Yamamoto Jiro then realized that he had been dismissed from his position.
I'm nothing now; I've been ripped off by discounts and kicked out of the house.
Just as he was about to leave, feeling lost and dejected, his phone rang. Yes, it was the same iPhone with the cracked screen that he had dropped that day. It was a heartbreaking scene no matter how you looked at it.
Hello, who is this?
"Haha, Yamamoto, I'm the president."
"Oh? Hello, President, is there anything I can help you with?"
"Here's the thing. After our investigation, we found that Takahashi Taro has major problems with his decision-making and is no longer suitable to continue serving as the top person in charge of the China region. You are more suitable. We are now reappointing you as the top person in charge of the China region. Keep up the good work and we'll give you a bonus at the end of the year if you do well."
"Thank you, President! Thank you, President!"
Yamamoto Jiro hung up the phone, overwhelmed with gratitude.
But before he could be happy for long, he suddenly realized something.
Wait a minute, reappointing him now would just make him a scapegoat, wouldn't it? And they'd even give him a bonus at the end of the year if he did a good job? The company is about to go bankrupt, how could he possibly do a good job?
I'd heard long ago that this Takahashi Taro was a nepotism hire. Damn it, these bastards are really living the high life.
Uncle Hat also overheard the phone conversation and said to Yamamoto Jiro, "Alright, now you're in charge again. Come with us and explain the situation."
"Wait a minute, sir, please allow me to understand the situation first."
Uncle Hat knew that this person had just come out from inside and probably didn't know what had happened.
But who would have thought that this person, knowing there was a trap, would still be tricked into jumping in by the promises made by the leader?
"You have half an hour, hurry up and find out."
Yamamoto immediately convened a meeting with all the senior executives who had secured the discounts to understand the situation.
After he learned about it, he was shocked by Takahashi Taro's thought process.
No way, what's wrong with your brain? You've poured so much subsidy into Shanghai. Let's not even talk about whether you can successfully dominate Shanghai. Even if you do succeed, won't you be back to square one once the subsidies are gone?
Are you going to keep subsidizing it until you stop making money?
Moreover, group buying is not like a physical store where you only need to serve local users. Group buying is an internet platform that is targeting the national market. Why are you only subsidizing in Shanghai and ignoring the markets in other places?
Seriously, favoritism and nepotism can be incredibly harmful.
When asked about the company's last major expense, legal fees,
The finance officer exclaimed in shock, "No, wasn't this money meant to bail you out? Why are you asking me?"
Yamajiro was also shocked. "No, I only stayed in there for one less day, and you spent so much money to get me out?"
And as soon as I got out, all the blame was placed on me. I really thank you all. I might as well have stayed inside. It would have been just one more day of beatings. I've gotten used to it after all these days.
After understanding the situation, Yamamoto Jiro went back to the station with Uncle Hat to explain the issues.
Uncle Hat was speechless after hearing Yamamoto Jiro's story. So, your company is also cheating each other? Well, there's nothing we can do but ask headquarters for money to pay back the merchants, oh wait, we still have to ask the users for refunds.
Yamamoto Jiro dialed the president's number.
"Beep beep beep... The user you dialed is not in service..."
Hmm? That's not right. Didn't the president just call me? Could it be because my phone is broken?
"Uncle Hat, could I borrow your phone for a moment? My phone seems to be broken."
"There's a telephone over there with international calling enabled. Go ahead and make a call."
"Beep beep beep... Hello, this is Discount Deals Co., Ltd."
"President, it's me, Yamajiro..."
Before Yamamoto Jiro could utter his second sentence, a busy signal came from the other end.
Uncle Hat looked at him pitifully. "Now there's good news and bad news. The good news is your phone isn't broken. The bad news is that it seems your boss has blocked you."
In the end, Uncle Hat had no choice but to make him sign a guarantee to repay the debt within three days, otherwise the property would be seized according to law.
Seeing Yamajiro's distraught state, Uncle Hat couldn't bear it. Although he was a poor man, he was truly worse off than a dog.
Dog: First of all, don't compare me to a poor life. Secondly, I'm not miserable at all.
Uncle Hat still offered him a suggestion in a tactful way.
"Is there any possibility that you could sell more of the valuables in the company to pay off the debt? Otherwise, to be honest, with such a large amount, you'd have to spend a few years in jail."
Upon hearing this, Yamajiro shuddered. Good heavens, being beaten for years, who could bear that?
He quickly thanked them and hurried back to sell his junk.
Upon returning to the company, Yamamoto Jiro immediately announced the decision to sell off company assets.
At first, some people objected, but after Yamamoto Jiro took out his phone, dialed the president's number, and demonstrated to them what it meant to be "abandoned and abandoned."
These people who were originally voices of opposition are now shouting for the company to be sold, and they are shouting louder than anyone else.
Finally, after selling everything in the company that could be sold, including the secretary, they barely managed to scrape together enough money to pay off their debts.
After paying off the last debt, Yamamoto Jiro immediately ran back to Japan.
Whoever wants to come can come, but I'm never coming again. It's too unfriendly to Xiao Ri Zi. Why don't we just take over Xiao Ri Zi? We mean, it's not like we can't save money on Xiao Ri Zi.
After the discount promotion was eliminated, the three major group-buying platforms in China returned to their previous state.
With the covert assistance of Huasuan.com, WowoTuan has been continuously expanding its market share. In particular, this time, almost all of the market share that Huiyouzhua had previously captured in Shanghai was given to WowoTuan.
Xu Maodong only thought it was because Zhang Yiming was helpful, but he never thought it was the result of a secret conspiracy between Huasuan.com and Lashou.com.
Zhang Yiming also took the opportunity to ask Xu Maodong for a second sum of money, and Xu Maodong was very happy to pay him off as the market share was growing rapidly.
At this point, Wowo Group was only 3% away from the 10% market share it was short of, and Xu Maodong was already looking forward to the day when he would cash out and run away after the IPO.
Lin Chen has also notified Wu Bo and Wang Xing to prepare so that once Wowo Group reaches 10%, they can immediately start investing money to seize the market.
Of course, Wu Bo was unaware of Wang Xing's involvement.
He just felt that Lin Chen was really awesome. Next time he went back to Shanghai, he would definitely take him to enjoy the Super Supreme 8888 Package. As for An Rou, well, of course he would do it when An Rou wasn't around.
Lin Chen: I'm so touched. Why didn't you say so sooner? If you had, I wouldn't have tricked you.
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