Chapter 2866: Can’t Escape
Kensington Palace Garden Street, London.
Warren East got out of the Jaguar and looked at the mansion in front of him. His face changed again. This is a street that can bring pressure to people. This is a mansion that can bring pressure to him.
Ordinary working class people will feel invisible pressure in luxury stores, and this street will make elites like East feel similar pressure clearly.
This is a kind of pressure that clearly marks the gap between you and some people with numbers. These ruthless numbers will tear off your self-satisfaction and crush all your unwillingness and reluctance like a high-speed train...
East doesn't like this kind of pressure or this kind of feeling from the bottom of his heart, but he can't come.
He glanced at it carelessly and lowered his head to tidy up his clothes. The door opened at this time. The butler stood up and nodded slightly, "Welcome, Mr. East,"
"Thank you," East handed the coat to the maid beside him. Before he had time to look at the furnishings in the house, he faintly heard laughter coming from the second floor.
"The gentleman is waiting for you upstairs,"
Easter nodded and walked upstairs briskly. The sunlight shone through the tall lattice windows onto the teak floor, making him a little dizzy for a moment. Another maid pushed open a door, and the light and laughter instantly filled the corridor. Standing at the door, the warmth also came over him.
In the tall fireplace, the fire was burning. Several people in shirts or sweaters sat on the sofas beside the fireplace, crooked and slanted, with their legs either raised high or spread wide. Everyone held a glass of wine in their hands, and everyone laughed forward and backward.
Humph, American!
"...I really want to see what that person will look like when he arrives,"
The person who spoke, he now knew, was Cummins, the top person in charge of Feng Yiping's company in the United States.
Seeing him standing at the door, Cummins immediately stopped talking, which made Easter start to associate, is this discussion about me?
Mainly, this statement is very applicable to him.
Last year, Feng Yiping personally visited ARM. He was very arrogant, but this year, ARM will soon become a member of his company.
Do you want to see what I look like? Then I'll show you.
Easter nodded to everyone with a normal expression, "Everyone,"
Even if he faces some people's comments about himself, a true gentleman should pretend not to hear them - just like he is now.
A true gentleman, even if he surrenders to the enemy, must maintain his demeanor and look like he is invited to attend the Queen's dinner - just like he is now.
"Mr. Feng,"
"Hi, Easter," Feng Yiping, who was wearing a red sweater, shook his hand and introduced him to his main entourage this time, "Everyone, this will be our new colleague, ARM CEO Warren Easter, this is NEXTDOOR CEO Cummins, this is our CFO Thomas..."
Easter shook hands with them one by one. From the positions of these people, he could be sure that the news he heard was true. Feng Yiping didn't spend the Spring Festival in China properly, and rushed to Germany in a hurry, just to acquire Qimonda.
It's just that it didn't succeed, so why are you all so happy now?
"You guys talk first, Easter, let's go," Feng Yiping gestured to him.
This was a gesture of a private chat, and East had expected this. He also nodded to Cummins and the others, "Gentlemen,"
He was so orderly and polite that Cummins and the others, who were used to being casual, felt a little awkward. Cummins coughed, "See you later, East,"
Easter took in their appearances, and a trace of satisfaction quietly emerged. Look, this is the power of education.
But when he raised his head again, that trace of satisfaction disappeared without a trace, and he looked humble and calm, or in other words, he looked calm and composed, with everything under control.
After watching the door close and the thin British old man no longer visible, Cummins and the others relaxed again and shook their heads in unison, "Haha, British gentleman,"
"I heard that when Feng came to ARM last year, this guy was very arrogant?"
Cummins smiled, "Feng was too lazy to argue with him,"
Everyone immediately remembered the scene at the foot of the Alps last night. Yes, once the boss argues, he will be so sharp that no one can bear it.
"Besides, arrogant? Humph, look at it now,"
"Haha," everyone laughed knowingly.
Arrogant? Aren't you still bowing your head obediently now?
"I think Mr. Luo from Qimonda must not have paid attention to ARM, otherwise..."
Several guys laughed unscrupulously again.
But it is true. If Mr. Luo from Qimonda, who feels very good about himself, could understand the process of ARM from being favored by Feng Yiping to becoming a member of Feng Yiping's team, he should be able to realize that as long as he favors it, there is no escape.
In the end, it will definitely jump into his bowl in the way he expects.
"I think that Mr. Luo, who was also proud at the beginning, should now be clear about this fact," Thomas said.
Cummins was able to continue the topic interrupted by Easter, "I am very much looking forward to what expression Mr. Luo, who thinks he is unparalleled in grace, will have when he appears in front of this house a few hours later and sees Feng again,"
These guys have not gotten rid of their vulgar tastes, and they are very happy to see the scene that will be staged in the afternoon.
"Yesterday, we took the initiative to find them, but today, they came to us instead. Why bother?" Thomas said.
Cummins smiled again. This is probably similar to what the boss said, if you don't accept the toast, you will be punished? "However, he can come with Peter Bauer, which can be regarded as knowing the importance of things."
Thomas has a different opinion on this, "I don't think so,"
He looked at everyone, "Do you think it is possible that he was forced by Peter Bauer?"
"After Samsung performed perfectly according to our expectations, Peter Bauer, who felt humiliated and was afraid of losing the last and best opportunity, warned Luo that he should either go to London with him or let another person replace Luo to accompany him to London,"
I have to say, they are really amazing.
Cohen told them that Peter Bauer and Mr. Luo were already on the flight to London, but even Cohen didn't know that Mr. Luo had no choice.
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The man who was expected by a group of big men was now in the sky at an altitude of 10,000 meters, but he had no time to think about the embarrassing situation he would face next.
The first-class cabin attendant had delivered all the newspapers as requested by him, and all the newspapers on the plane mentioned Qimonda without exception.
If Qimonda was in good condition, it would only make him happy. In Europe, from an absolute strength point of view, Qimonda is just a small company and it is difficult to get such concentrated attention.
But when Qimonda was on the verge of bankruptcy, so many media paid so much attention to it, which only made him feel ashamed - and vaguely seemed to be a little flattered.
The bankruptcy of a company of Qimonda's level could attract such high attention from the media. From Mr. Luo's perspective, isn't it a success?
However, he looked through all the reports, but did not find any praise for him or affirmation of Qimonda in a newspaper. All of them were various kinds of sarcastic denials.
Seeing "For a company that burns at least 400 million euros every quarter, bankruptcy is not the best outcome?" He really wanted to slam the table.
Are we the only one making a loss? At this time, which memory company is not making a loss?
Especially as a newspaper in Munich, "Süddeutsche Zeitung", don't you understand the main reason why we are burning money so fast?
Isn't it because of the high cost in Munich?
"... For anyone, there is absolutely no commercial, market, business, technical or competitive reason to acquire Qimonda." Although such remarks are annoying, they are not new. Mr. Luo has seen them in newspapers before.
However, "Even if you can pay someone to take Qimonda away, the buyer must be a madman or a fool."
How can you say such remarks as the dignified "Bild"?
What Mr. Luo wanted to do most at this time was to hold a press conference to refute the unreliable remarks in these newspapers one by one.
Peter Bauer, who was standing next to him, handed the glass to the flight attendant, signaling for another glass. Seeing that Mr. Luo was still excitedly flipping through the newspapers, he couldn't help but say, "Stop reading."
"Can't you see why there are these reports today?"
Mr. Luo was stunned for a while, "You mean..."
Peter Bauer looked at him, "What do you think?"