Xiaomi Heavy Industry, its first entrepreneurial venture!

Chapter 115 Siege! (First Update!)

Gao Jin's words made Oda Shinji's eyes light up.

Nobody dislikes climbing the corporate ladder, but as a Japanese person working in a Japanese company, if you want to get promoted, you have to wait until the boss in front of you dies and moves away before you can move up.

But this is China.

Although Panasonic is a Japanese company, it needs to follow Chinese rules here.

Some Japanese rules don't apply as much here.

That's why he bypassed Gao Jin and the China headquarters, reporting the news directly to the Japanese headquarters.

But now, Gao Jin has provided a slightly better path.

If Panasonic can capture Gree's market share, he can definitely climb to a high-level position in the head office based on this achievement.

It's even possible to climb up to the Japanese headquarters.

After imagining a bright future, he tilted his head and looked at Gao Jin with a smile. For some reason, Gao Jin, whom he had previously disliked, now seemed so pleasing to the eye and so handsome.

After a moment's hesitation, he asked in a low voice, "What method do we use to stab Gree in the back?"

"Sales channels!" Gao Jin uttered his thoughts, word by word:

"Xiaomi Heavy Industry is waging a price war. If other manufacturers want to fight back, they will inevitably try to associate low prices with low quality."

"Now it's our turn to step in."

“We also manufacture electrical appliances ourselves, and a large portion of the retail price of our appliances is taken by distributors.”

"All we need to do is find a way to get Gree's cost price and their share of the profits for distributors, and then leak this price to everyone."

Their tactics fell apart on their own.

"Then those who have been fooled will naturally turn to other brands."

"This range will be very broad."

"Xiaomi Heavy Industry products are currently only sold in the Suzhou area."

"But we have channels in other parts of the Yangtze River Delta!"

"Then we can take this opportunity to make our move."

"Are you even stabbing ourselves in the back?" Shinji Oda's words hit the nail on the head.

However, Gao Jin's answer was quite unexpected:

"I plan to buy a batch of Xiaomi Heavy Industry home appliances tomorrow and personally deliver them to our distributors. They'll know how good or bad they are once they've used them."

This answer left Shinji Oda speechless. He stood there dumbfounded for a long time before giving the man in front of him a thumbs up: "Awesome!"

"You really dare to do that."

“In that case, let’s divide the work now. I’ll do a quality analysis of our competitors’ parts, and you go and compile a price list.”

"Then you're responsible for releasing this."

Gao Jin made an OK sign, then turned and walked directly towards the warehouse door.

After watching him walk into the darkness, Shinji Oda dusted himself off and walked towards the large group of people surrounding the parts. As he approached, he clapped his hands and shouted:
"Everyone, come here for a moment, we're going to do a quality analysis now."

"An objective quality analysis."

"However, we need to analyze our competitors. When filling out this quality analysis, everyone should use a questioning tone as much as possible, and the main question should be whether the quality matches the price."

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6: am.

In the Yushan Industrial Park of Suzhou, Lao Peng glanced at the parts label in his hand, brought his hands to his mouth, breathed on them gently to warm his frozen hands, and then walked towards the factory gate in front of him.

The security guard at the gatehouse had already gotten up and was washing up at the entrance with a basin of hot water.

Seeing someone approaching, he instinctively raised the towel in his hand, but halfway through, he saw Old Peng's clothes and lowered his hand again. The smile on his face vanished, leaving only coldness.

"Looking for someone?"

The voice was icy, which startled Lao Peng, who was smiling and about to greet him warmly.

He paused for two seconds, then resumed his stiff smile and slowly moved forward:
"Sir, I'm here to see your boss."

The gatekeeper slammed the towel he was holding into the washbasin, turned around and went back to the guardhouse. He came out with a riot fork, pointed at Old Peng, and said:

"Stand still."

"Come over at 6 a.m. and find a ball."

"Wait for the police to come and help you find them."

Instead of calling the police, the security guard kept holding his riot fork and staring intently at Lao Peng.

And so, the two of them stood facing each other in the darkness of dawn at the end of January until 8 a.m.

Some passing workers wanted to ask a question when they saw this, but then they remembered they were at work and chose to keep quiet.

At 8:15, Lu Yuanming, the owner of the factory, finally arrived late. When he saw the people confronting each other at the door, he instinctively reached for his phone to call the police.

Seeing the other person taking out their phone, Lao Peng lost interest in arguing with the security guard and quickly ran to Lu Yuanming:
"Mr. Lu, on behalf of Gree Electric Appliances, I would like to discuss a business matter with you."

"Business?" Lu Yuanming looked Lao Peng up and down, his lips pressed tightly together. He thought for a long time but still couldn't figure out whether he had seen this person before.

But since he was a guest, he decided to take a look first.

What if they actually have business to do?
After leading the man into the office and serving him a cup of tea, Lu Yuanming casually sat down opposite Lao Peng and raised his hand:
"Brother, you said you have business opportunities. Tell me what kind of business it is. If it's feasible, I'd be happy to do it."

Upon hearing this, Lao Peng took a label out of his pocket and placed it on the table.

The label still had adhesive on the back, and when Lao Peng pressed it down, the label stuck firmly to the table and couldn't be pried off.

Seeing the label, Lu Yuanming smiled and said directly:

"So Mr. Peng came here for Xiaomi Heavy Industry. Why don't you just state your terms?"

Old Peng picked up his teacup, looked up, stared directly at Lu Yuanming, and then said in a condescending tone:

"Sever ties with Xiaomi Heavy Industry and cooperate with Gree Electric Appliances."

"I am the technical head of Gree Electric Appliances in the Yangtze River Delta region. I only have one chief executive officer above me."

"If you cooperate with us, you can get orders for heat sink fins for Gree home appliances."

"Given the size of Gree Electric Appliances, even if it's just a portion, you're guaranteed to make a profit."

Faced with Lao Peng's brimming confidence, Lu Yuanming whistled rudely. The whistle was very provocative, and even Lao Peng thought the guy was very ill-mannered.

Seeing Lao Peng frown, Lu Yuanming picked up the teapot and refilled it with water.

He put down the teapot and asked Lao Peng, "Do you know what conditions Xiaomi Heavy Industry offered me?"

"What are the conditions?" Old Peng asked instinctively. As a senior employee of Gree, he couldn't understand why the person in front of him wasn't overjoyed or crying over his leg after hearing that he came from Gree Electric Appliances, and didn't ask him to allow him to join.

Under Lao Peng's watchful gaze, Lu Yuanming raised his right hand and made a gesture for the number six.

His explanation soon reached Lao Peng's ears:
"60-day payment period."

“I will receive payment within 60 days at most when I supply the parts.” “We’re all in this business, and you’re a senior manager, so you should know very well what a 60-day payment period means.”

As soon as the number 60 days was announced, Lao Peng knew he had suffered a complete defeat.

For small manufacturing companies, making money is secondary; the price of goods is fixed, and how much profit they make is also fixed.

If you want to make more money, then do more of them. The more you do, the more money you will earn.

But if the money you earn doesn't belong to you yet, it will remain in someone else's hands for several months.

The company's expenses would then become the cost of materials used to produce the product plus labor costs plus borrowed funds.

If a small company can't survive, then it has no choice but to go bankrupt.

Is it that Gree cannot support a 60-day payment period?

No, it's that leaders at all levels don't want to support a 60-day payment period because the company's money doesn't generate any returns when it stays in the company's account, but if it's used for investment, the profits can be much greater.

The money owed to the suppliers is simply owed.

If you have the money, you can pay for it later; if you don't, then you're just unlucky.

Therefore, even if Lao Peng wanted to refute it, he didn't know how.

He picked up the teacup with both hands, drank the tea in one gulp, and turned to say goodbye to Lu Mingyuan.

As he left the heat sink manufacturing company, Lao Peng pulled out a notebook from his pocket and drew an X next to the corresponding company name.

After making this stroke, Lao Peng felt that there was no need for him to go to the next store.

After standing in the cold wind for a while, he opened his notebook, found the next company he needed to go to, got in the car, and set off.

We need to go and see what the conditions are over there.

Perhaps it will be different?

Meanwhile, Gao Jin and Liu Fei unexpectedly and coincidentally ran into Lin Yi at the Suzhou Sports Center.

Upon seeing that they were two acquaintances he had met before, Lin Yi naturally extended his right hand:

"Gentlemen, is there something you need today?"

"Take a step to talk?"

Led by Lin Yi, the group eventually arrived at the sports center's monitoring room next door.

The door closed, and Liu Fei walked familiarly to Lin Yi's side and stood there, then lowered his voice and said:

"Gree Air Conditioning is instigating your suppliers to stab you in the back."

This was very important news for Lin Yi.

The material suppliers under Xiaomi Heavy Industry Group are not large companies.
Therefore, when faced with the prospect of profit, the suppliers below are very likely to surrender, and even these two guys in front of you may have already surrendered.

No, these two guys won't surrender.

They'll only fan the flames.

Thinking of this possibility, Lin Yi looked at Gao Jin and Liu Fei with a more scrutinizing gaze.

His scrutinizing gaze lasted only a moment before he withdrew it, replacing it with a playful expression. He took a step forward, walked around to Gao Jin's side, gently nudged Gao Jin with his elbow, and asked with amusement:
"So why did Mr. Gao come to tell me this news?"

"For the sake of fairness and justice!" Gao Jin's answer was decisive and quick. The man in his forties moved abruptly after answering.

He took a step forward with his left leg, raised his left hand to chest level with the movement of his left leg, and then turned his right hand diagonally backward at a 45-degree angle. Suddenly, he turned his head, his eyes wide open, his eyes gleaming with a fierce light, staring straight ahead. From other people's perspective, this action, combined with his gaze, made him appear exceptionally resolute and brave.

Lin Yi had seen this gesture before; it was a move that the lead actors in those old black-and-white model dramas liked to make to show their determination.

When I was a child, I watched movies and saw the main character do this action. I felt that I also gained courage.

Looking at Gao Jin doing this now, it just looks ridiculous.

Perhaps fearing Lin Yi wouldn't believe him, after making this gesture of determination, Gao Jin put his hands behind his back and began to spin around in circles.

“If you have no technology and are just a small, run-down factory, I will not hesitate to abandon you, then agree to Gree’s conditions, join Gree’s camp, and relentlessly pursue and wipe you out.”

"However, Mr. Lin, your sincerity and your skills have moved me."

"So I decided to stand on the side of fairness and justice."

"cut--"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a sneer came from the side, and the person who made the sound was Liu Fei, who had been watching for a long time.

He walked straight up to Lin Yi and offered his right hand:

"Liu Fei from Haili Electric Appliances, on behalf of Haili Electric Appliances, hereby formally issues an inquiry to General Manager Lin."

"Can Haili Electric and Xiaomi Heavy Industry develop a deeper cooperative relationship? If so, we would like to sign an agreement with Xiaomi Heavy Industry to become strategic partners."

"We share information and support each other, and help each other in technology and development."

Men generally prefer women with stable emotions, and as a businessman, Lin Yi also prefers suppliers with stable emotions.

After looking at the person's hand for a moment, he slowly extended his right hand and shook it: "Pleasure doing business with you!"

The next second, Gao Jin flashed in front of the two men and offered his right hand:

"Mr. Lin, we at Panasonic also hope to have a pleasant collaboration."

"Whatever conditions Haili Electric offers, we will offer the same conditions."

"Moreover, our conditions are more favorable than theirs."

Upon hearing this, Liu Fei not only didn't loosen his grip on his right hand, but instead tightened it even more.

Seeing him like this, Gao Jin spat on the ground, then lowered his right hand and raised his left:
"Mr. Lin, it's a pleasure to work with you."

Looking up at Liu Fei, Lin Yi realized that the guy really didn't want to let go, so he could only sigh helplessly and extend his left hand:

"Pleasant to work with."

And so, the three people, with their six hands, were clasped together in a very strange way. Although they were all smiling, those smiles looked incredibly odd.

Along with that eerie smile, all three of them simultaneously let out strange laughter.

The laughter was particularly eerie and had a strong penetrating power, easily passing through the walls and reaching the monitoring room next door.

Shortly after, there was a knock on the door of the meeting room. Having received permission from the people inside, Su Ming, the head of the monitoring room, hurriedly pushed open the door:

"President Lin, there's trouble at the entrance. They're carrying white banners and a stretcher; it looks like a dead person!"

After finishing his sentence, Su Ming leaned against the room door, panting heavily.

The words "waving a white banner" and "it seems like a dead person" completely stunned the group of people who had just been chuckling eerily.

Then they all gasped in unison, their eyes meeting, each seeing shock in the other's eyes.

Not far away, under a simple gate, several people with white cloths wrapped around their heads were kneeling. In the middle of them was a stretcher covered with a white cloth, which vaguely resembled a person.

Behind them was a person holding a bamboo pole and carrying a banner.

(End of this chapter)