Chapter 128 New Allies
It has just entered November, and the temperature in Shanghai is already quite hot.
Even the weather was a bit gloomy with the cold wind.
In a factory building on the outskirts of the city, Mr. Lei was constantly checking with his staff.
At this time, Mr. Lei is no longer the face of Rice.
It can even be said that there is a complete quarrel with rice.
At the board meeting, the major shareholders were also somewhat unprepared for Mr. Lei's resignation.
I never expected that Lei would make this decision after already taking control of the situation.
Although Rice would not be able to operate without Mr. Lei, Mr. Lei is the number one brand of Rice in China and is quite popular.
Without Mr. Lei, the market share of rice would have plummeted immediately.
Faced with Mr. Lei’s resignation, the board of directors immediately made efforts to retain him.
Even though they had the intention of replacing the boss, they never thought of kicking Mr. Lei out.
According to their idea, Mr. Lei should continue to be a mascot to cooperate with their publicity.
However, talking about it for a long time is of no use at all.
Mr. Lei was very determined to leave. Even if they proposed to consider increasing the R&D budget, they still couldn't reach an agreement.
Regarding this result, many people within the board of directors looked quite ugly.
No one expected that the person who brought rice to this point would choose to leave.
If it's just a matter of leaving, judging from what Mr. Lei means, it feels like he's going to make a comeback.
After all, after so many years of cooperation, many shareholders also know that with Mr. Lei’s strength and the current turbulent situation, it will be difficult to re-establish a company that is not weaker than rice, but it is not without opportunities.
If we really want to let him go, he will become a formidable enemy in the future.
And Mr. Lei sneered inwardly when he looked at his ugly-faced shareholders.
Even at this point, they just said they could consider increasing the budget. What's the difference between this and farting?
I still had a glimmer of hope, but now it seems that my decision was completely correct.
In this case, then you take your Yangguan Road and I cross my single-plank bridge.
Mr. Lei finally walked away and left directly with Manager Sun.
At the same time, an application for exchanging shares was submitted to the board of directors.
With the current market value of Rice, if Mr. Lei sells all 23% of his shares, he can immediately take away 10 billion US dollars in cash.
And the board of directors must spend this money in small amounts.
With this money, Mr. Lei’s road to restart does not seem to be that difficult.
No, just after the showdown with the board of directors, Mr. Lei took Manager Sun and left the rice headquarters.
Naturally, I was a little reluctant to leave when I left.
After all, this is the culmination of ten years of hard work.
But when he set foot on the border of the Demon City, Mr. Lei was already excited.
In his words, it was like he had found the passion for starting a business.
Back then, you could make rice with 100 million dollars, but now you have 10 billion dollars, and you are still afraid that you can't make it?
Manager Sun has also successfully registered Daomi Technology, and what they are currently looking at is the production headquarters of Daomi Mobile Phones.
Time waits for no one, and Mr. Lei knows very well that the biggest confidence he can have to rush out and start over is that the current mobile phone market is in great chaos.
If you want to gain a firm foothold and rebuild your glory, you must seize the time.
No, after taking Manager Sun to see the factory, Mr. Lei hurried to the flower factory headquarters.
He is no longer the boss of Rice, so naturally the cooperation negotiated at the flower factory cannot be attributed to him.
If you want to get the battery quota, you must talk to Mr. Ren.
Compared with the technology gate, Mr. Lei is most concerned about whether the flower factory is willing to cooperate.
After all, as long as the technology side provides money, they can basically do business, and as an upstream industry, their focus is not on the mobile phone market.
On the other hand, flower factories are the ones that Daomi Mobile needs to focus on cooperation with in the future.
Not only the battery, but also the Hongmeng system and the supporting manufacturers of various components of the mobile phone.
Mr. Lei has no doubt that his departure will be severely blocked by Google.
Without rice, European and American capital naturally doesn't mind adding insult to injury.
Not to mention continuing to purchase supplies from abroad, I'm afraid I won't even be able to buy chips.
Only with the help of the flower factory can he revitalize the entire production line.
But when it comes to facing Mr. Ren, an old fox, Mr. Lei doesn't have much confidence in his heart.
In the past, Rice had always regarded the flower factory as its imaginary enemy.
As a former enemy, he went to ask his mortal enemy for help. To be honest, Mr. Ren had nothing to say even if he really rejected him.
But no matter what, you have to go to the flower factory.
As for the flower factory, Mr. Ren is also scratching his head about Mr. Lei's arrival.
To be honest, I don’t have any opinions about rice.
Even when she was at her most prosperous, she was suppressed by herself.
If it weren't for the severe blockades in Europe and the United States, the country's No. 1 country would not have allowed the rice to be taken away.
But now, Mr. Lei has left Dami and started a new business. In principle, Mr. Ren has no reason to refuse.
After all, as the helmsman of Rice, there is no need to question Mr. Lei’s strength.
Even if you don't cooperate, others can still negotiate with Science and Technology Gate.
Based on my understanding of Wang Chen, that guy would not be stingy in helping Mr. Lei.
After all, you will be one of your own from now on, so help is just a matter of words.
So if that's the case, it's better to let yourself be the good person.
If rice can be made, it will be equivalent to having a powerful ally, which can completely alleviate the situation of fighting alone in the country.
It can even deter those second- and third-tier mobile phone manufacturers.
And if Rice fails, it doesn't matter. Anyway, there is no loss for the cooperation itself.
A business that was sure to make a profit without losing any money, plus Mr. Lei, Mr. Ren thought about it for a while and made a decision in his heart.
Since Mr. Lei wants to break away from European and American capital and start anew, then as one of the leaders in the domestic industry, if he doesn't have the capacity to attract investment, then why should he talk about becoming bigger and stronger and going global?
After exhaling slowly, Mr. Ren pressed the phone on the table.
"Engineer, on behalf of the technical department and I, go to see Mr. Lei. You need to have a good talk with him for technical support."
On the other side, Engineer Cheng who was busy couldn't help but scratch his head when he heard Mr. Ren's words, "Mr. Ren, are you planning to cooperate?"
"As long as Mr. Lei is willing to consider us, then we can cooperate. There is nothing to lose."
"Okay, then I'm going to get ready. Do I need to tell the Gate of Science and Technology?"
"That's not necessary. The mobile phone field is our own territory. It would be too embarrassing to ask others for everything. We can just make our own decisions."
"Oh, I got it."
"Also, please prepare yourself. I'm going to touch Rice's battery contract."
"This is not good."
"It's not now. I just want you to prepare first and wait until the contract expires at the end of the year."
"Yes, I understand."
"Well, let's do this for now. Mr. Lei will be here at two o'clock in the afternoon. Don't be late."
Chapter completed!