1991 Starting from the core

Provincial airport.

When the flight from Seoul arrived on time, Wang Chaoxin and Shi Dazhu were waiting eagerly. Soon, Su Yuanshan, Wen Xiaoqian, Fu Zhenhua and others appeared at the exit.

"You two, is it so grand?"

After meeting and shaking hands, Su Yuanshan saw that there was no anxiety on the faces of the two people and joked with a smile.

"As for that, of course." Wang and Shi laughed, and surrounded Su Yuanshan as they got into the commercial vehicle that had been parked outside.

Fu Zhenhua also got into the car, drove the driver out, and sat in the driver's seat.

…

After getting in the car, the two of them couldn't wait to see each other. Seeing this, Su Yuanshan couldn't help but shook his head: "Did the lawyer say that?"

Although Yang Yiwen was admitted to the maternity center, she still quickly introduced an excellent team of anti-dumping responding lawyers to Giant and Zhongxin.

"Of course the lawyer reassured us, but after asking around, it seems that domestic anti-dumping responses have never been successful...many companies have relied on procrastination to get through." Shi Dazhu was worried: "We are a little worried when the time comes I lost my wife and lost my troops."

When Su Yuanshan was about to say that he would just use it as teaching expenses, he immediately realized that Shi Dazhu really valued overseas business. If he really lost the North American market, he would probably languish for several years. So he pondered for a while and asked, "Have they given any response plan?"

"Yes." Shi Dazhu continued: "The preliminary plan given by the lawyer now is to respond to the lawsuit from three aspects. The first one is naturally from the real cost and price. The second one can consider value-added services. excuse."

"Value-added services?" Su Yuanshan was stunned for a moment and asked curiously: "What value-added services do you have?"

"mYOS, our current mobile phones all use the mYOS system, which can provide MP3 online download and management functions, and we have also cooperated with MP3.com through a commission..."

Su Yuanshan was startled again and laughed: "Damn it, you guys are more playful than me... Yes, I learned it - but you are not kind and don't tell me if you have such an idea to make money."

"...Of course I don't like this mosquito leg distal core." Shi Dazhu laughed, and then frowned: "The third aspect is that our original pricing is actually not low, mainly because of our discounts and The discounts are huge.”

"According to the lawyers, this will play a big role in our success in responding to the lawsuit."

"Then what are you worried about?" Su Yuanshan looked at the two of them - set the price a little higher, and then use activities and various gifts to achieve actual price reduction sales. This is an old trick in anti-dumping strategies, so in the consumer category Among the products, there are very few anti-dumping lawsuits.

"Because the lawyer said that responding to the lawsuit is only one aspect. They can do it perfectly, but on the other hand... they can't do anything." Wang Chaoxin took the words and looked at Su Yuanshan with a burning gaze: "Mr. Shan, the anti-dumping lawsuit is Hearings need to be held within the industry.”

"so?"

"So..." Shi Dazhu hesitated: "So, let's see if we can contact Xinghai... for help."

Anti-dumping in a country naturally means that a certain imported product has caused extremely severe price suppression on a certain industry in the country, so that the industry generally feels that the pressure is too great and cannot survive - a typical example is the 1980s. China's semiconductors are beating up Silicon Valley, and even Intel is feeling desperate. Frankly speaking, it would have been a bit heartless if the United States had not launched an anti-dumping investigation at that time.

Therefore, excellent response is certainly one aspect, but what is really important, even decisive, is the industry hearing - if every company in the industry is crying and complaining, they cannot survive. No matter how beautifully you respond to the lawsuit and how well you comply with the law, you still can't run away.

"..."

Su Yuanshan was speechless for a while.

Shi Dazhu also knew that this request was a bit excessive - not to mention that although Xinghai was founded by several big guys from Yuanxin, after so many years, they had already gone public independently. Moreover, Xinghai’s local mobile phone business has also been affected by the low-priced mobile phones of these two companies.

Just forget that Xinghai didn't cause any trouble for them, and asked Xinghai to help talk...

This request is indeed a bit excessive.

"Mr. Shan, we have never considered other options from the beginning. We all use telecore products..." Shi Dazhu blinked: "Giant has contributed to the YX architecture..."

"puff……"

This sentence made Su Yuanshan immediately amused, but then he remained silent for a few seconds and said: "That's it, Lao Shi. If Yuanxin representatives are invited to the hearing, I can only guarantee that Yuanxin will make a decision that is beneficial to you." statement - of course, the chances are slim, since we are closely interested parties."

"I admit that I still have a certain influence on Xinghai, but at this time, the less I can use this influence. We must believe that when the anti-dumping investigation is launched, any contact between me and Xinghai will become Evidence against you.”

Shi Dazhu was stunned for a moment, then frowned.

Wang Chaoxin glanced at him and couldn't help but shook his head.

As the executive director of Yuanxin, Wang Chaoxin certainly understands Su Yuanshan's attitude towards Xinghai better than Shi Dazhu - he cannot use his influence on Xinghai except at critical moments.

Although he was anxious to get angry when encountering such a thing, from the perspective of Yuanxin, the anti-dumping lawsuit against Zhongxin and Giant was just a small episode in the current development of Yuanxin, not even a setback.

What really counts as a setback is that until today, Hongxin's photolithography machine has not yet been released - this will undoubtedly fully affect Deyuan's next order arrangements.

"Of course, it's not impossible. Anyway, the hearing will take a long time. Let's delay him first. If that doesn't work, why not just buy the owner out? By the way, I heard the owner is Lucent?"

"right."

"Uh... Then pretend I didn't say it. Lucent is now at its peak and cannot be offended." Su Yuanshan shook his head with a smile.

"..."

*

Country M, International Trade Commission (ITC) headquarters.

After receiving Lucent's lawsuit, the ITC quickly established an investigation team and began to actively contact mobile phone companies in lighthouse countries. In addition to domestic companies such as MOTO, Xinghai, and Lucent, these companies also have other international brands that have established branches and subsidiaries in Lighthouse China.

Anti-dumping, of course, involves pulling a group of people to crush those unlucky ones who "do not abide by the rules".

The ITC responded very quickly this time. After obtaining the information provided by various companies, it convened the first hearing as soon as possible.

As representatives of various companies entered the hearing venue, officials from the ITC anti-dumping department glanced at the time and looked at the representatives of the mobile phone companies present.

The official's name is Morris, who is in his early fifties. In addition to being an official of the anti-dumping department of the ITC, he is also an official of the World Trade Organization.

He had already heard about the low-price competition of mainland products, so he went straight to the point without any nonsense.

"Today's hearing is a hearing on the anti-dumping litigation against mobile phone brands from mainland China, Giant and Zhongxin."

"I hope everyone can truthfully state whether these two companies have engaged in improper means and low-price dumping in commercial competition."

"Now, please let the Lucent representative make a statement."

After Morris finished speaking, he looked at the Lucent representative.

The Lucent representative nodded and glanced at the MOTO representative without leaving any trace: "We believe that these two companies have engaged in low-price dumping and unfair competition, and relevant evidence has been submitted to the committee."

"But I still want to give an example here."

"The material cost of a giant MP3 phone called JR1588 that supports GPRS and CMDA in mainland China is US$175. We admit that labor costs in mainland China are very low - but low labor costs are also an act of unfair competition. , or even anti-human rights behavior.”

"But even with low labor, administrative costs and shipping costs, as well as our low tariffs, the final cost of this model of phone will be more than $200."

"Although their final price tag is $250, in fact, through various activities and programs, they are actually selling it for only $199 long-term."

"[199, Music Phone Follows You] This is their advertising slogan."

"Don't forget, the $199 also includes the dealer's profit."

Having said this, the Lucent representative looked angry: "They just want to use China's high subsidies to maliciously occupy our market."

Morris nodded after hearing this. Seeing that the Lucent representative stopped speaking, he turned to the MOTO representative next to him.

The MOTO representative didn’t talk nonsense and expressed his stance directly.

Next, Morris looked around and didn't see Xinghai in the first row. Instead, a Samsung representative sat next to MOTO...

"Representatives from Samsung please make a statement."

"Thank you Mr. Morris, thank you IDC."

The Samsung representative stood up and bowed slightly. As he sat down, he glanced behind him inadvertently.

Representatives from Xinghai sat in the second row, and there was no representative from Yuanxin.

Of course, various information indicates that Yuanxin, Giant, and Zhongxin are interested parties, and it is obviously impossible to attend this hearing.

"We also believe that the products of Giant and Zhongxin violate the principle of fair competition. Because in mainland China, the mobile phones of these two companies are not expensive - they are using the mainland's export subsidies to engage in malicious competition." Samsung representative said in a deep voice.

Immediately afterwards, Nokia also made a statement with the same attitude.

Amid the denunciation, Morris looked at the Xinghai representative.

The representative of Xinghai is Bol from the Legal Department.

Everyone looked at Bol in unison.

The reason is very simple. Xinghai and MOTO products cover the entire current price range of high, middle and low. And its market share is even better than that of MOTO, and it can be regarded as the number one mobile phone company in the lighthouse country.

As long as Xinghai makes the same statement, then anti-dumping is basically a certainty.

So will Xinghai step on the giant?

Of course! ——This is what everyone is thinking.

Yuanxin didn't come, but all the mobile phone companies that came here were annoyed by Giant and Zhongxin Mobile Phones... How could Xinghai betray the market!

Facing everyone's gaze, Bol smiled slightly.

"Xinghai believes that the products of Giant and Yuanxin have not formed substantial malicious competition against Xinghai Mobile."