"When I build a factory in the mainland, I am giving food to the mainland, and the Chinese market is inseparable from me."
Gou, as the founder of Foxconn, has eaten all the dividends in Chinese mainland. However, he did not mean to be grateful at all, but made a big statement, claiming that the mainland could not do without Foxconn.
Eating Chinese rice, but still smashing Chinese pots, Gou Taiming can't help but think too well, so how is Gou Taiming now?
Gou, this name may be a little unfamiliar to some people, but when it comes to Foxconn, everyone must have heard of it, and the founder of this company is Gou.
Gou expanded Foxconn's manufacturing industry to Shenzhen, China, in 1988, and he invested in a science and technology park in Shenzhen, which also represented Foxconn's official entry into the Chinese mainland market.
Thanks to the advantages of geographical location, coupled with some preferential policies of the country at that time and relatively cheap labor, Foxconn developed rapidly in Chinese mainland and soon became one of the largest manufacturing enterprises.
Gou Taiming has also become a well-known business magnate in China, and has appeared on various rich lists many times.
Run for leadership
Some time ago, Gou Taiming announced that he would run for the leader of the Taiwan region, and this move has also attracted widespread attention.
Gou, a Taiwanese corporate giant growing on the mainland, has long been seen as a possible positive force for cross-strait reunification. However, some of his remarks during the campaign sparked widespread controversy, forcing one to examine his true position.
As Taiwan's leadership election entered its final stage, Gou suddenly announced his participation in the election as an independent, adding to the already fierce competition.
The move came as a surprise to many, because in the current political environment, without the support of a strong party background, the chances of his successful candidacy alone are slim.
Gou Taiming had arrogantly said in an interview with foreign media that he would not care if his assets in the mainland were confiscated. He also claimed that if such behavior occurs, it will also trigger the anger of companies around the world, and no one will invest in the mainland.
These remarks also show that Gou Taiming seems to have deliberately provoked cross-strait confrontation and created hatred of the Taiwan people against the mainland in order to win votes.
However, Gou's main interests in the Hon Hai Group are still on the mainland, and he cannot really completely confront the mainland. Perhaps the reason why he dared to make separatist remarks publicly was because he no longer cared about the operation of the Hon Hai Group and had no scruples.
Such political motives could backfire, not only failing to win the election, but also further worsening cross-strait relations. However, Taiwan has always been an integral part of China.
Forget your ancestors
In recent years, with the rise of a new round of technological revolution, Foxconn has become one of the world's largest semiconductor foundries with its key position in the semiconductor field.
However, Foxconn's success also closely depends on China, the world's largest consumer market, and the mainland's long-term rapid economic growth and demographic dividend to gain a huge competitive advantage.
The mainland market provides such an excellent development opportunity for Foxconn, it can be said that without the Chinese market, Foxconn may not have been able to achieve such achievements.
But Gou "floated" after his success, and he did not have the slightest gratitude for Chinese mainland, but began to make a big statement. He arrogantly said that the mainland is inseparable from Foxconn, he built the factory to give the mainland food, and Foxconn employees should be grateful to Dade.
As soon as this remark came out, it also caused the anger of many people, and many people said that Gou Taiming can be described as a typical example of forgetting his ancestors.
Not only that, but he also began to cross the river and tear down bridges, selling the country for glory.
After the United States enacted the chip bill, the United States began to suppress Chinese technology companies, but at this time Gou began to "kneel and lick the United States".
In order to curry favor with the United States, Gou quickly cut off cooperation with Huawei.
At that time, Apple began to gradually move its industrial chain to Southeast Asia and India, which had a certain impact on China's manufacturing industry. However, as Apple's largest foundry manufacturer, Foxconn chose to follow in Apple's footsteps and planned to move factories to Southeast Asia and India.
This decision also raised some doubts, however, in the face of doubts, Gou seemed to not care, but said quite confidently: "If Foxconn is really threatened, Foxconn has the ability to move production bases anytime and anywhere." Foxconn has a huge impact on the Chinese mainland export economy, who is afraid of whom! ”
After that, in order to pursue more profits, he did not hesitate to choose to move the factory to India, while laying off 340,000 employees in Zhengzhou, Shenzhen and other places, and moving all the production lines with a capacity of 2 trillion yuan to India.
He has invested $67 billion to build new factories in India and Vietnam, seemingly to build a "world's first-generation factory" in India.
Reality strikes
Mr. Gou confidently believed that he would lose nothing from his large investments in India with U.S. support. However, reality cruelly taught him no small lesson.
Despite the large Indian market and relatively low costs, it cannot be overlooked that the quality of the Indian workforce is relatively low, especially when it comes to the need for skilled work. Many Indian workers seem more inclined to kill time than to work seriously.
Gou decided to reduce wages in order to cut costs, but Indian workers did not accept it, they often made troubles in the factory, deliberately damaged machinery and equipment, and even caused frequent loss of mobile phone production, which brought Gou huge economic losses.
At this time, Gou tried to seek help from the United States, but the United States refused, Apple chose to refuse to cooperate with Foxconn, and finally Gou could only withdraw.
These negative factors also caused Apple to lose trust in Foxconn's supply chain, and they quickly transferred production lines to domestic manufacturers, such as Luxshare Precision, to replace Foxconn.
Gou tried to abandon the Chinese mainland market, but the setback in the Indian market made him wake up.
He recalled the glorious journey he once relied on Chinese mainland to achieve, which is considered the most glorious time in Foxconn's history. At the staff meeting, he confessed: "If I hadn't adhered to the Indian dream, I wouldn't have suffered so much." ”
As Gou shifts his focus to Southeast Asia, China's domestic foundries are also growing rapidly.
As a former competitor of Foxconn, ASUS Electronics has also greatly enhanced its technical strength in a few years, and the influence of the brand has also been improved, it has attracted many customers and regained the initiative.
China broke the technological shackles of the United States, domestic brands emerged, and Luxshare Precision and BYD began to share market share.
Huawei, Honor, Xiaomi and other brands have successively abandoned Foxconn and handed over orders to BYD, making it the "world's second processing plant" and breaking Foxconn's monopoly position. Even Apple, whom Gou once trusted, handed over the production of the iPhone 13 to Luxshare Precision.
Not only that, China's hard power is also increasing. Science and technology are developing rapidly, and R&D technology is catching up, and it is no longer subject to foreign technology.
In contrast, Gou's series of actions brought Foxconn down to the top. His departure not only lost market share, but also missed out on China's emerging technological prowess.
Now Gou also has to reconsider Foxconn's future, but Foxconn, which once "gave food to China", no longer has a foothold in the market.