"You're dreaming! Even if it's shipped from China, with the tariffs added, it's still cheaper than local production."

Cheap labor and the advantages of the entire industry chain cannot be explained in just a few words.

Liu Zijie knew this would happen, but still refused to give up persuading them, "We must properly respect the interests of our local allies. After all, Lion City International is a key enterprise supported by the Lijiapo authorities.

If it doesn’t have enough orders, it will be difficult to explain to all parties. The next step is to sell products overseas, which also requires local support.”

He was completely public-spirited and considered the long-term interests. "I found that many Chinese people who do business prefer to pursue immediate benefits and do not set up factories in the local area to contribute taxes and jobs.

They will also dump a large number of products there, and most of the money earned will be taken back to expand production in the country, and all the benefits will be theirs.

If things go on like this, the interests of the sales market will not be fully protected, and it will easily create a rebellious mentality among consumers.

It is easy for competitors to seize the opportunity to stir up hostility, which will be difficult to resolve in the end, after all, we do not have core competitiveness in our hands.”

"There is no absolute fairness in international trade. Different countries have different levels of education and industrialization, so the division of labor is naturally different.

Relying on the sound domestic industrial system, we have a great competitive advantage in cost. In the early stages of development, we should quickly seize the market while competitors are not able to react.

Rather than dispersing limited resources, smartphone manufacturing is not Internet instant messaging after all.”

His fingers tapped the table rhythmically. Under Liu Zijie's gaze, he slowly spoke:

“The plan to set up a factory in Lijiaopo is unrealistic in the short term.

However, the company can make a long-term development plan, based in China, using Southeast Asia as a bridgehead and radiating to the world.

How about it, isn’t this plan grand enough?

It should be no problem to deal with Temasek, right? "

Liu Zijie was so amused by this that he said, "Then you should reply to Temasek in person. I'm afraid I can't fulfill such a big promise."

"What are you afraid of? Three-year plan and five-year implementation. Just give them hope."

Li Zehua smiled and said, "Temasek has the will but not the capability to get ahead of the development of smartphones.

There are so many markets, and each one has different demands. It is not easy for a city of millions of people to always want to become an economic center! "

The Financial and Trade Center is okay. After all, all parties compromised with each other and finally acquiesced.

"I don't agree with this statement. How about you wait for Mr. Lin to come and talk to him in person?"

Liu Zijie glanced at his phone and said, "Calculating the time, it should be almost time."

"What is Mr. Lin?"

Li Zehua asked doubtfully: "Lin Wenhui?"

Then he realized, "The surprise Mr. Wu mentioned is him?"

After getting a positive answer, he stood up suddenly and asked, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? What time is your flight?"

"Boss Wu went to the airport to meet us personally, and he should be back soon."

Liu Zijie spoke quickly: "Also accompanying us are Lin Wendi, the deputy general manager of the Lijiapo branch, and Zheng Junquan, the former vice president of Motorola's Southeast Asia division.

Mr. Zheng was recommended by your assistant Guo Xinyi. After the branch office contacted him, we found that he is very knowledgeable about the smartphone business.

Moreover, he has developed extremely deep personal connections in Southeast Asia, which can help the company quickly gain a foothold in the local area.

Not only that, he is also very familiar with telecommunications companies in various places and can also provide assistance in the promotion of WeChat.

In summary, the branch intends to recommend him to be the person in charge of overseas product sales business."

“All talent companies are warmly welcomed.

But you guys are trying to surprise me, right?"

Li Zehua waved his hand unhappily, "Such a big thing, you kept it from me alone?"

After saying that, he called Wu Yibin, and sure enough, he was already on his way back to the company, and Zhang Tao was still driving.

No wonder Zhang Tao was still asking in the morning. Mr. Wu wanted to borrow both the person and the car, but he didn't ask in detail.

After hanging up the phone, he thought for a moment and called Zhang Lei again, "Hey, Mr. Zhang, you guys are so dishonest!"

Zhang Lei has been busy meeting investors these days. With Temasek taking the lead, JD.com's financing plan is progressing very smoothly.

Another investment company under Qingyun agreed to fill the shortfall and share logistics and warehousing resources. Unknowingly, history was changed again.

Not only did the financing scale increase from US$3 million to more than US$4 million, but the timing was also advanced a lot.

For the sake of huge amounts of money, Dong Ge endured it for the time being. As Li Zehua said, in ten years, JD.com and Pinxixi will only challenge the Ali system in their respective fields.

Who knows what will happen in ten years? If the current situation of the two groups holding shares in each other and their interests being tied together continues, a merger might even be possible.

When he answered the phone, Zhang Lei was hosting an investment promotion meeting, during which he inevitably brought up Qingyun as an example, the ecological industrial chain!
JD’s New Retail plus JD Logistics, as well as the strategic alliance with the Qingyuntongda Group, plus the thousands of factories that Pinxixi cooperates with.

JD.com has a powerful sales network, a logistical support system covering towns and villages, and convenient warehousing and logistics transportation. Would you invest in it?

投！
In the past, investors had doubts about JD.com’s heavy investment in warehousing and logistics. This is China, not America. Look how well Ali has developed.

Get rid of heavy asset investment, go into battle lightly, reduce personnel costs and capital investment, and profits will continue to rise.

Isn’t it putting the cart before the horse to develop logistics infrastructure?
But as Qingyun Group produced real data, JD Group presented it without changing a word and showed it to all investors.

Everyone's attitude immediately changed fundamentally.

At this time, Li Zehua, the great hero, called. How could Zhang Lei not answer the call immediately? He burst into laughter as soon as he answered.

He ignored Li Zehua's joking questioning and just started talking about the great news.

"No, why does JD.com ask for $1.8 per share?"

Li Zehua was almost confused. "It's not just a debt-for-equity swap. Your attitude has changed too quickly, hasn't it?"

He understood that it was his appearance that disrupted the development of history, but when JD.com raised its prices, the investment capital he had to put in also increased.

"Not fast, not fast, it's all about making money."

Zhang Lei is happy about the price increase because JD.com's future has changed from a mysterious state at the beginning to a semi-public one today.

This is called planting trees in the blue sky, and JD.com enjoys the benefits. After Fengniao and JD Logistics reached a strategic cooperation, the efficiency and service quality of urban delivery have been improved to an almost terrifying level.

In the future, a city will have a professional delivery team of tens of thousands of people. Are you afraid?
"You said the price increase was good news, but I would rather not have heard it."

Li Zehua got back to the point and briefly talked about Temasek's appointment of people. "Where is the person you promised to hire? It's just thunder but no rain. Are you kidding me?"

"Of course there are none. In the past two months, Gao Ling has recommended nearly 100 mid-level managers to join the company, including seven deputy general managers and above of branch companies."

Zhang Lei secretly groaned. Temasek did not do anything about personnel matters. First, they stuffed Wu Yibin, the president of the China region, in to be in charge of the public relations maintenance of the entire Qingyun Group.

Now Lin Wenhui, the senior executive president, has been transferred here as the full-power representative, at least with a position like chief financial officer.

In comparison, Gao Ling's actions in this regard are indeed a bit smaller.

"Don't be in a hurry!

These high-quality talents who can stand on their own feet are not crops in the field that can be grown by simply applying fertilizer.

You have to encounter the right opportunity to find top talents that meet the development needs of the company."

What else can Zhang Lei do? Just try to fool people as much as possible.

He would like to recommend one, but he has to find the right one.

Qingyun is not an ordinary small company. The top talents it needs are at least those who have their own connections and can influence industry decisions.

At the very least, he or she must have worked in a Fortune 500 company and achieved outstanding results. It is difficult to hire such a person.

"Just paint a rosy picture for me. I don't care. If you can't invite the top ones, just arrange 17 or 18 people who are at or above the level of vice president of Amazon departments to come."

"Then you might as well kill me."

Zhang Lei had no way to deal with him, so he begged for mercy neatly: "I've only mentioned it to you once. When JD's investment is completed, I'll go to America with you to visit Amazon's warehouse and logistics construction.

Good fellow, you have already targeted Amazon's management team before you even go there, and there are 17 or 18 of them. I am afraid you will be detained in Amazon and cannot get out. Please, find someone else, such as Xu Xin. She has a lot of people who can influence decision-making. Ask her to recommend a few to you."

"No, I want to tell you something serious."

Li Zehua made the call for many reasons. One of them was to ask for someone, and the other was to get information. "Please help me check Fang Guohui's background. We need to do it privately so as not to make a big fuss about it.

Especially don’t let Mr. Xu know.”

Zhang Lei's face changed, "Why, what happened?"

They are all smart people and they immediately realized that something was wrong.

"Forget it, don't tell me. I don't want to know either. As for the background, I will ask someone to conduct a secret investigation and try to get information from the foreign financial circle.

Don't worry, I'm familiar with this aspect. They are engaged in financial investment. At this level, they have some business overseas. We can find the right medicine for the case and analyze a few investment cases and we will understand. "

That’s why he is known as the top venture capital leader in the industry. He came up with a solution in an instant.

Li Zehua could have found out the answer himself, but the circle of people in question was so small, and his connections were not at the top level. If he asked too many questions, the information would naturally reach other people's ears.

It’s different if you look for Zhang Lei. His Gaoling Capital has such a huge interest in the Qingyun Group that it is difficult, at least at this stage, to sell itself.

"Waiting for your news. On August 18, Pinxixi will launch its national business. Will you come?"

"I'm afraid not. We are working on such a large investment case for JD.com, involving more than 4 million US dollars. We receive endless inquiries from investors every day."

Zhang Lei was both happy and sad. After completing this order, he could earn tens of millions of dollars in management fees. Combined with the subsequent profits, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief this year.

"Aren't you coming to Yanjing at the end of the month? It's a good opportunity to invite Dongzi to chat with you."

"Okay, it won't hinder your fortune."

After hanging up the phone, Li Zehua reminded Liu Zijie again, "Anything regarding Director Fang should be kept in a separate file, including all the financing matters he approved, inquired about, and took over.

All of them must be recorded. If there are any unspeakable transactions involved, those that can be resolved should be resolved. If they cannot be resolved, a way must be found and Mr. Fang must sign and confirm in person.

In short, ensuring that the company operates legally and reasonably is the job of your compliance department. I don’t need to say more, right?”

After working for a few days after returning to China, Liu Zijie felt unprecedented pressure, on the one hand because of the fierce expansion of Qingyun’s business.

We are constantly exploring new markets across regions. There are not many competitors and the results are gratifying. If we succeed in breaking through in any region, we will be one of the best in the industry in the future.

The more this happens, the greater the pressure on the compliance department, because as a startup company, many systems are still imperfect and many seemingly necessary expenses also have self-consistent logic.

Upon investigation, it was discovered that this was not the case at all. This month alone, there were more than 20 purchase and investment cases involving more than one hundred thousand yuan that were unreasonably rejected.

I have recovered a lot of losses for the company, which is an achievement but also a pressure, because having the case rejected is normal in the eyes of the submitting department.

The compliance department that suddenly appeared now is just nitpicking and deliberately making things difficult for people.

What can Liu Zijie say?
Don’t say anything, it doesn’t matter who asks, just provide additional materials to prove the necessity of investment and purchase!
This responsible attitude has offended many people invisibly.

On the other hand, he was also bound by the special atmosphere in the country. For example, Li Zehua often bypassed the company's board of directors and ordered the cashier to transfer funds to a designated advertising partner.

Each time the amount was in the millions, but other directors on the board, including venture capital shareholders, turned a blind eye and often ratified it afterwards.

After he sent someone to investigate, he found out that this so-called advertising company consisted of only a few small companies, and even their industry qualifications were borrowed.

The so-called advertising is nothing more than some common stuff and poor service, which is not worth that much money at all.

Upon further checking the legal person, it turned out that he was a student at Yanyi?
Lin Qingyi?
I don't know her. When the department manager in charge of the investigation reported, his tone was not right. All he said was that she should be prettier, have a better figure and fairer skin.

I don’t see any ability at all, and the company doesn’t even have a fixed business location.

However, the department manager is obviously knowledgeable and knows that behind this kind of woman, there must be some powerful background, someone he cannot afford to offend.

The manager didn't dare to investigate further, but Liu Zijie was not afraid.

He wanted to have a full exchange of views with Li Zehua on this issue several times, but the other party was too busy and had a lot of new work to assign to him every time they met.

Today, while he had some free time, he tried to say a few words.

Li Zehua's face turned complicated when he heard this. "Some things, no matter which industry you are in, you have to abide by the unspoken rules of that industry..."

He is so stubborn. Even after the boss said so much, he still wanted to get to the bottom of it. "We operate in compliance with the law and have paid every penny of tax.

Looking at our peers, our attitude towards our employees and the basic salary and benefits we provide are all first-class. Those additional expenses that are not protected by law..."

"Okay, okay, I know you can't accept this question, but that's the reality."

Li Zehua was troubled. "Besides, I have not authorized the Compliance Department to interfere. This is not part of your job description."

"But all unreasonable expenses of the company must be supervised and reviewed by the Compliance Department. Otherwise, what is the meaning of our existence?"

"It's all about work, stop arguing!"

Qin Lang couldn't sit still anymore. One of them was very kind to him and had nurtured him, while the other was his fellow apprentice. It wouldn't be appropriate for him to help either of them.

He quickly came out to smooth things over, and at the same time did not forget to give Li Zehua a complaining look, as if to say: Do you regret it now?

You invited a big shot back and it’s your own fault!

"I feel that such debate is unnecessary. If you have any questions, ask people from Temasek later. Perhaps they have a better solution."

Li Zehua didn't want to continue to dwell on this issue. It was meaningless because he couldn't change the deep-rooted traditions that had been formed over thousands of years.

At the same time, it was impossible for him to have a bad impression of Liu Zijie. Since the establishment of the Compliance Department, he felt much more relaxed.

It was such a coincidence that just as he finished speaking, Guo Xinyi knocked on the door, followed by Wu Yibin, Lin Wenhui, and people from Temasek and Qingyun Lijiaopo branch arrived.

"Long time no see, Mr. Lin looks more energetic now."

As soon as they met, Li Zehua couldn't wait to extend his hand, and Lin Wenhui also smiled and said, "I will work for Mr. Li in the future. Please take care of me."

"We are still talking about this. I really want to thank Temasek for sending Mr. Lin to the most suitable position. Please help me convey my gratitude."

Li Zehua greeted everyone with a smile, and arranged for Guo Xinyi to lead everyone around the company first, introducing colleagues and the company's latest developments to familiarize themselves with the company.

As a big boss, just show up and say a few polite words when you first meet someone.

When there were only a few directors left in the office, Qin Lang, who had been instructed, came forward and briefly explained the situation.

Wu Yibin whistled and walked aside to make tea with Li Zehua.

Isn't this just for him?

Does public relations maintenance rely solely on words?

There is no need to quarrel. With the boss in front, he can just watch the fun.

Lin Wenhui had met Liu Zijie before and had heard of his reputation for being stubborn, so he carefully considered his words after hearing what he said.

He spoke cautiously, "It depends on how you understand this behavior. In fact, it is no different from commercial lobbying in the United States. The essence is to provide protection for the development of the company.

When you were working at the Fortune 500, you must have come across many similar examples, right? "

Liu Zijie nodded, "I am not completely against this behavior, existence is reasonable.

But this kind of private transaction, especially when the middleman is an advertising company with no industry qualifications, will hinder the company's normal operations if problems arise in the future."

Li Zehua then interrupted and said, "Take your time. We have only been cooperating for more than a month. We can arrange to introduce some powerful strategic partners later.

Add some normal operations to make it look passable on the surface.”

Lin Wenhui cooperated, "As long as the advertising company makes the accounts more detailed, there won't be any big problems."

This kind of personal connections, which cover a wide range of people, is difficult to be labeled as such as long as Qingyun exercises restraint and does not actively do evil.

Liu Zijie was silent for a moment. "If possible, the Compliance Department can intervene and help them formalize."

"No, you cannot participate in the name of the company, even if it creates a bad connection."

Li Zehua had his own plan to link the public welfare cause with the advertising company's business. When he said that, everyone's expression eased. (End of this chapter)