Chapter 224 Whimsical
Dong Li asked Zhou Liwen, but he would not be so stupid as to tell the story of MediaTek's forced labor. Although he had already put down his old face today and even the scoundrel who had kneeled down, if he told this matter out, he would have lost all the chips in his hand. To be honest, now he is not only not reaching out to pull his brother, but taking the opportunity to protect himself and step on himself, but at least both sides have not yet broken up on the surface, maintaining a very strange "alliance" state.
Mr. Li is a business veteran and knows the principle of keeping a line of things. This is also the main reason why Cai Mingjie turned against others, but he still refused to break up completely with the other party. In his opinion, if Zhou Liwen really can't get what he wants, maybe Cai Mingjie can bargain. This mentality cannot be said that he is wrong. In this case, Mr. Li can only make such a choice.
But no matter how Director Li concealed it, Zhou Liwen still heard some of the taste from his words. He keenly realized that there might be a crack between Director Li and Cai Mingjie, otherwise he would not have left the distance and came to ask for help from him. However, Zhou Liwen felt strange that he didn't even figure out what he wanted to do if he wanted to break his head, because whether it was a recall or a scoundrel to reduce losses, it had nothing to do with Zhou Liwen. Could it be that Director Li was planning to use the recall to protect the brand he created and specifically negotiated with him to borrow money to lose his position? If so, with Mr. Li's experience in the business world for so many years, wouldn't it be more appropriate to find some old friends? Why did he find himself as a competitor?
Zhou Liwen was not in a hurry to ask, and was quietly waiting for Mr. Li to tell the reason himself. At this point, he was not afraid that Mr. Li would still hide it from him, otherwise he would not have done what he had just done.
As expected, after a while of bitterness, Li Dong finally told him his real purpose. What surprised Zhou Liwen was that in order to solve the difficulties faced by his group, Li Dong actually came up with a way to recall his mobile phone and resell all the mobile phones to Zhou Liwen. When he made this request, Zhou Li Wen almost thought he had heard it wrong, and was stunned for a long time and didn't react.
"I said to Mr. Li, you didn't wake up?" Zhou Liwen looked unhappy and asked back rudely: "You actually want me to buy your broken cell phone? Isn't it true that Zhou Liwen has the word "silly retarded" written on my forehead? Or do you think I'm young and easy to bully? If that's the case, I'm sorry! There's nothing to talk about between us."
After saying that, Zhou Liwen stood up and prepared to take the guest out. Dong Liwen quickly grabbed Zhou Liwen's arm and said sincerely: "Don't be anxious, Dong Ye, Brother Zhou, don't get angry first! Wait until I say I'll finish it?"
"After saying that? What else can I say? Mr. Li, Brother Li, I promised to talk to you because you are a senior, but don't forget that we are competitors. The fact that you can sit here today represents my greatest sincerity, but I heard that it was such an incredible request? Haha, Mr. Li, I don't think you are from a farmer, you should be a stingy landlord and a wealthy landlord. This abacus is also too good, right?"
"Don't get me wrong, really! Brother Zhou, can you listen to me to explain it to you? I'm not what you imagined." Dong Li's face turned red and red. He felt that his face was thick enough, but when he thought about it, the request he made was indeed too much. If he were Zhou Liwen, he would have blown the other party out long ago, so how could he allow the other party to explain?
"Give me another ten minutes, will it be OK if you want to have ten minutes? Brother Zhou, wait until I finish explaining, if you think it's not OK, you don't have to hurry up, I'll leave immediately!"
Zhou Liwen looked at Dong Li's begging and pitiful look, and her heart couldn't help but feel a little soft, and she was angry a little, and she nodded after thinking about it.
Overjoyed, Dong Li quickly pulled Zhou Liwen back to the sofa, and then quickly told his plan. Listening to Dong Li’s plan, Zhou Liwen was dissatisfied at first, but as Dong Li said, Zhou Liwen’s expression gradually became solemn. After ten minutes, although the timeline set by Dong Li himself had passed by this time, Zhou Liwen did not interrupt his statement, but instead held his hands in his chest and continued to listen.
After about half an hour, Director Li finally revealed his plan. At this time, Zhou Liwen frowned, not knowing what he was thinking about. Director Li didn't urge him, but just sat aside and waited quietly for his reply.
"This old fox is thankful that he can figure out such a trick, which is really not easy!"
He lit a cigarette and looked at Mr. Li through the smoke. Zhou Liwen said in his heart. To be honest, Mr. Liwen was able to think of such a move from the desperate situation, which made Zhou Liwen sincerely admire him. If he cooperated, he might be able to help him overcome this difficulty. But the question is whether he really helped him? Zhou Liwen was hesitant about this choice.
Mr. Li’s plan is not complicated. Currently, about 1.5 million mobile phones with quality problems are on the market. Mr. Li decided to remove some mobile phones with damaged bodies or other problems, most of them will be recycled by recall. Of course, this will not be solved at one time in a short time, but will be recalled in three batches, that is, the number of about 500,000 units per batch.
In addition, TCL Group currently has nearly 1 million mobile phones in stock, plus a huge chip system order signed with MediaTek. According to Mr. Li's plan, he plans to transfer all of these to Zhou Liwen's company, and to redesign these mobile phones, including chip systems, to be handled separately under the OEM of Zhou Liwen's Orz mobile phone brand.
As an industry insider, it is not difficult for Mr. Li to obtain data on Zhou Liwen's mobile phone sales. Although the number of 2.5 million mobile phones is not small, according to the current sales momentum of Orz mobile phones, it is not difficult to digest these mobile phones, at most it is a matter of time. In addition, if Zhou Liwen agrees, Mr. Li will also transfer all the chip system contracts signed by MediaTek to Zhou Liwen, which also solves a large amount of liquidated damages caused by his termination of MediaTek's cooperation.
According to Mr. Li's description, this operation is almost a win-win model. TCL took the initiative to withdraw from the mobile phone market, and Zhou Liwen used these mobile phones and chip systems to solve their current insufficient production problem and became the leader in the domestic mobile phone industry.
Speaking of which, when Mr. Li proposed this plan, Zhou Liwen was indeed a little excited. Although the chip system in the United States is good, the output is not high and the price is high. In addition, Zhou Liwen's factory capacity is insufficient, so it is already very difficult to deal with the domestic market, let alone the international market he originally planned to. Moreover, the price given by Mr. Li is also good. Based on his mobile phone cost, he was almost bleeding this time. Not only did he take the initiative to bear the expense of replacing the connecting cable, but also pushed the price to an extremely low. It can be seen that he has made great sincerity in this regard, and even took the initiative to withdraw from the mobile phone market as bait to obtain Zhou Liwen's approval to restore the crisis he is currently facing.
However, Zhou Liwen is not easy to fool. Although Mr. Li always says that he is a win-win or concession, Zhou Liwen feels that it is too sorry for him not to squeeze more oil and water at this time. After smoking a cigarette, Zhou Liwen snatched the cigarette butts heavily in the ashtray, and then shook his head and laughed.
"It's a good thing that Brother Li can come up with such a trick. I really admire him. However, Brother Li, I have a question, can you please help me solve my doubts?" Now, Zhou Liwen is not polite, and asked meaningfully after changing his name.
"What do you want to ask Brother Zhou? I, Old Li, speak all the time!" Dong Li was also the one who could take it and said with a smile.
"Why is Brother Li so confident that I am willing to cooperate with you like this? Besides, what are the benefits of this cooperation to me? Oh... By the way, you just said that as long as I am willing to take action, you will withdraw from the mobile phone market and make me the leading mobile phone leader in domestic mobile phones? But Brother Li, do you think I am not the leading mobile phone leader in the current situation? Even if you don't quit the market voluntarily, can your mobile phone still be sold?"
"This..." Li Dong's face suddenly looked extremely ugly. Zhou Liwen said nothing. Whether he returned or not, his group's mobile phones have become garbage abandoned by consumers. Not to mention being sold, even shopping malls and consumers are constantly asking for returns. As for the leading boss, it is a joke. Orz mobile phones have now replaced this position, and even have a vague trend of competing with several foreign brand mobile phones. In this case, of course, they are the unstoppable leading boss.
Before Mr. Li could answer these two questions, Zhou Liwen threw out the third question again.
"The quality of your company's mobile phone is the main problem that causes the current situation. Even if your company solves the problem of connecting cables, there is also the problem that the chip system is prone to crash. You said that if you often crash your phone with my brand, isn't this a waste of your job? Do you think I would do such a stupid thing?"
When Mr. Li heard this, he explained: "You can definitely rest assured that this brother Zhou. MediaTek has solved the problem of crash. Some of the subsequent stock chips, including the subsequent chip orders, will never have such problems again."
"But what about the previous one? The stock of the previous ones, including your original stock, has more than 2.5 million units! I'm just 2 million, how do you ask me to deal with so many problematic phones? Even if you look for a scapegoat, you don't look for a solution like this, right? Besides, you just need to solve it? Who knows if there is any other problem? Brother Li, if you want to replace it with you, you dare to take this risk?"
"I……."
Mr. Li almost blurted out that he dared, but he couldn't say anything when he spoke. He was a famous entrepreneur, and sitting opposite him was a business rookie who was not inferior to him. I'm afraid that he couldn't even deceive himself such lies, and he would only be laughed at if he said it.
"Brother Zhou, you offer a price, how can you help?" After thinking about it, Director Li really couldn't think of a better solution. At present, whether he recalled or not, whether he terminated the cooperation with MediaTek or continued, it would put his group in a desperate situation. Perhaps the last thing he faced was the group going bankrupt, bankruptcy, and years of hard work were wasted. At this point, he could only bow his head and admit defeat and let Zhou Liwen offer it.
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