"This time, it was Samsung who took the initiative to come and sell us a screen. Moreover, their people directly ran to the outside of the research center and were stopped by the security outside. After they explained their intentions, I had a talk with them. They immediately said that they would go back and try to produce a screen that we need."
"Actually, this screen is a sample sent by Samsung. It arrived the day before yesterday, and I assembled it yesterday. I was about to ask someone to write a report for you, but you came by yourself!" Liu Nian laughed.
"You mean, Samsung has a favor to ask of us?" Boss Jia's expression changed slightly.
Samsung was such an arrogant company. It was so powerful that it could almost control the entire Korean political scene. Now, Samsung had taken the initiative to send a screen to Boss Jia, and they were so eager to produce a sample. This meant that they had a favor to ask of Daqian.
"I don't know. They only told me that they had just entered the display market, and their fourth generation line had just been released, so they didn't have many customers. That's why they came out to explore the market!" Liu Nian said, "According to them, they originally wanted to ask if we needed a supplier to replace the screen for our Daqian mobile phone. They didn't expect that we would ask for a screen for a handheld phone."
"A mobile phone!" Boss Jia's heart skipped a beat. He remembered that Samsung mobile phones had swept the world in his previous life, and they were ranked second in the world. It seemed that Samsung didn't want a screen, but a mobile phone!
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"Mr. Executive, why are we so eager to please a company in Hua Xia?" At this moment, in a room in the best hotel in Yuzhang, two people were talking. One of them was very dissatisfied.
According to the Korean company system, the highest position in a company was the president, which was equivalent to the chairman.
Next was the president, which was equivalent to the CEO or general manager. If the chairman directly ran the whole company, then the president and the president were the same person.
Then, in descending order, were the vice president, special affairs, executive, director, sub-director, minister, deputy director, director, agent, and club member.
From the previous conversation, it could be inferred that this time, the people sent by Samsung to Hua Xia were actually middle to upper management level. In the huge Samsung, this was actually a very powerful position.
Generally speaking, for things like promoting screens, unless it was a negotiation between the higher-ups, they would usually send someone at the level of a minister or vice minister. This time, they actually sent someone at the executive level. It could be seen that Samsung attached great importance to this matter.
"Director Li, there's nothing we can do about it." The executive smiled bitterly and said patiently.
The person who was talking to the executive was only a section head. There was a difference of five levels between the two of them. Logically speaking, this little section head should not have spoken to the executive with such an attitude.
Unfortunately, his surname was Lee, and his name was Lee Zailong. His father was Lee Jiankang, and Lee Jiankang was the current chairman of the Samsung Group.
In other words, this little section head in front of him was actually the crown prince of the Samsung Group. He was sent to the company to train and learn. How could this executive act tough in front of the crown prince and put on the airs of a higher-up? He could not wait to kneel down and lick the crown prince's boots.
This time, the executive did not want to bring the crown prince with him. However, Lee Jiankang personally gave the order to bring Lee Zailong to Hua Xia and participate in this business activity.
Obviously, Lee Jiankang was training Lee Zailong. At the same time, it could be seen that the Samsung Group attached great importance to this business cooperation. Otherwise, Lee Jiankang would not have sent his only son here.
"First of all, this is not an ordinary Hua Xia company. It is a private company in Hua Xia that has entered the world's top 500." The executive said patiently, "The company's board of directors has made a decision to fully enter the mobile phone industry. At the same time, they want to attack the global LCD screen market. Therefore, Daqian mobile phones are the company's best partner!"
"This is what I don't understand!" Lee Zailong shook his head. "If there is a leader in the mobile phone industry, it should be Nokia. If there is a need to consider the views of the United States, it should be Motorola. Why are we looking for Daqian, which is ranked third? "
"Because Daqian reached the third position in the world in just one year. Whether it is Nokia or Motorola, it is impossible for Samsung to acquire them!" Executive Cui said.
"Acquisition! The company intends to acquire Daqian mobile phones! "Lee Zailong was shocked." Why didn't I know about this? "
"This …" Executive Cui showed a bitter smile. How could he know that Lee Zailong did not know about this?
Seeing the expression on Executive Cui's face, Lee Zailong understood that this was probably his father's idea. This made Lee Zailong feel very disappointed. Although he said that he was training in the company, there was no need to hide it from him.
"I think the president probably wants you to find out about these things yourself. It's my fault for being nosy and ruining the president's good intentions!" Executive Cui said.
"It's okay, but Executive Cui, there are still some things I don't understand. First of all, we have a complete production chain. Why would we want to acquire a mobile phone company? "
"Secondly, since they want to buy Da Qian mobile phones, why did we send them the LCD screens so eagerly?" Li Zailong asked as he did not understand.
"You are right, Mr. Li. We did intend to manufacture our own mobile phones. However, a friend of ours in Nokia told me that almost all the mobile phones produced by Nokia are produced by the Da Qian Group. The price offered by the Da Qian Group is unimaginable."
"Unimaginable?" Hearing these words, Lee Zailong could not help but laugh. "How unimaginable? Then tell me, what price did they offer for my mobile phone?"
Lee Zailong's mobile phone exceeded his own. It was the latest Nokia D315, which cost Lee Zailong 3,000 USD.
"1,200 USD!"
"What!" Lee Zailong jumped up and exclaimed with the mobile phone in his hand, "You said that I bought this mobile phone for 3,000 USD and the production cost is only 1,200 USD?"
"Yes, that's right. This is the information our friend gave us!" Executive Cui said with a wry smile, "According to this friend's information, Nokia's production cost of this mobile phone is 2,200 USD. After handing it over to Daqian, they saved 1,000 USD. If this mobile phone was manufactured by Samsung, the cost would be 1,800 USD. Daqian's production cost is still 600 USD cheaper than ours."
"So this is why we want to buy Daqian mobile phones!" Lee Zailong finally understood. Although he did not know how Daqian did this, Samsung's production cost must have been reduced to the same level as Daqian's. At most, it would be a little higher. Otherwise, Samsung would not be able to fight a price war in the future.
Besides, even if they did not fight a price war, wouldn't it be nice to earn 600 USD more per mobile phone for no reason?
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