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Qiang didn't sit in the office and worry.

For several consecutive days, he walked around the various departments of the company casually. When others greeted him, he nodded with a smile, and there was no trace of worry on his face.

Sometimes, he also stopped and asked employees a few job questions.

Within the company, news of Intel's price reduction spread first, and then, the United States imposed high tariffs on global products spread throughout every department and production line. Even researchers who don't usually care much about sales will silently stop their work and ask a few questions when they see Xiao Qiang.

However, seeing the boss wandering around the company leisurely, the employees' hearts became much more stable.

Xiao Qiang's past reputation made everyone in the company believe that this crisis was just a small twists and turns, just like the past. The boss must have a way to overcome this difficulty and take this opportunity to achieve greater results.

In a few days, Xiao Qiang walked all over the company, allowing everyone to see his calmness.

The panic began to calm down.

Xiao Qiang returned to the office and saw that there was no one in the office.

Lin Yi was not here, probably because she had gone out. He sat down on the sofa in the living room, and his leisurely face was wiped out, showing a cold smile.

The timing for Americans is just right.

If it were in the early years, when the scale of Universal was not large, it would have faced oppression from the United States. If the ship was small, it would have turned around and would not have hurt the bones.

But now, the company, plus the branches and service systems all over the world, have a total of 70,000 to 80,000 people.

So many people have to pay wages, bonuses, operating expenses, and greater R&D investment, and the daily expenses are huge.

The United States has made these moves. I don’t expect to put the world to death. Any company has many ways to overcome difficulties when facing life and death.

Strengthening cost accounting, cutting R&D investment, laying off employees, and closing unnecessary factories is the most common method used by Western companies to deal with crises.

On the other hand, the United States squeezes the world's profits from the international and domestic markets, reduces the world's revenue, and forces the world to shrink inward.

If it is an ordinary multinational company, it will spare no effort to deal with the United States. Although it will not go bankrupt, it will inevitably be unable to bear too much expenses due to the decrease in profits, and its strength will continue to weaken, and eventually become an insignificant company.

But, will the Universal be like this?

Will I watch my company become what Americans want to be, and always be able to follow them?

dream!

The door opened and Lin Yi walked in with a little worried face.

Xiao Qiang stood up, reached out to hug her, and calmed her frown: "Don't worry, I won't let the American plan succeed. Did you go to the company to calm people just now?"

"Yeah." Lin Yi closed her eyes, enjoyed Xiao Qiang's forehead massage with comfort, and said softly, "I went to various offices and told them not to be nervous, the company has a way to deal with it."

Xiao Qiang smiled slightly and said softly: "You don't have to go. You are not someone who can hide your emotions. You are anxious and cannot make your employees feel at ease."

Lin Yi opened her eyes and looked very frustrated: "Am I useless? Seeing that the company is in a bad condition, I can't help at all."

"Nonsense!" Xiao Qiang comforted his wife, "You are by my side, which is the greatest support for me! When I see you, I will feel at ease, because I know that even if I have nothing, you will be by my side. When my heart is calm, there is a way to solve any crisis. Therefore, you are everything to me! Do you understand?"

Lin Yi looked at him for a while, leaned against his chest, and whispered: "My greatest happiness is to marry you!"

"This is exactly what I want to say!" Xiao Qiang stroked her hair and said tenderly.

The two of them snuggled up for a while, and Xiao Qiang said: "Okay, you go and notify the various departments of the company. I will hold a plenary meeting! Discuss the recent changes in the situation, unify everyone's understanding, and explain my response measures!"

"Yeah!" Lin Yi left his arms and walked quickly towards the desk, her steps were significantly lighter.

Xiao Qiang was moved and relieved to see his wife return to her usual appearance. Lin Yi was a girl with a calm temperament and did not have much material requirements. For her, a famous multinational group or a small company of two or three people, there was no difference between her. As long as she could be with her beloved, she would be satisfied.

Her anxiety was just seeing the crisis she was facing, while the couple was united and empathized with each other.

A simple girl!

Taking the elevator down to the fifteenth floor, Xiao Qiang stepped into the company's conference room.

Although many employees are not at the headquarters, even so, this meeting of all cadres is still a big gathering. Looking at the big conference room, there are people everywhere.

Xiao Qiang sat down in the host's seat, and Lin Yi sat behind him as a recorder.

At the gate, people were coming in endlessly.

A staff member came to Xiao Qiang and leaned over and said, "General Xiao, Director Zhou of the National Defense Science and Technology Commission, as well as several leaders from the Foreign Trade Department, Commerce Department, and Planning Commission are here."

"Oh?" Xiao Qiang immediately stood up, "Where are they? Take me to greet them!"

In the past, Director Zhou came uninvited. This time, several ministries and commissions arrived at the same time, which must be because of this trade and trade crisis. Are they here to cheer themselves up or show that they are powerless?

"Haha, okay, Xiao Qiang, every time I come, you ignore it. This time, you have to put down your airs and welcome it. Benefit one and the other, benefive one and the other!" Director Zhou's familiar laughter sounded at the door, and he and a few people walked in quickly.

Director Zhou knew him from all over the company.

Especially from the research department, Director Zhou was their immediate boss at the beginning. He even had never seen him and knew his name.

Not many people who came here knew each other.

In the conference room, the whispering sounds disappeared and everyone looked at them.

Director Zhou introduced to Xiao Qiang in front of everyone: "Mr. Xiao, you have always had many noble people and are rare in the company. You may not know these people. Let me introduce you to you. This is the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Commerce, this is Director Liu of the Ministry of Electronics Industry, this is..."

He introduced them one by one, and the employees attending the meeting showed surprise expressions on their faces.

They believed that Xiao Qiang could come up with a solution to get the company out of the predicament. But no matter what, they were just a company, and they could do nothing in the face of strong suppression from the United States. Seeing so many ministers and directors coming, they immediately understood that it was the government who came to support them.

Although I don’t know how strong the government’s support will be, at least, they are not fighting alone!

In the conference room, the originally tense emotions suddenly relaxed, and everyone showed a smile of different degrees on their faces.

Sure enough, after Director Zhou finished introducing the news, he heard a voice that everyone could hear and said loudly: "We know your affairs. The independent computer industry is our pillar industry. Your hard work has allowed our government departments, research units, and the army to have a safe domestic computer. It is no longer subject to others. So, don't worry, we will definitely do our best to support you! We have already released the wind. If the United States really wants to increase the tariffs on computer products, then we will also increase the corresponding tariffs on their computer products and impose high tariffs!"

"Oh!" There was a lot of joy in the conference room!

The heads of various departments at the meeting did not expect that the country would have such great support and would directly confront the United States! They were immediately full of confidence and as long as they rely on the country, they would definitely be invincible!

Xiao Qiang was filled with joy and expressed his gratitude to all the leaders of the ministries and commissions.

However, compared with other department heads, he knew very well that this kind of support could only be an expression of an attitude. In essence, the support received by the Universal World is more reflected in psychology.

China has been using high tariffs to protect its computer industry. The total import of foreign personal computers last year was only 70,000 units.

On the one hand, the exchange rate difference makes foreign products extremely high. On the other hand, it is also tariff protection, which doubles the price of computers in the United States.

Therefore, the country has raised tariffs to lock the few American personal computers outside China's door.

I think this is also a decision made after careful thinking from above.

Anyway, the United States' computer export volume is not large, and it means a tough attitude, which will not cause a strong rebound from the other party and will not affect other normal trade.

However, the United States mainly imposes high-value-added products such as Universal's servers and supercomputers.

In terms of quality level, personal computers and servers, supercomputers are not on the same level at all. Therefore, Universal still suffered a huge loss.

But there is no way. The country has made its best efforts to achieve this level.

Faced with such a strong presence as the United States, it is not as powerful as the other party in terms of economy, military and influence, and it also depends on the other party in terms of economy. It is already commendable to be able to do this!

A leader of the Planning Commission also smiled and said: "We have issued documents that all state-owned units purchase computers must give priority to domestic computer products. If the performance is comparable and the price does not exceed 6% of imported products, domestic products must be purchased. Otherwise, the funds will not be reimbursed!"

There was warm applause in the venue, and the company's cadres blushed and applauded vigorously.

Several leaders of the ministries came over to express their opinions and give Huanyu Company a reassurance. Seeing that the company's employees' emotions suddenly became high, they smiled at each other, declined Xiao Qiang's invitation to sit, and prepared to leave.

Xiao Qiang kept sending them to the company's gate.

After everyone from other parts got on the car, Director Zhou took Xiao Qiang's hand and said, "This is all we can do now. In addition, our main target is to fight back against the unreasonable demands of the United States. Therefore, our attitude towards Europe is still the same as before, and you must understand this."

"We are very grateful for you as a protective umbrella for us!" Xiao Qiang understood the difficulty of the country making this decision very well.

Differentiation and disintegration of Europe and the United States is a common method in China.

Director Zhou looked up at the company's towering computer center building, patted Xiao Qiang's hand, and said, "Take care!" Then he bent down and entered the car, leaving.

Xiao Qiang returned to the conference room of the Universe Building, and the people in charge were still discussing enthusiastically. They were all excited.

He also did not attack everyone's enthusiasm. It was a good thing for them to have confidence. This was not a time to calm down everyone, so he not only would not stop him, but also encouraged them.

It is better to be in a state of confusion than to be in a daze.

He returned to the host's seat, and the voice of discussion gradually calmed down.

Xiao Qiang turned on the microphone switch, tried the sound, and slowly spoke: "I think everyone knows the theme of our meeting today. I originally wanted to cheer everyone up, but now it seems that everyone is in a good mood."

The people in charge of the department present laughed easily.

Before, they always felt that with the power of a company, they had no chance of winning against the pressure from the United States. The company's focus was also on the United States, so this blow was very heavy. But now the country has expressed its support, and in the worst case, it is just to shrink the business back to the country, at least survival is not a problem.

However, they also knew that Xiao Qiang was not a man willing to be beaten and would not fight back.

Xiao Qiang smiled faintly: "Everyone is usually responsible for the company and does not know much about the operating conditions of the company. Therefore, in order to make everyone have a clearer understanding of the company, I also

Say something.

Our foundation is LCD projectors. For this part of the sales, we are based on an agreement with European and American electrical companies. We have been developing the Japanese and Southeast Asian markets. After years of development, the Asian market has long been firmly established. Therefore, even if the United States and Europe join forces, our foundation is still stable!

Secondly, computer products, to be honest, our technology is still quite different from Japan, Europe and the United States.

Although we have made great progress in recent years, we have achieved the following laboratory manufacturing.

He slowed down his speech, and Lin Yi whispered behind him knowingly: "The laboratory manufacturing process has reached 800 nanometers and has been commercialized into one micrometer."
To be continued...