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Chapter 2893 Responsible

The afternoon discussion started with Qualcomm again.

However, the process went much more smoothly than in the morning.

Giving a conclusion is answering the question.

Several leaders raised more than a dozen questions about industrial development in succession. Zhou Buqi answered three of them, and the other questions were answered by his peers. Everyone worked together and moved forward in this general direction.

Afterwards, the topic extended from Qualcomm to more industry difficulties brought about by the supply chain.

Forced buying and selling has been unacceptable since ancient times.

But the reality is that there are many gray areas in every industry and there are many cases of bundling sales.

For example, buying a limited edition Hermès bag.

Just giving money is not enough.

Must be matched.

Consumers have to buy a bunch of Hermès' less popular products first, such as Hermès hair bands, shoe laces, pen holders, brooches, packaging bags, mobile phone cases, etc., spend several million first, and then they have the opportunity to get the limited edition bags they want.

It is not surprising that Qualcomm's chip sales are bundled with a bunch of patents that mobile phone manufacturers don't need.

Other suppliers also have this behavior to a greater or lesser extent.

After a brief understanding, among the mobile phone manufacturers present here, except for the giants such as Asda, Huawei, ZTE and Lenovo, the other manufacturers have basically encountered bundling sales requirements from suppliers, not only foreign suppliers, but domestic suppliers as well.

The reason for bundling sales is that some "junk" items really cannot be sold.

They can only rely on their monopoly position to sell it out compulsorily.

Now, the news has spread privately.

Boss Zhou is very responsible and seems to be willing to step forward to solve this problem.

Zhou Buqi did not disappoint everyone. He spoke into the microphone and explained: "Qualcomm's situation is different from other suppliers. Qualcomm's forced bundling is to make more money. Qualcomm's profit margin is as high as 70%, and it is still using forced buying and selling. Other suppliers are more to reduce losses. Just like BOE in China, it has been losing money for more than ten years. In order to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, there is no other way. We all run companies and do business, so this kind of thing can be understood."

After a pause, he continued, "However, these are all difficulties in the mobile phone industry from the supply side, and should also be the topic of today's discussion. Today's industry symposium is about the survival of domestic mobile phone manufacturers under pressure from the supply side."

Since Boss Zhou is willing to step forward and help, everyone is naturally happy.

Happy from top to bottom.

After all, everyone knows that he has a magic wand in his hand, and he can use his extraordinary imagination to solve many seemingly impossible business problems.

Director Qiao half-jokingly said: "If President Zhou takes action, I believe there will be no problem that cannot be solved. If necessary, our Industry Department can also help coordinate and optimize the allocation of industry resources as much as possible to maximize the advantages of domestic industry resources."

Zhou Buqi nodded and said slowly, "My main business is not making mobile phones, and I don't pay much attention to these things. Yesterday, Mr. Bai from Meizu came to me and said that they encountered forced sales of Samsung LCD screens. I thought it was inappropriate, so I helped. Later, I learned more about the situation and realized that this is a common phenomenon in the industry. Even if I helped Meizu, Samsung would still force sales of the remaining products in their hands to other mobile phone manufacturers. I don't think this is the right way to solve the problem."

  As soon as these words came out, everyone was very excited. The meaning was very clear!

Boss Zhou is serious about this!

He doesn't want indicators, he wants to address the root cause!

There are now more than fifty people in the conference room, and all the focus is on the youngest person here.

However, it is somewhat inappropriate for so many old guys to watch him perform alone.

Director Qiao has a high EQ and can control the situation very well. He smiled and said, "Mr. Guo, I see you want to speak. Do you want to say anything?"

Mr. Guo is a big shot in the mobile phone industry and the boss of Coolpad. He said in a high-sounding manner: "The domestic development is very fast, and consumers' demand for products is getting higher and higher. Of course, there is a more important point, that is, our mobile phone manufacturers have stricter self-requirements and are actively building brands and making long-term plans. This is a good thing. If you want to pursue higher mobile phone quality, everyone will be very cautious about purchasing leftovers from suppliers. Some repair shops can use some leftovers to repair mobile phones, which is still okay. No one will take risks in the production of new phones."

Director Qiao smiled and said, "Those scattered repair shops may not be able to absorb such a large industrial surplus, and the rising Huaqiangbei may not be enough. What do you think, Mr. Zhou?"

Zhou Buqi was reminded, nodded to him, and then smiled and said: "Indeed, this is ultimately due to overcapacity. All industries seem to have encountered such difficulties in recent years. The country has already given a good guideline to solve the problem of overcapacity, which is to open up overseas markets."

Director Qiao said happily: "It is not easy to expand overseas markets, but we all know that Mr. Zhou is very successful in doing business overseas. It seems that there is no market in this world that you cannot conquer."

Zhou Buqi was a bit embarrassed. "To be honest, I don't have a specific feasible plan for what to do. At noon, I talked with Mr. Zhuang of Tianyu for a long time. He introduced Tianyu's development in the Indian market, which is not optimistic. Smartphones are very sophisticated technological products. It is not easy to smoothly transform from feature phones to smartphones."

After a pause, Zhou Buqi continued, "But as Mr. Guo said just now, the country is developing very fast and the people's demands are getting higher and higher. However, there are many more countries in the world that are at the level of basic survival needs, and there is a huge market here."

Director Qiao was in charge of this business. He had the most detailed industry data in his hands, and he immediately said, "Indeed, it is true! In the field of smartphones, it is very difficult to export domestic smartphones. Except for Estar, other domestic smartphones have a negligible market share overseas. Feature phones are different. In the past year, a total of 1.6 million domestic mobile phones were exported, of which 1 million were feature phones. The main export destination is some underdeveloped countries and regions."

Mr. Zhuang of Tianyu was given the opportunity to speak. "The market demand for feature phones is still huge, but most of them are manufactured by local mobile phone manufacturers. Because feature phones are simple in technology and easy to produce, many underdeveloped regions have their own mobile phone companies. Compared with local mobile phone manufacturers, domestic feature phone manufacturers have comprehensive crushing advantages, whether in supply chain management, technology research and development, product design or manufacturing costs, they have huge competitive advantages."

Here are some words.

The domestic feature phones he mentioned mainly refer to domestic copycat phones.

The old and serious feature phone manufacturers, such as China Coollink, have all transformed into smartphones, and the feature phone business has become a marginal business that is not worth mentioning. After Asda acquired Motorola, it even directly abandoned the feature phone business.

Zhou Buqi said: "In recent years, with the development of the smartphone industry, many domestic feature phone manufacturers have fallen into difficulties, and many have even gone bankrupt, causing local economic turmoil and massive unemployment. Even excellent feature phone manufacturers such as Tianyu and Jinli have encountered many troubles. Next, I intend to integrate this industry and then fully take over the supply-side tail goods. On the one hand, it can solve the problem of a large number of feature phone manufacturers in the south going bankrupt, and on the other hand, it can also free our excellent domestic smartphone manufacturers from tail goods."

This is really a bit shocking.

  This is a big deal!

It’s easier said than done!

If the overseas market were so easy, the opportunity would have been snatched away by them long ago, and Zhou Buqi would not have had a chance at all.

Regardless of whether he will succeed or not, just looking at the way he handles the industry's predicament is enough to make people admire him.

What a tough guy!

  Be courageous and have spirit!

Dare to take responsibility!

Or they say he is the richest man in the world, and he makes so much money at such a young age.

Risks and opportunities coexist. The narrower the road, the more gold mines are hidden. Behind the difficulties, you can see a more beautiful rainbow.

When others encounter difficulties, they all hide away.

Boss Zhou is different. When faced with difficulties, he will stand up bravely, be responsible and lead everyone forward!