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386, Negotiations between China and the West

Perhaps it was Xiong Baizhou who showed strong personal charm in the conference room, or perhaps it was his proposal in line with Qualcomm's next development plan. In short, Xiong Baizhou was highly valued and warmly welcomed when he came to Qualcomm's headquarters building for the second time.

"This is Mr. Kevin, one of our seven founding shareholders." Drake introduced, pointing to an American man in his 40s.

He actually invited one of the "Qualcomm Seven King Kongs" to come over, and Xiong Baizhou thought that his opinions were eventually taken seriously.

"I admire you for a long time, Professor Kevin." Xiong Baizhou greeted with a smile.

"Do you know me?" Kevin was a little surprised. Although he was one of the established shareholders, he rarely appeared in business occasions.

"You are a well-known doctor of communications at Stanford University, an expert in the world's radio industry, the head of my Aisheng Electronics Factory or your fan."

This sentence is indeed true. A large part of Xiong Baizhou’s ability to know Qualcomm’s Seven King Kong was the result of Tao Yushan helping him popularize science.

Kevin nodded with a smile, but he was not very good at talking. He just sat down for a while and left. Although he was one of the major shareholders, he was not responsible for the company's daily affairs. His invitation this time only reflects Qualcomm's attention to Xiong Baizhou. The real business still needs to be negotiated by managers like Drake.

In fact, Drake doesn't need to take action on the 100,000 chip business, but the focus is on the future promotion and application of CDMA technology in China, as well as the competitive prospects with GSM.

Xiong Baizhou was still quite envious when he saw Kevin leaving easily. He really did not participate in the company's business development. At present, the United States is indeed ahead of the domestic system of professional managers.

Even if Liu Qingfeng, Su Hanjin, Tao and Shan are capable of being the boss, Xiong Baizhou is actually unable to be the boss. Not only can he be the boss, but the company's framework and important decisions still need to be the boss.

"The culture and background are different, so you can't learn everything. Foreigners may not be correct, but the one that suits you is the best." Xiong Baizhou still understands this truth in his heart.

"Mr. Xiong, why didn't the beautiful lady come yesterday?" Drake did not talk about business from the beginning, but instead focused on the topic from the people around him.

"Oh, she has returned to China." Xiong Baizhou didn't want to explain too much, and directly blocked the follow-up to this topic.

"That's a pity." Drake shrugged his shoulders, then moved to other things and started talking to Xiong Baizhou. When he entered Qualcomm's technical achievements showroom, he began to introduce these world-class radio communication knowledge to Xiong Baizhou.

During the conversation, Xiong Baizhou and Drake unknowingly reached an agreement on the cost unit price, delivery method, after-sales maintenance and other matters of 100,000 chips. If the business reaches this level in China, it will enhance their relationship at the dinner table. However, American businessmen have a more contractual spirit, and Drake ordered his secretary to formulate the first draft of the contract agreement.

The two of them looked like good friends just now, but when they talked about specific business, Drake suddenly became serious, so cold that he was a little unkind. Xiong Baizhou smiled and didn't care. He had to follow the local customs when talking about business.

Xiong Baizhou feels that there is no distinction between good and bad in terms of Chinese and Western business methods.

Americans pay attention to the spirit of contract, which can reduce unnecessary troubles, and business matters are only left to solve in the business world;

Chinese people pay attention to emotional exchanges, and may cause some confusion in the future, but what traditional culture has always taught us is that "business is not successful."

Some people don’t read much, and they stubbornly believe that “contract spirit” must be better than “emotional human nature” from just a few brainwashing stories. Xiong Baizhou thinks this is the most ridiculous criterion for judgment. Many big Chinese businessmen came out of the loss and the confusing debt.

The contract spirit is very good, and Xiong Baizhou also agrees with it. Otherwise, he would not have signed a confidentiality agreement with Liu Qingfeng and others, but traditional culture cannot be abandoned. Xiong Baizhou signed a confidentiality agreement with others, and on the other hand, he actively used his connections to actively implement his work for Liu Qingfeng's lover.

This is the shining point of human nature, and it is not the spirit of contract.

After the 100,000 chip business was negotiated, Drake felt a little tired. This young man had a very strong magnetic field. He originally wanted to take the initiative in the business, but he was always snatched away without realizing it.

However, Drake didn't care at all. The stronger Xiong Baizhou, the more helpful it is to promote the technology of CDMA. Now Qualcomm and Xiong Baizhou should be considered a cooperative relationship. Although the cooperative relationship is currently limited to VCD, we are still observing about CDMA.

"This is our launch of omnitracs satellite positioning and communication services in 1988, mainly used in the transportation industry to track truck location services." Drake saw that Xiong Baizhou seemed to be interested in this technology, so he walked up to introduce it.

"Yes." Xiong Baizhou nodded without saying a word.

However, Drake did not intend to let Xiong Baizhou go: "What do Mr. Xiong thinks about producing mobile phones?"

This is what Drake's question means, and it is also one of Qualcomm's assessments of Xiong Baizhou. Moreover, Qualcomm seems to have admitted that Xiong Baizhou had said before, "mobile phones are the carrier of the dispute over radio base station communication technology." Now the key is whether Xiong Baizhou is confident of showing his own strength in the mobile phone market.

"There is an old saying in China that accumulates grain and slows down the king." Xiong Baizhou spared no effort to promote Chinese studies even when talking about business: "It means that you cannot reflect your goals too early when doing big things. You must accumulate strength while observing the situation, and seize opportunities at the right time to achieve success."

"The previous analog signal 1g era was dominated by GSM. With the continuous innovation of Ericsson and Motorola mobile phones, the G era is coming soon. However, considering the current consumption capacity of our country, mobile phones are still luxury goods. Even if the mobile phone project is launched now, it is just a competition for the high-end market."

"The profit is too little, and the risk is great." Xiong Baizhou shook his head and concluded.

"When is the right opportunity?" Drake asked seriously.

Qualcomm actually has its own judgment on the Chinese market, but if Xiong Baizhou's answer is consistent with the company, it means that the two parties have a unified judgment on the market, which increases the pace of cooperation.

"After September 1997." Xiong Baizhou replied calmly and confidently.

How confident is he? Even the function words "probably, left and right, probably" are useless, and he just said "September 1997".

Whether this date meets Qualcomm's judgment seems to be a bit different, but Drake feels that he should believe Xiong Baizhou.

"I will present this number to the board of directors for deliberation. If Zhoumei Electric really has 00 stores by the end of the year, then my reason will be more sufficient."

"I can definitely do 00 companies, but it's not because I want to do business with Qualcomm." Xiong Baizhou looked at Drake.

"Just because I have this need."
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