Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 456 Soldiers First and Rituals Later

According to the information collected in advance and the situation when I came to the meeting today, if nothing else happened, it should be Zhao Yong, President Zhao who became Changhong's ruler after Ni Runfeng.

Also because of this judgment first, Fang Zhuo took care of Zhao Yong's information.

Zhao Yong had ten months of experience as a general manager in 2000. At that time, he proposed a technology-led strategic slogan.

This is not unusual, especially for a leader with a technical background.

However, the train runs fast, thanks to the headband.

If the front of the car is in the wrong direction... Changhong has indeed taken another fork in the road after Ni Runfeng.

A person cannot stumble twice on the same rock, but two people can stumble twice on two rocks.

Fang Zhuo believes that for Zhao Yong's type, as long as he breaks his technical confidence, he can win in this competition.

Unfortunately, this technical insistence was really wrong.

The battle between plasma and liquid crystal is obviously the victory of liquid crystal, the former is PDP, and the latter is LCD.

Fang Zhuo is not familiar with the abbreviations of these two technologies, but he is familiar with LEDs, which are widely used in later generations. Even billboards in the streets and alleys are all LEDs, which is the so-called advantage of the production chain of all products.

There are enough reasons to believe that after defeating PDP in the market, LCD has been fed back and carried out further technical upgrades to become a more widely used LED.

This is the conclusion that Fang Zhuo drew from the supplementary materials and the reflection of memory.

"Changhong is a domestic color TV company with quite strong technology, but the more this kind of internal and external difficulties, the more attention should be paid to the direction of technological upgrading."

"You can't be superstitious about technology just because of your technical background."

"Everyone, I don't know if you have paid attention to the restless trend of the entire industry around the world."

"Korean companies are ready to move, Panasonic relies on its own technology, and the battle between plasma and LCD is close at hand."

"Among them, Panasonic and Changhong are somewhat similar."

Fang Zhuo stopped calling names in his words. He glanced at the people in the conference room who were listening intently, saw the smile of Deputy Director Mu Wenrui, and said, "Panasonic is also losing money."

Mu Wenrui: "..."

"Panasonic, which is losing money, has a similar idea to dominate the TV industry with plasma." Fang Zhuo continued, "But it is doomed to fail, and it is doomed to be alone."

"Japanese companies have been in decline for two years. Another TV giant, Sony, has suffered much more serious losses than Panasonic."

"Based on my understanding and contact with Sony, I can conclude that Sony is eager to recover its own declining momentum, and cannot insist on plasma. Once LCD gains momentum, it will immediately switch to LCD technology with more rising expectations."

"Manufacturer alliances, production costs, and broad prospects are all advantages of liquid crystal technology."

"Everyone, the place of death and life, the way of life and death, must be observed."

Fang Zhuo made some judgments and admonitions in front of a group of TV professionals, completing a aggressive → hard-hearted face.

However, this group of insiders may not really pay attention to the development of the industry from a global perspective. After all, Changhong is located in the southwest, and the information exchange and business environment are inferior. Now is not the era of "empowering, connecting, and precipitating" casually.

Even people like Zhao Yong, who are confidently seeking to be a leader in listed companies, are like this, let alone others.

A speech from the richest man in the country made everyone savor the insights inside.

The current head of Changhong, Ni Runfeng, who has already been led to discuss the candidate for the crown prince, spoke slowly at this time, expressing his agreement: "Boss Fang's words really awakened people in their dreams."

He continued: "We can't tie ourselves up to plasma technology like grabbing a life-saving straw in a state of loss."

"For the upgrade of plasma and liquid crystal, we need to observe the international situation more, and we must never make the mistake of color tube CRT again. Comrades, that is a painful mistake."

Ni Runfeng was heartbroken. The color tube was the first strategic setback that Changhong encountered.

Fang Zhuo observed the situation in the conference room, saw Mu Wenrui looking at him again, and said, "I'm not an expert, and I'm just talking about it today, but Mr. Xu from Goldman Sachs is definitely an expert. Tell us about it."

He took the lead in applauding to express his welcome to Goldman Sachs Xu Chunde's speech.

There was hesitant applause in the conference room, and it soon became enthusiastic. This was the first applause since the board meeting today.

For a while, the scene seemed to be an industry seminar. Whether it was Mr. Fang's speech based on a global perspective or Goldman Sachs' glittering status, it made a group of people start to think about more possibilities.

Xu Chunde has no stage fright. What he is in charge of is industrial research. Compared with Mr. Fang's outline, it is supported by data demonstrations.

Industry experts from Goldman Sachs seriously introduced the situation to Changhong executives.

Deputy Dong Mu Wenrui took advantage of this opportunity, leaned over to communicate with the richest man in a low voice, and wanted to know the identities of the six people standing behind.

Soon, under the voice of experts, the seats on Fang Zhuo's side slowly increased, and several executives at the end of the conference table had to stand up and listen to the lecture.

Mu Wenrui thought it was Fang's richest man's bodyguard or company assistant before, but he didn't expect that there were hidden dragons and crouching tigers in it, not only a vice president of Goldman Sachs, but also a supervisor who jumped from Sony to Yike. The most important thing is... there is another Associate Director of Supply Chain at Walmart.

They really brought a team of experts to visit Changhong!
When Xu Chunde finished his speech amidst the applause of everyone, Mu Wenrui immediately smiled and said, "Thank you Mr. Xu for your guidance to Changhong. I don't know if we don't talk about it. Only after talking about it did we see that the industrial revolution is just around the corner."

"We Changhong used to be the color TV king who drove out foreign color TVs. Now we can't let ourselves down!"

He looked at Fang's richest man and suggested, "Mr. Fang, we suffered a loss in overseas channels before. How about asking Mr. Li from Wal-Mart to give us a lecture?"

Fang Zhuo has nothing to do. Although in his opinion, technology orientation is more important than overseas channels, he is also happy to further demonstrate his authority.

Li Shaobo, deputy director of supply chain in New York State from Wal-Mart, stood up. Wal-Mart's supply chain is not the United States but the world's best.

However, the content of his speech was quite harsh, and he criticized Changhong's after-sales service for American products. He believed that if this continues, Changhong's products will soon be kicked out of Wal-Mart's American supply.

This situation has something to do with APEX company. After Changhong clearly filed a lawsuit against APEX, that company basically became a state of letting go. If it wasn’t for Yike’s emergency takeover of part of it through its own system, Changhong’s products may have been kicked out. out.

So far, the book value of APEX's goods in the US warehouse is still as high as more than one billion, but it can neither open up other channels in the US, nor can it improve its position in Wal-Mart's supply chain, plus a lot of bad debts , Ji Longfen Xiangjiang Growth Enterprise Market is on the verge of delisting...

Without Yike's help, Changhong's products will only be sold at a low price, and the money will not flow back to China.

Li Shaobo finished his speech.

"Mr. Fang, can you tell us more?" Deputy Dong Mu Wenrui said with a smile.

Fang Zhuo shook his head slightly, he had said everything he had to say, but his own people could still express their opinions.

He looked sideways, called his name, and said, "Lawyer Zhou, tell us about our business transfer contract with APEX in the United States, so that the leaders don't have any doubts."

The lawyers from cadwalader stood up and explained the contract and legal issues. They also talked about Changhong's lawsuit against APEX. This is the business of their own law firm, so there is nothing to say.

When the lawyer finished speaking, Fang Zhuo did not intend to continue speaking for convenience.

From industry development, technology direction to Changhong's overseas supply, legal process, everything that needs to be said has been said, which is enough for the leaders to weigh.

Seeing this, Lu Jingmin of the State-owned Assets Supervision Bureau smiled and said, "Mr. Fang, if you want me to say, really, you are here, so don't leave. You come to lead our Changhong in person. Everyone is convinced and trusts Mr. Mu." There's nothing else to say."

Deputy Director Mu Wenrui also jokingly said: "It makes sense, I agree with both hands, and Mr. Fang comes to Changhong, so I have 1 confidence."

The leaders all laughed, and other people in the meeting room laughed too. However, some people really couldn't laugh, so they couldn't force it.

"I'm a loyal customer of our Changhong, otherwise I wouldn't be close to Mr. Ni." Fang Zhuo responded with a smile, "This time, I came here abruptly, and I was also anxious. If there is any offence, please forgive me."

There was a burst of greetings in the meeting room, and the leaders were very personable.

Now it's obvious that the soldiers are the first and the ceremony is the last, but they just feel that it is natural for people like Mr. Fang to be like this, so what do you want from him?

The leaders never mentioned the discussion about the position of the crown prince. The reason why they valued Zhao Yong before was because of his strong technical background.

But in today's meeting, Zhao Yong did not come up with a convincing point of view in the technical field. There will be internal research on the direction of Changhong's technological upgrade, but Zhao Yong's opinion will be put into question.

The leaders didn't mention it, Zhao Yong himself didn't speak out, Zhao Yong's people were dazzled by Goldman Sachs, Sony, law firms, and overseas, and they didn't dare to raise any objections.

Changhong intends to replace the board of directors of the listed company's leader is coming to an end.

"Mr. Fang, you came all the way here. Tonight we have to cleanse you up." Deputy Dong Mu Wenrui said, "Let's talk about the development of the company."

"No, no, no, when I came here, I told Mr. Ni to eat at his house. I have been drinking a lot these days, and my stomach feels a little uncomfortable." Fang Zhuo declined, "I am here to help maintain Changhong's overseas channels. It’s long, let me take a rest today, and tomorrow I will apologize to the leaders.”

"Oh, Mr. Fang, you are offended by saying this. You are our overseas partner of Changhong. For the sake of enterprise development, can't you tell the truth?"

Mu Wenrui tried a few more words of persuasion, but seeing that Fang Zhuo really insisted, he had no choice but to give up.

The Board of Directors ended with an unexpected ending.

Changhong's middle and high-level executives left the venue one after another. There were too many discussions in today's meeting, and they needed to go back and analyze and study in twos and threes.

Fang Zhuo shook hands with the four leaders one by one, and finally Lu Jingmin, the deputy director of the state-owned assets.

"Boss Fang, it's been a hard trip this time."

"Ju Lu, I must give you face for dinner tomorrow." Fang Zhuo extended an invitation to this man, "Ju Lu has to preside over the overall situation today. After meeting with Ju Lu, I will feel at ease."

Lu Jingmin smiled, shook hands a little harder, and said nothing.

The leaders did not intend to leave immediately, and the same was true for Zhao Yong's family. It seemed that there was still some private communication, after all, today's plan was reversed.

Fang Zhuo and Ni Runfeng walked out of the conference room first, went downstairs, and walked to the hotel entrance.

Fang Zhuo arranged for his own people to go back to the hotel, and then said to Ni Runfeng bitterly: "Old Ni, old Ni, it's time to fight. I've already arrived here, why are you still hesitating?"

He was talking about Ni Runfeng's hesitation when Deputy Dong Mu Wenrui proposed that Zhao Yong was the general manager, which made him very dissatisfied at that moment.

Ni Runfeng smiled wryly: "Mr. Fang, that was my suggestion in the conference room when you were not here, saying that Zhao Yong should come to the company to adapt first. When you come, Mr. Mu will block me with this."

Fang Zhuo suddenly realized that it was so.

The two exchanged a few words and talked while walking, and they were going to go to Ni Runfeng's house by car to talk again.

Fang Zhuo took a few steps, stopped and waited for the car to adjust its position and drive closer.

Suddenly, he heard chirping birds next to him, looked sideways, waved his hands casually at the tree, and a few birds circled and flew away.

"Are there magpies? Are there any magpies at night?" Fang Zhuo got into the car and said with a smile, "Is it going to rain? When I came, the weather on this flight was not in line with the forecast."

The car drove away slowly.

Zhao Yong and his party, who had just come out of the hotel, saw this scene and did not make a sound.

Zhong Jiexin, the director of the Southwest Region, quietly glanced at Deputy Zhao, and silently swallowed what he wanted to say just now.

When the magpie came, the magpie was driven away again.

……

A meeting in Changhong ended, and many participants felt that this symbolized something important.

The four leaders who participated in the meeting today started calling on the way home, and they all meant the same thing, serious and urgent.

"Tomorrow, just tomorrow, don't forget to ask your nephew to buy Changhong's stock. You should call him now and tell him it was me."

"The past is the past! You sold it before, but you buy it now. What do you know!"

"The spare money can be bought, what can go wrong with my eyesight?"

The listed company Changhong Electric ushered in good news, which is the most symbolic thing.

Regardless of the medium and long term, the news that the country's richest man and Changhong have reached an overseas cooperation in a short period of time can stimulate the stock price!
The country's richest man, Yikeben, which has just been listed in the United States, has done well overseas. This is a well-known fact. Now that it has taken over Changhong's overseas stalls to help the weak with the strong, why is the stock price not rising?
Leaders are still confident in their vision.

Be a leader, sell what should be sold, buy what should be bought, and exchange what should be exchanged. If you can’t handle such things well, why should you be a leader?

As for other things, Changhong's technology upgrade direction needs to be carefully discussed, and Changhong's overseas sales seem to have new growth possibilities for boosting GDP.

(End of this chapter)