In early November 1996, as the chairman of the Motorola Group, one of the world's top 500 companies, Christopher Galvin, set foot in Hua Xia for the first time in his life.
If it were any other day, a big shot like the chairman of the Motorola Group would come to Hua Xia, there would definitely be a lot of media coverage. At the same time, Christopher would also be invited by the big shots in China to visit their cities.
It couldn't be helped. Investment promotion had become the most popular term in Hua Xia. All the big shots spared no effort to promote the development of their cities.
Don't get me wrong. The author isn't trying to be sarcastic here. On the contrary, this was the most important moment for the development of the entire Hua Xia. If these big shots didn't lower themselves to attract investment, Hua Xia wouldn't have had 20 years of rapid development. For Hua Xia, this was the right thing to do.
However, this time, Christopher Galvin's arrival was very low-key, so low-key that he didn't even bring anyone. He sneaked into Hua Xia alone. It was no wonder that no one in Hua Xia knew about this big shot's arrival.
It couldn't be helped. Christopher wasn't here to invest. He was here to weed someone else's yard. The fewer people who knew about this, the better. Not only the people in Hua Xia couldn't know about it, but no one in Motorola could know about it. They couldn't even see it. Otherwise, how could Christopher raise his head in the company?
Yes, that's right. In November, this bet in front of the world's audience had come to an end.
The Daqian 2 mobile phone sold 3.6 million units in three months, leading the competition and becoming the craziest mobile phone sales among the three companies.
The second was the Nokia 8110, which sold 1.8 million units, which was only half of the Daqian 2. This number was really pitiful.
But Motorola was even more pitiful. The Motorola STARTAC, which was supposed to be the champion, only sold 1.2 million units in the end, which was 600,000 units less than the Nokia 8110.
All the sales data were compiled and released by the World Mobile Telecommunications Federation. In addition, the three companies were eyeing each other covetously, so there was no falsification in the data. The mobile phones had indeed been sold.
As the CEO of Motorola, who was ranked last in terms of sales, he naturally had to follow the agreement and get rid of our Boss Jia.
However, Kristoff, who had arrived in Hua Xia, did not immediately go to Jia Yapeng to get rid of him. Instead, he decided to observe Hua Xia and see what kind of state this country, which had nurtured a terrifying opponent like the Daqian, was in.
In the end, he was shocked when he saw it.
At this time, Hua Xia was still far from the United States. The pedestrians on the streets were also very plain. Even in a first-tier city like Shanghai, there were not many cars on the streets. Even if it was a red light, there would not be more than 20 cars waiting. All of this showed that Hua Xia was still a poor country.
But unlike other poor countries that Kristoff had seen, the faces of the poor Hua Xia people had a completely different atmosphere.
Everyone on the street walked quickly. Everyone's face was almost full of busyness. There were various stalls and hawkers on both sides of the street, but at the same time, on both sides of the street, various high-rise buildings rose up.
All of this seemed a bit disharmonious, but it was full of power.
"Is this the speed of Hua Xia?" Kristoff lowered his head and whispered to himself.
At this time, the saying of Hua Xia's speed was very popular within Hua Xia. It also had a small reputation internationally. The most famous one was the masterpiece of a high-rise building in Shenzhen in three months.
But Kristoff himself didn't believe it. Until he saw the appearance of Hua Xia's city with his own eyes, he suddenly felt that he seemed to be wrong. He had always been wrong about Hua Xia, and it was precisely because of his shallow and mistakes that Motorola and he paid the corresponding price.
Just as Kristoff lowered his head and thought, he suddenly found that the people around him were looking at him and pointing at him. This made Kristoff's face turn red. He thought that someone recognized his identity and quickly fled. He didn't know that this was just the curiosity of Hua Xia people towards a blonde foreigner.
“Hello，canIhelpyou?” Suddenly, a young man who seemed to be a student took the initiative to walk in front of Kristoff and said in English with a strange accent.
“yeah！” Kristoff said quickly. To save his face, he rejected all the entourage, even the translator.
As a result, when he arrived at Hua Xia and left the station, facing the world of Chinese everywhere, Kristoff was a little confused. He was planning to find an English translator to help him, but he didn't expect someone to come knocking on his door.
In fact, this young man's English wasn't very good. There were many spoken mistakes, but fortunately, he could understand the words, so the two could still communicate. With the help of this young man, Kristoff finally found a temporary hotel to stay in.
"Excuse me, are you a translator? Or a tour guide? "Kristoff asked curiously.
"No, I'm just a high school student!" The young man laughed.
"Then why did you take the initiative to talk to me and even help me?" Kristoff asked, puzzled.
"That … I just want to practice my spoken English!" The young man said with some embarrassment, "Our teacher said that in the future, if Hua Xia wants to develop, it must go global and become a world-famous company like the Daqian Group."
"That's why English is so important. We have to practice English well so that we can communicate better with foreign friends and develop ourselves better!"
"My spoken English has always been poor, so when I saw you, I plucked up the courage to talk to you. This is also what our teacher taught us. If we are lucky enough to meet a few foreign friends outside, we should take the initiative to help them. At the same time, we can also practice our spoken English, so I spoke to you!"
"What a great teacher!" Kristoff exclaimed when he heard the explanation.
"Hehe, all our teachers said the same thing. The teachers all said that Hua Xia must be brave to go out, just like the Daqian Group. Go out bravely!" The young man said with a bright smile, then left, leaving Kristoff alone in contemplation.
He suddenly remembered a story that his great-grandfather told him when he was still alive.
At that time, his great-grandfather had just founded Motorola, and the First World War had just ended. In order to expand the market, his great-grandfather had gone to Fusang. When he came back, he said to the people around him, "Fusang is a great country. It may become the United States' biggest rival in the future!"
When others asked him why, he said that when he went to Fusang, he found that all the young people in Fusang were either fighting in the army or studying English books. Moreover, these young people were very enthusiastic about communicating with foreigners like him. They especially liked to inquire about the various new technologies of the United States.
Therefore, his great-grandfather concluded that Fusang's future was limitless. No one could stop the development of such a nation.
At first, Kristoff couldn't understand the profound meaning of these words. It wasn't until he went to Hua Xia and met the young man from Hua Xia that he suddenly understood a little.
"Hua Xia is too scary. I'm afraid that in the future, there will be a war between the United States and Hua Xia. Yes, economic!" Kristoff lowered his head and sighed.
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