Chapter 441: For the Republic of Korea
(.) Lee Kun-hee picked up the teapot and added some tea to his and Choi Jung-nam's cups, and after putting down the teapot, he said leisurely: "As a company in South Korea and a senior in the business world, I don't understand the truth of cold lips and teeth, on the contrary, I am very clear." Perhaps you think that I am hypocritical, but I beg you to believe that this is indeed what I am saying. ”
"In this case, then as the chairman of Samsung, Mr. Li, why don't you take the initiative to give up some market to Fantai? Wouldn't that be the fulfillment of Pan-Thailand? And it can be praised by the Korean people. Hearing Li Jianxi's words, Rao is Cui Zhengnan's cheeks were thick enough to resist, so he couldn't help but ask sarcastically.
"Hehe, Secretary General Cui, business is not like this, and there is no way to solve this matter." Lee Kun-hee was not angry at all and smiled faintly. Seeing Cui Zhengnan's gaze towards himself, he said: "The current market is no longer the closed market of the past, but a large international market that is fully open. As the Secretary-General of the Korea Fair Trade Commission, Secretary General Choi should know this better than I do. ”
Taking a sip of tea with a teacup, Li Jianxi said again: "For example, even if I ask Samsung to take the initiative to give up part of the market to Fantai, but what about this?" You must know that the decision of this market is not in my hands, but in the hands of consumers. Your product is good, consumers like, willing to buy, of course, the market share is high, if your product is not as good as others, then even if the competitor sells part of the market, then you can't grab it. Because you know, this is the market has a lot of competitors, this opponent is not just two, but there are countless companies, the initiative to give up the market will be occupied by others, do you say Samsung will do such a stupid thing? ”
"It's ......." For a while, Choi Jung-nam didn't know how to answer, he is not a bureaucrat who doesn't understand the market at all, as the secretary general of the Korea Fair Trade Commission, he still has two brushes for the market economy. Although he felt that the other party was hypocritical, he had to admit that Lee Kun-hee's words were very reasonable. The market is not just saying that it can be conceded, and with the current situation of Pantech, even if Samsung makes concessions, Pantai will not get any benefits.
"So, how can we bring Pan Thai back to life?" Thinking of this, Cui Zhengnan couldn't help but ask.
A smile appeared on Lee Kun-hee's face, this sentence was exactly what he had been waiting for, and he had just said a lot of things, the purpose of which was to make Choi Jeong-nam take the initiative to ask this question.
In response to Choi Jung-nam's inquiry, Lee Kun-hee began to tell about the mistakes in Fantai's decision-making and the wrong direction of business strategy in these years with the experience of successful people. There are not only administrative and decision-making problems, but also their shortcomings in smartphone manufacturing. These, Li Jianxi said in an orderly and well-documented manner, which made Cui Zhengnan's eyes brighter the more he listened, and finally suddenly realized and nodded again and again.
"No wonder everyone says that Mr. Li is the god of our Korean business, today I heard your words I was stunned, it's a pity, the people of Pan Thai are not there, if these words can be heard by them, ......."
"Even telling Pan Thai about this won't be of much use." Without waiting for Choi Zhengnan to finish speaking, Lee Kun-hee shook his head and laughed.
"Why?"
"It's very simple, the time and environment are different from before, the business community pays attention to seizing the opportunity, one step behind the other, unless the company has the support of the government, or his end is inevitable."
"Government support? Mr. Lee wouldn't mean that we were the Korea Fair Trade Commission, would he? Cui Zhengnan suddenly smiled bitterly: "How is it possible that the purpose of the Korea Fair Trade Commission is fair trade, can I let your Samsung and L Pantai fully cede the market?" Don't say it's impossible, but even if I did, maybe I, the Secretary-General, would have done it. ”
"Hahaha, Mr. Secretary-General speaks straightforwardly, that's true" Li Jianxi laughed happily a few times, and then said: "In fact, in a situation like Pan-Tai, we Samsung and LGH are also facing difficulties. I wonder if Mr. Secretary-General has learned about the latest market share of the Korean smartphone market? ”
"I knew before, but I didn't."
"Look at this." Lee Kun-hee took out what he had prepared a long time ago and put a document in front of Choi Jung-nam. Choi Jung-nam picked it up and took a closer look, this is the latest data table, which indicates in detail the sales number and market share of various smartphone brands in South Korea, and then look at the date and time below, it is actually yesterday's statistical day.
I don't know if I don't see it, and I'm shocked when I see it. In this data table, in addition to Samsung, the market share of 2 BG fell to 2 On the contrary, with or Apple, Nokia, the three foreign functional mobile phone brand manufacturers, their market share is close to 6%, if you add some other foreign brands, such as HTTCL and so on, the share of foreign brands of smartphones in the Korean market has passed 6 and almost reached the point of two-thirds.
"Shocking" Seeing that Cui Zhengnan's face changed more and more the more he looked at it, Li Jianxi sighed and shook his head.
"How so? How can this be" Choi Jung-nam raised his head and said to Lee Kun-hee: "Half a year ago, didn't our own smartphones in South Korea still account for two-thirds of the intensity?" Why is it reversed all of a sudden? ”
"The result of the penetration of foreign capital into our Republic of Korea." Li Jianxi said calmly: "This data is true, Secretary-General, you can go and verify it." In fact, as far as our Samsung Group is concerned, it is still the first in terms of market share in terms of brand. But as you know, as I said before, I don't want my country's national brand to be ruthlessly suppressed by foreign products. It's a pity that a company like Fantech used to be such a vibrant and dynamic company, but unfortunately, in a completely open market, they are on the verge of collapse. It's not that I'm alarmist, maybe next year, Pan Thai will go out of business, and in a few years, maybe they will be defeated by foreign brands one by one, then maybe my Samsung will eventually be talked about....... ”
"This ...... Is it possible? ”
"Why can't it be?" Lee Kun-hee suddenly drank, and his voice was so loud that Choi Jung-nam was startled: "If as a Korean, I can't even protect my country's national enterprises, then can I still call myself a Korean?" What's more, we all understand the truth of cold lips and teeth, do we have to see the irretrievable situation before we suddenly realize? Secretary-General, you are the secretary general of the Korea Fair Trade Commission, isn't it time for the Fair Trade Commission to stand up and speak for our national enterprises? For the sake of the future of my Republic of Korea and for the survival of my business in the Republic of Korea, I beg you today not as the chairman of the Samsung Group, but as a businessman, a friend."
After speaking, Lee Kun-hee stood up and left the table, walked to the side and gave a solemn salute to Choi Zheng-nam with the traditional kneeling salute, Choi Zheng-nan hurriedly stepped forward to help Lee Kun-hee, and at the same time comforted and nodded his head and agreed, this is what he will investigate immediately, and give Lee Kun-hee, to all patriotic Korean businessmen a satisfactory answer.
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