Chapter five hundred and eighteen the old man's pot

Philips, as a Dutch company, has a blood in its heart to do business.

In the whole of Europe, the Dutch are not the best at doing business, but they must be the best at doing business.

For the Netherlands, trade is the foundation of their nation.

Back then, the Netherlands had the nickname of coachman on the sea.

The local trial production relationship in the Netherlands is laughter, and natural resources are scarce, so the Dutch have embarked on the road of trade activities.

As early as the seventeenth century, the Netherlands had just gotten rid of Spanish rule and won national independence, and began to embark on the road of maritime trade.

At that time, Spain and the United Kingdom were fighting for sea hegemony, and the merchant ships of both countries would carry weapons, which made the Spanish and British merchant ships more expensive.

And the Dutch merchant ships are not equipped with weapons, so the cost of Dutch merchant ships is even cheaper. At that time, the cost of Dutch merchant ships was about half of that of British merchant ships.

The cost of shipbuilding is reduced, and the freight rates for Dutch merchant ships are reduced. It's just that this will increase the risk of being attacked by pirates, so the Dutch at that time were completely taking their lives to run the ship.

Even so, the Dutch were still not satisfied. In order to obtain more profits, they remodeled the cabin to be very large to carry more cargo.

Moreover, at that time, many national team merchant ships collected tax, depending on the width of overtime. The wider the overtime, the higher the charge, and the narrower the overtime, the lower the charge. In order to save money, the Dutch changed the deck to a small size.

Therefore, the Dutch merchant ships at that time were like big-bellied fish, but it was also because of the low freight rates of the Dutch merchant ships that the Dutch sailors did not die, so the Dutch merchant ships were able to spread all over Europe, and won the title of sea coachman for the Netherlands.

After entering the colonial era, Spain and the United Kingdom initially adopted a colonial strategy of colonization. For example, Spain colonized South America and the United Kingdom colonized North America. They all killed the local aborigines and then took the land for themselves. Have.

Later, the British colonists came to India and found that conquering India was much easier than conquering every week. The Indians basically didn’t resist, and they were very obedient. They didn’t fight back and scold them. They didn’t cut their scalps like the Indians.

So the British changed the way of colonization and began to use resource-plundering colonization, making use of the Indians to exploit various resources to make a profit, and just give food to their mouths, which is similar to the use of livestock.

However, the way of colonization by the Dutch is different from that of the British. The core strategy of the Dutch colonization is trade monopoly. The colonial expansion of the Dutch is more like grabbing excellent ports as trade points around the world.

The Dutch were not fighting enough,

It also prevented him from expanding colonies like Britain and France. In terms of combat effectiveness, the Dutch are weak in Europe. In the process of colonizing Asia, the Dutch couldn't even beat the Cambodians.

Since war is not enough, we can only play trade honestly, and Dutch companies have also inherited this.

Dutch companies are very good at setting up factories or sales points around the world, which is exactly the same as the Dutch tactic of setting up trade points around the world.

What Dutch companies pay more attention to is not the production of products, but the trade of products. For Philips, it doesn't matter where the product is made, the key is to sell it globally.

For example, Philips can set up factories all over the world, set up offices, and then sell goods all over the world.

Compared with other European companies of the same type, they are much more conservative.

The largest electrical appliance brand in Europe is Electrolux of Sweden. Many Chinese people have probably never heard of this name, because Electrolux has always adhered to the business strategy of European production and European sales.

If Electrolux comes to China, it will not have an advantage in price if it is only produced in Europe, and even if the whole machine is imported, after-sales service is also a big problem, and naturally it is not a competitor of local brands. So Electrolux can only stay in the European market in the end.

The same is true of other companies in the Netherlands, such as Shell and Unilever, who have planted flags all over the world, and abruptly turned manufacturing into international trade.

The Dutch are born with the gene for trade, so when the question of whether to be a competitor or a partner is placed in front of Philips, Philips does not need to choose at all.

Since Philips' power strip factory in Malaysia can no longer be saved, it is Philips' top priority to transfer orders as soon as possible to ensure the supply of products.

The big deal is to treat the business of power plugs as international trade!

Li Weidong is also very happy to take over the OEM of Philips power strips.

Originally, Li Weidong planned to get some razor OEM orders from Philips. After all, Philips' razors are still the world's top, and by OEM Philips razors, the craftsmanship of puppy razors can also be improved.

Later, Li Weidong found out after inquiring that Philips' power strip factory in Malaysia was about to close down due to the impact of the Asian financial crisis.

So Li Weidong simply took the initiative to contact Ke Cilei, the head of Philips Asia, and established the OEM task of Philips sockets.

Although the power socket is an inconspicuous little thing, it can be used by every household, and the market demand is still great.

In later generations, Bull, the leading enterprise producing power strips in China, probably occupied more than 60% of the domestic market, and the number of battalions in one year could exceed 10 billion.

Moreover, the profit of the power strip is not small. Li Weidong estimated that there is nearly 70% of the profit for Philips to manufacture the power strip.

This is mainly because power plug styles and standards around the world are different and not universal.

For example, the two-pin plug in China is upright, but the triangular plug is inclined; in Australia, both the two-pin plug and the triangular plug are inclined.

The U.S. triangle plug is also upright, and the ground connector is round. The standard used in Japan is similar to that used in the United States.

The European standard plug is two cylindrical connectors, but in the triangle plug but your high school, the standard of the ground wire is different, but the standard of each country is different, but the two-pin plug is basically universal, except for the United Kingdom, because the British electricity The plug is a separate standard.

Therefore, the products of power strips are all produced for specific markets.

The economic level of each country is different, and the purchasing power is also different. The non-uniform plug standard has caused the difference in the profit of the power strip.

How can the price of power strips in Germany be the same as in India? Even if the materials of the two plug-in strips are similar, the ones sold to the Germans will definitely be more expensive, and the profits will be greater.

What's more, when selling products to developed countries, you must sell some high-quality high-quality products. The word high-quality often means high prices, and high-priced products are bound to be linked to high profits.

Therefore, exporting high-quality industrial products to rich countries such as Europe and the United States will definitely make relatively high profits.

In the late 1990s, China had not yet become the world's factory, and orders for products such as power strips had not yet been transferred to China.

At that time, many European countries were still producing power plugs themselves instead of outsourcing the production.

Just imagine, how expensive is a Siemens power strip made in Germany?

However, at that time, China's high-quality and cheap products had not yet entered Europe. The so-called no comparison means no harm. If you haven't used it, you will always feel that a certain treasure is cheap. So the Germans at that time paid a lot of money to buy a Siemens power strip, and took it for granted.

In 1997, Malaysia was already a middle-income country, and its per capita GDP was about six times that of China. Taking into account factors such as average working hours and labor law guarantees, Malaysia's labor cost was about eight times that of China.

Compared with Malaysia, the production cost in China is much lower. Even if the quotation given by Li Weidong is cheaper than that in Malaysia, the profit is still very considerable.

I have to say that the foreign trade orders before 2010 are really easy to do, and the sooner you do it, the more you earn.

At that time, the production cost was low, the competition pressure was low, the tariff barriers were not so many, the product prices were also very considerable, and the profits of foreign trade enterprises were very large.

Later, production costs increased and competition increased. In order to compete for orders, peers did not hesitate to lower prices, and foreign trade profits plummeted. And more and more tariff barriers make foreign trade more and more difficult.

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As soon as the genius dawned, Li Weidong got up from the bed, looked at He Anan who was still in bed, went straight to the kitchen, pressed the start button of the soymilk machine, and then placed fritters, fritters, tea eggs and eggs at the breakfast stand at the entrance of the Hutong.

After returning home, the soymilk machine had finished its work, and two bowls of hot soymilk were poured out.

After all, Li Weidong is not a native of Beijing, and he has always been unaccustomed to Beijing's soy milk. Fortunately, there is a new type of soymilk machine, adding beans and water, and you can drink fresh soymilk in a short time.

At this time, Li Weidong couldn't help but thank Wang Jiuyang. The soymilk machine developed by this guy is indeed more and more convenient.

Then Li Weidong went to the bedroom again and looked at He An'an. At this time, He An'an was still sleeping very much, and the saliva from the corner of his mouth greatly reduced the temperament of the goddess.

Li Weidong hesitated for a while, but still did not wake He Anan.

I'm pregnant, just let her sleep a little longer! Li Weidong thought to himself, then walked to the restaurant by himself and started eating fried dough sticks.

After eating two bites, the phone rang.

Li Weidong picked up the phone, and Wang Jing's voice sounded inside: Chairman, there is a problem with the raw material supplier.

Which supplier? Li Weidong asked immediately.

Xishan Copper Co., Ltd. originally had a batch of copper parts, which should have arrived the day before yesterday afternoon. As a result, I didn't come yesterday, so I called and asked. As a result, he wrote back this morning, saying that the company had made internal adjustments and suspended the supply of raw materials to us. . Wang Jing replied.

How many days are there for the raw materials in stock? Li Weidong asked immediately.

The most stressful thing now is the power strip production line. Because this is a new product, the raw materials that were not in stock before were basically used in a batch of materials. I went to count them last night. If the production is normal, It can last for three days! Wang Jing replied.

Li Weidong's brows furrowed fiercely. The production of home appliances requires the use of copper parts, and copper is an indispensable material for the production of power strips.

If the copper parts supplier stops supplying, all the production lines of Puppy Electric will have to stop production.

Did Xishan Copper say what internal adjustments will be made? Li Weidong asked.

I also wanted to ask more carefully, but the other party was very vague and impatient. After I asked a few more questions, they made an excuse and hung up on me. So I think the internal adjustment of the company is just a matter of An excuse, they just don't want to supply us! Wang Jing said.

Recently, has there been any problem with our business dealings with Xishan Copper? Li Weidong asked again.

No, we all pay on time, and they also supply on time, and there is no default between each other. Wang Jing replied.

It's weird, the cooperation is good, why suddenly stop supplying? Why don't you make money these days! Li Weidong sighed, and then said; Okay, I will handle this matter.

After putting down the phone, Li Weidong fell into thinking.

This Xishan Copper Industry was originally under the management of the Metallurgical Processing Bureau. Later, the Metallurgical Processing Bureau was merged into the Sinosteel Corporation. Xishan Copper began to operate independently in name, but in fact it still had a certain connection with the Metallurgical Processing Bureau.

And He An'an's father, Li Weidong's father-in-law, happened to be a senior executive of Sinosteel.

This is equivalent to Li Weidong being stuck in the neck by his father-in-law!

Of course Dad He would not go to trouble with his son-in-law. Thinking of this, Li Weidong has realized that the situation is not as simple as it seems.

Maybe the source of this matter is not with me, but with Sinosteel. Li Weidong pondered for a moment and decided to go to his father-in-law to inquire about the situation.

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Li Weidong met Dad He and told Dad He about Xishan Copper Industry.

When Dad He heard this, an angry expression suddenly appeared on his face.

Okay, Guo Shichang, you actually got it right on my head! Father He said angrily.

Dad, who is this Guo Shichang? Li Weidong asked.

Guo Shichang is also one of the vice presidents of Sinosteel. He was originally from the Metallurgical Processing Bureau. When several units merged into Sinosteel, we came together. Many of Xishan Copper are his seniors. subordinate. Father He replied.

Dad, are you at odds with this Guo Shichang? Li Weidong asked.

Dad He explained: After the merger of Sinosteel, the business is still in our own hands, and we are not guilty of water. But recently, the company has proposed a vice president to be the deputy secretary, which is equivalent to the company's third party secretary. handle.

This position is very likely to take over as the general manager of the company in the future, and the administrative level has also been improved qualitatively, so several vice presidents are staring at this position. Among them, Guo Shichang and I have a greater chance. Recently, there have been some open and secret fights between the two of us.

Both of us have our own bright spots, but in general, my chances are better, after all, your grandfather is still alive. But what I didn't expect was that this Guo Shichang actually used Xishan Copper to attack you!

When Dad He said this, he sighed and said apologetically, Wei Dong, this time I'm the one who implicated you!

Dad, our family, what else is there to be involved in? Isn't your business my business! Li Weidong smiled helplessly, but secretly said in his heart: It's not wrong for the son-in-law to take the blame for the old man!