Chapter 203 Tit for Tat

After the words fell, more than a dozen senior consultants in the conference room nodded.

According to the Western way of thinking, now that the two sides have completely broken up with each other, there is nothing to worry about.

After a while, there were bursts of responses in the conference room.

“I agree with Consultant Sam’s plan. It is absolutely possible to add ‘Yellow River Storage’ and ‘Nietzsche Brand’ to the entity list.”

"I also agree. I have also learned about the company 'Yellow River Storage'. They are indeed a huge threat to us."

"I also think Sam's proposal is fine..."

Everyone's affirmative replies fell on Sam's ears.

Although he was already confident, he couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

No one understands the threats of "Yellow River Storage" and "Nietzsche Brand" better than him, and most importantly...

Half a year ago, he had a disagreement with Mike Kevin over the "Nietzsche Brand". Now, once "Yellow River Storage" and "Nietzsche Brand" are added to the entity list, it also means that this time he will compete with Mike Kevin. He achieved final victory.

Thinking of this, Sam couldn't help but have a proud look on his lips, and turned to look at the person in charge, Schmidt, who was sitting in the middle of the conference room.

"Mr. Schmidt, since everyone has no objections, let's talk about the next enterprise."

But as soon as he finished speaking, a voice suddenly sounded.

“Sam, you want to add ‘Yellow River Storage’ to the entity list, I have no objection.”

"But you haven't explained why you want to add 'Nietzsche' to the entity list, right?"

really.

Sam looked around suddenly, and the person speaking was indeed his old rival - Mike Kevin.

He was not surprised. He smiled contemptuously and had already prepared his words in his mind.

"Mike, you may have forgotten that I answered this question six months ago when I proposed to block the 'Nietzsche Brand'."

"They have designed and developed a 38nm NPU chip. Do you think this is not enough?"

Mike looked calm and shook his head.

"If this is your reason, then my point of view is still the same as six months ago."

"38nm chips are not considered high-end chips, and there is no need to drag them into the 'entity list' because of this."

"In addition to what I just said, 'Nietzsche Brand' and 'Yellow River Storage' are actually controlled by the same person?"

"The same actual controller?"

Mike's face remained calm, he shook his head and said:

"The same actual controller does not explain anything, and this cannot be a reason to restrict the 'Nietzsche Brand'."

"hehe."

Sam chuckled, he could already hear the strong words in Mike's words.

However, he was already prepared. His eyes were focused, and he looked at Mike coldly and said:

"Okay! What if the 'Nietzsche Brand' continues to provide a large amount of financial support to 'Yellow River Storage'?"

As he spoke, he paused deliberately and glanced around everyone present.

"According to the intelligence we have, we speculate that the sudden rise of 'Yellow River Storage' in the past two years is largely due to the financial support of the Nietzsche brand."

“As the largest financial backer of ‘Yellow River Storage’, ‘Nietzsche Brand’ should not be included in the entity list together with ‘Yellow River Storage’?”

As soon as these words came out, even Mike Kevin suddenly fell silent.

Everyone on the side began to whisper and nod frequently, and the balance in the conference room suddenly began to tilt towards Sam.

At this moment, Mike's eyes flashed and he caught the loophole in Sam's words.

"Sam, what you just said is just your intelligence speculation. Do you have any substantive evidence?"

evidence?

Sam couldn't help but be stunned.

"Yellow River Storage" and "Nietzsche" are both Yanguo companies, and even if there are financial transactions, they must be transferred through Yanguo's domestic banking system.

Even if he had the intelligence system of the Ministry of Commerce as a basis, he obviously would not be able to obtain the internal capital flows of Yanguo Bank...

but!

He took a deep look at Mike and noticed something was wrong!

"Yellow River Storage" and "Nietzsche" belong to the same actual controller. Does such an obvious related enterprise still need evidence? !

Not only Sam, but everyone present at this moment discovered that Mike seemed to be very partial to Yan Guo's "Nietzsche brand" today.

But at this moment, Mike didn't pay attention to everyone's gaze, and suddenly the conversation changed and he asked in a deep voice:

"Everyone, I want to ask you a question."

"We are targeting Huaji and Yanguo enterprises. What is the purpose of including them on the entity list?!"

Um?

Everyone was stunned, and someone quickly answered:

"Naturally, the purpose is to restrict their development in the field of science and technology, protect the leading advantages of our American companies in the field of science and technology to the greatest extent, and continue to maintain our current and future interests."

"That's right."

Mike nodded and continued:

"As far as I know, Nietzsche has grown from an unknown small business to now, and its cooperation with our American companies is pretty good."

"Take their core mobile phone business as an example. Their high-end mobile phones all purchase our Qualcomm chips, antennas, radio frequency and other fields. I specifically asked Qualcomm that Nietzsche is currently the fastest growing mobile phone market in China. The brand is very likely to become their next profit growth point in the future.”

“In addition, Nietzsche has recently launched a ‘laptop business’. Similarly, they still purchase our Intel and Nvidia CPUs and graphics cards, and by the way, there are also Windos systems.”

"Once we include Nietzsche in the Entity List, there is no doubt that we will no longer be able to do business with Nietzsche, and the profits of companies such as Qualcomm and Intel will be affected. Is this what we want to see?"

As soon as the words fell, everyone understood immediately.

Did Mike receive the benefit of Chip Capital? Have you started to support Chip Capital?

But this is not surprising. Everyone present can enter a confidential department such as the Ministry of Commerce, and they are more or less connected with major interest groups.

In recent years, with the rapid growth of the technology industry such as Apple, Google, and Intel, the voices of technology companies have become louder and louder, and they have their own demands. It is not surprising that they turned to Mike.

but,

Just as everyone was thinking, Sam's voice sounded sharply.

He sneered:

"Mike, with the profit you mentioned from Nietzsche, is it enough for Intel and Qualcomm to fill their teeth?"

Mike's face was calm and unmoved.

"Of course it's not enough, but what if you add in the profits from Yanguo companies such as Xiaomi, Opop, and even Lenovo?"

Um?

Millet?

OPOP?

Lenovo?

What's the meaning?

Everyone was stunned for a moment, a little confused as to what Mike meant.

Mike's eyes became sharper. He glanced around at everyone present, and then said:

"Why did we restrict Huaji in the first place?"

“It’s because it poses a huge threat to us in the 5G field; it’s because their Huaki mobile phones are becoming more and more influential globally, and they are hot sellers in the Americas and even around the world, seriously threatening Apple’s sales;

At the same time, the most important thing is that they independently developed the top-notch Kirin chip, completely breaking our leading advantage in the chip field! "

"So, this is the reason why we have to take action!"

"And what about Nietzsche now? Haha."

Mike paused, his eyes falling on Sam.

"They don't have the same global influence as Huaji, nor do they have any products sold overseas or in the Americas. Moreover, their domestic mobile phone market share in Yanguo is only 4%!"

"Moreover, compared to Huaji's self-developed top-notch Kirin chips, they have been purchasing our Qualcomm chips, and most of their products use our American accessories!"

“Now, if such a company is suddenly included in the ‘Entity List,’ what do you think domestic companies like Xiaomi and Lenovo would think?”

"They will think, 'Will your American suppliers be included in the list?!'"

"Aren't we forcing them to be frightened, afraid that the blame will fall on them in the future?"

"With such worries, I would like to ask everyone, do you think they will still use our chips with peace of mind, or will they secretly join Huaji's camp and try every means to help Huaji develop chips to break our restrictions?"

Everyone was stunned. They really hadn't thought about this angle in detail.

Sam on the side was also stunned, but he quickly came to his senses and angrily said:

"Mike, don't change your mind!"

"We blocked Nietzsche because they have developed, designed and produced a 38nm NPU chip. This is something they all know!"

"Whether it's Xiaomi, Lenovo or OPOP, as long as they are not involved in the chip business, as long as they are willing to use our chips and purchase our products, it is impossible for us to include them in the list!"

"On the contrary, I just want to tell all Yanguo companies that as long as they dare to get involved in the chip business, they will definitely be sanctioned by us!"

"hehe."

This time it was Mike's turn to sneer and said:

"As far as I know, Xiaomi has also launched a ThePaper S1 chip before, Opop is also developing the latest 6-nanometer chip, and VIVO also has plans. Do you want to scare them to death?"

Sam: "Xiaomi's 'Paper S1' chip has almost stagnated, Opop's 6nm chip is just a camera chip, and the chip they designed is immature, and its maturity level is not comparable to Nietzsche's 'Pony Crossing the River Pro' Compared with chips..."

"now it's right."

A smile appeared on Mike's face, and he glanced at Sam disdainfully.

"So, your point of view is untenable. Our rash attack on 'Nietzsche' will only make other Yanguo mobile phone companies in danger. The final consequence is that they suddenly unite together and make up their minds to break the Our technical limitations!”

As he spoke, he looked at Schmidt, the head of the Commerce Department, in the middle of the conference room.

"Mr. Schmidt, there is an old saying in the Yan Kingdom that 'when a dog is anxious, he will jump over the wall.' We have already achieved the effect of killing a chicken to scare the monkey by blocking a Hua Ji. There is no need to attack 'Nietzsche' again."

“What we need most now is to show our goodwill. Don’t we want to support more ‘Lenovo’?”

As soon as these words came out, Sam was anxious, completely anxious!

He looked quickly at Schmidt.

"Mr. Schmidt, Nietzsche is not an ordinary enterprise, he is a cash cow that has been providing funds to Yellow River Storage!"

"If you don't restrict Nietzsche, don't completely cut off their source of cash flow, it doesn't make much sense to restrict a 'Yellow River Storage' alone!"

Schmidt's eyes were a little dazed for a moment, and what they both said made sense.

But soon, he nodded slightly and seemed to have his own answer in his heart.

He looked at Sam first, then nodded.

"What Sam said does make sense. 'Nietzsche' and 'Yellow River Storage' are the same actual controller, and there is a high probability that they will provide funds for 'Yellow River Storage'."

"but……"

As he spoke, he looked at Mike on the other side.

"But what Mike said is correct. We believe that 'Nietzsche' provided funds for 'Yellow River Storage', but Yanguo companies do not necessarily think so. It is likely to cause their concerns and cause a chain reaction."

"Furthermore, now that we have the support of the 'Yanguo Chip Fund', funds are not so important to the 'Yellow River Storage'. It doesn't make much sense for us to block 'Nietzsche' now. The important thing is that we must limit the 'Yellow River Storage' storage'!"

Upon hearing this, Sam felt a sudden chill in his heart.

He never thought that his winning proposal would be turned into this by Mike's quibbles!

But he was not ready to admit defeat, and hurriedly continued to want to tit for tat, but at this moment, Schmidt waved his hand and interrupted.

"That's it for now, 'Yellow River Storage' will be added to the list, and 'Nietzsche Brand' will not be added for the time being!"

"Mr. Schmidt!"

"Okay! That's it!"

Sam's heart was completely cold. He looked at Mike fiercely, and he could no longer suppress the frustration in his heart.

But at this moment, looking at Mike's calm demeanor, for some reason, his mind suddenly thought of something he had learned in HK before - Nietzsche was connected to "Blackstone Capital".

His eyes narrowed slightly, his mind was racing rapidly, and he was shocked.

Mike is too strong today, could it be...

Could it be that "Blackstone Capital" instructed Mike to keep "Nietzsche"? !

Thinking of this, his heart was pounding, he quickly suppressed the anger in his heart, and suddenly said coldly:

"Mike, you are defending Nietzsche to the death!"

Mike smiled lightly.

"No, I am just for the development of our chip industry and the future of our USA."