Reinventing the Millennium

Chapter 622 The World Will Kill It All (Two in One)

On May 5, the Rockets swept the Denver Nuggets 3-4 in the first round.

As the team owner who has been watching and supervising the game, Fang Zhuo also accepted an interview with the NBA media after the game and gave a very brief sentence.

"I'm already thinking about my opponent in the Western Conference Finals."

Judging from the record and situation, the final opponent of this year's Western Conference playoffs is either the Spurs or the Supersonics.

The Mavericks, who are also in Texas, also came to a 3:1 position in the first round. Seeing that they are about to meet the Rockets in the second round, they did not expect to be seen by the Eastern boss at all. This made the Mavericks owner Mark Cuban very angry. The media mocked Fang Zhuo, who had just entered his second season in the league.

Nash of the Rockets was the starting point guard of the Mavericks last season. With the interaction between the bosses in the media pages, the Mavericks' whole team is quite ready to use their lives.

However, after Fang Zhuo was interviewed by the media, he didn't pay attention to the movement of the sports section at all. After he took care of the last thing, he took people to board the transoceanic flight to Shanghai.

On this trip, Yu Hong, the vice president in charge of the US market, also returned to China.

Different from the considerations of some executives in Yike, Fang Zhuo believes that after Su Wei, the vice president, becomes the president of e-buy, there is no need to promote a functional vice president in charge of domestic affairs during such a period.

With the increasingly fierce competition in domestic music players, the profits in this area are rapidly decreasing. In the next two to three years, the country needs to work hard to become a research and development center for mobile phone software and hardware.

From this perspective, Yu Hong happened to return to China to handle official business.

Different from the light and simple travel before going abroad, Fang Zhuo really brought many people with him when he returned to China this time, including MIGA funds, software engineers, secretary assistants, etc., which can be regarded as "returning with a full load".

Yu Hong asked a question before going to bed: "The Li Fuzhen you last called Samsung, her brother Li Zayong is doing trouble in China, can she still come to open a hotel?"

"She is her, and her brother is her brother. There is still a big gap between the hotel and the TV business." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "I don't think she intends to refuse."

Yu Hong cast a sideways glance: "Are you going for the hotel or for people?"

Fang Zhuo immediately replied, "Of course it's a human being."

Immediately, he continued to explain: "You only saw me calling Li Fuzhen, but you didn't see me calling Brother Zheng. Coming to a luxury hotel abroad can be regarded as attracting investment. I just took advantage of this to chat with Brother Zheng." Talk about the dire situation facing domestic television unions."

Yu Hong was a little surprised. She knew the relationship between the boss and the deputy head of Shencheng Zheng Danrui, but she didn't expect to turn a corner here: "Then what did he say?"

"He's my brother, what can he say?" Fang Zhuo shrugged, "I was thinking about Shencheng when I was away, and of course he is willing to help me if he can help."

Yu Hong likes Boss Fang's style of never leaving the word "brother" even if Zheng Danrui is not in front of him.

She pulled the thin blanket and said, "I hope everything goes well."

Fang Zhuo smiled slightly: "It's a good hope, a good dream."

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As the news that Mr. Fang took the flight back to China spread to China, BOE and six companies from the TV Alliance also arrived in Shanghai by car from Lin'an.

Shencheng is the home of Yike, and because of the cooperation with Yigou, the hospitality here is the most considerate and warm that everyone can feel.

Counting Mr. Fang's time, Wang Dongsheng borrowed the conference room of Hang Lung 23 to hold a meeting while waiting for him to come back.

Because of the strong competition from the LCD camp, and because Samsung has started to cut panel prices, Ni Runfeng, the head of Changhong, dare not claim that this TV alliance is unbreakable.

Ever since he made up his mind to bet on the panel production line, Ni Runfeng has worked hard these days to maintain the existence and unity of the alliance.

He succeeded halfway, the alliance still exists, as for unity...

"Let me do the math for you. I'm not talking about frustration. This year's sales of flat-panel TVs in first-tier cities have definitely exceeded 50%. This is amazing."

Skyworth's senior vice president, Zhao Fenghui, drank tea and offered his views on market data.

Both liquid crystal and plasma technology routes are flat-panel TVs, and they are competing for the market share of CRT color TVs. From this perspective, the two belong to the same camp.

However, the bulky CRT is too irresistible. Not only is the sales of flat-panel TVs rising steadily in first-tier cities, but the penetration rate in second- and third-tier cities is also greatly increasing. This speed is almost beyond the imagination of TV manufacturers.

"Technology upgrades are too fast. I always feel that CRT TV still has a product life cycle, but the reality is that it has been eliminated and sentenced to death." Zhou Yunjie, vice president of Haier, sighed with emotion.

He looked at Ni Runfeng, the head of Changhong, and asked, "I think Changhong is going to the third and fourth lines and even the rural areas to stockpile CRT TVs. How is the effect?"

Before Ni Runfeng answered, Zhao Fenghui from Skyworth rushed to answer: "With the help of Mr. Zhang from Meiling, Changhong's destocking must be very good, and it will definitely not be dragged to death by the backlog of products."

Haier's Zhou Yunjie originally wanted to talk about specific data trends, but when Zhao Fenghui said this, he was wrapped in a bit of irony.

He was embarrassed and displeased.

This Zhao Fenghui belonged to Skyworth, and Skyworth's President Huang had an accident a while ago, and Zhang Xuebin, the president of Meiling sitting in the conference room, jumped out from Skyworth again, and there was a bit of ambiguity between the two of them from the first meeting.

At the beginning, Zhao Fenghui grabbed Zhang Xuebin and taunted him. The latter endured it and fought back in a meeting. The scene was ugly for a while.

Changhong and Meiling are obviously in the same trousers. Although Skyworth has experienced the turmoil of the top management, its original market share is still quite high. Although Hisense and Haier are both from Qingdao, the relationship has become somewhat delicate with Haier's entry into the TV industry.

There is also a Konka company whose style is more pragmatic. The vice president Yang Hongsen who came this time basically watched everyone's disputes and didn't get involved in it. It was at the meeting in Lin'an that the vice president couldn't help but talk to other people because of the chaotic situation. The five critics criticized it once, and almost started fighting with Skyworth's Zhao Fenghui.

All in all, the precariousness of the alliance is the biggest factor that Wang Dongsheng is eagerly looking forward to Fang Zong's return.

He felt that although Mr. Fang had thought about the chip, he was an outsider after all, and he could help the alliance move forward in a relatively neutral manner.

Oh yes, when it comes to chips, the chairman of Hisense Zhou Houjian came here this time. He made it clear that the other party was always a little worried about this, because Hisense wanted to make its own TV chips.

"It's fine if the panel is not autonomous and controllable. We have worked hard on the chip design. I have to say this first."

When Wang Dongsheng thought of this, he unconsciously glanced at Wei Boyun, the marketing director of Morningstar Semiconductor, who was smiling in the conference room. This was exactly what Mr. Fang said on the phone.

On the last day in Lin'an, when Wei Boyun was introduced, Hisense chairman Zhou Houjian's face immediately sank, and some other manufacturers were not satisfied.

Wang Dongsheng couldn't figure out the relationship between this small company, Chenxing Semiconductor, and Mr. Fang, but he knew that Mr. Fang was very fond of his own semiconductor business. If he ran into Zhou Houjian, who had a tough attitude, he didn't know what to do.

A panel manufacturer BOE, six TV manufacturers competing in the same field, and a TV chip design company... Such a combination is a real visitor from all directions.

Wang Dongsheng saw that the atmosphere in the conference room became tense again with a few words, and his depressed, helpless, and heavy mood suddenly calmed down.

Whatever you like, anyway, this is Yike's place.

If Mr. Fang can't win the competing TV manufacturers this time, he should disband as soon as possible. BOE doesn't have to be as aggressive as it is now.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, before the head of Yike arrived, the meeting room had changed from noisy to silent.

Another 5 minutes later, Skyworth's Zhao Fenghui sighed: "The water is almost gone, this party will never come, and there is no one to refill the water?"

Wang Dongsheng explained: "I ordered it, I am afraid that someone will come in and disturb our communication."

Zhao Fenghui said with a smile: "Mr. Wang has a heart, otherwise, if we fight, Yi Ke's people will definitely sideline the fight when they come in."

One sentence said several people.

Konka Yang Hongsen who almost got into a fight in Lin'an, Changhong Ni Runfeng who has always had a good relationship with Mr. Fang, Meiling Zhang Xuebin who is wearing a new pair of pants, and Yi Ke who "pulls the frame"...

Before Zhang Xuebin could retort, the door of the conference room was pushed open, and a tall, thin man in his thirties walked in.

"Come on, add some water, and help me get a pack of cigarettes by the way, when will Boss Fang arrive?"

Zhao Fenghui saw that the person who came was not Mr. Fang, so he urged him.

The thin and tall man was taken aback, glanced at the conference room, nodded, turned around to find water, and had to get cigarettes for Skyworth's Mr. Zhao by the way.

After a while, he re-entered, first gave the cigarette to Zhao Fenghui, then sat in the last seat, and said, "Boss Fang will be there soon."

Wei Boyun of Morningstar Semiconductor was familiar with him. Seeing that the people in the conference room adjusted their sitting postures slightly, he introduced himself in a low voice: "Hello, I am Wei Boyun, Marketing Director of Morningstar Semiconductor. What do I call him?"

The thin and tall man said concisely: "Zhao Yajiang."

Wei Boyun saw that he put the hardcover notebook and pen on the table, and thought that this Zhao Yajiang was going to take minutes of the meeting, and said, "Where is Mr. Fang? He just got out of the airport, right?"

Zhao Yajiang replied: "I guess we're almost downstairs."

Before Wei Boyun could speak again, the door of the conference room was pushed open, and Fang Zhuo, the landlord of Yike, arrived.

"Mr. Wang, Mr. Ni, Mr. Zhou, Mr. Zhang...uh." Fang Zhuo smiled and wanted to say hello, but before he could say everything, he saw another contact from Brother Zheng's original unit, and said with a smile, "Zhao Si, why are you sitting there? Come, come, sit here."

Fang Zhuo patted the seat next to the main seat, and asked Zhao Yajiang, deputy director of the Development and Planning Department from Development and Reform W, to sit down.

He glanced at everyone's surprised expressions again, roughly guessed that something was missing, and immediately introduced: "Blame me, blame me, it's because I came late, I couldn't help admiring the logo of Yike Company just now downstairs, I haven’t had time to introduce you.”

Zhao Yajiang got up, picked up the pen and notebook and walked to the conference table.

Fang Zhuo continued to say with a smile on his face: "This time it involves the domestic TV industry's key actions on the upstream of the production chain. The leaders are very concerned. Zhao Si is the director of our Development and Planning Department. This trip is specially for research. situation."

He took two steps forward, shook hands with Zhao Yajiang, and said with a smile, "Leader, we are facing a lot of difficulties. This time we are not competing with Samsung or Sharp."

"What we want to compete with is the alliance of TV giants headed by Samsung and Sharp that occupy key upstream links in the production chain."

"This time, it is not a competition between enterprises, but a competition between domestic production chains and foreign production chains!"

"I believe that with the leadership's concern and everyone's concerted efforts, we will be able to overcome many difficulties and finally win this competition!"

This remark was followed by the introduction of the leader's identity. Everyone in the conference room hadn't sat down yet, and even Zhao Yajiang's hand was still in Fang Zhuo's.

Zhao Yajiang felt that his hand was being held firmly, and said with a serious face: "I believe that everyone can overcome difficulties and will win this competition."

Fang Zhuo let go of his hand and applauded the leader vigorously.

Zhao Yajiang also applauded, um, President Fang is indeed the same as in the legend.

There was warm applause in the conference room. Some people knew who the director of the Development Planning Department was, and they guessed that he was a deputy director. The position was said to be high or low, but as soon as they came back, they got a hair reformer. Leader, Mr. Fang's situation...

After the applause paused, everyone took their seats.

But Fang Zhuo didn't sit down.

Holding the kettle, he personally refilled a round of tea, finished the unfinished greetings, and finally poured himself water.

After such a movement, he was still standing.

Wang Dongsheng greeted with a smile: "President Fang, please sit down, why are you being polite to us, the landlord?"

"Wait two more, it's almost here." Fang Zhuo reiterated, "This is a competition between production chains and production chains. Objectively speaking, we are at a disadvantage. Our strengths lie in the vastness of the market and the All of you working together."

"It's not because the market is vast, and it won't arouse the covetousness of hungry wolves outside."

"Without everyone's concerted efforts, we would not be able to defend our own market."

After Fang Zhuo finished these two sentences, he also waited for two people who surprised everyone.

Li Dongsheng, the head of TCL who withdrew from the alliance earlier, and Xie Siyu, the general manager of Xohua.

Fang Zhuo introduced the two and Director Zhao to each other, and after a brief greeting, he said: "Hisense, TCL, Skyworth, Prima, Haier, Konka, Changhong, Meiling, these are the 'Eight Heroes' of our Chinese TV industry. "

"I thought about it before boarding the plane, and I always felt that it would be a pity not to have TCL and Primoceca. I called Mr. Li first and invited him to compete with foreign brands. What moved me was that Mr. Li agreed without saying a word. gone."

Li Dongsheng's eyes were a bit subtle, heck, even if the introduction of a production line requires the approval of the Ministry of Development and Reform W before it can be put into construction, Mr. Fang said it very bluntly.

"Then I called Mr. Xie again, and Mr. Xie also understood the righteousness."

Fang Zhuo sighed with a smile: "With the alliance of our eight companies, what kind of competitors cannot be touched?"

Everyone in the meeting room nodded or spoke out, the eager atmosphere was completely different from before.

"Of course, we have more than eight domestic brands, but as I said just now, this is not an ordinary competition, but a contest between production chains." Fang Zhuo said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, everyone, if there are domestic brands other than eight TV manufacturers want to make small moves while we are competing with Japan and South Korea, and I am the first to say no."

"Who dares to make small moves, even flirting with Samsung and Sharp at such a juncture."

"It's not just me, if we gather together, the whole world will punish us!"

Fang Zhuo's eyes were piercing, and he looked at them one by one, but no one's eyes flinched at this moment.

Very good, with the leader at your side and morality at your fingertips, the whole world will punish him.

　Last night I didn’t stay up yesterday, I will stay up a little bit today, and there is still a small chapter.

　
(End of this chapter)