Chapter 276: Jianghu is not about killing

"Mr. Li Dongling, the founder of Little Smart's parent company Dongling High-Tech, accepted an exclusive interview with this newspaper yesterday, claiming that Dongling High-Tech is only one step away from bankruptcy!

In the next few years, Dongling High-Tech will face huge challenges in both domestic and overseas markets. It will temporarily hold a cautious attitude toward major investments and production capacity expansion. In addition, Dongling High-Tech will prepare more funds to deal with possible crises and risks..."

This report from the Pingyang Urban Daily has a suspicion of "hanging a sheep's head and selling dog meat." The report did not mention the challenges and targeting the Little Smart is currently facing, but the title makes people think wildly, and it happened to be at such a time. Once this title came out, the news was quickly reprinted by various media.

The media that reprinted it at the beginning still had professional ethics and posted the content of the report, but as it spread, it began to spread by word of mouth, and it became wrong. The news has begun to become that Dongling High-Tech is facing bankruptcy because of the Little Smart mobile phone!

For many people, what they watch is eye-catching news, and even just reading the title is enough. As for the content of the report, they actually don't care much.

The news that Dongling High-Tech is facing bankruptcy is explosive enough, especially for people in Hanxi and other places. This is absolutely no less than nuclear-level news. Domestic major financial, technology, electronics, telecommunications, finance, and other industry media have also moved with the wind. For a time, it spread everywhere.

Crying children have milk to eat, this trick is never outdated!

When a person is targeted, they can choose to respond toughly, or they can choose to complain by retreating to advance. The most powerful person to play this trick is America's military-industrial complex.

Although America's Pentagon uses 1280 USD coffee cups, 9841 USD chairs, tens of thousands of USD toilets, and spends 6 million knives to purchase 9 sheep, it does not prevent it from crying poor in Congress every year.

You know, Dongling High-Tech is no longer a grass-roots team. Just the staff of Dongling High-Tech itself, Pingyang's Dongling High-Tech Electronic Industrial Park, plus the Dongling High-Tech production base in Yangcheng, combined, the personnel scale is over 60,000 or 70,000.

"President Carlson, Jianghu is not about killing, sometimes it is also about human feelings!"

Dongling High-Tech doesn't need to play so hard, just cry out, tell the outside world about Dongling High-Tech's grievances. Once the Little Smart is banned from sale, Dongling High-Tech will have the danger of bankruptcy, although it is only possible...

"In addition..."

To put it bluntly, as long as Dongling High-Tech is still in Hanxi, then in the future, Hanxi may give birth to a second Hanxi New Material, a third, etc. Relying on Dongling High-Tech, the probability of companies in Hanxi Province joining Dongling High-Tech's industrial chain is much, much greater than the opportunities in other regions. And once Dongling High-Tech moves away, these opportunities will all become bubbles!

"The provincial government is discussing launching a Hanxi Post and Telecommunications Special Development Support Ordinance. Once passed, the Hanxi Provincial Finance Department will issue a special fund to support the telecommunications and mobile phone industry in Hanxi Province. Dongling High-Tech is the number one company on the list!"

Li Dongling looked at Li Weimin, poured him a cup of tea, and said helplessly, "Dongling High-Tech is indeed only one step away from bankruptcy. Little Smart is Dongling High-Tech's flagship product. If it is blocked domestically, it will face a huge defeat overseas. By then, let alone earning foreign exchange, I am afraid it will start to lose money!"

Although Dongling High-Tech's nominal headquarters is in Pingyang, the province can also get a part of the taxes paid by Dongling High-Tech. More importantly, companies like Dongxin Semiconductor, Hanxi New Material, Dongfang Optoelectronics, and Hanxi Joint Laboratory are all in the provincial capital. These companies also bring a large number of jobs and revenue to Hanxi provincial capital.

"There are also many people in the Post and Telecommunications Bureau who support the Little Smart. It is difficult and unrealistic to directly ban the Little Smart."

Li Weimin said decisively, "Dongling, don't worry, the provincial government and the provincial industrial department are all standing with Dongling High-Tech and will never let outsiders bully Dongling High-Tech!"

Opposite Carlson is Fan Dezhi, who is Carlson's lawyer consultant and also a public relations consultant. Fan Dezhi spent many years in the Judicial Bureau, which gave him a lot of connections and resources. Carlson invited him here because he wanted to use his connections to do things for Ericsson.

Li Weimin heard the meaning in Li Dongling's words, which was obviously crying poor and complaining, not really encountering big trouble, which made Li Weimin's hanging heart let go.

Not to mention the industries provided, Dongling High-Tech is also the largest private foreign exchange earning company in the country. Pingyang and Hanxi provincial governments also take a lot of taxes from Dongling High-Tech. A series of projects affecting Pingyang and even Hanxi planning, such as Pingyang Freight Airport, Torch Group, and Dongfang Times, are also closely related to Dongling High-Tech. It is really pulling one hair and moving the whole body.

Every year, the Pentagon cries and shouts that if the gentlemen in Congress don't approve the funds, the Pearl Harbor incident will repeat itself, Washington will be beaten in, and the gentlemen in Congress will be hung on street lamps. This trick, although old-fashioned, works every time, and can get trillions of USD in funds every year.

"What news?!" Carlson had a bad premonition.

Facing a large group of foreign businessmen like Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola, Siemens, and all of them are famous giant companies abroad, the Post and Telecommunications and related units naturally attach great importance to it.

Yao Zhengru clearly expressed his support for the Little Smart in front of a group of local media in Pingyang, and even used Pingyang's finances to subsidize PHS base stations, spreading PHS base stations to every corner of Pingyang.

"Lawyer Fan!"

Li Weimin lowered his voice and said to Li Dongling, "The provincial government has also contacted departments like Yanjing Development and Reform through Hanxi State Investment, as well as some old leaders of the province in Yanjing, to solve the trouble for Dongling High-Tech!"

"The Economic and Trade Commission, the Foreign Exchange Department, the Electronic Industry Bureau, and the Development and Reform Department jointly with the Hanxi Provincial Government, jointly voiced their support for the fair competition and development of the mainland's local electronics and communication industry!"

"Starting this year, Pingyang will upgrade the telecommunications industry. This year, PHS base stations will be covered to the town level and above. By the end of next year, PHS base stations will cover the entire Pingyang city, including the rural level, so that Pingyang people can use mobile phones to make calls!"

Regardless of the attitude of other departments and units toward the Little Smart and PHS base stations, Yao Zhengru and Pingyang Municipal Government must support the Little Smart, support it at any cost, otherwise, which company will dare to come to Pingyang in the future?

Not only Pingyang Municipal Government, but Hanxi Provincial Government was also in a hurry and sent Li Weimin from the Provincial Industrial Department to Dongling High-Tech.

Looking at the watch on his wrist, Carlson frowned. That day, he pulled a group of opponents of PHS and Little Smart, and after reaching an agreement, they went to the Post and Telecommunications Bureau together.

When this report from the Pingyang Urban Daily came out and began to spread wildly, various rumors arose. At this time, no one paid attention to restricting the development of the Little Smart, accusing the Little Smart of unfair competition, etc. Compared with Dongling High-Tech facing a bankruptcy crisis, this news was not worth mentioning at all.

Li Dongling raised his teacup and said to Li Weimin with tea instead of wine. Hanxi Provincial Government can offer such conditions, to be honest, it is already the limit, and Li Dongling also saw it when it was good.

Plus a host of subsidiaries such as Feiyan Technology, Dongxin Semiconductor, Dongfang Optoelectronics, Focus Media, and a large wave of industrial chain suppliers such as BYD, Hanxi New Material, and BOE, the number of personnel and families relying on Dongling High-Tech's brand to eat in the country is at least over 150,000.

Hearing this, Li Weimin was relieved instead. He rushed over in a hurry, representing the provincial government, to find out what the situation of Dongling High-Tech was. Just looking at the media reports was too scary, as if Dongling High-Tech had stopped production.

Fan Dezhi took out a newspaper and pointed to the title written in a huge title that Dongling High-Tech is facing a bankruptcy crisis.

"Perhaps, in a few minutes, you will know when you turn on the TV!" Fan Dezhi said, scratching his head.

When public opinion spread, the first one to worry was Pingyang Municipal Government. Yao Zhengru didn't know what Dongling High-Tech wanted to do, but on that day, he still brought Pingyang TV station and local media reporters to Dongling High-Tech for inspection, straight to Dongling High-Tech's Little Smart business department.

Inside the Yanjing Ericsson Building, Carlson asked a middle-aged man in a suit in front of him, "Today should be the notice from the Post and Telecommunications Bureau restricting the Little Smart frequency band. Why is there no movement?!"

"That clause restricting PHS hasn't been issued yet, right? If it hasn't been issued, it's a report by unscrupulous media. Don't worry about it!"

"General Manager Li, what is Dongling High-Tech doing? Isn't the notice not issued yet? Why go to this extent!" When seeing Li Dongling, Li Weimin was still panting, with a look of rushing over in a hurry.

"Then Dongling High-Tech, thank you, Director Li!"

Li Weimin is expressing the attitude on behalf of the province. For Dongling High-Tech, it is absolute support. Regardless of whether Dongling High-Tech is really in trouble this time, whether it is crying poor and complaining, Hanxi Provincial Government must make an attitude.

Now how many places are thinking about Dongling High-Tech, as long as Dongling High-Tech reveals the idea of moving the headquarters, then it is estimated that the investment promotion offices of other provinces will have to line up at Dongling High-Tech headquarters overnight to pull people. What outrageous conditions, it is estimated that they can be taken out.

Carlson looked at Fan Dezhi in confusion when he heard this.

Fan Dezhi said, "Perhaps, there will be more people supporting Dongling High-Tech. This trick of Dongling High-Tech, retreating to advance, will bring greater trouble to the anti-Little Smart alliance established by Ericsson!"

While talking, the phone in Fan Dezhi's hand rang. After answering the phone, Carlson saw that Fan Dezhi's face changed significantly.

The news released by the media is the result after closed-door consultation. Carlson requested to be able to "compete fairly," that is, to give GSM and CDMA the same status as PHS in the country, but now PHS is too strong in the country, so Carlson requested that when local Post and Telecommunications Bureaus purchase base stations, they should purchase GSM and PHS base stations fairly, and cannot just keep purchasing PHS base stations. In addition, they cannot let the Little Smart occupy all frequency bands, and must restrict the Little Smart's call frequency bands!

"The Post and Telecommunications Bureau announced that it will further open up communication frequency bands!"

"Little Smart announced an adjustment to the sales price for the Greater China market, a direct drop of 499 yuan, currently priced at 4500 yuan!"

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