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Chapter 2882 Pushing Apple to power

In Zhou Buqi's view, everything on Meizu's side is just trivial.

Now that we are on the phone, we must focus on more important things.

As soon as he came up, Zhou Buqi said jokingly: "I heard that you are going to limit the supply of Asda's AMOLED screens?"

"Ah?" Li Zairong was surprised, "No way? Is there such a thing? I'll ask them. I told them specifically."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "I've heard about it too."

Li Zaeyong said: "Except for our own use of high-end screens, most of our production capacity is supplied to Apple and Asda. If you don't believe me, I can show you our detailed production and sales information. We will never do it here." There are some restrictions.”

"is it?"

Zhou Buqi laughed, as if he didn't believe it.

Lee Jae-yong continued: "Samsung Wireless is the one that makes mobile phones, and Samsung Display is the one that makes screens. These are two companies with different shareholder structures, board of directors structures and management structures, as well as different business indicators."

This is indeed true.

But that's only half the story.

Samsung Wireless and Samsung Display are two companies, but both companies are subsidiaries of Samsung Electronics. Once Lee Jae-yong makes a higher-level strategic deployment and uses the profits from the mobile phone business to subsidize the loss of the display screen, So Samsung shows that it will be out of stock or it will be out of stock here.

Zhou Buqi said: "Even at this stage, Aisda can get the display screen it needs relatively smoothly, but it may not be possible in the future. Someone came to me just now and specifically told me about their experiences. Such things are It’s a hidden danger.”

"what's up?"

Li Zaiyong's level is too high, and it is impossible for him to pay attention to the small business worth tens of millions between Samsung Greater China and Meizu.

Zhou Buqi told the story about Meizu in a few words.

Li Zaiyong was a little silent.

Because in his opinion, his CEO Park did the right thing. The reason why he changed the president of Greater China was mainly because he saw the strong rise of domestic mobile phone manufacturers and the emergence of many new companies.

Many mobile phone manufacturers are very weak and have difficulty getting goods from suppliers.

It just so happens that Samsung has a lot of leftover products and inventory left over from different channels every year.

For example, there are 2 loose memory chips left. The amount is so small that it is not cost-effective to develop a separate model to match it, and even large companies cannot use it. However, there are many emerging and very small mobile phone manufacturers in China. A new phone may only have an order of 2, which is just enough.

These loose pieces are not second-hand goods, defective products, or obsolete products. They are completely different from some substandard products that are leaked out of some foundries in collusion with both internal and external parties. The performance of these loose chips is exactly the same as new products, but they are actually leftovers from big companies.

It's just too piecemeal.

It is difficult to digest in large-volume purchases by large companies.

Leave it alone, leave it alone. If it can rely on the huge Greater China market, then for Samsung, it can turn losses into profits, from annual losses of 1.3 million U.S. dollars to profits of 1.2 million U.S. dollars. During the period, a surplus of US$2.5 million can be added to the book.

This is not some shady business.

Many industries are doing this.

For example, Vipshop.

Many of the big-name products sold above are indeed genuine and new products, but the reason why they can be sold at extremely low discount prices is mainly because they are leftover goods and stock goods. For many businesses, it is better to find channels to sell them instead of leaving them in the warehouse to report losses.

In the early days, Xiaonei.com sold a large number of extremely cheap products to college students, and they were all scraps that Zhou Buqi collected from various corners, many of which were only a few hundred items in stock. For manufacturers, it is too laborious to find a team and find channels to sell hundreds of products.

The situation is different for campus networks. E-commerce shipments and limited-edition rush purchases by college students are most suitable for this model.

Li Zaiyong had some different opinions, but since Boss Zhou had spoken, he had to give him face and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll tell Park Zai-chun later. He has no ill intentions, but he just doesn't have the right way of working." So appropriate.”

Zhou Buqi sighed: "I'm really worried now. In order to compete with Asda in the high-end mobile phone market, Samsung will impose some restrictions on the supply of high-end screens."

"No! Absolutely not!"

Li Zaiyong promised again and again.

What he said was the truth.

Even if there were restrictions, they would never be limited to Aisda. When it comes to competition, Samsung is more competitive with Apple, but Samsung has never created problems for Apple on high-end screens. Instead, Samsung will sell some of its best displays to Apple.

Although Asda is far inferior to Apple.

But behind Aisda stands a giant named Zhou Buqi.

With this factor in mind, Apple and Asda are companies of the same level in Lee Jae-yong's eyes. They will compete in the market with real guns and will not engage in such a competition strategy that is suspected of being a monopoly.

Zhou Buqi is also unambiguous in his behavior. He smiled and said: "By the way, there is one more thing. Aisda has developed a 4G processing chip, which is expected to be released next year and will be applied to a new low-end phone." machine series."

"Oh, good thing, congratulations!" Li Zaiyong thought he was talking about Qualcomm. "There should indeed be such preparations to prevent Qualcomm. Qualcomm has gone too far. I saw the news, you will operate there and initiate a campaign against Qualcomm. Antitrust investigation?”

Zhou Buqi said: "Well, there will be results in the near future."

Li Zaiyong was very happy, "Good thing! It should be! We should join forces. Whether it is Samsung, Apple, or Asda, making mobile phones is indeed a competitor. But when facing Qualcomm, we are all allies on the same front!" I heard there’s some movement from Apple as well.”

Zhou Buqi suggested: "If you are like me and accept an exclusive interview and talk about Apple's role in resisting Qualcomm, I believe there will be bigger noise on Apple's side. Apple doesn't want to make any noise, Qualcomm It will also force them to make moves.”

Li Zaiyong pondered for a moment, "Okay, I will consider it."

At this time, Apple must be brought down. Only Apple can withstand the pressure of confronting Qualcomm head-on.

But in fact, even if Apple and Qualcomm go to war head-on, they will end up with a complete defeat and ceding territory and paying compensation.

Zhou Buqi is very prudent in his decision-making in this regard. He will not fight with Qualcomm at the front unless absolutely necessary!

It is best to build the plank road openly and visit Chen Cang secretly.

Put Apple at the forefront.

Let Apple and Qualcomm use all their strength to fight, and Asda will not only not feel the pressure from Qualcomm, but will feel the spring breeze of care from Qualcomm.

Zhou Buqi said: "Two things. First, I think you should accept an exclusive interview, just like I did last time."

Li Zaiyong still said what he just said. He did not have the confidence of Boss Zhou, "I will consider it."

Zhou Buqi continued: "The second thing is that the performance of Asda's self-developed chips will not be very good, but it should be enough for use in low-end machines. Judging from the current general trend of smartphones, the demand will not be Too low, I intend to promote cooperation between Asda and Samsung.”

"Ah?" Li Zaiyong finally realized what he meant, "Chip OEM?"

Zhou Buqi said: "It's chip foundry. If Samsung still has excess production capacity, I hope it can help and handle this part of the chip foundry order for Asda."

This is the art of speaking.

It's obviously a charity to others, but it sounds like asking others for help.

Li Zaiyong couldn't tell how happy he was, "Thank you! Thank you very much!"

Zhou Buqi said half-jokingly: "In terms of price, it cannot be higher than TSMC."

"Of course, definitely!" Li Zaiyong assured, the chip foundry business is currently Samsung's most important strategic business, and then he made a decisive decision, "Well, I thought about it, what you said Yes. I will arrange an exclusive interview right away. The outside world is too noisy and there are a lot of irresponsible discussions. I will make it clear about Apple and Qualcomm."

……

The matter is resolved.

After a phone call, the Meizu incident was explained in a few words.

However, this still attracted Li Zaiyong's attention.

Just when Zhou Buqi had packed up and went to the cafeteria to eat, Sun Wanran came to deliver a message and shouted through the intercom on his desk: "Phone No. 2, Zhou Shaoning's phone number."

There are three telephones on Zhou Buqi's desk.

He picked up the middle one.

"it's me."

"Lao Zhou, are you in the company?"

"Yes, in the park."

"Then I'll go over right now!"

Zhou Shaoning is a bit hot-tempered.

Zhou Buqi was a little surprised, "What's the matter, so anxious?"

Zhou Shaoning said: "It's not that I'm anxious, it's that someone wants to apologize to you in person."

"apologize?"

Zhou Buqi is a bit baffled.

Zhou Shaoning said: "President Park of Samsung Greater China, he just contacted me and asked me to help him contact you and give him a chance to apologize to you face to face. He is in the capital. I guess I’m on my way there now.”

"Oh, him!"

Zhou Buqi suddenly realized.

I feel a little emotional, this Li Zairong is really efficient. And this way of doing things is really a bit Korean.

Zhou Shaoning said: "Then I will go there too and go with him. When the time comes, give him some face. He has a very stubborn temper and cares about personal dignity. Don't embarrass him too much."

"Originally, he didn't offend me. It was Meizu who came to the door and asked me to help."

"Meizu?"

"Samsung had some bad products and wanted to sell them to Meizu. Meizu didn't want to buy them, but they forced them to buy them. That's all."

"Ha ha!"

Zhou Shaoning was relieved upon hearing this. It was really a trivial matter not worth mentioning.

In today's mobile phone industry, this kind of thing is commonplace.

Small companies are always bullied by giants.

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "People are coming to ask me for help, and I can't refuse. You can just come here and find me in the staff canteen."