Chapter 141 Act as a mediator
Cheng Sisi finally bought a red Audi A4, and she said aggrievedly: "My dad didn't let me buy an Audi TT, saying that it was too stylish, and some people would gossip." ”
Hu Youmin comforted her and said: "This is also suitable for you to open, you have a good vision, yes, I like it very much." Then she became happy, and took him for a spin.
The house was bought next to the first middle school in the city, with three bedrooms, two living rooms and two bathrooms, transparent from north to south, a park nearby, and the best primary school in the city, Qingshuitang Primary School.
The decoration style was discussed by the two, during the decoration, he also went to see it twice, walked a lot at night, and always encountered ghosts, one of them, he met Wang Lei's best friend Li Mengqiu.
She was asking him strangely what he was doing here, and he said vaguely, "A friend lives here, come and see." Fortunately, she didn't ask anything more, and she didn't tell Wang Lei afterwards.
But Hu Youmin, who was cheap-hearted, was shocked into a cold sweat. He didn't dare to go casually, and he also reduced the number of times he met Cheng Sisi.
After the confrontation between the Badao Group and the Youmin Group, they judged the situation and took the initiative to give up the competition between the microelectronics industry and the Youmin Group, and only made some medium and low-end motherboards.
Focus on office equipment, mobile phones and communication equipment, and Meikang Group's mobile phones, Leshan Group's office equipment, Jianghe Group's mobile phones, communication equipment to compete fiercely.
Youmin Group also announced in a high-profile manner that it would stop production or abandon production of some mid-to-low-end motherboard models, and focus on the R&D and production of mid-to-high-end motherboards.
Jianghe Group has fully entered the home appliance industry, and competed with Mecan electrical appliances, mobile phones, and Leshan air conditioners. In particular, Hemeikang Group made a fuss.
The communication equipment and mobile phones jointly produced by Youmin Group and Ameida, and the computers and digital cameras jointly produced by Jinhua Company, have not yet been completed and put into production, so they have no competitive relationship with these companies for the time being.
The competition does not hinder the cooperation between the groups, and the Youmin Group provides them with electronic components and chips, various batteries, memory, mobile storage, etc.
Leshan Group provides a variety of touch screens, MeCan Group provides a variety of power supplies, Red Elephant Group provides software development and network technology, and Jianghe Group provides air conditioning compressors.
It is normal for companies to cooperate and compete. It's just that Jianghe Group has made a bit of a big fuss during this time, threatening MeCan Group to stop supplying compressors.
Wang Dekang called Hu Youmin and asked him if he could come forward to mediate? After hanging up the phone, he contacted Li Hui and made an appointment to talk to him.
After contacting, he and Hong Jianming drove to Nanzhou, first met with Wang Dekang, learned about the situation, and then went to Shenzhen-Hong Kong City.
Wang Dekang had already made tea in the office and waited for him, held his hand and said, "Brother Youmin, thank you for your hard work." ”
He smiled and said, "Brother Kang, what are you polite to your younger brother? What is going on with the Jianghe Group?
Wang Dekang smiled bitterly and told the story in detail. It turned out that Jianghe Group took the initiative to provoke trouble and compete with Mekang Group for the home appliance market.
At the beginning, in Dongguang Province, the two sides launched a fierce competition, and neither dared to take the initiative to reduce the price of products, so they could only seize market share through some promotions, discounts, gifts, etc.
As a veteran home appliance manufacturer, MeCan Group will certainly not be afraid of this kind of primary business competition, and it will crush Jianghe Group again and again.
Jianghe Group, which had nothing to do, hit the idea on the dealers in other provinces, gave more preferential agent rebates, and snatched the dealers of Mecan Group.
This trick is more vicious, some dealers began to waver, secretly started Jianghe Group's products, and when the sales in some provinces fell sharply, Mecan Group found this problem.
The effect of blaming the dealer is not great, and when the agency contract was signed, there was no agreement that only MeCan could distribute home appliances.
It is impossible to change dealers, Jianghe Group's conditions are there, everyone knows that they want to open their mouths. MeCan Group had to give the same rebate to stabilize the market.
Vicious competition is a double sword, killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 yourself. Although Jianghe Group has strong financial resources, as a rising star in the home appliance industry, it still feels a lot of pressure.
This kind of loss-making and shouting thing, no one can last long. The vicious competition between the two has also had an impact on the home appliance industry, and dealers have asked other manufacturers to increase rebates.
More than 30 manufacturers in the household appliance industry began to be dissatisfied with this spoiler, and they blamed Jianghe Group one after another, demanding that he abide by the rules of the industry, otherwise they would jointly strangle him.
Jianghe Group, which has been gritting its teeth and insisting, took advantage of the situation to withdraw its troops. But a few days after the calm, Jianghe Group announced that it would suspend the supply of compressors to Mecan Group from next month, and it seemed that it was going to die to the end.
Wang Dekang finally said: "There is more than one compressor manufacturer in China, there are also imported products, but the cost performance is almost poor, and the light air conditioning has little impact on me." ”
"I'm mainly afraid that others will see our jokes, there is no grudge between me and him, why does he bite me to death?"
Hu Youmin pondered for a while and said: "If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, and the specific situation will not be clear until I go to Jianghe Group to understand." ”
"Let's not talk about this for now, Brother Kang, I always stare at this acre and three points of land in China, fighting back and forth in China, and it is not a way, have you ever thought about going abroad and selling household appliances abroad?"
He smiled and said, "I've had this idea for a long time, but I haven't had this opportunity." It is unrealistic to set up overseas marketing channels by yourself. ”
"It's not as good as you, brother, I went to Europe, not only sold the products abroad, but also brought back two joint ventures, and successfully entered the mobile phone, computer, and digital camera industries. ”
Hu Youmin shook his head and said: "It's too early to say that it is successful, and it is a part-time job for foreigners, not my character, just an expedient measure." ”
His eyes lit up: "What does my brother mean, sooner or later, you have to get rid of the foreign devils and go it alone?" You have been cooperating with the five-star company for so long, why didn't you go it alone?"
Hu Youmin smiled and said: "This is different, the five-star company has its own core technology, and the asking price is reasonable." But the mobile phones and computers of AMEDA and Jinhua are different, they only have brands. ”
"It takes two or three years to cultivate a domestic brand, and we are a well-known company, so this time is even shorter. ”
He became interested: "Brother, how about we join forces then? I will spin off the mobile phone business and set up a company specializing in the production of mobile phones with you." ”
Hu Youmin said briskly: "Brother Kang, I have this intention, and when the time is ripe, we will talk in detail." If you really want to sell your home appliances abroad, I can try it. ”
"I am preparing to set up a foreign marketing network, one cow is released, and two cows are also released. However, the implementation standards of household appliances in various countries are not necessarily the same, and you have to produce according to their standards. ”
He said happily: "No problem, I will immediately set up the International Department of Home Appliances to be responsible for this matter." I heard that you are establishing a national marketing network in China, and then you will be in charge of all the domestic ones. ”
After talking with Wang Dekang for more than an hour, Hu Youmin didn't care about resting, and rushed to Shenzhen-Hong Kong City and made an appointment with Li Hui to have dinner together.
After squinting in the car, I arrived in Shenzhen-Hong Kong City, asked for a private room in a five-star hotel, ordered good food and drinks, and waited for Li Hui to come over.
Li Hui came on time, and after three rounds of drinking, Hu Youmin asked him: "Why did you get involved with the Meikang Group?
He put down his chopsticks, took out a cigarette, gave one to Hu Youmin, took out one himself, lit it, took a deep breath and said: "There is no holiday, it is an internal problem of Jianghe Group." ”
Hu Youmin played with a cigarette and asked, "What's wrong?" He sighed and said: "It's hard to explain, Jianghe Group is prosperous on the surface, but in fact, it is a lot of money, and there are many problems. ”
"Jianghe Group is a veteran listed company, and it must continue to develop, accept the supervision of the securities regulatory department and the general meeting of shareholders, and give shareholders a positive explanation. ”
"Every year, there must be gorgeous financial statements to support the inflated stock price, and over time, more and more problems accumulate. ”
"It's really hard to fake this year, only to create external contradictions, one is to divert attention, and the other is to find excuses for ugly financial statements. ”
Hu Youmin asked puzzledly: "Why do you want to support the inflated stock price? Does the stock price really reflect the poor performance?"
He smiled and said: "Although you have made money in the stock market, it is because you are lucky, you have encountered a bull market, and you can make money by buying garbage in the bull market, but you don't really understand the Chinese stock market." ”
"China's stock market is not a healthy, sound investment market, just a place for companies to make money. Really rich companies don't need to go public, and some companies go public just to make money. ”
"The IPO is just the first time to make money, and after various operations, a company with only 100 million assets is evaluated as 1 billion listed, which is a common practice for companies to go public. ”
"As soon as the company went public, it had a free ATM. When a listed company is short of money, it can continue to make money from the stock market through allotment of shares and additional issuance, and the shareholders will pay for it. ”
"You can also pledge equity, use the stock as collateral and then finance the bank and society, with low financial costs and low risks. ”
"In addition, cooperate with stock market makers to control arbitrage. Open a position at a low price, sell it at a high price, make a steady profit without losing money, and sometimes it is higher than the company's operating income. ”
Hu Youmin was dumbfounded when he heard this, when he was engaged in business competition with others, he always felt that his heart was a little ruthless, compared with them, it was a small slander and a big accusation, and they drank the blood of the disadvantaged.
Fortunately, I made a sum of money and ran away, if I had been greedy at that time and continued to stay in the stock market, I might have lost all my underwear.
Hu Youmin asked him: "In this case, it is normal for the stock price to rise and fall, could it be that this time is the time when the company is shipping?"
He nodded and said, "You guessed right, not only when the company threw out its stocks, but the company also wanted to issue additional shares and make another sum of money to maintain the normal operation of the company." ”
"At this critical time, of course, the stock price cannot fall, so it takes a superficial business competition victory, or even a fake victory, to provoke the company's stock price higher. ”
Hu Youmin was a little puzzled: "Your company is operating normally in all aspects, and the industry you are engaged in has good profits, how did it get to this point?"
He shook his head and said: "I said, this is all superficial, the company is making good money, but the company has been established for nearly 20 years, and during this period, a group of privileged classes have been formed. ”
"They are made up of shareholders, executives of companies, and use their power to obtain various benefits through relatives, friends, or third parties. ”
"No matter how rich the company is, it can't withstand so many people and a long time. Now the company's middle and low-level managers have also learned to reap the benefits. ”
Hu Youmin asked suspiciously: "Long Jianghe doesn't know about these situations? Can a company develop so big, it is impossible that there is no sensitivity at all?"
He smiled bitterly: "You should know, after the company is listed, he is not absolutely controlled, and in the face of many shareholders, he can't do anything, and he doesn't want to publicize his ugliness." ”
Besides, his relatives and friends were also involved, and he didn't want to end up betraying his relatives, so he had to open one eye and close one eye. ”