Standing at the front of the welcoming team was Shao Guofeng, the mayor of Changming City. This mayor, who was already acquainted with Xiao Qi, had a smile on his face, and it was obvious that he was really happy.
For him, whether it is Fairy Company or Xiaoniao.com, as long as he can come to Changming to invest and place orders for Changming's company, that is a great thing.
Not only can he make money, but it can also greatly improve Changming's reputation. This is a great thing for him who is obsessed with his official career!
The middle-aged man with glasses standing behind Shao Guofeng is Yang Runyong, the chairman of Changhong. He is in his early 40s, which is when he is most energetic in his career.
When he held Xiao Qi's hand, he was almost too enthusiastic: "Master Qi, you are finally here. We at Changhong are really looking forward to more cooperation with you!!"
Previously, under Shao Guofeng's matchmaking, Changhong signed a 5 billion yuan order with Xiaoyao Mall, which directly aroused everyone's enthusiasm, so Yang Runyong was particularly happy.
Xiao Qi smiled when he heard this, "If there is a chance, Director Yang, Changhong is an excellent company, and I am optimistic about your future in Changhong!"
Although he didn't know whether what Xiao Qi said was true or false, even a superficial remark made Yang Runyong feel happy.
He was originally a researcher with a professional background. It was only after he entered a management position that he realized how difficult it was to develop a company, especially a super large group like Changhong.
In any place, it is normal for small businesses to do well, while large businesses are satisfied if they can just pay everyone a salary and bonus every year.
Everyone knows that Oriental Volkswagen sells a lot of cars and is very profitable. Among them, the most "notorious" Santana is produced by them. Models that are more than 10 years old have been eliminated. In the 1990s and 2000s in China, when the purchasing power of money was so strong, all cars were sold.
One car can be sold for more than 200,000 yuan, which is a money grab!
But many people don’t know that the number of workers and retired workers that Oriental Volkswagen needs to support is hundreds of thousands. The various expenses involved are simply a headache for them and a huge expense for them.
They should have profits, so in fact, their profits for a period of time were not as good as those of BYD.
The same applies abroad. In the United States, which one of General Motors, Ford, and Cadillac is not being dragged almost to bankruptcy by the heavy burden on workers?
The Roewe brand sold by the UK to Oriental Motor, and the Volvo sedan brand sold by Volvo to Geely, weren't they all caused by being dragged into bankruptcy by workers' welfare and having no choice but to find someone to take the responsibility?
The profit from a car is much better than that from a TV.
This is true even in the automobile industry, let alone the television industry. The legendary former chairman Chang Hong made many decisions that were very radical, leading to a series of mistakes. It cannot be said that it has anything to do with the heavy burden on workers he faced - a man who never
The factory, which started operation in 1958, has more than 100,000 to 200,000 retired workers and their families, and 70,000 active employees and their families. Compared with the burden of Oriental Volkswagen, it is not inferior!
Changhong's heavy burden did not dissipate when Yang Runyong took office. It is precisely because of the same huge pressure that Yang Runyong has been thinking about breaking out all the time in the past two years.
But how difficult is it for a company without much core intellectual property to break through in a fiercely competitive market?
In the CRT TV war back then, Changhong's technical reserves were sufficient. So they dared to take the lead in starting a price war, and relied on cheap labor and excessive volume to defeat Japanese TV manufacturers.
But in the era of LCD TVs, Japanese, Korean and Baodao companies relied on various patents and production technologies to directly hold the pricing power of LCD screens in their hands, causing Chinese TV manufacturers to lose control of the cost of LCD screens.
, which is a lot more than them, and now it is impossible to start a price war.
Since the price war cannot be fought, many shortcomings of the Changhong LCD TV have been exposed, making it significantly weaker than several major joint venture manufacturers in terms of competitiveness, and thus gradually disappeared from the mainstream TV manufacturers.
What people now remember are Sony, Sharp, Panasonic, Hitachi, Toshiba, Samsung and LG. Although domestic TV sets can match them in terms of sales, they are far behind in terms of reputation.
Even among domestic TV manufacturers, Changhong is now not ranked among the top three.
Yang Runyong was naturally very happy to be praised by China's richest man for such a long red sunset.
The welcoming scene was not too big. Hundreds of uniformed Changhong employees lined up at the door to welcome us, looking very enthusiastic.
Not to mention Xiao Qi, even Shen Wuyan had seen many such scenes, so he didn't have any stage fright and chatted with Yang Runyong while walking.
The employees who were present to welcome them all had outstanding facial features and height. They looked at Xiao Qi and Shen Wuyan, who were carefully accompanied by the two big leaders, and their smiles showed unspeakable envy and admiration.
Take a look!
One is 20 years old and the other is 19, but they have already reached this level. They are truly geniuses that cannot be compared!
However, when they turned around and thought of the various benefits that these two wealthy young men might bring to Changhong, they began to have some imagination again.
In fact, after learning that Xiao Qi and the genius girl CEO of Xiaoniao.com who was featured in Time Magazine were coming to discuss business, Changhong Group was full of expectations from top to bottom.
They have long lost their pioneering spirit and are gradually lagging behind the entire era, so it would be very satisfying to have the opportunity to make some money and make up for their expenses in various aspects.
Sitting in the luxurious small living room, Yang Runyong and the two vice presidents beside him had the same idea.
Shen Wuyan's Xiaoniao.com is the main force in today's negotiations, so in addition to her, there are also Finance Minister Zhao Xia, Technical Department Director Cui Yuan and several technical staff.
Instead, Xiao Qi sat in the corner with Shao Guofeng and watched how they negotiated.
Since they had communicated in advance, the purpose of Shen Wuyan's visit was also very clear.
She didn't like to do things in a roundabout way. She briefly stated her requirements at the beginning, then took out the ultra-thin LCD TV plan for "Little Bird TV" that she had set, handed it over in five copies.
Yang Runyong was originally a technician, so he immediately started reading it carefully with his subordinates.
Xiao Qi paid attention to his face. Almost two or three minutes later, Yang Runyong's face became serious and his brows wrinkled slightly.
He was still fine, but several technicians almost had the word "unhappy" written on their faces.
It seems that this negotiation is not easy! (To be continued...)