Chapter 1220 1320. You are too backward
Even though Liu Song was anxious, he knew that this meeting was not a casual one, so he only invited Nie Wei on this call. After confirming Nie Wei's free time, he started to book the banquet and sent the location to Nie Wei.
Nie Wei did not leave home until 4 pm the next day, and arrived at the hotel reserved by Liu Song at 4:30.
The time agreed by both parties was this time, and Nie Wei was very punctual. Even though he knew that he would have fun, Liu Song would still endure it at this time, but Nie Wei really disdained such a low-level insult.
Besides, Liu Song actually represented Liu Daheng, and Nie Wei still had to give Liu Daheng face.
You know, although Liu Daheng's net worth is a hundred times lower than Nie Wei, in the technology circle, Nie Wei really has to respectfully call him a senior.
This tech giant from the Chinese Academy of Sciences founded the LE Group and was the most legendary figure in the tech world in the 1990s. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the leader of this circle. Jack Ma and Penguin Ma are younger brothers in front of this big guy, not to mention Nie Wei who entered the circle later.
In China, for businessmen, money is only one element of status. What is more important is birth and background. It is obvious that Liu Daheng is eight streets ahead of Nie Wei in these aspects.
Nie Wei was taken to the box by the hotel waiter. As soon as Liu Song met him, he smiled and said, "I've been waiting for a long time."
This is not his politeness. He really waited for a long time and came here at noon. The main reason is that he couldn't sit still in the hotel. His mind was full of thoughts about how to talk to Nie Wei after meeting him and how to persuade Nie Wei.
As for his sister, Liu Song had given up. When Liu Jing moved out of the house, she had a quarrel with him, and his mother cried for it. Liu Jing was most afraid of his mother crying on weekdays, but this time Liu Jing was determined to leave, and his mother's crying was useless.
At that time, Liu Song knew that his sister had made up her mind to cut off ties with the family, which made him angry and jealous.
He was angry that his sister "did not help" the company's business, and he was jealous because his father Liu Daheng once again praised his sister and said that he admired her attitude of not recognizing relatives.
Liu Song was sure that Liu Daheng was not being sarcastic, he really admired his sister, and he had never seen the satisfied look in his father's eyes when he looked at him in his half life.
However, admiration was admiration. As soon as Liu Jing left the house, Liu Song was called to the study by Liu Daheng and told to give him a task.
That was to lobby Nie Wei.
Mr. Liu has a good eye. Although Liu Jing is now the CEO of Fanxing Group, Nie Wei is still the real owner. This is not only because of the shares, but also because of the prestige that Nie Wei has accumulated in the company over the years, and he has cultivated so many loyal subordinates.
Liu Jing seems to have worked very smoothly in Fanxing Group in the past two years and has initially established his own team, but that is only with Nie Wei's tacit consent. If Nie Wei is unwilling, he can even sideline Liu Jing in a minute.
In any case, in Mr. Liu's opinion, even if Nie Wei acquiesces, it will be difficult for Liu Jing to eliminate Nie Wei's influence in Fanxing Group without ten years.
So this matter will eventually fall on Nie Wei. As long as Nie Wei agrees, Liu Jing's opposition will be useless, and if Nie Wei disagrees, Liu Jing will probably be very happy.
Thinking of this, Liu Song felt uncomfortable. This sister really doesn't recognize her relatives.
After Nie Wei sat down, Liu Song asked the waiter to serve the dishes and asked what kind of wine Nie Wei wanted to drink. Nie Wei smiled and said politely, and only asked the waiter for a pot of Jin Jun Mei. Liu Song frowned slightly, thinking that Nie Wei was not giving him face. There was no wine at the table to discuss things, only tea. Isn't this clearly unwilling to talk to him?
But the situation was stronger than the person. Liu Song persuaded Nie Wei twice and saw that Nie Wei had no intention of moving at all, so he had to follow suit and ordered another pot of Biluochun.
When the waiter wrote the wine menu, the muscles on his face almost pulled down uncontrollably. I thought that the two big bosses would order precious wine when they were eating here, but I didn't expect that they would order two pots of tea in the end. Disappointment, really disappointment from the bottom of my heart.
The tea was served quickly. As the host today, Liu Song poured a cup of tea for Nie Wei first, and then poured himself a cup of tea, saying: "Mr. Nie, today we will use tea instead of wine. I will drink it first as a token of my respect."
A small cup of tea, which was gone after a sip, Liu Song had no expression on his face. After all, what exaggerated expression could he have after drinking a cup of tea.
Nie Wei also took a sip gently, and then put down the teacup. Liu Song couldn't help frowning when he saw it, because there was obviously still half a bowl of tea in Nie Wei's teacup.
Liu Song realized it immediately, it must be related to the fact that he had peeked at his sister's computer before and learned about Fanxing's next plan.
Before this happened, Liu Daheng had already made it clear that he would apologize when he met. There was nothing to say, but when the words came to his lips, looking at Nie Wei who was too young than him, Liu Song really couldn't say it.
Well, if he lost face, he lost face. After hesitating for less than a second, Liu Song decided to put aside his face and apologize according to the old man's instructions.
"Mr. Nie, this second cup of tea is an apology tea. I accidentally saw my sister's computer before and learned about your company's next plan. It was my fault. You are very generous and didn't make a fuss with me. But I still want to say sorry here. If you want to punish me in any way, I will accept it." Liu Song's words made Nie Wei feel very uncomfortable.
What does it mean that I am generous? After saying I am generous, do you still accept any punishment? I wouldn't be generous if I punished you, right?
Then I wouldn't be generous. Nie Wei watched Liu Song raise the tea cup and drink it all in one gulp. He didn't even pick up the tea cup and just looked at it.
After Liu Song finished drinking the tea, he realized that Nie Wei had not touched the tea cup. A trace of embarrassment and anger appeared on his face, but he immediately covered it up with a smile. Although he felt uncomfortable, he was relieved.
After all, he has already done what the old man told him.
The next thing to talk about is the real highlight in Liu Song's opinion. He didn't come to Nie Wei immediately during this period because he was making complete preparations. For this reason, he even made a plan within the company. The twelve-person think tank, all elites recognized by LE Group as quick-thinking, eloquent and good at negotiating, came to help him come up with ideas.
These elites and Liu Song, who thought he was also very smart, got together to make a plan. During the period, the plan was changed hundreds of times, and it finally took half a month to finalize the final plan.
It took Liu Song a while to memorize all the plans to persuade Nie Wei in his mind, and after making full preparations, he came to Nanhai and extended an invitation to Nie Wei.
Liu Song felt that he was at least 70 to 80 percent sure that he could persuade Nie Wei.
But what he didn't expect was that as soon as he mentioned the LE mobile phone, Nie Wei signaled that he didn't need to talk any more. This made Liu Song embarrassed and panicked, because Nie Wei had no room for his full rhetoric. Wei was blocked.
This is like a martial arts master who has learned Nine Yins and Nine Yangs, Dragon Subduing Tai Chi, and is about to perform a heroic act. However, his opponent takes out a small pistol and kills him with two shots, from beginning to end. , none of the superb martial arts skills he learned were used.
Liu Song almost suffered from internal injuries, and for a moment he lost his sense of control and eagerly tried to grab the words. Although he knew it was very rude, but otherwise, he would really have no chance to say anything.
Today's meal was all prepared for what he said. Otherwise, why would he invite Nie Wei here? Although Nie Wei is a super handsome guy, he is a very normal man. No matter how handsome the other person is, it's better to invite more. What a beauty.
But Nie Wei still didn't give him a chance to say it.
"Mr. Liu, I sympathize with your urgency about the difficulties the company is facing, but sympathy is sympathy, and business is business. Since you have read the plan, you should know that Fanxing has no intention of acquiring a mobile phone company."
"I know, but we can cooperate. LE mobile phones will give Fanxing VR the strongest technical support." Liu Song endured the discomfort of being pitied and immediately answered.
After saying that, he was ready to throw out the conditions he had prepared. He didn't believe that Nie Wei would not be moved after hearing this.
Nie Wei did not interrupt Liu Song this time and allowed him to finish what he said. To be honest, the conditions given by LE Group were really sincere. In Nie Wei's view, it even seemed like losing money and making a fuss. Looking at Liu Song, Song Na made no secret of his eagerness. This was probably his bottom line, and even if it wasn't, it was probably close to it.
"Mr. Nie, believe me, you will never find another company in the industry with such a sincere cooperation plan as LE Group." After Liu Song finished speaking, he anxiously waited for Nie Wei's answer.
After all the persuasion plans were put to no use, Liu Song finally revealed the cooperation plan. Liu Song didn't believe that Nie Wei would be moved by such a generous cooperation plan.
But what made him feel desperate was that after hearing this, Nie Wei shook his head expressionlessly. In one sentence, he broke all Liu Song's illusions and crushed the LE Group he was proud of.
"Your technology is too backward."
When Liu Song heard Nie Wei's words, Liu Song's mind went blank. It took him a few seconds to come back to his senses. He felt the bitterness in his mouth. He wanted to refute several times, but in the end, he was filled with collapse.
Nie Wei is right, LE Group has fallen behind in mobile phone technology.
Not to mention comparing with Apple, it can't even compare with Samsung and Huawei. It's just that LE Group, which was once the highest representative of domestic technology, heard the words "too backward" from a junior at this moment. Liu Song really felt in his heart. Very uncomfortable.
"Mr. Liu, what we are looking for is a partner who can leverage each other's strength and make progress together, not a slugger. Sorry for using such an adjective, but LE Group's mobile phone technology is lagging behind in our internal evaluation. , it doesn’t even rank in the middle of all evaluated technology brands.”
"So even if Fanxing Group implements its plan, your company is not part of our discussion." After Nie Wei finished saying this, he took the initiative to pour a cup of tea for Liu Song and a cup for himself.
"Thank you, Mr. Liu, for your invitation today. I'll invite you back when I have time when I get back to Kyoto." Nie Wei drank the tea in one gulp, stood up and left the box.
Liu Song stood up and said goodbye without holding back, even though the appetizers hadn't been served yet.
When several waiters entered the box carrying more than a dozen cold dishes, they saw Liu Song sitting there with a confused look on his face. It wasn't until the waiter put the plate on the table that he made a sound that brought him back to his senses.
"No need to go in, let's pay." Liu Song stood up, not in the mood to eat anymore.
Nie Wei's refusal was actually within the plan, but the reason for Nie Wei's refusal shocked Liu Song.
Liu Song returned to the hotel room and immediately called the old man to report the news and reasons of Nie Wei's refusal. He did not exaggerate these things. Even though he was extremely unhappy with Nie Wei at this moment, he also knew that if he said anything nonsense, it would affect his father's judgment.
After listening to Liu Song's report, Liu Daheng on the other end of the phone was silent for more than a minute. When Liu Song was worried that the old man was angry, Liu Daheng finally spoke.
"Go back to Kyoto and prepare to sell off the LE mobile phone business. We can't afford it."
Nie Wei's reasons for refusal are sufficient. Liu Daheng can hear from these words that this is no longer a negotiation that can get a result.
Technical problems have long become the hard flaw of LE mobile phones. When Apple launched smartphones, LE Group reacted a beat slower, or some conservatives in the company dragged their feet. The result is that one step is slow and every step is slow. Until now, it is not a matter of one or two steps slower, but a big gap.
This part of the gap is what Nie Wei said, "too backward", which is something that Liu Daheng cannot deny. LE mobile phones lag behind too much in core technology. It is a fact that they lag behind. No matter how determined you are, it takes time and even opportunities to catch up.
Liu Daheng can't give a definite guarantee, so he can only give up.
"Dad, are you giving up just like that?" Liu Song was still a little unwilling. LE mobile phones used to be the most famous domestic mobile phone brand in China. For example, QPPQ and VIVQ, which are popular among young people now, are nothing in front of Lenovo mobile phones. In that era, Lenovo was the favorite of many young people.
Even Huawei can give it a try. The two companies have competed for the leading position in the domestic mobile phone market and have exchanges with each other.
But I didn't expect that one day it would really come to the point of selling the mobile phone business.
"There is no other way. The mobile phone business has become a big burden for the LE Group. We lack core technology in the mobile phone business. Every new mobile phone we launch may have the same technology as the previous generation of products from those big companies. How can we compete with them? If we don't make a decision, we will suffer the consequences. It's time to make a decisive move."
"When you come back to Kyoto, contact Mr. Yang to cut off the mobile phone business and turn to the development of notebooks and tablets. As for the customization of high-end computers, we can increase our technology investment after cutting off the mobile phone business." Liu Daheng made a decision in his heart.
Since the mobile phone business can no longer be saved, then abandon it. Liu Daheng still has this courage.
Thanks to Uncle Luan and Fantasy Paradise for their generous rewards.