After divorce, I can hear the voice of the future

Chapter 614 Three Cooperation Modes
"Good evening, everyone. I am Lu Liang."

After exchanging a few words with Hu Weiwei and Wang Xiaofeng, Lu Liang took advantage of a break in the stage performance to go to the front of the stage and speak.

"I've participated in team building activities at the Shanghai branch a few times, but this is my first time at the Beijing branch. How were the arrangements for this event?"

As soon as he finished speaking, countless people in the audience beamed with smiles, raised their glasses in cheers, and shouted: "President Lu is awesome!"

Their company booked a five-star resort for three whole days, with all food, drinks, and entertainment free of charge, and they even allowed family members to come along. If you're still not satisfied with this arrangement, you'll be struck by lightning.

"As everyone knows, we have established the Tianxing Industrial Park in Suzhou and reached several talent introduction cooperation plans with the Suzhou Municipal Government."

Lu Liang's smile remained unchanged as he calmly explained his purpose: "There is a shortage of manpower over there right now, and many high-paying and management positions are vacant."

"Whether you want to work in Suzhou is not something the company forces you to do, but I personally hope that everyone can think it over carefully, after all, the salary in Suzhou is higher, the benefits are better, and the development potential is greater."

The moment these words were spoken, the previously joyful and peaceful atmosphere vanished. The company said it wouldn't force them, but in reality, it was.

Due to their different states of mind, Lu Liang's appearance was no longer kind and friendly in their eyes, but rather a smile hiding a knife.

Many employees with large contracts are feeling apprehensive. Lu Liang's personal intervention is likely a final ultimatum.

If they still don't agree to the relocation to the south, they may face semi-forced execution.

"Husband, what's going on?"

Most of the female family members were completely confused, clearly because their husbands hadn't told them about it.

"The company wants us to move to Suzhou, and we may never come back to Beijing again."

Whispers filled the air. Lu Liang smiled, wished everyone a good time tonight, and then told the singers and dancers to continue their performance.

While the purpose of team building is indeed to be courteous before taking action, it is not aimed at company employees, but rather their families.

Most men are somewhat chauvinistic, and it's common for them to only share good news with their families and not bad.

As women in the family, or close female friends, they have the right to know this.

Hu Weiwei was slightly lost in thought and couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Lu, is this all right?"

"Otherwise what? Are we supposed to beg them to go to Suzhou for promotions, raises, and better benefits?"

Lu Liang smiled calmly and turned to look at Wang Xiaofeng and Qin Siyuan: "After the team building activity, give them three days to consider it."

"Those who are willing to go to Suzhou will receive the original salary and benefits as promised. Those who are unwilling will be put through the wringer for a month or two. If they are still unwilling, we will terminate their contracts without further consideration."

Although there are still 313 headhunting contracts left, Lu Liang is mentally prepared to terminate them all. It's just a matter of 2N plus the number of years he worked at his original company.

Upon hearing Qin Siyuan's plan, Liu Pei frowned, "This will be a huge expense."

After a moment's thought, he suggested, "Mr. Lu, why don't we hire a third party? We can always find some irregular or illegal practices that can reduce the compensation amount appropriately."

In this society, as long as there is demand, there will be a market.

For example, some startups don't have money and can't offer high salaries, so they can only promise employees equity and give them empty promises.

Although most of the promises made by a company are false, there are always a few that are true. But when that time comes, the company often regrets it.

For example, if a company like them were to generate such a large amount of wealth, the compensation would be an extremely high figure under normal circumstances.

Therefore, third-party HR companies have emerged to find legitimate reasons for layoffs through investigation and evidence collection.

"There's no need. Besides damaging the company's reputation, it won't save much money. At least we're still in the right right now. Letting them move south to Suzhou is for their future."

Lu Liang chuckled and looked at Qin Siyuan: "How did the conversation with them go?"

"Progress is very slow."

Qin Si looked worried: "I heard that CEO Wei of Shenlan has gone to Shenzhen to contact Huawei. It seems that Huawei has also put forward a car infotainment system and plans to cooperate deeply." "Huawei? It's just a smokescreen."

Lu Liang chuckled. Years ago, he had visited Shenzhen and chatted with Yu Dazui for several hours.

Huawei's ambitions are even greater than theirs. In addition to adopting the same parts supply model as them, it also has the HI model and the Smart Selection model.

The parts supply model involves them acting as suppliers, customizing radar and laser technology packages according to the client's needs, and providing after-sales service.

The HI model is a deep collaboration model that involves jointly developing intelligent automotive components with automakers, such as intelligent driving and intelligent cockpits, and enjoying certain management and decision-making rights.

The final smart choice model is to completely dominate and fully participate in the entire vehicle development process, enjoying absolute dominance, including product definition and subsequent pricing. To put it bluntly, car companies that choose this model are just puppets.

With many contenders vying for supremacy, the outcome remains uncertain, and the smart selection mode is unlikely to be chosen by anyone.

The second type, HI mode, may be gradually eroded by the user and eventually become the Smart Selection mode.

Therefore, Huawei can only provide parts supply at present; if it proposes other options, others will not agree.

However, with its parts supply model, Tianxing's vehicle infotainment system has been installed in over 30 vehicles, has withstood the test of the market, and enjoys a good reputation.

Even if Huawei can provide a car infotainment system, it's brand new and hasn't been tested in the market. How can they compete with them?

"So, Mr. Wei's trip to Shenzhen was a waste of time?" Qin Siyuan wondered. Surely it wasn't all just a smokescreen?
Wang Xiaofeng chimed in: "Not entirely. There are at least two reasons. First, it's to prepare for the future, because they don't want to see Tianxing become the only dominant player. Second, it's to increase their bargaining power and let us know that we are not the only option."

Hu Weiwei added, "That makes sense. They could have met secretly, but they made a big fuss about it."

Listening to their conversation, Lu Liang pieced together the story, and his furrowed brows relaxed: "Mid-May, the timing is wrong."

"Suzhou just held a new energy vehicle exhibition at the beginning of the month, and many car companies took the opportunity to launch new cars. There won't be any new car releases in the short term, so they are not in a hurry and have been dragging their feet."

This idea was unanimously agreed upon, and Wang Xiaofeng added, "If we want to finalize the cooperation, we should wait until before autumn."

There's a saying, "Golden September, Silver October," because during this period, due to favorable weather, concentrated holidays, and people's consumption psychology, many industries will usher in a golden period for sales and promotion.

Especially for high-value items such as real estate and automobiles, because the Chinese New Year is approaching and because of their high value and complicated procedures, it is necessary to make the purchase several months in advance if you want to do so before the New Year.

"If they drag their feet, we'll drag our feet too, and we'll wait until mid-August to see what happens."

Lu Liang squinted, a smile playing on his lips.

He had no experience with Huawei's system, but he knew that rashly changing the car's infotainment system would be like changing a persona, unless there was a significant leap forward, and consumers might not necessarily buy into it.

It can be said that they were already in a trap from the day they abandoned their self-developed in-vehicle infotainment system and accepted Tianxing's system.

Lu Liang looked back at the lawn and at the group of people who seemed preoccupied. He couldn't help but worry, hoping that this wasn't an opportunity for someone else.

If it really comes to the point of large-scale layoffs, it will inevitably send a signal to the outside world that Tianxing Technology is in turmoil.

They might then have inappropriate thoughts, such as thinking that this is a good opportunity to catch up and surpass.

At night, Xiao Lu enjoyed a long-awaited vacation, while Lu Liang slept soundly in his empty hotel room.

The following day, news broke that Lotus Emeya had barely broken 100 orders within 18 hours of its release.

The lingering glory of the once-mighty British Empire did not shine upon Lotus, and very few consumers were willing to pay for nostalgia.

"Everyone said the wolf was coming, but it turned out to be a husky."

The industry was filled with ridicule, with many believing that Liu Qing shouldn't have left Didi so decisively in the first place.

After all, the opportunity to cultivate a super unicorn doesn't come around every day. Even if it's shameless, we'll stick to Didi and fight Lu Liang to the end.

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