Chapter 61: Feipu War
Just when Zhao Hongbing was thinking about everything very wonderful, something happened that he didn't expect.
Feitong's second largest shareholder, Proton Company, launched a price war in the TV market, which directly caused a lot of losses to many manufacturers, including Feitong TV.
After Zhao Hongbing learned the news, he felt extremely shocked, and quickly called Zhao Kuo.
"Brother Ko, what's going on? You also hold 30% of the shares of Feitong! If I do this, my Feitong TV will definitely go out of business! Zhao Hongbing's heart began to feel a little uncomfortable.
The more he has such an uncomfortable attitude, maybe Zhao Hongbing shouldn't stay here at all, after all, when he stays here, he will already become a little helpless.
"Red soldiers! Your Feitong TV is only ranked fifth in the sales list! We're not targeting you, we're targeting the United States, Japan and these companies, they've started to launch a price offensive with us now, and if I don't take some action, we're going to be doomed! Zhao Kuo pretended to be helpless.
After hearing these words, Zhao Hongbing didn't know what to say, after all, he is only one of the smallest shareholders of Proton now, accounting for less than 0.1% of the shares, and he has no right to speak within Proton at all.
It is no exaggeration to say that if Zhao Hongbing called just to discuss the price with Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo could completely ignore Zhao Hongbing and sell Feitong's shares directly, just like Zhou Chang and Qin Xisong back then.
If this is really the case, then Zhao Hongbing is really wronged.
However, fortunately, Zhao Kuo is not so vicious, he also looks at the face of Zhao Hongbing is his own brother, leaving Zhao Hongbing with some respite, but what needs to be sacrificed is Feitong TV.
"Okay, since you say so, Brother Kuo, then we don't have anything more to say, let's see!" Zhao Hongbing said unhappily, and then hung up the phone directly.
After hanging up the phone,Zhao Hongbing came to the TV Division in a hurry,The entire TV Division has already been a mess,Li Sheng, who was originally the head of the TV Division, used to be an executive of Meiyang,But later Zhao Hongbing was poached by Feitong with a high salary。
Now, in the face of the fierce offensive launched by Puten, Li Sheng had no countermeasures and could only be beaten passively.
"Joseph, how's it going? How much has the price been pressed down now? Zhao Hongbing continued to ask.
When Zhao Hongbing asked Li Sheng these words, the latter couldn't answer at all, this was because Li Sheng didn't take into account that Purten would kill his relatives in righteousness, and now he didn't know what to say.
"Uh...... This, Pete...... I still need to check it out, you wait a minute. Li Sheng was already a little panicked, and the more panicked he became, the more he couldn't reply to Zhao Hongbing.
"Forget it! Step aside, let me see! Zhao Hongbing personally went into battle to compare the price difference between Puteng and Feitong TV.
Under the leadership of Zhao Hongbing, more than 20 accountants of Feitong calculated together, and spent ten hours to calculate the various differences between the two companies and potential improvement plans, and finally came to a conclusion, that is, whether Feitong reduced the price or kept the original price, it could not compete with Proton, which was like a trap set by Zhao Kuo, whether Zhao Hongbing jumped or not, he was easy to finish.
"This bastard!" After Zhao Hongbing learned of this situation, he was furious, and left the office floor of the TV division directly and walked towards the elevator.
In fact, Zhao Hongbing also wanted to find Chen Canghai to understand this matter, if Chen Canghai was strategizing in Puteng, he would never do this kind of self-interested thing.
So what is Chen Canghai doing now?
Chen Canghai's body is tough, but because of his advanced age, he is nearly eighty years old, and his mobility is slightly inconvenient, two years ago he already had some signs of stroke, and now he needs to use a wheelchair to move.
Although Proton still respects Chen Canghai as the boss internally, it is only on the surface, and many people secretly don't take him seriously, especially Zhao Kuo, who has firmly controlled Puteng's various powers, has long stopped taking Chen Canghai in his eyes.
On weekdays, although Zhao Kuo still called Chen Lao in a mouthful, he removed Chen Canghai from the list of directors, and said that Chen Canghai would enjoy his old age in peace, but in fact, he wanted to monopolize power.
A year ago, Chen Canghai was still arguing with reason, so Zhao Kuo did not dare to move Chen Canghai directly, but after Chen Canghai was hospitalized this year, he got Chen Lao out of the board on the grounds that he was not in good health.
In this way, the directors of Proton are basically Zhao Kuo's subordinates, and the current Proton no longer has the power of Chen Canghai to speak, and has completely become Zhao Kuo's company.
After Zhao Hongbing called Chen Lao, he first greeted Chen Lao's body.
Chen Lao was not very good at speaking because of some signs of stroke, but he still barely said the word "okay", Zhao Hongbing was a little sad after hearing it, and quickly bought some supplements directly and came to Chen Lao's house.
Chen Canghai has lived in Tangcheng for decades, and still lives in the tube building in the 90s, and the best furniture in the house is a 30-inch LCD TV of Proton, which is the benchmark of Proton's turnaround, so he has been staying in Chen Lao's home here.
"Old Chen, it's good for you to sit down!" After Zhao Hongbing came, Chen Canghai tried to shake his wheelchair to greet him, but was stopped by the former.
"You...... You're here......" Chen Canghai's voice trembled a little.
"Old Chen...... Kindness! Zhao Hongbing's eyes were a little moist.
Seeing Chen Canghai, who was known as the "father of Huaxia TV" in the Huaxia TV industry, is now living such a miserable old age, Zhao Hongbing is also embarrassed.
Subsequently, Zhao Hongbing chatted with Chen Canghai about the current situation in the TV industry, and mentioned several new products of Proton and some future ideas of Feitong, Chen Canghai grabbed Zhao Hongbing with trembling hands and said: "Hongbing, your Brother Kuo is no longer the Brother Kuo of the year, he has changed." If you have a chance in the future, take Proton, don't let him spoil it. ”
Hearing these words, Zhao Hongbing's heart couldn't help but become entangled, the more he had such a tangled mind, in fact, it was still difficult for Zhao Hongbing to continue to insist on these things, but when he wanted to stick to these things, he might have been able to find the direction he was used to.
"Don't worry, I will." Zhao Hongbing comforted.
After chatting for three hours, he had to leave Mr. Chen's house because the company still had a meeting.
When leaving, Chen Lao still hoped that Zhao Hongbing could take those supplements back, in fact, this is Chen Canghai's style all his life, insisting on not accepting anything from others.
"Old Chen, take it, it's all some cheap goods, it's good for your health." Zhao Hongbing commanded.