Chapter 1093 Christopher's trip to China
In early November 1996, Christoph Golvin, chairman of Motorola Group, one of the Fortune 500 companies, set foot on China for the first time in his life.
If it was on weekdays, if a big man like the chairman of Motorola Group came to China, there would definitely be a lot of media rushing to report it. At the same time, Christopher would be rushed over by all the big man in China to visit his own city.
There is no way. Now that investment promotion has become the most popular term in China, all the big names are spared no effort to promote this process for the development of their own city.
Don’t get me wrong. The author is not trying to satirize anything here, but on the contrary, this is the most important moment for the development of the entire China. If these big names were not condescending to attract investment, how could China have developed rapidly in 20 years? This is a right thing for China, no longer the right thing.
However, this time Christoph Galvin's arrival was very low-key, so low-key that he didn't even bring anyone. He came to China alone secretly. It's not that anyone in China learned about the arrival of this big man.
There is no way, Christopher is not here to invest, they are here to weed other people's yards. The fewer people know about this, the better. Not only can the Chinese people not know, but no one in Motorola can even know, and they can't even see this picture. Otherwise, how could you ask Christopher to raise his head within the company?
Yes, by November, this bet that had been made in front of audiences all over the world had already come to an end.
Daqian 2 mobile phones sold 3.6 million units in three months, leading the way and becoming the craziest sales data among the three mobile phones.
The second is Nokia 8110, which sold 1.8 million units, only half of Daqian 2. This data is really pitiful.
But what’s even more pitiful is Motorola. Motorola STARTAC, which was originally the strongest in the championship, had a final sales performance of only 1.2 million units, which is 600,000 units less than Nokia 8110.
All sales data are counted and released by the World Mobile Communications Federation, and the three companies are eyeing each other, so there is no false data, and such mobile phones are indeed sold.
As the last sales leader in Motorola, he naturally had to weed our boss Jia as agreed.
However, Christoph, who came to China, did not go to find Jia Yapeng immediately, and then randomly took some grass for others to leave. Christopher decided to take a good look in China and see what kind of state this country has cultivated Daqian, a terrifying opponent, is in.
The result was that I didn't know if I didn't look at it, and I was shocked when I saw it.
Although China and the United States are still far apart at this time, pedestrians on the streets are also very simple. Even in first-tier cities, such as the Magic City, there are not many cars on the streets. Even if it is a red light, there will be no more than twenty vehicles waiting for the car. Everything shows that China is still a poor country.
But unlike other poor countries Christopher has seen, the poor Chinese people have a completely different aura on their faces.
Everyone on the street walked very quickly, and almost everyone's face was filled with busyness. There were various stalls and vendors on both sides of the street, but at the same time, various high-rise buildings rose from the ground on both sides of the street.
All of this seems a bit dissonant, but it is full of power.
"Is this the speed of China?" Christopher lowered his head and murmured to himself in a low voice.
At this time, the statement of China's speed is very popular within China and has a little reputation internationally. The most famous of them is the masterpiece of a tall building in Shenzhen starting from three months.
But Christopher himself did not believe it. He knew that he had seen the appearance of the Chinese city with his own eyes, and he suddenly felt that he seemed to be wrong. He had always misjudged the country of China. It was precisely because of his shallowness and mistakes that Motorola and himself paid the corresponding price.
Just as Christopher lowered his head and thought, he suddenly found that everyone around him was looking at him and pointing at him, which made Christopher's face turn red. He thought that someone recognized his identity and quickly fled in panic. He didn't know that this was just the curiosity of the Chinese people about him, a blonde and blue-eyed foreigner.
"Hello, I help you?" Suddenly, a young man who seemed to be a student took the initiative to walk in front of Christopher and said in English with a strange accent.
"yeah!" Christopher said quickly. For his own sake, he rejected all entourage staff, and even the translator refused.
As a result, when he arrived in China, he left the station and faced the world full of Chinese, Christopher was a little confused. He was planning to find an interpreter and an English translator to help him, but unexpectedly someone came to him.
In fact, this young man's English is not good, and he has many oral mistakes, but fortunately he can understand the words, so the two of them can communicate. With the help of this young man, Christoph finally found a hotel to stay in.
"May I ask, are you a translator? Or a tour guide?" Christoph asked curiously.
"No, I'm just a high school student!" the other party smiled.
"Then why do you take the initiative to talk to me and provide me with help?" Christoph asked in confusion.
"That... I just want to practice my speaking!" The young man said embarrassedly, "Our teacher said that if China wants to develop in the future, it must go to the world and become a famous company in the world like Daqian Group."
"So English is very important. We must practice English well so that we can better communicate with foreign friends and achieve higher development!"
"My spoken language has always been bad, so when I saw you, I plucked up the courage to talk to you. This is also what our teacher taught us. If you are lucky enough to meet a few foreign friends outside, you should actively provide help and practice your speaking language by the way, so I will talk to you!"
"What an amazing teacher!" Christoph sighed after hearing the explanation.
"Hehe, all our teachers say that. The teachers say that China must go out bravely, just like Daqian, go out bravely!" said the young man with a bright smile, and then left, leaving only one person who was contemplative.
He suddenly thought of a story he told him when his great-grandfather was still there.
At that time, his grandfather had just founded Motorola, and the First World War had just ended. In order to open up the market, Grandfather had visited Fusang once, and then when he came back, he sighed to the people around him, "Fusang is a great country. Maybe he will become the biggest rival of the United States in the future!"
When someone asked him why, he said that when he went to Fusang, he found that all the young people in Fusang were either in the army to fight or were learning with an English book. Moreover, these young people were also very enthusiastic about communicating with him, a foreigner, and especially liked to inquire about various new technologies in the United States.
Therefore, his grandfather concluded that Fusang's future is limitless and no one can stop the development of such a nation.
At first, Christopher could not understand the profound meaning of these words. It was not until he arrived in China and saw the young man in China that he suddenly understood a little.
Chapter completed!