Xiaomi Heavy Industry, its first entrepreneurial venture!

Chapter 177 The Unable to Hold Back from Competitors! (Third Update!)
Nobuko Matsushita gave the order, but the assistant in the passenger seat did not respond. When she turned around, the assistant hesitantly pulled a document from his briefcase:
"Ms. Matsushita, this is the job posting from Xiaomi Heavy Industries."

"Please take a look!"

Matsushita Nobuko was a little confused by her assistant's words; she didn't quite understand the connection between finding a corporate spy and a job posting.

Out of curiosity, I took the job posting and glanced at it from beginning to end, and then I saw the note at the very end.

(Small companies can't afford to hire returnees or foreign nationals.)
Perhaps fearing that his boss wouldn't believe him, the assistant handed him a laptop, on which were saved web pages.

On the webpage, this sentence is in red font, so it's impossible to miss it even if you want to pretend you don't see it.

Once Nobuko Matsushita understood this, she smiled.

It's angry.

After laughing, a cold look appeared on her face.

Professional corporate espionage is organized and disciplined, and operates in the form of studios.

Since it's a studio, there are all sorts of people there.

If you don't like overseas returnees or foreigners, then naturally there are locals.

Anyone can become a corporate spy if they have money.

The company's owner is too young and thinks that this method alone can prevent corporate espionage.

Now, I'll teach him a lesson.

After pressing her hand to her brow and pondering for a moment, Nobuko Matsushita turned to look at her assistant:
“Tell the public relations department that I’ve given them a 500 million RMB limit to contact every employee who comes out of this company.”

“Especially for employees who seem to be in technical roles, I need to be aware of every move the company makes!”

The order was given, but the assistant next to him remained silent.

After receiving no response to her orders twice, Nobuko Matsushita grew angry. She turned around and glared at her assistant.
Didn't you hear what I just said?

"I heard you!" The assistant nodded repeatedly, and then, under Matsushita Nobuko's angry gaze, took out several more documents from his briefcase and placed them in front of her:
"that……"

"This is the resignation notice submitted by the head of public relations before leaving get off work last night."

"In addition to the head of public relations, several other key personnel in the public relations department also submitted their resignations."

The sudden news caught Matsushita Nobuko completely off guard. She stiffly turned her head, staring wide-eyed at her assistant:

Why didn't you tell me last night?

“I called you last night! You didn’t answer. This morning you suddenly said you wanted to come here. You were on the phone the whole way, and I didn’t get a word in edgewise.”

The assistant's explanation seemed weak and helpless at this moment, and Matsushita Nobuko was in no mood to continue asking questions. She took the documents, glanced at them casually, and found that the resignation notices of these people were completely copied and pasted.

It's just a name change.

He casually tossed the documents aside and then turned his gaze to his assistant:
Do you know why they resigned?

"It's Manager Gao!" The assistant's mouth moved faster than her brain, blurting out a name before she realized what she'd said.

"It was Gao Jin who was dismissed before the New Year."

"According to my quizzes, it seems that Gao Jin found the head of the public relations department and, for some reason, persuaded him."

"Then the head of public relations approached them and said he wanted to go out on his own, and that he could help them achieve great success."

"He didn't give a reason, he just asked if I was willing to go with him."

"Then several of the public relations department's key personnel left as well."

"According to rumors, Gao Jin contacted the company's CEO after he was fired by us."

Upon hearing this reason, Nobuko Matsushita nearly choked, coughing for a long time before finally raising her head to look at the factory in front of her.

"Give all departments a notice: there will be a meeting in the office at 2 PM. I'm going to destroy this ridiculous company."

After issuing the new orders, Matsushita Nobuko turned her gaze to the factory in front of her, scrutinizing it inch by inch, as if she wanted to remember this enemy thoroughly.

Then, she floored the accelerator, and the Mercedes roared as it sped off to the other side of the road.

Meanwhile, in the Suzhou Industrial Park, Gree's Yangtze River Delta regional headquarters was located.

The newly appointed regional general manager, Dou Wenjuan, walked into the office, holding a glass of iced Americano, and strutted around confidently, showing everyone in the office that she had arrived.

After the presentation, she walked to the general manager's assistant's office, stood in front of the door, and knocked on the door discreetly. Once the person in the office looked up, she immediately said:

"Get the product data from this period and the backlog of tasks that need to be processed to my office in 15 minutes."

Leaving behind a message, Dou Wenjuan shuffled back to her office in her high heels.

In the general manager's assistant's office, after listening to Dou Wenjuan's words, the group of assistants looked at each other without saying a word, but they could all see a hint of guilt on each other's faces.

"Um... could someone please deliver these documents to me?"

"My stomach hurts. The documents are on the table. Could you please take them to me?"

"My dog ​​gave birth, I need to take a break..."

"Shut up, all of you!" Finally, it was Yang Li, the head of the assistant's office, who spoke up:

"We'll die together, and nobody's going to escape."

"And this isn't our fault!"

"Walk together!"

Led by him, several assistants picked up the documents on their desks and followed him step by step toward the general manager's office, seemingly ready to die for him.

It took them a full two minutes to walk those few steps.

The door was knocked open, and a group of people walked in, lined up in front of Dou Wenjuan, and then placed the documents they were holding on the table.

The documents had barely been put down when Dou Wenjuan's shouting and cursing rang out:
"Look at the way you all are acting, what kind of people do you look like when you're going to work?"

"He has no energy or spirit at all; he's a disgrace when he goes out in public."

"Each of you will be fined 200 yuan from your salary. When the finance department gives you the receipts, please check them yourselves."

After finishing her scolding, Dou Wenjuan casually flipped through the documents, holding a file in her left hand and an iced Americano in her right.

But after turning just two pages, she spat out the iced Americano she had just drunk.

He then immediately looked up and slammed the documents in his hand in front of his assistants:
"What is this?"

"Sales figures!" Yang Li pursed her lips and answered expressionlessly.

Once she confirmed it was sales data, Dou Wenjuan stood up abruptly, pointed at Yang Li's nose, and yelled:

"Then tell me, why are these numbers so dismal?"

"What are your men doing?"

"Compared with the same period last year, the sales volume of the entire Suzhou City has not only not increased, but has actually decreased by 70%."

Why is no one reporting this?

"What are you guys doing? The company pays you to work here, not to play around. If you don't explain yourselves clearly today, I'm calling the police to investigate."

Across from them, several younger assistants took a step back, startled by these words. Yang Li, however, remained composed, staring directly at Dou Wenjuan, and continued casually:
"This happened before the Lunar New Year."

"But at that time, the entire Yangtze River Delta headquarters was under investigation, and nobody cared about these things."

"We started working on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. The sales department began compiling sales data, and it wasn't until the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, which is this morning, that the sales department handed over this data to us."

"And you, General Manager, only officially started working in the office this morning."

How can I give it to you? By giving you my head?

Her forceful words left Dou Wenjuan speechless. She finished her iced Americano in one gulp, put down the coffee cup, walked over to Yang Li, picked up the documents, and began to examine them again.

This time, her attention shifted from the sales data to the subsequent sales data analysis.

In data analysis, several terms appear repeatedly.

Every single word gave her a headache.

[Retailers report that customers who come to the store keep asking about Mi Home appliances. Even when salespeople recommend them, customers will ask if the appliances can save 50% on electricity like Mi Home appliances!]

Mijia Home Appliances is a brand launched by a company called Xiaomi Heavy Industry in Hanshan Temple District. The types of home appliances under this brand highly overlap with the types of appliances offered by the company, making them direct competitors.

Upon seeing the words "direct competitor," Dou Wenjuan could no longer think of anything else.

She put the file down and stared intently at Yang Li:

"I'll give you two hours to find out what this Xiaomi Heavy Industry is."

"They're not even worthy to compete with us."

Yang Li didn't speak, but stepped forward, picked up another document from the table, and placed it in front of Dou Wenjuan:

"Our colleagues in the marketing department have already conducted an investigation, and this is a preliminary result."

Dou Wenjuan's expression turned sour when her prediction was correctly guessed.

But for work purposes, she chose not to get angry, but instead reached for the document and slowly began to read it.

Xiaomi Heavy Industry Group, formerly known as Lin Laosan Electric Appliance Factory.

The company's CEO, Lin Guangzong, and his wife died in a car accident.

Lin Guangzong's son, Lin Yi, took over the company, renamed it Xiaomi Heavy Industry, and during this period received an investment of 5 million yuan from an unknown investor.

After taking over the company, Lin Yi implemented sweeping reforms and, in conjunction with several other companies, launched the Mijia brand before the end of the year.

With its selling point of 50% energy saving, it successfully captured the home appliance market in the Suzhou area.

After the Spring Festival, the company obtained a land approval for 2000 mu from the Suzhou Municipal Government and reached a strategic cooperation agreement with the Suzhou Municipal Government.

Both parties will jointly invest and jointly plan to establish a new energy battery company.

According to publicly available information from Suzhou City, in this company formation, Suzhou City invested 10 billion yuan, holding a 49% stake, while Xiaomi Heavy Industry provided technology and held a 51% stake.

Following this description is an announcement posted on the official website of Suzhou City.

Looking at the announcement in the document, Dou Wenjuan turned on her computer, went to the Suzhou Municipal Government website, and found the relevant announcement after a simple search.

The announcement on the website is exactly the same as the screenshot on the document in my hand; it is not fake.

This announcement was released around 8 p.m. on the eighth day of the first lunar month.

To date, it hasn't exceeded 48 hours.

It's still fresh and warm.

As she dragged the mouse, Dou Wenjuan gradually calmed down and began to re-examine the announcement.

Her focus, however, was on the cooperation data between Suzhou City and Xiaomi Heavy Industry.

Suzhou City first acquired 2000 mu of land, then invested 10 billion yuan, acquiring a 49% stake, while Xiaomi Heavy Industry contributed technology, acquiring a 51% stake.

As a professional manager, she quickly deciphered the deeper meaning behind those words.

Xiaomi Heavy Industry offered a price that Suzhou City absolutely could not refuse.

Otherwise, given the personalities of the leaders in Suzhou, they would never have made such a significant concession.

Having figured this out, Dou Wenjuan's brows furrowed unconsciously.

Xiaomi Heavy Industry and Gree are almost completely overlapping competitors.

Then she will inevitably take action against Xiaomi Heavy Industry.

However, now that Suzhou City and Xiaomi Heavy Industry are cooperating, it is impossible for Xiaomi Heavy Industry to have a bad reputation.

If we take action here, Suzhou City is very likely to protect its own.

If Suzhou City protects its own interests, then the related public relations expenses will be wasted.

Dou Wenjuan closed her eyes and began to think hard about a solution.

A few minutes later, she suddenly opened her eyes and shouted to Yang Li, who was standing opposite her:
"Contact the sales general agents in Jiangsu Province, Shanghai, and Zhejiang Province, as well as our managers there, and hold a conference call immediately."

"Then call the people from the public relations department over here."

Upon receiving the order, Yang Li immediately left with her team. Shortly after, several people from the public relations department entered and stood respectfully in front of the desk, awaiting Dou Wenjuan's instructions.

Looking at these dejected and cautious people, Dou Wenjuan was furious, but this time she hid her emotions well and didn't reprimand them. She simply gave orders:

"I will be having a conference call with the sales general agents and regional managers in Jiangsu, Shanghai, and Zhejiang provinces later."

"I will have them put pressure on local sales outlets to prohibit their subordinate sales outlets, as well as the installers who cooperate with us, from cooperating with Xiaomi Heavy Industry."

"And your task is to make a scene in Nanjing, Lin'an, and Shanghai."

"The specific issues are that Xiaomi Heavy Industry's home appliance brands have falsely labeled energy consumption, have serious shoddy workmanship, and have even caused injuries and hospitalizations."

“After you make a fuss, you should report it to the market supervision bureau in Panasonic’s name.”

"The bigger the commotion from the whistleblower, the better. You could even find a few Japanese people to conduct interviews."

"That means they were injured because they used Xiaomi Heavy Industry's home appliances."

“If foreigners are involved, the market regulators will definitely take it seriously.”

"By then, no matter how Xiaomi Heavy Industry tries to salvage the situation, their reputation will be ruined, and our goal will have been achieved."

"This needs to be done quickly. Today is the tenth day of the first lunar month, and it's best to make this public before the fourteenth. On the fifteenth, find two reporters to conduct an interview and get it on the local news!"

Dou Wenjuan's words commanded the respect of the public relations team.

A professional manager is a professional manager; this smooth series of moves is truly ruthless and vicious.

If a company is dealt with like this, it can simply declare itself dissolved.

They swallowed hard, then bowed deeply to Dou Wenjuan.

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

(End of this chapter)