Rebirth starts from e-commerce

Chapter 394 We Didn't Lose 60 Years ago

After returning from a yacht vacation, Luo Xiu's US visa was also issued.

Next, he will fly to the United States to discuss Uber's investment.

Before leaving, the future father-in-law rarely called him over.

In the past, Guan Wenyan never cared much about his business decisions. I don't know why he cared so much this time.

An old fox like him will not just look for trouble, there must be important things to tell.

Luo Xiu didn't speculate too much, and sat quietly on the mahogany chair in the future father-in-law's office.

In front of him is a tea table carved out of a single piece of wood with curved water flowing cups.

There are rockery and green plants on the desktop.

Water gushes out from the rockery, forming a small river that circles around the tabletop.

There are also several small fishes of different colors swimming happily in the small river.

White smoke shrouded it, making the whole tea table look like a fairyland.

"Drink tea."

Guan Wenyan personally poured a cup of tea for his future son-in-law.

For him, a series of processes such as boiling water and making tea are a process of healing the body and mind, and he usually does it himself.

"Thank you uncle!"

Luo Xiu tapped the table twice with his right hand to express his gratitude.

"I have never interfered with your business before. I even hoped that you could fail once. It may not be a bad thing for young people to accumulate some failure experience. It's just that you are like a god, and you can do things successfully every time."

Luo Xiu thought: Then I can thank you!

But he humbly said: "I was just lucky."

Guan Wenyan continued: "I'm not worried about your failure in your domestic business before, because no matter how you fail, I can help you out. But this time you are going to invest in the United States. If something happens there, I can't save you."

Luo Xiu smiled and said, "It's also a free market over there, so I'll lose some money at worst."

"It doesn't matter if you lose money, I'm afraid you earn too much from them!"

Guan Wenyan took a sip of tea and continued, "It's a free market, so it's also freedom for yourself. It's not freedom for outsiders."

"Uncle, what are you worried about?"

"Do you know Toshiba in Japan?"

Luo Xiu nodded, "I know, it used to be a very powerful Japanese company."

"Japanese chips used to dominate the world. At the peak, they accounted for nearly 80% of the world's DRAM share. Now it has dropped to almost zero. Do you know the reason?"

"Because the United States suppressed it."

Luo Xiu still has some understanding of this period of history.

In the early 80s, Japanese semiconductor companies ushered in a bright moment.Technology companies such as Intel and AMD in Silicon Valley are being chased by Japanese companies in the field of semiconductor storage.

At this time, it was the golden age of rapid economic development in Japan, surpassing the United States in both the field of semiconductors and the field of intelligent machinery.

Japan accounts for half of the world's top ten semiconductor companies, and Toshiba is the most powerful one.

Until 1987, the United States could no longer tolerate the rise of Japanese technology companies and began to conspire against these technology companies.

Under the persecution of the United States, two Toshiba executives were arrested on the grounds that they exported high-tech products such as large milling machines to the former Soviet Union.

After a series of measures, this company, which has been established for more than 100 years, quickly declined.

The Toshiba incident not only changed the fate of the company, but also brought the golden age of the Japanese economy to an end.

In the following 30 years, the Japanese economy almost stagnated, which is called: the lost 30 years.

Of course, there is more than one reason for the stagnation of the Japanese economy.

Whether it is the "Plaza Accord" jointly signed by the five countries of the United States, Britain, Germany, France, and Japan, or the subsequent real estate bubble...all of these are the reasons for this.

In fact, Luo Xiu also knows that Alstom, known as the "Pearl of Industry" in France, is a French national treasure company and will be sanctioned by the US Department of Justice next year, that is, in 2013.

The justification for the sanctions is ridiculous.

A French company participated in the bidding of a boiler project in Indonesia and found a middleman to bribe the Indonesian side.

Then the global head of the boiler department was arrested by the United States.

The French company did business with an Indonesian company and was fined US$7.7 million by the United States.

It's that ridiculous.

The French government handled this matter, just like they did in World War II, and quickly announced their surrender.

In the end, Alstom was acquired by General Electric at a low price.

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Luo Xiu thought for a while and said seriously: "Uncle, are you afraid that I will make too much money from the Americans and end up like Toshiba in the end?"

"I have a list of the top [-] Internet companies in the world. Which countries do you see?"

Luo Xiu didn't need to look, and replied directly: "We have three companies, namely Penguin, Alibaba, and Baidu. The others are all American companies, and there is no third country."

It is almost a consensus that there are only two Internets in the world, China and the United States.

Guan Wenyan continued to ask: "Do you know why Japan can't produce big Internet companies? Is their technology not good enough?"

Luo Xiu thought for a while and replied, "Maybe it's a problem with the population base!"

"The whole of Europe is big enough, Ah San has enough people, and Ah San has enough IT talents, they can't leave."

"Because the internet is a winner-takes-all game, they're always a step behind the United States."

"So we don't need to go out and confront them head-on!"

Guan Wenyan went on to say: "Our domestic market is already big enough, so we don't have to go out. You see, Ali and the others have already grown so big, and they have no plans to go out. Why can you win against them abroad?"

He wanted to persuade Luo Xiu to stay in the country and only do the domestic market.

"How do you know if you don't try? What if I can win?"

After Luo Xiu finished speaking, the tea room fell silent.

Both of them stopped talking, and the only sound in the room was the rush of running water on the tea table.

The few small fish seemed to feel the oppression of the atmosphere and stopped swimming.

After a while, Guan Wenyan sighed, "You have created so many miracles at such a young age, I'm not afraid that you won't win, but I'm afraid that you really accidentally won them."

"Afraid that I will win them?" Luo Xiu thought he heard it wrong.

"Yes, if you beat them in this winner-takes-all game, have you thought about the consequences? They may tear up the rules of the game and use the same methods against you as they did against Toshiba. You think you are alone Can man stand against them?"

Guan Wenyan's expression became severe.

It can be seen that he sincerely regards Luo Xiu as one of his own, otherwise he would not speak so much truth.

"I am not alone. There is also a country behind me. Our country is not stationed by them. If they want to tear up the rules of the game, then we will play with them with new rules."

Luo Xiu said loudly:

"We didn't lose to them 60 years ago, what are we afraid of now?"

(End of this chapter)