The game of 21 is simple, the game is played by 2 to 6 people, using 52 cards in addition to the big and small kings, and the player's goal is to make the sum of the cards in the hand not exceed 21 points and be as large as possible.

Li Yunhai and Chen Meilin played a few games of 21 points, and the result was that Chen Meilin won.

Every time Chen Meilin won a card, she would high-five Li Yunhai to celebrate.

Li Yunhai was very strange and asked her why she always wins?

Chen Meilin said I don't know.

Although Li Yunhai rarely plays cards, when he used to take the train with Lin Zhi and Shen Xiulan, they also played, and his card skills and luck were not bad, but he didn't expect to lose in front of Chen Meilin.

After losing a few more handfuls in a row, Li Yunhai had to believe that there was such a thing as gambling luck in the world.

"Brother, you owe me 12 days!" Chen Meilin chuckled, "Continue? ”

Li Yunhai looked at the time and said, "Stop playing, go to sleep." You'd better go and sleep, right? I arranged for the bodyguard to be on duty at night, so you can sleep with peace of mind. No one will bother you. ”

Chen Meilin lay down on the sofa and said, "If I don't leave, I'll sleep here." ”

The air conditioning in the room is very full, as long as there is a small quilt on the bed, it is not cold.

Li Yunhai thought she was joking, so he went to take a shower.

When he came out of the shower, he saw that Chen Meilin was already asleep.

Li Yunhai patted her on the back.

Chen Meilin pouted, turned over and continued to sleep.

Li Yunhai was afraid that she would catch a cold, so he went to her room and took a quilt over to cover her.

At night, Li Yunhai felt that something was pressing his heart, very stuffy, and he couldn't breathe.

He wanted to move, but found that his whole body seemed to be imprisoned by something, and he couldn't even open his eyelids.

It's a terrifying feeling!

He struggled hard, and opened his eyes violently.

No one tied him, but an arm was on his chest.

Li Yunhai turned on the bedside lamp and saw Chen Meilin running to his bed at some point.

Chen Meilin pestered him like an octopus and slept soundly.

Li Yunhai took a long breath, and when he saw that the time was only four o'clock in the evening, he straightened Chen Meilin's hands and feet.

Chen Meilin's youthful and beautiful body exudes a quiet fragrance, and the whole room is full of bright atmosphere, as if she is tempting to commit a crime.

Li Yunhai settled down, turned off the lights and went to sleep.

The next morning, Li Yunhai was woken up by Chen Meilin playing with her nose with her hair.

He sneezed, opened his eyes, and looked at the beautiful girl in front of him.

"Brother! Get up! Chen Meilin supported her chin with one hand and her long hair with the other, and gently swept over Li Yunhai's face.

Li Yunhai had a tingling and itching feeling, and couldn't help but sneeze again, and said, "Don't play!" Don't you know that men and women are not intimate? How can you run to my bed and sleep? ”

Chen Meilin let out a silver bell-like laugh: "Brother, we are not outsiders, how can there be so many taboos?" ”

Li Yunhai sat up, washed and changed.

He opened the door, and Zhuang Yong walked in.

"Mr. Li, at about three o'clock last night, the two people who were following us really made a move, but we caught them, knocked them unconscious, and threw them into the elevator."

"Oh? What are they coming to do? ”

"They sneaky in front of our doors."

Li Yunhai thought to himself, it has been several days since Chen Meilin won the money, and the people in the casino are still ghostly?

It seems that as soon as the CES exhibition is over, Chen Meilin must be taken away as soon as possible.

After breakfast, everyone came to the pavilion.

Today is the last day of CES, and everyone is working hard to sell in order to fulfill the goal of booking.

Chen Hong and the three exhibition models all wore beautiful new clothes, beautiful and sexy, which attracted many foreign businessmen.

Li Yunhai was talking to a few foreign businessmen, and someone from Compaq Company who had been here before came over again.

They saw that Li Yunhai and the others were busy, so they didn't speak.

After Li Yunhai was free, Leon stepped forward and said, "Mr. Li, let's talk about it again, shall we?" ”

Li Yunhai said: "There is nothing to talk about between us. ”

Leon said: "Mr. Li, we will not buy your company, but I hope that the two of us can cooperate." ”

"Cooperation? How to work together? ”

"We want to sell Compaq computers to your country, and we need to find a qualified partner in your country."

"Oh, you guys have a crush on the Four Seas Group?"

"Mr. Li, your Sihai Group has a very wide range of sales channels in Huaxia, right?"

"Of course."

"OK, we will hand over the Huaxia market to you to operate, and I will give you 10% of the profit."

“10%？” Li Yunhai couldn't help but groan, this profit point is not low.

A computer is more than 30,000 yuan, and you can earn more than 3,000 yuan by selling one.

Normally, the profit of agents is 8 points, distributors 5 points, and terminal stores 8 points.

Only manufacturers can do 10 points.

Compaq computer is not bad in the country, if it is introduced into the country and operated properly, this brand can stand.

However, in that case, Sihai Group has become a second-class dealer, which is the same as Lianxiang Company selling IBM or AST computers.

Over the years, Li Yunhai has always looked down on Lianxiang Company, because they are willing to be compradors, have no independent scientific research and technology, and are helping the people of the United States to make money.

Sihai Group's products, although the sales volume is not famous, but it is its own brand, and the market share in the domestic market is not low.

If you act as an agent for Compaq Computer, you must give up all your channels to this foreign brand.

Li Yunhai can only make a little difference from it, but in the end he is making wedding dresses for foreigners.

No matter how well he sells, no matter how many Compaq's computers sell, the final market and brand are foreigners.

One day, Compaq will no longer cooperate with him, and any individual agent can also own these markets.

Sihai Group is just a large agent, and all it earns is this difference, and nothing is left behind in the end.

Which consumer will remember the name of which agent?

Li Yunhai turned a few corners in his mind.

He also knows that even if he doesn't do it, others will do it.

A computer company like Compaq will definitely not let go of China's market, and it is very easy to find agents in China.

Do you want to do it?

How?

Li Yunhai groaned undecided.

Shen Xiulan asked in a low voice: "We have our own brand, why should we be someone else's agent?" ”

A word wakes up the dreamer.

Li Yunhai suddenly thought of what happened to Lian Xiang's company.

Lian Xiang used to act as an agent for IBM, and it sold quite well.

As a result, IBM died, launched an incompatible computer, and cut off the company's financial path.

Lianxiang Company has found a new computer company to cooperate with, that is, AST Computer.

But their collaboration didn't last long either.

A few years later, Lian Xiang finally figured out that instead of helping others sell computers, it was better to create his own brand. So later, there was the brand Lianxiang Computer.

If they take the path of independent innovation from the beginning, they can avoid ten years of detours.

Li Yunhai's path is exactly the opposite of Lian Xiang.

Now he almost gave up what he insisted on for the sake of a little benefit from others.

Li Yunhai said to Leon: "We can cooperate, but it is you who act as the agent for our computers, alien computers, dragon computers, and Luohai home computers, and we can hand over all the new products that will be launched in the future to you as agents." Our product line is exceptionally extensive, covering all areas of office equipment. And we're now exploring the European and American markets—"

He refused to act as an agent for Compaq Computer, and wanted someone else to be his agent!

Leon blinked continuously, obviously not understanding Li Yunhai's brain circuit.

"Mr. Li, I think you're mistaken. It is you who are our agents, not us as your agents. ”

"No, Mr. Leon, we will not be someone else's agent. We have our own brand, and our products sell well all over the world. ”

"Mr. Li, I heard that your country has relaxed the access system for electronic products, greatly reduced tariffs, and no longer needs approval, what does this mean? Did You Know? ”

"Yes."

"Not only our Compaq computer, but also many other computer companies, will enter your domestic sales, our computer has the most powerful advantage! After we enter your country, your local computer brands will be defeated! ”

"I didn't think that was going to happen. It's like we entered the U.S. market and didn't wipe out IBM and Compaq computers. ”

"Oh no! You can't compare to IBM! It can't be compared with our company! We are a strong company, we have the ability and the capital to beat you. ”

"Mr. Leon, our country is an open and inclusive market, and we welcome you to come! The huge market is opening its doors to you. But our company will definitely not be defeated by foreign brands, we have this confidence. ”

"Mr. Li, I asked you to cooperate because I took a fancy to your sales ability. You have a very good marketing team. It's a pity that you buried this opportunity to make a fortune with your own hands. In the future you will definitely cry bitterly, and you will definitely regret it. ”

"Haha! Mr. Leon, are you intimidating me? I myself do not accept intimidation from anyone or in any form. I repeat, we welcome you to invest in our country, and you are welcome to sell your products to our country. I am willing to compete with you fairly and impartially! ”

"Excellent! Mr. Li, I think you'll regret it! ”

Leon gritted his teeth and left with a cold face.

His entourage kept saying bad things about the Sihai Group next to him, saying that Li Yunhai was too arrogant.

A fat man said: "Leon, the Chinese used to do a planned economy, and the production, import, and sale of computers all needed approvals or tickets. That's why their domestic computer companies can survive. As long as our products are dumped in the past, it will not take half a year for us to defeat all Chinese computer brands! ”

Leon waved his hand vigorously: "It won't take half a year, I only need three months, and I'm going to defeat the Four Seas Group!" ”

The fat man laughed loudly: "Three months is enough!" ”

They spoke loudly, so loud that Li Yunhai could hear them.

Li Yunhai frowned.

He was ready for a tough fight.

Li Yunhai knows the development trend in the next few years: many domestic companies can't stop this wave of powerful foreign brand attacks, such as the Great Wall, Inspur, Donghai and other computer brands, which did not last long and were defeated one after another.

The market share of our domestic computer brands will drop from about 70% to about 20%.

It's a straight line down!

It is not too much to say that domestic brands are defeated.

However, there are always national enterprises that grow against the trend and become the new backbone!

Lianxiang Company, Founder, TCL and other computer brands have risen one after another.

And, of course, the Four Seas Group!

In a short period of time, domestic brands have gone from losing their armor to regaining lost ground and regaining the lost market.

Li Yunhai was ready for a fierce battle.

Sihai Group not only has a domestic market, but also a foreign market.

Over the years, Li Yunhai's main focus has been on the global market.

From the very beginning, Sihai Group has had a global strategy.

Even if half of the domestic market is taken away, Li Yunhai can still rely on foreign markets to survive.

Moreover, Li Yunhai thinks that with the existing advantages of Sihai Group, even in the domestic market, it is not necessarily lost to foreign brands.

A crisis is also an opportunity!

If we can seize this opportunity, Sihai Group's sales in China may be able to soar?

At this moment, Li Yunhai looked at Leon's backs, listened to their contemptuous words, and snorted coldly in his heart!

Shen Xiulan said angrily: "Yunhai, these foreign devils are too blind!" Isn't our brand as good as their Compaq? ”

Li Yunhai sneered: "Not necessarily! Our Alien PC and Dragon PC are very competitive! Well, let's not talk about that, try to take orders! Today is the last day! Whether we can exceed the target of 300 million US dollars is a matter of course. ”

Chen Meilin is worthy of being born in a business family, and it seems that she was born to do business, and her affinity is better than Shen Xiulan's, no, she received another order with an amount of 15 million US dollars!

Everyone applauded her.

Li Yunhai couldn't help but look at her with admiration.

Everyone is trying to take orders.

Li Yunhai is no longer rotten and has joined the ranks of sales.

At the end of the afternoon, Jack, the manager of the Mi branch office, found Li Yunhai and said, "Mr. Li, why don't we set up stores in big cities in various states of Mi China?" This is certainly much more useful than attending an electronics fair. ”

Li Yunhai muttered: "Jack, of course I know that opening a specialty store can drive business. But the cost of opening a store in a big city in the United States is extremely high, have you ever calculated this account? The money we made in the past year from our store in New York was barely enough to sustain our expenses, and it didn't make much profit. ”

First, the competition in New York is too great, and secondly, the brand of Sihai Group is not very loud, so Li Yunhai feels very good if it does not lose money.

New York is still like this, and other cities are opening shops? I'm afraid it's harder to make money.

Not only is the rent expensive in the country, but the labor is also very expensive, and the labor union is very powerful, so the workers can't work overtime casually.

In China, a store only needs six people to hold the whole day, but on the side of the country, it needs double or even triple the number of people.

And the wages on the side of the United States are dozens of times the domestic wages!

Sihai Group's products are originally won by cheap and good quality, and the profits are not high, under the pressure of high operating costs, Li Yunhai does not dare to expand wantonly.

Even the local computer companies in the United States also use distribution, distribution, agency, and hierarchical sales methods.

The advantage of this is that it can reduce the sales cost of the manufacturer, and give all the profits and risks to the dealers.

Because of this, the dealer system in the United States is very developed.

But Jack had a different idea, he said: "Mr. Li, made in China is synonymous with low-end products in the eyes of foreigners, whether you admit it or not, this is a fact. Although our products are highly configured and of good quality, they still give people this feeling because of their low price. ”

Li Yunhai was stunned.

Shen Xiulan said: "Jack, it's not right for you to say that, can't we sell it cheaply?" ”

Jack shook his head and said, "It's not that we are guilty of selling cheaply, but we have given others an inherent impression, and we have to find a way to change this stereotype, and we need to put in more effort." If we can open more stores, consumers will change their perception of us. ”

Li Yunhai touched his chin and pondered.

Jack said: "I've heard of the model of opening stores based in China, where you open your store on the busiest street or cooperate with the most famous shopping mall. Doing so is conducive to improving the brand image of our company. However, this kind of improvement is limited to China. Why not bring this model to the United States? ”

Li Yunhai said: "Jack, I will give you a task, you make a table of the top 20 big cities in the United States, and then conduct market research to find out the salary, rent, cost of opening a store in these cities, and possible sales expectations." The more detailed, the better. ”

Jack said, "No problem, boss, I will definitely complete the task you have assigned." ”

Li Yunhai said to Shen Xiulan: "After CES, I want to go to other cities in the United States to visit and inspect the market here, will you come with me?" ”

Shen Xiulan asked, "Is it just us?" Who else? ”

Li Yunhai said: "There is also Chen Meilin, she rarely comes to the United States, and takes her to travel by the way." ”

Shen Xiulan said: "It is impossible to travel and inspect the market at the same time. Yunhai, if you want to take her to play, you can take her to play for a few days. The market research work, you leave it to Jack and they to do. ”

Li Yunhai was stunned: "So what? You're not going to follow me? ”

Shen Xiulan bit the corner of her mouth and said, "I'm sorry, I want to be cautious." ”

Li Yunhai sighed lightly and said, "Why are you women like this? If you have children, you don't want men? ”

Shen Xiulan said: "We women? Who else but me? Nyingchi? What else? ”

Li Yunhai said: "Anyway, you are all like this!" ”

Shen Xiulan looked at her watch and said, "There is still an hour to close, let's work harder!" ”

She whispered, "I'll go over to accompany you in the evening." Tomorrow I will go back to China with everyone. ”

Li Yunhai knew that she had made up her mind, and he couldn't convince her, so he had to agree.

Shen Xiulan counted that at this CES exhibition, the company received a total of 320 million US dollars in orders, and has completed the goal set by Li Yunhai.

Will there be a miracle in the last hour of this CES electronics show? (End of chapter)