Chapter 969: Samsung Delegation
As for the threshold of English programming, Hang Yu believes that this problem cannot be judged by reason, but should be understood by emotion. Because there are many, many people in China, he just doesn't want to learn English, he doesn't want to learn English, he doesn't want to learn English, he rolls all over the ground and doesn't want to learn English, even if it's just a few dozen words.
It has to be said that these dozens of English words are easy to memorize, which can only show that there are many people who are not so resistant to English, which is very normal.
Hang Yu feels that Chinese programming is not only to lower the threshold, but to arouse everyone's interest. Chen Shuo approved this plan in the same way as Xiang, but he also said that this plan was inflammatory.
It's enough to be inflammatory, to entice people to try it.
At this time, the Ministry of Commerce has begun to contact Samsung's delegation, a total of seven people came, five Chinese and two Koreans, the former is the senior management of Samsung's branch in the mainland, and two Koreans are from Samsung panel manufacturing company.
The same people who received them were Zhuang Dingning, Wei Jinjian, Zeng Xi, Qu Feng and Sheng Qingming, who played almost the same role. Among the seven members of the Samsung delegation, there are several soy sauce players, mainly two Koreans, named Kim Zhezhong and Li Xin, and two high-level Chinese officials named Qiu Qinan and Fan Jieping respectively.
Qiu Qinan and Fan Jieping were on the left and right, two Koreans were in the middle, and the rest walked behind to visit.
Compared with the calmness of the Google delegation, at least on the surface, the people in the Samsung delegation are much more high-profile. The attitude of the two Koreans was very arrogant, as if the leader came to inspect, for fear that others would not know that they were very good.
The tone of their speech was also arrogant, and they didn't take Jiangyan Company seriously at all. Even Google doesn't dare to despise the company, in their eyes, like a small workshop, pointing at it is very unpolite.
"I've heard that you're the biggest internet company in China, and it doesn't seem like that's good right now. After all, it has only been established for less than seven years, and China's Internet industry is too backward in development. Li Xin speaks Chinese, but with a strange accent.
"Naturally, there is no comparison with your company, Samsung is the largest company in South Korea, and we are just a private enterprise. Zhuang Dingning said with a smile.
This sentence is not to admit or praise the other party, but to ironize that Samsung's strength is based on the support of the South Korean government and the US government, including steel, shipbuilding, automobiles, semiconductors, digital products and other industries.
Comparing Samsung with Jiangyan is itself an act of self-deprecation.
South Korea's strategy for economic development is to concentrate on seeking breakthroughs, supporting a few international giants in a few fields, tolerating their losses and unprofitability for one or two decades, and cultivating companies that can PK and even maintain the world's leading edge in this field - Samsung, Hyundai, SK, chips, shipbuilding, automobiles, etc.
Although the economies of the United States, China, Europe, and Japan are much larger than South Korea's, South Korea only competes with others in a few areas, which makes it difficult for superpowers to invest more than Korean companies in this field.
For example, Samsung Electronics' capital expenditure of $44 billion last year ranked the most among listed companies in the world, far exceeding the second place in the world.
Other companies in the top 10: 4 oil companies, 4 telecommunications/TV operators. With the exception of Samsung Electronics, only one is a manufacturing company – Volkswagen, which has less than half the capital expenditure of Samsung.
Jiangyan Company is a private enterprise, and it is not easy to do this.
However, Li Xin didn't seem to hear his irony, and said very squeamishly: "It's good that you understand your status, and it can be said that it is your honor for Samsung to cooperate with you." ”
Zhuang Dingning smiled and said, "It's an honor." ”
Jiangyan's headquarters is actually nothing to visit, Google can also look at e-commerce social networking and the like, Samsung originally wanted to go to Yanjing to visit the hardware research and development department, but was refused.
The other party didn't force it, in the end, Samsung still didn't put Jiangyan Company in his eyes, and regarded the cat's LCD screen as a matter of luck for a while, as long as Samsung worked harder, it could catch up.
What's more, the current mainstream screen is still LCD, and the market share of cats LCD screens is not large.
"I don't think it's very difficult for you to do e-commerce, just a few computers are OK, and there is no technical content. Fan Jieping said, he is the president of the panel sales department of Samsung Electronics Mainland, and he seems to be more embarrassed than the Koreans.
"It's really not difficult, if you want a piece of the pie, you can also enter this field. Zhuang Dingning said. The best way to meet a stupid beep is to agree with him and train him to be a big fool, Zhuang Dingning can be said to know this very well.
"That's not necessary, I have a job. Fan Jieping said this, but he thought in his heart: These people are obviously very in awe of Samsung, and they may be able to use this backer to make a profit from Jiangyan Company.
As a senior management of Samsung Electronics, Fan Jieping certainly can't do a side business in front of Koreans, and has to wait for them to leave.
Li Xin said: "There is nothing to see here, when can we visit your company's research department?" Their purpose is to obtain Jiang Yan's technology, and they may gain something from taking a look.
That guy Kim is a senior engineer at Samsung who specializes in OLED screens, and he knows this technology well.
"Sorry, our research department is not open to the public unless you partner with us. Zhuang Dingning said.
"Then let's start talking about cooperation. Li Xin was already impatient.
His attitude usually gives people the impression of being impolite in formal talks, but the lady named Qiu Qinan next to him has a look of admiration and thinks that Li Xin is very stylish.
Zhuang Dingning didn't want to talk nonsense with this kind of person, so he immediately replied: "Okay, please come to the conference room." ”
After coming to the conference room, Li Xin first drank a glass of water, and then said: "To be honest, I am curious, the technology of OLED screens is not mature, how can your company dare to bet in this field." ”
Zhuang Dingning replied: "I am only responsible for cooperation matters, and the company's decision-making is not something I can understand. ”
Li Xin didn't seem to hear him, and continued: "I can tell you very clearly that the future of OLED screens is not good, first of all, its service life is much lower than that of LCD screens, almost one-third of its life. Secondly, OLED screens are difficult to achieve large-scale mass production, and are only suitable for portable digital products. Finally, it also has the problem of insufficient color purity. These problems add up to the high production cost of OLED screens, which are not suitable for promotion at all, and you are using them in low-end mobile phones. The price of a low-end mobile phone may not be comparable to the cost of a screen, and you may have lost a lot of money. ”
Zhuang Dingning replied: "Our engineers have improved the quality of OLED screens with special processes, and the manufacturing process has also improved a lot, so the yield rate can be controlled, and we can't make a few dollars but we won't lose money." ”
Li Xin said: "The defects of OLED screens have not even been overcome by us, and it is impossible to do it with your strength." ”
Zhuang Dingning said: "Technology research and development is a thing that requires money, talents, and luck." Maybe our company was lucky enough to find a solution. ”
It's a bit lucky, but it's mainly the hardware R&D team led by Fu Yunze who works diligently, not only improving the quality of the OLED screen itself, but also improving the manufacturing process.
The new generation of OLED screens they developed has been improved from the material formula, and the life span has been nearly doubled, reducing the difficulty of large-size cutting.
The difficulty is reduced, the manufacturing process is improved, the yield rate naturally goes up, and the cost decreases.
At present, the hardware R&D department is actively improving the process, and it is necessary to continue to improve the yield rate of large-size screen manufacturing until it can be promoted on a large scale. As for the small-sized OLED screen, Jiangyan Company can make some money by selling it to low-end mobile phone suppliers.
In addition to excellent technology, low labor costs and large sales scale are also important reasons.
The most important thing is that Jiang Yan is not as greedy as giants such as Samsung and Sharp, and is willing to sell only if it has high profits. However, a company that is not greedy is actually unpopular in the international community, because it will disrupt their original structure.
A new product with immature technology is sold so cheaply, and when the technology matures, they will still play with eggs.
"In fact, the low life span is not a disadvantage to some extent, but an advantage, if a mobile phone is used for four or five years without a problem, who will buy a new mobile phone?" Wei Jinchen said suddenly.
"Interesting, I like the theory. Li Xin said with a smile.
"Your Excellency, let's just say it, how do you want to cooperate?" Zhuang Dingning said.
"What Samsung means is that it's best to cooperate in R&D, and Samsung can take a stake in your mobile phone company and provide you with a range of R&D equipment, production equipment, including Samsung's technology in the field of OLED screens. Although you are lucky to be one step ahead, you should know the strength of Samsung, and luck will not always be on your side. Fan Jieping said.
"How much is Samsung willing to invest?" Zhuang Dingning asked.
"The initial investment is 10 billion, dollars. Fan Jieping emphasized.
is also 10 billion, but the difference between the US dollar and the RMB is more than six times, which can be seen in Samsung's large money.
"With so much money, we can almost buy the cats mobile phone company, and it is impossible for us to agree to such a request. Zhuang Dingning decisively refused, and like Google, he wanted to invest in Jiangyan's products, but there was no door.
"No, according to our calculations, the market value of the cats mobile phone company has exceeded 100 billion, and this money can only buy half of the cats, a little more. "Fan Jieping: They naturally came prepared.
"For us, a little more than half is no different than selling it all, and we don't need financing for the time being. With the speed of development of cats, selling them now is simply giving away money for nothing, do you think we are so stupid?" Zhuang Dingning was also a little unkind.
"In that case, we can invest a little less. Fan Jieping said.
"It's impossible to take a stake, and you have any other cooperation options. Zhuang Dingning said.
Fan Jieping and Li Xin glanced at each other when they heard this, and both of them saw each other's dissatisfaction and felt that Jiangyan Company did not know current affairs.
Cooperation with the great Samsung Group, which is something that many mainland enterprises can never dream of, Samsung comes to the mainland to open branches, manufacturing plants, and even the local government has to be an uncle.
All enterprises related to the research and development of LCD screens, as long as they say a word, they will immediately hold the shares for financing. However, they can't look down on ordinary LCD screen companies, even if it is BOE, and now it is not in the eyes of Samsung.
In terms of LCD screen manufacturing and sales alone, the scale of BOE is actually larger than that of cats, but the scale is not equal to the level. The reason why Samsung took the initiative to ask for a stake is that the most important thing is the OLED screen technology of the cats.
"Mr. Zhuang, I hope you can think it through, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you. With Samsung's R&D capabilities and funds, once you take a stake in Cats, you can make you a world-class mobile phone brand within two years!" Li Xin said solemnly, as if he was giving an ultimatum.
"Yes, but why did Samsung almost withdraw from the mainland market, you are a first-class brand abroad, but in China we are a first-class brand. Zhuang Dingning said.
The corners of Li Zaixin's mouth twitched slightly, obviously stunned by his words, and then he showed a disdainful expression and said: "The reason why Samsung mobile phones have withdrawn from the mainland market is not because of their competitiveness, but because we have changed our strategic direction in the past two years and concentrated on opening up the European and American markets." But you can rest assured, when we regain our strength, we will soon be able to enter the mainland market. When the time comes, you have to be careful, Samsung smartphones are more than ten times stronger than you in the high-end field, and I'm really afraid that the cats will be knocked down. ”
"Waiting for you at any time. Zhuang Dingning said.
Different from the original history, because Jiangyan Company began to make smart phones very early, because the marketing strategy was done well, so Samsung was repelled before it became popular in China.
The previous advantage of cats was mainly the appearance of the shape, including the name, LOGO are deeply loved by young people. But the appearance of this thing is easy to copy, so gradually, the appearance advantage of the cats is not so obvious.
Appearance parties are starting to pay attention to the performance of smartphones, which is a challenge for cats. And Samsung, with its rich heritage, technical level, once the shape comes up, the competitiveness is very strong, and it is not a problem to return to the mainland market.
"Two, we're here to talk about cooperation, not competition. Qiu Qinan reminded.
"With Jiang Yan's attitude, I'm afraid we can't continue to talk. Li Xin had a regretful expression.
Zhuang Dingning saw the other party's trick, probably thinking that Jiang Yan Company wanted to cooperate with Samsung, and retreated as advance, thinking that in this way he would lose his breath and expose his hole cards.
But having said that, Jiangyan really wants to cooperate with Samsung, but instead of getting benefits from the other party, it wants to hinder, delay, or mislead the other party in the research and development of OLED screens through cooperation.
This task is very difficult because Samsung is too rich.