Rebirth 2003: Dominate the Tech World

“Chairman, with the opening of Tradingbao and the news of our headquarters relocation, a large number of media reporters are waiting downstairs of the company. Do you think we should hold a press conference to respond?” Lu Qi frowned and said.

“Well, have any government departments come to the company for surprise inspections recently?” Ye Yunzhou answered irrelevantly.

“No, since Mayor Wang’s secretary came to the company to understand the situation, no one has come to conduct surprise inspections. And the day before yesterday, Secretary Liu called me and said that the monsters who harassed our company had been cleared out of their organization, and told us to operate with peace of mind, and such things will never happen again. In addition, the Yanjing Municipal Government took the initiative to help our company apply for high-tech enterprise certification and granted two years of tax exemptions, on the condition that our headquarters must be in Yanjing.”

After Lu Qi finished speaking, Ye Yunzhou fell into deep thought. He knew that the Yanjing government’s handling of this time was still very quick, and now they are still given two years of tax exemption, which is already very good.

“Let’s hold a press conference and announce the company’s development-related information to the public.”

“Okay, when do you think it’s appropriate to hold it?”

“Well, I won’t meet with the media. Let Li Mi and Sun Zhiyuan communicate with the media. Li Mi used to be a senior leader of the bank, so he should be good at dealing with the media. Sun Zhiyuan is in marketing and should have no problem dealing with the media. Let them work together this time.”

“Well, that’s fine.”

Lu Qi was helpless about Ye Yunzhou’s hands-off behavior, so he could only let Li Mi and Sun Zhiyuan deal with it as Ye Yunzhou said.

On October 17, 2003, Cambrian held its first press conference since its establishment.

Originally, Lu Qi planned to hold it in the Origin Building, the headquarters of Cambrian, but there were too many media reporters who signed up, so he had to change it to a large conference room in a nearby hotel.

In addition, the Yanjing Municipal Government sent a deputy mayor to attend the press conference, under the pretext of standing up for Cambrian and answering Cambrian’s questions about government policies.

At 9:30 in the morning, the conference room of Holiday Inn was already full of reporters who came to attend the conference. In addition to reporters from Daxia, there were also foreign media reporters.

These foreign media are stationed in Daxia for a long time, mainly reporting on some national events, mainly about politics, economy, diplomacy and other major events. I didn’t expect that they would come to attend a company’s press conference this time.

At this time, an intern asked the reporter next to him.

“Master, why are even reporters from the Financial Times here? What kind of company is Cambrian?”

The reporter glanced at the intern and said with emotion: “Cambrian is a very magical company. It has been established for more than half a year and has become a giant-level company. Its core product ‘Trading Treasure’ is the only online payment software that can be used normally in the world today.”

“Really? Isn’t it said that ‘Trading Treasure’ is a copy of foreign PayPal payment?” The intern asked puzzledly.

The reporter rolled his eyes and said unhappily: “Don’t you have a brain? Do you believe everything others say? If it is plagiarized, why can’t all foreign payment software be used, only this one can be used?”

“……”

At 10 o’clock in the morning, the press conference officially began. Li Mi walked in front, followed by Sun Zhiyuan and a group of Cambrian staff who entered the venue one after another.

Originally, the deputy mayor of Yanjing City was arranged to be the center. After all, he also represents the government department. However, the deputy mayor refused on the grounds that he could not steal the show. He came on behalf of Mayor Wang. First, he wanted to stabilize Cambrian Company and let them not move. Second, he also told all the scoundrels that Cambrian Company has the support of Yanjing Municipal Government, so you should not make trouble for no reason.

The deputy mayor refused to sit in the center, so Li Mi, the vice president of Cambrian Company, had to sit there. Moreover, Li Mi used to be the vice president of ICBC Head Office, so he could still suppress the aura.

It is better to say that this is a press conference than a news Q&A session.

The meeting started, and the reporter from Xiaguo Economic Daily began to ask questions.

“Hello, Mr. Li, I am Qi Lin, a reporter from Economic Daily. My question is, as the most powerful technology company in the Great Xia Kingdom today, what is your next strategic plan?”

Li Mi looked at the reporter. Oh, isn’t this an old friend? He had interviewed him before when he was the vice president of ICBC.

“Well, thank you very much for your question. Let me correct you first. Our Cambrian Company is just one of the powerful technology companies in Xiaguo, not the most powerful one.”

As soon as Li Mi finished speaking, the whole audience laughed, and everyone thought to themselves, “This Mr. Li can become the vice president of Cambrian Company. It’s true that he speaks without leaking a drop of water.”After everyone quieted down, Li Mi continued: “Speaking of our company’s strategy, first of all, as a Xiaguo company, we must first establish ourselves in Xiaguo and serve Xiaguo’s users well. Of course, we will definitely go international. As for when to go international, it mainly depends on the development of the company.”

After answering this question, everyone felt that something was wrong. It seemed to be answered, but it seemed not to be answered. It felt weird.

The second question came from a foreign media. He said: “Hello, Mr. Li, I am Smith from the Financial Times. My question is still about your company’s internationalization. As everyone knows, other online payment software in the world cannot be used at present. Only your company’s transaction treasure can be used. I would like to ask on behalf of global users how long they have to wait before they can use the transaction treasure.”

Li Mi frowned after listening. First of all, the Financial Times is a very simple newspaper. It was founded in 1888 and mainly reports business and financial news, and lists daily stock and financial commodity prices in detail.

It is generally divided into two large sheets. The first sheet mainly reports current affairs around the world, and the second sheet reports in detail on local business and financial news. The Saturday edition also has special editions on culture, art, and activities. It has a wide influence in the world and has a large number of readers.

At the same time, Li Mi thought to himself, isn’t Smith asking malicious questions? Didn’t he answer the first question? When the company will start nationalization is a confidential issue of the company. This reporter is obviously a bit of a troublemaker.

However, Li Mi still smiled and said: “Thank you for Mr. Smith’s question. Internationalization is also one of the core strategies of our company, but you know that as a Xiaguo company, it is very difficult to enter your Western market. We are already formulating strategies and actively communicating. As for when we can serve users in Western countries, it depends on many aspects. Of course, as a member of Cambrian, I hope that this time will be as short as possible.”

Li Mi is quite good at this kind of Tai Chi. What he means is that we want to enter your market, but there are many obstacles. What are these obstacles? Everyone can make up their own minds. It is probably government policies or some other reasons. Anyway, think about it yourself.

“Okay, let’s ask the lady in white to ask questions.”

“Hello, Mr. Li, I am Li Ping, a reporter from Singapore’s Lianhe Zaobao. First of all, I am a loyal user of ‘Trading Treasure’ and ‘Jianbao.com’. I want to say that the combination of these two softwares makes the online shopping experience really great.”

“My question is, Cambrian has developed very rapidly since it established a branch in Singapore. Will Cambrian consider setting up its Southeast Asian headquarters in Singapore next?”

As soon as Li Ping finished speaking, the foreign media reporters looked at each other in surprise. Didn’t they say they were not ready to go international? How come they had already opened a branch in Singapore? When they came, these foreign media didn’t have a good understanding of Cambrian’s current situation.