How did I become a god

Chapter 1430 Luo Yi's Choice
Bangalore, India.

Luo Yi and other Coolpad mobile phone dealers in India all gathered at the Coolpad mobile phone's Indian headquarters. They stayed in the hotel next door and came here every day to inquire about the news.

Coolpad Mobile's account was seized by the Indian law enforcement agency and fined several hundred million yuan. The idea is to make money in India and spend it in India. Coolpad Mobile's statement is very strong: it said it will appeal to the court and will withdraw from the Indian market!
This is a tough time for dealers like them.

Luo Yi rubbed his face with a frown on his face as he sat with two familiar dealer friends in a small conference room at Coolpad's Indian headquarters building. There was tea in front of each of them, but they had no intention of taking a sip.

The time difference in India is two hours slower than that in China. When it is around nine o'clock in the evening in China, it is only 7 o'clock in the evening in Bangalore.

"Lao Luo, you are a distributor in Gujarat. You must know some senior executives in Coolpad, right? Did they tell you what arrangements should be made for us?"

"Yes, it's a relief that Coolpad has withdrawn its business, but what about us dealers? I still have tens of millions of dollars in payment for goods."

"I would just ship the goods away. Your goods can still be shipped out, but the money in my Indian company's account is also being targeted. If Coolpad loses the legal battle, my tens of millions will be wasted. Damn it!"

"You can imagine that we can't win the lawsuit because of the crappy laws of Ah San. They can use the law to punish you. We still have to rely on the country to help us."

"I think it's difficult. Lei Jun's company was also investigated, but the nearly 50 billion fine was not rescinded. Now Xiaomi's dealers are saying that they can probably get most of it, but they will definitely have to pay India a heavy price."

Luo Yi couldn't help but sigh, "Hey, what connection can I have with Coolpad? Just wait and see!" His college football teammate Jing Gao was a wealthy man. He came to India to start a business with Jing's 500 million.

But he definitely wouldn't tell his "friends" about this relationship.

Faced with the current predicament, he is now at a loss and can only leave it to fate. Indian law does not prohibit the import of complete mobile phones, but the tax will be very high. Therefore, if global mobile phone manufacturers want to gain a foothold in the Indian market, they can only build factories in India to reduce their costs.

So if Coolpad Mobile decides to withdraw from the Indian market and does not build a factory or invest in the local market, none of their dealers will survive because there will be no phones with suitable prices to sell.

Their fate is either to turn to other mobile phone manufacturers or to leave.

But it is not so easy to "switch" to other mobile phone brands. The sales systems of major mobile phone manufacturers are in a competitive relationship and are not harmonious at all. The same is true for these big dealers.

So can you really succeed by switching to another system? It's hard to say.

The four people in the small conference room were privately anxious. Suddenly, Luo Yi received a call, "Mr. Luo, are you still in the headquarters building? Mr. Wen asked you to come up and talk?"

"Yes, yes, there is time." Luo Yi answered the phone in the corridor. He was startled and thought things seemed to be turning around, so he quickly agreed.

Luo Yi came out of the small conference room area, went to the elevator entrance, and took the elevator up to the 32nd floor where Wen Tianlei, the general manager of Coolpad Mobile India, lived. Wen Tianlei's assistant, who had called him just now, was already waiting at the front desk. "Mr. Luo, this way please!"

The capable female assistant took Luo Yi to the office, poured two cups of tea and left.

Luo Yi sat in a chair in front of his desk, drinking tea, waiting for Mr. Wen to finish his work. As a distributor in India, and a relatively important one, he had met Mr. Wen before. He had come to this office many times.

Wen Tianlei finished replying to the email on hand, picked up the water cup and took a sip, and said: "Mr. Luo, you are a relatively important distributor of our company, and the company headquarters has formulated a compensation plan for you.

Do you think it's suitable?"

He said it was the decision from the Shenzhen headquarters, but in fact it was a call from Wang Youxuan, the chief assistant to General Manager An (An Xiaoqian). In other words, it was General Manager An's opinion. Of course, with General Manager An's prestige in Coolpad Mobile, her decision was equivalent to the decision made by Coolpad headquarters.

Luo Yi was a short man, and he agreed with a smile. But in fact, he was complaining in his heart: I don't think it's suitable, can it be changed?

Wen Tianlei said slowly: "The first option is that all Indian dealers will move to South America and Africa to develop business. The company will provide certain loans and support on the purchase price. The second option is that if you don't want to continue to be a Coolpad mobile phone dealer, we will part ways amicably. The company will take over all the inventory in the hands of the current dealers and settle the accounts. Of course, the payment period will not be so fast, it will take some time."

Luo Yi thought for a moment and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Wen, everyone knows that the African mobile phone market is dominated by Transsion. If we rush in, can we have a chance of winning? Besides, there are various climate, diet, and cultural factors. It is still unclear whether we can adapt to them.

This is not something that can be compensated by the company. But we don’t want to withdraw from the Coolpad mobile phone distribution system. We are familiar with this industry, and if we rashly change to another industry, we may lose everything. "

Wen Tianlei couldn't help shaking his head in his heart. This kid is still a little bit short! He wants benefits but is afraid of hardship. Coolpad Mobile is currently expanding globally. It will definitely not rely entirely on local dealers, but on Chinese people to go abroad. Fierce competition is inevitable. You can't want to make money and have no risks and be comfortable. How is this possible?

Do you know the saying “Money is hard to earn, food is hard to eat”?

At this point, he was not in a hurry to give the little guy the "favorable treatment" that Assistant Wang requested. There are ways to sell favors, and it's not the right thing to give them too easily.

"How about this, Mr. Luo, go back and think about it, or talk to your friends about the company's plan. We can talk about it after you've considered it."

"Ok."

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Luo Yi took the elevator down with a heavy heart and returned to the small conference room on the third floor. Three dealer friends were chatting inside. When they saw Luo Yi coming back, they joked, "Boss Luo, did you hear any good news?"

Luo Yi told Wen Tianlei about the two plans he had just made when he went to the 32nd floor to meet him. He sighed, "What kind of thing is this! We have already developed channels in India and have mastered them all. Now we have to move to a strange country and start all over again. Two years of time have been completely wasted."

The three friends were filled with indignation.

"That's right. They're totally treating us dealers like slaves!"

"Well, being able to return the product means Coolpad is doing things in a very disciplined way. Please give me my money back. I don't want to do this anymore. Go back to China and find a small city to live in. Whoever wants to go to Africa can go. I'm not going anyway."

"Yeah, are those countries in Africa so easy to go to? I saw a video on Bilibili where a blogger named Xiao Zhong went to Africa. Alas, it's not suitable for us Chinese to survive. The conditions are too poor."

"It's the same in Brazil," a fat dealer continued. Of the BRIC countries, the Indian market is gone now, and going to South America to expand the market is definitely limited to the Brazilian market. Are you going to expand the market in Cuba and Argentina?

Luo Yi agreed, "It's hard to develop, it's hard to adapt to the environment, there are all kinds of problems, the future is uncertain, relying on the little subsidy from Coolpad, it's hard! I don't even have the courage to try again."

Several people agreed, complained together for a while, and then dispersed. Luo Yi went straight back to the hotel and called his parents, "Dad, I'm going to return to China to develop..."

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Luo Yi slept a little late after calling home. He was woken up by the ringing of his cell phone at around six o'clock the next morning. Without even opening his eyes, he answered the call: "Hello!"

A capable female voice came from the phone. She was Wen Tianlei's assistant: "Mr. Luo, are you still in the Radisson Bengaluru City Center Hotel in Bangalore? The three dealers you came with yesterday have all signed new dealer agreements with the company. Have you thought about it?"

"Ah..." Luo Yi woke up from his nap and asked hurriedly, "Where are they going?"

“Nigeria, Angola, Ghana.”

Luo Yi anxiously took the phone and started to put on clothes, saying: "I will go to the company right away and tell President Wen that I choose the first option."

He was tricked by his "companion". Obviously, the sooner he signed a new dealer contract with Coolpad, the easier it would be to choose a good area, but he wasted the opportunity!
He still can't compare with these old hands who are experienced in business.

Damn, these bastards!
It seems that it will take three years before I can go back to China for a blind date and get married.

(End of this chapter)