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Chapter 2901 Cultural Advantage

The morning seminar ended successfully.

All kinds of suggestions and materials are summarized and reported, and then it depends on how the decision-makers deal with them.

Originally, the department wanted to organize a celebration party at the Capital Hotel to celebrate the successful completion of the industry symposium. This was a victory conference and a unity conference. But the businessmen were unwilling to hold such empty activities because everyone had a lot of things to take care of in the company.

With someone taking the lead, the scene quickly ended.

Zhou Buqi didn't go either.

I made an appointment with Zhou Shaoning and Lei Jun to have dinner together.

It wasn't some high-end restaurant.

Just a simple beef ramen restaurant on the side of the road.

While eating, Zhou Buqi and Lei Jun were recognized by several young people and were pulled out to take several photos with them.

While eating, we mainly communicated an idea.

Boss Zhou wants to integrate the domestic copycat phone industry and create a copycat phone giant to compete in the international market. However, the domestic copycat phone manufacturers do not have many outstanding talents, not only technical talents, but also talents in marketing and operations.

For example, Tianyu, which is the largest copycat mobile phone manufacturer in China, can’t even play in the Indian market. A mere restriction on IMEI codes has trapped them.

It is not difficult to integrate the domestic copycat mobile phone industry.

It costs almost nothing.

Now the counterfeit phone manufacturers in the eastern Guangdong province are really going out of business in droves. Even the first-line big companies like Tianyu and Jinli that are trying to transform their industry have little vitality.

However, the difficulty lies in who can manage this business and operate it reasonably.

There must be talented people!

  Where to find talents?

We still need help from Astar and Xiaomi.

Zhou Shaoning naturally had no questions.

Asda is the largest mobile phone manufacturer in China. Looking at the world, it can compete with Samsung. Not only is its sales volume high in China, but it is also very competitive in the international market. As a result, most of the talents in the domestic mobile phone industry have joined Asda.

Some work in China, while others are sent overseas.

There are even many foreign executives under the company.

Zhou Buqi was not interested in those foreigners. He said, "If you want to develop markets in Africa, the Middle East, India, and South Asia, you must send teams from home and abroad to manage them. No one can be trusted except our own people! Especially in a harsh place like Africa, it is impossible to succeed without a spirit of hard work and perseverance."

Zhou Shaoning nodded, "That's true. If we develop business in the United States, we can hire an American as the American president; if we develop business in the United Kingdom, we can hire a British person as the British president; if we develop business in France, we can also trust the French to manage. However, some non-mainstream countries are not so good. Not to mention unreliable places like Africa and South Asia, even if we go to Russia, we can't trust those old Russians. We have to send our own people to be the presidents of the divisions."

Zhou Buqi said: "So we should pay tribute to Huawei. Their global operation model has been tested in practice. This should be the best strategy for domestic companies to develop overseas. Adopting a unified strategy of sending people from home and abroad can target any market in the world. But if you hire locals, it will be difficult to build business in most countries and regions." Zhou Shaoning smiled and said: "This is also the biggest advantage of domestic companies in international competition. There are enough talents in the country, and they are hardworking and have a stronger professional spirit. No country in the world has such an advantage. If an American company wants to send people to Africa to manage its business, even Microsoft and Google, it is almost impossible for them to do so. Even if they do send people there, it is difficult to send first-class talents. They can only go to Africa to make a living because they have failed in local competition. If their abilities are poor, their competitiveness will be weakened."

Zhou Buqi nodded. "I heard that Samsung has a market in Africa?"

Zhou Shaoning said: "Yes, whether it is the TV business or the mobile phone business, Samsung has done well in Africa, at least better than those companies in Europe and the United States. A very important reason is that Koreans are also in the Confucian cultural circle, and the cultural attributes are similar to those in China, so they can send the best people to Africa. With excellent talent management, market performance will naturally be better."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "However, there are too few Koreans."

Zhou Shaoning said: "Yes, this is South Korea's biggest limitation. It seems that in the TV business, domestic TVs dominate the African market. Samsung's strategy is quite correct, but it is limited by the poor environment in South Korea. There are more opportunities than people, so it is difficult for a good cook to make a meal without rice. The situation in China is different. There are many people and few opportunities. Too many excellent people can't find jobs. Even if they go to Africa, there are many excellent talents willing to fight for such opportunities."

Lei Jun was in a lot of trouble and said quickly, "Don't even think about Xiaomi. We don't have enough staff right now! I have to interview two senior executives later, and we don't have any extra people to support us."

Zhou Buqi said: "Anyway, we will help in whatever way we can. When the time comes, we will set up a new company. Xiaomi and Astar will both contribute money and participate as core shareholders. Let's do this together!"

We still have to bring Xiaomi in.

To Zhou Buqi, Aisda and Xiaomi are his biological son and godson respectively, and they have similar status and interests.

It is still necessary to minimize the business conflicts between Astar and Xiaomi.

The reason why Transsion was able to carve out a legendary market in Africa is mainly because it entered the market early. When other mobile phone manufacturers were competing fiercely in China, Transsion knew that it was no match for them, so it moved its market overseas early and focused on the African market.

As long as we work hard, it will not be difficult to capture the African market with so many competitive advantages at home.

However, as time went by, things were different.

The major reshuffle of the domestic mobile phone industry has ended, with only a few giants left to divide the market.

In order to find more growth points, these mobile phone giants can only look overseas and go overseas one after another. Once they go overseas, especially seeing how well Transsion is developing in Africa, they will not be polite and will follow suit and enter the African market.

Competition immediately broke out.

At this stage, voice transmission is definitely not going to work.

Whether it is industrial resources, supply chain channels or talent reserves, Transsion can never be a match for these mobile phone giants. As time goes by, it will only slowly lose ground. Mobile phone manufacturers such as Xiaomi, OV and Huawei will be more competitive.

Instead of this, it would be better to resolve this dispute structurally as early as possible.

Let both Astar and Xiaomi get involved.

Let’s work on this knockoff phone project together.

In order to prevent Xiaomi from becoming jealous when the African market becomes developed in the future, Lei Jun also brought his men in alone.

(End of this chapter)