Chapter 125 Starting over

In a somewhat dark room

Mr. Lei is sitting in the office with a sad look on his face.

Watching the promotional video playing continuously on the screen, I smoked Huazi one after another.

The flower factory has finally been built. Although it currently does not support many functions, it is enough to start a new era.

Just like when Apple came out, it took the world by storm in just one or two years and forced countless major manufacturers to death.

Although Da Mi did not experience the bloody storm that year, Mr. Lei himself is a person who has been through that era.

The development of science and technology is sometimes so ruthless. It may be prosperous one second, but may be buried in the next second.

Nokia is even stronger than Nokia, but Mr. Lei doesn’t think that his company is stronger than Nokia back then.

In the past few months, I have been thinking of ways to promote the board of directors, hoping to fully transfer to the domestic camp. With the market share occupied by my own rice brand, I can definitely get a good cooperation treatment.

But even though I have explained the stakes many times, the board of directors still cannot make an absolute judgment.

Capital from Google's side has been interfering in the board of directors' decisions, and even bluntly stated that they would give up the idea.

If that was all, the plan to increase investment in scientific research was rejected by these directors.

The reason is also very simple. This requires a large investment of money, which will directly affect the income in the following years.

The cooperation cannot be negotiated, and no money will be paid for the investment. Now Mr. Lei has basically given up the idea of ​​persuading these shareholders.

"Mr. Lei, why don't you go down and have something to eat?" Just as Mr. Lei was sitting in the office smoking, a person walked in from outside.

"Old Sun, I can't eat it. I guess the shareholders are still saying the same thing, right?" Mr. Lei shook his head and asked with a sigh.

The visitor nodded and sat on the sofa. "Currently, the total number of shareholders who support us is less than 45%. Our ideas cannot be promoted at all."

"Well, I expected it. Unfortunately, I thought I could persuade them, but now it seems I thought too much."

As if he had expected this result, Mr. Lei sighed without surprise.

"Mr. Lei, how about I try again?" The man named Lao Sun is considered the second-in-command of Da Mi. This is the first time I have seen Mr. Lei show such an expression in so many years.

He said suddenly panicked.

"No need, Google can't agree to it. It's all the fruits I planted myself back then. Originally, if the situation didn't change, there would be no problem with this road. But I didn't expect that with the advent of science and technology, I would directly bring the country to China."

Revitalized."

Waving his hands, Mr. Lei sighed helplessly.

I had considered introducing capital for a long time back then, and it was indeed a move that could quickly expand Rice.

Although I would give up a lot of things, the decision I made back then was completely in line with the market at that time.

And he was indeed successful.

I just didn't expect that the market would change so fast, and the advantage would turn into a disadvantage in the blink of an eye. If you rely on capital to get to the top, you will still be limited by capital.

"Then what should we do next? People from the Google faction on the board of directors are already dissatisfied with your proposal."

Manager Sun also touched his head. He is considered an old man in the company, so he naturally understands the meaning of Mr. Lei's words.

However, the current situation is not just about the proposal, but the board of directors seems to have the intention to remove Mr. Lei.

"I know, they are also afraid. After all, at this critical moment, our rice, as one of the top distributors in the country, cannot escape their control. It is better to have an obedient puppet than me, who has too many ideas."

Mr. Lei laughed and said nonchalantly.

Google must have been annoyed by its repeated insistence.

"Probably not, after all, rice." Manager Sun frowned slightly, wanting to comfort Mr. Lei but didn't know what to say.

Mr. Lei is indeed the founder of Rice, but Rice is not under Mr. Lei’s control.

If the board of directors insists on replacing someone, it's just a matter of saying something to Mr. Lei.

"Old Sun, how many years have you been following me?" Suddenly, Mr. Lei exhaled and looked up at Manager Sun, asking in a somewhat inexplicable tone.

"Ten years, what's wrong, Mr. Lei?" Manager Sun thought for a while and replied a little strangely.

"Yeah, ten years have passed in the blink of an eye, and I'm almost over 50 years old. Do you think I can start a business again?"

"What? Mr. Lei, are you serious?"

Manager Sun was startled by this question and asked in disbelief.

"I said, do you think I can still start a mobile phone brand like Dami?" Mr. Lei made it clearer this time.

"It's not necessary. Even if Rice cannot join the domestic alliance, Google will not necessarily lose."

Seeing that Mr. Lei didn't seem to be joking, Manager Sun twitched the corner of his mouth and hurriedly comforted him.

"Really? But I think Google is destined to lose. Even if it is still alive, it will inevitably become a reality for domestic alliances to occupy a place in the mobile phone market. This was originally an excellent development opportunity for rice, but now I can't use any means.

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Google has now made it clear that it wants rice to live and die with them. What do you want me to do?

This is a battle between two camps, and Google's chances of winning are not good.

We are restricted by capital and cannot change our attitude, which is equivalent to being roasted on the fire.

The market is our lifeblood. If Google loses, there are other ways to survive. But once we lose the market, even if we don't die, it will be the same as death.

I brought the rice with my own hands, and it went from a small workshop to the number one in the country.

I don't want rice to fail in my hands, or in such a frustrating way. I can accept failure, but I cannot accept this kind of failure.

There are obviously better choices, but you can only watch the advantages being lost little by little. It feels really bad.

Take a look at Flower Factory, then look at Nokia and Apple. Which one is not making great strides forward? Even brands like VIVO have increased their investment in research and development.

And us? What are our capital doing?

I can understand if the proposal doesn't pass, but if we don't increase investment in R&D at this point, we're really going to wait for death, right?

You should also know that Samsung has begun to develop a new generation of products, including the kind of glasses newly released from the flower factory.

I bet that once Samsung and the others succeed in their research and development, we, Daomi, will be forced to connect. Is this using my company as a wallet?

Since this is the case, it’s easy to get together and break up. I did eat the dividends of their European and American capital back then. I agree with this. Since I don’t want the rice anymore, I will start over from scratch! I still don’t believe it. I could change from this to something like this back then.

Is it no longer possible to compete among many brands?

It’s just ten years of hard work, and I’m not even old enough to do it anymore!”

As if he wanted to vent his anger during this period, Mr. Lei spoke a lot almost uncontrollably.

Manager Sun, who was listening silently next to him, could only shake his head.

The pressure on my boss is still too great. He actually wants to give up rice and start over. This really makes him not know what to say.
Chapter completed!