Despite paying a huge price, Jack Ma now had a clear understanding of the situation and was ready to enjoy watching Lashou.com get thoroughly thrashed by Lin Chen.
After Lin Chen and the other two arrived at the company, Zhang Yiming came over.
"Mr. Lin, yesterday, Lashou.com sent people to secretly contact the group of merchants who came to our Meituan before. As a result, the two sides couldn't reach an agreement and a fight broke out. In the end, Uncle Hat took them away."
"Wow, this is amazing! Where are they now?"
"He should still be in the police station."
"How can that be? That's our most beloved God of Wealth! Come with me to rescue him!"
Then Lin Chen took Zhang Yiming and Ye Qian to the police station.
Ultimately, with Ye Qian's defense, the merchant was released on bail, based on the conclusion that the other party had come to provoke them and that our client was forced to take action.
To put it simply, I was perfectly fine at home, and you came to my house to bother me. I got so angry that I fought with you. So, who is primarily responsible? It's obvious, right?
Lin Chen took the merchant out of the police station. As for the person from Lashou.com, Lin Chen didn't care. He would wait for Wu Bo to bail him out.
"Mr. Lin, thank you so much. I never expected you to come and rescue me in person."
"Oh, don't mention it. It's all I should do. Meituan will always be your strong support."
After returning home, the merchant told other merchants he knew about the incident.
The news spread very quickly, causing Lashou.com's reputation to plummet, while Meituan's reputation soared to unprecedented heights.
As for why it spread so quickly?
Of course, that wouldn't have been possible without the help of a certain enthusiastic netizen surnamed Lin.
Among the high-quality merchants who were eliminated due to Lashou.com's subsidy policy, some did not join Meituan with the previous batch of merchants.
When I saw this news, I couldn't help but feel a little restless.
I contacted a familiar merchant for inquiries.
"Hey bro, how's it going for you guys after switching to Meituan?"
"Okay, brother, let me tell you, you don't need to worry about sales volume at all on Meituan. Just focus on making your products good and making customers happy. Five-star reviews even get you an extra 10% subsidy."
"That's great? Damn it, I got my subsidies reduced by Lashou just because my transaction volume was a little lower. It's even worse than those guys who use fake orders. It's infuriating!"
Why stay on Lashou and suffer that humiliation? Come to Meituan!
"Okay, I'll go to Meituan to sign the contract this afternoon."
And so, word spread, and a whole bunch of merchants who had been sidelined on Lashou.com came to Meituan to sign contracts.
Fortunately, Lin Chen had the foresight to have Zhang Yiming thoroughly research the information of all the merchants on Lashou.com and compile a list of the best ones.
If any merchant on this list comes to sign a contract, we'll sign it on the spot; if not, we'll present another contract.
Agreement on Strategic Cooperation between Meituan and Koubei Merchant Platform Sharing
Some merchants asked what kind of agreement this was.
The customer service representative would then kindly explain it to him.
This is a great agreement! Once you sign it, your group-buying deals listed on Meituan will automatically be listed on Koubei.com.
In other words, you get an extra platform to help you promote your products for free.
Koubei.com is backed by Alibaba, so it's quite powerful. You know Taobao, right? That's right, it's Alibaba's.
Upon hearing this, the merchant thought, "Oh, so that's how it is." Since it was free, of course they might as well sign it, so they happily signed it.
After signing the contract, I was still thinking to myself, "As expected, Lashou.com is no match for Meituan. Look, Meituan can still find Taobao as an ally, but Lashou can't, humph."
La Shou: My boss is still TX, did I brag about it?
After Meituan and these merchants sign the "Agreement on Strategic Cooperation Merchant Platform Sharing between Meituan and Koubei.com", they will use a special interface to synchronize and map the data of these merchants to Koubei.com.
On Meituan's own website, apart from using the merchant's store name for precise searching, you won't see these merchants' group-buying packages during regular browsing.
Normal recommendations and exposure will only be given on word-of-mouth websites.
In the past two days, Jack Ma has been keeping a close eye on Koubei.com's market share.
And indeed, they found that their market share had increased.
So he called over the operations director of Koubei.com and asked if Lin Chen had sent the customer over.
The operations director of Koubei.com explained to Jack Ma in detail how Lin Chen connected with him.
After listening, Jack Ma pursed his lips. This Lin Chen is too much of a scoundrel. This method can certainly increase Koubei.com's market share, but the merchants are ultimately signed with Meituan. What if Lin Chen cuts off this interface one day? Then Koubei.com will have nothing left.
Sigh, really, in the end I still got tricked by Lin Chen.
"Here's what you do: you can talk to these merchants privately and tell them that they'll join Koubei.com directly and give them double the subsidy policy."
"Okay, Mr. Ma."
Then, the director of Koubei.com's operations department sent people to privately communicate with these merchants.
However, the feedback he received was invariably negative, which puzzled him greatly. Not a single person agreed. So, he decided to try it himself.
"Hello boss, I'm from Koubei.com."
"Huh? Why are you here again? Didn't I already tell you that I won't be joining your Koubei.com?"
"Boss, don't worry. I'm the manager, I have more authority. Is the subsidy not enough? If double isn't enough, how about triple?"
"Hey, it's not about how much the subsidy is."
"Why is that?" The operations director of Koubei.com quickly took out a pack of cigarettes, pulled one out, and handed it to the boss.
The boss took one look and thought, "He's quite sensible."
After taking a puff, he said, "No matter how much the subsidies are, the transaction volume still has to increase. How much market share and how many users does Koubei have? It can't even compare to Lashou, and it's far behind Meituan. Now that I've signed with Meituan, I can enjoy the traffic from both sides at the same time. If I signed with Koubei, wouldn't I be better off staying with Lashou?"
The operations director of Koubei.com really wanted to tell him, "You only have traffic from Koubei.com right now; Meituan hasn't given you any recommendations or exposure at all."
But he couldn't say that. If he did, Jack Ma would skin him alive.
However, this also made him understand the reason for the problem.
After he returned, he reported the matter to Jack Ma, who was also quite troubled.
This merchant makes a very good point. If Jack Ma were a merchant, he would make the same choice.
Moreover, he couldn't possibly tell them about the merchants being linked to Meituan and Koubei. If that got out, both Meituan and Koubei would suffer a severe blow, leaving Lashou.com to reap the benefits for nothing.
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