Sitting in his chair, Lu Feng let out a long sigh of relief. This matter was indeed not easy to handle. All Lu Feng could do now was to participate as much as possible in his business negotiations with the United States.
President Jiang must have found out a lot about Lu Feng and is already on guard. If he were to tell Lu Feng at this point not to trust him and to trust him instead, it would only make Lu Feng resentful.
At this moment, Lu Feng needs to project an image of "I will do my best to help you make the best choice" and strive to promote cooperation between the two parties.
In fact, interpersonal communication is very simple, and the same goes for dating. You must never let the other person feel disgusted with you. Once such feelings arise, no matter how eloquently you speak, it will be ineffective communication.
Lu Feng sat there thinking for a while. He needed to get this done as soon as possible to avoid any unforeseen problems. As for Starry Sky Media, Lu Feng planned to meet with President Du to discuss some basic matters, and then leave the rest to Wei Yandan to handle.
Just as he was figuring out how to schedule his time, the phone rang. Lu Feng answered, "Who is this?"
"Mr. Lu, it's me, your brother," the voice on the other end of the phone said excitedly.
My brother?
Lu Feng frowned slightly; it didn't sound like Da Tou's voice at all.
“I have a lot of brothers, which one do you have?” Lu Feng asked.
"President Lu, look at you, it's only been a short time since we last met, and you've already forgotten your brother, me, the chairman of Desheng and Dejin," President Zheng reminded him.
"Oh, oh, oh!" Lu Feng said "oh" three times in a row, but in his heart he was thinking, how did he become his brother? This is really a brother who delivered himself to my door.
"Why is Mr. Zheng calling me 'brother'?"
“Brother, I’ve thought a lot about this over the New Year. We shouldn’t be like this. There’s a saying, ‘befriend distant states and attack nearby ones.’ I’ve looked at the market sales of our two companies’ small appliance businesses. We should cooperate. Our biggest enemy is Changhong. Do you understand?” President Zheng said emotionally.
“You’re right. So what are your thoughts?” Lu Feng asked.
"That's right. My sales channels are not as good as Jiafeng's. Currently, our sales channels are still outsourced. If our two companies cooperate on sales channels, wouldn't that be a win-win situation?"
Lu Feng nodded and said, "So, you mean, let Jiaming's sales channels sell your products, and then your channels sell my products, to expand the sales channels, right?"
"Yes, but only for small appliances. It won't work for things like TVs because the sales channels are outsourced, and I can't control them. What do you think?"
"It's not good. My product isn't as good as yours. Selling them together will only make mine harder to sell." Lu Feng refused without even thinking. The other party was treating him like an idiot.
"No, I can share some of my technology in the small appliance field with you. How could I possibly let you down, brother?" Mr. Zheng's voice was full of righteousness.
But Lu Feng only heard cunning in his voice. However, he thought for a moment and decided to see what kind of technology it was first.
"Let's meet and talk. I'll be in Shenzhen in two days."
"Alright, brother, I'll host a banquet for you." The person on the other end of the phone was exceptionally sincere. They chatted for a long time about how the technology would improve Jiafeng's skills. In short, they spoke very eloquently, talking about being family and brother companies.
After hanging up the phone, Lu Feng felt that what the man said sounded somewhat familiar.
Lu Feng called President Du again, and after only a couple of sentences, President Du gave Lu Feng a big surprise.
"Mr. Lu, the movie you invested in has become a box office hit, surpassing 20 million."
"Oh!" Lu Feng said calmly.
"Huh? I said that movie grossed over 20 million, didn't you hear me?" Du Yan said in disbelief.
"I heard that, what's so surprising about that?" Lu Feng wasn't really surprised. The movie "King of Beggars" already had a high box office, and with the golden combination of Stephen Chow and Ng Man-tat, the box office was guaranteed.
"Let's meet in Shenzhen in two days to discuss cooperation. I'm quite busy these days, but I'll introduce you to a person in charge to handle the negotiations. This is also a good opportunity for you to enter the mainland market," Lu Feng said in a deep voice.
"No problem, see you in two days!"
Lu Feng hung up the phone, stood up and left the office. He needed to make arrangements for the company over the next two days. Zhang Fengxia was indeed managing things well, but there were still many problems between the larger departments.
Over the course of two days, Lu Feng held numerous meetings, essentially working non-stop, and also visited one of his subordinate factories for inspection.
The advantage of enterprises investing heavily in self-supporting facilities is that they won't be held hostage in critical moments. The disadvantage is that if the enterprise's operations run into problems, the supporting factories will become a burden.
There is no absolute good or bad between light assets and heavy assets. Light assets require less investment and are very flexible. Yesterday it may be a clothing company, and the next day it can break away from suppliers and start selling machinery.
Lu Feng's requirement for the supporting factories is that they should seek their own market growth points. While supplying the main factory area, they should also maintain their own profit points, explore the market on their own, and not rely solely on supplying Jiafeng for a living.
The requirement is that when internal demand is high, priority should be given to supplying internal customers; if internal sales are poor, the direction should be adjusted in a timely manner to seek external markets, so as not to drag down the company.
After the opening speech, some middle managers began to feel that the company was unstable and were already resigning. Lu Feng held a meeting with senior management and said that Jiafeng Electronics could not collapse; at most, it would have to cut its losses to survive.
If a crisis really occurs, selling some supporting factories to generate cash flow is the worst option. If all else fails, one can borrow money from financial institutions to bridge the gap.
In the summer, when the bank's 200 million yuan loan matured, he could borrow 200 million yuan from other places to repay the loan first, and then borrow from the bank again. If the bank refused to lend, Lu Feng would go to Huang Youwei. This was his confidence.
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