The chances of successfully persuading IBM to cooperate with Wujiang Group are now very high.
Moreover, the advantages of the HarmonyOS system are undeniable, and IBM, if it were even slightly intelligent, would know which option to choose.
Zhao Ye also wants to do PC OEM manufacturing and develop China into the world's factory.
As long as major manufacturers accept the HarmonyOS system, Zhao Ye will have people negotiate with them for contract manufacturing.
"By the way, the second-generation HarmonyOS needs to strengthen its network functions. With the rise of the Internet in the future, operating systems that can support network functions well will be more competitive," Zhao Ye instructed Qiu Bojun.
Qiu Bojun was well aware of the group's strategy, and he nodded, saying, "Yes, I will increase investment in network research and development!"
"Okay, that's settled then. You can go do your thing."
Zhao Ye nodded to Qiu Bojun, indicating that he could leave.
After Qiu Bojun left, Zhao Ye picked up a document and began to read it carefully.
This is an important event currently happening in Germany. Basically, the two sides have begun negotiations, and the trend towards unification has taken shape.
Zhao Ye glanced at how many East German marks Wujiang Group held, worth over $2.8 billion. Once Germany was reunified, the exchange rate between the East German mark and the West German mark would become 1:1, at which point the East German marks held by Wujiang Group would increase in value fourfold.
The original exchange rate was 4:1.
Even Germany wouldn't willingly let Wujiang Group make a fortune.
Negotiations are definitely in the final stages.
Zhao Ye then looked at another document about West Zeiss. In this life, West Zeiss was in a very bad state. East Zeiss had taken away all kinds of business, and it had also lost its cooperation with ASML, which led to West Zeiss's decline.
"German reunification is scheduled for October, but it's already June, so we need to make some preparations in advance... If the West German government is unwilling to exchange the East German marks at a 1:1 ratio with Wujiang Group and insists on a 4:1 ratio instead, Wujiang Group will suffer a loss. Therefore, while there are still four months left, we should break down the East German marks we have into smaller amounts and deposit them into multiple accounts."
Zhao Ye then picked up the phone and dialed the number of the person in charge of Wujiang Group in East Germany.
"Chairman, what can I do for you?" Tang Yingwu asked.
He is the general manager of Wujiang Group's East German branch. He has been in office for a few months and is proficient in financial operations. He previously worked as a senior executive at Goldman Sachs on Wall Street.
However, Chinese people in the United States face a glass ceiling in their careers, making it extremely difficult to advance.
Therefore, upon being invited by Wujiang Group, I resolutely decided to switch jobs and join them.
Tang Yingwu was certainly aware of Zhao Ye's plan. With the changing situation in East and West Germany, the trend toward unification was becoming increasingly clear.
Tang Yingwu was shocked by Zhao Ye's foresight, as he had predicted the reunification of East and West Germany two years ago.
"Manager Tang, although I trust the German government's credibility, it's always better to be safe than sorry. Therefore, we must prepare in advance. My idea is to break down the East German marks we have into smaller amounts and quietly transfer them to other accounts!"
Upon hearing this, Tang Yingwu pondered for a moment, then nodded and replied, "Chairman, your idea makes a lot of sense. I'll proceed according to your plan now!"
"Yes, time is of the essence, we need to act immediately!"
"Okay!" Tang Yingwu replied. "Chairman, is there anything else?"
Zhao Ye shook his head: "That's all, that's fine!"
While Zhao Ye was talking with the company's representative in East Germany, South Korea applied to join the US Internet in June and received US approval!
This wouldn't have been a big deal, but then a South Korean newspaper exposed that China's application to join the US internet had failed.
South Korea has historically been China's junior partner. However, in the 1970s and 80s, South Korea's economy developed rapidly, earning it the title of one of the "Four Asian Tigers".
Gradually, they even started to look down on China.
Imagine this: you used to be the younger brother, but now the younger brother is more powerful than the older brother. A sense of superiority naturally arises.
Moreover, he always likes to compare himself with his older brother.
They even took their elder brother's culture as their own.
Just over ten days ago was the Dragon Boat Festival, which was also celebrated in South Korea, where Qu Yuan was commemorated. This is because they believe Qu Yuan was Korean!
This time, when the newspapers exposed that South Korea had joined the Internet while China was rejected, their sense of superiority immediately returned.
Many South Koreans were overjoyed!
"South Korea joined the INTERNATIONAL on its first application, while China applied several times but still failed to join. This shows that South Korea has a higher status in the eyes of Americans!"
"Do you know what China is like? I visited China in 1981, and it was incredibly poor. The houses were dilapidated, and I didn't see a single decent high-rise building. Moreover, there wasn't even a place to eat KFC!"
"No way, China is so poor that it doesn't even have KFC!"
"Haha, they didn't used to, I don't know if they still do. But that's normal, Chinese people only earn a few dozen yuan a month, how can they afford KFC!"
"..."
For some reason, whenever people talk about China's backwardness, everyone becomes very interested, as if they have found a common topic.
...
In its previous life, China was rejected multiple times before finally joining the INTERNATIONAL in 1992.
However, even if the United States invites China to join the INTERNATIONAL, China may not necessarily agree.
You ignored me back then, but now you can't afford to miss me!
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