Rumors, trendy businessmen, competition, the situation gradually becomes turbulent.
Fang Zhuo seriously suspected that an unknown party was involved, but he didn't know who the target was heading for.
Running towards Mr. Dahuang?
It's possible that by acting so domineering, you might offend others.
Running for trendy merchants?
It is also possible that Rhubarb, ranked second on the wealth list, is the most conspicuous one.
Running for yourself?
Smear your reputation, sow discord with trendy businessmen, expose yourself to their counterattacks, fish in troubled waters, and take advantage of it?
Not very likely.
In other words, the success rate is not high.
At home in the evening, when Su Wei listened to Fang Zhuo's analysis, she couldn't help but remind her: "Since the situation has become complicated, you can't be too conceited."
"Actually, when I was considering Mr. Dahuang, I always used two questions to measure him, but the same applies to myself." Fang Zhuo withdrew his restless hand, "It's not about emotional or financial arrogance."
Su Wei asked: "What is it?"
"Whether it can withstand the inspection or not, and whether it has human insurance." Fang Zhuo said calmly, "The company has always abided by laws and regulations and actively paid taxes. As for the latter... For both public and private purposes, promising ice cores are a good project.
"
Yu Gong, Ice Core is second only to SMIC in the Mainland and has the possibility to further move towards advanced process technology.
Privately, it is precisely because there is such a public person that it is also a talisman.
Can the ice core be made without Fang Zhuo?
At the very least, after some practical discussions with venture capital investors, everyone agreed that it was indispensable.
This irreplaceability has an effect over a long period of time.
Fang Zhuo had no intention of breaking the law or doing anything with the ice core, but it was indeed a very solid amulet.
Comparatively speaking, there are alternatives to Rhubarb's home appliance chain model at any time.
Gome fell, and there were Suning, Five Star, and Yongle.
If the ice core falls, there will still be a central core. However, the central core may not be optimistic in the foreseeable time.
Su Wei understood instantly. She knew about the financing of the trip to the United States. From a leadership perspective, state-owned semiconductor companies that had already been proven by examples were not feasible. Equipment and technology were the biggest problems.
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But despite this, she still frowned slightly and said: "Even so, it would be better to have less trouble. This kind of thing is unnecessary."
Fang Zhuo nodded.
The next second he said helplessly: "This is not my original intention. I want to compete openly with Da Huang, win the channel war, and develop e-commerce."
He added: "However, Xiao Su, I feel that sometimes I will fall into an information cocoon. In the future, you must always remind me to be kind to others."
Su Wei glanced at it and nodded slightly, barely possessing half of the confidence.
"I estimate that Dahuang will have problems sooner or later. The media has been arranged for tomorrow morning, whether it is fashion businessmen or some leaders he is close to, to express his attitude to them." Fang Zhuo said, "Weiwei, this
Stop being conceited."
Su Wei couldn't help but laugh and said: "You can remember a word for a long time."
Fang Zhuo shrugged: "I am a very honest person."
Su Wei was still a little worried about the administrative factors involved, and finally reminded her: "This time things are a bit weird, so it's better to keep a low profile as much as possible."
Fang Zhuo agreed.
In fact, he is not worried much about the administrative aspects, but more worried about not being able to figure out the causes and consequences.
As for the second question that Mr. Dahuang asked himself, there is an unspoken solution.
It is not easy to build an industry. Who can’t speculate?
Qiu Lanhua is a young official, and Brother Zheng is not sure about the future. The relationship with the above is mostly due to industrial considerations. At worst, he will go to Lin'an with the production line in the past two years.
If you take ten thousand steps back, even if you don't go to Lin'an and pack your luggage and go back to Luzhou, you will still be at ease.
The world is so big, after all, there is only one hometown.
All these thoughts are only in my mind, and it all depends on whether the situation will change beyond my imagination.
…
On the morning of August 2, Fang Zhuo accepted a joint interview with satellite TV and newspapers at Hang Lung 23.
We are neither talking about e-commerce nor semiconductors, but giving advice to foreign companies.
"Mr. Fang, as we all know, Yike has achieved success both at home and abroad. This is extremely difficult. What do you think of the development of foreign companies in our country?"
The questions Fang Zhuo heard were those he had been given.
He replied: "Our country has entered the WTO in the past two years. Many well-known or unknown foreign companies are looking for development opportunities. Some have achieved success, but many have experienced setbacks."
"According to my experience in business, first of all, it is very important for companies to abide by the law."
"If you don't abide by the law, don't talk about success or failure. This is the lowest bottom line."
"Although I don't want to say it, Yike abides by the Labor Law very well."
"One more thing, foreign companies must pay attention to localization and develop according to local conditions in order to serve everyone's interests."
Fang Zhuo talked about the law as the bottom line that enterprises cannot violate, and also used practical examples to explain the provisions.
An interview suddenly turned into a legal education class.
However, TV stations and newspapers have no objections and will probably broadcast and publish it within a week.
It was approaching noon and the reporters were sent away.
Fang Zhuo confirmed that the heads of the TV Eight Heroes have arrived in Shanghai and can attend the afternoon meeting.
The eight heads of companies, this is the lineup that was not put together last time to promote the panel production line, but their presence does not mean that things will go smoothly. On the contrary, some business heads may just sell them.
It’s a little face-saving, convenient to make a formal choice between Tesco and Gome.
Last month, Tesco suffered a total of 25 suppliers cutting off supply, which was a big blow to the supply chain.
However, the eight well-known TV companies have yet to give an answer under the pressure of Gome. Some are waiting and watching, thinking that the competition between the two will soon subside, while others are unswervingly standing by Fang Zhuo.
This side.
For example, Changhong, Meiling, TCL.
These three companies would rather cancel their cooperation with Gome than break with Tesco.
Needless to say, Changhong and Meiling, the former’s Ni Runfeng no longer cares about the flood after stepping down, and the latter’s Zhang Xuebin has just been recommended by Fang Zhuo to CCTV to record entrepreneurial and financial programs.
As for TCL, Li Dongsheng’s considerations are similar to Gree’s. He believes that channels like Gome have turned away from customers and in the long run, the interests of the brand will not be effectively guaranteed.
Moreover, in the battle between Gome and Suning in Jinling in June, Huang Guangyu had already used TCL as a special price machine because TCL did not send anyone to attend the supplier meeting. The two companies actually had a rift that was difficult to repair.
Li Dongsheng has not announced his withdrawal from Gome, but is seriously considering the possibility of building his own channels.
In this case, he regards the online channel Tesco as a natural ally.
For this reason, at the previous e-commerce supplier meeting, TCL sent a vice president to support it (叏). It was indeed a rare well-known brand with a clear identity at that meeting.
At 1:30 in the afternoon, the TV boss had already arrived in the conference room of Hang Lung 22.
Li Dongsheng was born earlier, but found that Ni Runfeng from Changhong was in the conference room earlier than him.
"Mr. Ni, you are so fast. You are worthy of being Mr. Fang's ally."
Li Dongsheng joked.
"Mr. Li, sit down. Mr. Fang is receiving friends upstairs. It's Wu Zheng from Sunshine Culture." Ni Runfeng stood up and poured tea for Li Dongsheng himself with half a sense of ownership.
Li Dongsheng quickly thanked him and said with a smile: "I know Wu Zheng, but I have never dealt with him."
He paused and said meaningfully: "Mr. Fang really has a wide range of contacts."
Ni Runfeng was about to retire. He smiled and said directly: "Fang is always able to mess around, but he often messes up the project after messing around. Mr. Li's TCL didn't come with him."
"Haha, yes, I am optimistic about Mr. Fang. I was originally worried about how to build our own channels. Mr. Fang's Tesco really saved us TCL." Li Dongsheng said half-truthfully.
Ni Runfeng just smiled.
Seeing that no one else had come to the conference room, Li Dongsheng lowered his voice slightly and asked: "Mr. Ni, you and Mr. Fang are familiar with each other. Is the recent incident in Gome true or false?"
"Fake." Ni Runfeng said with certainty.
Li Dongsheng was surprised and said: "Really?"
"Fake." Ni Runfeng replied.
Li Dongsheng couldn't laugh or cry: "Is it true or false?"
"I just arrived in Shanghai, how do I know? However, based on my experience, none of these words are like what Mr. Fang said." Ni Runfeng took a sip of tea, "It seems a little too eager.
"
Li Dongsheng pondered.
He actually tends to believe it, but what Mr. Ni said seems to make sense.
Before the exchange could continue, Zhang Xuebin from Meiling and Zhang Ruimin from Haier walked into the conference room talking and laughing.
The four of them greeted each other and sat down again.
As the time approached two o'clock, the remaining four companies also arrived one after another.
Everyone was chatting and laughing, but Li Dongsheng keenly discovered that, like him, they all mentioned the conflict between Mr. Fang and Mr. Huang, as if there was a cat in their hearts that was scratching and scratching, but just didn't make a sound.
"Hey, I'm sorry, it's my fault."
"It's late. A friend came from the capital and said a few words."
"Dear CEOs, I will punish myself with three drinks tonight."
Fang Zhuo hurriedly opened the door of the conference room and apologized repeatedly.
The eight presidents all exchanged greetings.
"The last time I put together the TV Eight Heroes was for the LCD panel, which was a major industry event. This time I troubled you all for a small matter on Tesco. I sincerely thank you." Fang Zhuo sat down and opened the file, expressing his gratitude in advance.
"Everyone has heard it. Mr. Fang has to thank you. Can't we have three more drinks? There are six drinks in total tonight." Li Dongsheng said.
Zhang Xuebin made a joke: "That won't work, because of BOE's affairs, I have to help Mr. Fang drink three drinks."
"Hey, CEOs, if we continue talking like this, we will have endless talk." Fang Zhuo reminded helplessly.
Li Dongsheng and Zhang Xuebin both made gestures for Mr. Fang to continue.
However, Fang Zhuo did not immediately start talking about Tesco. Instead, he briefly explained BOE's situation based on what Zhang Xuebin just said.
The cooperation between BOE and Luzhou is very fast and the conditions are very favorable. If everything goes well and BOE's speed is used, it is expected that preliminary production capacity will be formed by the end of the year at the latest, further reducing panel costs.
Of course, domestic TV companies no longer need to wait that long. The LCD Alliance, led by Samsung, has taken the initiative to lower prices in order to attack the Plasma Alliance, which has benefited all companies.
As the cost of LCD TVs decreases, the demand for market penetration will further increase.
From this aspect, TV companies are very dependent on home appliance chain companies like Gome.
Again, Gome is number one in the industry. This is a reality that cannot be ignored today.
When Fang Zhuo started talking about the development and goals of Tesco, as well as his cooperation with brand owners, Zhou Houjian, the head of Hisense, put forward his opinions.
He was fully prepared for this trip. He first laid out the cooperation data between his company and Gome, and then said awkwardly: "Mr. Fang, it's not that I'm not optimistic about the development of Tesco, it's that Hisense is facing the critical transformation of LCD.
It’s hard not to start from the perspective of the business itself.”
"If Tesco develops as fast as you said, I believe Hisense will also reconsider cooperation."
"Now Gome is putting a lot of pressure on Hisense. On the 20th of last month, Mr. Huang called me personally. I didn't agree at the time. I thought that no matter what, I had to meet and discuss this matter with Mr. Fang.
"
Zhou Houjian first put forward his own situation, so as not to hurt the harmony. The panel production line and its impact undoubtedly need to be thanked by Mr. Fang, but when it comes to corporate interests, this must come first.
Fang Zhuo was not angry and said sincerely: "Mr. Zhou, I have also considered this issue. Including TCL, Changhong, and Meiling, we are all studying how to reduce the losses that Gome can bring."
The communication with TCL, Changhong, and Meiling was not held in this meeting, but was discussed in advance.
Zhou Houjian indicated that he was listening.
"E-Gou is not only online, but also sells large and medium-sized electrical appliances. I won't go into details about this."
"Gome is acting domineeringly and is not only unfairly competing against Tesco... I am seeking cooperation with Suning."
Fang Zhuo dropped a piece of news that made the other five leaders' pupils tremble.
Zhou Houjian asked in surprise: "Strive for it?"
"The negotiation has not been completed yet, so I don't want to take any guarantee on this occasion." Fang Zhuo said, "You also know that Suning is also under pressure from Gome on the supplier side. Moreover, Suning's Mr. Zhang is originally from Anhui Province, and
I am half a fellow countryman, so we can talk with each other, unlike Mr. Huang and I, who are more difficult to talk to."
Zhou Houjian held a certain skeptical attitude.
As far as he knew, although Gome had the toughest attitude, Suning had shown hostility. However, the former was too conspicuous and was mixed with personal conflicts with Mr. Fang.
"Half a month, I still need half a month. No matter whether I can make it or not, I will thank you all then." Fang Zhuo gave a time estimate.
He is willing to fight for these famous domestic brands, not only Suning, but also Yongle, Five-Star and other companies. But if they really can't reach an agreement, Changhong, Meiling, TCL will deal with them first.
Zhou Houjian frowned and nodded.
He is willing to allow half a month more time.
However, because he was older, Zhou Houjian couldn't help but make a suggestion: "Mr. Fang, I don't know if I should say this, but I think you and Mr. Huang can have a good talk."
"I don't think Gome and Tesco have reached the point where they have to fight."
Fang Zhuo sighed: "Yeah, I don't think so either. The problem is that Mr. Huang's attitude is rather stubborn, so I can only think of other ways."
Li Dongsheng, who was listening in, noticed something was wrong in everyone's eyes. Did Mr. Fang's other methods refer to cooperation with Suning, or was he hinting at something.
The meeting continues.
Fang Zhuo did not compare the home appliance chains Gome and Suning, but used Taobao, which is suppressing eBay, to discuss the development speed of Internet companies.
Mr. Zhou said it well. Once Tesco develops, Hisense is willing to cooperate again.
However, although Tesco will not refuse, there must always be a key point of cooperation. The icing on the cake can never be as good as providing help when the time is right.
Fang Zhuo controlled his allocation of time for talking, but as he talked, evening soon came.
"Everyone, I have confidence in Tesco. I also believe that this model is more advanced than Gome. Sooner or later, we will win with the advanced nature of the model."
"So, if there are any rumors or anything like that, don't believe it."
Fang Zhuo was about to end the meeting and took the initiative to clarify the situation.
Li Dongsheng listened to Mr. Fang's comparison of business models all afternoon, and increasingly felt that Mr. Ni's words made sense. Mr. Fang was willing to challenge the business model.
"If you don't believe it, I never believe it." Ni Runfeng laughed out loud.
"Rumors? What rumors are there?" Zhang Xuebin pretended to be confused.
Fang Zhuo stood up with a smile and was about to invite all the heads to go to the hotel together.
But before he could speak, the cell phones of the eight leaders vibrated or rang one after another.
Several people looked at their phones, and their expressions suddenly became a little strange.
Ni Runfeng looked at Mr. Fang in confusion.
When Li Dongsheng saw Mr. Fang's eyes sweeping over him, he coughed and reported the news as objectively as possible: "Mr. Fang, um, Mr. Huang seems to have lost contact."
"Oh?" Fang Zhuo was slightly surprised but not too surprised.
This scene had different interpretations in the eyes of eight people.
The atmosphere in the conference room was a bit strange.
Everyone looked at Mr. Fang, as if they were unconsciously waiting for an explanation.
Fang Zhuo was silent for a long time and sighed: "If we hadn't met at the top of Qunyu Mountain, we would have met under the moon at Yaotai. What a pity, Mr. Huang."
