Chapter 589 The First Batch of Products
After the party, Lu Yiming returned to the hotel.
Li Yiwen teased, "I thought you weren't coming back tonight. By the way, that blonde beauty seems to be very interested in you? The most beautiful girl in Silicon Valley, how can you resist this?"
Lu Yi understood him at a glance and said unhappily, "A rabbit doesn't eat grass near its burrow. Besides, do you think Marissa Mayer is the kind of girl who is obsessed with love?"
Li Yiwen asked curiously: "Oh? What do you mean?"
In his opinion, Marissa Mayer was quite proactive, and it seemed that she could be easily won over as long as Lu Yiming nodded.
However, he had no idea how powerful Marissa Mayer was. This seemingly optimistic and cheerful blonde beauty would become a top female executive who would become the vice president of Google and then the CEO of Yahoo in the future.
Lu Yiming said: "To be able to climb to such a height and achieve such remarkable achievements in the male-dominated American business world, can it be easy to get along with? If you really fall into the land of gentleness, you don't know who will play who by the time."
Lu Yiming is very self-aware about this. He knows what things can be touched and what things touching them would be like playing with fire.
"Okay, pack up and leave tomorrow morning. Let's first talk to Epstein and then we'll go back home."
Li Yiwen was extremely surprised: "You're going back after just a few days?"
Lu Yiming said: "Epstein called me this afternoon and said that he had already settled it. Tomorrow we just need to discuss the details and then we can start arranging shipments."
Li Yiwen sighed: "So fast? This guy has a lot of energy."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "When it comes to making money, everyone has the power. There is nothing else in this world except who has more money. Whoever has more money has more influence, and this is true for a country or a family. If you have money, you have everything, and if you don't have money, you have nothing."
The next morning, after breakfast, Lu Yiming and Li Yiwen were about to leave. Sergey Brin and Larry Page came over to see them off.
Sergey Brin said to Lu Yiming with a look of regret: "Mayer is rarely so proactive. You really missed a great opportunity to sleep with her last night."
Lu Yiming quickly defended himself and said, "Hey, don't say that. I have a girlfriend. If she knew, I would be in trouble."
Larry Page said, "Well, if that's the case, we won't waste your time. But you have to remember that you are Google's chief strategy officer. If you come to America, you still have to come and sit down with us often. Otherwise, won't your salary be too much to handle?"
Lu Yiming laughed and said, "I will definitely do that next time."
The next day, the plane landed at Baiyun Airport.
Lu Yiming stretched himself, stepped off the plane, and breathed the domestic air, feeling much more refreshed. It wasn't that the domestic air was sweeter, but compared with the industrial development in Guangdong Province these days, the air quality was indeed not very good. But the domestic atmosphere was relaxed. When staying in America, Lu Yiming was always a little nervous, fearing that the CIA and the FBI would come to check the water meter one day.
Many of the things he did were undermining the foundation of the United States. If this were to be exposed, given the unreasonable behavior of the American government, wouldn't they find a reason to lock him up forever?
After restarting his phone, Lu Yiming immediately called Li Dongsheng and said cheerfully, "Mr. Li, I have already sorted out everything for you. When can you ship the goods?"
In Huizhou, Li Dongsheng, who was attending a regular meeting in the conference room, felt numb after receiving a call from Lu Yiming.
It's only been a few days, and I'm not prepared at all, but Lu Yiming has already solved the channel problem?
Do you have to be so fast?
Li Dongsheng said without hesitation: "Don't worry, Mr. Lu, we can ship the goods at any time."
After hanging up the phone, Li Dongsheng found that everyone in the conference room was focusing on him.
Vice President Ni Dongjun asked, "Mr. Li, you just said shipment? What are you shipping and where are you shipping?"
"Oh, right, Mr. Li, do we still have places to ship?"
Others also wanted to know the answer. After all, Ace was having a very hard time at that time. He basically held meetings every day to discuss solutions to the problem of television inventory backlogs.
Faced with everyone's eyes that wanted to find out the truth, Li Dongsheng knew that he could no longer hide the matter, so he had to come straight to the point and say: I plan to export our televisions to Mexico. What do you think about this proposal?
Everyone was completely confused. What the hell was going on? Selling it to Mexico?
Many executives present didn’t even know where Mexico was on the world map, and they thought Li Dongsheng was going to sell his products to Africa. Then one executive couldn’t help but ask, “Mr. Li, are you sure Africans have the money to buy our TVs?”
Li Dongsheng's blood pressure soared when he heard this: "Mexico is in North America! Isn't this something we learned about geography in junior high school?"
Although many people don’t know Mexico, everyone knows America. America is in North America and is the richest and most powerful country in the world!
An executive said excitedly: "Mexico is in North America! If it is next to the United States, it must be a developed country. You are really awesome to be able to sell our TVs to developed countries, Mr. Li."
In fact, judging from GDP alone, Mexico's per capita GDP at that time was about eight times that of Xia, so it was not wrong to say that it was "rich". After all, at least it was richer than the people of Xia and had stronger consumption power.
But being in Mexico in North America is too far from heaven and too close to America. The domestic security is extremely poor, and the government's control is not as good as the local gang forces. The local people are not only living in dire straits, but at least they are far away from living and working in peace and contentment.
Ni Dongjun had studied in the United States and had a certain understanding of the environment around the United States. When he heard Li Dongsheng say that he wanted to sell TVs to Mexico, he was a little worried and said, "As far as I know, the security situation in Mexico is worrying. Mr. Li, are you sure that our products can enter the local market? And even if the products are sold, how can you guarantee that we can successfully collect the payment?"
There are nearly thirteen guns for every hundred people in Mexico, and the overall armed strength of gang forces even exceeds that of the Mexican army.
In a country like this, where laws are like waste paper, how to ensure the legitimate rights and interests of companies has become the biggest issue that must be considered.
After all, the company can't send troops to Mexico to protect its interests, right?
The company doesn’t have that thing.
Hearing that Mexico's public security was not good, all the executives present were worried.
However, only Li Dongsheng remained calm. After all, he knew very well that their televisions were not intended to be circulated in the Mexican market in an official way.
According to the information reported by Lu Yiming, the local gang forces are the biggest buyers.
Of course, this kind of thing cannot be said to anyone else, even within the company, it must be kept confidential. After all, this kind of fact is really not very glorious.
If it weren't for the fact that he could earn foreign exchange and solve the inventory backlog problem of televisions and alleviate the company's urgent needs, Li Dongsheng really didn't want to sell products in this way.
Facing everyone's doubts, Li Dongsheng did not explain too much. Instead, he was very tough and directly rejected everyone's opinions and said: "Unless you can come up with better suggestions and solutions, otherwise the matter is settled."
Ni Dongjun opened his mouth to speak, but then chose to keep silent for the time being, because he had no idea what Li Dongsheng wanted to do, so he planned to wait and see for the time being.
After the meeting, Yang Xiaopeng found Li Dongsheng and said, "This is a risky matter. You have to be careful."
The company is not a monolithic entity. If Li Dongsheng wants to secure his position as chairman, he cannot make any mistakes. Otherwise, if someone catches him, he will be in trouble.
Li Dongsheng sighed and said, "Of course I know this is very risky, but the company has to develop, and we don't have many options left."
In the end, Li Dongsheng personally made the decision and asked the company to ship the goods directly.
In order for this plan to go smoothly and also to visit the local market, Li Dongsheng handed this important task to Yang Xiaopeng.
Soon, 20,000 color TV sets that were unsold in the country went through formal channels through customs and boarded a cargo ship in Pengcheng, starting their journey across the ocean.
More than 20 days later, the cargo ship landed safely at the Port of Mozanillo, Mexico.
Yang Xiaopeng, who was traveling on the ship, looked at the exotic scenery in front of him with a blank look.
Manzanillo Port is located on the southwest coast of Colima, Mexico. It is the largest port on the Pacific coast of Mexico. Not only that, it is surrounded by mountains and faces the water, and it is also a famous seaside tourist city in Mexico.
Standing at the edge of the port, Yang Xiaopeng found a high platform to look out and discovered that there were many bays nearby with gentle and clear waters. Not only was the weather bright and sunny, but there were also fine and soft beaches. The surrounding hotels and other tourist service facilities were complete, making it indeed a good place for sightseeing.
Unfortunately, Yang Xiaopeng was not here for vacation, so he had no intention of enjoying the beautiful scenery here. He was only concerned about how to sell his products.
Soon, several men in camouflage and sunglasses carrying AKs caught Yang Xiaopeng's attention.
Similarly, Yang Xiaopeng also attracted the attention of these men in sunglasses.
They walked straight towards this side.
Yang Xiaopeng, who was unfamiliar with the place, suddenly felt very nervous. After all, judging from their clothes and appearance, it was obvious that these people were not good people.
What's more, he was carrying a gun.
As a Xia citizen, Yang Xiaopeng instinctively felt uneasy about this kind of lethal weapon.
Before he came here, he had heard that the gang members here like to kidnap hostages for ransom. In Mexico , there are 100,000 kidnappings every year, an average of 274 per day!
Looking at this scene, Yang Xiaopeng deeply felt that the motherland is still the best.
At this moment, Yang Xiaopeng stood on the deck and watched these people board the ship.
After all, this is Mexico, the people there are carrying guns, and the ship cannot turn around at any time, so there is no way they can escape.
Yang Xiaopeng had all sorts of thoughts in his mind. Sometimes he thought these people were pirates who hijacked the ship, and sometimes he thought they might be the government's army.
Until the leader of the team came to the deck, stood ten meters in front of Yang Xiaopeng, and asked in English: "Are you from Xia Country? We are sent by Mr. Epstein to contact you."
When Yang Xiaopeng heard what this person said, he breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this foreign culture was indeed different. He quickly took out his work ID and responded in English: "Yes, this is my ID."
After checking each other's identities, Yang Xiaopeng looked at the AK on the other person's back again, and felt a little more secure.
After all, here, the powerful gang members are more reliable than the government.
After the conversation, Yang Xiaopeng learned that the other party's name was Eric Guzman and he was born in Chiapas, the poorest state in Mexico. The only thing that was abundant there were various guerrillas.
After chatting with Eric for a few sentences, Yang Xiaopeng finally had a general idea of the situation in Mexico. At least he knew that this country was definitely not a normal country.
Yang Xiaopeng, who was born in Xia State, received formal education since childhood and was familiar with the history of Xia State, found it hard to imagine that there was a strange country like Mexico on the other side of the ocean.
Mexico's national armed forces only have 200,000 people, including a large number of civilian personnel.
And how many “controllers” are there in the local gang forces?
A full one million people!
This shows how huge the disparity in strength is between the two sides, and it's not just the difference in numbers, but even in terms of weapons and equipment, the Mexican officials are absolutely inferior.
This is also thanks to the great virtue . The Mexican gangs made a lot of money by selling some local "specialties". Later, in order to protect themselves or expand their territory, they all turned to America to buy various arms.
From pistols and rifles to airplanes and artillery, there is everything.
At this time, guns had been banned in Xia Country for several years, so when Yang Xiaopeng saw people carrying guns on the streets of Mo Country, he felt very complicated.
If you don’t go abroad, you won’t know how good your motherland is.
He felt that if he was born in a hellhole like Mexico, he would be unlucky for eight lifetimes.
Soon, Yang Xiaopeng was taken to the headquarters by Eric and met a middle-aged man in a jacket. Unlike what he had imagined, the gang leader in front of him looked gentle and elegant, and there was no sign at all that he was a cold-blooded butcher with blood on his hands.
After they revealed their identities to each other, the other party was quite enthusiastic towards Yang Xiaopeng, but he seemed to be uninterested in business matters. They had their own long-term main business, and selling TV sets was obviously not one of them. They were only here to act as a transfer because of the orders from above.
After the conversation, the other party promised to sell the goods to America as soon as possible, so that Yang Xiaopeng could rest assured. Moreover, after finishing the business, he took the initiative to invite Yang Xiaopeng to dinner, which made Yang Xiaopeng a little flattered.
At night, staying in the hotel arranged in advance, Yang Xiaopeng excitedly called Li Dongsheng: "Mr. Li, the matter is settled. It went surprisingly smoothly."
On the other side, Lu Yiming also received a call from Epstein.
Epstein was somewhat excited and said, "The goods have arrived. I hope the plan will go smoothly."
The company quoted Epstein $300 per unit, but Epstein planned to add $200 to the price of each unit.
Of course, not all of the two hundred dollars went into his pocket, a portion of it had to be distributed to the distributors in Mexico. The maximum amount that remained in his hands was only one hundred and thirty or forty dollars.
For a wealthy man like Epstein, this amount of money is not even enough to buy a glass of wine.
But after all, it was something that could be done with just a few phone calls, and the quantity was large and sufficient, so he certainly had no reason to complain.
Lu Yiming said: "Of course it went smoothly. The first batch of goods is only 20,000 units. If the sales are good, we can add more later."
Because it was a credit sales model, Epstein had no pressure at all. Moreover, the TV sets were so cheap that he didn't believe they wouldn't sell.
On this point, Lu Yiming was also full of confidence.
Xiaguo is about to become the world's factory, and its products will be marketed all over the world. Who can refuse Xiaguo's manufacturing?
In the near future, in America, without Xiaguo manufacturing, ordinary people would find it difficult to even drink a cup of coffee, because apart from coffee beans, almost all other products come from Xiaguo.
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The only bad thing is that this place is located on the US-Mexico border, and some local Mexican "agricultural products" are often sold to San Diego after deep processing.
However, in America, it is not a big deal to eat some Mexican specialties in your spare time. What gives Christabel Hayes a headache is this month's bill.
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A new family member is about to be added, which means a lot of extra expenses in the future.
The cost of living in Santiago is not low, and her husband is the only one in the family who has a job. His income is barely enough to support their daily life, which seems a bit stretched.
While Christabel Hayes was writing and drawing in the ledger, her husband Brewer Markham came home from get off work.
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