The two of them chatted as they walked. As soon as they entered the office, Sun Tao rushed over.
Sun Tao was not surprised to see Lan Xingguo. He greeted him and said, "General Manager Li, have you seen the government's plan this morning?"
"Yes, I understand it a little."
Li Dong said with a smile, "Wu Shengnan should be able to breathe a sigh of relief now. She won't always blame me for giving her difficult tasks."
Real estate matters were not under Sun Tao's control. He was only in charge of the retail group and logistics group.
This was Wang Yue's matter. Sun Tao said a few vague words and went straight to the point. "In addition to this morning's plan, I heard that the government will soon introduce another policy."
Li Dong asked casually, "What policy?"
"Home appliances to the countryside. I don't know much about the specifics …"
Forget it. There was no need for Sun Tao to say more. He did not understand. Li Dong knew.
In his previous life, there was a period of time when home appliances to the countryside caused a stir. Some people said that it was a good deal, while others said that the appliances in the countryside were all substandard and just a gimmick.
But no matter what, this policy was a huge boost to the home appliance industry.
The policy was not difficult to understand. The government was just subsidizing to expand domestic demand and stimulate the market.
In fact, the subsidy policy had always existed, but it was not so big and direct in the past.
The direct subsidy was a fixed ratio of 13% of home appliance sales. It could not be higher.
If this policy was implemented, the government would have to subsidize tens of billions a year.
In his previous life, it was because of this policy that major home appliance manufacturers came back from the dead in the financial crisis environment and rose against the trend.
For home appliance manufacturers, home appliance distributors, and home appliance buyers, this policy was actually beneficial.
It was precisely because of this policy that major manufacturers and distributors expanded their sales network and set up outlets in rural areas.
But that was relative to others. For Li Dong, it could only be said to be a mixed bag.
Of course, there were benefits. He just wanted to build an O2O system. This was a good opportunity for him to penetrate the O2O layout into the rural areas.
But the disadvantage was that this way, home appliance manufacturers would also carry out their own distribution.
After all, with this policy, there was a foundation. At least there was no need to worry about there being no business.
Setting up direct-sale stores was also something that home appliance manufacturers had been doing.
Haier, for example. They have many chain stores, and distributors are helpless against manufacturers like Haier.
Unlike other manufacturing companies, they did not have the ability to build their own sales channels and could only rely on distributors.
Therefore, in some cooperation, the channel business occupied the leading position.
However, once they were allowed to complete their own channel layout, it would be a bit troublesome. The channel merchants' control over them would not be as strong as before.
Of course, as the public's demand for products increased, it was difficult for a single product to satisfy the consumer's mentality.
It was because of this that there was room for home appliance distributors such as Suning and Gome to survive.
Haier's specialty stores are only suitable for a certain segment of the population. Most of the consumers, unless they believe in the brand, will be willing to look at a few other brands.
If manufacturers wanted to perfect their sales channels, they would have to spend a lot of money.
This time, a portion of the large home appliance manufacturers may break away from the control of the channel merchants. Ordinary enterprises will not be able to escape the net of the law.
Li Dong thought for a while and realized that the benefits of this policy outweighed the disadvantages.
Especially the first four products to enjoy the household appliance subsidy policy, including the existence of mobile phones!
Color TV, fridge, mobile phone, washing machine. These four categories of products are currently enjoying the subsidy policy.
OPPO's second model of mobile phone will be released soon. But the second model had many more functions and hardware.
The cost had increased. A few days ago, when Chen Yongming and Li Dong communicated, they wanted to set the price at $3,999!
It was not like a few years ago. During that time, mobile phones were expensive, and a 4,000 RMB mobile phone was nothing.
But as the number of mobile phone manufacturers increased, the number of counterfeit phones increased, and the competition in the market became more intense.
At this time, the price of a new mobile phone from a well-known manufacturer was around 3,000 RMB.
OPPO's mobile phone was not well-known, and they had only released one new model until now.
The second model was priced at 4,000 RMB, and there might not be a big market for it, even if it was a smartphone.
Don't forget that the iPhone 3G was released in the first half of this year, and the 16GB model was only priced at 300 USD, or about 2,000 RMB.
OPPO's price was 50% higher than the other party's. How many people could accept it?
Of course, the price of 3,999 RMB was indeed high. Even if the cost was higher, as long as it was mass-produced, it might not be too high. Chen Yongming was still a little anxious.
Li Dong and Chen Yongming discussed for a while and finally set the price at 3,199 RMB.
If they could enjoy the subsidy policy, the price would drop below 3,000 RMB.
The first smartphone in the country had many functions, and the price was moderate. It should be acceptable.
After all, even the older mobile phones were priced at around 3,000 RMB. A smartphone sounded more high-end, and it should be acceptable below 3,000 RMB.
As for the policy only targeting the villages and towns, to put it bluntly, this was not a big problem.
Although that was the case, there were too many loopholes.
Which city dweller did not have a few relatives in the countryside? If they really wanted to buy a smartphone, it was not difficult to borrow their relatives' ID card.
Of course, some people did not care about this bit of subsidy. Anyway, if they really cared, there would be a way to solve it, and they were not afraid of not enjoying the policy.
OPPO's mobile phones were selling well, and Li Dong's mobile layout had officially begun.
He did not care about the money he earned from the mobile phones. The key was still the development of various industries Far away in the mobile phone market.
Another thing was that the new mobile phone had a QR code scanning function.
It could be said that it was precisely because of the existence of QR codes that mobile phone payments became synonymous with simplicity.
Without this function, the current mobile phone payments would be too complicated.
Far away, although the QR code scanning function had made many improvements, it was still very troublesome, especially with the constant situation of wrong accounts and fraud.
But once there was the QR code scanning function, coupled with the existence of balance accounts, mobile phone payments could be promoted very quickly.
The more Li Dong thought about it, the more he felt that this policy of home appliances going to the countryside would be of great help to him.
Also, Old Huang's wife had come to look for Qi Yunna, hoping that both parties could cooperate.
Perhaps, this was an opportunity, not necessarily.
While the home appliances industry was changing, he could take over the other party's online channels and force them to expand the offline market for him. It would be much better than Far away.
Of course, this matter still had to be discussed personally.
Just as Li Dong was deep in thought, Sun Tao continued, "This time, the new policy has not been announced, but I heard that it is not going to be implemented everywhere. It will be piloted in some areas. I went to the province to ask, and our Jiangbei is not within the scope of this pilot program. Lu Province, Yu Province, and Sichuan Province seem to be the first batch of pilot programs … "
Li Dong suddenly came to his senses and asked in surprise, "Jiangbei is not within the scope of the pilot program?"
"Yes, that's roughly the case, but it has not been officially decided yet."
Li Dong said firmly, "I don't care about other places, but Jiangbei must have it! I want to implement the mobile strategy, and the release of OPPO smartphones is very important to us! Jiangbei is our base, and we can test all kinds of products in Jiangbei to get the most intuitive product experience. Once Jiangbei is not in the list, our plan will have a lot of trouble. Which department is in charge of this policy? "
"The Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Finance are in charge." Sun Tao didn't think much about it before, but he wanted to say that Qi Yunna called him, hoping to expand the scale of the home appliance industry.
But before he could say this, Li Dong became anxious.
Jiangbei was not within the scope of the pilot program, and according to Li Dong, the promotion of smartphones was even more important than the home appliance industry. Sun Tao could understand Li Dong's eagerness.
Li Dong took a deep breath and said slowly, "It seems that I have to go to Beijing. I have to deal with the Gome issue, and I also have to ask about the situation of the Internet Payment License. In addition to the policy, I have to go there personally. These are all important matters, and I can't delay it. Once the policy is officially announced, there will be no chance to change it. "
Hearing that Li Dong was going to Beijing, Sun Tao laughed and said, "If you are going to Beijing, you can attend the annual meeting of entrepreneurs next month. The Entrepreneur Club has sent you an invitation, and I was about to ask you if you or Mr. Yuan are going. Since you are going, why don't you attend together? "
"Annual meeting of entrepreneurs?"
Li Dong had a vague impression of it. It seemed that Old Liu had mentioned this in the group chat, but he had forgotten about it because he didn't plan to go to Beijing.
Hearing Sun Tao say this, Li Dong couldn't help but ask, "When is it starting?"
"December 6th to 7th."
Li Dong nodded slightly and said, "I might not be able to stay until then. If I go to Beijing, it might be soon, and I might be back at the end of the month. Let's see. If I have time, I will attend. If not, Mr. Yuan can go. I just attended the Internet Conference a few days ago, and they are all familiar faces. It's meaningless to attack them again. "
Sun Tao heard this and said with a smile, "That's hard to say. I think it's better for you to attend. This annual meeting will probably be attended by the Minister of Commerce. The policy of home appliances going to the countryside is led by them. I think it's better for you to suggest it at the meeting than to pay a formal visit. "
"Is that so?"
Li Dong thought for a while and said after a while, "Let me see. I just don't know if the policy will be announced before the annual meeting. If that's the case, it will be too late."
"I don't think so. Jiangbei said it might only be implemented in late December. It might even be delayed until January."
Then, Sun Tao added, "I'll ask later. It won't delay your matters."
"Okay, let's leave it at that for now."
Li Dong replied. If it was not in the near future, he could attend the annual meeting.
Coincidentally, he had many things to discuss with the others.
Speaking of the annual meeting, Li Dong thought of the annual meeting Far away.
Seeing Sun Tao here, Li Dong asked, "Has our company started preparing for the annual meeting?"
"We haven't had time yet. Mr. Yuan wants to try to hold it after the New Year. Our business gets more and more busy at the end of the year. It'll be too rushed if we hold it at the end of the year. "
"Okay. Let's go with your plan." Li Dong added, "This year, we have to prepare for a more intense and lively event. Everyone who can attend should come. At most, we can have a day off. Anyway, don't be stingy this year! We achieved too much in 2008. We broke the 100 billion mark, 200 billion mark, and I'm the richest man in the country. So far away, we can even take the top spot in the private sector. With so many good things gathered together, we should share them with everyone. "
Sun Tao's mouth twitched. One word from the leader and the subordinates ran all over the place.
Everyone who can attend should come?
So far away, how many employees are there?!
200,000 people!
With so many employees coming to Pingchuan, even the Jiangbei government will not be able to sit still. 200,000 people coming to Pingchuan is no laughing matter.
Where will they stay? Where will they eat? Where will they host the event?
If there's a sudden influx of foreigners, how will they manage the security and public security …
Also, there's no place to host the event for 200,000 people.
If they were to have a day off, thousands of shops would be closed. The losses would be immeasurable.
Sun Tao laughed dryly. He did not refute or agree. He just smiled and said, "Okay. I'll discuss with CEO Yuan and get someone to arrange it."
Li Dong was just asking for the liveliness.
He did not think too much about it. He did not expect to get all 200,000 people.
Seeing that Sun Tao agreed, he did not ask further.
Next, they talked about the airline company. Lan Xingguo was preparing to go overseas to buy second-hand planes after the airport was located.
Before the financial crisis passed, many foreign airlines were short of funds. Some aircraft manufacturers' products were not selling well. They might be able to get a bargain.
Perhaps, with the money of a second-rate cell phone, he might not be able to get a new plane.
Of course, this is the ideal situation. Second-hand planes are fine anyway. Cargo planes are useless even if they are new. They just need to be able to fly for eight to ten years.
After discussing for a while, Sun Tao and Li Dong left.
They had just left when Wu Shengnan arrived again. She was also here about the four trillion plan.
After sending Wu Shengnan away, Yuan Chengdao came again. He talked about the implementation of the position and the option distribution plan.
Li Dong had just returned from Shanghai and had no free time for the whole afternoon.
It was not until the sky was dark that Li Dong finished dealing with all kinds of matters.
When he left the building Far Away, Li Dong could not help but smile bitterly. He said self-deprecatingly, "To think that I said I wanted to be a hands-off boss. How can I do that in this situation?"
Far Away was not lacking in talents. However, there were too many businesses under the group. The company was still in a state of expansion. It was impossible for Li Dong to get away for a while.
In the past, he thought that those big bosses were idle. Now, Li Dong did not think so at all.
He knew almost all the big bosses in the business world. Liu Chuanzhi was old enough. Wasn't he still busy from day to night?
The others were about the same. Those who could really be idle were those who really could not work anymore.
Otherwise, everyone's time was more precious than gold. Not many big entrepreneurs would retire in their prime.
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