Chapter 61: Sitting in the well and watching the sky
In Lee Zairon's study, Kwon Ji-hyun pinched his tone and said the words he had been brewing for a long time, step by step. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Of course, before getting into the main topic, we first set the tone.
"President, in the new mobile phone we just launched this year, there is already a color screen model with a full color library. According to the R&D plan, the current research also includes projects with camera functions - you should be well aware of the new media trends that mobile phones are likely to develop in the next few years. Whether it is a digital camera, an MP3, or a voice recorder, the short three years or the long five years will definitely be swallowed up by mobile phones. ”
"For the future of the company, any development model that can allow the mobile division to expand the route, even if it mediates some of the benefits of the current entertainment electronic products, it is also cost-effective. Who cares about competing for market share in a field that's about to be eliminated?"
After these foreshadowing words, Li Zairong's heart was already bright.
No wonder Kwon Ji-hyun came to his house today to lobby and didn't dare to talk in the company.
Kwon Ji-hyun and Choi Sung-ji are both his direct subordinates. KWON'S IN CHARGE OF THE MOBILE DIVISION, WHICH IS THE MOBILE PHONE INDUSTRY, WHILE CHOI SUNG-JI IS IN CHARGE OF THE ENTERTAINMENT ELECTRONICS DIVISION, WHICH IS THE PRODUCT LINE OF LAPTOPS, MP3, DISKMAN, AND DIGITAL CAMERAS.
Due to the multi-functionality and rise of mobile phones, Kwon Ji-hyun is in a sunrise industry division, while Choi Sung-ji is in a sunset industry.
Just in the current pattern at the beginning of 2003, Cui Chengzhi's business for Samsung Electronics to create a lot of revenue than Kwon Zhixuan's business division - after all, in 03 years of Dongyi, almost every white-collar worker needs a Samsung notebook, after all, the mobile phone in this year has not been able to do what the computer does, and the marketing income alone is higher than that of the mobile phone.
But Kwon Ji-hyun represents the future. Today, he came to himself, and he must have wanted to attack Cui Chengzhi again for "for the interests of the small group and the business department, regardless of the overall situation of the company".
Li Zairong has seen such infighting between business divisions many times.
"Let's get straight to the point, I'm not interested in your little. ”
"Yes, yes, I'm very sorry. QUAN ZHIXUAN IMMEDIATELY GOT TO THE POINT, "RECENTLY, A SMALL HUAXIA COMPANY CALLED 'YY ELECTRONICS' TOOK OUT SOME PATENTED TECHNOLOGIES IN THE MP3 FIELD AND SUED APPLE, DEMANDING THAT MANY OF APPLE'S CORE PATENTS IN THE IPOD FIELD BE DECLARED INVALID. You're sure you've heard of the lawsuit with Apple, so we naturally want to work with that company.
It just so happened that Gu Cheng, the president of YY Electronics, happened to come to Seoul to visit relatives and travel in the past few days, and Cui Chengzhi's people also went to negotiate at first, but Cui Chengzhi did not agree to negotiate with the other party about the conditions of the market access commitment, and Gu Cheng did not see him......"
Then Kwon Ji-hyun spent about five minutes telling the ins and outs of Choi Sung-ji's subordinates about the rejection of Gu Cheng's initial negotiation offer.
Li Zairong listened, but he didn't find anything wrong with Cui Chengzhi: "This is normal, that kind of small fish and shrimp, it is very good to give him this condition." ”
Kwon Zhixuan hurriedly explained: "President, things are more than that, because Gu Cheng has several different identities, please listen to me - this Gu Cheng is also a little related to Director Kwon of the Ministry of Culture and Sports, and he also knows President Pan, and he also has some energy in the domestic political and business circles in China." The last time SK Telecom cooperated with Huaxia Unicom's CDMA, he was the one who facilitated the additional order.
In contrast, his excessive demands in the MP3 field are just a disease of scabies. After tying him to our chariot, continuing to cooperate in the field of mobile phones and other communications is big business -- Mr. Choi Tae-won of SK Chaebol met with Gu Cheng and had a drink at the Huaxia Unicom signing reception in the capital last time. ”
As the richest man in Dongyi, Li Zairong naturally won't go to watch idol dramas. I don't even watch "Blue Life and Death Love", let alone "Meteor Garden"?
Besides, even if it is "Meteor Garden" after Gu Cheng's transformation, the pretense and wealth of the scene cannot be compared with the later "Inheritors" in history. Even if a real wealthy family like Li Zairong watches it, he will only laugh at "The so-called wealthy children in this TV series are simply extraordinary."
Therefore, it was normal for him not to know Gu Cheng before.
AS FOR SUCH A TRIVIAL MATTER AS THE IPOD PATENT LAWSUIT, IT IS NOT HIS TURN TO PERSONALLY INQUIRE ABOUT IT, SO HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THIS REGARD IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS.
But after hearing that Gu Cheng was the guy who contributed to the CDMA cooperation last year, and even later made a high-profile claim to lead the Internet industry out of the cold winter, Li Zairong had to reevaluate the name Gu Cheng.
Samsung is the largest chaebol in Dongyi, and SK Telecom is the third largest chaebol.
Samsung's main competitor in the next few years, LG, which has a high degree of overlap with Samsung in the electronics field, ranks fourth in Dongyi.
In previous years, the competition between Samsung and LG was mainly in the fields of notebooks, digital cameras and monitors/LCD TVs, but now with the rise of the mobile phone industry, the focus of Samsung and LG is more convergent.
Just like in Huaxia, Huawei and ZTE will definitely compete for Huaxia Mobile, a major customer.
In Dongyi, SK Telecom's role is equivalent to that of Huaxia Mobile in Huaxia, and both Samsung and LG are SK Telecom's suppliers.
Gu Cheng's business and political circles in China can mobilize energy to promote the upgrade of CDMA, who knows if he can get involved in the project of upgrading CDMA to the EVDO network in a few years?
Isn't it more valuable to have a friend who can be talked to by a big customer (SK Telecom) than to be able to talk to a big customer (Huaxia Unicom) than to be careful about a small business like MP3?
Li Zairong has been at the helm of the $200 billion chaebol for four years, and he still has this vision.
There are also imperial mental tricks.
Kwon Ji-hyun's proposal can be tried, but he can't give him a sweet date right away - that would only encourage his subordinates to secretly attack him in the future.
He needed to knock it first: "Cui Chengzhi has sent people to go these days, and Gu Cheng has been hiding from him?" Such a person, even if he really has the ability, is a little bit unbelievable. Uncle Quan, business is naturally to be discussed, but it can't fall into the prestige of our Samsung Li family. ”
Kwon Ji-hyun stands on his own position, so he naturally wants to downplay the shelf issue between the two sides. And he also knew that the president was beating himself:
"It's not like I'm hiding from it. He said that he came to Director Quan's house to celebrate the Lantern Festival, and then Cui Chengzhi's people sent him, and on the first day, he said that he was going out for a walk, and the next day he said that he was watching the artist selection at S-M Company, and he went to the nightclub in Cheongdam-dong after work in the evening. Our people were embarrassed to go to that kind of place to find someone, so they delayed ......"
Li Zairong's expression was even more unexpectedly disdainful: "Nightclub?
"It's DK-POLO. Kwon Ji-hyun hurriedly explained.
"That's also a nightclub!" Li Zairong's face looked a little better, and he snorted coldly, "For the sake of you, you are dedicated to the company, but this matter is Cui Chengzhi's territory after all, and you have crossed the line a little." In this way, I'll help you carry a little bit and send a formal business banquet to Gu Cheng and invite him to come to my house. When the time comes, you will talk to him here, I won't come forward, and Cui Chengzhi won't say anything about you. ”
"Yes, President, I will definitely win the best long-term cooperation conditions for you from the overall point of view!"
When Kwon Ji Hyun left the Lee Mansion, he began to prepare to call Kwon Shunyu, hoping that Kwon Shunyu could transfer Samsung's intentions to the right place.
He didn't have Gu Cheng's own contact information, and the other party didn't give it.
……
At the same time, S-M Entertainment.
Gu Cheng and his cousin relied on shopping to prevaricate the people sent by Cui Chengzhi on the first day, but it was a bit unauthentic to do this all the time, and it was easy to anger Samsung.
So the next day, he started to soak in S-M company when he went to work every day. Now he is the company's largest shareholder, accounting for more than 45% of the shares, and the "president" is willing to visit the front line to observe and supervise the selection of artists, and the company's management will naturally not say anything.
Dongyi's middle school/college graduation season is the opposite of Huaxia. Huaxia graduated in the summer vacation, and Dongyi graduated in the winter vacation. Therefore, after the Lantern Festival every year, it is the peak period of the year for fresh graduates to go on to higher education or flow into the job market, and entertainment brokerage companies often recruit a large number of trainees or pre-artists at this time.
Everyone knows that the selection of artists is relatively "dirty" and prone to unspoken rules. So even if someone talks to him about business, he won't be embarrassed to come at this time.
He can also turn off his mobile phone justifiably -- Brother is a "sleeping female star"! Isn't it right to turn off his mobile phone? Brother is not to hide from Samsung's negotiators, but just to "snap and pop" and not be disturbed.
This "war-free card" is simply a matter of course.
Cousin Pan Jieying was also brought out, but she didn't like to watch the artist selection, so she stayed in the lounge to flip through the email.
In the audition room, there are only a few dance instructors, vocal coaches, and a selection leader who are there to score and comment. Then Gu Cheng and Quan Baoya sat by and watched, rarely expressing their opinions. The girls in the audience passed one by one, and when they encountered those coaching staff with poor qualifications, they brushed them directly, and if the qualifications were okay, they would occasionally ask Quan Baoya or Gu Cheng's opinion.
"Oh, it's boring. I didn't expect most Dongyi girls to be so ugly when they were young. Gu Cheng sighed with an undetectable sigh.
Playing on the stereo is Kwon's most popular song "Valenti", which has been used as the soundtrack for dance auditions every day since the album sold 5 million copies in Asia. Even Gu Cheng, who likes to listen to his cousin sing very much, is a little tired after listening to it for two days in a row.
"There are 6 more today, and after reading them all, I will leave work. Quan Baoya looked at the list and saw that his cousin was not interested, so he reminded him in such a low voice.
Gu Cheng regained his spirits, watched for half an hour, and finally arrived at the last one.
It was a skinny black girl who began to dance to the rhythm of Valenti.
Lori is at most twelve or thirteen years old, with slender legs like reeds, and there is no flesh on her body, but her hair looks very energetic and nutritious. The face shape is okay, but the complexion is a little dark, and I don't know what effect I can achieve after maintenance and whitening.
"The level of dance is not good, I guess if the timbre can be pulled back a little, there will be drama. Gu Cheng glanced at it a few times, and secretly made a judgment in his heart, after all, the level of the trainees was bad when they first came in, and the key was to look at plasticity.
After dancing and singing, all the judges scored and seemed to think it was not bad, and the person in charge asked Gu Cheng politely: "President, we think this Lin Yun'er is not bad, what do you think? After all, he has just entered junior high school, and his plasticity is still very strong." ”
"Then give her a chance, and be here today. Gu Cheng yawned, picked up his windbreaker and prepared to flash.
The little girl on the dance floor finally breathed a sigh of relief after listening to Gu Cheng's decision.
"I've finally been selected, and I don't know if I will have a chance to be as popular as my predecessors in the future and sit next to the president. ”