But soon, he chose to forget this bad thing for the time being. After all, there were more difficult things waiting for him to deal with...
The tough attitude of Hua Guo and Ju Chang was obviously beyond his expectation.
You must know that this is a critical moment for a new round of economic and trade negotiations between the two countries. The CIA planned this operation to curb Juchang's siege in communications and terminals.
At a more serious level, it means exerting pressure on China to gain leverage at the negotiating table.
The subtext of the action is... I can't help you with trade blockade, but are you afraid of technology blockade?
Unexpectedly, the other party directly proved it with actions...
I am not afraid!
This puts them in a difficult situation...
According to the normal process in the past, we have taught you a lesson. Shouldn't we quickly find a few lobbying companies and spend a public relations fee to bribe those senators?
Although in the end the public relations money spent by the other party will definitely be in vain.
However, everyone was waffling and delayed it for a month or two until the negotiation was over. Then they completed the pressure task assigned by the leader, and the second fire was successfully lit.
However, the opponent's unreasonable "strong counterattack" directly disrupted Director Najib's plan...
Negotiation is like staring, it's about momentum.
Now both sides are taking a tough stance, whoever blinks first will lose.
In order to cooperate with the actions of the Black Palace, this technological war, even if he didn't want to fight now, he would have to bite the bullet and continue to fight.
It's just that the second phase of the plan came a year earlier than he expected, which made them slightly less prepared.
At least coordinating the relevant stakeholders is a headache.
It's too late to slowly persuade and negotiate, so the only option is to forcefully persuade...
"After we took action, how did the outside world react?" Najib asked.
"Chinese local companies represented by Director Hui, Caitong, Bertong, Intel, Guge, Guangmei Technology, Weichuangli, etc. have privately responded to our call and expressed their willingness to stand on our side.
Among them, Wei Chuangli was the most active, expressing his willingness to immediately stop all cooperation with Juchang.
In addition, companies represented by Europa, Fuso, Southern Peninsula, Wangdao, etc. are generally leaning towards us and have expressed a cooperative attitude.
However, after seeing Juchang's strong stance, their attitude became a bit ambiguous and they have not yet made their position clear.
I’m afraid they are worried about getting into trouble, so they want us to charge into the battle first so that they can benefit from it.”
"Hmph! These losers... If we can't make money, they can't make it either!
Tell the financial backers behind Sanxin and Wang Semiconductor to be honest and cooperate with me.
If you let me know who is cheating and secretly shipping goods...then just wait for the IRS to come to your door!"
The IRS mentioned by Najib is the famous "Inland Revenue Service across the Ocean".
When it comes to the deterrent power of this department in the country on the other side of the ocean, it can be said to be even more frightening than the FBI. It can be called a "West Factory"-like terrifying existence!
No matter you are a superstar, a celebrity next to the president, or even a murderous gang boss, as long as you evade taxes, you will be pursued by the IRS until the end of the world.
It is generally accepted that there are three things that must not be done on earth.
That means banning alcohol in the North, selling powder in China, and evading taxes on the other side of the ocean.
Of course, "reasonable tax avoidance" is another matter. After all, it is reasonable...
Najib originally wanted to use force to drive the ducks to the shelves, but after thinking about it, he felt that something was wrong.
"Although these guys are just outsiders, they are still letting others cut their flesh. If they feel that they are being used as cannon fodder, they may not work as hard as they can.
It seems we have to make some gestures first...
Um...you just said that Wei Chuangli has a positive attitude?
Then let them take the first shot! Stop Juchang’s OEM business first, and then seize the other party’s raw materials and interfere with the other party’s business activities...
Tell Wei Chuangli that all losses incurred will be paid for by Congress!
Huh! I want them to feel what it means to be surrounded on all sides and see how long they can be stubborn!"
"Yes! Director!"
The deputy hesitated for a moment and then spoke again.
"But Director, the nationalist sentiment in the other country is rising now.
The more drastic our methods are, the higher the support the other party will get. I heard that Juchang’s mobile phone sales surged several times today...
If our actions actually help the other party expand its market, will it be self-defeating?"
Najib didn't care at all.
"Haha! Don't you know that the bigger the faucet is opened, the faster the water flows?
How much raw material inventory do they have? Even if they prepare the goods in advance, I predict that the other party will never survive for half a year!
I also hope that their sales will increase dramatically, so the more goods they sell, the faster they will die!
Once their high-end machines are sold out, no matter how many mid-range and low-end machines they sell, whose market are they grabbing?"
"This...should be Sanxin and Huaguo's own local brand?"
"Haha! That's right! The more volume the mid- to low-end ones have, the less profit they will make. Maybe they will start fighting on their own.
Then the high-end machine with the greatest profit will be completely swallowed up by the fruit machine, and there will be no more threatening opponents!
It won't take long for the mobile phone business, which accounts for more than half of the other party's revenue, to shrink severely, which is equivalent to breaking an arm of the other party and severely damaging the other party's hematopoietic ability.
Then our goal of containing the other party's development will be achieved.
A chrysanthemum factory confined to the country is no longer a threat to us!
Once the other party's technology becomes obsolete, in a few years, our Starlink, AI, and chips will continue to lead, and if the other party wants to catch up by then, it will be a fool's errand..."
Director Nagy showed a sinister smile.
"But I think the other party is not that stupid. They will definitely choose to delay this process as much as possible, preserve the high-end brand that was finally developed, and at the same time hope that the international situation will improve.
Haha! Do you believe it or not, they will soon have to restrict sales?"
"I see, everything is under the control of the Director! The Director is really strategizing and winning thousands of miles!" The deputy immediately flattered him.
"hehe!"
After arranging the follow-up actions, Najib took a sip of coffee and took the time to ask.
"By the way, what happened to the sudden replacement of ERP at Juchang?"
It was just a company changing its office software. This was originally a trivial matter, and there was no need for him, the director of the CIA, to personally intervene.
But who would let someone slap him in the face with the announcement? Najib immediately became concerned.
"This subordinate has already investigated it. Even their middle managers didn't know about this matter in advance. It should be a spur-of-the-moment decision made by the other party's senior management.
And as far as I know, there doesn't seem to be any particularly excellent domestic substitutes in China.
Juchang is interested in developing its own ERP system, but I heard that the project has just been approved and the progress is definitely not that fast.
Another hasty replacement will definitely cause some confusion to business operations...
I guess it was just a deliberate gesture to express a tough stance to us."
"Ha! Is this what they call 'not steaming steamed buns to win reputation'? These Chinese people are really stupid!" Najib sneered.
"The Director is right. As the saying goes, those who understand current affairs are heroes. Almost all Asians are on their knees. This group of Chinese people are particularly hard-boned."
"Ha! No matter how hard your bones are, it's all in vain in the face of absolute strength!
If you change it again, it will only change the soup but not the medicine. How can you change all our databases?"
Najib does have the confidence to say this.
Currently, database software in the commercial field is almost monopolized by companies across the ocean such as Oracle, Microsoft, and IBM.
For example, SAP and Oracle, as the absolute dominant companies in the world's ERP system, are known as the Mercedes-Benz and BMW of the ERP industry.
Compared with the two, Oracle is even better.
What makes his ERP system really powerful is that it has an excellent database!
To be continued...