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Chapter 302, Banquet (Part 2)

When Ren Zhengfei realized that Alice was the same age as his daughter, a strong sense of intimacy suddenly arose. Moreover, James happened to be like him and was also the father of multiple children. For a time, the banquet was full of topics about two fathers and children, and they happened to be people of the same age group, and the content they could talk about could involve all aspects.

Of course, the father and daughter both tacitly concealed what kind of career achievements Alice has, and this investment was mainly James. But when Ren Zhengfei learned that Alice was studying at Eton and what kind of middle school it was, the shock and envy expression could not be concealed.

"Actually, I'm just lucky. If Eaton hadn't just broken this precedent two years ago, my friends and I wouldn't have had the chance to enter this campus."

Alice also sincerely made suggestions for Ren Zhengfei: "In addition, if your son and daughter are interested, we can also send them to the UK to study. This can also be considered part of the investment, but I don't know how good their English level is now?"

The topic took another turn. As a father, Ren Zhengfei did have ten thousand reasons to seriously consider Alice's proposal.

"I have never considered this kind of thing when sending my children to study abroad. Mr. Wang, you know better about the situation abroad. If you really want to send your children to study abroad... what are the benefits? I mean, what are the...all the specific benefits?"

“China has great economic potential.”

After pondering for a moment, James chose such a topic as a breakthrough: "First of all, in terms of population, due to the cheap labor force, it will attract companies from all over the world to invest and build factories in China, which gives China a huge ability to accumulate original capital."

"Then, after all... China's talent advantage is also very strong. Four major inventions were born. It was a country that stood proudly around the world before 1840 and once accounted for one-third of the world's GDP. What did that mean? After accumulating strength, after earning a large sum of capital with the advantage of labor, China's economic model will definitely quickly move from a low-end processing industry chain to a knowledge-intensive industry, ushering in a blowout economic growth."

Every sentence was constantly explained by James proudly and calmly, all of which were analyzed to him by his daughter many years ago, and now he was told to Ren Zhengfei one by one, and there was almost no nonsense. The highly dense and huge amount of information was bombarded in turn, which made the only listener able to do was to look at James blankly and wait for him to continue speaking.

"Of course, this process takes time, and this time will basically be the time when your children can come in handy. At the same time, universities in the UK and the United States have extremely rich capital for teaching courses in the modern mode and related teaching experience. If your children receive education in universities in these two countries, then when China ushers in large-scale investment in the Western world and undergoes various reforms in domestic companies, their study abroad experience will definitely make them heroes of current affairs!"

Speaking of this, James looked at Ren Zhengfei deeply, who had been unable to say much from the beginning: "Lao Ren, this is a suggestion for my fellow countrymen in my hometown. I don't know how confident you are in the overall international form, but judging from the information I have, China's global labor advantage should work at the latest from 1995. In 1995, Lao Ren, isn't that the time when your children should return to China after completing their studies?"

After saying this, James did not add any more burden to Ren Zhengfei and took a sip of tea silently.

And the latter fell into deep thought as he wished.

At the same time, Alice obediently handed a note to her father.

"Don't let them study in the United States, better not in the United Kingdom!"

He even wrote notes...

James almost burst into laughter.

The reason is very simple, because the company that Ren Zhengfei has just established is Huawei, the world-renowned Fortune 500 company in China, which will be famous in the world in the future.

Throughout Huawei's entire development history, it is almost a natural opponent of Cisco.

It was a few years after Cisco was established that it established a protection measure of rights and interests with patent wars as the shield. However, although this measure had been introduced long ago, it has never been in actual combat for more than ten years.

And in the Chinese market in 2003, it gave its "first time" to Huawei.

Of course, it is undoubtedly inevitable that a company in the United States and a Chinese Internet hardware product will form a competitor relationship in the global field. What Ren Zhengfei and his team did back then was of course completely reasonable and it doesn’t matter whether it is right or wrong.

But the problem is that now, Alice, the family of Cisco, will be invested in.

In fact, the current behavior itself is not much different from her investment in Microsoft. It is both directly involved in technology or capital when a company is operating normally. Of course, Alice has done similar behaviors many times. Whether it is acquiring Electrical Arts or while filming "Alien II", she bought Adobe, which has no substantive products, is a type of investment by angels.

But there are still differences after all, aren’t it?

If Ren Zhengfei knew about it, his investment partners would be future competitors, and Alice could imagine how much capital would be spent on internal friction in the future. After all, even if Ren Zhengfei's character can be guaranteed, the employees of a national enterprise that are growing bigger and bigger may not like her, the major shareholder of the competitor, not to mention that this is still a rival in the United States.

Therefore, not only should the investor write James' name, let Ren Zhengfei know that he is the founder of Cisco, but of course the later the better.

Of course, theoretically... in fact, Alice doesn't matter.

Well, think about it, if Huawei really spends most of its energy on infighting, such as trying to do everything to drive itself out of the company, etc., then what about the career itself? Who cares about it?

Alice doesn't matter anyway, he has Cisco.

There are only two factors that will support Ren Zhengfei's development.

One is that individuals directly enter the domestic market and enjoy an objective dividend. As for how to allocate the market with Cisco after Huawei develops, it is not too late to think about it again.

Second, well, the Cisco boss is also a Huawei boss, which is quite interesting to think about.

With these two simple moods, Alice specially dragged her dad to Shenzhen. As for James, he was of course willing to be 100% calm. With his daughter's scientific research ability, it is of course more than enough to "develop" Huawei.

The meal continued like this. As the most direct gain of both parties, James and Ren Zhengfei reached a preliminary verbal commitment. They did not interfere with the normal development of the company. With a capital of 50,000 US dollars, James directly "buyed" the newly established company.

Alice threw it easily for 50,000 US dollars.

But for Ren Zhengfei, it was a huge sum of money from the sky.

"The chairman and director are two kinds of nature."

When some incoherent Ren Zhengfei expressed his doubts, James patiently explained to him: "Usually, the chairman is indeed the one with the largest shareholding ratio among all shareholders, but it is not absolute. For some truly large consortiums with a large number of shareholders and an average shareholding ratio, this position even takes turns to take office. The chairman is a title and the legal representative of the company. Although my shareholding ratio is very high, I am just a shareholder, just a shareholder, understand?"

"Anyway... I have to thank you!"

A bottle of Erguotou was completely empty. Although he was not completely drunk, Ren Zhengfei's face turned completely red. He kept patting James on the shoulder hard, not knowing whether this dizzy look was because of drinking too much or the total 50,000 US dollars of funds.

"I just... want to do something for myself. Name the company... Huawei... We are also a soldier. The whole world! We are all Chinese, and Chinese are all family members, so we have made a difference! Don't worry... With your money here, I will definitely..."

"Come on, take a break first, have a good rest first."

Seeing that Ren Zhengfei was already shaking his head, James quickly grabbed the last glass of wine from his hand, and then pressed him back to staggering up.

"No matter what else, let's talk until tomorrow. Give me your phone number, I'll ask your wife to come and pick you up. What? 320, 515, and then? Hey? Hey? Lao Ren? Lao... is asleep?"

But aren't you asleep? There are snoring sounds.

James looked up and said, "Alice, can I drink it like this by your dad?"

When two stinky old men chatted about their own chewing, Alice was always playing with her clutch, and looked at him with contempt: "You specialize in red wine, and he specialize in white wine. Is this comparable?"

James turned to look at the dining table, a bottle of Erguotou and a bottle of Great Wall Dry Red.

"Okay, there's nothing really comparable."

James sat back in his position, looked at Ren Zhengfei lying on the table and snoring constantly, and shook his head, "It seems that we can only open a room for him, and then either wait for him to sober up or wait for his wife to mail him. Vivi, what time is it now?"

Alice looked at the watch: "Beijing time, 20:35; Tokyo time, 21:35, Hawaiian time..."

"Dad asked about Shenzhen time, baby."

With a gentle chuckling, he slapped Ren Zhengfei in the head. James stood up and stretched: "But girl, to be honest, this is the first time that your father has been talking about business alone. How do you think I am doing?"

Alice's eyes were swept between Ren Zhengfei, who was sleeping, and James, who looked expectant and waiting for his daughter to praise him.

"Don't worry, dad, I don't plan to recognize Uncle Roger as my real dad. In addition, even if you want to challenge him, please find a challenging partner, okay?"

Seeing James's stiff expression instantly, the stinky girl burst into laughter.
Chapter completed!
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