Chapter 54: The weasel pays New Year's greetings, is he doing it with good intentions?
As soon as Joseph from Siemens entered the meeting room, he threw the documents in his hand on the table.
"In the past two months, those Chinese companies haven't even opened our EDA software. Could it be that they've found a replacement?"
Anna from Cadence also sighed. "Shouldn't they be worried after all the software, materials, and equipment are cut off? Why haven't they reacted at all?"
"If we continue like this, will we lose a large part of the market?"
"Anna, you're overthinking it. What market share can we lose?"
"The other side is just making a last-ditch effort." Joyce of Synopsys repeated what his boss Miller had just told him.
"The reason they're not making any moves right now is actually quite simple . They're worried that if they act too eagerly, we won't cooperate with them due to the Commercial Group's regulations."
"As you know, in a business war, you have to be patient. What we need to do now is to give them a signal to show our attitude."
Joseph asked, "Do you mean for us to show goodwill first? Will the business team allow it?"
"Actually, the business team asked me to inform you two today and find a way to understand their situation from a business perspective."
"The main purpose now is to send them a signal that if they are willing to obey, we can actually cooperate with them."
" Have you ever seen cormorants helping fishermen catch fish? They originally live in the wild, but to tame them, the first step after catching them is to keep them trapped in cages without water or food.
When the cormorants are extremely hungry, give them a few fish as a reward. After a few times, they will know who is their true master.
"Now we also have to remember that our goal is not to starve our prey to death."
"We want them to be obedient and become our pets, so we'll take action when the time is right. Starving them to death won't do us any good."
After Anna understood what Joyce meant, she quickly offered a suggestion: "We can use the excuse of renewing cooperation with them as an excuse to test the waters."
"Restart the cooperation? But we said before that we would not let the other party use it." Joseph frowned and disagreed with Anna's suggestion.
Anna's red lips pursed, and she glanced at Joseph, and said with dissatisfaction in her tone: "Joseph, you really haven't turned around. That was announced by the business team. What does it have to do with us?"
"Anna is right. Our three companies have never publicly announced that we will sever our cooperation with them. Contacting them now for business matters is reasonable and goes against the business group's regulations. It also demonstrates our sincerity in wanting to cooperate."
Joyce picked up the cigarette box beside him, took out two cigarettes and handed them to Anna and Joseph.
Joseph held the cigarette in his hand. "If they already have EDA software that can replace ours, then wouldn't it be a waste of time for us to take the initiative and go after them?"
"Hahaha, Joseph, you are so naive. Don't you know that their semiconductor factory has been shut down for a long time?"
"I originally thought they dared to resist because they were fully prepared, but now it seems that we were probably overthinking it."
"Anyway, this cooperation negotiation is all about obtaining information about the other party. No matter how we calculate it, we won't lose anything."
Joseph was moved by Joyce's words, and the three of them successfully reached a consensus.
Next, Joyce sent an email to Mr. Lin of the China Semiconductor Alliance, telling him that they were very shocked by the business group's regulations. They hoped to continue cooperating with China's semiconductor companies and hoped that both parties could sit down again and have a good talk.
After receiving the email, Mr. Lin hesitated for a long time and forwarded the email to Fu Daobin.
That afternoon, Fu Daobin notified the people from Huaji.
Hua Ji headquarters, Zheng Housheng office.
"Mr. Zheng, are you sure you want to meet with the people from Synopsys?" Rao Huiling suddenly received this news and always felt that something was wrong.
"It feels incredible that they have only been so arrogant for a short time and now they are trying to show their goodwill to us."
Zheng Housheng crossed his hands on the table, frowning slightly. He said, "Let's go and check out the situation first. Director Fu means that since the other party sent us an email inviting us to sit down and talk, we must go. If we refuse, the other party will probably suspect that we now have leverage."
"So our purpose of going there this time is actually to test the situation?" Rao Huiling suddenly understood why Zheng Housheng agreed to meet with Synopsys .
"When has a weasel ever had good intentions when paying New Year's greetings?" Zheng Housheng sneered and picked up a tractor ornament on the table.
"The other party's thinking is probably the same as ours. Besides sending some friendly signals to us, the most fundamental reason is to get information from us."
"So, in this meeting, let's just sit tight and let the other party make the first move."
"OK."
"By the way, let Luo Yao also accompany Business Director Fei Guang to check out the situation this time."
Rao Huiling was puzzled. Why did Luo Yao go to such an occasion?
As if knowing that Rao Huiling didn't understand, Zheng Housheng added, "We want Luo Yao to see how these people carry out their operations step by step. He's from a small town, and while he's smart, he hasn't experienced many important situations. This is a good opportunity for him to see the situation."
"This is a special order from above. Luo Yao cannot be protected too well. When appropriate, he can be involved in some important projects."
"He doesn't have to say anything, he just needs to listen."
Reminded by Zheng Housheng, Rao Huiling said with some concern, "Boss Zheng, Luo Yao is good in every way, but he has a way with his mouth. He never stops saying shocking things, and most people can't control him even if they want to."
"Hahaha, it's okay, just let him go."
Zheng Housheng's non-stop attitude made Rao Huiling suddenly feel that something was wrong.
Could it be that Luo Yao was sent there on purpose?
If this was true, Rao Huiling suddenly felt that this meeting had become different.
Luo Yao had just woken up when he received the notification from Rao Huiling.
After receiving the call, he felt dizzy and sat up from the bed, then went downstairs with sleepy eyes.
The Luo family members were sitting at the dining table eating breakfast. When Luo Zhu was talking about waiting for Luo Yao to come down for breakfast together, Luo Yao walked to the dining table.
"Yao'er, come quickly and have a glass of honey water."
Luo Yao walked over obediently, picked up the cup of water handed to him by Sun Xiulan and drank it all in one gulp.
"You were still dizzy when someone sent you home last night. Are you feeling better now?"
Luo Yao still felt a little uncomfortable, but in front of his family, he said, "I'm fine. I had a good . Mom, your porridge looks delicious. Let me try a bowl first."
"Today your father made crucian carp porridge specially for you. The color looks really good. Come, let mom scoop a bowl for you."
Luo Yao's heart skipped a beat. Is this the porridge cooked by his father?
Can I drink this?
Luo Yao looked up and met Luo Xingguo's honest smile. His heart softened, and he took the bowl of porridge and took a sip.
Suffering from success.
As soon as Luo Yao tasted the fish, he knew that Luo Xingguo had forgotten to remove the gallbladder from the fish.
Luo Xingguo looked at Luo Yao with anticipation, making it impossible for Luo Yao to put down the bowl.
He could only make up his mind and drink all the porridge in the bowl in one gulp.
"Not bad. I have something to do, so I'm going to work first." Luo Yao said this and walked out.
Luo Zhu looked at the porridge suspiciously and decided not to touch it.
After a while, Sun Xiulan cried out after taking a mouthful of porridge.
