The moment Joseph from Siemens entered the conference room, he slammed the documents in his hand onto the table.
"Over the past two months, those Hua Nation companies haven't opened our EDA Software even once. Could they really have found a replacement?"
Anna from Cadence sighed as well. "Didn't they say that once we cut off their software, materials, and equipment, they'd panic? Why hasn't there been any reaction at all?"
"If this continues, will we lose a huge chunk of the market?"
"Anna, you're overthinking it. What market could we possibly lose?"
"The people on the other side are merely making their final desperate struggle." Joyce from Synopsys repeated what his superior, Miller, had just told him.
"The reason they haven't made any moves is actually very simple. They're afraid that if they appear too desperate, we'll be constrained by the Business Division's directives and refuse to cooperate with them."
"You know, in a business war, you have to keep your composure. What we need to do now is send them a signal and make our stance clear."
Joseph asked, "You mean we should show goodwill first? Would the Business Division allow that?"
"Actually, the Business Division asked me to inform you two today that we should find a way to probe their situation from a business perspective."
"The most important thing now is to send them a signal: if they're willing to obediently fall in line, we can still cooperate with them."
"Have you ever seen cormorants helping fishermen catch fish? Those creatures originally lived in the wild. To tame them, the fishermen first had to wear them down after catching them, locking them in cages without food or water."
"Once those cormorants were starving beyond endurance, the fishermen would reward them with a few fish. After several