“I don’t know what Jinling thinks, but Yongcheng sent a deputy prefect.

They said they were discussing cooperation with Honor's Roewe Electronics and wanted us to set up a headquarters company there."

Sun Tongyu's tone was a little strange when he spoke. All this should have been said by Guo Xinyi, deputy general manager of Honor Electronics.

But he.

Hey, I'm still in Gusu and haven't come back yet. I guess I won't be able to come back unless I talk things out. The local people are too welcoming. They keep treating me to the next meal after I've had a drink. It's hard to leave.

In the past, he would call to inquire about the company’s situation, but recently he has stopped calling. I guess he understands his situation.

As a result, Huaixu Electronics' assembly production line was shut down for three hours. Later, it was learned that the Su Province had received a notice from the Shanghai government and was preparing to argue over the company's headquarters address.

Who can agree to this?

The Suzhou side came to question Guo Xinyi on the spot and blocked him in the factory, insisting on an explanation. The negotiations are still in friendly terms.

"Why is Yongcheng here to join in the fun again?"

On the way back to the company, Li Zehua was overwhelmed, "With such a small business volume, it is questionable whether we can make it in the next three to five years.

Moreover, without the nod from above, even if there is such a plan, can we get enough export quotas?

There are not enough supporting industrial chains around Ningbo, so Roewe Electronics’ plan remains unchanged, either setting up the factory in Dongguan or placing the headquarters in Pengcheng.

Either the factory is located in Suzhou, Wuxi and Changzhou, or the headquarters is located in Jinling, Shanghai. In the future, we will directly choose a place in Southeast Asia to build an assembly plant. This is determined by the proximity to the sales market or the scale of the industrial chain.

So why are they here to join in the fun? "

"It's hard to repay a debt of favor. Do you still remember the incident in Wen City last time? You insisted on touching them. Okay, Magic City coordinated some of the relationships and asked Yongcheng to come forward before we could reluctantly pass the plan.

It involves a billionaire who has been building a network of connections in the local area for more than 20 years. It involves so many aspects that the follow-up work has not been completed to this day.

Different opinions from the local area pop up from time to time. The pressure on Ningbo City can be imagined, and they also need to give an explanation to their superiors and subordinates. "

Faced with Sun Tongyu's questioning, Li Zehua was speechless for a moment. After finally sorting out his thoughts, he barely came up with a solution.

"BOE's investment can speed up the process. Isn't Samsung Electronics planning to build a high-generation production line in Suzhou?

This seems unreliable. With the same counter-cyclical strategy, Korean capital controlled by the squid will never voluntarily give up its technological advantages, let alone the possibility of transferring to Dongda.

In this way, Honor Electronics' Suzhou Research Institute and part of its assembly capacity will remain unchanged locally, and the group and Jiangsu Province will coordinate to try to get BOE's new production line settled in Suzhou.

If Samsung Electronics chooses to follow suit, the Suzhou Free Trade Zone will have an industrial chain with an annual output value of over 10 billion yuan.

BOE's production line was naturally transferred to Jinling, and no one suffered any loss.

If Samsung does not follow suit, BOE's production line will be forced into operation, taking into account the interests of Jiangsu Province. The internal distribution will be their own business.

Let’s make arrangements for Xingcheng’s production line in two years.

As for Yongcheng, didn’t it get a share of crude oil distribution from its previous cooperation with Brunei on oil field development?
Ask them if they want it, and then send a boat to bring it back yourself, so you don’t have to find someone to transport it.”

After talking to the government office this time, he finally understood that there was a lot of pressure from above. Qingyun was at a stage of rapid rise, and investing in infrastructure in his hometown could easily lead to misunderstandings.

Drink the water and remember its source. Shanghai has invested so much resources, not to let it go back to help alleviate poverty. The higher-ups don’t look at what you think, but what you do.

In desperation, he could only bring up the matter of the Hong Kong Semiconductor Investment Fund in advance. On the surface, this fund had nothing to do with the Qingyun Group.

Now we can only think of a way in advance to find a way to get 100 million yuan to support Zhongxin. Let's consider it as a token of investment. We have to invest in the future. If we can support Zhongxin, it will be a great merit.

In addition, the company made concessions on the interests of the Fama Group, moved the global headquarters of Honor Electronics from Hong Kong back to Shanghai, and also moved Panda Electronics back to Shanghai. Finally, the higher-ups gave in and stopped the pressure.

After listening to this, Lin Wenhui couldn't help but retort: ​​"In principle, the head office will not agree. Of course, if Mr. Li is willing to give up some of Pinxixi's shares, it is not impossible to negotiate."

The distribution of shares of Southeast Asia Code Group is the key to the problem. Shanghai wants to get 10-15% of the shares through Qingyun Group, and other companies will definitely not be happy.

Especially Leekath, Malaya and Temasek, the three voices of opposition were the loudest, and all the groups involved were core interest groups of financial and telecommunications institutions.

In the past, they did not have core patents, nor did they have well-known brands in the smartphone manufacturing business. The main reason was that Europe and the United States did not want to play with them, and there was not enough support from the local industrial chain.

It is typical that they have no technology and no production capacity, so it is naturally impossible for them to reap the benefits in the mobile Internet era.

But things are different now. Qingyun Group made arrangements in advance and attracted a large number of local Chinese and indigenous capital to play together, focusing on sharing the benefits equally, although each company does not have a large share.

For example, a strong bank like Lijiaopo only got 17%, and the Siamese royal family and the largest local telecom operator, Pangu Bank, together only got 8%. But it represents a ticket to the future.

The elite groups that control resource allocation in any region are not stupid. To put it bluntly, the reason why they cannot break through the ceiling and go to the world is that they are limited by the comprehensive national strength of their country.

If a country has no say in the world economic competition, the capital groups that depend on it for existence will find it difficult to gain an advantage in the competition.

Faced with the squids' wave after wave of harvest, the local powerful groups, which have gradually lost their dominance, have to find other ways.

And use half of the profits to buy off their Qingyun system.

They deserve to be treated as guests of honor. You see, the Brunei royal family is willing to share even its vital oil field resources. To put it bluntly, it is also a token of their loyalty.

Betting on both sides, as long as their interests are not shaken, they can do whatever they want.

The smartphone business plus the QR code means the future is firmly in hand. All parties involved in the investment do not expect to achieve the same market share in the mainland as Qingyun Group.

As long as a similar system can be replicated in the country and it is difficult to be replaced, the most important thing is to promote local telecommunications business, which is also very important.

Their domestic markets are too small, their industrial systems are underdeveloped, and they lack the necessary key technologies and funds, making it impossible for them to cultivate giant companies with international competitiveness.

Now, through the Famao Group, we can acquire shares in the Southeast Asian subsidiary of Honor Electronics and, relying on the sound industrial system in the mainland, gain the market competitive advantages that only international giants have.

I can even wake up laughing in my dreams!
It’s just that the order quantity is a bit small. The first batch of Honor mobile phones sold simultaneously in eight countries was only 50 units?

Then Li Zehua opened his mouth and directly took away 45 units, preparing to distribute them internally?

It's a huge uproar. All the sovereign investment funds disagree and are still arguing about it today.

For example, Temasek is going crazy. After all, Leekathmandu has a population of several million. Although a lot of market share has been eaten up by Apple, the remaining ones, no matter how few, should be allocated 100,000 units first, right?
Who can bear this?

Meetings were nothing but quarrels, with everyone trying to see who had the loudest voice. If even the slightest bit of interest was involved, they would stand up and argue with each other. This at one point gave Liu Zijie and Lin Wenhui, who were in charge of overseas affairs, a headache.

“I’ve said it a thousand times about Pinxixi’s investment. The controlling power is not in the hands of the company. It is determined by the price and conditions that Goldman Sachs is willing to offer.

Before it is finalized, all our plans are useless. Without Goldman Sachs, how can Pinxixi group buying go public in the United States?

How can we ensure that everyone can cash out safely?
Now is the stage to share profits with others and seek stable development of the company. Otherwise, no one will have an easy time if being targeted at this time.

With Goldman Sachs in the market, BlackRock will be able to keep quiet. At worst, it can influence the Qiandu board of directors through Squid and stop looking for trouble with traffic advertising. "

After finally sorting out the interests involved, Li Zehua shifted his focus to the construction of the headquarters building.

Lin Wenhui was also helpless, but he had to complete the task assigned to him by the company. He immediately made up his mind to keep a close eye on it. As long as the cooperation with Goldman Sachs entered the substantive negotiation stage, he would immediately find a way to follow up.

“Although 88 floors is an auspicious number, will it be a drag on the group’s future if it is completed in one go?

Even if it is all bank investment, we cannot ignore the risks of future financial policy regulation.”

Li Zehua took a careful look at the agreement reached with the government office and was not very satisfied, because the company would ultimately bear the construction costs and the borrowed money had to be repaid.

“88 floors can’t be any lower.”

Lin Wenhui could not bear the pressure and could only hand over the contradiction. "At the beginning, the meaning of the higher-ups was even a hundred-story building. The day before yesterday, the leader in charge of preparing for the World Expo came to inspect the work and said that Chizume would be responsible for the catering delivery service during the World Expo, and Fengniao Smart Logistics would be involved in the material distribution.

We also provided cooperation in producing QR codes for all exhibitors. After an inspection, the leaders were quite satisfied with most of the situations, except for the environment of Qingyun Industrial Park.

When I left, I hinted that a big company should have a big company's facade, especially in Shanghai, a window city facing the world and showcasing Dongda, so I should consider it carefully. "

"I spent 10 billion to build a headquarters building. With this money, I can employ a million more employees and use them to expand the market. In the future, I can earn back tens of billions of dollars.

Isn't it a waste of resources to use it to build a building now?"

He could only complain about this here, but in front of the boss, he had to smile and say that it was okay.

However, what is given from above is too much. There are policies and benefits. Not only is the company's development unimpeded, but personal treatment is also at the highest level within the permitted range.

Now he has transformed himself into one of the youngest executive members of the Shanghai Federation of Industry and Commerce. A lot of honors have been thrown to him like they are free of charge. If he wants to receive them in person, he can go and receive them.

From today until the New Year, I can receive several every day. In short, the chairman’s office has set up a window to display various honors.

The photos of his individual handshakes with the bigwigs alone could fill up a cupboard. His car could drive freely through the government gates where ordinary people could enter, and when they met him, at least a deputy would come out to receive them.

If he hadn't missed the annual economic figure selection window, he would have at least represented Shanghai to receive the award.

This treatment was given purely because of a series of events overseas that stimulated the Qingyun Group.

Look, Goldman Sachs and Citigroup have come to us eagerly asking for a stake in the company. And for some reason, a few days ago, Apple also sent us a letter asking about collaboration.

Because Apple also has the scan, look, and shake functions. It didn’t matter when these things didn’t exist, but Honor phones now have these things that you’ve never even heard of.

How can a high-end Apple not have it? !
In the past few months, the FaMa Group has not been idle at all. Even though there are no smartphones, with the strong support of Li Zehua, a special scanner for scanning QR codes has been developed.

The entire set of hardware and software patents belong to the Qingyun Group. In Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai and Anhui, the first batch of express parcels printed with QR codes are gradually entering thousands of households.

In Southeast Asia, large companies that cooperate with Qingyun are also actively promoting their QR code patents, especially some companies that have sent direct letters to Apple.

I hope to add similar recognition functions in the next generation of iPhone software upgrades.

After Apple investigated, it found that something seemed wrong. This thing seemed to be quite important. After further investigation, it was found that many real application scenarios had emerged in multiple industries in Dongda.

For example, home appliance manufacturers that cooperate with Pinxixi have already used QR codes to track component production and search for finished products for consumers.

Not to mention the express delivery industry, even Meituan uses QR codes to track the origin of raw materials, food processing factories, stations and other information during the catering delivery process.

This is meaningless for consumers for the time being because they do not have reading devices, but some large-scale restaurant chains have begun to use professional equipment to match and scan QR codes.

Thanks to the collective efforts of the shareholders behind the Fama Group, relevant departments are actively discussing and preparing to introduce new policies and regulations, and are ready to require domestic manufacturers at the appropriate time.

Replace the barcode with a QR code that contains more information and is more secure.

This is a situation that has never occurred in the previous life, but it is completely different in this life, because 50% of the domestic QR code shares are held by state-owned assets, and they have sufficient interest driving force.

To promote the application of QR codes.

They are already drooling over the domestic barcode market which is worth tens of billions of dollars every year. Who wouldn't like this kind of market that is taken up by policies?
What's more, it is really technological progress that benefits the society. A piece of official document can be exchanged for hundreds of billions of economic value. Is there anything we need to think about?

Li Zehua was also sensible. He immediately outsourced the operating rights for this market, but no one knew to whom.

Anyway, he is not eligible to reap the benefits of this existing market, the barcode replacement business, and he is already satisfied to get a portion of the profits every year.

What he values ​​is the incremental market for QR codes in the country.

Just one third-party non-financial institution payment scenario can contribute nearly 10 billion in net profit every year. Why should he bother about interests that do not belong to him?

There are so many application scenarios, such as express delivery and takeout, QR code-based advertising, sharing economy, etc., that it is impossible to exhaust them all. If you get involved in any of them, you can make hundreds of billions of profits.

Only a fool would be so entangled. The real purpose is to use the tiger's skin as a banner and borrow state-owned assets to safeguard the development of the group.

For example, a large company like Apple pays great attention to policy information channels.

The power of Dongda in promoting QR codes also makes them feel very difficult. Otherwise, with the size of a single company in the Qingyun Group, Apple would not take it seriously at all.

Haven’t you seen that Microsoft and Google were also discussing the feasibility of acquisition internally? In the end, they found that the resistance was too great, so they changed their thinking and discussed cooperation in which they could take the lead.

Apple arrived relatively late, while Amazon and Walmart said you came too slowly. Our negotiation delegations are now in Shanghai.

Just waiting to write a check to take home the full set of QR code patent authorization...

How could the Shanghai government not be excited? Another focus of this meeting was to ask Qingyun Group to quickly produce QR codes for all exhibition halls and product introductions of the World Expo and provide scanning equipment.

Of course, such a big thing is not something that Qingyun can handle alone. Several local information security companies also need to get involved.

When Apple heard the news, it rushed to the door and asked for cooperation. The work of providing professional scanning equipment for the World Expo could also be done by Apple's iPhone.

Spend the least money, achieve the greatest advertising effect, and make a lot of money.

All you need to do is scan the QR code and install the software. It’s not a hassle.

However, the patent licensing has not been finalized yet, and the honor of being the world's first smartphone equipped with a scan function is destined to be taken by Panda Electronics and Honor Electronics.

The technology that would be commonplace ten years later has now become a hot commodity for many well-known international companies.

It has to be said that the advantages of time travelers are infinitely magnified at this moment. As long as they master the channels for resource monetization, they can judge which ones belong to the major development trends and which ones belong to capital interference.

Then, they arrange things in advance at a certain node, such as QR codes, Bitcoin, and mobile Internet. These are the general trend. Even if capital wants to interfere, it is difficult to influence the final result...

"It would be best to reach a preliminary cooperation agreement with Goldman Sachs before the Chinese New Year. It would not do any good for the company to delay it."

Sun Tongyu sees clearly that the group buying platform cannot do without the support of certain people. Only after feeding these people with this piece of fat can we develop e-commerce with full freedom.

In this regard, he proposed a new idea, "As for the next step, regarding the capital's proposal to invest in e-commerce platforms, we can learn from Ali Baba and separate the international business part.

Mr. Lin, hasn’t Temasek always had the idea of ​​establishing an international e-commerce platform for Pinxixi?
It just so happens that Hummingbird can also take advantage of this opportunity to expand outward. In the early stage, we do not need to display too many domestic products to the outside world, but instead choose to display the copper mines of Malaya and the grain of Siam.

Brunei's oil and gas, as well as the company's investments in grain and meat products in Australia and South America, are used to gradually win over local partners.

In the early stage, we will start with commodity trading, and then gradually learn from Amazon to complete the layout of all product categories.

This includes some products with core competitiveness in the mainland, such as Honor Electronics and Panda Electronics' smartphones, which can also be sold to local telecom operators using the international business model.

In return, Pinxixi's international e-commerce platform has established independently operated subsidiaries in various countries, with the daily operating and management rights being controlled by the head office.

The majority of shares can be given to local interests, provided they provide the necessary guarantees for development.”

“It’s not that easy to reduce the number of intermediaries in the trade.”

Li Zehua was a little undecided. After all, the overseas market is different from the domestic market. First, the single market is too small and the investment cannot be too large, otherwise there will be losses.

The second is that although the sparrow is small, it has all the necessary facilities. The environment in every place is the same, and it is very troublesome to deal with. Especially cross-border e-commerce affects the interests of too many people and is easily targeted.

Amazon was able to succeed because the Americans backed it up. Could he do the same if he did it on his own?

From what Sun Tongyu said, Pinxixi International and Ali International are different. Ali International is promoting Dongda products to the world.

Pinxixi International aims to improve the exchange of materials among countries. In the early stages, it will focus more on selling resources domestically. There are still uncertainties as to whether it can get support.

"I'll think about it. When I get to the company later, I'll notify all the vice presidents and above to hold a meeting. First, I'll tell them what I've learned in Yanjing these days. For the rest of the agenda, let's stick to what we just discussed." (End of this chapter)