Chapter 683: Peer Complaint
Ordinary consumers, of course, they only pay attention to superficial things.
For example, why is the price of Huimin computers so cheap, how much money will my cousin lose this time, why Huimin computers are being sold on the Internet, whether the first batch of 300,000 units invested can be sold out, and so on.
At a deeper level, only people in the industry will care.
First of all, Alibaba Group changed the company's shareholding structure very low-key, bringing in a new major shareholder, Star Technology Holdings, which received a two-percent stake in Alibaba Group.
Alibaba's major shareholder is SoftBank Capital, which already owns 35 percent of Alibaba Group's shares with another additional investment.
The second largest shareholder is currently the entrepreneurial team headed by Lao Ma, with a total of 30% of the shares.
The third largest shareholder is Star Technology Holdings, a lesser-known company that is wholly owned by Heung Kong Knorr.
Of course, the behind-the-scenes boss of Xiangjiang Knorle is Yu Wenfei, who holds 20% of Alibaba Group's shares through Star Technology Holdings.
As for the remaining 15 percent of Alibaba's shares, it belongs to some of the remaining venture capitalists.
Of course, this proportion of shares is only temporary, and Alibaba Group is still far from going public, and it may have to go through multiple rounds of financing in the middle. If the shareholders do not continue to invest, the shares will be diluted.
Lao Ma is also a smart person, and he knows that in Internet companies, the shares in the hands of the entrepreneurial team will inevitably be diluted. By the time they go public, the combined shares of their founders may be less than 20 percent. If you want to control the company, you can only use other methods, so the AB share structure has also been introduced into Alibaba.
Although their founder team does not have many shares, they have a lot of say in the board of directors, which is the same as Facebook's company.
Yu Wenfei invested in Ali Group this time, and what he got was only Class A ordinary shares, but he didn't care, and he didn't plan to meddle in the operation of Ali Group.
In Yu Wenfei's opinion, Lao Ma's team is still okay.
Ali's share change is only discussed in the investment banking circle, and everyone speculates how much Yuwenfei paid to buy a stake in Ali Group, or what Yuwenfei's intention is to meddle in the e-commerce industry.
However, practitioners in another industry have been like ants on a hot pot for the past two days......
That is the domestic brand machine manufacturers, such as Tsinghua Unisplendour, Founder Technology, Haier Computer, Great Wall Computer, etc.!
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On the evening of December 3, Tang Jun, the boss of Founder Technology, rarely went home for dinner.
I usually have too much entertainment, especially in the evening, when the dinner is one after another, and I don't have time to go home to eat.
Therefore, he was able to come back for dinner today, and his wife was also very happy and specially made a sumptuous meal.
"Old man, wash your hands and eat, I made your favorite sweet and sour fish!"
Tang Jun smiled, put down the newspaper in his hand, got up and washed his hands, and prepared to sit down to eat.
Looking up at the time, it was already seven o'clock, he turned on the TV and tuned to the central one, and the news broadcast was about to start.
"It's not good to eat, what kind of news broadcast to watch. The wife said angrily.
"You don't understand, although I am a business, I still have to care about national affairs. Tang Jun said with a smile.
It is also a habit that has been cultivated for many years, and mainstream official media such as News Network, People's Daily, and Guangming Daily are must-see every day.
chatting with his wife while eating, and listening to the news broadcast of the host on the TV by the way.
"Hey, you said that our child is about to graduate from college, is his idea to study abroad, to the United States or to the United Kingdom?" asked the wife.
The children of Tang Jun's family are now in their fourth year of college and are about to graduate, and their family conditions are still good, so of course they are considering studying abroad.
As soon as Tang Jun was about to answer, he heard the host's voice on the TV.
"This station reported that recently, in response to the country's informatization promotion project, the new Lenovo Group specially launched a very preferential price Huimin computer ......"
He was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at the TV, and the picture that appeared on the TV was Lenovo's so-called Huimin computer configuration and price.
Of course, Tang Jun was also very familiar with the computer configuration and cost price, and after just a glance, his eyes widened.
That's impossible!
According to this configuration, at this price, for every computer sold, Lenovo Group will lose more than 1,000 yuan!
Even if they purchase in large quantities and compress all the costs to the extreme, that one will lose more than 500 yuan!
Who can withstand this kind of loss?
Could it be that Lenovo is fooling people?
Tang Jun immediately shook his head, Lenovo didn't dare!
This is on the news broadcast, who dares to make a small move on this.
So, what exactly does Lenovo want to do now?
What's more, once Lenovo's Huimin computers are listed, how can their own company's computers be sold......
Thinking of this, Tang Jun couldn't sit still anymore, he hurriedly put down his rice bowl and said casually: "I won't eat, I have to go back to the company in an emergency!"
The wife was surprised: "What happened?"
Tang Jun didn't care about explaining, took out his mobile phone and called the secretary, "Xiao Liu, you immediately notify all the senior executives above the director level of the company, and all of them will go back to the company for a meeting! As long as they are in Beijing, all of them must participate, and I will see them in the company in an hour!"
In the large conference room of Founder Technology headquarters, after the executives arrived in a hurry, Tang Jun said the first thing he said.
"The situation is very critical, and now we are facing a life-and-death dilemma!" ......
This scene happened on this night in all domestic brand computer manufacturers.
Every company is aware of the seriousness of the problem, and the new Lenovo Group's Huimin computer may be a great thing for ordinary consumers, because they can buy mainstream computer configurations at a very low price.
But for brand computer manufacturers, it is a catastrophe!
After studying the two configurations and prices of the new Lenovo's Huimin computer, everyone is even more desperate, because with their volume and annual shipments, the cost cannot be compressed at all.
The new Lenovo Group is based on the huge number of 50 million computers in order to reduce the cost to a relatively low level, and even so, it still has to lose money.
Other brand computer manufacturers may only ship 100,000 units a year, or even less, how can their cost be suppressed......
Therefore, even if it is a price war, Lenovo may lose 500 per unit, but other brands will lose 800 or even 1,000 per unit!
How else to play.
This is definitely an unsolvable problem!
Everyone knows that behind the new Lenovo Group is Yu Wenfei, a genius boy who is said to be worth tens of billions of dollars. People can afford it, although I don't know why he did this......
However, I can't afford to lose on my side!
No one wants to sit still, and manufacturers such as Founder Technology and Tsinghua Unigroup have also responded quickly, and the day after the news broadcast, several larger companies have joined forces.
Of course, it doesn't mean that you have to compete with the new Lenovo, because you can't compete at all, even if you join forces, you can't beat it.
They are ready to "sue"!
Everyone has a state-owned background, and of course they all know a few people above, but now they are being "bullied", and it is obviously unfair competition, of course, they have to sue the "parents"!
Founder Technology and Tsinghua Unigroup took the lead and went directly to the Ministry of Electronics Industry to complain, complaining to the leaders that the new Lenovo Group had no good intentions and wanted to bring down the domestic computer market.
"Leader, you must take care of it! How can there be such competition, it is better to incur serious losses than to crush competitors, this is ...... What is this not malicious competition? If you want me to say, New Lenovo has bad intentions, and their purpose is to occupy the market at a loss, crush our peers, and then monopolize the market themselves. When they monopolize the market, they will definitely sell at a high price to make a huge profit.
They rely on big consortia behind them, and they naturally don't care about short-term losses. But we, the manufacturers, are all state-owned, so where are we willing to use the state's money to trade at a loss?
Therefore, if the organization does not take action, then we can only withdraw from the computer industry, and Lenovo will make this industry a mess in the future, don't blame us. ”
Tang Jun sat in the leader's office with a heavy face and said bitterly.
After speaking, he secretly glanced at the leader's face, but was surprised to find that the leader still had a smile on his face.
This is not normal, it is said that he said that the matter is so serious, shouldn't the leader's face be grim.
"Old Tang, what you said about this, in fact, I knew about it a few days ago!"
As soon as the leader spoke, Tang Jun was taken aback, could it be that New Lenovo still got permission from the top for this matter?
Or even say......
This was originally ordered from above!
"New Lenovo has done a good job this time, in order to promote the informatization process of the country, we have the courage to pick up the burden and bear the losses ourselves. In this regard, you companies should learn more from it. In addition, you don't talk about unfair competition, reform will inevitably face pains, the same, if you want to speed up the domestic informatization process, there must be some enterprises to pay the price!
New Lenovo took the initiative to stand up and was willing to bear this price, so, what about your Founder Technology?
Are you willing to take on this burden?
If you agree, then you can also launch Huimin Computer.
But let's say it in advance, the state does not subsidize this, and at most it can help you get a loan in the bank. ”
The Tang army is already desperate, this matter is ......
How could this be!
Of course, he didn't know how much work Yuwenfei had done in advance around the launch of Huimin Computer.
That level, of course, is not something that Tang Jun can touch.
Moreover, Yu Wenfei's plan this time is indeed not opportunistic, it is completely above board, and no one can find fault with it.
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No one cares about how manufacturers such as Founder Technology, Tsinghua Unigroup, and Great Wall Computer will respond to this offensive of New Lenovo.
Because, the first batch of education discounts for Huimin Computer, a total of 300,000 units, has been put on the shelves of Taobao's new Lenovo official flagship store, and it is about to be sold!