Tiger sniff: On November 26th, Ren Zhengfei accepted an interview with CNN. This interview talked about Meng Wanzhou. From December 1, 2018, it has been almost a year since Meng Wanzhou was placed under house arrest in Canada. So what is her living condition in Canada now? What happens next? As a father, how does Ren Zhengfei view his daughter’s current situation?

This article comes from: Huawei Voice Community , edited by Tiger Sniff, the picture from: Oriental IC

The following is the original interview:

CNN reporter Kristie Lu Stout : On December 1, 2018, at the request of the United States, your daughter Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Canada and has been under house arrest for almost a year. Is it a big deal for you personally? How does being a father affect you in particular?

Ren Zhengfei : As a father, of course, I will care for my children, and I will also distress my children. But her children’s ups and downs and hardships are good for her own life. In the Sino-US trade war, she became a “little ant” under the collision of two large “balls”. Under such circumstances, I think she should be proud that two countries in the world have fought and used her as a bargaining chip.

Second, because Meng Wanzhou has not committed a crime, the US allegations are not true, and sooner or later the law will have a fair conclusion, so her mentality is relatively balanced. Now her mother and her husband take turns to Canada to accompany her, soothing her mood; she is also studying, reading, painting … to adjust her mood, she has the patience to wait until Canadian law is fair, just and transparent Solve the problem.

Kristie Lu Stout : Are you confident she will not be extradited to the United States?

Ren Zhengfei : I believe there will be no problems. In addition, we have a lawsuit in the United States. We are confident that we can win the lawsuit in the Eastern District of New York. This proves that our company has the ability to compete with the US government. The US government cannot bully us at will.

Kristie Lu Stout : When was the last time you spoke with your daughter Meng Wanzhou?

Ren Zhengfei : Three or four days ago.

Kristie Lu Stout : How often do you communicate?

Ren Zhengfei : I do n’t have the exact time, sometimes I transfer her some funny stories on the Internet, just call and say a few words.

Kristie Lu Stout : During the period when Meng Wanzhou was under house arrest in Canada, did your father and daughter become closer?

Ren Zhengfei : Yes, it ’s closer. Before, Meng Wanzhou didn’t call me or send a text message once a year. Of course, we knew that my children were working hard. Now everyone’s relationship is getting closer.

Kristie Lu Stout : Do you think her experience of being under house arrest in Canada would make her stronger? Will the test she’s undergoing now improve her leadership and allow her to work better for Huawei when she returns to Shenzhen?

Ren Zhengfei : First of all, these ordeals will have a great impact on a person’s will and make her more mature. However, after returning to Huawei, she will not be particularly reused because she is only the chief financial officer and only does financial work. The leaders of our company must have a technical background. Without technical background, there is no strategic insight. People without strategic insight can lead the company, and it will gradually lose the clear direction of the company, and gradually lose competitiveness. Therefore, she returned only to do the original work.

Kristie Lu Stout : During house arrest, did she still work for Huawei in some capacity? If so, what kind of project is she working on?

Ren Zhengfei : Her current job is online processing, and she has not done daily management. We have arranged Liang Hua as acting CFO, and we have already undertaken the work. Liang Hua was the CFO before, and Meng Wanzhou was the CFO who picked him up, and later

The following is the original interview:

Liang Hua becomes chairman. When Meng Wanzhou was in distress, Liang Hua turned back and acted as CFO to assume the CFO’s leadership responsibility. Meng Wanzhou also sometimes expressed opinions through the Internet. This is probably the case.

Kristie Lu Stout : Did you try to go to Canada to see Meng Wanzhou in person?

Ren Zhengfei : That depends on Trump ’s approval. If Trump invited me to Canada, I would.

Kristie Lu Stout : President Trump has stated before that if it helps to resolve the Sino-US trade war, he may get involved in Meng Wanzhou. Does Huawei still welcome such a gesture?

Ren Zhengfei : If Trump can intervene in the solution of Meng Wanzhou, it means that Meng Wanzhou’s problem is not a crime problem, but a transaction problem. The condition of the transaction is that the Chinese government must make large concessions to the United States in trade, and then use Meng Wanzhou as a conditional exchange.

I think, We still have tens of millions of people out of poverty. According to the United Nations poverty line, the daily cost of living is 1.9 US dollars, while China ’s poverty line is 1.2 US dollars. According to the United Nations standards, the number of our poor population is more than the tens of millions of people currently announced by the country.

Next year, our country will work hard to lift these tens of millions of poor people out of poverty. If we want to give more terms of trade to the United States, we will exchange the money of the poor for the freedom of Meng Wanzhou. Did it. Maybe you haven’t been to the west of China. Some people in the west are still very poor. I can find some pictures of poor children now for you. If we exchange the freedom of the poor for our freedom, we cannot live with conscience.

We are confident that we do not commit crimes, and that Canadian law allows us to win lawsuits,Of course, we also believe in the laws of the United States, and we have to win a lawsuit in the Eastern District Court of New York.

Kristie Lu Stout : Two days after your daughter was detained, two Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were detained in China. But their situation is different from Meng Wanzhou. They can’t make phone calls, can’t see their family members, and they have no freedom of movement. Have you thought about their treatment? Do you think they have been treated fairly?

Ren Zhengfei : I still don’t know who the two Canadians detained by China are or what their names are, because it has nothing to do with us. All we care about is that Meng Wanzhou’s house arrest is tolerated and we think Meng Wanzhou should be released. If the United States believes that Huawei has a company lawsuit, we can file a lawsuit in the Eastern District Court of New York. Meng Wanzhou is personally a problem. Meng Wanzhou is not Huawei. Huawei does not need Meng Wanzhou to bear the company’s responsibility. We are confident in The Eastern District Court of New York has initiated a legal response, so these are two different things. We do n’t know what ’s going on between China and Canada, because we do n’t represent the country.

Kristie Lu Stout : As a father, you can still communicate with Meng Wanzhou now. And you said that during her period of house arrest, the relationship between your father and daughter actually got closer. So do you think that for the two Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig detained in China, their father should also receive the same treatment?

Ren Zhengfei : Because we do not know the situation of these two people, nor do we know the law enforcement situation, we cannot express any opinions on this matter.

Kristie Lu Stout : Our next chat with your leadership style. You are the founder of Huawei and a former PLA officer. In speaking to Huawei employees, you often use military languages. Do you sometimes feel like you are a general who is leading Huawei in a war to defend the future?

Ren Zhengfei : First of all, I am not a general and no one has ever awarded me a military rank. At that time, I was only a junior officer in the army. Of course, it may be a bit higher than Bush ’s position in the army because he was a lieutenant, a company-level cadre, and I was a battalion-level cadre. officer.

SectionSecond, as an enterprise, it needs to be organized and disciplined. It cannot be a piece of sand. We learned this from the US West Point Military Academy. I have seen the old principal of West Point Military Academy. I said to him, “I was very adored to West Point Military Academy in my youth.

We used a lot of West Point spirits and methods in the early construction of the company, especially the last elimination, but the impact of the previous elimination was too great. It was too cruel to include ordinary employees in the last elimination system. It is now clear that what we need to eliminate is the manager, not the ordinary “soldier”. By eliminating the manager and passing the pressure on his management, we have progressed.

Facing the future, we are in a very difficult time. We cannot assume that it is the current external environment. If the United States changes external conditions, what should we do? There must be a response plan, and there must be organized behavior. Of course, sometimes some nouns are not easy to describe, and some words from the army are borrowed. In fact, they are just nouns, not real military organizations.

Kristie Lu Stout : Has Huawei completely abandoned the US market?

Ren Zhengfei : Now we ca n’t say that we completely abandon the US market. We must also fight for the rights conferred by the US Constitution. But the American people refuse to let us serve. For example, operators such as AT & T and Verizon do not purchase our products. Although we have a friendly heart, we can only provide services to the American people. The United States is a free society. It should embrace the forces of the world in an open spirit, but the United States is betraying this spirit. Will it still lead the world in the future?

Kristie Lu Stout : Mr. Ren, you have more than 30 years in the service of Huawei, Huawei to build into the world’s largest telecommunications equipment provider and the world’s second-largest smartphone maker . Are the trade wars and technology wars between China and the United States preventing you from retiring? You must be tired all these years, right?

Ren Zhengfei : The US trade war and technology war have little to do with Huawei itself. As for whether I retire or not, I also hope that the company’s survival and development problems can be solved in a suitable time. After these problems have taken a certain track, I will gradually reduce my workload. In fact, I rarely work in the company at present, mainly the executive board and rotating chairman are in charge of daily work.

Sometimes they ask me, “What do you think of this thing?” They don’t ask me, I don’t know. My role in the company has been weakened, and then it will be lost. Therefore, I don’t worry about how I quit or what method to quit. I may not have this plan in a short time, I will tell you when there is a plan.

This article comes from: Huawei Voice Community , Tiger Sniff Excerpt, title picture from: Oriental IC