Li Qingfeng is not afraid of litigation at all. If he wants to fight, he can fight. It will be fine for ten or twenty years. It is just a matter of legal fees. Anyway, the original authorization contract did not mention IBM as an agent. products, you are not allowed to do research and development of similar products.

In addition, it is good for Lemon Technology to file a lawsuit with IBM. In the month since the lawsuit started, the sales of Lemon PC have increased instead of falling. Many agents in Southeast Asia have come to us and asked to be agents of Lemon PC locally. Sale.

Lemon PC suddenly opened up the Asian market, and sales in the Asian market surged. Due to domestic production capacity problems, Lemon Technology had to urgently find factories in Xiangjiang and Baodao to manufacture OEM products, so it barely ran out of stock.

Coincidentally, after Gatsby returned to the United States from Hong Kong, it didn't take long for people from IBM to come to visit. Only Microsoft and IBM knew whether Gatsby was causing trouble inside.

Sensing Qingfeng Li's strange gaze, young Gatsby smiled awkwardly and said earnestly: "Li, you are a genius in software. You can achieve great achievements by relying on software. From a friend's point of view, I don’t recommend that you enter the operating system market. While the scale of Lemon PC is still small and has not attracted the attention of the American government, give up and devote yourself to the research and development of computer software. You will become a billionaire.”

"Why do you say that?" Li Qingfeng became interested and sat up straight, wanting to hear Gatsby's thoughts.

Gatsby stared into Qingfeng Li's eyes and said seriously: "Because you are not American."

Qingfeng Li did not speak, but took a sip of the tea sent by his boss and motioned for the other party to continue.

"Li, you and I are both working in the computer industry. You should know that computers represent the future. Do you think the American government will let a foreigner formulate the future underlying architecture of the computer software industry?"

"It doesn't matter if Lemon Technology's Excel and Word office software occupy all the market share in the United States. Your office software is an application on the underlying architecture of the United States, and the government will not care."

"However, if you want to enter the field of underlying architecture such as operating systems, when you develop to a certain level, you will face an international blockade led by the US government. The result you will face is bankruptcy and nothing." At this point, Gatsby paused, looked at Qingfeng Li and said, "Li, can you understand what I mean?"

He is worthy of being the world's richest man for many years in the future. He indeed has a long-term vision, looks at problems very thoroughly, and can accurately seize opportunities.

Of course Qingfeng Li understood what Gatsby was talking about. Qingfeng Li, a foreigner, knew more about America's technological hegemony than Gatsby did.

Wasn't Toshiba in Japan killed by sanctions from the United States? Toshiba was the largest and most advanced semiconductor company in the world in the 1980s. The chips it produced were famous for their high quality and low price, and they destroyed American semiconductor companies. Looking for teeth everywhere.

After business competition failed, the U.S. government immediately took action. A combination of sanctions came down, ending the glorious era of Toshiba and Japan in the semiconductor field. They were forced to go bankrupt step by step, and ended up being acquired by the United States.

The U.S. government still has to worry about dealing with companies like Toshiba that have strong R&D capabilities, but dealing with software companies like Qingfeng Li's Lemon Technology is a matter of policy.

The United States has always been so disgusting, crazily suppressing other countries' high-tech companies to maintain its own technological hegemony.

Isn't this how future generations will deal with domestic high-tech companies? Anyone who builds the underlying architecture must find a way to kill them. Companies that build applications based on the American underlying architecture will be ignored and allowed to develop on their own.

Putting down the tea cup in his hand, Qingfeng Li raised his head and looked at Gatsby: "Gates, I understand what you said, so how do you think I should break the situation?"

"It's very simple, either give up the operating system and concentrate on the research and development of office software, or join the United States and become an American citizen" Gatsby gave his solution.

"Gates, I know everything you said, but I can't do it."

To be honest, the two solutions given by Gatsby can indeed avoid the blockade that will definitely be faced in the future, but, these two are existences that Qingfeng Li cannot accept.

In response to Qingfeng Li's answer, Gatsby just shrugged and did not continue to persuade. Instead, he stated the real purpose of this time: "Okay, there is actually another way. I wonder if you are interested in knowing it?"

"What can I do? Let me tell you."

"With Microsoft taking a stake in Lemon Technology, Lemon Technology will have half-American descent. Then Lemon Technology will not have to worry about government opposition. Not only will it be able to freely develop PC operating systems, but it will also open up more high-end technologies to Lemon Technology." "

Hearing Gatsby's words, Li Qingfeng shook his head slightly in his heart. This guy talked so much nonsense, and he was finally out of trouble.

In the end, Qingfeng Li declined Gates' proposal to buy shares. Both companies are engaged in software. Let alone letting Microsoft buy shares, even if they hold shares with Microsoft, it would be meaningless. Apart from having an American identity, he has no interest in Lemon Technology. benefit. If it were IBM, Li Qingfeng would also consider that IBM has the technology it needs. Compared with the creativity required by software, hardware is really difficult to achieve, requiring astronomical capital investment and a large number of high-end talents. Only by spending time and sleep and forgetting food and research on research and development can we achieve results.

In Li Qingfeng's eyes, as long as he could get the technology out, it would be no problem even if he gave Lemon Technology away. Anyway, he still had the Linux operating system to copy.

Today Gatsby came to see Qingfeng Li. It can be said that he came in good spirits and returned in bad spirits.

Before I came here, I thought that with my excellent eloquence and the hidden dangers of Lemon Technology in the future, I could successfully deceive Qingfeng Li and successfully buy shares in Lemon Technology. Who knew that not only did the purchase of shares fail to be negotiated, but I also didn’t even get the general agent of office software America. arrive.

After sending Gatsby away, Qingfeng Li's trip to the United States is basically over. Tomorrow, he will make an appointment with the international students who stayed in the United States to deepen their relationship. Then he can return to China in the evening. If he is later, he will miss The Hu family’s appointed time.

I met some international students stranded in the United States. Except for a few beautiful women who seemed to be doing well, most of the rest were not doing well in the United States.

After all, beauty knows no national boundaries.

The United States is no different from China. There is no shortage of ordinary undergraduate students. If they want to find a good job in the major they study, they must have at least a master's degree. Currently, they are still working hard to earn tuition fees.

Secretly observing the behavior of everyone at the dinner table, Qingfeng Li clapped his hands. After everyone looked over, Qingfeng Li cleared his throat, stood up with a wine glass in hand, and said with a smile on his face: "Everyone, classmates, yes That’s what happened. In addition to attending Stanford’s anniversary this time, I also have another important thing to do when I come to the United States, and that is that the company I founded is developing well in the United States. I plan to establish an American branch in Silicon Valley.”

"Hey, good guy, our group of international students are still working illegally in Chinese restaurants. Qingfeng, your business has developed to the United States. It's amazing." Sun Kangmei, who used to work illegally in Chinese restaurants and met Li Qingfeng, heard that Li Qingfeng After Qingfeng said this, he immediately stood up to support him and said it without any hesitation.

Ning Xiaoxue, Sun Kangmei's partner, was also very supportive: "Yes, I haven't seen you for a year and you have become a capitalist. You must treat us bitter old classmates to give you a good meal."

The rest of the people also cheered sporadically, but more people had very complicated eyes, forced a smile and simply clapped twice.

When Qingfeng Li was studying abroad in the United States, he was the one who got along the best. Not only did he not have to work illegally, but he even drove a car. He was still able to make money and would invite everyone to get together every once in a while.

After Qingfeng Li chose to return to China, they privately said that Qingfeng Li was stupid for not enjoying such favorable conditions in the United States and returning to China to live a miserable life.

Who would have thought that I haven't seen him for a year, but he is still doing well in China, and his business has even expanded to the United States, and he even wants to open a branch in the United States.

Li Qingfeng had a panoramic view of everyone's expressions and sighed in his heart, but he didn't show anything on his face. He put on a humble expression and said: "Where, where, everyone knows what major I study, and I'm just in time." Being in the spotlight, I was lucky enough to write two pieces of software. It’s all luck, it’s all luck.”

"What software?" As soon as Li Qingfeng finished speaking, someone immediately answered curiously.

"Excel and word"

The software has just entered the American market not long ago. These people are not computer majors, nor have they worked in a company. They don’t know much about these two softwares that have become popular in the American business market in a short period of time. Only one or two people have heard of these two softwares. The name of the software.

Seeing the confused expressions of most people, Li Qingfeng briefly talked about the situation of these two softwares.

After learning that Qingfeng Li's two softwares had achieved such great success in the United States, everyone showed shocked expressions. No matter what they were thinking, everyone stood up and raised their glasses to say good things to Qingfeng Li.

After the excitement, Li Qingfeng tentatively proposed that he was going to enter the semiconductor field and would establish research institutes in Hong Kong and China. He hoped that they would choose to return to China to engage in research work after graduation. Of course, the salary would be based on the salary for American scientific research practitioners. Average salaries are paid to them.

However, the result made Qingfeng Li very disappointed. These people talked about him one after another, but no one answered Qingfeng Li's words. It seemed that he was determined to stay in the United States for the rest of his life and never go anywhere.

Even Sun Kangmei and Ning Xiaoxue, who had a good relationship with Li Qingfeng, bowed their heads and remained silent.

Forget it, it doesn’t matter now. In the past, Qingfeng Li did have the intention to win over these international students, but now they have established their headquarters in the United States with the backing of Stanford. In Silicon Valley, as long as you have money, what talent can’t be recruited?

The worst case scenario is to directly train talents by ourselves, and let Lemon Technology negotiate cooperation with major domestic universities when we return. We will pay for the tuition and send a group of students to study in the United States. We will try our best to take preventive measures to prevent international students from running away, and let them join Lemon Technology after graduation. American companies, before being sanctioned by the United States, send their well-trained talents to Hong Kong or China.

After the party at noon, Li Qingfeng wanted to go back to the apartment to pack his things and take the afternoon flight back home. Sun Kangmei, who had just left, hurried over.

Looking at the panting Sun Kangmei, Li Qingfeng quickly got him a bottle of water from the Ford car and handed it to him: "What, did you leave something behind?"

"No, no, nothing was left behind. I was just worried about you leaving, so I ran a little faster." After Sun Kangmei poured a bottle of water into his stomach, he burped, panting heavily and shaking his hands repeatedly.

Sun Kangmei's performance made Li Qingfeng a little confused and asked doubtfully: "What are you doing?"

Sun Kangmei did not directly answer Qingfeng Li's words, but took a deep breath, calmed down his emotions, and then looked at Qingfeng Li and said firmly: "Qingfeng, if possible, I want to return to China to join your company after graduation."

(End of this chapter)