There is a joke asking: What is lacking in the poor's home
Answer: Two things are missing.
That's the difference
This is also missing, that is also missing!
When Qin Hao stood on the top of the Imperial Hotel and looked down, he could clearly feel that this country is really lacking, and that is also lacking.
But while Europe and the United States had already lived a life of great material abundance, the ancient countries of the East were still suffering from a shortage of materials. Whether it is industry or agriculture, the level of technology is far behind the world.
In this case, importing advanced technology and equipment from abroad has become the only option. It also feeds a large number of trading agents who do import and export business.
I have been able to act as an agent for high-tech products these years, and I have had a very good life. The Imperial Hotel where Qin Hao lives is adjacent to the Forbidden City, a five-minute walk to the city, and Wangfujing is within easy reach.
This is the most prosperous area in the capital. But Qin Hao looked at the "yellow bread" running back and forth on the street, still a little ridiculed in his heart.
In the 1990s, developed countries such as Europe, America and Japan have already completed the second industrial revolution with electrification as the standard, and are ready to welcome the wave of the third information revolution.
However, even the electrification in China has not yet been completed. Many domestic companies want to touch the side of informationization, but they have major defects in equipment and manpower.
This defect is a business opportunity for Qin Hao. As a yellow-skinned and white-hearted Chinese American, it doesn't matter if you don't speak Chinese smoothly, as long as you are a comprador you can make money.
China is eager for advanced products from Europe and the United States, especially in terms of electronic technology. The huge gap makes it necessary to import.
Qin Hao can afford to live in the Imperial Hotel and visit Wangfujing. He has several months of paid holidays each year, relying on the large amount of domestic imports of foreign components.
The huge profits of this are too hard to give up, making Qin Hao willing to stay in a country he doesn't like and deal with people he doesn't like. Only because those who paid would treat him as a compatriot.
Damn, the rich are the compatriots.
Standing in front of the windows of high-rise guest rooms, you can see many people wandering outside the Imperial Hotel. In his free time, Qin Hao looked down at them like looking at ants, which seemed quite interesting.
The cringing guys outside the restaurant are Erdao dealers. They specifically look for foreigners who are close to the hotel and try to get some foreign exchange vouchers.
Now the exchange rate of the soft sister currency is falling, and many people are anxious to find a way to exchange foreign currency. They often curse everything in a mean, disgusting and hateful tone, but in a blink of an eye they can flatter any Western face.
"Poor man."
Qin Hao raised his arm and glanced at the time. He wondered why the phone in the guest room hadn't ringed today. Half an hour ago, the front desk on the first floor of the hotel should call him to inform him that there is a visitor. Would you like to receive it
Qin Hao has contacts with several import and export companies beginning with the word "ä¸", and each of them is eager to get a better source of goods from him. What he has to do is to sell some rotten goods at high prices as much as possible.
Of course, both sides must face to face.
The import and export company will thank Qin Hao for his work and even invite him to attend certain celebrations or meetings. His appearance will often make the inviting party feel honored and take away more benefits by the way.
But today, the'Electronic Import and Export Company' with the prefix of'Chinese' has no face, and their representatives did not show up at the appointed time. Qin Hao was already angry and decided to teach the other party a lesson no matter what.
Raise prices, reduce volume, and downgrade.
What Qin Hao had was to rectify the bureaucrats. He knew very well what the bureaucrats were afraid of, as long as a word made the other party unable to deal with each other, it would be enough to cause a turmoil that called for the world.
It was ten o'clock, but no one was seen.
At eleven, the phone still didn't ring, not even a perfunctory sorry.
At twelve o'clock, Qin Hao decided to go to the western restaurant of the hotel for lunch. He took his mobile phone, but made up his mind not to answer no matter who called.
But at two o'clock in the afternoon for lunch, the steak in front of Qin Hao was completely cool, and he himself was filled with coffee. But no one called him.
"Damn it, the bureaucrats who run the import and export are not like this? I agree to meet, and they all have to be grateful. Could it be that they had a car accident on their way?"
Qin Hao almost thought whether his mobile phone was broken. You can just dial a number to the front desk of the hotel to confirm that the phone number is good, but no one is looking for him.
Do you want Qin Hao to call by himself
No, this can't be done.
Qin Hao is the business representative of ADI in the United States. As a semiconductor company founded in 65 years, ADI has a world-class leading position in the field of analog-to-digital conversion components.
This Massachusetts-based company is almost synonymous with "top class" in the industry. Its customers cover all semiconductor manufacturers. Because as long as it is in the field of electronic technology, it is indispensable to use ADI products.
In this regard, the current domestic technology and products are simply not worth mentioning.
Qin Hao is not only ADI's business representative, he also acts as an agent for a lot of Texas Instruments products. This is also a semiconductor manufacturer with a dominant position in the industry.
Where is the overlord of'Deyi'? Few of its contemporaries are still alive.
In the eyes of Yankees, China now is like the third brother in the eyes of the Chinese 30 years later. Backward, ignorant, and a bit mysterious.
Ordinary Yankees don't want to come to work in China, so banana people like Qin Hao are sent over. Qin Hao constantly complained to the headquarters about the backwardness of the imperial capital, even if he lived here like an emperor.
So Qin Hao decided to stay calm and never call the fat sheep he wanted to slaughter easily. This momentum must not be weak.
But there was still no call in the afternoon, which was so disappointing.
It's as if you were back in the market yesterday, but the next day it will be pretty good. Qin Hao realized that something was wrong, he started calling to find friends he could contact, trying to inquire.
The call was first made to the trading agents of other foreign semiconductor companies in Imperial Capital. Some people are surprised, some people ask, and some people think it's normal.
Could it be that he didn't hold his breath and was too suspicious
Qin Hao stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the guest room, pacing back and forth, time slowly moving towards the night. He stayed in the room all day, didn't go to the gym, didn't go to the swimming pool, and didn't go to the bar street in Sanlitun to find women.
An ominous premonition hangs over my heart.
There are some rumors among the trading agents who live in the imperial capital—whenever the import and export bureaucrats who are welcoming and sending in the country on weekdays no longer contact you enthusiastically, it often means that they have made some technological breakthroughs.
Whenever these breakthroughs are confirmed, it means that foreign manufacturers have to lose some profits.
However, the current domestic technology level is lagging behind, especially the large-scale gaps in the basic fields, which leads to a breakthrough at a certain point without much impact.
Moreover, the development of foreign countries is advancing by leaps and bounds.
Qin Hao muttered in his heart, "I sell all the analog-to-digital conversion chips necessary for the semiconductor industry, or the most cutting-edge high-speed broadband type, and the industry has no rivals at all.
Even if the technological breakthrough is not so fast! There is always something to be said about scientific matters. "
At night, the call finally came.
The mouth was an anxious and hurried voice, and someone asked: "Anderson, are your customers in good condition?"
'Anderson' is Qin Hao's name, and he likes to be called that.
The person who called was a German who mainly sold high-end machine tools to the country. Qin Hao and each other met on the bar street, and Hu Peng and Gouyou swept Sanlitun together.
"What's the matter?" Qin Hao's heart was stunned.
"It's over, my orders are all over. The Machinery Import and Export Corporation has returned all my tool orders, even if I say a price reduction, they will not accept it.
do you know? This is terrible, it is terrible. I have never seen that group of Chinese people so decisive, they have never been like this in the past.
I asked all the friends I could contact, but no one could tell me the answer. I have no idea about this.
do you know? I love China, the life in the imperial capital, and the girls here. But all this requires an order. "
The German spoke very quickly and spoke quickly, as if a basin of cold water poured on Qin Hao's head, chilling. Suddenly, he also loved the money of this country even more.