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Xing Baohua was speechless at these words. For the first time, he pointed at Zhang Qizhi and said, "Go back and figure out what's going on here before you speak. Don't give orders blindly. I hate it when laymen like you give orders to experts, acting like you know everything. With a brain like that, how did you get promoted?"
These were very serious words. Zhang Qi's face immediately turned grim; if Xing Baohua's last sentence got out, the consequences would be dire.
Zhang Qizhi walked out of Xing Baohua's office with a dark face and stormed downstairs. The secretary, who saw this, was too scared to say a word and followed closely behind Zhang Qizhi.
As soon as Zhang Qi got into the car, the first thing he did was to have his secretary check the relationship between the system Microsoft was going to buy and rice, and between them and Xing Baohua.
In his mind, even if that system wasn't worth more than 20 billion, more than 10 billion would be fine. If it could be brought to fruition, what a great achievement it would be! It would be so heartbreaking to just watch it slip away like this!
In addition, Xing Baohua's words were indeed quite harsh.
Back at the city government, Zhang Qizhi summoned the Land Bureau and the Planning Bureau and issued an important directive, stating that the unrestrained expansion of rice fields was hindering urban planning and development, and that land use should not be too arbitrary.
You have to decipher what your leader says. If the two managers can understand the meaning, then the rice company wants to use the land, but you can't just grab it whenever you want.
You have to follow the rules and procedures. Take whatever amount they offer.
This is also one of Zhang Qizhi's little tricks to trip up companies. This method works for other developing enterprises, but it doesn't seem to work on rice.
If it doesn't work here, people won't go to other places. Even the surrounding counties are open to rice farmers to build factories and develop local industries.
Gates met with Xing Baohua twice in the following days, but neither meeting yielded any results. Xing Baohua told Gates that his next step was not only to make the system free to use, but also to open-source it and release the source code.
This is a threat to Microsoft. If Microsoft retaliates, Xing Baohua will make the Mount Everest source code publicly available. Anyone can participate.
This free approach allows them to quickly capture market share.
Coincidentally, a week after Gates left, the NSA's cybersecurity department issued a notice stating that after testing, they found serious security vulnerabilities in the Mount Everest system developed by Huahong Technology, which posed a potential threat to U.S. cybersecurity.
The use of Mount Everest in the United States is prohibited, including the equipment that runs the system.
Only the Mi Computer in the world can run the Mount Everest system, which effectively bans the sale of Mi Computers.
All computers equipped with the Everest system must be removed from shelves and cannot be sold.
As soon as this news was announced, distributors in the US started calling to return the goods. It wasn't just the US; the Great Eagle region and some countries in Europe also joined in.
That's the power of Microsoft; its shareholders are very influential.
If there are no quality issues, the goods cannot be returned. The contract included return policy, but the risk of loss was not mentioned.
Therefore, we resolutely refuse to accept returns from agents who request them, which is why payment is required before delivery.
There was some loss of rice, but it's not a big problem. It's true that it will be harder to make money in the future.
The after-sales team withdrew, and the directly operated stores closed.
Rice also retreated quickly, with personnel evacuated from the US side being distributed to Europe and other continents.
After all, there are still many countries that don't get involved in the mess the US makes.
The formal confrontation has begun.
The shutdown of the Mount Everest server in the US caused many American users to lose access to many features.
Some people complained, while others gloated.
Complaining about the rice server shutting down is a sign of true love for rice.
Those complaining about the withdrawal of after-sales service for rice seem to be in a terrible state.
This incident also put the Japanese in a difficult position.
Banning it is not an option, nor is banning it. According to statistics from a certain organization, the market share of people using rice processing equipment is around 40%.
A fairly large group, and most of these groups use π payment and Huaba users.
If you ban the Mount Everest system, PiPay will become unusable, and cashback services like Huaba will enrage Huaba users because they can't see the cashback amount in their Huaba accounts.
The flower bar, on the other hand, would find an excuse to get away with it.
So all the previous plans for Huaba, to successfully receive the money from Huaba's fund pool, have fallen through.
However, ignoring the Americans' advice can have very serious consequences.
So someone in the R government suggested talking to the rice producers: openly ban it, but secretly allow it.
Meaning, I'm saving face, you can continue as you wish.
Since Xing Baohua withdrew from Japan, he first discussed the matter with Lao Sun, the president of π Payment. Afterwards, he also spoke with the agent of Huaba.
None of them could make a decision, so Mitsui Fujisaburo learned the news from his agent and quickly contacted Xing Baohua. However, communication between the two was very troublesome, requiring several transfers and taking a lot of time.
Xing Baohua gave him just two words: "Stay put."
Xing Baohua learned what had happened from Lao Sun. Talking to Lao Sun was perfectly aboveboard, since π Payment was a public business with banks as its shareholders, so there was no need to be overly cautious or sneaky.
Xing Baohua did not respond to the Japanese government's question immediately, but said he needed to consider it for a while.
Let's postpone it for now.
Xing Baohua also had his own considerations. If he really stood his ground and withdrew from the Japanese side, he would save face.
I'm going to stick my neck out and ignore you all, I'll cut off your services.
However, the actual losses are also huge. Let's not even talk about spending, since that's a short-term gain, but π payment is a long-term gain. If he quits, there are sensible people in Japan who will take over and find a system to support π payment.
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