Reborn Tycoon Rise

"It is estimated that the factory in Shenhai City will be completed by July, and the equipment placed at the Hutchison Wharf is ready for shipment." He Guoyuan said: "But the later debugging may take longer."

"Try to be as fast as possible, but don't ignore quality just because of urgency. The debugging of the production line must focus on stability." Xu Zhi nodded and said. Although the production line of color TVs is not as good as that of some heavy industries, it cannot be completed by just a few factories. It involves a large number of pipes, drainage systems, circuit design, etc.

If you want to build a complete large-scale factory, the design may only take six months, but the factory in Shenhai City can be built within six months. The fundamental reason is that when the Taiwan RCA factory was relocated, all the internal architectural drawings and circuits , waterways, and pipeline designs were all brought out, and with the help of a large number of relevant photos, the Deep Sea Special Zone directly copied the data based on these materials, and then the construction engineers made slight modifications based on the actual conditions in the mainland. This method saves a lot of factory construction time.

However, after the factory is in place, there is no way to debug the subsequent production line. However, considering that a large number of employees will not be familiar with the work, it can be considered as a buffer time!

Xu Zhi continued: "Fortune believes that the TV business will be a burden to us, which makes sense to a certain extent. A loss of 5% of sales of 2 billion US dollars is 100 million US dollars. In addition, when I acquired At that time, we also signed a contract with the U.S. government that no layoffs would be allowed within two years, so we can’t place all our hopes on the Shenhai City factory. After all, it may take two years for this factory to reach full production!"

He Guoyuan asked: "What Xu Sheng means is that we want to lower the prices of OEMs?"

Xu Zhi nodded and said: "Yes, Brad was too pressed for time and found several suppliers in a hurry. The price he paid was too high, but he was still smart and only signed a one-year contract. Now it has expired. It has lasted for more than half a year and will expire soon. You should pay more attention to this area and try to switch to several cheaper foundries."

"I have thought about this too." He Guoyuan said: "Now the main OEMs for color TVs are France's Thomson, South Korea's Samsung Electronics, and Japan's NEC. All of them have signed one-year OEM agreements with us. France's Thomson has the highest OEM cost. We purchased their color TVs and lost US$10 when selling one. The original contract signed by Brad was a supply agreement of 600,000 units a year. It was just this company. We It would result in a loss of US$6 million.”

"In order to maintain market share, there is no other way. Otherwise, no company can suddenly increase the production of three to four million units in such a short period of time." Xu Zhi smiled and said, "What's more, it's only one year. , compared with our acquisition of the entire RCA television business, this loss is just a drop in the bucket."

"That's true." He Guoyuan smiled. Midea only spent 450 million US dollars to win such a large business. Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible not to double it, and it would still depend on whether people sell it.

Xu Zhi asked: "What's the situation between this Samsung and us now?"

He Guoyuan replied: "Samsung is a big brand company in South Korea. It was almost unknown internationally 10 years ago. However, in recent years, their black and white TV business is said to have ranked first in the world, and their color home appliance business has also developed rapidly. Last year, RCA found Samsung's branch in the United States and negotiated an OEM agreement. Samsung offered the lowest price. Even at this price, we would not lose money, but there would be no profit!

If Samsung hadn't been unable to immediately increase its production capacity by 3 million units, it might have been able to get all the original orders from RCA! "

Xu Zhi nodded and said, "In other words, Samsung didn't actually add insult to injury?"

He Guoyuan thought for a while and said, "That's true. I asked the lawyer who was in charge of the negotiations at the time. Samsung's intention at the time was to spend a year adjusting its domestic production lines, and then acquire RCA at a suitable price the next year. All orders. It is said that Brad was very optimistic about this plan at the time. He may have known that the pollution incident in Bay Bay was difficult to solve, so he intended to reach a long-term cooperation with Samsung. However, he did not expect that the entire company would be acquired later. RCA and Samsung The cooperation plan was ruined.”

Xu Zhi nodded and said: "This plan is actually very good. Samsung is very ambitious and wants to win long-term orders, so it doesn't care whether it can kill RCA in the first year."

He Guoyuan said: "Yes, and the current labor costs in South Korea are not too high. According to the current contract price, Samsung should also have some profits. If it can get long-term and stable orders, the profits will be more. In the long run , Samsung’s choice is the right one.”

Xu Zhi thought for a while and then said: "If you look for all the current information about Samsung, including its development process, current scale, business fields, market share, current top management, etc., you are looking for more details. I want to know more." !”

He Guoyuan asked: "Is Xu Sheng very optimistic about this company?"

"Yes, they were able to avoid ruthless actions when RCA was in trouble. This shows that they are aiming for long-term cooperation. They can give up immediate interests and consider the long term. This kind of company is worthy of cooperation." Xu Zhi said with a smile: " It will take some time for the Shenhai City factory to be able to produce normally on a large scale. We still need OEM companies like Samsung, but we still need to keep pressure on prices. As for the OEM factories in France and Japan, they can be replaced if they can. Instead, you should find some suitable suppliers in Southeast Asia."

"Okay, then I will arrange for someone to contact my colleagues in South Korea later." He Guoyuan nodded and agreed.

"Go ahead and bring me Samsung's information as soon as possible." Xu Zhi smiled and waved his hand.

After He Guoyuan left the office, Xu Zhi began to think deeply. In the field of electronics, Samsung is still just a baby in the international market. Its main products are black and white TVs and some home appliances. It has not been working in the color TV market for too long. .

But Xu Zhike knew how terrifyingly lethal this company would be in the future. The second-generation leader seized on the contradiction between the United States and Japan in the semiconductor field and took advantage of Japan's economic collapse. , launched a countercyclical price war and successfully defeated the entire Japanese semiconductor industry.

Now he suddenly knew that Samsung actually had a cooperative relationship with his company, which made it difficult for him to decide how to deal with this matter.

"Ding ding ding..." The sound of the phone interrupted Xu Zhi's contemplation. Xu Zhi picked up the phone and said, "Hey, who's there?"