Reborn Tycoon Rise

"Hello, Mr. Li." Xu Zhi took a half-step, shook hands, and smiled.

Xu Zhi still admires people who can start from scratch. Although the rise of Samsung has a lot to do with the strong support of the Korean government, being able to show his own strength and seize this opportunity is also the strength of Lee Byung-cheol. .

Li Bingzhe was born in 1910. He is 73 years old this year. His hair is slightly white at the beginning and he wears thick black-rimmed glasses, but he is full of energy. He said with a smile: "Mr. Xu is really a heroic boy." , it’s really admirable to have achieved such an achievement at such a young age. When I was this old, I was still studying in Japan.”

"Times are different, Mr. Li, and the Samsung you created is also very impressive." Xu Zhi said with a smile. Going to a Japanese university is actually nothing, but considering the status of South Korea in the 1930s, you can think of Lee Byung-cheol as the leader. As a colonial citizen, it is not something that ordinary people can easily achieve by being admitted to Waseda University, the most powerful university in Japan.

Li Bingzhe smiled and said nothing more. Li Jianxi greeted him and said, "Mr. Xu, please come inside. A banquet has been prepared above to welcome you."

"Thank you." Xu Zhiye replied politely.

Then, a group of people took the upward elevator in order. After that, the elevator opened and came to a hotel lobby.

After asking the translator around him, Xu Zhi learned that although this building is an asset of the Samsung Group, Samsung Electronics is currently not large in scale and does not need to use the entire building. The other vacant parts are operated by another hotel. In fact, it is also an asset of Samsung Group.

Samsung Electronics is currently in charge of Lee Kun-hee, while Lee Byung-cheol has been staying at the headquarters in Seoul for a long time. This time he came to Daegu in person because of Xu Zhi's arrival.

"Mr. Xu, do you like Korean food?" Li Jianxi walked side by side with Xu Zhi and asked with a smile.

Xu Zhi thought for a moment and replied: "I've eaten here several times in Xiangjiang, but I just don't know if it's authentic or not."

Li Jianxi nodded and said: "What we prepare for you today is absolutely authentic Korean food. I think that starting from today, you will definitely like our delicious food."

Xu Zhi smiled and said, "Mr. Li is too polite."

Soon, everyone came to a private room inside the hotel. Everyone took off their shoes and entered the room. They sat at a long table according to their status. The Hong Kong side and the Korean side sat opposite each other. There were already some Koreans on the table. As a supplement to the cooking, there are also several hot pots slowly heating up.

After a few words of greeting, the waiters began to serve the dishes. Delicate pork belly slices, salmon, sushi, kimchi pancakes, rice cakes, rice balls, spicy beef hot pot, chicken soup, etc. were served one after another. Each side dish was not large. , but there are hundreds of varieties, and the quality is naturally top-notch.

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After enjoying a sumptuous meal of Korean food, Xu Zhi took his assistant to have a simple business exchange with Li Byung-cheol and Li Jianxi alone in the office on the top floor of the building.

Although it is a business meeting, the so-called solemnity is only for a group of professionals under his command, but the discussion between real bosses will be much easier. The four of them sat around a teahouse and drank tea leisurely. The food was very good when they arrived. But the greasiness is a bit high, so it’s just right to drink some tea to clear your stomach.

"Mr. Xu, please have tea." Li Bingzhe made a few cups of tea himself, one cup for each of the four people present, and then placed the teapot back on the heating place on the tea seat.

"Thank you." Xu Zhi said with a smile. Many cultures in Asia are influenced by ancient China, and tea ceremony is one of them. Whether it is Japan or Korea, many people like to drink tea, and they all think that tea ceremony is their own country. culture.

After Li Bingzhe took a sip of tea, he asked: "Mr. Xu, I heard that you are planning to build a large-scale electronic supermarket chain in the United States?"

"Not bad." Xu Zhi said with a smile. Best Buy has indeed had plans for investment and expansion for a long time. In fact, many electronics companies have already known about this matter. Brands from many countries have sent representatives to Hong Kong and Los Angeles, USA, with the intention of providing their own services. The brand gets a good promotion position.

"I must understand clearly any disturbances in large international electronics companies." Li Bingzhe nodded and said that the electronics industry is Samsung's top priority, any changes in the international market, the latest products and the latest investment plans of counterparts in the United States, Japan and Europe , are all information that the Samsung team needs to collect, and based on this information, Li Bingzhe will make his own judgment.

The emergence of an electronics supermarket chain in the United States would normally not attract Li Bingzhe's attention. However, the one-time investment in dozens or even hundreds of stores in the future, as well as the identity of the funder behind it, led to Li Bingzhe's invitation today.

Li Bingzhe continued: "Mr. Xu, Samsung Electronics and Midea have also cooperated for many years. I hope that Samsung's electronic products can enter Best Buy supermarkets to obtain the best recommendation resources."

The scale of Samsung Electronics is already in the first echelon in Asia, but this is just scale. Currently, Samsung is the world's largest manufacturer of black and white TVs, while color TVs have not been developed for a few years.

Whether it is Samsung itself or Made in Korea (South Korea), they are synonymous with low-end products in the current international market. Even if some of Samsung's electronic products enter the US market, they rely on low prices to carve out a niche. Bloody road.

The U.S. market is the largest consumer goods market in the world. Every company wants to get a share of the pie, and Samsung is no exception. But now, in the field of electronics, traditional sales channels have long been controlled by various consortiums. Although Samsung’s products can also Entering the US market, but unable to obtain high-quality promotion resources, many times, even if you have money, it is difficult to enter the popular positions of some large supermarkets, because many of them are already controlled by the United States and Japanese electrical appliances.

Therefore, when Li Bingzhe learned that Xu Zhi intended to invest huge sums of money to establish an electronics supermarket chain in the United States, he naturally discovered that this was a golden opportunity for Samsung to pry open the US market.

"As long as the price is right, these are not problems." Xu Zhi said with a smile. Although Best Buy mainly serves Midea, first of all, Midea only has a few products, and it will only occupy more promotion in these areas. Resources, and the second thing is that Best Buy will also be an independently operated company, and naturally it will also need a large number of other brands to join. As long as the price is right, the company can make money.

"Okay, for the specific details, I will arrange for Samsung's general representative in the United States to go to your company to discuss in detail." Li Bingzhe said with a smile: "There is one more thing, I hope Mr. Xu can agree to me."

"Please tell me." Xu Xiaoxiaozhi asked. You must know that the cooperation between Samsung and Best Buy is currently not large-scale, and there is no need for Li Bingzhe to negotiate in person.

"This matter is related to the semiconductor field. Kunxi is in charge of Samsung's semiconductor business, so he should be responsible for this matter!" Li Bingzhe said with a smile.

Li Jianxi continued: "Mr. Xu, I know that Midea's computer business purchases a large number of 64K memory chips every year. I hope that Samsung Electronics' memory chips can be included in Midea's purchase list!"