1972, The Red Flag-Waving Youthful Era

In the spring of 1972, on a train heading to the Great Northern Wilderness for re-education, Chu Miaohong quietly tossed an old envelope into the wind. Far away in the year 2024, Zhang Hongcheng co...

Chapter 254 Positioning Error

What Pang Yuanyuan noticed was the soda business in Zhang Hongcheng's hands, which shows that her business acumen is much stronger than others.

Because according to the amount of soda Zhang Hongcheng sells every day, the sales of soda will reach 400,000 to 600,000 within ten to fifteen days.

And his cost will not exceed 50,000 yuan.

Although this sales volume may be less than one-tenth of the total sales of the Seventh Business Group, this profit ratio is something even she could not imagine.

Although Pang Yuanyuan still looked down on those who made quick money, she had to applaud Zhang Hongcheng's vision.

After all, she is a consequentialist.

But even she couldn't guess that what Zhang Hongcheng really wanted to do, and what he had always kept hidden, was actually the inconspicuous gift business.

Zhang Hongcheng was well aware that his soda business could not maintain a monopoly for ten to fifteen days.

He knew that the level of the Canton Fair Organizing Committee was quite high, and no one dared to question or delay when the on-site person in charge issued an order for change.

In no more than four or five days, the organizing committee will be able to collect more quantities and flavors of soda to put into the Canton Fair.

In fact, Zhang Hongcheng still underestimated the enthusiasm and execution ability of the organizing committee.

On the third day, large quantities of sodas with other flavors were shipped to the Canton Fair.

The organizing committee adopted the same routine as Zhang Hongcheng, removing the glass bottles and using white porcelain cups - but it’s not free, 80 cents per cup!

The organizing committee did not take Zhang Hongcheng's idea in vain and told Zhang Hongcheng that he could buy the goods from the organizing committee at a price of 40 cents per bottle.

It is obvious that the organizing committee has given a certain degree of affirmation to Zhang Hongcheng's behavior, and also wants to maintain the atmosphere of Back Street.

The organizing committee has countless talented people who have long calculated that the probability of closing a deal in the back street is 15 percent higher than inside the Canton Fair.

In other words, even if Pang Yuanyuan, the temporary boss, wants to change Zhang Hongcheng's arrangements, she will be strictly stopped.

Therefore, when Pang Yuanyuan received the meaningful reminder from the organizing committee, she was stunned for half a day.

She originally thought that a leader of that level was talking to her because their group's performance had already reached second place and would soon reach the top.

But who knew that this was not the case at all.

She felt conflicted and upset, and told herself that she should be happy, but she simply couldn't be happy.

All the members of Group 7 and their team leader were in the same state of mind - speechless and embarrassed.

"Team Leader, let's not think about that person anymore!"

Yan Gongjian wanted to boost the morale of the entire team.

"Xiao Feng and I have already signed the contract. The only thing left for you to negotiate with regarding the Qingshubao product is the final patent licensing. The preliminary agreement has already been signed."

"Calculating our current group's trade volume, we're only one or two orders away from the top group."

"As long as Lao Ding and Lao Kang sign the order, we will definitely be number one!"

Yan Gongjian's words really boosted the morale of the team members.

That’s right, Xiao Zhang is probably only insightful about these trivial matters, but when it comes to the real performance of Group 7, it still depends on them.

After all, no matter how much money Xiao Zhang earns, it all belongs to the Northeast Construction Corps.

"Team Leader!"

Xiao Song ran in panting.

Pang Yuanyuan sighed speechlessly.

Xiao Song has been running around breathlessly these days, but none of the news he brought back was satisfactory.

"The organizing committee just updated the internal rankings, and we're now ranked number one in sales!"

All the team members stood up in surprise and looked at each other in confusion.

"Who is hiding the good news and not reporting it?"

Xiao Song's face looked a little bad.

"I don't know what the organizing committee was thinking, but they actually included the sales under that Zhang name in our group's calculations. That money has nothing to do with our foreign trade; it's only considered domestic revenue, and the income is actually coming from the Northeast Construction Corps!"

After hearing Xiao Song's words, all the team members' expressions became unnatural again.

They all looked at Pang Yuanyuan, who was in charge of making the decision.

Given the arrogance of the entire Seventh Business Group, they would never look down on Zhang Hongcheng's sales.

Besides, there are still two ace orders from Lao Ding and Lao Kang in their group that have not been taken out!

"I will negotiate with the organizing committee. After all, he is only our assistant, and his orders are all for domestic retail. I won't give the first group any chance to question our results!"

Pang Yuanyuan's resounding speech was met with loud cheers from the team members.

But she didn't know that she would regret her decision just a few days later.

The negotiations for Boss's Sister's hot sauce were not as smooth as Pang Yuanyuan and Kang Youcheng had expected.

Kang Youcheng had a clear understanding of how a certain Shanghai guesthouse had whetted the appetites of foreign businessmen.

So he almost copied Zhang Hongcheng's original routine exactly on the spot.

He even expanded on this idea, making the hot sauce sound more noble and mysterious.

Correspondingly, his pricing strategy also changed.

He increased the prices he offered to agents in other districts by about 15 to 20 percent.

Pang Yuanyuan believed that his plan was still feasible, but the price increase could be gradually reduced during the negotiations.

But what Pang Yuanyuan didn't expect was that Kang Youcheng, who had obtained the best project in the whole group except the Qingshubao project, wanted to make a big move.

He postponed the compromise and price reduction that was supposed to happen the next day for another day.

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