Recently, Dong Mingzhu, the boss of Gree, "fired" at Midea and Xiaomi, saying that their cooperation is like a thief on top of a thief. Maybe outsiders don't quite understand the grudges between them. But as far as I know, in 2014, she accused the two of being "thief companies" because Midea stole Gree's talents and Xiaomi stole other companies' technologies.
According to Dong Mingzhu, Midea has been digging for talents from the Gree family for many years, and even specially organized a group of people to live in hotels near Gree in order to recruit more Gree employees. News is more conducive to getting closer to insiders. There was even a time when a Gree employee beat up a Midea employee and it became a hot topic. Only then did Midea gradually learn to restrain itself and stop "stealing" talents so arrogantly.
Xiaomi had a technical dispute with Ericsson in India in the early years. Ericsson sued the company to the High Court of Delhi, India, and was even banned by India for a long time. All Xiaomi's mobile phones were banned. It is not allowed to enter India, and it was only in 2018 that it reached a settlement with Ericsson and deposited it in court for 100 rupees per product, but it was only mobile phones that could sell Qualcomm chips. Although he hasn't stolen technology from Gree yet, he has a criminal record after all. Who knows if he will in the future.
Nowadays, when Midea cooperates with Xiaomi, many people say that Dong Mingzhu is anxious, and some people say that she has a sour grape mentality. In fact, it is not the case. On the contrary, she was still very calm and composed. I think truly capable people will not be anxious when encountering cooperation with rivals. After all, Dong Mingzhu has always been very confident in his own and Gree's products. For these technology companies, what they value more is technology or real products. Strength, once the sneaky things are exposed, the consequences will be disastrous.