Chapter 1040: Useless Capacitive Touch Screen Technology

The next day, An Rong led the Tianan Company team to stay in New York State to conduct a brief investigation.

But Wu Tao flew to California first to handle other matters for his trip to the United States.

There are only more than a month left before the 2002 Lunar New Year. Time is very tight, but there are many business arrangements.

Unexpectedly, when I was at the airport, I met Lenovo's negotiation team unexpectedly.

Last night was a carnival night of celebration for Tianan; for Lenovo, it was a different story.

Although Wu Tao didn't know much about the situation, when he saw Liu Chuanzhi, whose hair had turned a lot gray overnight, he was shocked beyond words.

The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit.

Competition in the market is even more so.

On the contrary, when Liu Chuanzhi saw Wu Tao, he took the initiative to step forward and extended his hand as if he had let go of everything.

"Congratulations to Mr. Wu and Tianan Company."

"Thanks to Mr. Liu." Wu Tao said politely, and the previous tension and opposition between the two parties was completely gone.

The two of them walked aside while they were talking, and Liu Chuanzhi sighed with emotion: "Thank you, Mr. Wu, for thinking highly of Lenovo and not winning the IBM-PC business by driving up the purchase price. But this made me even more curious, what kind of offer did Tianan Company offer?" Under such conditions, you can actually win so unexpectedly?"

Wu Tao smiled and remained silent.

Liu Chuanzhi took the opportunity to explain: "Oh, by the way, you forgot to tell me that I have already planned to resign as CEO of Lenovo. It is time for this big ship of Lenovo to be handed over to a new generation to steer the voyage."

Wu Tao was stunned. It seemed that the impact of this acquisition was really not small. "Since Mr. Liu wants to hear it, I will show my shame."

"...In fact, the most important thing for Tianan Company to win the favor of IBM is to adhere to technology research and development as its core development route."

Liu Chuanzhi was slightly startled, and then suddenly said: "I should have thought of it earlier. In this way, Tianan Company does not want the IBM Thinkpad brand."

"That's right." Wu Tao nodded.

Liu Chuanzhi reached out his hand again and said with emotion: "Mr. Wu, thank you for setting an exemplary example for the development of China's high-tech enterprises."

Separated from Liu Chuanzhi's Lenovo negotiation team, Wu Tao also realized the changes in Lenovo.

It seems that the wolf nature of Tianan Company not only opened up a sunshine avenue for its future development, but also had a profound impact on the development of the industry.

This kind of positive impact on the industry was something Wu Tao never expected when he agreed to An Rong to found Tianan.

When the plane arrived at the California airport, Wu Tao couldn't help but shrink his neck as he stepped off the shuttle bus.

The winter in California is better than that in Jinling, but it is still winter. Even the sea breeze blowing from the west coast has a bit of a bit of chilliness.

The huge poster at the airport made Wu Tao, who had just stepped off the plane, straighten his back.

On one side is an advertisement for Lotus Phone X, and on the other side is a promotional advertisement from Facebook.

Both companies are their own companies, and that sense of pride almost comes naturally.

Walking out of the airport, a fleet of Bentleys brought by Wu Yingying were already waiting outside.

After not seeing each other for a while, Wu Yingying became more and more independent. Her graceful and graceful manner made her look like she had seen the big world.

"Boss, you are welcome to inspect our work. I haven't seen you for a while, and you are becoming more and more handsome."

"Really?" Wu Tao raised his eyebrows, shook hands with Wu Yingying and said, "It seems that money makes people handsome!"

Wu Yingying stepped aside and let Wu Tao get into the driveway first: "Boss, you are really funny."

As the motorcade slowly left the airport, Wu Tao picked up the newspaper in his hand and opened it to read.

A bright headline came into view: IBM and China Xian'an reached an acquisition agreement. Is it decline or rebirth?

This news is really fast.

Wu Tao flipped through it casually. On this entire page of the Financial Times, there was a lot of talk about the acquisition by IBM and Tianan Company.

However, most of the media's views are still not optimistic about Tianan Company. They believe that IBM, a little blue giant, selling its PC business to such a company is basically no different from directly cutting off layoffs.

Fortunately, despite the hype in the media, the stock market is actually stable.

After the news was released, IBM's stock not only did not fall, but also showed signs of rising later.

Wu Tao put down the newspaper and said, "Yingying, what do you think of this business acquisition?"

Wu Yingying put her legs together, lifted her hair on her temples, and thought: "Such a successful business acquisition will undoubtedly speed up Tianan Company's internationalization process, while enriching its product line and introducing advanced technology and management concepts."

"...But there is a reason why IBM cut off its strength and sold off its PC business, which has always had a good reputation."

"...In the future, with HP's acquisition of Compaq, Dell's globalization strategy, and the penetration of notebook computer manufacturers such as Toshiba, coupled with the emergence of domestic PC companies one after another, the profit margins of the PC industry will definitely be further squeezed."

"... Apart from that, the competitive situation Tianan Company will face in the future is not optimistic."

Wu Tao nodded in agreement, "This is not an easy road!"

Soon, the convoy arrived at the California branch of Tianqi Investment.

This investment company located in the CBD area of ​​the California city is now the largest financial company in the entire neighborhood.

Across the block, you can see the advertising banner of Tianqi Investment.

The original one-story office layout has been expanded to two floors.

At this point, Wu Yingying's expansion pace can be considered conservative. With the performance of the California branch of Tianqi Investment, Wu Tao would not object even if she bought a building.

But perhaps due to the influence of the culture of many American businesses, they would rather rent all tables, chairs, and benches than include them in the budget as fixed assets. There is no need to mention real estate like office buildings.

Under the guidance of Wu Yingying, Wu Tao entered the company.

The two blond and blue-eyed men at the front desk immediately put down their work, stood up and nodded in salute.

Wu Tao nodded and decorated the facade with beautiful ocean horses, which indeed conveyed a different sense of loftiness.

The two of them were walking and chatting, but they didn't want to meet a white man with messy hair who was being driven out by two stout security guards. While being driven away, he was still holding the scattered documents in his hands, and tried hard to explain: "Listen to me, this is a very promising touch screen technology! It was rated as one of the 100 most important items in the future in 1973. One of the new technologies!”

Although the man's pronunciation was a bit slang, Wu Tao still got the general idea.

He immediately stopped the other party and said, "You said the technology in your hand is touch screen technology?"

The chicken coop-headed man turned around, "Who are you?"

Before Wu Tao could introduce himself, Wu Yingying said first: "He is the boss of Tianqi Investment."

"My name is Sam!" The Jiwotou man was overjoyed. "Today I brought an improved touch screen technology. It is based on capacitive touch screen technology. Although the people at Motorola said it is useless, I believe that as long as you Invest in me and I will definitely perfect it!"