"Mr. Matt, you will have another big business to do. This time we need at least 500,000 pieces." Hu Laifu, who was already drunk, started to talk about things without any hesitation in the face of Matt, the supplier representative. "We have a project that is expected to start production on a large scale. This time we took on a big deal, and the control system has a very large demand for chips."

When Matt heard Hu Laifu say this, his eyes lit up. Originally, he invited Hu Laifu to come, it was just a routine contact activity to ensure that the heat of the relationship between the two parties did not decrease too much. Hu Laifu is a core R&D member with R&D tasks on both SAL and DSM. The sub-project he is responsible for is a place where the software and hardware are closely integrated, and requires a large number of Dimatt chips, so he has more interactions with Matt on weekdays.

"Mr. Hu, are you new mobile phones coming out? What kind of new mobile phone is this time?" Matt asked deliberately. In fact, he had known that SAL would not have launched a new model during this period.

"No, no, it's not a new phone..." Hu Laifu's tongue was a little spinning, "A new product, well, a confidential new product. Don't ask about what this is. For you, a foreigner, it's not appropriate to find out about these things. Come on, let's continue drinking. Mr. Matt, why do I feel that your cup doesn't seem to be drunk?" Hu Laifu looked at his empty cup, then looked at Matt's cup with only half of the cup left, and was a little unhappy.

"Mr. Matt, there is a saying in China that wine is character." Hu Laifu finally confirmed that Matt had not finished the wine he had just finished, and began to teach Matt. "It means that he is not straightforward when drinking, and is dishonest, which means that this person's character is not good. Therefore, we Chinese like to talk about things at the table, which means that we should indirectly examine whether our partners are trustworthy and whether they are cheating."

Hu Laifu didn't care whether Matt, an authentic Westerner, could understand these Chinese idioms, and began to talk endlessly.

"Mr. Hu, sorry, I heard you say you were too focused and forget to drink, so I will do it right away." Matt explained in fluent Mandarin, and after that, he raised his neck and drank half of the expensive red wine in one sip. For Matt, during his time in China, he had learned this method of drinking that was extremely rude and tasteless in the West.

Expensive red wine like this is used for small sips, rather than drying in large glasses like beer. Matt really can't think of why the wine culture in China is so developed, but in the drinking process, there is no drinking culture that uses different drinking methods for different alcoholic beverages. Whether it is red wine or beer, when it is served on the table, everyone likes to dry it with a cup.

But Matt couldn't figure it out, so he quickly learned this Chinese way of drinking.

"Just, this is enough for buddy." Hu Laifu looked at Matt's drink all the time, then happily patted Matt's shoulder and said affectionately. Anyway, the money for this wine was paid by Matt's unit, and Hu Laifu didn't have much pressure to drink after a glass of thousands of dollars.

You should know that in sal company, whether it is chips or other raw materials, there is a unified bidding department responsible for the procurement. R&D personnel like Hu Laifu only propose the required material specifications and recommend products. The rest is purchased by the procurement department, so Hu Laifu will not have too much psychological pressure when dealing with business units. Matt is willing to treat guests to dinner. Hu Laifu will be there when he is free. Anyway, he is not afraid of any suspicion of corruption and bribery.

"Mr. Hu, our company is subject to US law and these chips cannot be used on expensive equipment. You are clear about this agreement. Your procurement this time should not be used in these aspects." Matt tentatively said that the company he represents is now in accordance with this requirement, but if it really ships the chips into China, who will care where they use them? Anyway, their company's chips are not the only one in the world, and there are too many similar competitors.

"Take it down, Mr. Matt, although I understand your position very well, there are several companies in your business, such as your chips, Japan and South Korea, and our company is not afraid of you not selling them. If you don't want to sell them, you should say it earlier. If you don't do a business worth millions of dollars, some people will rush to do it." Hu Laifu said drunkenly.

However, as soon as he said this, Matt judged that this was used on some kind of military equipment of DSM. This news surprised Matt. DSM had not been established for a long time and had a fixed product at any time. Large-scale production equipment began. Judging from the demand for this chip, the production volume will definitely not be too small. What kind of military equipment does it require so many chips.

Through its indirect understanding and internal intelligence support from the CIA, Matt already knew that DSM is now focusing on tanks and drones. No matter how intelligent the tank is, it will not use so many chips. After such an exclusion, Matt initially inferred that DSM already has some kind of drone product.

However, what kind of drone needs thousands of equipment? How is the performance of this drone and what is its purpose? A series of questions arise from Matt's mind, but on the surface, Matt remained silent and continued to talk about irrelevant things with Hu Laifu.

After returning to the apartment, Matt sorted out today's gains and digested the questions in his mind, the secrets buried in such a large number of chips as DSM were like a magnet, completely attracting Matt's thoughts. Matt felt that if he figured out this secret, it would definitely be an amazing information.

This is the most valuable clue he has discovered after entering China. Hu Laifu could not have made up a lie to deceive him when he was drunk. Matt still has a certain understanding of Hu Laifu. This person is an ordinary person and has no connection with the Chinese authorities, let alone a member of the Chinese intelligence agency.

Because this is not a new employee who joined SAL for R&D after Matt came, but an old employee who joined SAL when he acquired Nokia Mobile. The Chinese intelligence agency would not have thought of the situation today at that time and started to make arrangements since then.

However, in what way can we get detailed information about this latest DSM product? Matt suffered from insomnia for the first time after entering China.

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Chapter completed!