Chapter 477 Cooperation for the benefit
After a smile, Zhou Liwen and Cai Mingjie became much more relaxed. To put it bluntly, the grievances and grievances between them were just good positions. Moreover, the fights between them were all made in business terms, which was beyond reproach. In fact, from a basic perspective, there was no cause of life and death for both Zhou Liwen or Cai Mingjie.
What's more, Zhou Liwen and Li Zai Chronic can cooperate again, let alone Cai Mingjie? Moreover, there is no conflict in the current main business of the two parties, including the company's development direction. Due to the development of smartphones, Taiwan United Technology has gradually shifted from the initial customization of counterfeit phones to chip system suppliers. For example, now, Cai Mingjie and Apple have signed an agreement to become one of the chip system suppliers of Apple mobile phones. And it has begun to reduce counterfeit phone manufacturing. In other words, Cai Mingjie's Taiwan United Technology almost withdrew from the ranks of smartphone brand manufacturers in this way and became accessories and system suppliers.
In this regard, there is no problem of direct competition between Taiwan International Technology and Or as before. On the contrary, in terms of chip system supply, Taiwan International Technology's strength is still very good. You should know that the original concept of chip system for smartphones was proposed by Cai Mingjie. Although MediaTek no longer exists before, MediaTek's essence and technology were still inherited by Taiwan International Technology.
"Mr. Cai is coming to the United States this time..." Zhou Liwen raised his hand and added some water to the teacups of both sides.
"It's mainly the contract for Apple's chip system supply that Jay Chou mentioned just now, and it's thanks to Jay Chou. Apple has handed over the orders from the second half of this year to next year to our company." Cai Mingjie replied with a smile.
"Haha, I know a little about this, but you said that I have been blessed with my blessings. I didn't help it," Zhou Liwen said happily.
"But you didn't tear me down, I'm very satisfied with this matter only." Cai Mingjie said deliberately blinking his eyes, and then the two of them laughed at the same time.
After speaking, the two sides became much closer. Cai Mingjie was more calm than that of the past. He even said what would be the sigh if the two sides were not in opposition and joined forces to join forces. Zhou Liwen naturally agreed with this point, but the past is the past. To put it bluntly, if it were not for the pressure Cai Mingjie put Zhou Liwen on the past, maybe Zhou Liwen would not have achieved what he has today.
"By the way, there is another important thing to visit Jay Chou this time." Cai Mingjie said for a while, and finally mentioned his purpose today. Zhou Liwen smiled without surprise and waited for him to continue.
"You know, because of Samsung's problem, I was a little sorry for Jay Chou before, and I hope Jay Chou won't take it to heart."
Zhou Liwen waved his hand and said, "I can understand this. If I could not refuse Samsung Group's request in the position of Director Cai, and I was also a little wrong for Director Cai at the beginning. All of these have passed, so there is no need to mention them."
"There are a lot of Lord Jay Chou, and Cai admires it." Cai Mingjie nodded with a smile, and then said: "Actually, I came here today because of Samsung Group, and I was mainly entrusted by someone to run this time."
"Is it Li Zai Chrom?" Zhou Liwen asked without surprise.
"Haha, Jay Chou is worthy of being Jay Chou, he will be right as soon as he guessed it." Cai Mingjie sat upright and said, "The situation of Samsung is quite complicated now. You know Mr. Li's situation, and Mr. Li is not convenient for him to come forward by himself. Their uncles and brothers are fighting hard. It is said that Mr. Li Zaixian also sent someone to keep an eye on Mr. Li, so his every move was under surveillance. Helplessly, Mr. Li knew about the situation between me and Jay Chou. I originally thought it was inappropriate for me, a villain, but I couldn't find a more suitable candidate for a while. After thinking about it, I would take this opportunity to directly meet Jay Chou. On the one hand, I was entrusted by Mr. Li to build a bridge for you, and on the other hand, I also apologize for the incident that year."
In fact, when he heard that Tsai Ming-yeong visited him, Zhou Liwen guessed a little. Li Zai-chong had a good relationship with Tsai Ming-yeong. It can even be said that Li Zai-chong was kind to Tsai Ming-yeong. You know, MediaTek was so mean to be bankrupt by Zhou Liwen that year that time, Tsai Ming-yeong resurrected his body and started to develop Taiwan Union Technology. On the surface, Taiwan Union Technology is the successor of MediaTek, but in fact, the new Taiwan Union Technology has already damaged its vitality from the perspective of basic and full strength.
At that time, Cai Mingjie could only rely on counterfeit mobile phones to restore vitality and allow Taiwan's United Technologies to have room for development. But don't forget that MediaTek's failure is failure in counterfeit mobile phones. One mistake can make one's wisdom. Cai Mingjie no longer dared to go back and took the initiative to give up the world's largest market, that is, the mainland Chinese market, avoiding Zhou Liwen's edge and moving towards Southeast Asia.
It was precisely this development that led to the recovery of Taiwan-Enterprise Technology and gradually recovering. However, from the rapid development and competition of smartphones later, if Taiwan-Enterprise Technology had only rely on this aspect, it would not have become a large group that Cai Mingjie was determined to build. At that time, there were not many choices for Cai Mingjie. Except for HTCf handing over some of the OEM business to Cai Mingjie, he could hardly find a new way out.
What's more, HTC started out as an OEM factory, and its own OEM factory is much larger than that of Taiwan Union Technology. With HT, Cai Mingjie is just an emergency rescue and is not very beneficial to the development of the company. At this time, the olive branch extended by Samsung Group is an important part of truly making Taiwan Union Technology successful.
Li Zai Chuang is still good for Cai Mingjie. Not only did he hand over Samsung's foundry to Taiwan Liantech, but he also commissioned Taiwan Liantech to produce and develop the latest smartphone chip system. Especially the latter, which has preserved the most essence, that is, the most important department. In addition, the cooperation with Samsung has made its chip system research and development further. Only by accumulating experience, technology and funds can Taiwan Liantech get to this point.
From this point of view, it can even be said that the cooperation between Taiwan United Technology and Apple now would not have been successful without the support of Samsung Group. Therefore, in Cai Mingjie's eyes, Li Zai Chuang was his benefactor. For this reason, Li Zai Chuang decided to play Zhou Liwen and attack Sha Zihao's OEM factory. Although Cai Mingjie no longer wanted to fight with Zhou Liwen for such a thing, he finally agreed to the other party, which led to a series of subsequent events.
Now, Li Zai Cang and his son have lost control of the Samsung Group. In order to regain the Samsung industry, they turned to Cai Mingjie, but Cai Mingjie could not refuse.
What's more, Tsai Mingjie must do this matter regardless of public or private aspects. As for the private side, there is no need to say more. As mentioned earlier, Li Zai Chuang has been kind to him. As for the public, of course, it is a series of measures after Li Zai Xian came to power. Because of the previous cooperation between Taiwan Lianji and Samsung Group, Li Zai Xian has begun to prepare to replace foundry factories and chip system suppliers. If he loses the big customer of Samsung Group, even if there is the current order from Apple, Taiwan Lianji will inevitably suffer huge losses.
It is precisely for this reason that, from the perspective of Cai Mingjie, helping Li Zai Chuang is helping himself. When Li Zai Chuang found him through normal business and then privately entrusted him to help, Cai Mingjie agreed without much consideration.
"So that's how it is." Zhou Liwen nodded with understanding after listening to Cai Mingjie's complaint. No wonder Li Zaichong was almost over after being in Shanghai, and he still didn't give him any reply. After a long time of trouble, the battle within the Samsung Group had reached a point of dire straits. He is really a child of the Li family. The moves taken by both sides are almost the same, but the position of the past is now reversed.
"Li Zaichong and I told me that cooperation requires sincerity. I wonder if Director Cai brought me sincerity today?"
"Please rest assured about this. If Mr. Li didn't make any arrangements, I, a lobbyist, would probably not convince Jay even if I could brag." Cai Mingjie laughed, then picked up the bag he carried with him from the side, and then took out a few copies of information from it and handed it to Zhou Liwen.
"Please look at Jay Chou, this is Mr. Li's sincerity."
Zhou Liwen took the information and was stunned for a moment. He then looked up at Cai Mingjie, asking with confusion. Cai Mingjie didn't say anything, but just nodded slightly at him and signaled him to continue looking down.
Zhou Liwen then continued to look around, and only then did she realize it at the end, and a smile appeared on her face.
"Thank you, Li Zai Chuang, was able to come up with such a trick. With my understanding of him, I'm afraid this is not his style, right?" Zhou Liwen closed the documents in his hand and asked with a smile.
Cai Mingjie showed an expression of appreciation in his eyes, and he nodded and said, "That's right, this was what Mr. Li told me. Mr. Li just did it according to the old man's arrangement."
"No wonder..." Zhou Liwen's answer was affirmed. He felt this feeling after reading it just now. Such a complex method of showing sincerity was absolutely impossible to be figured out by Li Zai Chuang, and only the old fox could think of it.
Then, Zhou Liwen carefully looked at these things again, and felt a little emotional while looking at them. Then he asked: "But Mr. Cai, this arrangement seems to have some losses to your company. Don't you worry that I will go back on my word, and you will be useless with Li Zai Chuang's bamboo basket?"
"Hahaha, if it were someone else, I might be worried, but I would never be worried about you, Jay Chou." Cai Mingjie shook his head and laughed. Who is the person who knows you the most? It is not a friend or a relative, but an enemy of the past. Cai Mingjie was fighting between Zhou Liwen for so many years, and they not only know each other. No matter what, although Zhou Liwen took ruthless actions, it is very good in terms of business reputation. If it weren't for Zhou Liwen's strong support, how could they become the current controllers of Samsung Group?
Although Zhou Liwen is not the kind of person who is easily praised, this sentence can be said from his former opponent, which is the best affirmation for him. Moreover, although the thing that Cai Mingjie entrusted to him was not Li Zai Chuang directly transferred the equity he needed to Zhou Liwen in advance, it was not far from that. And there were some restrictions in it. It can be said that the advance can be attacked and retreated or defended. In addition, Cai Mingjie endorsed by Taiwan Union Technology, which is enough to express the sincerity of their father and son.
Of course, Zhou Liwen is not an unreasonable person, and this request was originally proposed by him. In addition, Li Jae-hyun is now watching Li Jae-chong tightly, so Li Jae-chong cannot directly transfer the equity in their father and son to Zhou Liwen. If this is the case, it will not only fail to achieve the effect, but will actually lead to the failure of Zhou Liwen's plan.
After careful consideration, the old fox is an old fox, and he can actually make a way out of life from a dead end, using this method to achieve his goal. If it were Zhou Liwen himself, he might not have been able to think of this step. Zhou Liwen admired this very much.
"Jay Jay Chou, look..." Seeing Zhou Liwen flipping through the documents and not talking for a long time, Cai Mingjie didn't know if Zhou Liwen accepted this plan. After a while, he broke the peace and asked.
"I personally have no objection." Zhou Liwen said, Cai Mingjie was immediately happy, Zhou Liwen raised her hand and continued: "But this plan is a bit unexpected, and I have to discuss the overall implementation with professionals. Of course, please rest assured, I will reply to you as soon as possible."
"Okay, that's fine." Hearing this, Zhou Liwen did not agree directly, but at least he did not refuse. Moreover, with Cai Mingjie's understanding of Zhou Liwen, he should not miss this opportunity. As for discussing with professionals, this is of course necessary, and if it were Cai Mingjie, he would do the same.
"I will stay in the United States for two more days. If Jay Chou needs more time, please call me this private phone at that time." Cai Mingjie took out a private business card from his pocket, which is the type of business card with only the name and a phone number. This number is used by him privately and he doesn't know except for people who are very close to him.
"OK, I will contact you immediately when there is news." Zhou Liwen took the business card and took a look, then put it in her pocket and nodded with a smile.
Then, Cai Mingjie stood up and said goodbye. Zhou Liwen personally took him out of the office until he watched the elevator go downstairs. Zhou Liwen, who then turned back to the office, picked up the phone and called it to the Legal Affairs Department, Assets Department and Investment Bank respectively, asking the main leaders of these departments to come to the meeting as soon as possible.
Two days later, Zhou Liwen contacted the other party before Cai Mingjie left the United States, and Cai Mingjie rushed over immediately after receiving the call. This time, not only Zhou Liwen, but also his full-time lawyer in the legal department, and even Aaron from the investment bank.
"Mr. Cai, the plan is roughly OK, but the details need to be modified." Seeing Cai Mingjie enter the door, Zhou Liwen invited him to sit down first, and then said directly
"Details are modified? Which ones are specific?" Cai Mingjie asked.
Zhou Liwen pointed to the full-time lawyer and Aaron, first introduced their identities to Cai Mingjie, and then said: "They will tell you about these. If Director Cai thinks it is OK, I will deal with something first."
"Of course, please give me your wish." Cai Mingjie nodded unexpectedly. Then Zhou Liwen walked out of the office directly. He did not deal with anything, but came to another office next to him, drinking coffee and waiting for the result of their conversation.
About half an hour later, the phone on the table suddenly rang. Zhou Liwen answered it, said two short sentences, and hung up the phone. A few minutes later, the full-time lawyer from the Legal Department walked into the office with Aaron, and nodded to Zhou Liwen with a relaxed smile.
"Mr. Cai has left, we send someone to send him out of the company."
"He didn't complain, right?" Zhou Liwen asked with a smile.
"How is that possible? He is a businessman." Aaron replied with a smile.
"Let's talk about the specific situation, let's talk about it from the legal perspective first." Zhou Liwen turned his attention to the full-time lawyer of the Legal Department.
"There is basically no problem with the law. After all, this involves three legal issues in the United States, South Korea and the Taiwan Strait. The previous plan has been adjusted in some conflicts, and the other party has confirmed this." said the full-time lawyer.
Zhou Liwen said with great difficulty, and the result was normal for him, which was expected in advance. Then, Zhou Liwen looked at Aaron, and Aaron shrugged and said, "I only solved half of it. As we discussed, the adjustment of the details of the plan, but Mr. Cai told me that he was not the final decision-making officer, so he had to be authorized on some issues that exceeded the previous boundaries, so..."
"What are the specific ones?" Zhou Liwen interrupted him and asked directly.
Aaron took out a piece of paper with the plan for adjustment of details and made notes later. He marked the questions that needed authorization. Zhou Liwen looked carefully and didn't say anything. This was basically expected before. However, there were some conditions that Cai Mingjie agreed to Li Zai Chronicle, which surprised him. It seems that Li Zai Chronicle had authorized Cai Mingjie in advance. Cai Mingjie was not just a lobbyist or a microphone role, but on the contrary, he also played a big role.
Cai Mingjie has left. If everything goes well, he will contact Li Zai Chuang as soon as possible and convey his requirements in this regard. After all, this is a big deal and it is impossible to be careless. It is not as simple as buying something in the mall. Coordination between the two parties, including bargaining, is also necessary.
Zhou Liwen was not anxious, and he knew that this matter was not urgent. Besides, it was just an unexpected surprise to find Li Zai Chronicle to find his own cooperation. Now Aaron has arranged some of the capital steps. Even without Li Zai Chronicle, Zhou Liwen can spend more time and energy to get what he needs. However, Li Zai Chronicle found himself, so Zhou Liwen can be much easier. Moreover, in Zhou Liwen's opinion, if Li Zai Chronicle stepped down and others might be worse than Li Zai Chronicle's father and son, at least everyone has a foundation for cooperation. From Li Zai Chronicle's current mentality and steady work, at least Zhou Liwen can grasp this guy.
Chapter completed!