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Jung Jong-soon is surrounded by two movie actresses, showing that the chaebol family does whatever they want. It was also very generous, and they directly reserved the leisure area of ​​more than 300 square meters on the first floor.

In front of the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, several people were sitting on the sofa, drinking a bottle of Bordeaux red wine that was said to have been collected for more than 20 years, and looking at the gorgeous night view of the bustling Gangnam District in Seoul outside the window, which was quite stylish.

Unfortunately, Song Qianqian's popularity is too low.

She is now considered a popular girl group, and her reputation is higher than that of the two movie actors around Jung Jong-soon. But sitting together chatting, it was obvious that the two actresses looked down on Song Qianqian and ignored her. On the other hand, he was very complimentary to Zheng Zhongchun’s Assistant Jin and Boss Zhou’s Secretary Ning, who was trying hard to find topics to chat with.

However, these two assistants don't have time to gossip with entertainment stars.

They also have to work beside the big boss.

Although the two bosses communicate in English, it is not their native language after all. When communicating, the language may not be smooth or the words cannot be understood clearly, so an assistant with better language skills is needed to come to the rescue.

The last time the Zheng family discussed cooperation in the Internet industry, it was Zheng Zhongchun who came forward, and he was also an old acquaintance.

Zhou Buqi talked about the current new Internet situation, "Kakao is developing very rapidly, and it is time to consider a new round of financing."

"Well, I know, Kakaotalk is very successful, and I am a loyal user. Since using this product, I almost no longer send text messages."

Zheng Zhongchun laughed, but his expression was very cautious.

He heard about it too.

Samsung wants to invest in Kakao!

This is not possible!

Hyundai will never do business with Samsung. It would rather not do business than cooperate.

Zhou Buqi said solemnly: "Mr. Zheng, from Kakao's point of view, introducing capital from Hyundai and Samsung at the same time will be more conducive to the future development of this company."

Zheng Zhongchun said solemnly: "No, there can only be one company on Kakao's board of directors."

"This is not in Kakao's interests."

"This is a national condition."

"Um?"

Zhou Buqi raised his eyebrows.

Chung Jong-soon said: "Hyundai and Samsung will not cooperate. This will cause a lot of unnecessary troubles. Qingwadae has been promoting de chaebolization in recent years. Just like Japan has done before."

Zhou Buqi didn't bother to understand the current domestic political situation in South Korea, so he simply went straight to the point, "If I choose a partner, Samsung is more suitable, right?"

Zhou Buqi and Zheng Zhongchun had collaborated before.

However, that is not Kakao, but another e-commerce company, JTmall, the Korean version of Jingtao. At that time, Hyundai Group invested US$5 million and held 12.5% ​​of JTmall's shares.

But Kakao is different.

Jin Beomxiu worked for Samsung in his early years. When the Internet company he led was choosing investors, it seemed more reasonable to choose to cooperate with Samsung.

Zheng Zhongchun's expression changed slightly, "Mr. Zhou, over the past year or so, we have established a very friendly cooperative relationship. Do you just want to change the status quo for Samsung?"

Zhou Buqi sighed, "It's not that I want to change, it's... in the smartphone market, why is the gap between Hyundai and Samsung so big?"

Zheng Zhongchun's face suddenly froze.

Nothing can be said.

Ten years ago, Hyundai mobile phones were all-powerful and were definitely No. 1 in the Korean market. It is even exported to North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and other countries and regions. According to the sales statistics of the US operator giant Verizon, Hyundai mobile phones were the mobile phone brand with the largest supply in the United States!

But later, the Zheng family had internal strife and split up.

The biggest beneficiary of Hyundai's internal strife is Samsung. Many businesses have been taken away by Samsung, including the mobile phone business. In the past few years, Hyundai Group's mobile phone business has been getting worse and worse.

Last year, Zhou Buqi came to South Korea and reached a certain agreement with Hyundai Group, which was a package of cooperation. In addition to investing together in the Internet field, the main focus is the mobile phone business.

Asda is too young and has not established overseas channels at all.

The modern mobile phone sales market has been cultivated in Europe, the United States, the Middle East, Africa and other places for many years. Asda sold more than 30 million mobile phones in the past year, which is also due to modern channels.

However, the modern side can only be greedy.

Let alone exploring overseas markets, the domestic market cannot survive.

Especially in the era of smartphones, the iPhone entered South Korea last year, and Samsung and LG followed suit by launching Android-based smartphones. The three mobile phones almost dominated the entire South Korea.

And modern cell phones…

It is still sluggishly operating multimedia mobile phones. The two mid-range phones launched this year with a price of more than 300 US dollars are not even smart phones. They are really useless.

Zheng Zhongchun was helpless and could only explain.

There are specialties in the technical industry, and Hyundai is good at physical engineering products, such as building cars, building elevators, building refrigerators, building lathes... Although mobile phones are also physical products, in the past few years, mobile phones have become more and more virtual, and the software level more and more important. Especially for smartphones, the quality of the operating system has become a core factor in evaluating a smartphone.

With the development of mobile phone updates, modern mobile phones have fallen behind the times.

However, Zheng Zhongshun also said that Hyundai will not give up the mobile phone business. Hyundai has a group of loyal users in South Korea... If nothing else, the Hyundai Group has a total of hundreds of thousands of employees, and an order requires them all to use Hyundai mobile phones. This executive order alone can ensure the survival of modern mobile phones.

Zhou Buqi shook his head, "This is not the way."

"Do you have a good idea?"

Zheng Zhongchun's heart moved. He heard that Boss Zhou had come and had some intentions.

Zhou Buqi glanced at him and said calmly: "For Ziweixing and Kakao, the best choice for their own interests is to let both Hyundai and Samsung join Kakao's board of directors. If it is not suitable, they can only choose one of the two... I The most important thing in doing business is integrity and friendship. I believe there can be 100% trust between Hyundai and Ziweixing."

Zheng Zhongchun was very happy and surprised, "Really? You have already decided? Will Kakao give up Samsung?"

"not enough!"

Zhou Buqi shook his head.

"Um?"

Zheng Zhongchun raised his eyebrows, still a little confused.

Zhou Buqi said calmly: "When I do business, I always treat my partners with 100% sincerity. Since I have chosen to cooperate with Hyundai, of course I will give up Samsung. Since I have chosen to cooperate with Hyundai, I can help If you are busy, you will naturally want to help and let’s fight against Samsung together.”

Zheng Zhongshun said with a smile: "Samsung is behind NHN. They have already dominated the Internet market. If Kakao and JTmall can really do it, they can break this pattern. This will be the biggest help."

Zhou Buqi looked deeply into his eyes, "There is also a mobile phone!"

"cell phone?"

"The most popular smartphone in the world is Aster, crushing Samsung!"

"This..." Zheng Zhongchun frowned slightly, but still failed to understand Boss Zhou's intention, "But it is different in South Korea. Except for iPhone, it is difficult for other mobile phone brands to enter. Even iPhone sales are very low. Aster is in I’m afraid it will be difficult to open the market here.”

At this time, Zheng Zhongchun felt a little uneasy.

Aster's sales in South Korea are through modern channels, with modern operators helping to sell them. But sales are too poor. In the past year, South Korea sold more than 10 million mobile phones, and Aster sold less than 20,000 units.

It’s not that Hyundai doesn’t work hard, it’s just that it really can’t be sold.

Korean people support domestic brands.

Unless... Hyundai Group takes some new measures and issues an administrative order requiring employees of Hyundai Group and all Hyundai Group-related companies to use Aster mobile phones.

If this is done, the sales volume of Aster3 may reach 1 million.

But this is seriously not in line with the interests of Hyundai Group.

Employees have all bought Aster, what about their own modern mobile phones? If Boss Zhou really made such a request, it would be really embarrassing.

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm not doing a stress test or negotiating with you. I said I will do my best to support our partners. Modern mobile phones have a very glorious history. In the past few years, Samsung and LG have caught up from behind, and I am not willing to accept it as an outsider. I think that modern mobile phones need further help from Asda."

"help?"

Zheng Zhongchun was shocked in his heart and couldn't believe it.

real or fake?

How can you talk about business like this?

Kakao rejected Samsung's capital and chose to cooperate with Hyundai. This is a very favorable terms. Normally, Hyundai would have to pay certain benefits to achieve this cooperation.

Unexpectedly, boss Zhou not only did not ask for benefits, but also actively gave benefits to Hyundai to help Hyundai mobile phones fight against Samsung!

Isn’t that too generous?

Is this the pattern and ambition of a world-class entrepreneur?

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "I heard that modern mobile phones have the most advanced production lines, information management systems and 100% automatic detection capabilities in the world."

Zheng Zhongchun is somewhat proud, "The production line and management system are all imported from abroad. Although advanced, they are not very advanced. But the automatic inspection line is unique in the world and is responsible for the ultra-low defective rate and ultra-high rate of modern mobile phones." Guaranteed quality.”

"I'm very interested. Can you arrange it? I'll go over and have a look."

Zhou Buqi also heard what Zhou Shaoning said.

Hyundai is different from Nokia, Motorola, Apple, Samsung and other mobile phone manufacturers. The Hyundai Group behind Hyundai has the production capacity of large-scale engineering production lines.

They can build cars and lathes.

The automatic inspection production line of modern mobile phones is tailor-made for its own business. It has the highest level of automation in the world and has achieved 100% coverage of mobile phone chips, memories and other components.

In other words, every modern mobile phone shipped from the factory is theoretically 100% good.

The general automatic detection capability in the market is only 80%, which can only be compensated by other means, which not only affects efficiency, but also increases expenses, and the yield rate is not guaranteed.

Asda also needs such a test production line.

From the perspective of the development of Asda's own business, it is also necessary to cooperate with modern mobile phones. Modern mobile phones are so weak that they will not put competitive pressure on Asda.