Reaching for the stars with one hand

Chapter 147 Legal Business
Zhang Yong returned to Beijing, and the OEM transformation has come to an end for the time being, everyone can breathe a sigh of relief.

He slept almost the whole weekend, and he could have slept better if Michelin hadn't ignored his family's advice and crawled up to him again and again to wake him up.But this unnatural awakening is also blissful.

He needs to take a good rest, the success of the board transformation is just the beginning, the struggle between him and Da Sewa has just begun.The boards and chips sent to France are his one trick. He is confident that everything will develop according to his ideas, but he is not confident enough not to worry that this move will be self-defeating.

Huatai's test went very smoothly, and Mr. Peng's efficiency was almost comparable to that of Zhang Yong's Kunshan team.He hardly did independent board testing, and directly began to integrate it in the Huatai receiver.He believed that since Zhang Yong dared to take out this board, its basic functions must be fine. Instead of wasting time on board testing, it is better to integrate it into the receiver and conduct receiver testing directly.

"The performance is similar to Jieke board, but the original data quality is better. The dynamic initialization time is similar to Jieke, but the positioning ability in difficult environments is obviously stronger than Jieke. The hardware of Jieke is perfect, but the algorithm engine is not top-notch. For example, although Eka is also using the Jieke board, the performance of the Eka receiver is better than that of the domestic manufacturers that also use Jieke, because Eka has its own GNSS engine. After the Mag board is integrated, part of the performance of the receiver can be improved It reaches the level of Eka. We are sure that this is another GNSS board that we can use besides Jieke, and the performance after practical use is likely to be better than Jieke’s.”

This is the evaluation given by Peng's team after the test.Finally, Mr. Peng came to Mr. Zhao's office: "If the price of this board is right, I suggest you place an order with Zhang Yong as soon as possible. Our board development plan can be postponed, because this board can temporarily solve our problems. However, this is not the case. It means that we have to give up the research and development of our own board. No matter how good the relationship between Zhang Yong and us is, we are not a family. Once this board is also adopted by Dongfang, we will return to the same starting line. I hope that his board can make We're ahead of the competition in a year or two."

Master Zhao nodded, "If we have the accumulation of the past two years, it may be the best time to make our own board."

Mr. Peng returned to his office. Mr. Zhao frowned slightly. He didn't tell Mr. Peng about some things. His subordinates told him that Zhang Yong didn't accept Huatai's first order of 500 pieces. He didn't explain the reason, but just waited. wait.

"Is there any other problem? We are very satisfied with the whole test result." He decided to call Zhang Yong himself.

"Congratulations, Zhang Yong, you have accomplished another impossible thing."

"Thank you. Your people told me the test results. Thank you very much. Your test data is more important than ours. After integrating the receiver, the test results are the most important. Only after I get this result can I confirm it. The board is officially complete.”

"You're welcome. Just to ask you, why didn't you accept our order? We get the goods from Big Dipper, and the billing period is three months. But I know, this board should cost you a lot of savings, right? Running out of food? I will pay you 50.00% in advance, and the other half will be paid in two months. Are you not satisfied with this condition? This is my great sincerity."

"No, I am very satisfied with this condition. You also gave me a year-round order plan, and I am also very satisfied."

"Then why are you still hesitating?" Master Zhao's tone gradually became serious, "If you want to talk to Dongfang and Shangda to get a better price, I advise you to be careful, doing so is like playing with fire. It may not be a good idea. The price objection, why don't we talk directly, aren't we friends?"

"Boss, you think too much. At least for a year, I will not cooperate with any company except Huatai. This is to protect each other, and I still understand the truth. After one year, I will see the market situation. I guess we still cooperate exclusively. If there is a manufacturer using Mag boards in the market, it must be Huatai Beidou.”

"Then why are you hesitating? You have spent so much hard work, manpower and material resources, why don't you continue quickly when you have achieved results?"

"First, there is a problem with our production capacity. I need to confirm the delivery date before I dare accept your advance payment. Although, as you said, I have already run out of ammunition and food, and I am waiting for the rice to cook. But I dare not take Your rice, but not your goods."

Mr. Zhao nodded on the other end of the phone, "Yes, this is your style. You still have a second?"

"I need a few days to solve the legality of this board. Huatai Beidou is a top Chinese manufacturing company that will be listed in the future. I don't want to get you into any legal problems."

Master Zhao became more and more serious, "Thank you for thinking for us. Then I will wait for your news, and I will ask one more question, how sure are you to solve this legal issue?"

"I can definitely solve it, it just takes a few days."

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Fang Shu received an urgent call from Da Se Wa, asking her to come to the Mag headquarters in Nantes.

Fang Shu couldn't refuse, after all, she was still the nominal chief representative of Mag's Beijing representative office.

"What's the matter, so urgent? Did you notify Yong? Or..." She suddenly thought of a possibility, "Did Yong get into trouble?"

"It's not convenient to say on the phone, please come by the earliest train tomorrow, and Francois will pick you up at the station."

Fang Shu hung up the phone suspiciously, and suppressed the urge to call Zhang Yong to find out what happened.Since Da Sewa is so nervous, it is better to be careful and contact Zhang Yong after communicating with Mag.

She secretly said, Zhang Yong, please don't get yourself into trouble.She suddenly thought of Jiang Xiaosu, Xiaosu would not make Da Sewa so nervous.A trouble-solver is usually a trouble-maker himself.

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Oliver's test is much faster than Mr. Peng's, which is Mag's own thing.But he found that the board had been re-encoded. Except for the normal input and output commands, other advanced functions could only be operated through the software sent by Zhang Yong.

Instead of feeling unhappy, he snickered, "Brother Yong, Francois underestimated you. You are smarter than we all imagined."

He and Xiao Sewa reported to Da Sewa together.

"The board is very good, François, this is a board that Mag can sell right now. Congratulations, what you asked Yong to do, he not only did it, but he did it more than you can imagine, than Better than you expected."

Da Se Wa had a weird expression on her face, she couldn't tell whether it was happiness or disappointment.

"so, which chip?"

"Whether it's the chip on the board or the independent chip, they are all Aimel's genuine chips, and all of them are Mag's original programs. But..." He looked into Da Sewa's eyes.

"Neither of these two chips was purchased by Mag, and they don't belong to us at all. We have no way of knowing where this chip came from, and we don't know how to burn the Mag program. It seems that there is only one possibility, that is, Aimel burned it. Our programs were then sold to other companies."

Da Sewa and Xiao Sewa shook their heads at the same time, they knew that this situation was impossible.

"Have you contacted Emel?"

"Yes. They confirmed that this is the chip they officially sell, but refused to disclose the user's information, this is their rule. They said that everything is legal and reasonable records, and they can provide evidence if judicial intervention is required. At the same time Said that these chips were not programmed with Mag’s program, and they don’t know what happened now. It sounds like they are more nervous than us, and told us that if we find someone who programmed this chip, we must notify them.”

"How did you answer them? Didn't you mention China?"

"No, just tell them our people stumbled upon it in an electronics market in a third world country."

"Well," Da Sewa nodded, "well done."

"By the way, although Aimel did not disclose user information, he did say that these chips should be in the United States at present."

"America?" Da Sewa looked serious, "Why is it so complicated?"

"I don't think it's complicated," Oliver said, "Americans don't do this kind of thing, and it's very difficult to do it. We can guess that this thing was done by Zhang Yong. Francois, what do you say He thinks he's superhuman, or you're right about that."

"I hate Superman," Da Sewa said angrily, and then turned to Xiao Sewa, "Brother Yong, do you have any explanation for this?"

"Yes. What he said was the same as what Oliver said to Aimel. He said that he accidentally bought Aimel's chip in the electronic market. It was very cheap, and the other party sold it as electronic waste. After leaving, he couldn't find the other person. But when he went back to test, he was surprised to find that there was actually Mag's GNSS program in it. They completed the transformation and testing of the board with these two chips. He was very grateful for selling him this It saved him a lot of time. But he felt that this matter was very dangerous, and Mag’s chip was actually decrypted, so he sent it to us immediately to remind us to pay attention. And wait for our decision.”

"What about the one hundred boards you asked him to prepare?"

"He said that because of this chip, his test has been done. So the [-]-piece sample is not important anymore, and he is waiting for our decision on how to proceed to the next step."

Da Sewa gritted her teeth, "Bought it as electronic waste? How did he come up with such a naive lie? Who of us would believe him?"

Xiao Sewa said: "If a lie is necessary at this time, do you think there is a better one?"

There was a brief silence in the room.

"How did he get this done?" Da Sewa finally asked.

"It doesn't matter anymore," said Xiao Sewa. "He won't tell us, and he won't admit that he did it. Just tell us one thing, and he can do it without any help from us." .The focus now is, what's the next step?"

"I made an appointment with Celina, and I will discuss with her tomorrow morning how to deal with this situation."

"Okay, Celina should be responsible for this matter." Xiao Sewa nodded.

Oliver said: "How you decide has nothing to do with me. But I want to say that this is a board with excellent design, processing, and performance. It is exactly what I have been looking forward to and wanting for a long time. A product. No matter what you decide, I want this board to be in the Mag product list. It would be a huge loss for us to abandon this board for other reasons."

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Fang Shu got off the train and got into Xiao Sewa's car.

"What is such a serious problem? Francois refused to talk on the phone. What trouble did Zhang Yong cause?"

"Of course it is him. But you don't have to worry about him, because this trouble is too great, so Francois dare not deal with him, I am afraid that he will be rewarded. Haha..." Xiao Sewa actually laughed.

"Francois refuses to talk to you on the phone, because the trouble of this matter is likely to be his. In fact, you can understand in one sentence. Brother Yong copied Aimel's chip, and he can get rid of Mag and make GNSS by himself But Francois must not dare to hold him accountable in the end, because he arranged for Brother Yong to do this. Although there is no official document, Oliver and I know it. By the way, you too knew.……"

"Brother Yong is very smart. The whole world knows that he did this, but he doesn't admit it. And François doesn't want him to admit it. If someone from Mag cracked the Aimel chip, I'm afraid everyone will complain about it." François is holding him accountable. So the best thing he can do is to hide it from Aimel and TS people. Now, you should know what his problem is, and he urgently needs to discuss it with you thing."

Fang Shu pursed her lips and smiled slightly. Zhang Yong, a smart guy, would provoke the biggest trouble if he caused trouble, and dragged Francois into the water together.

"I know. Since this matter cannot be made public, he can only support Yong to continue. But there is a huge risk in it. If Yong does not cooperate, he is doing his own business in China, and Mag can't control him at all now. Moreover, Francois dare not pursue the responsibility, because if the problem is solved by legal means, all the information is provided by Mag, and TS will definitely make him responsible. This does not require evidence, and he can't hide it at all. Now he, In Chinese, it’s called riding a tiger. He can’t terminate Yong’s project. Supporting him continues to be very risky, and there are still many processes to be resolved. If Yong is held accountable, he will be responsible. These things are too sensitive, so he even Don’t dare to tell me on the phone. Am I right?”

Xiao Sewa smiled and said: "Of course you are right, but I heard your tone, how happy you are, seems to be a bit gloating. Even if you have returned to TS, you should not see Mag getting into trouble. Happy."

"Haha, I don't have it." Fang Shu laughed.

"I just feel that there seems to be no smarter CEO than Francois in the world. Everything is under his control, and even Xiaowei can't take advantage of him. He didn't pay a penny, so he let Yong gambled everything and did this for him. Isn't it funny that such a powerful person was tricked by a fool like Zhang Yong? Haha," she couldn't help laughing again.

"Francois, you should know that I am Chinese. I am proud of Zhang Yong, he defeated a top manager."

Xiao Sewa also laughed, "Francois is too powerful, so seeing him suffer, in fact, I am a little bit private, happy, hahaha..."

Both laughed.

"But Zhang Yong is not a fool, a fool can't do such a thing."

"It's true that he's not stupid, but a man too smart can't do such a thing."

"What are you going to do?"

"I am the boss of the Beijing office. Of course I want to help my employees. I will persuade Francois to continue and turn all bad things into good ones."

"Actually, I am also a little worried about Brother Yong. It is a good thing that he got rid of Francois' control, but he got rid of it too thoroughly, which can be our trouble. If he privately produces boards and sells them in the market, we will almost It's impossible to find out. Why can't he be tempted by such a lucrative business?"

"You and François are thinking too much. You don't know him at all. Have you thought about it? If he really wants to do it, why should he inform you? To get himself into trouble?"

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Zhang Yong received a call from a French number.He smiled. Although he didn't know who it was, he knew that it must be related to that incident.

"Zhang Yong, your ability is getting better and better." A beautiful female voice.

"Boss Fang, why are you?"

"You've caused too much trouble, so I have to come forward. How are you now?"

"I'm fine, but not that great, and I guess you know why."

"I'm going to have a meeting with Francois to discuss your affairs. I want to ask you first, what do you want?"

"I have everything I need, and I don't need Francois' support for other things. So I just want to do one thing."

"what's up?"

"I am still young, and my child has just been born. My career path is still long in the future. I don't want to do anything illegal, and I don't want to give my career a bad record. China's satellite navigation manufacturing industry has just started, and I Don't want knockoff GNSS receivers on our land. So I want a legal business, make sure every board, every chip, is completely legal. I guess it's in Mag's interest too. I did give Some pressure from Francois is just because the French think that they value the process far more than the result, and it is impossible to guarantee the promotion of our business in China. I want to change some things through these pressures. But change in a reasonable direction, not change in an illegal direction."

"Well said, Zhang Yong, I read you right, wait for my news."

(End of this chapter)