After Li Ye cursed, Li Juan, Fu Yiruo, and even Wen Leyu at the dinner table were stunned.
Because he had cursed Pan Xiaoying, and the phrase "letting a wolf into the house" was practically synonymous with "stupidity."
But this was 1993. The entire mainland was learning from advanced overseas experience; even Li Ye's First Branch Factory was constantly seeking overseas technology. So how could cooperating with Microsoft, a leading company in the computer industry, be called letting a wolf into the house?
Yet Li Ye's repeated displays over the years of making his words become reality meant that Li Juan and the others did not dare disregard his opinion.
Wen Leyu asked seriously, "Letting a wolf into the house? Li Ye, are you serious?"
Li Ye answered solemnly, "Of course I'm serious. You know how much effort we've put into software development over the years. Now it looks like those vultures have set their eyes on us.
"Let me explain something. Decades ago, overseas merchants dumped foreign iron and foreign cloth onto the mainland. They were cheap and good quality, but in the end, no one wove cloth or forged iron anymore.
"That's why, when we had Fengyu Electronics cooperate with Factory 506, we said we had to follow an independent and self-reliant path. Absorbing overseas technology was fine, but letting overseas companies interfere was absolutely not.
"But our software isn't like that foreign iron from back then. I spoke with Old Ni a few days ago. In some areas, our software can stand shoulder to shoulder with theirs. If you were the boss of a competing company, would you kindly add fuel to Old Ni's fire?"
"..."
"I'll call and ask right now."
Wen Leyu's face immediately darkened. She stood up and went to make a call, not