In fact, as early as a month ago, when the orders of the Xiangjiang factory began to increase, Xu Zhi asked He Guoyuan to contact several RB motherboard factories and began to discuss cooperation.

As the direct manager of the company, He Guoyuan understands that even if the core components cannot be produced, they cannot be supplied by only one company, which is related to the safety of the company's production strategy.

The relationship between Apple and Samsung in later generations is like this, Apple's profits are booming, but a large number of core components have been monopolized by Samsung, Apple has always wanted to get rid of its dependence on Samsung, for a period of time, including domestic BOE, Lens Technology and other fields of companies, and Samsung is even stronger, it calculates Apple's annual shipments, and then forces Apple to give him a huge proportion of huge orders, otherwise it will not be supplied, plus Samsung's mobile phone is also Apple's main competitor, the contradiction between the two is as fierce as a volcanic eruption, but the cooperation still exists, because Apple can't leave Samsung, because Samsung monopolizes too much basic technology。

Of course, Midea doesn't have to worry about this situation now, but the layout must start from now, the chip factory is not in a hurry, but the motherboard factory has been put on the agenda.

Everything is inferior, only speculation is rich!

This is the case in Xiangjiang, Midea Group plans to invest 2 million US dollars to build the world's most advanced motherboard production plant, this kind of investment is extremely popular anywhere, but He Guoyuan has a conflict with the Hong Kong government over this matter.

The environmental requirements of the main board factory are extremely high, and it is impossible to build in an industrial office building, but can only be built on flat land, which requires a large amount of area, but the Hong Kong government is unwilling to allocate a piece of land on the grounds of market freedom, and according to the current land price in Hong Kong, the land of the main board factory alone is sold at a price of up to 10 million Hong Kong dollars in the Kowloon Industrial Zone.

Of course, Midea did not do it, and the Hong Kong government refused to budge, but some people from the Industrial Development Bureau had a few Chinese leaders who valued the project, so they suggested that Midea move the factory to the vicinity of the New Territories, where the land is very cheap.

In fact, the location of the motherboard factory is not very demanding, but this is a high-tech factory, the requirements for employees are extremely high, at least most of the people have to know English, have a foundation in electronics, and the education can not be too low, the city of Xiangjiang has few industrial talents, if the factory moves to the sparsely populated Tin Shui Wai, the traffic is inconvenient, and recruiting people will become a very serious problem.

The two sides reached an impasse in this way, and Xu Zhi was relatively speechless about this, no wonder only real estate was left in Xiangjiang in later generations, which clearly forced the industry to leave.

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Malibu, located in the southwest of Los Angeles, is one of the most famous beaches in the United States, with beautiful and unique beach scenery, and is also home to the rich and Hollywood stars of Los Angeles, and is one of the most famous tourist destinations in the city.

"Eric, I actually think you should buy a property in Los Angeles, it's not a good idea to stay in a hotel a lot. On the balcony, Reading looked at the young and lively high school women's volleyball team in the distance, and said to Xu Zhi with a smile: "The villa here in Malibu is very suitable for you, the scenery and safety are very good, and there are often countless bikini girls, maybe you can meet your true love!"

Xu Zhi smiled: "My true love can't be in the United States, relatively speaking, I will still choose our Asian women." ”

Reading suddenly laughed and said, "You are too young, why do you choose? If I were you, I would have it all!"

Xu Zhi shrugged and said, "Good idea, it's just that the law doesn't allow it!"

Reading said, "Eric, people like you, the law can't stop you. ”

"The law may not work, but the divine beast can!"

Xu Zhi couldn't help but sigh, and returned to the topic: "It's not a matter of money to buy a house here, but that I am not in the United States most of the time, and it is a waste to put the house here!"

Reading smiled: "Eric, do you know how many houses I have?

Xu Zhi shook his head and said, "I don't know, seven or eight sets?"

Reading smiled: "In the United States alone, I have more than 30 villas, and I have housing in any large city you can think of, and you think I can live in these houses for a few days a year? Most of the time these houses are empty over there, and you can ask some housekeeping company to clean them every year!"

Xu Zhi asked, "Isn't that a waste?"

Reading smiled: "Eric, you only think about the waste of the house, but I think about the waste of money, I have so much money, don't you enjoy it, isn't it a waste?"

"Makes sense!"

Reading said: "If you want to buy a house, a kilometer to the north, there is a newly opened villa area over there, I know you Asians like to live in new houses, I have asked you about it." ”

Xu Zhidao: "Thank you!"

Reading said: "Now let's get down to business, the current production of arcade machines is still in short supply, and my orders have exceeded 20,000 units, but the production capacity of several major foundries in the United States can only be 6,000 units a month, even if there are no follow-up orders, we have to wait until 3 months before the production can be completed, which is not in our best interest!"

Xu Zhi asked, "Then what do you mean?"

"At present, the two major markets in the United States are on the east and west coasts, and I think we can find an OEM base in New York, so that we can meet the local market nearby, and it will be more efficient!"

Xu Zhi thought for a while and agreed: "Okay, I will send someone to inspect the factory, if it meets our requirements, Midea will place a new order." ”

"Okay, just have your words. Reading was satisfied.

Although Reading is the general distributor in the United States, he is only responsible for sales, and the production is still responsible for the United States branch of Midea.

Xu Zhi asked: "Reading, do you know the company that produces refrigerator compressors?"

Reading asked, "Refrigerator compressor?"

Xu Zhidao: "I want to buy the next set of mature technology patents, I don't need the most advanced technology, the old technology, as long as it is mature." Our company intends to develop the refrigerator market in Asia"

Midea's refrigerator development has begun, but the most important compressor must be determined first, of course, it is possible to buy directly from large companies such as RB Panasonic Hitachi, but this practice is basically to give the profits to others.

Of course, mature technology does not necessarily need the most advanced, starting from reality, the ghost will sell you the most advanced technology, and it would be good to buy the technology from 5-10 years ago.

Reading said: "I see, I can help you ask, if it's just the old technology from before, there should be no problem." ”

Xu Zhidao: "Thank you very much." ”

Reading smiled: "Yes, everyone should cooperate well and make money together." ”

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