Life 1984

Li Yunhai worked out a plan for a Jedi counterattack.

On the one hand, he wanted to divide and disintegrate the sea-hunting alliance.

On the other hand, he wanted to form his own allied forces.

A cooperation has been reached between Sihai Group and Samsung Electronics.

As long as Li Yunhai proposes it, it will definitely not be a problem for the two families to form an alliance.

Sanjiang Company is led by Li Juan, who is actually a clone of Sihai. On the surface, they can become allies for the sake of interests, and outsiders cannot say anything.

LianXiang Company has Professor Ni as the mediator, and LianXiang Company also has cooperation with Sihai Group, so it should not be difficult to reach an alliance.

The so-called sea-hunting alliance nowadays is nothing more than a makeshift team.

It is impossible for companies like Lianxiang and Sanjiang to truly become enemies of Sihai.

Li Yunhai wants to divide the other party and then form an alliance with these companies in private, which will take some time to implement.

After he finished discussing with Professor Ni and Zhao Jinping, they each took action.

Professor Ni went to Beijin personally to speak to the people from Lianxiang Company about the proposal.

Although Professor Ni has been gone for ten years, his prestige in the industry is becoming more and more outstanding.

In addition, there is a cooperative relationship between Lianxiang Company and Sihai Group.

It should not be a problem for Professor Ni to convince Lianxiang Company.

Li Yunhai called Li Juan and talked about his ideas.

"Of course I'll listen to you!" Li Juan said with a smile, "But, don't you want me to continue being an undercover agent?"

Li Yunhai said: "You can be a double-faced person and exist in both the Sea-hunting Alliance and the Four Seas Alliance at the same time."

Li Juan said, "Don't worry, I know what to do. Then I can go to Xizhou to watch your press conference, okay?"

"Come if you want! Your legs are on your body! Who can tie you up?"

"Isn't it because I'm afraid you'll scold me?"

"When did I scold you?"

"Okay, I'll definitely go then! See you then."

After Li Yunhai hung up the phone, he called Samsung Princess Li Youzhen.

As soon as the call was connected, it was quickly answered by the other party.

"Hello, Mr. Li." Li Youzhen's voice was very soft, but unfortunately her Chinese was still not very good, and it sounded like she was biting her tongue when speaking.

"Hello, Miss Li, I'm sorry to bother you at work. I have something I want to discuss with you."

"I just happen to have something to discuss with you. I heard that you are going to hold an autumn press conference soon? I want to go there, can you give me a ticket?"

"of course can!"

"I also want one of your limited edition Meihua 4th generation mobile phones. Of course, I will pay for it."

"No problem, I'll give you one."

"Great, thank you Mr. Li, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Li Yunhai told the story about his competitors forming a sea-hunting alliance.

"Is there such a thing? I don't know. Please rest assured that we, Samsung Electronics, have definitely not joined this alliance. We and Sihai Group are loyal partners."

"Yes, I also consider Samsung an ally, so we should form an alliance to fight against our competitors together."

"Mr. Li, I can only take care of the hotel business now, but I will report your ideas to my father. I believe there will be no major problems. I will reply to you as soon as possible."

"Okay, thank you."

"Mr. Li, what exactly does our alliance involve?"

"Advance and retreat together, resist the stranglehold of competitors, and strike with all your strength when necessary to defeat them!"

“That sounds challenging!”

“Our interests are aligned.”

"Yes."

The two chatted for more than ten minutes before ending the call.

Li Youzhen’s reply came faster than expected.

Before leaving get off work that day, Li Yunhai received a call from her.

"Mr. Li, my father is very happy to form an alliance with the excellent Sihai Group."

"Haha! That's great! In the future, the cooperation between our two companies can be taken to a higher level."

"Mr. Li, my father wants to meet you. He admires you very much."

"Don't dare to take it seriously."

"My father only inherited my grandfather's business, but you are the founder of Sihai Group. My father has heard a lot about your deeds and thinks highly of you, saying that you are the first person in the electronics industry in the past hundred years."

"Ah? That's too high an evaluation! I don't deserve it. On behalf of Sihai Group, I welcome Chairman Li to visit us."

"I will accompany my father to attend your new product launch conference."

"Okay! Once you have decided on your itinerary, please let me know so I can get ready to pick you up at the airport."

"Thank you Mr. Li."

Li Yunhai was very happy!
Sihai and Samsung cooperated and reached an alliance.

With Chairman Li’s visit, the two companies will have closer cooperation in the future.

President Li must also want to meet Li Yunhai and discuss specific cooperation plans.

Chairman Lee is still the boss of Samsung today.

For truly important matters, President Li must give his approval.

Li Yunhai heard a lot of news and stories about South Korean conglomerates in later generations.

He has also watched some related movies and TV series.

Those very magical film and television dramas are said to be adapted from real events.

Even if art is above life, one can imagine how crazy the private lives of these conglomerate bosses are.

I just don’t know what kind of person President Li is?
Two days later, Professor Ni sent news from Beijin.

Lianxiang Company is willing to become a member of the Four Seas Alliance.

So far, the Four Seas Alliance has four companies.

Next, Li Yunhai was going to take action against Compaq.

The feud between Compaq and Sihai Group has a long history.

Compaq was one of the earliest foreign-invested enterprises to enter my country.

When they first entered our country, they had the ambition to become the computer sales champion.

Not to mention in my country, even in the world, Compaq has the ambition to dominate the global market.

Their goal at the time was to defeat IBM and become the top computer seller.

At that time, they didn't take Sihai Group seriously at all.

But Li Yunhai was not an easy person to deal with, and he soon made them experience what it meant to be unable to adapt to the local climate.

Compaq's promotion in China was not as smooth as expected.

When foreign brands entered the Chinese market in large numbers, our local companies had already been rising for many years.

Local brands such as Sihai, Lenovo, Founder, and Great Wall have already seized the domestic market! Especially Sihai Computer, with its high-quality and low-priced products, has occupied more than 70% of the domestic market share!
Compaq suffered a setback in its first battle, but was not discouraged.

They adjusted their strategy and turned to cooperate with Sihai Group.

Soon, Compaq, relying on its strong financial advantage and massive advertising, became well-known in China and occupied a certain market share.

However, it would be extremely difficult for them to shake Sihai Group's leading position.

In recent years, Compaq has been conquering cities and territories and developing rapidly in other countries, but in my country, it has always been suppressed by the Sihai Group.

In 1992, Compaq also launched a printer business.

Unfortunately, they went down a path that they were not good at.

The printer business is half dead.

Less than a year later, in 1993, Compaq announced its exit from the printer business.

The world didn't even know that Compaq had ever made a printer.

Because in the minds of consumers, only Sihai Group's ink tank printers are real printers.

Printers from all over the world, even Canon, Nikon, and even Epson have to give way!
What about other miscellaneous troops?

If nothing unexpected happens, Compaq's good days will only last a few years.

When Compaq reached its sales peak, it made an expansion move and spent $96 billion to acquire DEC, but it dragged its parent company into the abyss of destruction and was acquired by HP within two years.

This acquisition once again proves that Compaq is not suitable for cross-border operations.

Compaq is still at its peak today!

Except for being beaten by Sihai Group in my country, Compaq's computers have the highest shipment volume in the world, making it a well-deserved giant in the PC industry.

As early as 1991, Compaq's sales had exceeded US$30 billion and its market share ranked fifth in the world.

By 1994, Compaq surpassed the leader in business machines and defeated their biggest competitor IBM to become the global PC sales champion!
A large part of this success is due to reducing costs.

However, Compaq's reign was destined to be short-lived and was followed by a series of poor decisions and acquisitions.

1994 also became Compaq's most glorious year.

Since 1995, Compaq has embarked on a crazy acquisition plan again and again.

These are all things for later.

Let’s talk about the present.

It will take some effort for Li Yunhai to transform Compaq from a competitor into his ally.

Especially Compaq in 1994, it was simply too arrogant.

If Li Yunhai negotiated directly with Compaq, the other party might not listen to him.

In Compaq's view, except for my country, all computers around the world have been defeated by Compaq PC.

So, Li Yunhai chose an extreme route.

He directly cut off Compaq's supply to our country!

Including the X64 chip provided by Sihai Group.

And all computer parts controlled by Sihai Group!

In Sihai Industrial Park, who dares not obey Li Yunhai's orders?

Compared with Compaq's pitiful market share in the domestic market, these suppliers have to rely on the Sihai Group for their survival.

At Li Yunhai's command, all suppliers collectively stopped supplying.

Compaq was suddenly panicked!
Although their share in our country is not large, their annual shipments are considerable.

Moreover, because my country's manufacturing costs are very low, and joint ventures enjoy various preferential policies, a considerable portion of the computers sold overseas by Compaq are also assembled in Chinese factories and then exported.

After the spare parts supply is cut off, many of Compaq’s orders will definitely be in vain!

Even if they purchase from abroad, it will take a long time and the purchase price will be several times more expensive.

As a result, the price of Compaq PC will increase by more than 20%!

By the mid-1990s, PC prices were becoming more transparent.

The cost of each PC has increased by 20%, which means that Compaq computers will lose the most important cost-effectiveness!
In the country, they can't beat the Sihai Group.

Overseas, there are rising stars such as Dell!

Dell’s goal is also to become the number one in sales!

They want to beat IBM and Compaq.

Companies such as Dell offered cheaper alternatives to Compaq computers.

If consumers think Compaq computers are too expensive, they will definitely abandon this brand and switch to Dell.

Compaq felt an unprecedented crisis!
So, Compaq sent a negotiation representative to negotiate with Li Yunhai.

This is the day Li Yunhai has been waiting for.

If he took the initiative to visit the other party to discuss cooperation, the other party would definitely not agree.

If you beat the other party with a stick until he is convinced, he will come to you and ask for peace.

Li Yunhai took the initiative in the negotiations.

Facing the negotiating representative from Compaq, Li Yunhai did not act arrogantly but remained very calm.

The representatives sent by the other party were still the foreign manager Ken, assistant Carter, and the Chinese manager Lu Yong.

Carter asked Li Yunhai loudly why he suddenly stopped supplying chips?

Li Yunhai had already found an excuse. He spread his hands helplessly and said, "Mr. Ken, I'm very sorry. The cooperation agreement between our two companies has expired."

Ken said, "Mr. Li, we can renew the contract!"

Li Yunhai said: "We have several lithography machines that need to be shut down for inspection. Our current production capacity has dropped significantly and we need to wait for the capacity to be restored."

Ken asked, "How long will it take?"

Li Yunhai said: "Mr. Ken, I can't answer your question now. Because we have reached a cooperation with Samsung Electronics. Chairman Lee of Samsung Electronics will come to Xizhou in person soon to sign a cooperation agreement with me. We must first meet Samsung Electronics' chip needs."

"Samsung?" Ken's face changed drastically, and he said, "Mr. Li, we will cooperate with you first! We are your old friend! Samsung is your new friend! You can't abandon your old friends and only take care of your new friends, right?"

Li Yunhai smiled and said, "Mr. Ken, it's not as complicated as you said. Our cooperation with Samsung is not limited to chips. We have formed a strategic partnership and are allies!"

"Allied forces?" Ken frowned and said, "Aren't our two companies considered as allies? We have cooperated for so many years and it has always been a pleasant experience. We have always followed your requirements in the way of settlement and have never defaulted on your payment for goods!"

Li Yunhai said, "Mr. Ken, your Compaq company must have also classified its partners, right? The same is true for our Sihai Group. Samsung Electronics is definitely at a higher level than your Compaq."

Ken shook his head. “Mr. Li, I need a lot of chips now! We have orders waiting to be fulfilled.”

Li Yunhai stopped hiding and said, "Mr. Ken, I heard that there is an underground alliance in the electronics industry. The purpose of this alliance is to deal with our Sihai Group. Unfortunately, your Compaq is also on this list. Is that right?"

Ken was stunned and speechless.

Li Yunhai smiled calmly and said, "Mr. Ken, don't treat others as fools. We all have eyes and can see the truth. You cooperate with us on the surface, but secretly form an alliance with HP, IBM and other companies, trying to defeat our Sihai Group and take away our market share."

Ken said, "Mr. Li, I think there must be a misunderstanding here. I have never heard of such an alliance."

Li Yunhai said: "It is also possible that your rank is not high enough? So you don't know about this plan? Why don't you go back and ask your boss?"

Ken frowned and said nothing.

Li Yunhai said: "I have always been looking forward to cooperating with Compaq, and I also value the friendship between our two families. But friends are not meant to be betrayed or sold out. You eat my food and want to smash my pot! I will not allow such a thing to happen!"

Ken was stunned, and after a while he asked, "Mr. Li, what do you want in exchange for resuming cooperation with us?"

Li Yunhai smiled slightly and said, "Unless you can become our most loyal ally like Samsung!" (End of this chapter)