Xiaomi Heavy Industry, its first entrepreneurial venture!

Chapter 201: Preparing to Crush Every Competitor on an Equal Footing! (Third Update!)
As Yi Jiajun spoke, Lin Yi ran his fingers across the black paint of the car. The temperature wasn't high in early March, and the paint felt icy to the touch.

After circling the cars, Lin Yi walked back to Yi Jiajun and asked with a smile:

"Mr. Yi, are you sure this car is brand new?"

"I guarantee it's absolutely brand new!" Yi Jiajun raised four fingers of his right hand, as devoutly as a defender of morality.

Having received his assurance, Lin Yi turned to look at Dai Zhifeng:
"Old Dai, sign the contract and pay the money all at once."

These few simple words immediately brought a smile to Yi Jiajun's face. He stepped forward, bowed, and followed behind Lin Yi with a fawning expression.
"President Lin is so generous and magnanimous. I, surnamed Yi, can't be stingy either. I'll give each car an additional 10 free maintenance services."

Selling cars at 4S stores is essentially a way to make money out of thin air.

First, collect the consumer's deposit, then place the order with the car manufacturer, wait for production, and finally deliver the vehicle.

Once consumers pay in full or take out a loan, the dealership holds onto the money.

Then, according to the contract signed between the 4S store and the car manufacturer, the funds are paid monthly or quarterly.

In other words, once consumers pay, the 4S store can hold onto the money for a period of time before handing it over to the car manufacturer.

The contract with my own 4S store stipulates payment will be settled in six months.

These dozen or twenty cars together cost over 800 million yuan. If I pay for them all at once, it means I will have the right to use this 800 million yuan for the next few months.

Use it for a while, and once you've earned enough interest, deduct what you're entitled to earn, then give the rest to the car manufacturer.

800 million in working capital!

Although 800 million in cash isn't much compared to my personal wealth, it's free money, so I might as well use it.

It makes me feel good just thinking about it.

However, just as he was feeling elated, Lin Yi suddenly turned around, looked at him, and said:
"Old Dai, after you get the car, find a vehicle inspection company to check it from start to finish."

As a lawyer, Dai Zhifeng was well aware of these tactics: those unfamiliar with the system would be halfway to the bottom, while those with connections would be the best.

He had seen far too many of these kinds of lawsuits.

Under normal circumstances, Yi Jiajun would never do such a thing, but as the old saying goes, better safe than sorry.

It's always better to be careful.

He smiled and gave Lin Yi an OK sign, then turned around and hooked his arm around Yi Jiajun's neck: "Mr. Yi, let's go sign the contract."

After the two left, Lin Yi pressed Ji Shuangshuang's head down with both hands, forcibly turning her head towards the door:

"Leave this to Lao Dai. We'll head back first. If the vehicle inspection is fine and you get the license plates, you can drive it anywhere..."

Halfway through his sentence, Lin Yi suddenly stopped, as if he had suddenly remembered something. He turned around and cast a curious glance at Ji Shuangshuang:
"You...don't you have a driver's license yet?"

"I have one!" The doubtful words made Ji Shuangshuang blush, a little embarrassed and annoyed. She frantically rummaged in her bag and pulled out a driver's license.
"If I didn't have a driver's license, would I have dared to drive your car last time?"

"Even late at night, there are traffic police checking for drunk driving everywhere. They even stop motorcycles, let alone unlicensed drivers."

Lin Yi's gaze lingered on the driver's license presented to him for a moment, then he raised his right hand and lightly flicked the license with his finger: "Probationary period!"

"You can drive it back later."

"it is good!"

The two got into the car one after the other. Lin Yi sat in the passenger seat, immediately fastened his seatbelt, and then adjusted the seat back to increase the distance between himself and the center console.

Seeing his cowardly appearance, Ji Shuangshuang scoffed contemptuously, started the broken Santana, and slowly drove towards Xiaomi Heavy Industry.

As soon as Lin Yi arrived at the entrance, he saw several police cars parked in front of the company, and seven or eight uniformed police officers standing there, seemingly discussing something.

"Move over!"

Ji Shuangshuang pulled the car over to the side of the road, and Lin Yi quickly got out and walked over. Before he even got close, a voice from the crowd greeted him:
"President Lin, we were just talking about you."

Accompanied by the sound, Lu Xian, dressed in a formal suit, stepped out from the crowd, exchanged a few words with the other police officers, and then slowly approached Lin Yi.

Before he could speak, Lin Yi asked first, "What's going on?"

At this moment, Lu Xian suddenly slapped his forehead: "Look at my memory, I forgot to communicate beforehand."

He turned around and stood beside Lin Yi, pointing to his colleague in front of him, and explained in a low voice:
"Didn't they arrest those people in Shanghai a few days ago?"

"When we arrested these people and searched for evidence, we discovered that in addition to being online trolls, they were also acting as spies, frequently taking photos of military restricted areas and sending them to outsiders."

“When we went to make the arrest, we made quite a commotion, and someone called the police. That’s when we ran into the police in Shanghai.”

"After discussing it together, we decided to carry out joint enforcement."

"After completing the initial procedures, the next step is to identify the scene."

"That's why I came over today."

After hearing what had happened, Lin Yi asked the question he most wanted to know:

Do you know who's behind this?

He didn't want to know the details; he just wanted to know which bastard stabbed him in the back so he could find an opportunity to retaliate.

A gentleman takes revenge even after ten years, but he is a petty person; a petty person takes revenge from morning till night.

His question left Lu Xian scratching his head for a while before he finally said:
“We interrogated everyone, and they eventually gave up two online names: one was ‘Blooming Flowers and Wealth’, and the other was ‘Night at Tokyo Hot Springs’.”

"However, they only knew the name; they had never actually met this person."

“They didn’t even have direct contact; all contact was through Twitter, and later it switched to phone calls.”

"And the phone number isn't registered under a real name."

"We can only find out which branch sold the card, and we can't find anything else."

"Even if there are suspects, there's nothing we can do without direct evidence."

These old foxes.

Lu Xian's explanation made Lin Yi curse inwardly.

This is the group of people from the beginning of the century. They all look innocent and honest, but they are all cunning as devils and impossible to catch.

Lin Yi pressed his temples and pointed towards the office building: "Want to come up for a cup of tea?"

"No, thank you." Lu Xian waved his hand, politely declining Lin Yi's invitation, and then pointed to his colleague not far away:
"Too much to do."

"The city authorities have also noticed this and are urging us to take action."

"I need to quickly gather the relevant evidence, complete the procedures, and then make the judgment and shut down the relevant authorities."

"It will also set an example for other branches in the city."

When Lu Xian uttered those last words, Lin Yi could clearly feel his inner joy.

It seems that this branch director is about to have a good thing happen.

Since he was unwilling to go up, Lin Yi naturally couldn't force him to go up. He could only reschedule for another time and find an opportunity to talk slowly.

After arranging a time with Lu Xian, Lin Yi walked to the vicinity of the crowd, took two photos with his phone, and then turned around and went upstairs.

He also took Han Shunfa with him when he went upstairs.

Back in his office, he rummaged through the cabinet for a while, took out an unopened box of tea, and handed it to Han Shunfa: "Send this to Director Lu and tell him you're inviting them for tea."

After closing the office door, Lin Yi sat down at his computer and began to wonder which bastard was trying to cause him trouble.

But when he thought about how he had exposed someone's secrets a while ago, he suddenly realized that figuring out which bastard was messing with him was no longer important.

The important thing is that I need to get my revenge now!
Lin Yi turned on his computer, opened a document, and began to devise a counterattack plan.

What do you have?
rich!

Freshly made 30 billion in cash!
And technology.

Since that's the case, let's play along with the price war that our competitors love.

With a clear strategy in mind, organizing the counterattack plan became exceptionally easy.

In just half an hour, Lin Yi had organized the plan.

He checked the plan from beginning to end, confirming that there were no errors in the text or descriptions, before exporting the file as a PDF and casually tossing it into the newly established home appliance industry group.

Lin Yi: @Everyone, according to the plan, we have one month to prepare. After one month, we will retaliate against all the insults we have suffered and crush all our competitors.

After Lin Yi made the call, question marks popped up one after another in the chat group. Soon, the question marks disappeared and turned into messages.

Yu Jixuan: Brother, are you serious? All product technology has been transferred offline, and product prices have been reduced across the board. Customers who purchased previously can get a refund for the price difference upon presentation of their invoice.

Zhou Hongchang: You are my father, is it necessary to kill so cruelly?

Wang Zimiao: This is the domestic home appliance market. And other countries have already started. If we don't make any moves, won't we be looked down upon?
Wang Ya: Looking down on someone is one thing, but the real issue is getting a refund for the price difference. Don't tell me you still have money in your hands; I just finished filling all the holes in my pocket.

Gao Jin: The boss is ruthless, the boss is awesome, I am the boss's dog, I will hit wherever the boss says.

Wang Ya: Director Gao, haven't you calculated how much money you need to refund?

Gao Jin: Actually, it's not much. The price difference is refunded domestically, so the difference from Japan can be ignored.

I just did a rough estimate, and if it were in China, it would cost around 9000 million.

If that 90 million were used for advertising, it could buy a lot of space on regular TV stations and local newspapers for several years.

But it's not efficient enough.

If it's about buying advertising on CCTV, 9000 million isn't enough.

However, if we choose to return the 9000 million to consumers, that 9000 million can bring us many loyal customers.

They act as anchor points; when people around them want to buy home appliances, they spontaneously help promote our products.

The word-of-mouth effect of this kind of publicity is better than the herd mentality brought about by so-called advertising.

It's just a bit troublesome.

As Gao Jin's messages scrolled across the screen, Lin Yi watched for a long time and realized that everyone's focus was on getting a refund for the price difference.

As for the so-called technology transfer and lower product prices, they had no objection.

Think about it carefully.

If a brand's products are of good quality, existing customers who bought the products early can get a refund for the price difference when the brand updates its products.

Strictly speaking, this is actually a form of advertising.

Most business owners would not agree to pay wages in cash, since it's only a few days' delay in wages and it won't kill anyone.

But most people would be willing to spend money on advertising.

The problem is, where will the money come from?

After seeing several more messages scroll by, Lin Yi muted the entire group and slowly typed out a line:

[I'll cover the price difference! Your task is to cooperate with Gao Jin to ensure the refund of the outstanding difference is made. During this process, you must be vigilant and prevent anyone from taking advantage of us.]

After the message was sent, Lin Yi lifted the ban.

The next second, messages burst out in the chat group.

Zhou Hongchang: The boss is generous...

Yu Jixuan: The boss is so generous...

Wang Zimiao: The boss is generous...

Gao Jin: The boss is so generous...

After looking at it for a while, Lin Yi closed the chat window, printed out the plan, and knocked on the door of the finance office next door with the document in hand.

In the finance office, a group of people who had been chatting away immediately stopped when they heard the door open. They sat up straight at their desks, looking very busy.

Lin Yi casually placed the plan in front of Ji Shuangshuang:
"Take a look at this plan, then coordinate funding and prepare to follow up."

After reading the entire plan, Ji Shuangshuang looked up:
"Hard enough!"

He then lowered his head, grabbed a sticky note, wrote down the time he received the document and some notes, and then stuck the sticky note onto the plan.

Seeing that she had finished arranging the work, Lin Yi turned around and walked out of the finance office, returning to his own office.

The home appliance manufacturers have already made a plan; all they need to do now is execute it, and they can cripple their competitors.

Therefore, in the coming period, I need to focus on the special metal processing plant and the communication equipment manufacturing plant that is about to be completed.

Those 2000 barriers are enough for the special metal processing plant to produce for a period of time, but once the production line is completed, new products will be produced, and the new products will also need a market.

We need to open up sales channels as soon as possible.

In addition to special metals, there are also communication equipment.

Communication equipment is not like metal processing; it involves many industries, and the mainstream chips are all from overseas. It is necessary to contact foreign suppliers to obtain relevant chips and patent licenses.

The most important point is that his factory was unknown, and when he took the initiative to seek cooperation, others might even think he was a joke and wouldn't let him in the door.

Even if you get inside, the other party will most likely not accept your proposed conditions, but will instead make exorbitant demands and ask for a bite first.

It's very annoying.

We still need to use connections.

This is a makeshift, amateurish world.

After cursing under his breath, Lin Yi put the matter out of his mind and planned to go to Yanjing in a couple of days to ask Lei Jun if he had any connections.

Lin Yi noted this down in his memo, then took out the phone he used to contact Smith, preparing to send him a message.

As soon as I turned on my phone, a message popped up in the chat group I had joined.

This message is from Eisent.

This is still fresh news.

The message was sent just a few minutes ago.

[Adolf, your design this time was excellent. The general is very satisfied. I will be deploying to Iraq with the Marines for the next period of time, and there may be a period of no communication. So please remind me if the money hasn't arrived.]

(End of this chapter)