Great Power Technology.

Chapter 405 Intensifies the Fragmentation
For Huang Qi, the purpose of asking Gao Wenxiong to reimburse the expenses is not the small money itself, he just wants to send a signal to the other party before this negotiation:
We are the party that takes the initiative, and you are the servers of this cooperation.

Once the other party accepts this setting, they will have to follow their own pace in subsequent negotiations, and the initiative can be smoothly established.

And the development of the matter was almost the same as he expected. Under the strong pressure of the Xinghuo factory, or the entire Huaxia semiconductor industry, Gao Wenxiong almost maintained the attitude of staying low and being small in the follow-up meeting. Aside from this meeting, a constructive outcome was reached, but in any case, it's a good start.

What is even more symbolic is that after meeting with Wenxiong Gao, TSMC arranged for a new car and driver, which means that the other party seems to be struggling to eliminate the influence from the upper class.

Huang Qi immediately reported this situation to his superiors. From their point of view, this was the first flaw the other party had.

As soon as a crack appears, the separation between capital and the upper echelon will develop at an unstoppable speed.

What Huaxia has to do is to further intensify such a split through certain means.

For example, the loss of a large order; for example, the delay in the delivery of equipment; another example, a betrayal that does not have such a big impact but will make people imagine.
Ugly Country, California, Cupertino.

In a small cafe on the side of the street, two men with different skin colors were sitting leisurely facing each other, enjoying carefully brewed coffee in their cups.

One of the men had a typical Caucasian face, with slightly gray hair and fine wrinkles on his forehead and around the eyes, while the Asian man opposite him was young, with smooth skin and thick hair.

After taking the last sip of coffee, the Asian man named Huang Weiyi put down the cup in his hand, smiled and said:
"Mr. Coors, as you said, the coffee in this cafe is very good. But to be honest, as a Chinese, I still prefer to drink tea. Maybe I should bring a cup when we meet next time. A set of tea sets, to show you the tea art culture of China."

Coors on the opposite side also smiled back, and then replied:

"That's a good idea, but you probably need an assistant who can make tea. In fact, I've heard rumors about you from other colleagues. They say that you promise to show them the tea art every time, but in the end It’s all about grabbing a handful of tea leaves and throwing them into a cup with hot water.”

"It's not even as good as Lipton's instant tea bag, right? You Chinese people have a saying called 'reckless waste', and it's perfect for you."

"Hahahahaha, maybe that's the case, but it's not important, as long as you can drink good tea, it's considered a success, isn't it?"

Huang Weiyi obviously heard the hidden sharpness in the other party's words, but he did not show any sullen expression, but responded lightly and followed the other party's words.

You say that technology is wasteful in my hands, then I will tell you, as long as I can create something, it is not a waste.

A seemingly peaceful exchange actually harbored murderous intentions from the very beginning, but both sides are used to it.

Hearing Huang Weiwei's answer, Coors shook his head slightly, and said:
"That's not necessarily the case. Just like our coffee, even if the raw materials are exactly the same, the flavors it exhibits are different when brewed in a freshly ground way and brewed in an instant way."

"I am a person who pursues perfection, so I only drink freshly ground coffee—this is probably some kind of persistence in the quality of life? Of course, I also have the same attitude in many other aspects."

"Yes, yes, this is a very good attitude. But I think, in addition to freshly ground coffee and instant coffee, there may be other ways of brewing coffee in this world? For example, distillation?"

Coors gently turned the quilt in his hand, there was still the last sip of coffee in the cup, but he didn't finish it like Huang Weiyi.

"Distillation may be a good method, but, you know, people like me, at this age, are already very insensitive to change."

"I don't have as much energy to try new things because that means I'm likely to have a cup of coffee that I don't like and it can ruin my mood for the day."

"Instead of this, why don't I choose my favorite cafe, my favorite barista?"

"Or, is this café going out of business? Or is the barista going to get sick anytime soon?"

Hearing his words, Huang Weiyi put away the indifferent and meaningless expression on his face, and replied seriously:

"You know, it's not going to be our choice. We're a peaceful bunch and we're definitely not going to blow up other people's cafes just to sell our espresso."

"However, we might make an offer that coffee lovers can't refuse."

"Oh? Like?"

Huang Weiwei took out a stack of documents from the briefcase beside him, pushed them in front of Coors and said:
"For example, you also know that in addition to opening cafes and providing coffee technology, we will also sell coffee to customers-this is the same as what you do."

"We are also considered to be competitors - it can even be said that the coffee we make through distillation technology is not selling badly in the market."

"The market share of your freshly ground coffee is getting lower and lower. If this continues, it is likely to be completely replaced by espresso coffee."

"This is probably not the result you want, is it?"

Coors opened the document that Huang Weiwei handed over, and after seeing the contents clearly, his expression instantly became solemn.

"Is this the new model you will release?"

At this moment, he no longer has the energy to play charades with Huang Weiwei, because the information on the document made him feel a huge crisis.

Unprecedented powerful performance, almost bucket-like functional composition, coupled with ultra-low pricing that exceeded the limit of his imagination. If this machine is released without preparation, it will have a great impact on our spring market in the terminal field. It will be a devastating blow.

However, now the other party actually disclosed this information to him directly?
what does this mean?
He looked up at Huang Weiyi, who smiled and replied:

"Yes, this is our new model."

"Mr. Coors, you probably have already thought of it. The reason why I dare to disclose this model to you directly is because we have absolute confidence that you can't achieve the same performance at the same cost."

"On this model, there's no head-to-head competition -- it's a killer model, just like the iPhone 4 you released earlier."

"In addition, I can also tell you that this model will also integrate a new technology module that has never appeared before. This module will completely change the entire ecosystem of personal terminals. In front of it, you will not have any Chance."

After listening to Huang Weiwei's words, Coors frowned and asked:

"So, you mean, you will use the technology of this product in exchange for our order?"

"Hahahaha, Mr. Coors, you are too humorous."

"Technology for orders? What kind of pie in the Arabian Nights is this? Do you think we would be so stupid?"

"We will indeed sell some of our interests to you, but this kind of interest must not be our core competitiveness."

After a pause, Huang Weiyi continued:

"To be precise, we want to give you a chance."

"what chance?"

Coors's voice became low, and his whole body was unconsciously tense, and his arms were folded in front of his chest, in a defensive posture.

"A chance to live."

The corner of Coors's mouth raised a mocking arc, and then he asked:
"You mean, you think we're going to die after you release this product?"

"You probably underestimate our strength too much, and you overestimate yourselves too much."

Huang Weiyi shook his head and replied:

"No, certainly not with this one product—we're not that naive."

"However, I can also tell you that at this point, we absolutely can do it."

"Or, do you need me to demonstrate it to you?"

"How would you like to demonstrate?"

Coors asked warily.

"I'm afraid I can't tell you—trust me, you don't want to watch it, because some things, once started, are almost impossible to stop. Do you know what I mean?"

After Huang Weiyi finished speaking, the two people in the cafe fell into a long silence.

Coors looked straight into the other's eyes, trying to find any clues of hesitation, guilt, or withdrawal, but unfortunately, he found nothing.

This is a game of gamble. I only have a pair of "full gourds" in my hand, while the other party holds countless hole cards.

Want to bet that there are no four of a kind or a straight flush in those hole cards?
Coors suddenly felt that he did not dare to gamble.

Surrender loses half, but if you insist on turning over the opponent's hole cards, you are likely to go bankrupt.

It's just a matter of changing suppliers
This is not a big strategic adjustment for one's own side, and it will not cause too much loss to the supply chain, not to mention that from an objective point of view, the other party's technology is sufficient to support one's own supply chain.

In this game, if he chooses to cooperate, the only one who gets hurt is actually a company on that small island that has nothing to do with him.

After a long time, Coors finally spoke.

"I will consider your suggestion, but you need to know that this is definitely not something that I or our company can decide. What we need is a higher-level suggestion"

"You can rest assured about this."

Huang Weiyi interrupted him and continued:
"The opportunity we offer them will be more irresistible than what I can tell you."

(End of this chapter)