Chapter 672 [Starting to play hooligans again]
Bionic Man No. 1 August Fran took the mission to acquire Horizon Security Company. The transaction could be completed within a month without any accidents in the acquisition of the company.
But it is far from enough to have August alone. The core managers of Horizon Security must be their own people, while the middle and lower levels can recruit real employees to work for the company.
Next, Luo Sheng began to create the second bionic man, and the organs in the cultivation room had matured. After August left the laboratory, he could soon enter the manufacturing of the second bionic man, followed by the third and fourth...
With current efficiency, a bionic person can be created at most a month, and there are many "components" such as organs and tissues in the cultivation room, but there is only one operating table for the liquid pool of the "assembly" platform. This expensive operating table of up to 1 billion US dollars cannot be spent so randomly even if Luo Shengchao has money.
After creating the second bionic man, Luo Sheng can liberate himself. The subsequent things can allow the bionic man to take over his work and create the bionic man. In the future, you only need to issue orders, and let the tool man do the specific things.
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As time goes by, the days of climbing technology safely and steadily did not last long. Luo Sheng's happy days ended with the fact that King Dong was about to make trouble.
July.
The second quarter statements of major listed companies have also been released one after another. Bluestar Technology Group's 2017 q2 financial report was released to the public on July 12.
Bluestar Technology's global revenue in this quarter was US$64.2 billion, and its net profit increased sharply to US$10.9 billion. The net profit margin this quarter was as high as 17%, nearly doubled year-on-year, exceeding Wall Street analysts' expectations.
Stimulated by q2's performance, Bluestar Technology's market value also ushered in a good increase, setting a new high of US$1.76 trillion since its listing in July, and its total market value reached US$1.77 trillion.
The second quarter audit statement of Costa 1999 has also been released. Global sales this quarter were $100 million, down about $20 billion from the previous quarter. This is within the company's expectations, because the sales of Azure-5 have passed the hot sales period and have begun to cool down one after another.
But even so, the performance of the Costa 1C in the first half of the year is close to the total sales of last year. Such dazzling performance is inseparable from the contribution made by the big sales of the Azure-5.
Net profit also hit a new high again, hitting a net profit of US$28.45 billion this quarter.
I don’t know if it was because of Luo Sheng’s two companies’ impressive financial reports that stimulated Dongwang. A few days after the second quarter statements were disclosed, that is, on July 13, the news came out that Dongwang signed a presidential memorandum, requiring the Ministry of Commerce to investigate whether the import of Internet service products and consumer electronic products threatened the national security of the magnesium country.
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Mid July.
At this moment, Luo Sheng was attending a video conference of senior executives in his private office.
Yao Jianhong, who attended the meeting, said: "This so-called memorandum signed requires Willpo Los, the head of the North American Department of Commerce, to start this investigation of North American imported products and services as soon as possible. According to a statement issued by the North American Department of Commerce, the adjustment will involve various factors such as production capacity, labor, investment, and research and development to determine whether imported products threaten the so-called national security."
Another manager at the meeting immediately said: "Everyone with a discerning eye can see that this is targeting us. The last time we agreed to have a talk, it's just over a year before, and it's really endless and capricious."
Seeing the executive cursing, Luo Sheng smiled indifferently and did not start to speak.
The two companies are indeed very good at making money, but others cannot let you make money safely. These are two different things.
It is already very good for the Americans to make a stable profit for you for a year. It took a lot of effort to get it in exchange for negotiations. If it weren’t for the hard work and strong enough, let alone a year, there might not be a month’s chance.
Yao Jianhong continued: "Wilpo Los said in an interview that a comprehensive investigation will be conducted quickly and if necessary, actions will be taken to protect all magnesium national security, workers and enterprises from threats from foreign companies. After a thorough investigation, if any threat to national security is confirmed by imported consumer-grade electronic products, a report including recommendations for measures will be proposed."
The meaning expressed between the lines is obvious.
After briefly reporting the matter, Yao Jianhong immediately added his opinion: "According to the relevant bills in North America, they do have the right to use means such as adjusting tariffs and quotas to control imports."
Luo Sheng knocked his legs and said slowly: "They do so many expressions, just to find employment, employment or employment, just to make me give priority to building factories in North America, and it is best that all the Azure mobile phones, IEP tablets and ACC game consoles are manufactured in North America."
Judging from past historical records, Blue Star Technology and the Costa delle have almost bid farewell to the North American market many times. It might be easy if the United States decided to decouple five years ago, but it is not easy to drive the Costa delle out of North America today.
Because it is also very hurtful to the Americans themselves.
The reason is also very simple. The first technology companies in California and Silicon Valley on the west coast of North America did not agree. Although Silicon Valley technology companies and Luo Sheng's companies compete with each other, they have a close relationship with each other and are mutual partners.
If a complete breakup is broken, Silicon Valley and California, which rely on technology to make a living, will inevitably suffer heavy losses as vested interests. They are definitely the first group to refuse, and Wall Street is the same.
Overall, it will not benefit any of the elite groups with vested interests in North America, and will inevitably object. Whether it is useful or not is one thing.
Obviously, there was a huge difference in interests within the other party and no consensus reached, which led to the desire to drive Luo Sheng out of the North American market in recent years, but in the end it failed to get what he wanted, and now it is starting to make trouble again.
Luo Sheng held his jaw and fell into deep thought, and no one at the meeting spoke.
Finally, Luo Sheng put down his hand and looked at the participants on the screen, analyzing and making decisions in an orderly manner:
"They did a lot of homework to do things at this time. Although they were very intimidating about the news reports, they actually wanted to talk, but they refused to come to the door for face, so they lacked an opportunity to negotiate when they met. As long as they had this opportunity, they could start negotiations."
After hearing this, Yao Jianhong thought for a while and couldn't help but say: "Mr. Luo, what you are talking about is the Summer Davos Forum to be held in the middle of this month?"
Luo Sheng nodded and said concisely: "That's right."
They all have tempers, want to talk about them, and they all know the other party’s temper and talk about them in detail, so they need a step and an opportunity.
The Summer Davos Forum is a perfect step, giving people the feeling that I didn’t want to meet you, and planned to do it directly, but since I met in Davos and have come, it’s not impossible to talk about it by the way.
Luo Sheng looked around the participants on the video screen and said, "My little princess is about to be born, and it's been happening these days. So I won't join in the fun of the summer Davos Forum held in Bincheng. I have made a complete plan for the meeting before the New Year, and just talk as I will."
Speaking of this, Luo Sheng couldn't help but show the bright smile of Xidang's father, and the executives attending the meeting also laughed.
Yao Jianhong smiled in surprise and said, "Is that so? Then congratulations to Mr. Luo in advance. Leave the company's affairs to us. I'll go to Davos in person."
Luo Sheng said seriously: "You can't lose any of your red envelopes."
"Haha, that's natural, necessary."
Other executives attending the meeting also congratulated the boss in advance, and the video conference ended after a few minutes.
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The three-day summer Davos Forum was held in Bincheng as scheduled from July 17 to 19. Most of the well-known bigwigs in the economic circle, business and Internet circles appeared, such as Ali's President Ma.
Costa del Blue and Blue Star Technology are not absent every year, but Luo Sheng never participated. Both Yao Jianhong and Zhang Bowen represent the company to attend the forum exchange summit.
This time, accompanied by the memorandum signed by King Dong, the media and industry insiders are quite looking forward to whether Luo Sheng will appear in Davos this time.
As a result, on the day of the opening of the conference, the expectation was finally disappointed. Luo Sheng still did not appear in Davos. As the most influential and perhaps even one of the big bosses in the contemporary technology and business circles, it is inevitable that he would feel a little regretful if he didn't come.
On the afternoon of July 18, a local Hyatt Hotel.
Yao Jianhong looked at the North American negotiators sitting opposite him, led by Willbo Los, and said calmly:
"There are no third-party ears here, and the negotiation content will not be archived. If you can't get out of the conference room, it means nothing happened. Let's open the skylight and say something bright. Just make a gesture from the outside world. Now, I'm finally taking advantage of the opportunity of Davos communication. It's better to talk about something real. This is good for both parties, right?"
Chapter completed!