After Sima Sheng finished speaking, the scene on the opposite side of the video immediately went cold. A group of blond Europeans and Americans on the screen began to whisper to each other in a panic.
Gray also forced himself to calm down after a brief moment of panic.
"Mr. Sima, I think I roughly understand your inner thoughts. If you refuse to use products from other small manufacturers for our products, if the quantity is not enough, then we can purchase them from several companies together, right?"
"But I want to tell you, do you know how rubbish the products of those small workshops are? Not to mention the convenience and simplicity of practical operation, there is no way to compare the database with us!"
"Do you know how much the output will drop due to this? Mr. Sima, I advise you to seriously consider it. I can accept your impulse and give you a chance to continue negotiations."
Sima Sheng showed sympathy in his eyes and saw that Gray was already a little confused when he spoke.
The two are also old rivals. In the past, the other side basically won more.
But Sima Sheng knew that his victory this time might prevent him from losing again in the future!
"Hey, Mr. Gray, this matter is very complicated. We are naturally aware of Synopsys' needs. But the fact is that Synopsys is dispensable to us now."
"So Mr. Gray, if you still want to win some of our orders for Synopsys, I think you need to be determined to make concessions on price."
After speaking, Sima Sheng glanced at the document in his hand and said with a smile:
"If you're interested, you could hear our round of offers?"
Gray has never been in such a situation before. This is simply a negotiation without any conditions!
At this moment, he finally realized the helplessness he felt during the previous negotiations with the Dragon Kingdom.
He couldn't tell now whether the other party really had the confidence or was just bluffing.
If you put yourself in SMIC's shoes, they might do something extraordinary if they were in SMIC's shoes.
no!
Synopsys cannot compromise. The U.S. National Congress has issued an order. Once they compromise, they will be sanctioned by the U.S. Congress!
Thinking of this, Gray decided to take a gamble.
"Sorry, Mr. Sima Sheng, if you insist on doing this, then I think Synopsys does not have to be sold to SMIC. I still say the same thing. I hope you can think about it carefully and make a careful decision!"
Sima Sheng thought about it for a while, but there was no panic as Gray imagined. Instead, he looked satisfied.
"Well, I'm sorry, Mr. Gray. In this case, we at SMIC have decided after discussion that the EDA order agreement provided to Synopsys will officially end at the end of this month!"
Gray took a deep breath, and then his face turned as black as a pot.
I refused, I really refused!
He did not expect that SMIC would actually reject it face to face. He did not say that he would consider it or discuss it, but refused it outright!
"You guys are just crazy, okay, okay, I'm waiting to see how you end up!"
"Sima Sheng, I can tell you clearly that if you miss this opportunity, even if you beg Synopsys later, we will not sell it again!"
"Maybe, then if there's nothing else to do, let's end today's meeting!"
After speaking, Sima Sheng shrugged indifferently, and Gray, who was opposite him, hung up the phone angrily.
On the other side of the video, after Gray hung up the phone, everyone behind him exploded.
"What's going on? Mr. Gray, we at Synopsys cannot lose the market for cores, let alone the market for Dragon Country!"
"That's right, half of our company's benefits come from chip manufacturing. If we lose their orders, I can't imagine how we will complete this year's annual report!"
"Everyone, don't panic. I think this is a plot by Dragon Kingdom. As we all know, the three largest EDA manufacturers in the world will not export to Dragon Kingdom. Unless Dragon Kingdom can make its own EDA, it will not be able to leave our control. !”
"But the Dragon Kingdom claims to make its own photolithography machines. Isn't EDA impossible?"
After saying this, everyone started discussing again.
Until Gray slapped the table irritably.
"Shut up!"
After speaking, he looked at the assistant beside him and said: "Contact the company, I will make a video report immediately!"
After a while, the video was connected, and there was an old man with gray hair on the opposite side.
Seeing Gray frowning nervously, he slowly said:
"Gray, what happened to make you so anxious?"
"President, SMIC, refused to renew the contract!"
The gray-haired old man's expression changed and he immediately said seriously:
"What's going on? Why wasn't the contract renewed?"
Gray's expression was equally bad.
At this moment, he still doesn't know what happened at SMIC and why he has such confidence.
He remembered that more than a month ago, Sima Sheng was very respectful to him.
He was even invited to hold talks several times, but he rejected them all.
Now that I think about it, if we had just talked about it directly, maybe it would have happened!
Gray roughly told what happened.
Finally he added:
"I'm sorry, CEO. I thought SMIC was bluffing, but I didn't expect that they actually refused to renew the contract and didn't even intend to discuss it."
The old man on the opposite side of the video was also a little panicked at the moment, but he still managed to calm down and said:
"So from the perspective that you have been in contact with the other party for so many years, what do you think?"
Gray hesitated, but still gritted his teeth and said:
"I still think it is impossible for Longguo to have the means to replace our EDA."
"Whether it is through gathering all small manufacturers or other directions, it is impossible!"
"So I think as long as we don't let go, SMIC will bow its head sooner or later!"
"As for why SMIC is so tough now, I think it most likely has something to do with the Dragon Kingdom behind them!"
The old man thought for a while.
"Dragon Kingdom has been under a lot of pressure recently, and it is indeed possible to open a breakthrough here."
"In that case, I'll do as you say. I hope you won't let me and the company down, Gray!"
"clear!"
Gray nodded and hung up the visual video.
Then Gray turned around, a fierce look in his eyes.
"Go find some media and spread some news."
"Just say that Synopsys has terminated its contract with SMIC. From now on, SMIC's chip design will become a big problem."
"I don't believe it, so their customer base will not be affected!"
…
On the other side, Xu Zhou looked at everything at the scene with some shock. This was the first time he had witnessed such a meeting involving a contest between the two countries.
Every word and every look represents a contest.
Especially when Sima Sheng said that he refused to renew the contract, Xu Zhou even felt that everyone in the audience let out a bad breath!
At this time, Yi Liangfei approached Xu Zhou and Liu Zhongmin and asked with a smile:
"Doesn't it feel very exciting? It's like an ancient battlefield. You come and I go."
Xu Zhou nodded and said with a smile: "It's amazing. Today is really an eye-opener."
