Chapter 809 Times Have Changed
"What happened to the LCD panel?" Lee Jae-yong and Lee Yoon-woo spoke almost at the same time.
"Dafeng Electric has started to cut prices."
"Price reduction? This year, the overall sales of both smartphones and TVs and computers are declining. The supply is already oversupplied, and the price is lowered?"
"It is not only the price reduction of Dafengfeng Electric, but also the price of Sony's LCD panels."
The expressions of Lee Jae-yong and Lee Run-woo changed at the same time again, and Li Run-yu almost blurted out, "Where's BOE? Where's Toshiba?"
Kwon Wu-hyun first gave Li Runyu a look, "They are all cutting prices."
Li Runyu immediately reacted, "Da Fengguang seems to have built a 10th generation line this year and last year?"
"Yes, it just went into production last month."
This time, the three of them looked at each other, and couldn't help being silent, because all of this is too familiar, with product advantages, process advantages, and output advantages. Isn't that how Samsung pulled the neon country's companies to suppress mainland LCD panels? .
It's just that this time the main body has been changed, and it has become a mainland LCD panel manufacturer united with a neon country LCD panel manufacturer.
"What does Meng Qian mean when he made a high-profile declaration of new globalization?" Li Zaiyong frowned.
"Neoglobalization has never said that there is no competition, and now there is excess production, they have a very good reason to cut prices."
As soon as Kwon Wu-hyun said this, the three of them fell silent again. Back then, although Samsung was still constrained by neon companies in the country, it basically had the final say on the price of LCD panels, especially if it successfully suppressed the mainland LCD back then. If the panel is sold to Sony again, Samsung will absolutely monopolize the market. As a result, Dafeng Solar will cut the price as soon as it says it will, and Samsung has no choice but to follow suit.
"What does the buyer say?" Lee Jae-yong asked a question that he knew the answer in his heart.
"Da Fengdian and Sony cut prices, they have nothing to hesitate."
"What about Taiwan Province? What's the reaction of the LCD panels in Taiwan Province?"
"I haven't heard of any reaction."
"That means they are still not in the same boat as mainland companies." Lee Jae-yong seemed to see a little bit of hope, "I'm going to Taiwan Province now."
There was no time to rest at all, and Lee Jae-yong, who had just returned to Korea, turned around and went directly to Taiwan Province.
However, he was repeatedly rejected in Taiwan Province.
The person in charge of an LCD panel company in Taiwan rejected his invitation to meet for various reasons. It was not until Li Zairong showed some strong tactics that Xu Wenlong of Chi Mei Electronics finally had to meet him.
"Mr. Xu, Dafeng Electric has launched a price war for LCD panels. What are your plans?"
"We can't afford to keep up." Xu Wenlong laughed at himself, "We can only hope that Dafeng Power won't hold down the price for too long."
Li Zairong felt very surprised, "Are you planning to do nothing?"
Xu Wenlong asked back, "What can we do?"
"We can cooperate." Li Zairong has already shown some anxiety.
"Oh." Xu Wenlong laughed again, "Mr. Li Zaiyong thinks we have the ability to challenge Dafeng Electric?"
Li Zairong's expression became very interesting. From the bottom of his heart, he felt that it was unbelievable to say this from the mouth of a corporate executive, "Mr. Xu, what about Dafeng Electric? What's more, I said that we will cooperate together."
"Cooperation? With Samsung.?" Xu Wenlong hesitated to speak, and then raised his glass, "Mr. Li Zaiyong might as well go to the Dafeng Group for a visit. The times have changed, and the times have changed."
In the face of Xu Wenlong's negativity, even if Lee Jae-yong later realized that there was an element of deliberate acting, Lee Jae-yong really had nothing to do with him. Taiwan's LCD panel companies obviously did not have any interest in cooperating with Samsung to fight against wind power. Samsung We can only join forces with LG to fight this matter.
After staying in Taiwan for three days, Lee Jae-yong was about to return home, when Lee Run-yu called, "You haven't boarded the plane yet, have you?"
"Not yet, what's the matter?"
"Dafeng just held a press conference, and their 2K AMOLED screens have begun mass production, which means that their original AMOLED screens will start to drop in price. Moreover, not long after Dafeng's press conference, Ziguang launched Memory price war."
"Ziguang?" Li Zaiyong suddenly took a deep breath through his nose, "Meng Qian is deliberately targeting us!"
"Yes, everything is so deliberate." Li Runyu held the same opinion, "The Dafeng Group is deliberately messing with us!"
Li Zairong quickly calmed down and said, "I won't go back now, I'm going to Huaxia now."
"Why are you going to Huaxia now?"
"Since Meng Qian wants to target him, I'll ask him face to face!"
For Li Zairong's invitation, Meng Qian agreed very readily, and set aside dinner time to have dinner with Li Zairong that day.
However, Li Zaiyong made it clear as soon as he met, "system, chip, LCD panel, memory, what is Mr. Meng's next plan?"
"Next step? What next step?"
"Mr. Meng, it's just the two of us here, let's have fun."
Meng Qian snorted, "It turns out that Mr. Li Zayong didn't come here today to discuss cooperation."
"Cooperation? What kind of cooperation does Mr. Meng think we should talk about?"
"I don't know either, that's why I agreed to see you. I thought Samsung might need some help now."
"So your purpose for targeting us is to make us beg you?"
"Target." Meng Qian put his hand on the wine glass, his face sank, "Where did you get your face?"
Meng Qian's strength surprised Li Zayong for a moment, but fortunately he quickly adjusted his mood, "Mr. Meng, dare to do it or not?"
"System, chip, LCD panel, memory, when you say that, it seems that a lot has happened recently." Meng Qian simply stood up, "Recently, the technology industry has entered an important period of change, you should understand this .
Many industries have begun to enter the contraction channel, that is, the big waves wash away the sand. If someone is targeting Samsung, it can only be said that this era is targeting Samsung, because this era can no longer tolerate the weak who just dawdle. "
Li Zairong's eyelids trembled a few times but he didn't speak.
"But I still believe in Samsung." Meng Qian went to Li Zairong's side and pressed his shoulder to put pressure on him, "As long as Samsung is willing to work hard.
Back then, when Samsung was really targeting our Huaxia enterprises, our Huaxia enterprises also endured silently. The ability was indeed insufficient, so there was nothing we could do, right?
Considering that some of our domestic companies have been suppressed by Samsung for more than ten years, and have lost money for more than ten years before they have made it to the present. I believe that Samsung will definitely be able to make a comeback.
Weakness is never shameful. The times are changing, and the pattern will always be changing. As long as you can work hard, you are all respectable people and companies.
On the contrary, Mr. Lee Jae-yong ran up to me and said these words, isn't it a little ugly? "
"Meng Qian!" Li Zairong felt very uncomfortable, got up and pushed Meng Qian's hand on his shoulder, "Samsung is not weak!"
"Of course, it's relative." Meng Qian stretched out his hands to signal Li Zairong not to get excited, "I said, I believe in Samsung, I'm not like some people."
As Meng Qian spoke, he turned on his mobile phone and showed Li Zairong a message, "I'm afraid you can't understand Chinese, so I asked someone to translate it into Korean."
Lee Jae-yong glanced at the news on his phone, his pupils contracted tighter and tighter. It was written in the news that Microsoft has completed a complete acquisition of HTC, and according to people familiar with the matter, if Microsoft can really acquire Android, it will do its best to build HTC phones under the new system.
"How can HTC compare with our Samsung!" Li Zairong roared in his heart, and almost couldn't help but say it.
Lee Jae-yong participated in the negotiation of Microsoft's acquisition of Android, so Lee Jae-yong has always believed that if Microsoft really acquires Android, he must rely on Samsung, the world's largest Android phone brand, for further development.
However, Microsoft laid out HTC.
This is the most straightforward mistrust of Samsung.
"Mr. Lee Jae-yong, if Samsung needs help, you can really ask. Your allies in the United States may not be very reliable now."
"No need!" Li Zayong shook off Meng Qian's hand, which was about to press on him.
The two looked at each other for a few seconds, Meng Qian suddenly clicked his tongue and shook his head, "But to be honest, I really don't like Samsung, very much, do you know why?"
Li Zairong would naturally not answer, Meng Qian continued indifferently, "The world says that Intel and Microsoft are representatives of monopoly, but let's go through the development history of American companies. In fact, the development of other technology companies still follows The most basic market law.
But when it comes to Samsung, it's weird. The market rules seem to be useless at all. To use a word in our Chinese martial arts circle, it's that you don't talk about martial ethics.
But it doesn’t make sense to say these things now. If Samsung goes on like this, it may really be in big trouble. If Mr. Li Zaiyong feels more comfortable in his heart, then it is we who are deliberately targeting the system, chip, LCD panel, and memory. Well, Samsung has to find its own core competitiveness first. Yes, it’s not about the battery. Samsung can spend more time on the battery. "
Li Zairong looked straight at Meng Qian, "Samsung doesn't need Mr. Meng to teach."
Meng Qian spread his hands, "Just as long as you're happy."
After leaving the restaurant, Lee Jae-yong rushed directly to the airport to return to the company. However, the documents delivered one after another reminded him that in this era, Samsung has declined.
"Has the times really changed for Samsung?"
These thoughts always appear in Lee Jae-yong's mind, but he works hard to get rid of them time and time again.
Three days later, Lee Jae-yong came to the vicinity of Seoul National University in disguise, and ordered some of his favorite dishes at a restaurant where he often ate when he was in college.
And beside him happened to be a few students of Seoul National University of different skin colors.
"Where are you going to work after graduation this year?"
"Of course it's the Dafeng Group, don't you need to think about it."
"Aren't you Koreans proud to be in Samsung? When I was in high school, I heard that the dream of every Korean is to work in Samsung."
"Hey, that's all in the past. In the past, Samsung was really good, and the best job in my parents' minds was to join Samsung, but now times have changed, and Dafeng Group is the most powerful company."
"That's right, my dad told me that if Dafeng Group really can't get in, then consider getting into Samsung."
"boom!"
"Sir, what's the matter with you, sir? Sir? Call an ambulance!"