Jiang Chen gently pushed the document in front of Pritzker.
Pritzker leaned forward and glanced at the document. When he saw the long list of names, his eyebrows twitched slightly and he said in a nonchalant tone.
"These companies … are you going to buy them all?"
"Of course not. Even with Future Group's financial resources, it is impossible to buy all the companies on this document." Jiang Chen waved his hand and then said, "We only have this intention. But you know, where you do business, you have to abide by the rules of the game. "
"Rules of the game? That's the business of the Foreign Investment Committee. The Ministry of Commerce can't control that far. "Pritzker shook his head.
"Mr. Pritzker, let's not beat around the bush. That will only waste time for both of us. You invited us here definitely not just to let Future Group go through the motions and read a few hours of opening remarks for closer cooperation with Silicon Valley, right? " Jiang Chen spread his hands and then gently tapped on the document on the table. "My sincerity is already on the table, and I hope to see your sincerity."
Although the Foreign Investment Committee involved eight administrative departments and seven Capitol agencies, if there was a disagreement, it would ultimately require the president to personally arbitrate. But as long as it did not involve the UA's defense production capacity, the resale of military technology to specific countries, and whether it would affect the UA's technological leadership in the field of national security, the final decision was only made by the Ministry of Commerce.
Jiang Chen, who had done his homework in advance, was keenly aware that Pritzker was avoiding this topic.
This also showed that the Ministry of Commerce had plans to intervene.
His fingers gently tapped on the armrest of the chair. Pritzker did not give an answer, and silence continued between the two for a while. Jiang Chen was not in a hurry. He had the whole morning to solve this problem.
The young assistant brought coffee to the two. Jiang Chen gently touched the cup with his finger and tested the temperature.
Just then, Pritzker finally spoke and said softly.
"The Capitol is happy to see your company and Silicon Valley companies cooperate in technology, but for your company's behavior of turning your country's high-tech companies into your own company … With all due respect, no matter who is the president, I'm afraid they won't think this is a good thing."
Jiang Chen was not surprised when he heard Pritzker's statement.
Rather, it could be said that it was already a great achievement for the cunning Minister of Commerce to put the problem on the table and not continue to talk about it.
As long as they were willing to talk, it meant that there was still a possibility for both sides to reach an agreement.
Jiang Chen smiled and pushed the chips on his side to the negotiation table.
"As you know, there are not only 1000 + American companies participating in the Summit, but there are also 500 + Chinese companies."
"Of course, the Silicon Valley Summit is aimed at North America and Asia." Pritzker nodded.
"Then you should also know that I don't have the habit of returning empty-handed." Jiang Chen also smiled, raised three fingers, and said, "I'll just say it. Future Group's future development direction is graphene, smart medicine, and cloud technology. If we reach a deadlock in the North American market, we will shift our focus to Asian countries that are more willing to cooperate with us. "
Pritzker's eyes moved slightly. Although it was subtle, Jiang Chen, whose senses were far superior to ordinary people, still keenly captured this small movement.
Leaving graphene and cloud technology aside, smart medicine was crucial to the federal government.
Since the Obama era, the Democratic Party has been actively promoting health care reform to improve the domestic health care situation. However, unfortunately, during his administration, Comrade Guanhai encountered the largest fiscal deficit in UA history, accounting for more than 12% of UA GDP. It was the highest ratio of fiscal deficit to economic total since World War II, and there was no money to promote health care reform.
Moreover, reforming the health care system has always been one of the most divisive issues between the Democratic Party and the Republic Party. The two parties' opinions on the causes and solutions of the sharp increase in domestic health care costs were clearly divided.
The success of the Beta-4 medical drone in Penglai attracted the attention of all countries. At this Summit, many companies in the United States also had the idea of introducing this advanced medical drone.
For the Capital, although Beta-4 did not help to alleviate the high domestic drug prices in the world, it could effectively reduce the cost of medical treatment for UA people. If this convenient and efficient drone was introduced into clinics, it would be as easy for UA people to see a doctor as calling the police. They only needed to make a phone call to summon the Beta-4 drone deployed in the community clinic to their home.
For companies, the cost of purchasing drones was significantly lower than paying salaries for redundant doctors. For the federal government, it could save a large amount of financial subsidies for medical treatment each year.
Although it would certainly be protested by the American Medical Association (doctors' union), it would definitely be welcomed by all "UA people troubled by the difficulty of seeing a doctor".
"It's no problem for you to sell drones. The UA is a free market. As long as your products are safe, we won't set too many obstacles for you like some countries," Pritzker said. "The same is true for graphene and cloud technology. But I don't understand, what does this have to do with your acquisition plan? "
Of course, it was for pricing power, as well as the sales resources of those companies, and some of the technologies they were interested in.
For example, if Future Group wanted to sell the Beta-4 drone to major private hospitals, it was impossible to recruit and send salesmen from Future Heavy Industries to knock on the door one by one to negotiate. This was not only inefficient, but the promotion speed was also quite slow.
As for expecting companies to come to buy it themselves, it would be even less efficient. After all, not all companies were willing to take the risk to change their existing business model. It was just like the reason that although graphene materials were excellent in all aspects, most companies still produced silicon-based electronic devices. Even if Intel bought the patent license from Jiang Chen, it did not completely stop the research and development of higher-performance silicon-based chips.
When Watt invented the steam engine, it did not mean that the textile mills of Great Britain changed equipment overnight. Even in the later stages of the Industrial Revolution, no one dared to say that the penetration rate of the steam engine had reached 100%.
First wait and see. If the effect was good, then slowly adjust. This was the safest approach.
In addition, the Beta-4 was different from the banned Hummingbird drone. It was completely developed by scientists in the modern world, and its technology content was at the most advanced. If other companies copied similar products during this period, even if the effect did not reach the level of the Beta-4, as long as the sales were good and the price was low, they could still take a lot of market share from Future Heavy Industries.
Only by occupying the high ground of the market in the shortest time could the profit be maximized!
Either seek partners or acquire directly!
Future Group had the capital, and in order to control the pricing power, Jiang Chen would certainly choose the latter.
From the perspective of the Beta-4 drone alone, if Future Group could acquire a pharmaceutical company and use its own cooperative relationship with major hospitals, as well as its experience in the pharmaceutical and medical equipment industry to promote the Beta-4 drone, it would definitely be much easier than Future Group forming a new subsidiary to take charge of it from beginning to end.
The same was true for graphene and cloud technology.
It was precisely because of this that negotiations between Jiang Chen and the UA Department of Commerce were at an impasse.
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