Jason is forty-five years old this year. He joined IBM at the age of twenty-one and has served the company for twenty-four years now.
Of course, he also grew from a junior technical worker to a business manager at the headquarters, with his own separate office.
Early this morning, he took four staff members and boarded the earliest flight from New York to Los Angeles.
Today he came here for a person from the east. It didn't matter who the person was. What was important was that he brought something. This was what allowed him to get up early to catch the plane.
"Jason, why don't we let him come to New York with his stuff? Then we don't have to go so far just to take a look at the computer that the people talk about as an artifact." Danny, who was sitting on the plane with Jason, said
He yawned and said.
"No, we can't let them go directly to the New York headquarters, otherwise those reporters will write nonsense, and those bugs will distort the facts at will, just to attract the attention of stupid people and increase sales. They will not consider them at all.
Will false reports harm the interests and reputation of our company?" the news director on the other side interjected.
In fact, this is a reason used to silence others. The real reason is that IBM does not want to admit that there are people in China whose computer technology can reach the same level as them.
This is not just for face, but more for profit.
But it can be said that China must be bluffing, and IBM does not dare to bet. After all, the calculator a few years ago was the first produced by China. They have such a foundation, which makes IBM dare not take this calculator no matter how arrogant it is.
Something to gamble on.
This is about money! A lot of money!
One of IBM's biggest businesses today is to provide computer servers to various banks. Such servers can cost tens of millions. Once it is revealed that there are computer servers that run better in the world, their business will be lost.
!
In addition, there are orders from the military and government, and the price is even higher. If foreign computer servers break into the U.S. market, it will be meaningless, and the purchase prices of the military and government will plummet.
Decline. After all, those members of Congress are ruthless! They will definitely criticize IBM to gain reputation and votes.
With this formal consideration in mind, the upper management invited Zhao Ye and his team to Los Angeles in the name of their own company's peripheral contractor. They will do certain tests here on the equipment brought by Zhao Ye and his team. If the performance is not good,
They just immediately called the reporter and ridiculed him.
But once it is confirmed that the other party's technology is superior to ours, it becomes a bit more complicated. IBM headquarters has also prepared a sum of money for this purpose, with the purpose of buying the other party's technology. When the time comes, it can be hidden or used.
There is no room for change.
At this time, Jason once again recalled the negotiation amount given to him by the senior management of the headquarters when he set out. Every time he thought of this amount, he felt a pang of pain. One hundred million US dollars, a full one hundred million US dollars!
When he thought of this number, his flesh ached, as if his own flesh and blood were being torn apart by hungry wolves from outside.
To talk about why Jensen is so loyal to IBM, we have to talk about IBM's corporate culture. The management of this company is really the originator of brainwashing. The company's employees must wear uniforms and speak out together when they go to work every day.
Sing songs that praise your company emotionally.
Of course, the benefits here are also extremely high. Under the influence of many aspects, the loyalty of company employees is extremely high.
After getting off the plane and walking out of the airport, the branch team that came to pick them up had been waiting for a long time. The group got in the car and rushed to the IBM branch here.
Zhao Ye and Director Yang have been waiting here for an hour, but no one has come to talk to them.
After Zhao Ye finished the third cup of coffee in his hand, he finally became a little impatient.
"Master, this IBM is trying to intimidate us!" Zhao Ye whispered to his master with an ugly look on his face.
"Humph, it's already here, let's just keep it the same in response to the changes." Director Yang was also very angry. Although this was a business negotiation, the other party's behavior still seemed very rude.
Our diplomats on the side were equally angry. If this was an inter-governmental negotiation or meeting, such a situation could be considered an accident. In this case, it would not be an exaggeration to stand up and walk away.
But no, this is not an inter-governmental meeting, let alone an occasion where he can show his country's dignity. Now, their tasks are the most important.
Moreover, not only did he have to endure this tone, but he also had to persuade Zhao Ye and Director Yang, who were sitting next to him, not to be too impatient.
It was almost noon when the door to the conference room was pushed open.
"Good morning, gentlemen!" Jason put a professional smile on his face as soon as he entered the door.
"Hello, sir, you should look at the sun outside. It's almost noon at this time." Zhao Ye came up and snarled before anyone else could speak.
"Oh! Really, you may not know that we came out of New York, and I may have got the time wrong. You know, our company is so big, we always have to constantly adjust the time, and mistakes are bound to happen.
"Jensen's explanation was completely different, and what he said made a young man who came with him almost laugh.
Zhao Ye sneered, but did not expose what the other party said.
"Come on, gentlemen, let's not waste time. Let me see what the current level of your computer server is!" Jason immediately got to the point.
Zhao Ye is doing everything here. To put it bluntly, they are just here to demonstrate the equipment. Naturally, they won't be too entangled in this kind of issue at this time.
Soon, a special workstation-style computer was displayed in front of everyone.
When the startup screen came up, Jason's heart was shocked.
He didn't even understand how to operate it!
"How do you operate this? Can you demonstrate it to us?" Jason didn't feel embarrassed at this time. Understanding the machine in front of him in detail was the most important task.
Zhao Ye sat in front of the computer and demonstrated and explained how to operate the computer to everyone present.
To be honest, Jensen has already come to a conclusion at this time. Not to mention the performance, just the operating mode of this computer, IBM has completely failed.
As long as the performance is similar, your company must acquire it as soon as possible. No, not as soon as possible, but must acquire it. Even if its performance is only half the level of its own server, it is still worth it.
"Can we test its computing speed?" asked another engineer on the side.
"Of course, you can do it yourself." After saying that, Zhao Ye gave up his position.
The engineer sat in front of the computer and began to clumsily imitate what Zhao Ye had just done, copying the contents of a disk to the computer.
It should be mentioned here that the technology of this floppy disk was passed over from Zhao Ye and others through Neon Country, so the technical standards are not much different.
Zhao Ye returned to his seat and looked at the other party calmly.
The engineer worked nervously for more than half an hour, but there was still no result.
"How's it going, sir, aren't you finished yet?" Zhao Ye asked from the side.
In fact, Jason was even more curious about this issue. He didn't understand why his engineers took so long.
"Uh, please wait a moment, I have to do one more test." After the engineer finished speaking, he stood up and said to everyone: "I have a test program in the office and I need to get it. Zhan
Mr. Sen, I think you might want to come with me to open the safe."
After hearing this, Jason suddenly became nervous. The safe was the password they had agreed on, which showed that the performance of this computer greatly exceeded their estimates.
When Jensen and the engineer came outside, Jensen hurriedly asked: "How is it? What is the data?"
"At least forty times!"
"Forty times? That's impossible!"
"But this is a fact, and this speed is at least forty times faster than our highest high-speed server! This does not include the complex and unique control design it has. I estimate that this design alone will consume at least
Reduce one-tenth of the computing resources of this machine."
"Oh my God! How did they do it?" Jason was extremely shocked at this time. The negotiation strategies he had thought up along the way were all inappropriate at this time.
Nowadays, it is my company's products that are completely surpassed by others, and it is surpassed by a large gap. In this case, how can I negotiate? How can I acquire the other party?
After Jensen got this information, he immediately took the engineer and made a call. This call was made directly to the New York headquarters.
After the headquarters heard the news, they were equally shocked. One day ago, they were proud of being the greatest computer company in the world, but in the blink of an eye, they were completely surpassed by others!
Who the hell can stand this?
"Jason, you have to stabilize them. You must stabilize them. You must not reveal any information about our company! You have to buy us time. The board of directors needs to discuss a new response measure. Your task is to wait until this response measure comes out.
Before, we couldn't let the other party publish their computer data. In that case, things would be out of our control, do you understand?"
An executive director at the headquarters gave Johnson a serious and stern order on the phone. This was a task that must be completed.
"But it will cost a lot of money to distract them!" Just after Jason finished speaking, the other person interrupted him and said: "Don't care about the money! Listen to Jason, this is you
The task that must be completed must be completed! They want all the Hollywood actresses to come to the party, and you have to satisfy them! Answer me, can you do it?"
"I will definitely be able to accomplish this task. Before the headquarters comes up with countermeasures, he will not be allowed to say one more word to the outside world!" Jason promised.