Technological Hegemony

two months ago.

Wei Chen is the capable general under Hong Tao of the Ministry of Commerce, while Huang Shanyue is the elite programmer under Li Moran.

The two of them set off from Shanghai, changed planes in Dubai, and then changed planes in Cape Town for the second time. After going through twists and turns, they finally came to this earth, one of the countries farthest from China, Brazil.

At Sao Paulo Airport, Wei Chen and Huang Shanyue walked out of the hall pushing the trolley full of luggage with some excitement and some apprehension.

"Here here!"

Huaxia's face in a yellow plaid shirt waved at them both, holding a card with their names written on it.

"My name is Liu Zhifeng, and I'm from the Human Resources Department."

A man in a yellow plaid shirt shook hands with them.

Perhaps because he has been in Brazil for a month, Liu Zhifeng looks darker than in the photo, and he wears the same slippers as the locals.

"Your human resources department is quite mysterious. There are people from you all over the world, but I doubt that what kind of elites can be recruited in Brazil?" Wei Chen said.

Liu Zhifeng scratched his head, "Embraer still has some talents. These Brazilian guys can build airplanes, but I'm not here to poach people, but to stand in front of you two."

As Liu Zhifeng said, he led Wei Chen and Huang Shanyue to a tattered Toyota Camry, opened the trunk, and put their luggage.

"This place is not peaceful. There are road robbers in broad daylight. If you drive a luxury car like Mercedes-Benz or BMW, it is equivalent to telling others to rob you. So the company only has two broken cars. Apart from this one, there is also a Toyota bread. That car is even more shabby, and you can do as the Romans do, so you can make do with it." Liu Zhifeng muttered.

Wei Chen and Huang Shanyue felt a little guilty when they heard this, and always felt that there were eyes staring at them.

Liu Zhifeng packed his luggage and drove on the road. He explained while driving.

"In Brazil, don't bring too much money with you, but you don't have to. Fifty reais is enough. After all, the robbery here is done with guns. If you have no money in your pocket, you will be annoyed." Robbers, if you don’t get it right, I’ll give you a shot.”

"Don't look at the backwardness of this place, the prices are expensive. A casual meal costs hundreds of dollars, and a small hotel at the level of a guest house in the county town costs more than 800 dollars a night."

"It's not without its advantages. In the early years, a large number of neon people immigrated to Brazil, so there are a lot of descendants of the local neon. As long as you two don't talk, the locals will assume that you are indigenous. If you want to eat Japanese food, go to Japan Street. Guaranteed to be as authentic as what you eat at Neon.”

"And the people here, one counts as one, are all mixed race, so there is no racial discrimination."

When Liu Zhifeng introduced the customs and customs of Brazil, Wei Chen and Huang Shanyue were completely dumbfounded.

It is always said on TV that the sunshine and sandy beaches of Rio de Janeiro, but through Liu Zhifeng's introduction, this Nima is simply a violent neighborhood, bloody good or bad.

The car stopped at the intersection and waited for the traffic lights. Four or five beautiful girls with brownish skin and big breasts and fat buttocks passed by the sidewalk in front of the car. Their hot bodies and scantily dressed clothes made Wei Chen and Huang Shanyue's eyes wide open. straight up.

Liu Zhifeng whistled frivolously, then took out a box of chewing gum from under the windshield, and said something to those beautiful girls in Portuguese.

When even a beautiful girl in a white shirt came over, took the chewing gum from Liu Zhifeng's hand, and kissed him generously, without any shyness, as if Liu Zhifeng was her boyfriend.

When the green light came on, the little broken car was on the road again. Wei Chen and Huang Shanyue looked at Liu Zhifeng.

Liu Zhifeng casually wiped off the lipstick on his left face, shrugged, "After a long time, you will understand that for Brazilians, XXOO is as simple as drinking water, as long as you want to drink, you can drink it anytime, regardless of the occasion. "

"Welcome to the legendary wild Brazil!"

 …

Sao Paulo,

twenty-fifth street.

After getting out of the car, Wei Chen and Huang Shanyue looked forward in surprise. There were countless faces from East Asia, which made them both feel very friendly. There was a burst of familiar aroma under the sign of A Zhu Xiang restaurant, as if some diners ordered fish head with chopped peppers. .

"This is here, the largest Chinese street in Brazil. In this world, as long as you can make money, there are absolutely no Chinese people. Here you can speak Chinese to your heart's content. Anything you can buy in China is here. Of course Yes, the price will be more expensive." Liu Zhifeng said.

Looking around, there are nearly a thousand shops run by Chinese, selling glasses, stationery, leather bags, shoes and hats, and small appliances. There are also many restaurants and supermarkets.

"The price is so high, can you make money by doing business?" Wei Chen asked curiously.

Liu Zhifeng said with a smile, "You don't understand this. The higher the price, the more money you can make. A pair of jeans worth more than 20 yuan in China can be sold for more than 100 yuan. Do you think you can make money?"

"We folks are so awesome. The supply of goods in Brazil is all controlled by the Chinese on 25th Street. Although these shops are not big, there are warehouses behind them. Cabinets and cabinets of clothing and department stores are imported from China to Brazil."

"Even the funds for our branch in Brazil were brought in with their help. One hundred reais banknotes were directly packed into a large suitcase, which almost scared me to pee. Fortunately, there are people with real guns. Bodyguard escort."

Liu Zhifeng talked a lot about what happened after he arrived in Brazil, how he gave money to local officials, and when he was renting a house because he didn't understand Portuguese, he was almost cheated by the landlord. Fortunately, the Chinese friends he met in the local area helped.

"This place is full of thieves, just like those written in magic realism novels." Liu Zhifeng shrugged, "There are bad local Chinese who grab their compatriots to death, but there are also many kind-hearted people who have helped us a lot busy."

"Go, let's take you to the company to have a look."

Walking into a building guarded by armed guards, Liu Zhifeng and the others came to the twelfth floor.

This floor is about 200 square meters, all of which have been rented by Xingchen Technology. The rent is indeed very expensive. It costs more than 40,000 yuan a month, which is comparable to the price in Lujiazui.

"The decoration was done by a Chinese company. The tables, chairs, and benches are from Guangzhou. They are really local in Brazil. I guess these are the mangoes. They are sweet and cheap. At night, the unsold mangoes in the vegetable market are thrown all over the street and no one is there. pick up."

As Liu Zhifeng said, he took two mangoes from the company's small table for receiving customers and gave them to Wei Chen and Huang Shanyue. They put them in front of their noses and smelled the aroma. It was indeed different from the ones sold in shopping malls in Shanghai.

The stage has been set up. From now on, the three of them, together with an accountant surnamed Jin, will be the four heads of Star Technology's Brazil branch, in charge of personnel, finance, business operations and technical support.

Accountant Jin is not here at the moment. The accountant of the Argentine branch next door is sick and hospitalized because of acclimatization. Accountant Jin was temporarily transferred to help and will not be back in a few days.

At night, the three of them had dinner outside and came to the apartment rented by the company.

The apartment is in a wealthy area with an elegant environment, and there is a maid in charge of cleaning.

Stellar Technology has always done its best in treating its employees. Even in Brazil, they still live comfortably.

On the balcony, there were some leftovers from the barbecue restaurant, packed barbecue and sausages, and the three of them drank beer while looking at the moonlight.

Wei Chen muttered, "I'm a business major, and sometimes I really don't understand Mr. Luo's way of thinking. I opened branches so early, and there were dozens of them. Each branch has a standard size and configuration. From the perspective of cost-effectiveness From a business perspective, the price is a bit high.”

"That's right, I was also confused, so I came to Brazil with Accountant Jin." Liu Zhifeng said.

Huang Shanyue frowned, he came out of the software center, and he had already guessed that the project that the company was secretly working on should be the operating system.

To be honest, when Huang Shanyue heard that he was going to be transferred to Brazil, he was not happy, because he wanted to stay at the headquarters and fight with everyone.

Li Moran talked to him and told him that the company will soon have a big war. Unlike the past, this is a real global war. He went to Brazil to serve as the local technical director, which is very important to the company.

Therefore, Huang Shanyue was the only one who knew some inside information. He drank a sip of beer and said with a smile, "Maybe it's because the company is going to have a big war, and we need to deploy globally in advance."

Wei Chen and Liu Zhifeng were taken aback for a moment, and Liu Zhifeng asked, "War? How big is it?"

Huang Shanyue thought for a while, "It's probably the level of our war against Facebook or Google."

There was silence at first, then Wei Chen and Liu Zhifeng laughed at the same time.

Wei Chen said, "Don't be kidding, Google has nearly 70,000 employees worldwide, and its market value exceeds 800 billion U.S. dollars!"

"We only have a few more people? If you don't count the factory below, there can be three thousand people? It's not even one-twentieth of others. Can we beat them? It's not at the same level, okay?"

Huang Shanyue didn't speak, and continued to drink his beer. Li Moran had told him before departure that the matter was of great importance, so try to keep it secret.

In short, without many people knowing, Stellar Technology has launched a global plan in November of the first year of its business.

Invested more than 7 billion yuan to establish forty-nine branches around the world!