Top of the Great Era

Chapter 1709 President Zhou is too sincere
Zheng Zhongchun is surrounded by two movie actresses, showing that the chaebol family can do whatever they want.The handwriting is also very large, directly booking the leisure area of ​​more than 300 square meters on the first floor.

In front of the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, several people were sitting on the sofa drinking a bottle of Bordeaux red wine that was said to have been preserved for more than 20 years. Looking out the window at the gorgeous night view of Seoul's bustling Gangnam District, it was quite stylish.

It's a pity that Song Qianqian's coffee status is too low.

She can be regarded as a popular girl group group now, and her popularity is higher than those two movie actors around Zheng Zhongchun.But sitting together and chatting, it was obvious that the two actresses looked down on Song Qianqian and ignored her.On the contrary, he complimented Zheng Zhongchun's Assistant Jin and Boss Zhou's Secretary Ning, trying to find something to chat about.

However, these two assistants don't have time to gossip with entertainment stars.

They also have to work with the big boss.

Although the two bosses communicate in English, this is not their mother tongue after all. They may have trouble speaking or not understanding clearly when communicating, so they need an assistant with better language skills to save the situation.

The last time we talked about cooperation in the Internet industry, Zheng Zhongchun was the face of the Zheng family, and he was considered an old acquaintance.

Zhou Buqi talked about the current new Internet situation, "Kakao is developing rapidly, and it is time to consider a new round of financing."

"Well, I know, Kakaotalk is very successful, and I'm a loyal user. Since using this product, I hardly ever send text messages."

Zheng Zhongchun laughed, but his expression was cautious.

He also heard.

Samsung wants to invest in Kakao!

This will not work!

Hyundai will definitely not do business with Samsung, and would rather not do it, and will not cooperate.

Zhou Buqi said solemnly: "Mr. Zheng, in terms of business, from Kakao's point of view, introducing Hyundai and Samsung's capital at the same time will be more conducive to the future development of this company."

Zheng Zhongchun said in a deep voice: "No, there can only be one Kakao board of directors."

"It's not in Kakao's interest."

"This is the national condition."

"Ok?"

Zhou Buqi raised his eyebrows.

Zheng Zhongchun said: "Hyundai and Samsung will not cooperate, which will cause a lot of unnecessary troubles. The Blue House has been promoting de-chaebolization over the years. Just like what Japan did."

Zhou Buqi was too lazy to understand the current domestic political situation in South Korea, so he simply went straight to the point, "If you choose a partner, Samsung is more suitable?"

Previously, Zhou Buqi and Zheng Zhongchun had cooperated.

However, that is not Kakao, but another e-commerce company, JTmall, the Korean version of Jingtao.At that time, Hyundai Group invested 500 million US dollars and held a 12.5% ​​stake in JTmall.

But Kakao is different.

Kim Beom-soo worked for Samsung in his early years. When the Internet company he led chose investors, it seemed more reasonable to choose to cooperate with Samsung.

Zheng Zhongchun's face changed slightly, "Mr. Zhou, over the past year or so, we have established a very friendly cooperative relationship. Do you want to change the status quo for the sake of Samsung?"

Zhou Buqi sighed, "It's not that I want to change, it's... the smartphone market, why is there such a big gap between Hyundai and Samsung?"

Zheng Zhongchun's face froze immediately.

Nothing can be said.

Ten years ago, Hyundai mobile phones could be described as Megatron, definitely number one in the Korean market.Even exported to North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and other countries and regions.According to the sales statistics of Verizon, an American operator giant, Hyundai mobile phones were the largest mobile phone brand in the United States!

But later the Zheng family had internal strife and separated.

The biggest beneficiary of modern internal strife is Samsung, which has taken away many businesses, including the mobile phone business.In the past few years, the mobile phone business of Hyundai Group has been getting worse and worse.

Last year, Zhou Buqi came to South Korea and reached a certain agreement with Hyundai Group, which is a package of cooperation.In addition to investing together in the Internet field, it is mainly the mobile phone business.

Asda is too young, and overseas channels have not been established at all.

The modern mobile phone sales market has been cultivated in Europe, America, the Middle East, Africa and other places for many years.Asda has sold more than 3000 million mobile phones in the past year, which is also due to modern channels.

However, Hyundai can only be greedy.

Not to mention opening up overseas markets, the domestic market can no longer survive.

Especially in the era of smart phones, the iPhone entered South Korea last year, and Samsung and LG also launched smart phones with Android system, and the three mobile phones almost occupied the entire South Korea.

And modern phones...

I am still working on multimedia mobile phones sluggishly, and the two mid-range phones launched this year that cost more than $300 are not smart phones, they are really useless.

Zheng Zhongchun was helpless and could only explain.

There are specializations in the technology industry, and Hyundai is good at physical engineering products, such as making cars, elevators, refrigerators, and lathes... Although mobile phones are also physical products, in the past few years, mobile phones have become more and more empty. more and more important.Especially for smart phones, the pros and cons of the operating system have become the core elements of evaluating a smart phone.

With the development of mobile phone replacement, modern mobile phones have been a bit behind the times.

However, Zheng Zhongchun also said that Hyundai will not give up the mobile phone business. Hyundai has a group of loyal users in South Korea... Among other things, the total number of employees of Hyundai Group is more than [-]. They are all required to use Hyundai mobile phones by order. Only this one executive order can guarantee the survival of modern mobile phones.

Zhou Buqi shook his head, "This is not the way."

"Do you have a good idea?"

Zheng Zhongchun's heart skipped a beat, he heard that Boss Zhou had come here and he meant something.

Zhou Buqi glanced at him, and said calmly: "For Ziweixing and Kakao, the choice that is most in line with their own interests is to let Hyundai and Samsung join Kakao's board of directors. If it is not suitable, you can only choose one of the two... I The most important thing in business is integrity and friendship. I believe there can be 100% trust between Hyundai and Ziweixing.”

Zheng Zhongchun was very happy and surprised, "Really? You have already decided? Kakao will give up Samsung?"

"not enough!"

Zhou Buqi shook his head.

"Ok?"

Zheng Zhongchun raised his eyebrows, still a little confused.

Zhou Buqi said calmly: "When I do business, I have always treated my partners with 100% sincerity. Since I chose to cooperate with Hyundai, of course I would give up Samsung. Since I chose to cooperate with Hyundai, I can help I'm busy, so naturally I want to help, let's fight against Samsung together."

Zheng Zhongchun said with a smile: "NHN is behind Samsung, and they have already dominated the Internet market. If Kakao and JTmall can really do it, they can break this pattern. This is the greatest help."

Zhou Buqi looked deeply into his eyes, "There is still a mobile phone!"

"cell phone?"

"The world's most popular smartphone is Aster, crushing Samsung!"

"This..." Zheng Zhongchun frowned slightly, still unable to understand Boss Zhou's intentions, "But it's not the same in Korea. Except for the iPhone, other mobile phone brands are difficult to enter. Even the iPhone, the sales volume is very low. Aster in It may be difficult to open up the market here.”

At this time, Zheng Zhongchun felt a little uneasy.

Aster's sales in South Korea are through modern channels, and modern operators help with sales.But the sales volume is too poor. In the past year, more than 1000 million mobile phones were sold in South Korea, and the sales volume of Aster was less than 2.

It's not that Hyundai doesn't work hard, it's that it really can't sell.

Korean people support domestic brands.

Unless... Hyundai Group comes up with some new means, an administrative order goes on, requiring Hyundai Group and all employees of Hyundai Group related companies to use Aster mobile phones.

If this is done, the sales of Aster3 may reach 100 million.

But this is seriously not in the interest of Hyundai Group.

The employees are all buying Aster, what about their own modern mobile phones?If Boss Zhou really made such a request, it would be really embarrassing.

Zhou Buqi laughed and said, "Don't worry, I'm not doing a stress test or negotiating with you. As I said, I will do my best to support our partners. Modern mobile phones have a glorious history. In the past In the past few years, Samsung and LG have come from behind, and I am not reconciled to seeing it as an outsider. I think that modern mobile phones need further help from Asda.”

"help?"

Zheng Zhongchun's heart was shaken and he couldn't believe it.

real or fake?

How can there be such a business deal?

Kakao rejected Samsung's capital and chose to cooperate with Hyundai, which is a very favorable term.Normally speaking, Hyundai has to pay certain benefits to realize this cooperation.

Unexpectedly, instead of asking for benefits, Boss Zhou took the initiative to give benefits to Hyundai, to help Hyundai mobile phones against Samsung!
Is it too righteous?

Is this the pattern and mind of a world-class entrepreneur?

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "I heard that modern mobile phones have the most advanced production lines, information management systems and 100% automatic detection capabilities in the world."

Zheng Zhongchun is somewhat proud, "The production line and management system are imported from abroad. Although they are advanced, they are not too leading. But the automatic inspection line is the only one in the world. It is the ultra-low defective rate and ultra-high quality of modern mobile phones. Quality Assurance."

"I'm very interested. Can you arrange it? I'll go and have a look."

Zhou Buqi also heard from Zhou Shaoning.

Hyundai is different from Nokia, Motorola, Apple, Samsung and other mobile phone manufacturers. The Hyundai Group behind Hyundai has the production capacity of large-scale engineering production lines.

They can build cars, they can build lathes.

The automatic inspection production line of Hyundai mobile phones is tailor-made for its own business. Its level of automation ranks first in the world, and it has achieved 100% coverage of mobile phone chips, memory and other components.

In other words, every modern mobile phone that leaves the factory is theoretically 100% good.

The general automatic detection capability in the market is only 80%, so it can only be compensated by other means, which not only affects efficiency, but also increases expenses, and the yield rate is not guaranteed.

Estar also needs such a test production line.

From the perspective of Asda's own business development, it is also necessary to cooperate with modern mobile phones.Modern mobile phones are so weak that they will not create competitive pressure on Asda.

(End of this chapter)