Chapter 637: Election of the President
Looking at the reporter with a flushed face, Lu Yiming kindly reminded him, "Slow down, don't rush, and pay attention to safety."
"Thanks."
The female reporter seemed to realize that she had lost her composure, but in order to get first-hand information, she didn't care about that. She felt the cold ground through her stockings with her legs, her eyes sparkling, waiting for Lu Yiming's answer.
Lu Yiming smiled slightly and said, "Yes, I was invited to participate."
"It seems that Mr. Lu is also very interested in this industry. Would you consider investing in the color TV industry?"
Lu Yiming said without hesitation: "Among the fields I am currently investing in, there are display panels and electronic chips related industries, which can be regarded as related to televisions. However, I do not plan to invest directly in the television manufacturing industry. The products of several television companies participating in the conference are very good, and I think we can become partners."
The future TV, as the entrance to the home terminal, no matter how it changes, in Lu Yiming's view, it is just a large tablet computer. Therefore, the basic field of Lu Yiming's investment is to exist as the upstream of the TV industry, playing the role of supplier. In Lu Yiming's view, the TV category is still a niche, and what he wants to do is to make breakthroughs in materials and chips.
After the interview, Lu Yiming walked into the hotel and was guided into the conference room by the staff.
In the huge conference room, the invited official media reporters had already set up their cameras at the back of the conference room, and all the facilities had been arranged. Li Dongsheng and others had also arrived. Seeing Lu Yiming coming, they all greeted him.
"Mr. Lu."
"Morning, Mr. Lu."
There are also many people working in the television industry who had only heard of Lu Yiming before, so they took this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to come and get close to Lu Yiming.
Lu Yiming greeted them one by one and said to Li Dongsheng, "It looks quite lively today."
Li Dongsheng felt somewhat proud. After all, the association they initiated was supported by so many people, which made him feel proud.
"It's all thanks to our industry brothers who came as soon as the invitation was sent out. There are more than 300 delegates attending the meeting today, basically covering the major companies . Many company CEOs have personally taken the time to attend."
Lu Yiming praised, "It's done very well."
At this moment, Chen Weirong whispered beside him: "Ni Runfeng is here."
Lu Yiming looked towards the entrance and saw a man in a suit with a big belly. He raised his head slightly when he walked. He didn't know if it was because his belly was too big that he couldn't lower his head, or if he was just used to walking like this.
Anyway, according to Lu Yiming's speculation, he couldn't see straight ahead with this line of sight.
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "What a grand sight."
Huang Hongsheng sneered: "I don't think I'll live more than ten years if I don't lose weight."
Chen Weirong teased, "Don't say that. Yesterday I saw a news report about a man who died suddenly. When his family members were looking through his belongings, they found a text message on his phone from his girlfriend that said 'Why don't you just die?' They sued the man, alleging he was cursed to death by the woman, and ordered her to pay more than 100,000 yuan in compensation."
Chen Weirong’s words are eye-opening.
Lu Yiming said: "Is this possible? Did you win the case?"
Chen Weirong said: "Of course we won the case, the dead are the greatest. So, Old Huang, if this guy really dies within ten years, you will be in trouble if they come to trouble you."
Huang Hongsheng said quickly: "My dear, I guess you can't talk nonsense in the future, otherwise you won't know when you will get into a lawsuit."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "That's right, otherwise why did the ancients say that disaster comes from the mouth?"
Ni Runfeng walked in and looked around. He saw that the sign with his name on it was not on the podium, but in the first row of seats below. He was immediately very dissatisfied and said in a high voice: "Who arranged this seating chart? Why am I at the bottom?"
Huang Hongsheng said: "The people above are the founding members of the association, and the first, second and third rows below are the chief representatives of the companies. Is there anything wrong with this arrangement?"
"How is it okay? There are only three of you as founding members, and you didn't tell anyone, so how can it count? With my status, do you have any objection to me taking up a spot?"
Ni Runfeng walked over and went straight to the podium with his own sign, took a glance, then took off Lu Yiming's sign and replaced it with his own.
Seeing this scene, Lu Yiming's eyes couldn't help but twitch slightly.
Who the hell did I offend?
Ni Runfeng held Lu Yiming's sign and said, "Is this person not from our industry? I haven't even heard of this name."
After all, it was a conference for the television industry, and Ni Runfeng had never thought that Lu Yiming, who had nothing to do with the television industry, would participate and even sit on the rostrum. So, he thought it was someone with the same name.
Not only Lu Yiming looked unhappy, but people like Huang Hongsheng also looked unhappy.
Although he couldn't stand Ni Runfeng's leftist views, Chen Weirong still kindly reminded him, "Mr. Ni, this is the seat of Mr. Lu, the richest man."
"Mr. Lu?"
Ni Runfeng paused, then said, "What's wrong with Mr. Lu? He is not from our TV industry. There is no need for the guest to sit on the rostrum, right?"
The TV channel was opened up by Lu Yiming. Currently, only Chen Weirong and the other three people in China know about it. In the eyes of ordinary people, Lu Yiming has no intersection with the TV industry.
In addition, Ni Runfeng's status is not ordinary. Since ancient times, scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans have been the class system. So even though Lu Yiming is the richest man, Ni Runfeng doesn't care at all.
He felt that although he could not compare to Lu Yiming in terms of money, he was far superior to Lu Yiming in terms of social status.
Lu Yiming said calmly, "I sit on the board for a reason. The association's charter stipulates that elections are held every five years. You can make contributions in these five years and let everyone elect you to the presidium."
He had no intention of pampering Ni Runfeng.
Although Ni Runfeng was proud of his status, Lu Yiming was not an ordinary person after all. He had the title of the richest man. Ni Runfeng didn't see Lu Yiming just now, but now that he found Lu Yiming was there, his momentum suddenly weakened a bit, and he silently put Lu Yiming's sign back.
After a while, everyone arrived one after another. At nine o'clock, accompanied by the entrance music, everyone sat down according to their seats.
Many people knew Lu Yiming, so when they saw Lu Yiming sitting on the podium, they were all very surprised.
Li Dongsheng, as the host, cleared his throat and said, "Welcome everyone to the founding conference of the Xiaguo Color TV Export Association. I am Li Dongsheng. This is Mr. Huang and Mr. Chen. I don't need to introduce Mr. Lu too much, right? On my own behalf, I would like to express my warm welcome and sincere gratitude to everyone for coming."
There was warm applause from the audience.
As a leading figure in the industry, Li Dongsheng was naturally familiar to the people present.
"As everyone knows, our products, as well as those of Mr. Huang and Mr. Chen, have recently found an overseas channel, and we have sold our products overseas. As a company with a sense of social responsibility and mission, I think we can't just enjoy ourselves. We must break the internal competition and export our excellent products overseas and sell them all over the world."
There was applause from the audience.
"Well said."
"That's right."
"Involution, this word is really amazing."
Everyone in the audience was deeply touched by what Li Dongsheng said, especially the word "involution" which he learned from Lu Yiming, which immediately resonated with everyone.
Although people just listen to things like social responsibility for fun, if Li Dongsheng can bring real benefits to everyone, certainly no one will dislike him.
Li Dongsheng went on to say, "So, in order to have our excellent products appear all over the world, I discussed with Mr. Huang, Mr. Chen, and our richest man Lu, and decided to establish the Xiaguo Color TV Export Association to jointly expand and strengthen our business."
"Each of you has a copy of the association's charter that we just issued . After all, there is no order without rules. Please take a look at it and discuss it. We will vote to elect the president, vice president, secretary general and other positions later."
When they heard that there was going to be an election for a president, there was a commotion in the audience.
Some people said: "Of course, this president must be Mr. Ni."
Ni Runfeng felt somewhat proud. Although Wangpai and Xiaokang had been developing rapidly in recent years, in the color TV industry, Rainbow was the undisputed big brother.
The CEO of Maomao TV couldn't help but complain: "Li Dongsheng and his people are too mean. While there is a price war in China, they secretly increase the price and sell the products abroad, and even earn foreign exchange. This is too much!"
"Yeah, they actually closed the door and ate all the food by themselves, without even thinking about helping their brothers. Now that they have taken over the market, they come and pretend to take us out to play."
They spoke so loudly that not only the people around them could hear them, but even the people sitting on the podium could hear them.
Originally, Li Dongsheng and his friends didn't want to play with these people. After all, no one wants to share the money they can earn. Now that they heard these people slandering them for being hypocritical, Li Dongsheng was immediately unhappy. He slammed the table and said angrily: "Are you here to talk nonsense today, or do you want to join the association and make money together?"
At this moment, the several bosses who had been shouting and cursing shut up.
Don't be fooled by their indignation, as if they are shrews scolding in the street. In fact, they are all acting. Their purpose is to occupy the moral high ground so that when the cake is divided later, the more the better.
These days, making money is not shameful.
Face and other things are not as important as money.
Li Dongsheng said meaningfully: "It seems that everyone is quick to see things and has the time to talk nonsense . Then let's continue. I called everyone here today in the hope that we can nominate a capable person to lead us all into a bright future. Come on, who will go first?"
The CEO of Maomao TV glanced at Ni Runfeng and said, "In the color TV industry of our country, who can compare with President Ni in terms of moral integrity and prestige? So I recommend President Ni, only he is qualified to be our president."
This statement was expected by Li Dongsheng and his friends, and the reason why they pulled Lu Yiming over was to deal with the current situation.
Li Dongsheng and the others focused their eyes on Boss Maomao, as if they wanted to remember him.
Representatives of Jin Xing and Xiao Hai also spoke.
"That makes sense. I agree."
"I also think that Mr. Ni is very suitable to be the president."
They had already discussed it privately and planned to push Ni Runfeng to the top so that they could snatch more pieces of meat from Wangpai, Xiaokang and Chuangwei.
The CEOs of Haier and Gaoluhua sat aside and watched the show, and seemed to have no intention of expressing their opinions at the beginning.
When Ni Runfeng heard that so many people nominated him to be the president, he was naturally very proud. After all, this showed that he had a say in this industry.
The most important thing is that he saw these three companies going overseas and was jealous of their money, so he submitted a report to join. Now everything is going in the direction he expected, and he has already begun to think about how to divide the cake. When he controls the association, he will definitely support those who are close to him, and kick out those who are not in harmony with him.
However, after these people finished speaking, before Ni Runfeng could express his opinion, Chen Weirong said firmly: "Elect President Ni as the president? I will be the first one to disagree!"
As Rainbow's sworn enemy, Chen Weirong naturally has to safeguard Xiaokang's interests. The two companies have long entered into a bayonet fight in the domestic color TV market, where every blow is bloody and it has long been a life-and-death relationship.
Boss Maomao said angrily, "Why don't you agree? Besides, besides Boss Ni, who else is qualified to be the president?"
"Of course!"
Li Dongsheng said slowly: "I think Mr. Lu is more suitable to be the president of the association."
"Mr. Lu?"
Everyone's eyes were focused on Lu Yiming's face.
After all, Lu Yiming's title as the richest man was there. Although they didn't understand why Li Dongsheng wanted to nominate Lu Yiming, many people still stopped their protests. They didn't want to have a conflict with Lu Yiming. They were all in the business circle, and it was definitely not a wise choice to have a conflict with the richest man.
Of course, there are also those who are not convinced.
"What qualifications does Mr. Lu have to be the president? Is it just because he is rich?"
"That's right, so what if Mr. Lu is the richest man? He is not in our color TV industry."
Ni Runfeng's face was a little gloomy. He crossed his arms, leaned back in his chair, and said slowly: "Give me a reason. How can we let an outsider be the president of our Color TV Industry Association?"
Li Dongsheng said: "Although Mr. Lu does not produce color TVs, this export channel to Mexico is controlled by Mr. Lu. Do you think he is not qualified to be the president of our association?"
Li Dongsheng's words immediately caused an uproar at the scene.
It was only at this time that they realized that the reason why Li Dongsheng and his company's televisions were able to be so popular overseas was because of Lu Yiming's channels.
Ni Runfeng couldn't help but sit up straight and looked at Lu Yiming in surprise.
The export channel was actually built by Lu Yiming?
This time, the Maomao boss stopped talking and sat down with his head down, obviously completely scared.
Because he angered Lu Yiming, he really couldn't sell any of his TV series into the North American market.
"It's unbelievable. I was wondering why Mr. Lu, the richest man in the TV industry, suddenly joined the association. It turns out there is such a relationship involved."
"I should have thought of this a long time ago. Over the years, Chinese products have thought about going overseas, but they have failed time and again. The reason is that we don't have strong channels and a say. I'm afraid only someone like Mr. Lu can negotiate this kind of cross-border channel."
The cat boss who had been shouting the loudest before now said nothing and started playing dead.
The CEOs of several other color TV industry companies also chose to remain silent. After all, the sales channels were firmly in the hands of Lu Yiming. Unless they didn't want to make this money anymore, they could only bow their heads.
With the news revealed by Li Dongsheng, Ni Runfeng knew that he would not be able to be the chairman. His face looked a little ugly, but thinking of the mountains of televisions in the warehouse, Ni Runfeng could only endure it temporarily.
"If Mr. Lu becomes the chairman, I wonder what rules he will set for us? If nothing else, he will have to help us sell all the TVs first, right?"
Lu Yi said in a clear voice: "The purpose of establishing the Color TV Export Association is to promote the improvement and development of the relevant industrial chain of our Xia country, so I think that in the allocation of export shares, the standards should be established based on the technical strength, R&D strength and product quality of the enterprise. It is not just about selling the products. You should not object to my statement, right?"
What he meant was that whoever has more technical patents, stronger R&D capabilities, and better product quality will enjoy a higher export quota. After all, it is a fact that the color TV industry in Xiaguo has overcapacity, and it is unrealistic to ship all of it to North America, and the North American market cannot absorb it either.
However, after hearing what he said, Ni Runfeng was immediately unhappy and said, "Boss Lu, I don't like what you said. I think this distribution method is unfair. Whether a product sells well should be determined by the market! What's more, which company has advanced technology and strong R&D capabilities is just based on words, right? There are too many places for favoritism and fraud here. Once implemented, it will definitely cause many problems."
No matter how many doubts and objections you have to say, it is because Ni Runfeng's company has changed from a research and development-oriented enterprise to a marketing-oriented enterprise. The funds invested in research and development each year are less than one-tenth of the marketing expenditure. If the market share is allocated based on technology, his company is probably at the bottom.
The situation of the two old companies, Maomao and Xiaohai, is similar. Like old people in their twilight years, they only have the strength to struggle to survive, and their vitality and energy are almost gone. As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together, and this is why they only follow Ni Runfeng's lead.
However, Lu Yiming did not intend to accommodate these companies. He said with a cold expression: "This is my rule. If you don't accept it, you can quit."
The representatives of Maomao and Xiaohai were afraid to speak. After all, Lu Yiming said that the shares would be ranked according to technology. Even if it was the worst and ranked last, it could still be sold, right?
However, Ni Runfeng could not stand this grievance, and immediately stood up and said: "I will never accept such unfair conditions!"
After he finished speaking, he left the table angrily.
