On January 10, 2017, Dong Mingzhu was awarded the "Top Ten Economic Figures of the Year in 2016". At the award ceremony, Dong Mingzhu said: "I became an Internet celebrity last year because I gave my installer an extra 100 yuan." Yuan, an additional 1,000 Yuan per month for my employees. At the end of the year, we will give each employee an average bonus of 10,000 Yuan, and we will also give them a mobile phone.”

On the afternoon of January 9, 2017. , a photo of Gree Electric's "Notice on the Use of Gree Mobile Phones" email circulated on the Internet, the content is: According to the spirit of the cadre meeting, all employees must use Gree mobile phones after the Spring Festival, please implement it as soon as possible.

As soon as the rumor came out, it immediately attracted attention and interpretation from all parties. Some people think that just after a salary increase of 1,000, employees are forced to buy their own mobile phones.

"It's not a purchase, it's a gift." "If you have any objections, give your employees a mobile phone." Before the award ceremony, Dong Mingzhu accepted an exclusive interview with "Chinese Entrepreneur" and also talked about this issue.

“You are a Gree employee, no one else wants to use Gree products? You don’t like it yourself, why should you let others like your products?” Dong Mingzhu believes that it is necessary for Gree employees to use their own mobile phones. . As an employee, your products are very good, so why not use them? "I have been using Gree mobile phones, both the first and second generation. I think the more I use them, the more I can experience and better market."

Dong Mingzhu said that making mobile phones is We hope to bring more and better products to consumers. "Some people say that Gree mobile phones are not successful, but I think there is no such thing. It does not mean that I produce mobile phones today, which means that I will make 10 million or 100 million today. It will take time to settle. However, I have to pay attention to the market and Consumers have to be responsible. Either don’t sell, or sell must be the best.”

In response to some comments made by Hegeli on the Internet, Dong Mingzhu said, “We will first increase the salary by 1,000 yuan and pay a year-end bonus at the end of the year. , what’s wrong with giving another mobile phone? What’s the fuss about? If you have any objections, you can also give your employees a mobile phone.”

The tax in China is not high, but the various fees are too high. More

At the awards ceremony on January 10, 2017, Dong Mingzhu also talked about the issues of the Internet and the real economy. She said, "In this era of the Internet, others say that we are a traditional industry. The Internet does not seem to belong to us, but we have found that the Internet is most suitable for the development of our real economy. We have changed this era with efficiency and effectiveness. We have adhered to physical manufacturing, but we have still received good returns.

Our performance has not declined in the past year, but has increased by 10%, and the profit has reached 15 billion yuan, so I think what is more important to see in this process is the impact that the Internet has brought to our era. Opportunities, rather than the confrontation between traditional industries and the Internet, because we have the tool of the Internet, we have taken off, our employees have grown very well, and we have also received very good returns from working together with the company. ”

In an exclusive interview with "Chinese Entrepreneur", Dong Mingzhu also talked about the problem of excessive tax burden in the real economy reported by Cao Dewang, Zong Qinghou and others.

Dong Mingzhu said that everyone talks about China’s high taxes. Without taxes, there would be no way to invest in national construction, such as medical care, education, national defense, etc. The financial requirements are very huge. "So, I think as a business, it is obligatory to pay taxes. This is what I have insisted on for the past ten years. I will not be happy because my taxes are reduced, but happy because I can pay more taxes. This is The real economy, the value of real enterprises.”

The key is that there are too many fees, and many of them are not clearly determined. The Prime Minister also recently said that the non-tax burden on enterprises is too heavy. If compared with the United States, I don’t think our taxes are any higher. The key is that there are too many fees, and the institutional transaction costs in the middle are too high. This is indeed a problem that needs to be solved.

Zong Qinghou said that there are more than 500 types of fees to be paid a year. Dong Mingzhu said, "I haven't counted them. I have heard many entrepreneurs complain to me that there are too many inexplicable fees. Specific details. I don't do these jobs, and I can't tell the numbers clearly.

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If Gree air conditioners do not increase in price, it will be difficult for other air conditioners to increase in price.

At the award ceremony on January 10, when talking about the impact of rising raw material prices on Gree, Chairman Mingzhu said, “Our peers are all discussing how to increase prices, but companies still have to take into account the social impact, so we still will not increase prices. If the price of air conditioners with a market share close to 50% does not increase, then the prices of other products may not increase either. ”

Dong Mingzhu also talked about this issue in an exclusive interview with "Chinese Entrepreneur". She said that operating costs are indeed rising now. Some peers said they would increase prices, but Gree proposed not to increase them. Price, why? Because their cost control is not good, when the price of materials increases, the price of materials will increase, so the price of air conditioners will also increase.

However, the current material prices will increase. , it is still far from the highest material price in the past. Taking copper as an example, the highest price was 70,000 to 80,000, but now it has not reached 50,000, and it does not affect your corporate profits.

Therefore, even if the price of materials increases, it can still be achieved if the per capita efficiency increases. Dong Mingzhu said, "I don't agree with raising prices now. It will bring chaos to society, so we insist on not increasing it. price. This is the responsibility of entrepreneurs and also the responsibility that enterprises must bear. ”

The ballpoint pen that stumped Dong Mingzhu was made

In the past two days, the news “alarmed the Prime Minister and stumped Dong Mingzhu that the ballpoint pen was made.” The screen was blown. But was Dong Mingzhu really stumped?

It is understood that at the end of 2015, Dong Mingzhu told Beifa Group that they would cooperate to develop equipment for producing ballpoint pens within a year. Not a ballpoint pen tip. ”

Dong Mingzhu said that in 2016, we made a lot of modifications to Beifa, including automation modifications and some equipment and process modifications, and the cooperation was very pleasant. But the most important thing is the ballpoint pen tip We didn’t make that equipment. “The reason why we didn’t make it was not because I couldn’t make it, but because I didn’t have the materials they needed. If we are dealing with materials, I will tell you whether I can do that job. But I am not. Without this material, I cannot produce this material, so I cannot do it. ”

Dong Mingzhu said that now the pen is made, but not before. This also shows that China’s manufacturing industry has been making progress.