Reaching for the stars with one hand

Chapter 162 Choice
After drinking the coffee, the three said goodbye to each other, made an appointment to see each other at the venue, and then went their separate ways.

If Gao Ping and the people from Zhonghe were here, they would understand why Big Dipper had to withdraw from the competition against Mag.Because Chen Xiaoming told Fan Mingxuan that you don't need to acquire any companies, and you don't need to cooperate with anyone. Give me three years, and I will be able to create better, world-class GNSS boards and chips.

Chen Xiaoming's confidence completely ignited Mr. Fan's passion, and he was willing to invite Xiaoming back to China at any cost.At the same time, he gave up on the acquisition of Mag. After all, after the acquisition of Mag, the complete integration of the entire company may take a long time. Instead of this, it is better to start from scratch and develop its own products.

"You see, they are all here for the board. This is the next cusp. Do you still doubt why I came? If there are our Beidou satellites in the sky, but the receivers on the ground are all foreign chips, what do you think we Beidou people Do you still have face?"

Zhang Yong nodded and didn't say much. He stepped on the accelerator tightly and continued to experience the feeling of fast speed. The speed of the car soon approached 200km.

"Boy, don't you have any ideas? Don't pretend to be deep, I don't believe it."

"Brother, I can't think about the future now, and I can't see clearly what's going on right now. It was all just rumors, but now Senior Brother Xiao Ming has straightened it out for me. Mag must have been acquired, and I can be sure it's SKydon. I don't know yet. Should SKydon allow Mag to develop independently, or should it be completely absorbed. I hope to coexist, but it seems difficult now, so it should not exist, and there is no place for me to stay."

"Don't think about it. If you are different types of companies, such as precision agriculture, [-]D, and aerial surveys, they may all coexist. But your Mag is a satellite navigation company. Why does SKydon keep you? It will definitely be fully integrated. The various departments are merged. If you merge, you will cease to exist. Yes, you just said, and you will not exist.  …”

"However, you don't have to worry too much. Bao Buqi will merge you into Skydon and assign you to Young Master Gong, so that your father-in-law will be your boss."

Zhang Yong smiled, "That's right, he's been promoted to chief executive, and I can only be a well-behaved little eunuch."

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Zhang Yong quickly felt the enthusiasm of InterGEO. Although ChinterGEO is just as grand, it is still a grand event in the industry, but InterGEO seems to be able to affect the entire city.

InterGEO posters can be seen in airports, stations, or subways.

As for the subway leading to the venue, every transfer station and the ground of the subway station are painted with directions with the InterGEO logo, which looks more like a grand event in the city.

This is the first time for Zhang Yong to enter the venue of InterGEO. He was deeply shocked and attracted.

Nearly thousands of global exhibitors, tens of thousands of square meters of venues, and more than 20000 exhibitors.Zhang Yong suddenly understood why this exhibition could bring influence to a city. The 60 visitors could not make any waves in any city in China.But in Germany, Stuttgart only has a population of just over [-], and [-] probably increased the city's population by three percent.

He met many big-name manufacturers who had only heard of the names before. In addition to the familiar SKydon, Eka, Kangmu and other traditional surveying and mapping brands, there are also Airbus, Arcgis, Autodesk, IGI, etc. in various related fields such as aerial surveying, remote sensing, [-]D, and cartography. of the best.Every business is here to bring out its best side.There are also countless companies that have released their new products on InterGEO.

In addition to traditional equipment, Zhang Yong also saw countless cutting-edge technologies and products such as drones flying all over the sky, [-]D laser scanners with various distances and different modes.

But what interests Zhang Yong the most are those little-known small companies, which he rarely sees.As soon as the exhibition started, he greeted Mr. Zhao and the others before disappearing among countless small booths of a few square meters in the four exhibition areas.

The biggest difference from ChinterGEO is that the domestic small booths are all small dealers or manufacturers who sell small things.The small exhibitors here are often R&D enterprises.They only have a few people, but they can make a small product by themselves, or a panoramic camera, or a small [-]D modeling system, or a drone flight control. Many small things have very high technical content.

He hardly went to the big booth, because he didn't want to meet too many acquaintances, especially those who didn't want to meet Eka.The more important reason is that he can easily obtain the information of these big companies from various channels, but it is a rare opportunity to look at the products of some small technology companies.

The combination of him, Tang Liwei and Wang Yuexin is not a small research and development unit. He wants to see what a company of this size can do.

He passed Mag's booth and saw some familiar faces from a distance, but he didn't go to say hello.He originally came to participate in the exhibition on vacation, and thought it would be best not to meet each other.

He suspected that Da Se Wa saw him from a distance, but the boss quickly turned his face around and continued to chat and laugh with the people around him.He also hurried away and continued to linger among the small booths.

It was not until the next day that Zhang Yong appeared in Hall C again.

Because of the rapid rise of Chinese manufacturing, Hall C is defined as the China Pavilion by InterGEO, and most Chinese companies arrange it here.In addition to the three Huatai Dongfang Shangda, there is also Zhonghe Beidouxing, as well as all domestic traditional optical instrument manufacturers, SuperMap software, etc.There are also dozens of small manufacturing companies participating in the small booth.

Zhang Yong returned to Mr. Zhao's booth, took the mineral water handed over by the receptionist, and drank half of the bottle in one go. He finally felt tired.

"Where's Mr. Zhao?"

"Over there, are you talking to a foreigner?" The girl pointed to the interior of the booth, a relatively private space.Zhang Yong's saliva stuck in his throat, he was surprised to see that the person who was having a passionate conversation with Mr. Zhao was actually his boss, Xiao Sewa.

He didn't know what the two sides were talking about, so he didn't want to disturb him.He just raised his hand and waved to Xiao Sewa from a distance.Xiao Sewa, who seemed to be concentrating on the conversation, actually saw him and waved her hand from a distance in response.

Seeing this, Mr. Zhao turned his head, saw Zhang Yong, and waved his hand.But neither Master Zhao nor Xiao Sewa seemed to have any intention of inviting him over.Of course Zhang Yong would not interrupt rashly, he waved his hand and said take your time.Then I started to sort out the materials I got from visiting the exhibition that day.There are some doubts in my heart, what are they talking about?It stands to reason that if Xiao Sewa wants to communicate with a Chinese company, he should go through him first.He thought about it, and comforted himself, saying, I'm not on vacation, so the boss can only contact Mr. Zhao directly, which is reasonable.

Fortunately, not long after, he saw the angry maniac and Mr. Peng turning back together.

"You kid, you haven't seen anyone all day, where did you go?"

"Look," Zhang Yong held up the pile of documents, "here, look."

Mr. Peng smiled and said: "You are still the technical leader. Your senior brother and I were talking about you just now. It seems that it is difficult to determine what kind of person you are. You know too much. For the subordinates, there will be problems. A lot of pressure. Of course, there is nothing wrong with it, I admire you very much, you, the brother who scolds you every day, praises you behind your back. But from the perspective of business management, you are really not as good as our boss..." He He also pointed to Master Zhao who was talking with Xiao Sewa behind him.

"Mr. Zhao's characteristic is that he knows everything he should know, and he can do it if he shouldn't know it. He doesn't understand anything. Every time he asks people for advice, he is as sincere as a primary school student. No one knows that he is actually a very good person. Dangerous fellow."

The three laughed, and Zhang Yong raised his thumb, "This evaluation deserves full marks."

A voice said: "When I hear such laughter, it is usually my people who are behind my back and speak ill of me. This time should be no exception."

Master Zhao walked over with a silly smile on his face.

He first said to Zhang Yong: "Your boss is waiting for you, go over and have a chat with him first. I have arranged a private dinner tonight, you come to attend, the time and address will be sent to you later. You know each other My friends, the meeting is too busy, and I have an agency reception dinner tomorrow and I can’t leave, so everyone get together tonight.”

"Okay, thank you Mr. Zhao, I'll be there on time."

Zhang Yong smiled and sat opposite Xiao Sewa, "Boss, how good it is."

Xiao Sewa sighed, "I hope to see you without being here, but I know that I will definitely not get what I want, so I came to see you."

Zhang Yong shook his head, of course he didn't believe that Xiao Sewa came to the Huatai booth for him.

"Did you go to the Mag booth?"

"No, didn't say hello to anyone, but I doubt François saw me."

"It's okay, I didn't see it without saying hello, Francois knows how to deal with it. How are you? What did you gain from the meeting?"

"No substantial gains, but I have learned a lot. Boss, is the acquisition of SKydon confirmed?" Zhang Yong didn't want to continue the pleasantries, so he directly asked the question.

"I can't say anything until all the official news is released. I can only tell you, what you think of is what it is."

"So where does Mag go in the future?"

"It's all SKydon, I mean, if the takeover is real, it's all SKydon, I don't know what's going to happen. But I just want to urge you to accept François as soon as possible , don’t think that maybe the Beijing office will be cancelled, it doesn’t matter whether you take office or not, in fact, it is still very important to you.”

"I will think about it, thank you and Francois. But I am more concerned about what to do with my board? I made it, and I don't want to lose him like this."

"I understand very well, Brother Yong, but unfortunately, it is difficult for you to keep it. I guess Skydon will continue to keep this board, but it will be used in other industries. We have good indicators of speed and acceleration. We can For aerospace. But in the high-precision market, they will only use one product, one model, and now SKydon boards are enough. They can easily get back a quarter of the Chinese market you took away."

"I'm not reconciled." Zhang Yong gritted out a sentence from his heart.He is not reconciled, he has never been so reconciled as now.

He has faced many losses, whether it was the engineering center or the surveying and mapping of Mount Everest, but none of them made him struggle like he does now.In his heart, the Mag board is not only Mag's, but his own.He spent countless efforts and made it together with his Chinese partners.

A quarter of the Chinese market was originally a victory for him.But in the end it was discovered that this victory belonged to the opponent, and all his efforts were meaningless.

"Brother Yong, think about it, this is life." The classic French dialogue was finally applied to Zhang Yong.

"After the merger, will SKydon keep me in charge of all this?"

"Again, Brother Yong, only Skydon can answer this question. But as a rule, Skydon prefers to transfer people from new positions that they are not familiar with. They will give you a new position in other departments, responsible for new business. And through The new environment, to test your ability. To be honest, I am not too worried about you. You can do well in any position. Your ability to survive may be better than most French people. But the premise is, You can only accept SKydon's arrangements, you can't make decisions yourself."

"What will happen to you and François?"

"Thank you, Brother Yong, thank you for caring about our future..."

"Francois should be fine, and SKydon has a very high opinion of him. But Mag will be transformed into a R&D and production unit later, and he may only be responsible for some rear operations, and will no longer manage the global business..."

"As for me, it should be merged into Skydon's sales system. The unions in France are very strong, and the Americans will carefully arrange everyone."

"I guess you must have your own ideas, but it's not convenient to tell me." Zhang Yong showed a teasing smile that I already knew.

Xiao Sewa smiled and said: "It's just your idea. Only when the future really happens, we can know whether everything is true. I am still your boss. After you return to Beijing, you will continue the business of Mag until something really happens. Something has changed. Well, Brother Yong, don’t say much, see you in Marseilles. I’m leaving first, I won’t say hello to George, it’s inconvenient. Take care.”

"Take care, boss, and see you in Marseille."

Zhang Yong returned to the table of Mr. Zhao's group, "hi, Georg, I knew what did you do in last summer. (I know what you did last summer)"

Master Zhao laughed, "I am a clean entrepreneur, Sir."

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The century-old Steak House has a semi-open back kitchen. Diners can clearly see that the chefs are grilling pieces of marinated steaks on the grill with oil.The only light smoke remained in the back kitchen, but the aroma of roast beef wafted out from the back kitchen, permeating every corner of the restaurant.

The smell of barbecue, plus here, neat tablecloths, elegant tableware, expensive red wine, and courteous service.It was a great comfort to people both physically and mentally, that is, Zhang Yong, who was already hungry, looked at the kitchen from time to time with his index finger moving.

Then he simply got up and went to the window closest to the barbecue grill, "Hello, sir, can I take a picture?"

"Of course." After accepting Zhang Yong's request, the bald and bearded chef immediately posed in an exaggerated pose with the barbecue tongs in his hand. Zhang Yong thanked him and took the photo with a smile.

The angry madman here is not happy, "Zhang Yong, come back to me. You have something to do. You are also the head of Mag's China region, and you don't care about steaks. Come here, let's listen to your opinions. "

"Me?" Zhang Yong waved his hand modestly, "These are all bigwigs in the satellite navigation circle. I am a small role, so I just need to study with peace of mind. I don't have any good opinions."

Zhang Yong didn't pretend to be modest, but felt this way from the bottom of his heart.

A line-shaped long table was set up, and sitting on both sides, besides Mr. Zhao and Madman, there were Mr. Peng, Gao Ping from Zhonghe, Fan Mingxuan and Jianhui from Big Dipper Technology, Mr. X Chen Xiaoming, and several people from Huatai. executives.He really felt that compared with these people, he was of no importance, so it would be better to concentrate on the steak.

Gao Ping said: "Don't be humble, people here have good comments on you, but you don't know it. Now, regarding the development of GNSS OEM boards with independent intellectual property rights, Mr. Fan and I have different opinions, and everyone supports them. Or, only you haven’t expressed your opinion yet.”

The debate between Gao Ping and Fan Mingxuan is very interesting, and their attitude towards the acquisition of Mag is almost exactly the same.

Gao Ping believes that acquiring a mature product and gradually assimilating it into its own is the best way for Chinese companies to go.In fact, he has a lot of arguments, but because of Chen Xiaoming's presence, he can't say much.After all, Mr. Fan's views are closely related to Chen Xiaoming's.

“It’s too expensive to acquire a business, and you have to bring in everything from the entire company, whether you like it or not. Then you have to face complex integration work. The culture and values ​​​​of Western employees are very different from ours, and it also involves people from different countries. Laws, these are too difficult. I still think that if we can only rely on the most advanced foreign technology instead of acquiring the entire company, this is the best way. For example,..."

Mr. Fan pointed to Xiao Ming beside him, "Dr. Xiao Ming, one person can be worth thousands of troops. Why should I buy a company at such a high price?"

Gao Ping was thinking that if Xiao Ming was not involved, he would refute Fan Mingxuan's point of view.

Suddenly, a person next to Mr. Zhao interrupted with full confidence: "In addition to the two ways you two said, there may be a third way."

Everyone's eyes were immediately attracted by Mr. Peng, only the madman noticed that Mr. Zhao seemed to frowned slightly.

"The third way is to develop their own GNSS boards entirely by Chinese local companies and local talents without relying on any foreign power."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, but soon saw Mr. Peng's confident eyes.Jianhui said: "Of course this is a good thing, but apart from Mr. Peng, no one in this industry is qualified to say such things. We sincerely admire you and Mr. Zhao."

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It was at this time that Zhang Yong was called back to the table by the madman.

"Zhang Yong, don't think we don't know what you have done. You are now close to a member of the GNSS board. Let us hear your thoughts. It doesn't matter whether you are right or wrong."

"Actually," Zhang Yong showed the same sincere expression as Mr. Zhao, "I really don't have too many ideas. I think the three viewpoints have their own reasons and problems. R&D and manufacturing of OEM boards, It is a system engineering that involves many aspects. Purely local research and development, lack of relevant management experience, and external technical force require a long-term and stable application testing environment. The problem of acquisition is that the cost is too high. I think it is better Low, it’s just our chatting and laughing while eating steak, it doesn’t make much sense. I think it’s better to do it with hindsight, that is, after five years, we will see whoever does it well, then he will naturally do it right .”

"Hey, did I call a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs? The answer was flawless. Really, listening to what you say is like saying the same thing." The serious madman did not intend to let Zhang Yong go like this.

In fact, subconsciously, Madman trusts Zhang Yong more than others, and he really hopes to hear some of his real thoughts.

"There is no conclusion to what you said. Now I will give you a choice. Choose one among Mr. Peng, Mr. Gao, and Mr. Fan. You can only choose one, and you must choose one. Who will you choose? I will give You think for a minute, what time will it start now?"

"If you really have to choose one,..." Zhang Yong's eyes gradually became firmer, he looked up and scanned the crowd, and found that everyone was looking at him seriously, as if his decision really had authority.

Zhang Yong's wandering eyes finally fixed on Gao Ping.

"Then I will choose Mr. Gao to acquire a mature product."

(End of this chapter)