Chapter 318 Fatal Weakness, Critical Attack on Apple(1/3)
Whenever Sharp doesn't understand the general situation, gets stuck, or takes the opportunity to increase the price, Wang Yi will replace it as soon as possible!
There are so many screen suppliers these days!
At the beginning, Wang Yi chose to hand over orders for screens, storage, and lenses to Sharp, Toshiba, and Sony respectively, just to check and balance the three.
Once Sharp cuts off its supply, Xingyi Technology can immediately replace it with a Toshiba screen!
Of course, in November last year, Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi integrated the three screen businesses to form a new joint venture, which is the famous JDI.
Eggs cannot be put in one basket. In the future, JDI will also be one of the main screen suppliers of Xingyi Technology.
Apple has its own Fruit Chain supplier, and Wang Yi will also build his own Star Chain supplier!
These days, both BOE and CSOT are still developing. Low-end screens are fine, but mid- to high-end ones are still far behind.
In the next few years, low-end brands selling thousand-yuan phones will all use domestic screens to support the domestic supply chain, while high-end phones will have to use Sharp and JDI.
As for Samsung, a company that always gets stuck and acts like a boss, Wang Yi doesn't even consider it.
Sharp headquarters.
Cui Hao looked a little ugly: "Is your chairman so busy? You don't have time to see me?"
It's been an hour since he came to Sharp, and he still hasn't seen Sharp's chairman, Koji Asano.
He didn't even see Sharp's president or vice president, and casually arranged for a small supervisor to meet him.
Such a perfunctory attitude made Cui Hao's expression extremely ugly:
"Very good. Sharp doesn't even pay attention to our Apple. Very good. That's great! Does our chairman, Mr. Cook, have to come in person to meet Koji Asano?"
"すみません(su mi ma sen)!" Tanaka Shin apologized:
"President Cui, it's really unlucky that you're here. Our chairman has something urgent and he just left... It's really not a sign of neglect."
"Then when will he come back?" Cui Hao couldn't help but ask.
This matter is so big that we can't even talk about it without seeing Koji Asano.
"Sorry, we don't know either."
"I wonder if you don't know how to call and ask?"
"I've called, but it didn't go through. I guess I'm busy or the signal is not good."
Cui Hao was silent: "..."
I fully understand that Sharp and Toshiba both have the same moral character and have chosen to abandon Apple and join Xingyi Technology!
This made Cui Hao shocked and angry.
What makes me angry is that both Sharp and Toshiba turned their backs on Apple!
What is shocking is that Xingyi Technology, a small company in Xia State, has grown to be on par with Apple, and even made its suppliers give up on Apple!
It’s incredible!
"You guys are very good!" Cui Hao snorted coldly and left with a sullen face.
Tian Zhongxin quickly followed up: "President Cui, we have prepared a dinner, please enjoy it."
After all, it's Apple, so even if it doesn't cooperate, it still has to live up to its reputation.
"Eat? Already full, full of anger! Hum!"
Cui Hao snorted coldly and left Sharp, but his expression became more and more gloomy.
Behind him, Tanaka Shin sneered and sneered:
"People at Apple are overbearing. Do you think the whole world has to look at your face?"
"But it's a pity that you don't even use Sharp screens, why are you still installing them here for us?"
"On the contrary, Xingyi Technology has given Sharp a large screen order of 30 million yuan. How do we choose? Needless to say?"
"Whenever we hesitate, it's because our brains are not working properly."
"You still want to force us to cut off the payment to our sponsor father? This is not funny!"
"Pooh!"
Tanaka Shinobu spat, turned and left.
This idea is not just for him, but also for the entire Sharp.
A woman is a mother if she has breasts.
Apple has milk, but it was given to LG and Sharp couldn't even take a bite, so how could they listen to them?
After leaving Sharp's headquarters, Cui Hao's expression was extremely gloomy.
Soon I received a call from Chairman Cook: "What did Sharp say?"
Cui Hao sighed: "I haven't seen Sharp's chairman at all. He has made it clear that he is abandoning Apple and supporting Xingyi Technology."
The corner of Cook's mouth twitched, and his expression was extremely complicated: "..."
"Chairman, we made a miscalculation!" Cui Hao was helpless: "As one of BYD's major shareholders, Xingyi Technology, we expected that BYD would not cut off supply to Xingyi Technology."
"More than 70% of Qualcomm's current dual-core chips are sold through Xingyi Technology, and the supply will not be interrupted."
"But I didn't expect Toshiba and Sharp to be so loyal and supportive of Xingyi Technology!"
"It's incredible!"
"Xingyi Technology has grown enough to compete with Apple!"
Cook took a deep breath and felt disappointed: "The strength and popularity of Xingyi Technology are naturally not as good as Apple's. But their sales are terrible. Xphone 1 has sold more than 10 million units in two months since it was launched. The supply chain is down.
We placed an order of 20 million, and now we have added another 10 million, making it a total of 30 million!”
"Faced with such a temptation, suppliers cannot refuse. For this reason, it is normal to abandon Apple and firmly follow Xingyi Technology."
Cui Hao nodded: "Yes, but if this happens, our plan to cut off the supply of Xingyi Technology will be ruined, and it will become impossible to curb the sales of Xphone 1. The sales of iPhone 4s in Xia Guo will be
Serious impact!"
Cook is also worried. If xphone 1 had not seriously impacted the iPhone 4s and iPhone 4s sales plummeted in China, Cook would not have jumped into the wall and frantically surrounded Xingyi Technology, thinking of cutting off the supply of Xingyi Technology!
"Well, President Cui, you've already gone to Neon, Sharp and Toshiba, so why not go to Sony again? As long as Sony agrees to stop supplying Xingyi Technology, all subsequent orders for iPhone 4s will include Sony lenses, including the next generation iPhone.
5 are also all Sony lenses!”
"Okay, I'll go right away!" Cui Hao responded.
Regardless of whether it works or not, you have to give it a try!
Afterwards, Cui Hao went straight to Sony headquarters.
However, before Cui Hao arrived, a call from Sony's old director came to Wang Yi:
"Dr. Wang, Sony absolutely and firmly supports Xingyi Technology and will never comply with Apple's domineering behavior and cut off supply to Xingyi Technology. You can rest assured that the latest batch of Sony lenses will be shipped one week in advance! From now on, Sony's products will be given priority.
Supply Xingyi Technology!”
Wang Yi smiled, Sony was eager to show his loyalty.
There is no way, Toshiba and Sharp have received new orders worth tens of millions, and Sony can't calm down anymore.
Of course, you have to make your position clear first, otherwise Wang Yi will transfer tens of millions of lens module orders to Samsung and other suppliers, and Sony will be left crying.
Sony is indeed number one in terms of current mobile phone lens modules, but Samsung is not particularly bad either.
To put it bluntly, if Sony can score 90 points, Samsung can also score 85 points, which is completely usable and cheaper.
But we can't let millions of people go solo.
Wang Yi smiled slightly: "There is an old saying in our country of Xia, a journey will tell you a horse's power, and a journey will tell your heart. Sony, like Toshiba and Sharp, is a long-term strategic partner of Xingyi Technology. I won't say it politely.
Additional orders for tens of millions of lens modules!”
"Thank you, Mr. Wang. Thank you. I won't say any polite words. Let's lower the price by another 20%! And you don't have to pay for the goods in advance. You can settle the bill after the goods are delivered."
"Thank you for your support and happy cooperation!"
“It’s all as it should be, happy working together!”
After the call ended, the Sony director was in a good mood.
When placing an order for five million sets of lens modules, Wang Yi is a distinguished customer of Sony and must receive priority!
When placing an order for a tens of millions of lens modules, Wang Yi is Sony’s financial backer, and the chairman personally takes care of it.
If you place an order of 20 million or even 30 million, Wang Yi is Sony's financial backer, and all kinds of preferential conditions are provided.
You know, the global sales of iPhone 4 are only 40 million!
Of course, Wang Yi must treat such a large order seriously. According to the product cycle, he will take the initiative to reduce prices, cancel prepayments, and give priority to shipments...
These are all basic practices for treating the financial owner’s grandpa!
There is no way, Sony is unwilling, Samsung immediately takes over!
At this time, the old director of Sony received a report from his subordinate: "Chairman, Cui Hao, the president of Apple Xia Country, wants to see you and says that there is something important to discuss!"
To be continued...