"The color ones are also assembled. Do you import the picture tubes from RB?" Chen Zhiwen asked.
"It's not RB, it's Wanwan." Lei Shengli shook his head and said: "There is a large foreign color TV company called RCA in Wanwan. They are from the United States. They also make color picture tubes and sell them to the outside world. The price is better than that of RCA. RB’s is much cheaper.”
"RCA?" Chen Zhiwen thought for a while. He remembered that this American company was not a good thing. It leaked chemical pollutants directly into the local groundwater, causing serious pollution. He just didn't know if they had started doing this at this time. ?
Seeing that Chen Zhiwen seemed to be thinking about something, Lei Shengli did not interrupt. After a while, Chen Zhiwen said: "That's okay. It's just assembly anyway. Maybe there will be new opportunities for color TVs."
For any kind of product, the core components can only be purchased, which will always be a meager profit, and it cannot withstand any storms. In the field of electrical appliances in the future, Midea will definitely deploy the core compressors of air conditioners and refrigerators, as well as the software and hardware of the electronic age. Wait, but the TV aspect is more of a headache. Laying out the picture tube? Even if technology giants like Sony spend tens of millions of dollars to develop a new technology, they often mess with the technology tree and get nothing in the end.
But it won’t work without layout. The era of LCD TVs is still more than thirty years away. It is impossible to wait until then. The most important thing is that Hong Kong does not have talents in this field, and even if it has money, it cannot be done. Now we can only take one step at a time. , keep the market open first, wait until the mainland opens up, and see if there are any opportunities of your own.
"Okay, then I'll send someone to go to Wanwan." Lei Shengli said happily.
"Okay, let's do this for now. The focus is still on the motor. I want to reduce the cost of the fan as soon as possible." Chen Zhiwen said that in Hong Kong, he is not worried about who can beat him in the manufacturing industry, but South Korea's Samsung is a A tough opponent, but in my impression, Samsung electric fans don't seem to be famous, maybe they don't like this market.
"Understood, I'll leave first." Lei Shengli said goodbye and left the office, leaving Chen Zhiwen alone.
This is a separate first-floor office on the highest floor of an industrial office building. Some administrative and managerial staff work here. There is also a large office reserved for the boss, Chen Zhiwen, although he may not come here only a few times a year.
The layout of the physical manufacturing industry has successfully taken the first step, and the next step will be to work in two directions. The first is naturally the field of industrial chain. As long as there is money in this area, at least low-end industrial chain integration is not a problem, and The second is the expansion of the terminal market. At present, relying on the Middle East market, Midea can temporarily obtain orders for several years, but this will not last long. When the existing brand giants increase their production capacity and all pour in, the Middle East's The market will also be saturated.
And by that time, if Midea has not developed other markets, it will be doomed. Therefore, it must start to develop the European and American markets. With its current resources, it will naturally open up the American market first. Fortunately, Red Bull is a new player in the beverage market. With the current trend, it is not difficult for products to enter major supermarket channels in the United States. With this relationship, at least the people of Midea can have a channel with which they can communicate with these supermarkets. Although it may not be useful, it will definitely It's much better than not having this relationship at all.
As for the future Costco, it will actually have little effect on Midea. No matter how fast Costco develops, if it wants to have a certain scale, it will take at least five to ten years as the most basic requirement. Basically, it will not have much effect in the early stage.
After checking Midea's financial information, Chen Zhiwen left the industrial building. Although he was still losing money in the past few months, the development plan was finally within his expectations, and he was naturally a little happy.
And Chen Zhiwen generally likes double happiness.
The presidential suite at the Hilton Hotel is filled with a cheerful atmosphere.
After changing the sheets, Zhang Yunxue talked about what happened during her last trip. Today she stayed alone in the hotel with Chen Zhiwen. This rare opportunity made her very happy.
"Next time I buy a cruise ship, you can go wherever you want." Chen Zhiwen said with a yawn while listening to the somewhat boring description of the scenery. Zhang Yunxue had previously participated in a large cruise ship traveling to RB. One lap, and then stopped in several cities for shopping, fun, compensation for delicious food, etc.
Cruises are considered a relatively high-end tour, and some middle-class people from Hong Kong with good families will participate. Chen Zhiwen was busy before, so he sent a few of these card friends to travel.
"How many tens of millions does a cruise ship cost? How expensive is a building?" Zhang Yunxue asked curiously.
Chen Zhiwen smiled and said: "No need, a few million is enough."
Today's Hong Kong dollars and US dollars are still very valuable. A few million Hong Kong dollars is a very large sum. At the same time, the shipbuilding technology in the 1970s was far inferior to that of later generations. The cruise ships targeted at the rich were all small and had to wait until the 1980s and 1990s. , batch after batch of technology rich people appeared, and large-size cruise ships became the standard equipment for the rich.
"That's too expensive." Zhang Yunxue said.
"You still have to buy it. Why don't you go and see for me which European cruise ships are more beautiful? We will buy one and put it in Hong Kong, so that when we get tired of playing here in Hong Kong, we can go out to sea." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. , playing mahjong at sea is also a hobby of Hong Kong's rich man, but he doesn't know mahjong, he can only play poker.
As for choosing a European cruise ship, there is no good choice. In the cruise ship manufacturing industry, Europe is definitely No. 1 in this field. Even 50 years later, when the mainland has become the world's largest ship manufacturing country, there is no way to win this field.
Of course, the market in this field itself is very small, and there is nothing worthwhile about it.
"Am I going to Europe?" Zhang Yunxue asked.
"It's okay to go or not to go. There are representatives of these European shipbuilding companies here in Hong Kong. If you spread the news, someone will naturally contact you. When you have almost made your choice, you can go to Europe to see the real thing." Chen Zhiwen said with a shrug. .
Although Hong Kong is small, just a small city, in the 1970s it was the largest customer gathering place in the global shipbuilding industry. There were at least four shipping kings here who could rank among the top fifty in the world. At the same time, the four major foreign banks and some Chinese families There is also a ship-running business. Naturally, the global shipbuilding industry attaches great importance to this place. Although the cruise industry and commercial ships are different, most of them belong to the same group.
"Okay." Zhang Yunxue was very happy, and suddenly thought of something, and asked: "Brother Wen, why don't we get together?"
"You pick first, put all the information away, and I'll look at it later." Chen Zhiwen said, stroking his smooth hair.
