When it comes to traffic, that is indeed a problem.
However, Lin Chen suddenly remembered that he had mentioned the targeted data card to China Unicom before, but nothing came of it.
I'll go to China Unicom tomorrow and ask.
The next day, Lin Chen and An Rou visited Zhang Hongtao at the Shanghai Unicom headquarters.
"Hello, is Mr. Zhang here?"
"Mr. Zhang? Which Mr. Zhang are you talking about?"
"Zhang Hongtao".
"Um, Mr. Zhang was reported for going for a massage about two weeks ago and has been suspended from his duties."
"Oh... so who is your general manager now?"
"General Manager Liu Neng".
"Then just say you're from Xingchen Technology and ask if your CEO, Mr. Liu, is available."
"Okay, please wait a moment."
The receptionist downstairs made a phone call.
"Hello... Okay, sure."
"Hello, both of you. Mr. Liu would like to invite you upstairs. Please follow me."
Lin Chen and An Rou were led to the general manager's office on the top floor by the receptionist.
"Haha, hello Mr. Lin."
Hello, Mr. Liu, do you know me?
"How could I not recognize him? Mr. Lin is the head of a leading internet company in Shanghai. If I didn't recognize him, wouldn't I be out of touch? Hahaha."
"Mr. Liu, you flatter me."
"Sigh, it turns out that Lao Zhang was originally in charge of cooperating with your company, but he made a small mistake and he's no longer with the company. If you need anything in the future, just contact me directly. Here's my business card."
Lin Chen took Liu Neng's business card and handed over his own.
"Mr. Liu, I really have a favor to ask you this time. I mentioned the targeted data card to Mr. Zhang when I came here before, but nothing came of it afterward, so I wanted to come and ask about it this time."
"I know about this. Old Zhang mentioned it once in a meeting before, but it was rejected by the others."
"Huh? Why was it rejected?"
Liu Neng looked troubled: "The main issue is cost."
Lin Chen understood; they were asking him for money.
"Mr. Liu, how about this? I'd like to sponsor this targeted data plan with our Xingchen Technology brand, and call it Xingchen Card. The sponsorship fee is 10 million."
Liu Neng's eyes lit up: "In that case, I'll bring this up again at the meeting tomorrow."
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Mr. Liu."
"No trouble at all, no trouble at all, haha."
"Then we'll take our leave now. We apologize for disturbing you today."
Lin Chen and An Rou walked out of Liu Neng's office.
An Rou muttered under her breath, "Why does this guy ask for money right away? The previous CEO Zhang helped us plan the discount card, but he never mentioned money once. And because of the Xiaomi phone and the discount card, we helped China Unicom attract so many new customers. It's infuriating!"
"There's nothing I can do about this. I'm going to the restroom. You wait here for a while."
Lin Chen followed the signs to find the restroom and accidentally bumped into a girl who had just finished getting water.
Fortunately, the other person's thermos lid was properly closed; otherwise, Lin Chen would probably have been badly injured after drinking that cup of boiling water.
"Excuse me, are you alright?" Lin Chen quickly picked up the other person's thermos, handed it back to her, and apologized.
"It's nothing, it's nothing. Oh, Mr. Lin... no, I mean, President Lin!"
"You know me?"
"Of course I know you, I'm a fan of yours on Weibo."
Hehe, a little hater, confirmed.
"Hehe, hello hello."
"Mr. Lin, what brings you to China Unicom? Are you about to launch another new Xiaomi contract phone?"
"No, I'm here to talk to your new leader about the targeted data plan."
"Oh? You mean General Manager Liu?"
"Yes, it's your General Manager Liu."
"President Lin, let me tell you quietly, everyone in the company is saying that President Zhang was reported by President Liu. Moreover, when President Zhang proposed the targeted data card plan, President Liu was the first to vote against it. In short, the two of them don't get along."
Upon hearing this, Lin Chen narrowed his eyes.
"Okay, I got it. Thank you so much. This news is very important to me. Look, I broke your thermos. Here, leave me your contact information and I'll send you a custom-made thermos from Huasuan.com when I get back."
Wow, great!
Lin Chen knew that if he offered money, the girl would definitely not accept it. Offering money would be a transaction, and although this kind of information wasn't exactly confidential, it could still be investigated if the matter was pursued.
So he changed it to compensation. He admitted that he had indeed bumped into her thermos, so he should compensate her with a new one, which was reasonable.
As for whether there are customized thermos cups, that's not important at all; if they say they do, then they do.
Besides, since I've already sent them all, I might as well send some more Xingchen Technology merchandise, like Meituan coupons, Eleme coupons, Xiaomi phones, Xiaomi TVs—well, they're all grown on my own, so it won't cost much.
After using the restroom, Lin Chen and An Rou returned to Xingchen Technology.
After returning to the company, he and An Rou went to Zhang Yiming's office.
Lin Chen closed the door and then quietly recounted what had just happened to the two of them.
"That person is so despicable. He agreed so readily just now."
"Hehe, don't worry, I reckon he'll call tomorrow and ask us to increase the sponsorship fee."
"Damn it, that big-headed devil! That old geezer is really wicked!" An Rou said angrily.
Zhang Yiming, however, remained calm. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "President Lin, what should we do next?"
"This trip to China Unicom this morning wasn't entirely fruitless. At least it showed me how effective our reputation as a leading internet company is. So, this afternoon we'll split into two groups and go talk to China Mobile and China Telecom separately to see if we can make a breakthrough."
In the afternoon, Lin Chen and An Rou went to China Mobile, while Zhang Yiming went to China Telecom, to discuss the matter of targeted data cards. Lin Chen also specifically instructed that they must not sign an exclusive agreement.
We promised China Unicom that we would exclusively provide contract phones because we had no other choice; at that time, Huasuan.com's influence wasn't as great as it is now.
For companies like this, even if you're Alibaba or Tencent, you're still a junior compared to them, after all, they have a square face.
To put it bluntly, even BAT (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent) went bankrupt, so these three giants will definitely not go bankrupt either.
Leveraging their reputation as a leading internet company in Shanghai, Lin Chen and his team easily secured targeted data plans from China Mobile and China Telecom. The China Mobile plan was called the "Star Motion Card," and the China Telecom plan was called the "Chenxin Card."
The next day, sure enough, Liu Neng from China Unicom called.
"President Lin, when I brought up the issue of the targeted data plan in the meeting, there was still a lot of resistance. In the end, I had to put in a lot of effort to persuade the other leaders, but the naming fee needs to be increased a bit."
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