Meanwhile, Zhao Ye and others, who were watching the drama unfold from afar in China, were laughing heartily.
Old M's attempt to steal a chicken backfired; his secret plan was exposed, severely damaging his image and causing dissatisfaction among many countries.
Laurent Stevenson was furious. He had just received a phone call and was severely reprimanded by his boss, who demanded that he deal with the Wujiang Group matter immediately, provided that Wujiang Group testified that the negotiations between the two parties did not involve any secret plans and were purely fabricated.
Laurent Stevenson picked up the phone and contacted Wang Anshi. After the call was connected, he immediately questioned Wang Anshi, asking why Wujiang Group had leaked the contents of the negotiations.
Wang Anshi, however, expressed his innocence.
"Mr. Stevenson, how can you be so sure that our people leaked the negotiation details? Couldn't it have been one of yours? Your country's negotiation team has many people and many opinions; perhaps it was an unintentional leak, and it has nothing to do with our Wujiang Group!"
Upon hearing this, Laurent Stevenson became furious and enraged.
Our people are professionally trained and will not leak information under any circumstances. It was clearly your people who leaked the information, yet you still dare to argue!
However, Wang Anshi simply refused to admit it, and Laurent Stevenson couldn't do anything about it.
Laurent Stevenson was very frustrated.
Now, he must handle the "XX Gate" incident.
Laurent Stevenson said into the phone, "Wang, regardless of whether the information was leaked by the Wujiang Group or not, you must immediately release a statement clarifying that in our negotiations, the United States did not request the installation of any software on your central server!"
Wang Anshi pretended to be troubled and said, "Mr. Laurent Stevenson, your request is probably a bit of a cover-up and hard to believe!"
He paused slightly, then continued, "Furthermore, Wujiang Group is a company that values integrity and doesn't lie. Your negotiation team did indeed make those demands, and many people within our company already know about it. How can you expect us to cover it up? Covering it up is the truth!"
As Wang Anshi spoke, he tried his best to suppress his laughter.
Right now, the US is asking for our help, so we can take this opportunity to make demands.
Laurent Stevenson knew perfectly well that Wang Anshi was just giving him the runaround. A hint of impatience flashed across his face as he asked directly, "What exactly does your Wujiang Group want in order to agree to help us clarify the rumors?!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Anshi smiled and said, "It's very simple. As long as Wujiang Group is allowed to enter the US market, Wujiang Group will take the initiative to help you clarify the 'rumors'!"
Laurent Stevenson frowned, and after a moment, replied, "Okay, but the technology patents on the list must be licensed to our American companies!"
Wang Anshi shook his head and refused, saying, "This request is unreasonable. Patented technology is the core competitiveness for a company's survival. How could we easily license it to others? Do you force every company that enters the US to license its patents to your US companies? Hehe, obviously not."
Laurent Stevenson retorted, "Since the 1980s, your country has been trading market access for technology! And now, we in the US are simply doing the same thing!"
Laurent Stevenson concluded with a resolute tone.
Wang Anshi casually remarked, "Western companies sell their outdated technology to China at high prices, then form joint ventures with Chinese companies. So, our Wujiang Group can also license our outdated technology to American companies, right?"
Laurent Stevenson paused, opened his mouth, but swallowed his words back; there was simply no way to refute it.
Wang Anshi stated, "With the deepening of the technological revolution, global productivity has greatly increased, leading to international division of labor. Products made in China can be directly used by the US. If Europeans can use them, why can't the US use them?"
Wang Anshi's attitude was also very tough, insisting on not licensing patents and only selling products.
Laurent Stevenson was upset; the conversation had been fruitless.
In the US, tech stocks plummeted, the US public was extremely disappointed with Bill's team, and Bill's approval ratings crashed.
Bill was well aware of why his approval ratings were declining.
In order to regain everyone's support and secure votes next year, Bill's team considered for a long time and finally decided that the only solution was to lift the restrictions on Wujiang Group.
The following afternoon, Laurent Stevenson contacted Wang Anshi again. This time, Laurent Stevenson no longer made any additional requests and indicated that the US market was willing to be completely open to Wujiang Group.
Country M does indeed need Wujiang Group's products.
Simply banning Wujiang Group's products from entering the US market is not advisable.
(End of this chapter)
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