Chapter 1256: Surrender (Sword Dyed Qing Yi Yan 1)

"Is the development of Tesla's battery management system going smoothly?" Near noon, in the NEXTDOOR conference room, Cummins and Mike seemed to be particularly idle today, actually chatting.

"How difficult would such a simple small project be for them?" A voice came from the phone on the table. It turned out to be Buchanan's.

"It's like asking them to drive to Los Angeles. It has nothing to do with difficulty, it just takes some time. Oh, yes, maybe the scenery along Highway 1 is no longer attractive to them. This process may be boring. "

Buchanan is definitely the most relaxed now, and his speaking style is completely different from what he used to do on Capitol Hill. Likewise, he is also different from when he was in charge of GAIN Capital's North American affairs.

In Mike's words, Buchanan now is a bit like those guys on South Beach who do nothing all day long, always have a bottle of beer in their hand, and are tired of even looking at bikini beauties.

"Buchanan, enjoy your free time now," Mike said. "If you and Feng's vision is correct enough, soon you will return to the dull and boring Capitol Hill."

It has been determined that regardless of whether the acquisition of Netflix is ​​successful or not, Buchanan will join O'Hei's campaign team at the latest by the end of this month, which is the first month of this year.

This deadline was actually determined by Feng Yiping, although Buchanan was actually a little unhappy, because strictly speaking, the acquisition of Netflix was originally initiated by him, and he very much hoped to leave after completing this major event.

However, since Feng Yiping insisted, he still chose to agree. In his opinion, this was because Feng Yiping was trying to cultivate Cummins' prestige.

He can actually understand this.

During his tenure, Jiasheng's U.S. business has developed very rapidly and successfully. Correspondingly, employees are also very proud. It is not just a random person who can convince the company's employees.

Let Cummins lead the merger and acquisition of Netflix. It is Feng Yiping who is paving the way for Cummins. As a guy who is about to leave, he can no longer steal the limelight of his successor, so he can only stand aside.

So, just like we have to wait until we grow up before we can understand the painstaking efforts of our parents, sometimes the painstaking efforts of the boss Feng Yiping and the people under him cannot be understood until later in life.

It will probably take until the end of July this year for Buchanan to understand why Feng Yiping insisted that he leave NEXTDOOR and join O'Hei's campaign team at this critical time.

"However, I believe Buchanan's purpose of going back this time is definitely different from the last time. He went back this time so that when we see him again in a few years, we must call him 'sir'," Cummins also laughed. Then said.

What he meant by this was that Buchanan would also become a member of Congress on Capitol Hill in a few years.

This is right or wrong. In a few years, Buchanan should have no chance of becoming a congressman on Capitol Hill, but if he performs well in the Little O'Hare team, Cummins and Mike will have to call him the same when they see him again in a few years. for “Mr.

And this time is faster than they expected.

"Actually, you can call me that now," Buchanan laughed.

"Sir," Mike immediately complied with his request.

"Oh," Buchanan wanted to taste it, "it sounds really good. How many more calls?"...

Well, the three top executives of Jiasheng in the United States are actually using conference call equipment to chat and fight.

But if you look closely, you can see that they are not as relaxed as they appear. Cummins and Mike will occasionally glance at the time displayed on the large screen in the conference room, and there is still no movement there. It is obvious that Is waiting for something.

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At eBay headquarters, Ellis is still waiting for Whitman's answer.

Ms. Whitman, who had a particularly beautiful smile, naturally couldn't smile anymore.

She is now holding two folders and comparing them.

One was new and related to the prices of the main models of flat-panel TV manufacturers in Europe and Japan. The other was the folder she had just casually thrown on the table.

Ms. Whitman has a good memory. Although she has memorized the main numbers on the two folders, she still flips them over and over again, as if she wants to see something behind the words.

Behind those words, there are indeed two big words clearly written, "Helpless!"

Neither European nor Japanese flat-panel TV manufacturers can support them to follow the follow-up strategy of the past few days and compete with NEXTDOOR again.

"Are you really sure that there is no generational difference in their products and there is not much difference in quality?" Whitman rarely asked the same question to the same person for the second time in a short period of time.

But the subordinate's answer cannot be the same, "Yes, Ms. Whitman, I also have an Apex flat-screen TV at home. It is produced by a factory in China called changhong."

"What about quality?"

Apex is a well-known company in the United States. DVD players, which were popular in the United States, quickly became popular thanks to this company's low-priced products, causing many American families to finally throw away their home video recorders.

Later, they also got involved in the sales of televisions. Of course, the products they sold also came from China.

"Pretty good," Ellis replied simply and to the point.

No, he would not find Whitman for this matter, but he could solve this problem by himself.

Whitman finally closed the two folders, "Are there any TV manufacturers of the same quality in other countries in Southeast Asia?"

The damn high welfare in old Europe and the damn seniority system in Japan actually made their production costs so high.

If you want to compete with TVs from China, only those countries in Southeast Asia where the prices of major production factors are also low have hope.

"Southeast Asia has long been the sales destination of Chinese color TVs, and they have already built factories there for production," Ellis said.

"India?"

Ellis shook her head, "They have their own brand, but their quality cannot be compared with that of Chinese products,"

"Whitman, I think, why don't we group buy the products we prepared this time?" Ellis asked again.

What else can we do? Do we have to spend more than 10 million US dollars for this group purchase?

Then her position under Whitman's ass will also be smashed.

The board of directors can understand that a woman like her might suppress other competitors in some areas while she is being petty, such as the attack on NEXTDOOR group buying this time, but they will never allow her to burn tens of millions of dollars at one time for such a goal that is not closely related to the main business.

Do you think our money is all blown by the wind?

Whitman hesitated for a moment and nodded simply. He chose the lesser of two evils. He believed that Feng had understood what he meant. So, should this matter come to an end?

Although if he did so, his face would inevitably fall to the ground - he was so aggressive before, but he immediately wilted when others fought back, but what does it matter?

"Ms. Whitman, according to their arrangements today, I think their project tomorrow is not something we can follow. In fact, we think that they may be like this for many days to come," Ellis said.

There are too many products from China in the homes of ordinary Americans, many of which are similar to the color TVs they bought in group today. Those that are cheaper than it are not as good as it, and those that are slightly better in quality are much more expensive.

It can be imagined that since NEXTDOOR has done it successfully once, it is impossible to do it only once.

Whitman finally got angry, "Would I not have thought of it?"

Ellis quickly took the two documents and disappeared.

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In the NEXTDOOR conference room, as time went towards 11 o'clock, the three guys who were still chatting became more and more expectant. What would Whitman do?

"I bet 5 dollars that she will do it like a few days ago, but this time it will not be the same brand," Mike said, "Women who vent their anger are terrible and completely unreasonable,"

"I bet 10 dollars that she won't," Buchanan and Cummins said almost at the same time.

"I knew you two guys would do this," Mike laughed.

He actually knew that Whitman couldn't be so willful. It's not that she didn't want to, but that she couldn't.

They took out all this time today just to satisfy their own bad taste.

At 11 o'clock, there was finally movement on the screen, and eBay's group purchase project for today was displayed synchronously. It was a TV cabinet, and it looked quite suitable for the TV they bought today.

"Ha, we made the Queen surrender," Cummins and Mike clapped their hands and finally said what they had been holding back for a long time.

ps: The third update will be after 8 o'clock.