Chapter 560

When EVA received an invitation from Blackstone, to be honest, EVA almost threw it into the wastebasket. EVA's heart is burning with Wall Street capitalists. Now even a small company that has never heard of her dares to make fun of her.

"Are you sure you don't want to see them?" EVA's personal assistant squatted down to pick up the invitation on the ground, not easily glanced at the signature above. Then he reminded EVA, "boss, I'm afraid we can't refuse this invitation."

"Why?" EVA, calm down, asked curiously. Her secretary has always been obedient to Eva's advice, and seldom raises any objection.

"I know this Mr. Peter Peterson, who is an alumnus of MIT, but he graduated from Northwestern University and served as secretary of commerce under President Nixon. It was on Mr. Peterson's scholarship that I finished my studies! " EVA's assistant graduated from Sloan School of business administration at MIT. She is smart, has a beautiful resume, and has outstanding ability. She is just like a person's address book. EVA has always taken her with her over the years. Whenever EVA can't call each other's name in various activities, her assistant can always accurately tell each other's identity.

Hearing that the assistant talked about Peter Peterson's political career, EVA put away her arrogance and dissatisfaction. She took the invitation from the assistant and read it carefully.

"What's going on tonight?" EVA read the invitation carefully, and suddenly asked her assistant.

"It's on your schedule to attend the birthday party of the president of Citibank tonight!" The assistant immediately warned.

"Cancel it for me and book me a private room at Smith & Wollensky's Steakhouse. I'll have dinner with Mr. Peterson and Mr. Schwarzman tonight!" EVA looked up and said suddenly.

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EVA's assistant quickly told Blackstone the answer. On the other end of the line, Peterson and Schwarzman looked at each other and laughed. It seemed that Yota's beautiful CEO was moved.

At seven o'clock in the evening, Schwarzman drove Peterson with his Cadillac to Smith & Wollensky's Steakhouse on time. They reported their names to the waiter, and soon they were led to Eva's reservation box. They pushed in and saw that EVA had ordered a glass of red wine and was waiting for them.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Schwarzman." Eva was wearing a red short sleeve evening dress. When she saw them, she immediately got up and shook hands with each other. When they were seated, each of them ordered a signature steak here and a bottle of 78 year old Mutong. The waiter reconfirmed that the guest really didn't need anything and left the box wisely.

"Ms. EVA, thank you very much for your busy schedule to have dinner with us. Before we get down to business, I'd like to ask you a question: why doesn't Yota Telecom accept investment from at & T?" Peterson first asked his own questions directly.

"You know, Mr. Peterson, Yota is a company that grew up on the Harvard campus. Most of our early investors and employees are teachers and students of Harvard University and MIT. We didn't expect Yota to be what it is today. So when she got the first profit, the company's shareholders transferred part of the company's accounts overseas in order to avoid taxes, so... "EVA casually found an excuse to put the blame on the Harvard alumni. This kind of lie even if told, Peterson can't see through, because he can't report it to the IRS, and he can't ask Harvard alumni with identity and status to verify it. However, this kind of thing does not violate the law of the United States. The current tax department of the United States is not as able to count the overseas income of each taxpayer as it will be in the future. Therefore, hiding wealth overseas is a common choice of the rich people in the United States, and it is understandable that Harvard staff are not convenient to expose their huge wealth.

"All right! Excuse me, my question is too personal. Ms. EVA, our company hopes to establish a cooperative relationship with your company to help you tide over the current difficulties! What do you think? " Peterson continued.

"But, Mr. Peterson, I wonder what you can do to help us?" EVA asked.

"Ms. EVA, this is our Blackstone company's meeting gift to cooperate with you!" Schwarzman took out a stack of thick documents from his briefcase and put them in front of EVA. EVA slowly took over the documents and flipped a few pages, still confused. Seeing this scene, Schwarzman quickly explained:

"Ms. EVA, we have browsed about 20000 patents applied by Yota communication in the U.S. patent office. We have noticed that since a few years ago, your company has stepped into the field of network equipment and its solutions before Cisco, and we have screened about 5000 patents related to this field, And consulted the most famous intellectual property law firm in New York. According to our preliminary conclusion, Cisco has similar or even the same technology route with you in many technologies... "

"You mean they're copying our patents?" EVA suddenly said excitedly.

"No, Ms. EVA, whether Cisco plagiarizes or not is a matter decided by the judge, but what I want to say is that your technology has well established a moat that competitors can't cross, but you never remember." Peterson added with a smile.

"Well, gentlemen, I really admire you. What are we going to do next?" EVA said suddenly full of fighting spirit.

"Ms. EVA, I think your Yota can sue the court one by one for the core patents of network solutions. Please remember, one by one. As long as you apply to the court for litigation, the lawyer can apply to the court for an injunction on Cisco products. In that case, Cisco's equipment can no longer be sold in the U.S. market for the time being, and at & T's network plan can only be postponed indefinitely... "Schwarzman then explained to EVA.

"And then? Then, what should I do... "EVA can't wait to ask.

"Ms. EVA, let's talk about the cooperation between Yota and Blackstone first! If you are willing to pay US $10 million for consultation, Blackstone is willing to play the role of white warrior in this commercial dispute. " Schwarzman just right to remind.