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I enjoyed that the hosts got progressively more pointed in their questioning as it became abundantly clear that he was full of BS. Overall: outstanding company

I enjoyed that the hosts got progressively more pointed in their questioning as it became abundantly clear that he was full of BS. Overall: outstanding company man, even though he doesn't work for them anymore! At no point would he even entertain the idea that Foxconn did anything wrong. I also love that he placed all the blame on the current governor, and when they pointed out that this project was a bust long before the election of the current governor he switched to blaming the voters for getting upset right away. This guy has a future in the corporate world once he gets tired of "teaching innovation" to the unqualified future workforce of Wisconsin (his words, not mine).

legitster 5y ago
> I understand you have a next book, but you have to answer this question. There is not a Gen 6 fab. There is not a Gen 10.5 fab. There is not a factory that is making anything that is known to anyone, as far as we can tell. If you had just said, “We are going to make a Gen 6 fab,” I think everyone would have been like, “Okay, where is it?” There isn’t one. The idea that it is the Evers administration, that business climate changed, or that Wisconsin was the wrong choice — which is what you are suggesting right now — that is all on Foxconn. If you chose wrong and should have chosen Ohio because of politics, it is still on Foxconn. If you decided 10.5 was not going to work out and Gen 6 was better, and you could not convince the Evers administration that you were actually going to build an LCD factory. What we have heard from that administration is that you never engaged or told them anything. So where is the accountability here for there not being a factory? It sounds like the interviewer has already decided what the right answer is. And not to defend Yeung here, but the argument here is pretty asinine. A new administration came in and killed the deal - and it's their fault for not anticipating this? Is he on trial for both helping make the deal and letting it fail?
- Kon-Peki 5y ago
  You can go back and read the historical reporting on this. I think the point is that the Evers administration didn't kill anything, they issued a death certificate for something that had been laying by the side of the road for a really long time. They felt for a pulse, they poked it with a stick, they threw a bucket of water on it. And finally said, "Yep, it's dead"

legitster 5y ago

> I understand you have a next book, but you have to answer this question. There is not a Gen 6 fab. There is not a Gen 10.5 fab. There is not a factory that is making anything that is known to anyone, as far as we can tell. If you had just said, “We are going to make a Gen 6 fab,” I think everyone would have been like, “Okay, where is it?” There isn’t one. The idea that it is the Evers administration, that business climate changed, or that Wisconsin was the wrong choice — which is what you are suggesting right now — that is all on Foxconn. If you chose wrong and should have chosen Ohio because of politics, it is still on Foxconn. If you decided 10.5 was not going to work out and Gen 6 was better, and you could not convince the Evers administration that you were actually going to build an LCD factory. What we have heard from that administration is that you never engaged or told them anything. So where is the accountability here for there not being a factory? It sounds like the interviewer has already decided what the right answer is. And not to defend Yeung here, but the argument here is pretty asinine. A new administration came in and killed the deal - and it's their fault for not anticipating this? Is he on trial for both helping make the deal and letting it fail?

Kon-Peki 5y ago
You can go back and read the historical reporting on this. I think the point is that the Evers administration didn't kill anything, they issued a death certificate for something that had been laying by the side of the road for a really long time. They felt for a pulse, they poked it with a stick, they threw a bucket of water on it. And finally said, "Yep, it's dead"