Chapter 47: Refuse to supply! Then make it yourself!
When Lin Feng heard Liu Qiangdong's words, his heart suddenly tightened.
Liu Qiangdong was sniped?
Has he expanded his business to the United States?
"You should quickly find the nearest hospital and stop working so hard. Safety is your top priority."
what?
Liu Qiangdong's voice sounded very puzzled.
"Boss Lin, why should I go to the hospital?"
"Didn't you say you were sniped?"
"Um, is there a possibility? I mean, our business has been attacked."
Lin Feng's face was full of black lines, but he felt relieved. As long as the person is fine, it's okay.
After listening to Liu Qiangdong's report in detail, Lin Feng frowned.
Ever since his attempt to acquire Ali was rejected by Ma Yun, Ali has accelerated its pace of further financing.
Through lobbying, it obtained more than $100 million in investment from SoftBank.
At the same time, Yahoo also announced that it will carry out in-depth cooperation with Ali.
In a short period of time, Ali's development took off, and with the preferential conditions of free entry for merchants, it was poised to compete with eBay.
At this time, under Lin Feng's arrangement, Jingdong entered the e-commerce field, focusing on service and quality.
At the beginning, neither Ali nor eBay took Jingdong seriously, and even sneered at its self-built logistics.
They all believed that Jingdong’s capital chain would break sooner or later.
But I didn’t expect that Jingdong had so much money.
In just over a month, Jingdong has established logistics transit bases in four provinces and cities, and has built no less than twenty large-scale warehousing centers in various places.
The momentum of its development is far greater than that of eBay and Ali before it.
Even though the so-called Jingdong Shopping Network has not yet been officially launched, it has already made these two giants feel threatened.
However, that's all.
In the eyes of Ali and Yiqi, Jingdong is not without weaknesses.
Its weaknesses are precisely Jingdong’s development positioning, service and quality.
In order to provide excellent service and maintain quality, it is necessary to sign contracts with enough big-name brands.
Otherwise, with just a few brands, who would shop online at your Jingdong?
So if we want to stop Jingdong's development, we, Ali or eBay, can just sign contracts with those big brands first.
That’s what they thought, and that’s what they did.
For these brands, one is well-known to everyone, while the other is unknown, so it is obvious which one to choose.
In particular, in today's China, the so-called big-name products are almost all from abroad.
They are more or less closely related to the capital behind eBay and Ali.
Under the connection of interests, they would never choose to cooperate with Jingdong.
Especially those electronic products and household appliances produced in Japan and South Korea.
Driven by a series of capitals such as eBay, Softbank and Yahoo, they refused to cooperate with Jingdong Company and declared that they would not sell their own products on the Jingdong website.
This made Liu Qiangdong very anxious.
You know, Jingdong started out by selling electronic equipment.
He knew very well that in this field, Japan and South Korea were the undisputed overlords.
Today, the vast majority of online shopping also takes place in this area.
If Jingdong has no way to get these products for sale on its official website, then the slogan it shouts out will be a complete joke.
After all, if a shopping website that claims to sell only authentic products is full of counterfeits and small brands, what will consumers think?
If this continues, Jingdong’s future will be doomed.
Perhaps, with a perfect warehousing system, Jingdong may be able to survive by relying on logistics.
But this is not what Liu Qiangdong wants. His goal is very clear, which is to do shopping.
Ordinary people can enjoy products from all over the world without leaving their homes.
Therefore, he called Lin Feng in a hurry to report the situation. In response, Lin Feng did not panic, but instead showed a sneer at the corner of his mouth.
"I originally wanted to let you guys hang around for a while, and then develop smartphones after 3G matures, but I didn't expect you to bring yourselves to your own death!"
Of course, Lin Feng will not develop smartphones now as the conditions are not yet ripe.
After thinking about it, Lin Feng called Zheng Yuan directly.
This person was the most experienced lawyer previously called in from the law firm.
"Lawyer Zheng, I want to ask you a question. Do you know if there are any electronics or TV factories in the Magic City that are not doing well?"
The other side thought for a while, and then said,
"I do know of a listed company called Xiahua Electronics, but this company is not from Shanghai, but from the south."
Lin Feng's eyes lit up and he asked, "Have you ever dealt with them?"
Zheng Yuan gave a positive answer.
"Yes, this company has not been doing well in recent years and has been losing money. In the past two years, it wanted to apply for bankruptcy reorganization, so I have contacted it several times."
“Bankruptcy reorganization?”
"Yes, and I heard that they are dividing their business and planning to divest the mobile phone, computer, display and other corporate businesses."
"That's the best thing to say."
When he was really sleepy, someone handed him a pillow. Raymond Lam made the decision immediately.
"Lawyer Zheng, where is this company? Please accompany me."
"In Hu Jianlu Island, boss, do you want to acquire this company?"
"That's right. Please notify the other party on my behalf and gather all the employees in technical positions."
After thinking for a while, Lin Feng added,
"Those who have been laid off will be rehired. I hope to acquire a company that can immediately start R&D and production. If it can meet my requirements, the price is negotiable."
"Got it! Boss, do you have any other requests?"
"There's nothing else. You should communicate with the company first, and then go to Lu Island immediately. We will meet at the airport."
"Okay, boss!"
……
At Hu Jianludao Xiahua Electronics Factory, Dong Zhifei has not slept for a whole day and a night.
To be exact, as the factory director, he has not had a good night's sleep since the beginning of the new century.
At that time, he led the factory to ambitiously announce its entry into diversified fields such as computers, monitors, fax machines, and communications equipment.
I thought that there would be a situation of multiple blossoming around the main television industry, but I didn't expect a complete failure.
Even the main television business was affected. Two and a half consecutive years of huge losses put the factory on the brink of bankruptcy.
In order to preserve the factory's only remaining listed company shell resources, he had to decide to cut off all non-core businesses and directly dissolve related departments and factories.
The business has yet to be sold, and the cost of laying off workers is imminent.
He smoked one cigarette after another, but there was still no solution. The factory, which was suffering from huge losses, had no money to solve these problems.
Just as he was looking worried, suddenly, the cell phone on his waist rang.
It's an unknown number.
I wanted to hang up directly, as telephone scams have become more frequent in the south recently.
Especially some international calls.
But upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a mainland number.
After hesitating for a moment, he pressed the answer button.
"Hello."
After hearing clearly what was said on the phone, his body straightened up.
(End of this chapter)
When Lin Feng heard Liu Qiangdong's words, his heart suddenly tightened.
Liu Qiangdong was sniped?
Has he expanded his business to the United States?
"You should quickly find the nearest hospital and stop working so hard. Safety is your top priority."
what?
Liu Qiangdong's voice sounded very puzzled.
"Boss Lin, why should I go to the hospital?"
"Didn't you say you were sniped?"
"Um, is there a possibility? I mean, our business has been attacked."
Lin Feng's face was full of black lines, but he felt relieved. As long as the person is fine, it's okay.
After listening to Liu Qiangdong's report in detail, Lin Feng frowned.
Ever since his attempt to acquire Ali was rejected by Ma Yun, Ali has accelerated its pace of further financing.
Through lobbying, it obtained more than $100 million in investment from SoftBank.
At the same time, Yahoo also announced that it will carry out in-depth cooperation with Ali.
In a short period of time, Ali's development took off, and with the preferential conditions of free entry for merchants, it was poised to compete with eBay.
At this time, under Lin Feng's arrangement, Jingdong entered the e-commerce field, focusing on service and quality.
At the beginning, neither Ali nor eBay took Jingdong seriously, and even sneered at its self-built logistics.
They all believed that Jingdong’s capital chain would break sooner or later.
But I didn’t expect that Jingdong had so much money.
In just over a month, Jingdong has established logistics transit bases in four provinces and cities, and has built no less than twenty large-scale warehousing centers in various places.
The momentum of its development is far greater than that of eBay and Ali before it.
Even though the so-called Jingdong Shopping Network has not yet been officially launched, it has already made these two giants feel threatened.
However, that's all.
In the eyes of Ali and Yiqi, Jingdong is not without weaknesses.
Its weaknesses are precisely Jingdong’s development positioning, service and quality.
In order to provide excellent service and maintain quality, it is necessary to sign contracts with enough big-name brands.
Otherwise, with just a few brands, who would shop online at your Jingdong?
So if we want to stop Jingdong's development, we, Ali or eBay, can just sign contracts with those big brands first.
That’s what they thought, and that’s what they did.
For these brands, one is well-known to everyone, while the other is unknown, so it is obvious which one to choose.
In particular, in today's China, the so-called big-name products are almost all from abroad.
They are more or less closely related to the capital behind eBay and Ali.
Under the connection of interests, they would never choose to cooperate with Jingdong.
Especially those electronic products and household appliances produced in Japan and South Korea.
Driven by a series of capitals such as eBay, Softbank and Yahoo, they refused to cooperate with Jingdong Company and declared that they would not sell their own products on the Jingdong website.
This made Liu Qiangdong very anxious.
You know, Jingdong started out by selling electronic equipment.
He knew very well that in this field, Japan and South Korea were the undisputed overlords.
Today, the vast majority of online shopping also takes place in this area.
If Jingdong has no way to get these products for sale on its official website, then the slogan it shouts out will be a complete joke.
After all, if a shopping website that claims to sell only authentic products is full of counterfeits and small brands, what will consumers think?
If this continues, Jingdong’s future will be doomed.
Perhaps, with a perfect warehousing system, Jingdong may be able to survive by relying on logistics.
But this is not what Liu Qiangdong wants. His goal is very clear, which is to do shopping.
Ordinary people can enjoy products from all over the world without leaving their homes.
Therefore, he called Lin Feng in a hurry to report the situation. In response, Lin Feng did not panic, but instead showed a sneer at the corner of his mouth.
"I originally wanted to let you guys hang around for a while, and then develop smartphones after 3G matures, but I didn't expect you to bring yourselves to your own death!"
Of course, Lin Feng will not develop smartphones now as the conditions are not yet ripe.
After thinking about it, Lin Feng called Zheng Yuan directly.
This person was the most experienced lawyer previously called in from the law firm.
"Lawyer Zheng, I want to ask you a question. Do you know if there are any electronics or TV factories in the Magic City that are not doing well?"
The other side thought for a while, and then said,
"I do know of a listed company called Xiahua Electronics, but this company is not from Shanghai, but from the south."
Lin Feng's eyes lit up and he asked, "Have you ever dealt with them?"
Zheng Yuan gave a positive answer.
"Yes, this company has not been doing well in recent years and has been losing money. In the past two years, it wanted to apply for bankruptcy reorganization, so I have contacted it several times."
“Bankruptcy reorganization?”
"Yes, and I heard that they are dividing their business and planning to divest the mobile phone, computer, display and other corporate businesses."
"That's the best thing to say."
When he was really sleepy, someone handed him a pillow. Raymond Lam made the decision immediately.
"Lawyer Zheng, where is this company? Please accompany me."
"In Hu Jianlu Island, boss, do you want to acquire this company?"
"That's right. Please notify the other party on my behalf and gather all the employees in technical positions."
After thinking for a while, Lin Feng added,
"Those who have been laid off will be rehired. I hope to acquire a company that can immediately start R&D and production. If it can meet my requirements, the price is negotiable."
"Got it! Boss, do you have any other requests?"
"There's nothing else. You should communicate with the company first, and then go to Lu Island immediately. We will meet at the airport."
"Okay, boss!"
……
At Hu Jianludao Xiahua Electronics Factory, Dong Zhifei has not slept for a whole day and a night.
To be exact, as the factory director, he has not had a good night's sleep since the beginning of the new century.
At that time, he led the factory to ambitiously announce its entry into diversified fields such as computers, monitors, fax machines, and communications equipment.
I thought that there would be a situation of multiple blossoming around the main television industry, but I didn't expect a complete failure.
Even the main television business was affected. Two and a half consecutive years of huge losses put the factory on the brink of bankruptcy.
In order to preserve the factory's only remaining listed company shell resources, he had to decide to cut off all non-core businesses and directly dissolve related departments and factories.
The business has yet to be sold, and the cost of laying off workers is imminent.
He smoked one cigarette after another, but there was still no solution. The factory, which was suffering from huge losses, had no money to solve these problems.
Just as he was looking worried, suddenly, the cell phone on his waist rang.
It's an unknown number.
I wanted to hang up directly, as telephone scams have become more frequent in the south recently.
Especially some international calls.
But upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a mainland number.
After hesitating for a moment, he pressed the answer button.
"Hello."
After hearing clearly what was said on the phone, his body straightened up.
(End of this chapter)
