Chapter 639 I Just Want to Be a Landlord
In addition to Maomao and Xiaohai running to join the Rainbow Group, Gao Luhua also privately sought cooperation with APEX. Although these companies did not explicitly express their intention to withdraw from the organization, the rules of the Color TV Export Association have become meaningless.
After all, Lu Yiming is no longer the only channel controller. If he cannot get a quota from the association, he can still enter the North American market by cooperating with APEX.
This made Li Dongsheng, Chen Weirong and Huang Hongsheng feel ashamed. With Lu Yiming, the richest man in China, in charge, the association lasted less than a month and was in name only. This made them look like three useless people.
The most important thing is that they are particularly terrified and feel that they have offended Lu Yiming. After all, the purpose of bringing Lu Yiming in is to prevent the association from being controlled by Ni Runfeng. Although this goal has been achieved, Ni Runfeng broke the situation from the outside, which is really a slap in the face.
After Lu Yiming's analysis, Li Dongsheng felt relieved and said, "Mr. Lu is really clear-sighted. After your analysis, I really feel enlightened and my mind is opened."
Lu Yiming joked, "What's the matter? You came to me in such a hurry that I thought our association was going to be disbanded. Mr. Li, you are not going to cooperate with this APEX, are you?"
Li Dongsheng suddenly felt a little embarrassed. Although there was no cooperation, he did know about APEX. Although his company made a lot of money thanks to Lu Yiming's channels, in business, it is basic to have two preparations in mind, and you can't put all your eggs in one basket.
Li Dongsheng didn't know how to start for a moment.
However, Lu Yiming did not give him a chance to speak, as if he did not care about the matter at all: "Of course, this matter has nothing to do with me, but be careful not to be led into a trap by APEX. Anyway, I have already said it, it is up to you whether to listen or not. Don't come to me and cry poor when you can't get your money back."
Li Dongsheng said quickly, "How is that possible? Haha, our export channels were all set up by President Lu, and I will never be indecisive. I'm just worried that they are coming with such force that it will be detrimental to our Color TV Export Association. Now that I've heard what President Lu said, I feel relieved. Okay, President Lu is very busy, so I won't bother you anymore. Goodbye."
After returning, Li Dongsheng called Chen Weirong and said, "Old Chen, I just went to meet with Mr. Lu and told him about the cooperation between Rainbow and APEX."
Chen Weirong asked quickly, "How is it? What did President Lu say? In the past few days, many people from our association have contacted APEX. These traitors are really pissing me off."
Li Dongsheng smiled and said, "Don't be angry. President Lu has already investigated APEX privately. To tell you the truth, this is a shell company that is trying to get something for nothing. Ji Longfen is not a reliable person. President Lu also told me that if you cooperate with APEX, you may end up losing more than you gain. I advise you to give up this idea and just follow President Lu. Our channels were all obtained by President Lu. If we betray him, President Lu will be unhappy ."
Li Dongsheng's words scared Chen Weirong. He found it unbelievable. After all, APEX was developing well now, had business dealings with Walmart and Best Buy, and had a lot of honors. He didn't look like a liar.
However, this news was discovered by Lu Yiming!
Who is Lu Yiming?
With just one phone call , he can help them get channels to export their televisions to America. Who do you think he is?
With Lu Yiming's network of relationships, if he wants to investigate something, wouldn't that be like playing?
Now that Lu Yiming has said so, Chen Weirong dare not disbelieve it.
Chen Weirong quickly said: "I contacted Ji Long fans just to understand the situation, and I have no intention of cooperating with APEX."
Li Dongsheng immediately laughed and said, "Hey, why are you telling me this? I am just trying to understand the situation. I have no second thoughts about President Lu."
"Me too."
Li Dongsheng said, "Okay, I have to tell Lao Huang about this. The three of us are now in a team, and we must not capsize in this ditch."
In mid-May, Ni Runfeng led the Rainbow Group to formally sign a cooperation agreement with APEX.
As the first Rainbow Group ship sailed towards America, domestic media became excited and cheered for the opening of the North American market.
On the other hand, domestic companies that had been defeated in the price war began to adopt the attitude of "if you can't beat them, join them" and built factories in Xiaguo to reduce production costs.
With this method, the island country's TV brands are gradually making a comeback.
For a time, the entire industry was in a panic again, and everyone was afraid that the color TV industry would once again be dominated by companies from the island country.
Li Dongsheng called Lu Yiming and said, "Dafa companies in the island country have recently acquired several factories. They are coming with great momentum. I'm afraid they have bad intentions."
Lu Yiming was a little surprised and said, "Are they idiots? The domestic color TV industry is in such a mess, and they still dare to join in the fun?"
At this time, footsteps were heard outside the door. Yu Jiayi knocked on the door and said, "Mr. Lu, the Executive President of Dafa TV Asia Pacific, Yamaoka Sakura, wants to see you."
Lu Yiming muttered, "This little guy who's been living a good life actually came to me on his own initiative?"
She said to Li Dongsheng: "Someone is coming over here, so I won't talk for now."
"Okay, then I won't bother you, Mr. Lu. Goodbye."
After hanging up the phone, Lu Yiming said to Yu Jiayi: "Bring the person over here."
Yu Jiayi nodded slightly and said, "Okay. I'll go make some tea. What kind of tea would you like to drink, Mr. Lu?"
Lu Yiming said: "Xiao Ri...what kind of tea do you want to drink? Just give him a glass of boiled water."
"That's... okay."
Although Yu Jiayi felt that this seemed inappropriate, this was Lu Yiming's territory after all, so of course Lu Yiming could do whatever he wanted.
Then, a short, fat man with a mustache and wearing a suit walked in.
Although his height was not worth mentioning, he held his head high, as if this would make him look taller.
"Hello, Lu Sang."
He sat down on the sofa and crossed his legs naturally.
Lu Yiming saw all of this, but his expression did not change. He did not even say a polite word of welcome, and directly asked, "What do you want to see me for?"
Yamaoka Sakura said in his broken Chinese: "I heard that you are the president of the Color TV Export Association. I came to see you. I hope we can live in peace in the future."
Lu Yiming said calmly: "It may be difficult for your company to get along peacefully with our association."
Although Yamaoka Sakura knew that Lu Yiming was the richest man in Xia Country, he did not take Lu Yiming seriously. After all, he was the executive president of Dafa Company in Asia Pacific. Therefore, his attitude was very arrogant. Now when he heard Lu Yiming say this, he felt that it was a bit weird, and immediately asked unhappily: "What do you mean by this? Do you look down on our Dafa Company?"
Lu Yiming said with an honest expression, "Looking down on you is only one aspect. The main reason is that I am afraid that you can't hold on. Before I can exert my strength, you will fail in the Xia country's market."
Historically, Dafa was one of the most arrogant brands among the small life brands, and repeatedly used national hatred and family feuds to test the bottom line. And the Chinese people got what they wanted, and the sales of their products in Xia Country were getting worse day by day. When Lu Yiming was reborn, Dafa's mobile phones were basically not seen being bought by anyone, and TVs were basically not sold much. In comparison, the only category with a louder voice than other categories is cameras.
At this moment, domestic TV manufacturers have been forced to go overseas to make a living. Dafa actually has the wild idea that it can take over the market left behind by these domestic brands after they go overseas. This is purely wishful thinking - it is too virtuous.
"We will fail? How is that possible?"
Yamaoka Sakura sneered, his mustache trembling strangely, and then he said confidently: "This time, we Dafa are well prepared! The word 'failure' does not exist in my dictionary."
At this moment, Yu Jiayi came in with boiled water. She just happened to hear what Yamaoka Sakura said and almost couldn't help laughing out loud.
It seemed that Yamaoka Sakura just came to show off, but he didn't say anything else. He just got up and left.
Lu Yiming was confused by his behavior and couldn't help scratching his head. He said, "Are all these people so neurotic?"
Yu Jiayi curled her lips and said, "Isn't he too arrogant? Is he coming here to show off his power?"
Lu Yiming didn't care. He smiled and said, "Don't worry. He won't be so arrogant for a few days. He will probably go back to the island crying soon. I don't know if he will commit seppuku to apologize."
Not only Dafa, but also Dongzhi Xiapu and even Sansang from South Korea have come to Xia Country to join in the fun, entering the market under the banner of imported high-tech products.
When these domestic manufacturers see this, they think, "We are so different from each other, and we are so different from each other. We are busy going overseas, so you think that when there is no tiger in the mountain, the monkey will be the king?"
Therefore, these members of the Color TV Export Association will not be spoiled. Anyway, they have made a lot of money by exporting to overseas markets, and I will continue to promote stocks at a discount in the domestic market!
Xiao Hai, a young man in the color TV industry, was the first to jump out and directly launched a new round of price war. He reduced the prices of all color TVs by 20% across the board with zero profit. Domestic color TV companies followed suit and cut prices. The entire industry was once again slaughtered. The foreign TV brands that had just entered the Xia country market were dumbfounded.
Yamaoka Sakura, who had just spoken harsh words to Lu Yiming a few days ago, now had the smile completely gone from her face.
In the office, he shouted angrily: "Are these Xia people crazy?"
The crazy price cuts caused the entire color TV industry in Xiaguo to suffer losses again. The main players in the market were reduced to five companies: Wangpai, Rainbow Group, Konka, Skyworth, and Xiaohai, which firmly held 70% of the market share.
As for the television manufacturers in the island country, each of them was left in disgrace and looked up at the sky in silence.
In just over two months, by mid-July, some foreign TV brands could no longer hold out.
No matter if it is really high-tech or not, after all, it is imported and the price is here. For people nowadays, a TV is to meet basic needs, as long as it can be watched, it is OK. You can tell them about CRT and pixels, they don’t understand. Everyone’s money is not blown by the wind. I can buy a TV for 100 yuan, and I can watch the same programs as your imported TV that costs 2,000 or 3,000 yuan. In fact, the domestic products are better than the imported ones. Can you give me a reason to buy imported products?
As a result, the drama in which domestic brands of televisions collectively lost money to gain publicity directly broke the defenses of these inexperienced foreign brands.
The most vulnerable among them was Dafa, which had just spent a huge amount of money to acquire the Jingshi Electronics Factory.
Yamaoka Sakura was holding the newly signed contract in his left hand and the monthly product report with single-digit or even zero sales in his right hand, and he was furious and helpless in the office.
The domestic television's fighting style of hurting the enemy by 1,000 at the cost of hurting itself by 800 is almost comparable to the kamikaze board from decades ago. Yamaoka Sakura simply can't stand it.
At this time, his deputy, a Xia countryman named You Jun, walked into his office with a gloomy face and said, "I just got the news that the chairman of the Xia Country Color TV Export Association, the youngest richest man in the Xia Country, will come to our factory in an hour."
Yamaoka Sakura's face suddenly turned very ugly. The scene of him running to Lu Yiming and showing off his power seemed to be still in front of him, but compared with that time, Yamaoka Sakura's mentality had changed greatly.
"What is he doing here?"
You Jun also looked puzzled and said, "I don't know."
Yamaoka Sakura sighed, and at the same time was very curious about why Lu Yiming came over at this time, so he said: "Then ask him to come in."
After a while, Lu Yiming came in with Li Yiwen.
Yamaoka Sakura looked at Lu Yiming, who was ten years younger than him but had assets thousands of times more than him, and his heart was filled with jealousy.
He was jealous that Lu Yiming was younger than him, and also jealous that Lu Yiming was richer than him. The only thing that could bridge the gap in status between the two was his identity as the Executive President of Dafa Television Asia Pacific.
At least that's what Yamaoka Sakura thought in his heart.
In the reception room, Yamaoka Sakura showed off his Japanese tea ceremony , and then pretended to be leisurely and asked: "Mr. Lu, what are you going to do by coming to see me today?"
Lu Yiming had no interest in the so-called tea ceremony of the island country. He looked at the green thing in the white porcelain cup and joked, "Facts aside, your tea art looks pretty good. If you can't make it in Dafa, I can consider letting you work for me. I just happen to be in need of someone to serve tea."
It was bad enough that his TVs were not well received in the Xiaguo market, and he was even mocked by Lu Yiming in a roundabout way. How could Yamaoka Sakura bear it any longer? He immediately said angrily: "Mr. Lu, did you come to me today just to laugh at me?"
Lu Yiming curled his lips and said, "I'm not as idle as you. I came here for one thing. I like your factory. Do you want to sell it?"
Yamaoka Sakura was confused: "What do you mean?"
Lu Yiming said, "Your products can't be sold anyway, so why keep the production line? Why not sell it to me?"
This is too much! This is simply too much!
After hearing this, Yamaoka Sakura became even angrier and refused without hesitation, saying, "No sale!"
Lu Yiming looked at his helpless and furious expression, with a faint smile on his face. "Don't be so confident. If you sell it one day later, you will lose one day more. What good will it do to Dafa Group? Business is all about making money. Why do you have to act on impulse? I know you are very unhappy and unwilling to accept it, but failure is failure. You have to learn to accept reality. And I told you before that you should be mentally prepared."
Yamaoka Sakura was so angry that he wanted to tear Lu Yiming's mouth apart, but now he no longer had the arrogance he had before, so he could only endure it: "Lu Sang, we will not sell the Crystal Electronics Factory, please go back."
Seeing that Yamaoka Sakura refused, Lu Yiming was not angry, but before he got up and left, he still left him a business card: "If you ever change your mind, you can call me."
After leaving the Jingshi Electronics Factory, Li Yiwen, who had come along to join in the fun, was so happy: "Did you notice just now? His face was so colorful, sometimes blue and sometimes purple. If you didn't know him, you would think he was a chameleon."
Taking pleasure in other people's misfortune is indeed one of life's great pleasures.
Thinking of Yamaoka Sakura's arrogant behavior when he came to the Color TV Export Association to show off his power, Li Yiwen was overjoyed: "Let's see if he dares to be arrogant again in the future."
After all the laughter, Li Yiwen felt very confused again: "But come to think of it, why did you want to take over his electronics factory? Do you want to produce color TVs too?"
Lu Yiming said: "If I make TV sets now, it would be a waste of money. TV sets are now being sold at a loss. I am not mentally ill."
Li Yiwen was even more confused: "Then why did you come here to buy this factory? Could it be that you came here just to piss off this little bastard..."
Before rebirth, the Jingshi Electronics Factory eventually went bankrupt, but that was two years later. However, Dafa did not lose money, but instead made a fortune because of the new traffic route planned by Baiyun City.
After the traffic route was updated, the land of the Jingshi Electronics Factory suddenly increased five or six times in value. Just from the sale of the land, Dafa made a huge profit with tears.
It is said that good things should be kept within the family. Rather than letting outsiders take all the benefits, Lu Yiming felt that it would be better for him to make the money himself. After all, the Japanese people who live a good life would not care about a few hundred million.
Facing Li Yiwen's doubts, Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Not only do I want to buy the electronics factory, I also plan to buy the entire street nearby."
Li Yiwen was stunned: "Fuck you, what are you crazy about? This area is full of factories and it's a bit far from the city. The land is not worth anything at all."
We can’t blame Li Yiwen for being short-sighted. After all, in today’s country, how many people could have predicted that Xia Country’s economy would develop so rapidly and with such astonishing efficiency?
With the continuous acceleration of urbanization, some areas originally located on the outskirts of the city will soon see a surge in value due to more convenient transportation, from being ignored to being extremely valuable ten years later.
By buying the block in front of him, even if his business fails in the future, Lu Yiming can still be a landlord comfortably.
