Top of the Great Era

Chapter 2896 Waste Recycling

Zhou Buqi was actually very unhappy about being disturbed like this.

Even though these two girls look quite pretty.

But since he has come here and is so humble, it would be bad to not give him face, otherwise it would be too arrogant.

"Okay, have a drink."

Zhou Buqi picked up his red wine and clinked glasses with the two of them.

The two actresses had about a third of the wine in their glasses, and they drank it all in one gulp. Zhou Buqi just took a small sip, but did not invite them to sit down. This was very ungentlemanly. He and Lei Jun had no female companions tonight, so the seats were empty.

I guess these two beautiful actresses saw this opportunity and dared to take the risk and take a gamble.

Zhou Buqi didn't give them a chance. He pointed at Lei Jun across from him and said with a smile, "This is Mr. Lei. We are discussing business."

"Oh, hello, Mr. Lei. I'm Yanxi, Chen Yanxi, and I'm coming to the mainland to film The Return of the Condor Heroes. This is my friend Qiao En, whose last name is Chen like mine, and she's also an actress. In this year's martial arts drama Swordsman, she played Dongfang Bubai."

Chen Yanxi and another actress were a little confused because they had finished their drinks and were too embarrassed to ask for Mr. Zhou's red wine on the table, so they could only nod in greeting. They were not young girls anymore and had been in this industry for so many years, so they naturally understood what Mr. Zhou meant.

  They are talking about business, don't disturb them!

I was very disappointed and could only leave with my good sister beside me with a little resentment.

After they left, Lei Jun joked, "You are so popular with women. I envy you!"

Zhou Buqi said, "That's because you haven't made it out of the circle, so they don't know you. If you hype yourself up and make it out of the circle, they will be just as enthusiastic about you. Who would want to have a hard time with a rich boss? Especially in the entertainment circle in Taiwan, the culture of sponsors is prevalent."

The godfather culture in the mainland was brought over from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

To be precise, the most exaggerated ones are in Taiwan.

Even after decades of development, the godfather culture has acquired more cultural symbols. It is no longer just a relationship between female stars and big money sponsors, but has become popular in society. For example, a program was sponsored by Robust. When introducing the sponsor, it would say: "Thank you for the sponsorship and support of our godfather Robust."

Lei Jun shook his head repeatedly and said, "Forget it. I'd better focus on running my business!"

"Huh?" Zhou Buqi looked at him strangely. "You don't think I'm kidding, do you? This is the Internet age. Whoever can grab the traffic can catch the user's attention. Isn't this corporate marketing? How popular was Steve Jobs? Look at Musk, who makes rockets. He posts dozens of tweets a day. He wishes that everyone in the world didn't know him."

Lei Jun became serious, "Is it really out of the circle?"

Zhou Buqi said, "Yes, look at those entrepreneurs on Weibo, aren't they all thinking in the same way? I see you don't seem to be very interested in operating Weibo. Building a corporate brand is too difficult, and it takes years of accumulation. When an entrepreneur's personal IP is built up, it is actually the brand image of the company. In many cases, entrepreneurs are the spokespersons for the company. This is a trend, especially for technology companies."

Lei Jun waved his hand, "I'm not like you. I can't speak and my image is not good."

Zhou Buqi said: "Only when you are poor can you feel close to others. If you are as good as me, you will feel distant from the public and it will be difficult for me to stand out."

"Uh……"

Lei Jun twitched his lips, but it was difficult for him to refute.

Then he turned the topic to the copycat mobile phone industry.

I just feel that it is not decent for Mr. Zhou, the big boss, to do such things.

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "It's not like I'm going to do it directly. When the time comes, Xiaomi will still have to help."

"Ah?" Lei Jun was shocked. "How can Xiaomi help? Xiaomi's biggest goal now is to clear the domestic copycat phone industry out of the market and let good money drive out bad money."

Zhou Buqi said: "We never planned to enter the domestic market. These knockoff phones...are actually the kind of phones with not very good quality and super low prices. They can be feature phones, but there must also be some smart phones, which are aimed at some third world countries with very weak economies. When the time comes, any obsolete designs and plans from Xiaomi, as well as some remaining spare parts and so on, can be transferred to us."

“Waste recycling?”

Lei Jun couldn't help laughing. Zhou Buqi said solemnly with a serious face: "You are right, it is waste recycling! Now iPhone and Samsung are both produced in China. I estimate that in a few years, 90% of the world's mobile phone manufacturing will be completed in China, and more than one billion mobile phones may be produced a year. The production of so many mobile phones will definitely generate a lot of production waste. Just like the supplier's tail goods discussed at the industry conference today, these are actually industry resources that can be reused. And as Director Qiao said today, many companies will have overcapacity due to wrong decisions. These excess capacities can't just be wasted like this."

Dealing with excess capacity requires more than just thrift.

The survival status on the supply chain side is actually very dangerous.

Because in industrial cooperation, mobile phone manufacturers often have to borrow first and repay later.

For example, Xiaomi plans to order 1000 million domestically produced Scud batteries.

Xiaomi will not pay.

Feimaotui first needs to find a way to get a loan, bear the cost to produce these 1000 million batteries, and then deliver them. After a period of 6-10 months, when Xiaomi's mobile phones are sold and the payment is received, the money will be paid to the supplier.

Xiaomi is a big company, so there will definitely be no problem in cooperating with us.

But the competition in the mobile phone industry is too fierce.

Many mobile phone companies went bankrupt overnight.

  The question arises: what should the mobile phone company do with the money it owes to suppliers?

Using inventory to pay off debts, how can this inventory be digested and how can it be converted into real money?

  Or, what if the supplier has produced the product, but the mobile phone company changes its mind or goes bankrupt and no longer needs it?

The suppliers themselves will have to bear the consequences.

Once this happens, suppliers will be harassed by banks for debt repayment and may end up going bankrupt.

Just like a certain real estate company, it owed 2 trillion yuan, of which more than 1 trillion yuan was owed to suppliers... This was simply a bloodbath in the industry. A large number of suppliers fell into bankruptcy crisis or went bankrupt on the spot, including even seven or eight large state-owned enterprises with strong strength.

The bankruptcy of a company is not a big deal, but the chain reaction that will lead to the collapse of the entire industry is.

The same is true for the mobile phone industry.

Fortunately, the mobile phone industry is mainly based on market economy, and there will not be a blood-sucking of up to 70% like the real estate industry. In addition, mobile phone manufacturers such as China Cool Alliance, Xiaomi, OPPO, Hisense, and Haier are all very reliable, so there is no risk of large-scale paralysis in the industrial structure.

However, there are always accidents, and some suppliers will go bankrupt due to bad debts of payment for goods.

This was not eliminated by the market, this was eliminated by accident.

That's such a shame.

What Zhou Buqi wants to do now is to set up a "copycat phone manufacturer" so that he can solve this problem well, absorb the excess resources in the industry, and take in many outdated and obsolete supply-side spare parts.

  It is outdated in China, but it is still advanced in many countries!

Lei Jun's thoughts were a little off, so he asked tentatively, "Did someone remind you? There is a call for the 'Belt and Road' initiative. The countries that can participate in the response must be some extremely poor countries, except for the war-torn countries in the Middle East and those places in Africa. Are you doing this to cooperate with the authorities? Or are you actively participating in political speculation?"

Zhou Buqi's forehead was black, "Never thought about it!"

"is it?"

Lei Jun didn't quite believe it.

The “One Belt, One Road” initiative has been announced, and it is foreseeable that a big push will be made in the future. With trillions of dollars invested, some results will be achieved. With so much money invested by the country, domestic companies will be able to get some concessions and preferential treatment when they do business there.

It fits perfectly with Boss Zhou's plan.

He must have thought so!

Zhou Buqi said angrily: "Do I need to engage in such speculation when I am doing business? Now there are two large markets with strong demand. The market determines everything!"