In early November 1996, Christopher golvin, chairman of Motorola group, one of the world's top 500 enterprises, set foot on the land of China for the first time in his life.
If a big man like the chairman of Motorola group comes to China on weekdays, there will be many media reports. At the same time, Christopher will also be pulled over by all adults in China to visit his own city.
No way, now attracting investment has become the most popular term in China. All big people spare no effort to promote this process for the development of their own cities.
Don't get me wrong. The author Jun doesn't want to satirize anything here, but on the contrary, this is the most important moment for the development of China. Without these big people condescending to attract investment, China has developed rapidly for 20 years, which is a correct thing for China.
But this time, Christopher Galvin's arrival was so low-key that he didn't even bring anyone. He came to China secretly alone. It's no wonder that no one in China knew about the arrival of this great man.
There's no way. Christopher doesn't come to invest. People come to weed someone else's yard. The fewer people know about this kind of thing, the better. Not only Chinese people can't know, but anyone inside Motorola can't know, or even can't see this picture. Otherwise, how can you make Christopher look up inside the company.
Yes, yes, by November, this bet in front of audiences all over the world has already had results.
Daqian2 mobile phones sold 3.6 million units in three months, leading the group, becoming the craziest sales data among the three mobile phones.
The second is Nokia 8110, which sold 1.8 million units, only half of the thousand 2. This data is really pathetic.
But what's more pitiful is that Motorola, the original champion Motorola startac, has only 1.2 million units, 600000 less than Nokia 8110.
All the sales data are released by the world mobile communication Federation. In addition, the three companies are eyeing each other, so there is no false data. It is true that they sold such mobile phones.
As the last president of Motorola in sales, it is natural to weed our boss Jia according to the agreement.
However, Christopher, who came to China, didn't go to Jia Yapeng for the first time, and then mowed the grass and left. Christopher decided to make a good investigation in China to see what kind of state this country, which has cultivated thousands of terrorist opponents, is.
I didn't know the result. I was startled at the sight.
Although at this time, China is still far from the United States, and the pedestrians on the streets are very simple. Even in first tier cities, such as Mordor, there are not many cars on the streets. Even if it is a red light, there will not be more than 20 vehicles waiting for the car. Everything shows that China is still a poor country.
However, unlike other poor countries Christopher has seen, the face of poor Chinese is very different.
Everyone on the street walked very fast. Almost everyone's face was full of busyness. On both sides of the street were all kinds of stalls and vendors, but at the same time, on both sides of the street, all kinds of high-rise buildings rose from the ground.
All this seems a little discordant, but it is full of power.
"Is this the Chinese speed?" Christopher whispered to himself with his head down.
At this time, the statement of Huaxia speed is very popular in China and has a small reputation in the world. The most famous one is the masterpiece of a high-rise building in Shenzhen three months ago.
But Christopher himself didn't believe it. Knowing that he had seen the face of the Chinese city with his own eyes, he suddenly felt that he seemed to be wrong. He had always mistaken about the country of China. It was precisely because of his shallowness and mistakes that Motorola and he paid the corresponding price.
Just as Christopher was thinking with his head down, he suddenly found that people around him were looking at him and pointing at him, which made Christopher blush. He thought someone recognized his identity and ran away. He didn't know it. It was just the curiosity of Chinese people about him, a blonde foreigner.
"Hello, can I help you?" suddenly, a young man, who seemed to be a student, took the initiative to walk up to Christopher and said in English with a strange accent.
"Yeah!" said Christopher hurriedly. For his own face, he refused all his entourage, even the interpreter.
As a result, when he arrived in China, he left the station. Facing the Chinese world everywhere, Christopher was a little blind. He was going to find an translation office and an English translator to help himself. Unexpectedly, someone came to the door.
In fact, the young man's English was not very good. There were many oral mistakes, but fortunately, they understood the words, so they could communicate. With the help of the young man, Christopher finally found a hotel to stay temporarily.
"Excuse me, are you a translator or a tour guide?" Christopher asked curiously.
"No, I'm just a high school student!" the other party laughed.
"Then how can you take the initiative to talk to me and help me?" Christopher asked puzzled.
"Well... I just want to practice my oral English!" the young man said with some embarrassment. "Our teacher said that if China wants to develop in the future, it must go to the world and become a famous company all over the world like Daqian group."
"So English is very important. We must practice English well, so that we can better communicate with foreign friends and get higher development!"
"My oral English has not been very good, so when I saw you, I summoned up the courage to talk to you. This is what our teacher taught us. If I am lucky to meet several foreign friends outside, I should actively provide help. By the way, I can practice my own language, so I will talk to you!"
"What a wonderful teacher!" Christopher sighed when he heard the explanation.
"Hey, hey, that's what all our teachers say. Teachers say that Huaxia must go out bravely, just like Daqian!" the young man said with a bright smile, and then left, leaving only Christopher who was meditating.
He suddenly thought of a story he told grandpa when he was still there.
At that time, his grandfather had just founded Motorola, and the first World War had just ended. In order to explore the market, his grandfather had gone to Fusang, and then came back and sighed to the people around him, "Fusang is a terrible country, and it will become the biggest opponent of the United States in the future!"
Others asked him why. He said that he went to Fusang and found that all the young people in Fusang were either fighting in the army or studying with an English book. Moreover, these young people were also very enthusiastic about communicating with him, a foreigner, and especially liked to inquire about various new technologies in the United States.
Therefore, his grandfather decided that Fusang's future was unlimited, and no one could hinder the development of such a nation.
At first, Christopher couldn't understand the profound meaning of these words until he came to China and met the Chinese young man.
"China is terrible. I'm afraid there will be a war between the United States and China in the future, um, economically!" Christopher sighed with his head down.