#60 - Section: Meeting Mr. Ren

Soon, the two of them arrived at the VIP room.

"Director Ren, I was held up in the meeting room earlier, taking care of some matters. I'm late, please forgive me."

In the VIP room, Lu Haifeng saw the plainly dressed old man with a gentle smile. He immediately clasped his hands in greeting, holding the old man in great respect.

"Haha, Director Lu, I'm disturbing you. I came uninvited."

When Grandpa Ren saw Lu Haifeng enter from the door, he also chuckled and returned the greeting with clasped hands. After they approached each other, they shook hands and exchanged pleasantries.

After that, he introduced, "Let me introduce you. This is our company's Vice President, Xu Wenwei. I hope Director Lu will take care of him in the future."

Lu Haifeng also introduced Zhang Yu to them.

Xu Wenwei glanced at the two of them with some surprise, a little unclear as to why Director Ren was being so polite today. One was a senior, and the other was a rising star. Being so polite now might put them at a disadvantage during the negotiations later.

However, Xu Wenwei quickly reacted and proactively extended his hand, saying, "Director Lu, hello, I am Xu Wenwei."

"Hello, please sit down. Lao Zhang, please take care of our guest."

Lu Haifeng shook his hand and greeted him simply.

Although Lu Haifeng was a rising star in the tech world, he rarely appeared in public. News about him was exceptionally rare, and he was exceptionally low-key.

Xu Wenwei constantly sized up Lu Haifeng's words and actions. Seeing him calmly and composedly chatting and laughing with his big boss, while casually asking someone to take care of him, he instantly knew that he was probably just an assistant.

Because he simply wasn't qualified to negotiate with Lu Haifeng directly. The difference in their levels wasn't just a little bit.

Only a big boss with a status equal to Lu Haifeng could chat like ordinary people. Understanding all of this, Xu Wenwei couldn't help but smile wryly.

There was no way around it, the difference in their levels was too great!

After a few simple pleasantries, Lu Haifeng didn't waste any more words with Grandpa Ren. At their level, any beating around the bush was meaningless and would only waste each other's time. Besides, everyone was smart.

Lu Haifeng cut straight to the chase and asked, "Grandpa Ren, I wonder what brings you to my company today!"

Hearing this, Grandpa Ren quickly waved his hand and said with a smile, "I wouldn't dare, Director Lu, you're too kind. To be honest, I came uninvited, taking the liberty of visiting, because I wanted to talk to Director Lu about whether our two sides could reach some cooperation?"

Lu Haifeng retorted, "Which aspects is Grandpa Ren leaning towards?"

Grandpa Ren looked at Lu Haifeng with a profound gaze and said, "As long as it can be cooperated on, it can be cooperated on. After all, everyone is pursuing the same goal."

Lu Haifeng also laughed and didn't plan to follow the usual routine. He directly nodded and said, "Okay, semiconductors, lithography machines, information communication technology, and cloud computing, we can all cooperate on."

"Hahahaha"

Grandpa Ren laughed loudly and looked at Xu Wenwei beside him, saying, "What did I say earlier? Mr. Lu is a straightforward person, understands reason, and recognizes the big picture. We don't even need to discuss whether to cooperate or compete."

Zhang Yu looked at Lu Haifeng strangely, but didn't reveal an inquiring gaze. He hesitated for a moment and didn't speak. Why give away all the cards today and instantly agree to cooperate? This was too unconventional.

Lu Haifeng smiled and said, "There are already too few domestic companies doing underlying technology. Wouldn't we be a laughingstock to our global counterparts if we fought amongst ourselves?"

Lu Haifeng guessed that he should have come for communication information technology. After all, Huawei's most powerful aspect was communication information technology, so he said with a smile, "We are brother companies. I can authorize our communication information technology to your company for free use. Our company will not enter the communication information technology field for the next one or two decades. We should unite to beat others first, occupy the global market, and create our own communication standards for Great Xia Country. As for what will happen in the future, at least it will be one or two decades later."

Seeing Lu Haifeng being so straightforward, Grandpa Ren also said with a smile, "Yes, yes, yes, that's what we think too. We people of Great Xia Country, when doing things, we just need to twist ourselves into a rope and unite together. As long as we want to do it, there's nothing we can't do."

He even bluntly said, "Actually, Huawei is already preparing to develop its own lithography machine technology. The entire project was finalized in February of last year, but in the past few days, we discovered the amazing research and development capabilities of the Huaxing Laboratory, so we now want to suspend this plan."

Grandpa Ren tentatively asked, "In addition, Huawei is currently actively entering the low-end market. There may be some conflict between us in this regard."

Lu Haifeng laughed and said, "If you want to achieve technological leaps, there must be market competition. If both of our companies enter, our competitors will work even harder on research and development."

Grandpa Ren and Xu Wenwei were stunned when they heard this, and suddenly remembered that the Xingchen series of chips and processors were released last year, but they didn't see any mobile phone sales. Afterwards, only Dami Company released a low-end model.

After understanding this, they smiled wryly. They were afraid of conflict before, so they rushed over to study countermeasures. He wasn't afraid of mobile phone competitors entering, but afraid that competitors wouldn't enter.

Lu Haifeng was also very clear about Huawei's development. He was probably separating the Glory series to establish a sub-brand to make low-end models.

Although most of Huawei's profits come from information communication terminals, which are also their world-leading core products, entering wireless terminal electronic products, especially smartphones, can enhance brand influence and awareness.

As for the lithography machine project, it should be that Grandpa Ren felt a huge crisis. After achieving great business success globally, especially in Europe, Huawei's business across the ocean has been less effective.

This also made the idea of self-developing lithography machines more and more urgent. Of course, various technology authorizations are also part of the backup plan, and the most critical core of this is the lithography machine.

The so-called lithography machine is the equipment for manufacturing chips. Without a lithography machine, chips cannot be produced, and lithography machine technology is one of the most sophisticated technologies that humans can master, and only a few countries have mastered it.