According to reports, this story begins at an entirely unscientific moment: Zhou Ziye, a designer who rose from creating counterfeit mobile phones, suddenly time-traveled back to the year 1984.
...To Xing Baohua's surprise, after his advice, all those elites started looking for major brands the very next day. And they were all car dealers, yet they managed to secure deals with four of them.
Mitsui Fujisaburo personally led the team, and through a combination of intimidation and persuasion, they reached an agreement.
Nissan, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Honda.
Mitsui Fuji told them, "Our boss is probably a madman. He has to make what he wants to do happen. You've heard about Pi Group's PiPay. Right now, the website is short of products, so it's best to sign a sales contract. Otherwise, if he gets angry, he might buy you all just to put you up for sale online."
"Seriously, they really can do something like this." Mitsui Tousaburo said, looking at Nissan and Toyota.
These two families had learned their lesson the hard way, so they nodded in agreement.
Mitsubishi and Honda agreed without hesitation, as they certainly didn't dare to mess with that madman, Xing Baohua's reputation in the industry was already infamous.
They're always making acquisitions for no reason, and they end up making a mess of things for the companies.
As a result, four car brands appeared online, each releasing several models.
This is the first time we've made this kind of product, so there are no options or color choices. We'll just sell it according to the colors and configurations shown in the pictures.
The car company gave Xing Baohua face and listed the car at a 20% discount online. The rest depends on the discount automatically applied when the user pays.
This thing is quite random and uncontrollable. Only the backend programmers know how to do it, but we can't find them, and we can't communicate or cooperate with them.
Once the car model was launched, the elites started using PiPay with their friends and family. Those who didn't have enough cash took out loans; even at a 30% discount, they felt they were getting a good deal.
Keep the ones you need; if you don't, you can resell them for a profit.
Xing Baohua hadn't even noticed this yet, letting his employees take advantage of the situation. The luckiest one got was to buy a Crown at half price.
That night, their department celebrated by going out and having fun, and the employee who treated them said he wanted to save the money for himself.
Other brand-name stores haven't really seen much sales growth yet, but car accessories have.
It was the home of one of the elite employees. After buying a Honda Accord at a 60% discount, he showed it off to his neighbors. Coincidentally, he also had a relative who worked in the media.
I heard about this and then went to see what happened.
After learning the details, I tried my luck online and, to my astonishment, bought a Toyota Mini for 30% of the original price. Mini cars are the most common type of car in Japan; they all have small engine displacements and are simply a means of transportation.
This lucky media personality wrote an article about his fantastic shopping trip and published it.
Not only media staff are paying attention to π payment, but some have even tried it out.
After his report, most people who saw the news went to π Pay to select and buy cars.
Xing Baohua unknowingly lost hundreds of millions of US dollars in tears.