jdhmnovel Chapter 1437 Making Moves and Countering Moves
Chapter 1437 Making Moves and Countering Moves
“Mr. Lyman, the terms you’ve offered are very tempting, but… I still choose to refuse!”
Suppressing the urge to hit someone, Lu Feng slowly shook his head.
"Mr. Lu, this is the best I can offer. I really don't understand why you're refusing?"
Lyman Monroe feigned regret, but inwardly cursed Lu Feng for being cunning and seeing through his thoughts.
"The reason for the refusal is simple: I want to build Tenglong into a brand that belongs exclusively to China, so I cannot allow the shadow of foreign companies to appear inside Tenglong."
Seeing the other party's dramatic performance, Lu Feng directly pulled out his trump card: nostalgia.
This is the only way he can think of to refuse Lyman Monroe without affecting his reputation.
When the other party offered those incredibly attractive cooperation conditions, Lu Feng knew that if he couldn't find a suitable reason to refuse, he would be labeled as unrealistic.
At that time, he and Tenglong will face an even more difficult living environment.
After all, this is a seminar in the chip industry, and 80% of the attendees are business leaders from companies related to the chip industry.
Having left a bad impression on them, it's easy to imagine the difficulties Tenglong will face in the days to come.
It seems that finding a partner would be extremely difficult.
However, with the support of a sense of national and familial responsibility, this predicament will not occur.
Although everyone usually says that technology knows no borders, when it comes to important moments, everyone keeps their technology tightly under wraps, afraid of leaking even a little bit.
Lyman Monroe's expression changed drastically after hearing Lu Feng's answer.
He never expected that his series of deadly moves would be so easily neutralized by the opponent.
Not only did they thwart his initial attempt to undermine their cause, they also successfully averted a potential reputation crisis.
[What a cunning young man! I really underestimated you!]
He glanced at the Rolex on his wrist and decided to make one last threat. If that didn't work, he would start the next plan.
"Mr. Lu is indeed a passionate young man. When I was your age, I was also full of enthusiasm and wanted to contribute to the technological advancement of the United States."
"Unfortunately, reality slapped me hard in the face. My passion was ultimately defeated by reality, and I gradually realized that true innovation cannot be achieved by a single race or a single country!"
"So I started to recruit foreign talent on a large scale to help me, and these people did not disappoint me. Qualcomm has achieved remarkable results through our joint efforts."
Lyman Monroe spoke with a touch of emotion, looking at Lu Feng with a hint of sincere advice in his eyes:
"I understand Mr. Lu's desire to contribute to his country, but sometimes we also have to learn to bow to reality."
Upon hearing this, Lu Feng's apprehension towards the old man deepened. He had just used his trump card of sentimentality, only to have the old man throw out a bomb composed of righteousness and magnanimity.
Isn't this a veiled criticism of his narrow-mindedness and unwillingness to trust other companies and people?
"That's none of Mr. Lyman's concern. There's an old Chinese saying, 'I won't turn back until I hit a brick wall.' I won't turn back until I fail!"
"Didn't you just say it yourself? Reality slapped you twice before you woke up. Otherwise, wouldn't you have chosen to do the same thing as me?"
"But I haven't been slapped twice yet, so I won't wake up for the time being."
Lu Feng deliberately emphasized the word "slap".
The meaning is quite clear: the reason why you, Lyman Monroe, choose to give important positions to outsiders is not because you have great vision and magnanimity, but because you are a loser defeated by reality.
You made that change after being defeated by reality.
Lyman Monroe naturally understood the meaning behind those words, which completely shattered his already carefully constructed facade of amiability and friendliness.
He glanced down at his Rolex on his wrist and decided to move on to the next plan.
"Boom boom boom!"
Just then, the hotel clock rang; it was nine o'clock.
This also signals the official start of the seminar.
A number of hotel staff members quickly walked in, carrying either chairs or small square tables.
In the blink of an eye, the tables and chairs were neatly arranged under the podium.
"Mr. Lu, the seminar has officially begun. I need to go up on stage to preside over it. See you later!"
After saying that, Lyman Monroe got up and left without looking back.
Watching his departing figure, Lu Feng also got up.
Now that the seminar had begun, he wanted to see what other tricks the other side could pull.
Because he had come in with Lyman Monroe, he was seated in the row closest to the podium by the attendants.
Here, he met Wen Jingchuan.
Upon seeing him appear, Wen Jingchuan immediately sat down.
The two of them, along with Zhou Han, sat together.
"Chairman Wen, what's wrong? You don't look well. Where are your colleagues from Lianke? Why aren't they with you?"
Zhou Han, who had just sat down, asked several questions out of curiosity.
"Hmph! Don't mention them to me, just thinking about them makes me angry!!"
When Wen Jingchuan heard the question, he was so angry that he blew his nose and glared.
"Chairman Wen, what's wrong? Did one of your subordinates upset you?"
Seeing this, Lu Feng asked curiously what had happened that made Wen Jingchuan, who was so happy before attending the banquet, so angry that he didn't even bother with the most basic pretense.
When Wen Jingchuan, who was in a fit of anger, heard that it was Lu Feng who asked the question, he did not lose his temper this time. Instead, he suppressed the turmoil in his heart and told the story.
It turns out that the board of directors of Linkcore Group had secretly reached a cooperation agreement with Qualcomm without his permission.
They are preparing to use their core secrets as leverage to form a new company with Qualcomm, Samsung, and Apple.
And, most importantly, he heard from his confidants that the board of directors was actually planning to unite and take him, the chairman, down.
Such a shocking turn of events was bound to anger him.
"So that's how it is. These people are incredibly audacious. Not only do they bypass you, the chairman, to issue orders, but they even want to oust you."
"So, Chairman Wen, what are your plans?"
After hearing the whole story, Lu Feng was also surprised. He looked at Wen Jingchuan, wanting to hear if the other party had any countermeasures.
"It happened so suddenly, I don't have any good solutions right now..."