"Okay, then I'll arrange someone to contact Samsung Electronics later. He Guoyuan said.

"I am more optimistic about Samsung Electronics, and you should always pay attention to the company's investment trends and technology research and development direction. Xu Zhi said cautiously.

Although the success of Samsung Electronics in later generations has a great relationship with the help of the South Korean government and American capital, it is naturally not simple to be selected by American capital as its spokesperson in the semiconductor industry.

Samsung Semiconductor's first factory was established in 1978, when its semiconductor factory made memory chips that were not even willing to use its own company's products, but in this case, by visiting the United States and Japan semiconductor companies with a low profile and inviting Japanese semiconductor talents with high salaries, they succeeded in developing their own technology.

In 1983, Samsung Semiconductor successfully manufactured a 64KB memory chip, becoming the third electronics company in the world to have this technology. With this technology, Samsung has become one of the top semiconductor companies.

"I'll take care of that. He Guoyuan nodded and agreed.

Xu Zhi asked, "How is the TV factory in Shenhai City?"

He Guoyuan said: "The basic main building has been completed, and various pipes and other facilities are still being installed, and our equipment has also arrived, and installation and commissioning are being carried out at the same time, and it is estimated that we should be able to produce it ourselves by the end of the year." ”

"It's pretty fast. Xu Zhi said with a smile.

He Guoyuan nodded and said: "It's really fast, I heard that in order to complete this project quickly, Shenhai City arranged 6,000 construction workers, and the machines stopped 24 hours a day, and all the infrastructure projects were built within half a year." ”

Unlike the industrial zones that have been planned in later generations, Midea's entire factory in Shenhai City was just a piece of farmland before investment, and all parties had to be built nearby except for a river that could provide water.

The most basic facilities are roads, which lead to the city and the port, both of which are under the responsibility of the city government, and in order to ensure a stable supply of electricity, a small power station has been built to supply the entire factory, and the excess electricity is sent to other parts of the city.

"Okay, you should keep an eye on this project, this factory is a model for our other bases in the future, and it can only be replicated elsewhere if it is successful." Xu Zhi said with a smile.

At present, all the equipment of the Shenhai City factory comes from the Wanwan Taoyuan factory,And the Taoyuan factory is only a production base of RCA TV,Now it has moved directly to Shenhai City,Naturally, it cannot meet the needs of the entire Midea company's TV business,According to the plan,Wait until 1986,Other parts of the country can also be wholly owned production,Then naturally a new production base will be built。

This is also why Xu Zhi still intends to cooperate with Samsung for a long time, Midea's current TV business cannot be produced by itself, although there are many TV foundries in Wanwan and even Xiangjiang, but they are all small enterprises, the production is low-tech products, and Midea's requirements are too different.

Working with these companies takes a lot of time and effort to determine their capabilities, and Samsung Electronics is the best fit for Midea, after all, it has been working together for a year and there are no major problems in terms of quality.

"This project is mainly in charge of Huo Jianning, your former assistant to the chairman, and his ability is very outstanding, and all the details are handled by him in an orderly manner. He Guoyuan said complimentally.

"Okay, I'm more relieved about him. Xu Zhi nodded and smiled, Huo Jianning has been an assistant by his side for more than a year, and he has been in charge of the business of beauty.

The deep-sea TV factory is about to be established, and a person in charge is needed, so Huo Jianning was sent, this is actually a very training opportunity, such a large-scale project, involving too many aspects, various supplier selection, factory bidding, government talks, etc., each of which is extremely exercised.

Huo Jianning was able to earn hundreds of billions of Hong Kong dollars for Li Jiacheng in the history of later generations, also because he got enough training in Cheung Kong when he was young.

Now he is sent to the deep sea, just to exercise his abilities.

Xu Zhi continued: "How's the negotiation with General Electric?"

"GE agreed to transfer more than 200 of our patented refrigeration technologies, but they want our products using these technologies not to enter the U.S. market in the future. He Guoyuan replied.

"Ignore them, now they hope to invest in the mainland with us in a joint venture, since they want to take advantage of my momentum, they have to show sincerity. Xu Zhi said indifferently: "And General Electric's household appliances have always taken the high-end route, which is different from our Midea's positioning, and there will not be much competition." ”

The cooperation with GE is to invest in a large refrigerator and air conditioning production plant in the mainland, as GE's main OEM. This was the agreement that Xu Zhi had reached with Welch when he had taken a stake in GE.

However, for such a big cooperation, Xu Zhi and Welch only set this plan, and the specific details need to be renegotiated by the two companies.

GE's negotiators were forced by the chairman's coercion to hand over a lot of technology, so in the process of negotiations, they intended to limit Midea's future market.

But in fact, the route of Midea's household appliances business belongs to the middle section, which is an ordinary brand in an economically developed market like the United States.

Although it doesn't feel as tall as a high-end brand, in fact, this piece of the market is the largest, just like the car market in the mainland in later generations, BBA belongs to the high-end, and Volkswagen, Toyota, General Motors, Ford, Honda, etc. all belong to the mid-range.

GE's household appliances are high-end brands, so they can survive elegantly while Japanese appliances invade the U.S. market.

Unfortunately, the fight against small Japan could not fight the trade unions, and several strikes made General Electric's top brass decide to move the factory overseas, and with Welch's efforts, the mainland was one of them.

"OK, I'll inform my colleagues in the U.S. again. He Guoyuan also nodded and said.

Xu Zhi continued: "After this matter is decided, this factory will also be placed in the deep sea, and the specific matters can also be handed over to Huo Jianning to be responsible, and the affairs of the TV factory should be almost the same at that time." ”

"I am also relieved to hand it over to Huo Jianning. He Guoyuan nodded and smiled.