Chapter 3479

Wu Zhicheng spoke frankly to Hou Wenchang about the request for him to support the WAPI wireless network security standard. Hou Wenchang pondered.

For Hou Wenchang, he of course understood the WAPI technical standard. He knew that the security of WAPI was better than Wi-Fi, and he also knew the important significance of WAPI to the Chinese government.

However, he also knew that those developed countries in Europe and America were strongly boycotting WAPI from becoming an international standard. This was of course because they were promoting the "China Threat Theory." They didn't want China to be able to become a standard-setter like them one day.

Precisely because of this, if the Hanhai Generation-1 also adopted WAPI technology, it was very likely that it would also be boycotted by developed countries in Europe and America, because they were the most fond of playing the rogue.

The Chinese government could not forcibly promote the WAPI standard, because the Chinese government had already joined the WTO organization, so it now had to abide by some international rules, and China did not yet have enough strength to ignore these rules.

But developed countries led by the United States were different. They set the rules, but ignored them. When the rules were favorable to them, they could abide by them, but if the rules were unfavorable to them, they could immediately throw these rules away like toilet paper.

Therefore, to promote the WAPI standard, one could not rely on toughness, but only on wise negotiations.

Of course, WAPI also had its own shortcomings, such as the algorithm not being very open, the standard not being very open, and some countries having some doubts, feeling that WAPI would have backdoors, making their information security not guaranteed.

To dispel such doubts, it required WAPI to be more open and to make them believe that WAPI did not have things like backdoors, and their security could be guaranteed.

In short, if Hanhai Technology supported the WAPI standard, there were still not small risks, and Hou Wenchang had to consider it carefully.

Wu Zhicheng and Li Xianfeng were not in a hurry. They knew that Hou Wenchang couldn't agree immediately; this was a big deal for an enterprise.

The WAPI standard, after all, mainly represented national interests, not the interests of the enterprise.

For Hanhai Technology, they didn't need to take such a risk at all to obtain huge benefits. Why should they risk offending those developed countries to support the WAPI standard? Therefore, this determination was not easy to make.

Even if Hanhai Technology didn't agree to support the WAPI standard, Wu Zhicheng and Li Xianfeng had no way to deal with it. A company of Hanhai Technology's size was no longer something they could influence, so they didn't have any arrogance. They only hoped to move Hou Wenchang with their sincere attitude.

Su Xinghui looked at Hou Wenchang and didn't say anything. His sitting here already indicated his attitude; he didn't need to say any words.

After pondering for a long time, Hou Wenchang began to ask Wu Zhicheng and Li Xianfeng about some specific technical standards of WAPI.

Both Wu and Li were experts in this field. They narrated some technical standards to Hou Wenchang as if they were counting their family treasures. Hou Wenchang nodded while listening.

After so many years of tempering, Hou Wenchang was already a business tycoon. He of course knew how to use his advantages to seek benefits for himself. In terms of negotiation, he was already an expert.

He had been thinking for so long and already had a plan on how to use the strength of the Hanhai Generation-1 to support the promotion of WAPI. He now had 50% certainty. With 50% certainty, it was of course worth a try.

After all, he was a Chinese, and this standard was related to national interests.

Perhaps WAPI was not stronger than Wi-Fi as a whole, but if there was only one standard of Wi-Fi for wireless network access, that of course was not in line with China's national interests.

After Hou Wenchang finished asking, he said he would go back to discuss it and then give the two an answer. Wu and Li also knew that for such a big thing, Hou Wenchang couldn't agree so quickly, so they were not in a hurry and let Hou Wenchang go back to discuss it carefully.

After Su Xinghui and Hou Wenchang went out, they went to Hou Wenchang's room together. Hou Wenchang had a fixed room here. Every time he came to Baozhou, he stayed in this room. This was a luxury suite. When Hou Wenchang had guests to meet, he met them here.

After sitting down in the room, Su Xinghui said, "Wenchang, how have you considered this matter?"

In front of Su Xinghui, Hou Wenchang of course didn't need to hide anything. He nodded and said, "Considered it almost. Now I just need to go back and discuss with them how to use the strength of the Hanhai Generation-1 to negotiate with others."

WAPI, speaking of it, was opposed by several developed countries in Europe and America. In fact, it was those big companies in Europe and America that had direct related interests in telecommunications that were opposing it. So, since it was companies that were opposing it, then it was easy to talk, because companies after all all wanted benefits.

Hanhai Technology could fully use the strength of the Hanhai Generation-1 to negotiate with these companies. As long as the benefits they obtained from the Hanhai Generation-1 were greater than the benefits they obtained from boycotting WAPI, they would definitely agree.

As long as they agreed and spoke out in support of WAPI domestically, that would be getting twice the result with half the effort.

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Hmm, thank you, Wenchang!"

Hou Wenchang said, "What are you thanking me for? This is what I should do as a Chinese. Our China indeed should have a more outstanding performance in international standards. As a big country, we should formulate more international standards led by Chinese."

Su Xinghui said, "Well said, I hope Hanhai Technology can also have an outstanding performance in formulating international standards in the future!"

Hou Wenchang was full of ambition. He indeed had this ambition, hoping that Hanhai Technology could have a more outstanding performance in international standards like those big companies in Europe and America. In that case, Hanhai Technology would not just be a company that sold products and technology.

Hou Wenchang smiled and said, "I'll have someone send you a Hanhai Generation-1 tomorrow for you to use?"

Su Xinghui shook his head and said, "Forget it, I'd better use my old phone first. When the Hanhai Generation-1 is officially launched, I'll buy one myself. Using this now is too conspicuous, which has a bad influence."

Yes, Su Xinghui using the Hanhai Generation-1 phone that hadn't been officially launched yet was indeed too conspicuous. He wanted not to be conspicuous but couldn't. Other phones had big buttons, only the Hanhai Generation-1 was all screen, no buttons. No matter who it was, they could see it at a glance.

Seeing Su Xinghui didn't want it, Hou Wenchang also shook his head helplessly and said, "Sigh, you, being this cadre, worrying about this and that. Hanhai Technology can have today, you are the most important person. You taking half of Hanhai Technology's shares wouldn't be too much, but you always want nothing."

Su Xinghui smiled and said, "I have no worries about food and clothing now, what else do I want? Just a phone, I'll buy one myself in a few months, no need to cause criticism for such a small matter."

Hou Wenchang could only nod and say, "That's fine, anyway, remember, Hanhai Technology has half of yours, you can have it whenever you want."

Su Xinghui smiled, then got up to say goodbye and went home.

Wu Zhicheng and Li Xianfeng stayed in Baozhou City for three days and finally waited for Hou Wenchang's reply. Hou Wenchang agreed to support the WAPI standard, but he also put forward some conditions, that is, to make some revisions to the WAPI standard to make it more reasonable. In this way, it could be considered a slight concession, giving those who opposed it a chance to step down.

Some of the revisions Hou Wenchang proposed were all in places that didn't matter. After Wu Zhicheng and Li Xianfeng heard them, they immediately said they agreed in principle, as long as they went back to report. They were very grateful for Hou Wenchang's performance of considering the overall situation.

Up to this point, the two sides could be considered to have officially reached a cooperative relationship. Wu Zhicheng and Li Xianfeng also completed the task of this trip. They returned to Beijing very satisfied and reported to the central leaders who were concerned about this matter.

Hou Wenchang's cooperation with the government was of course also a win-win. In the future, Hanhai Technology would receive greater support from the government, which had huge benefits for the development of Hanhai Technology.

And with the release of the Hanhai Generation-1, another wave of investment climax was set off in Baozhou. Many mobile phone supporting parts manufacturers came to Baozhou, wanting to invest and build factories in Baozhou.

Because although Hanhai Technology was the manufacturer of the Hanhai Generation-1 phone, they couldn't produce all the parts needed for the phone. They of course needed supporting enterprises. With the powerful functions of the Hanhai Generation-1 phone, everyone could see that the future high-end mobile phone market would basically be Hanhai's world.