The next day at work, Chen Lei excitedly convened a meeting with the leadership team.
"Everyone, we are under a lot of pressure facing Taobao's counterattack. However, I came up with a solution yesterday. Here, everyone take a copy of this document and pass it around."
Chen Lei distributed the printed "Proposal on Differentiating Subsidy Policies for Different Merchants" to everyone present.
As expected, everyone cheered "Awesome!" but the scene of Si Guoyi did not appear.
Moreover, Chen Lei looked at everyone present and saw constipated expressions, and he didn't know why.
"Everyone, is there anything wrong with this proposal?"
The group looked at each other, none of them willing to speak up against the new CEO.
Chen Lei called out, "Vice President Ma, what do you say?"
Ma Ming scratched his head and said awkwardly.
"Well, Chen Lei, you don't know this, but when Tencent first stopped giving subsidies to Lashou.com, we did the same thing."
"Oh? Not bad, Wu Bo is indeed someone special. So, what was the result?"
"As a result, we went from being the number one group-buying platform to number two."
"Ah, this..."
Afterwards, Ma Ming recounted the events of that incident to Chen Lei in detail.
Chen Lei's lips twitched after hearing this. This CEO Lin of Xingchen Technology is too much of a scoundrel.
Pony Ma's task for him was to move up one place, and the only competitors ahead of Lashou.com were Meituan and Taobao Group Buying. These two rivals were indeed not easy to deal with.
"Let's adjourn the meeting. I'll think of something else, and everyone should think about it too," Chen Lei sighed and announced.
At this moment, Liu Yu, the newly appointed director of the marketing department, suddenly spoke up.
"Wait a minute, Mr. Chen, I have an idea."
"Oh? Tell me about it."
"We can seek cooperation with Meituan."
"Cooperation requires capital. What do we have to offer to cooperate with Meituan?"
"Take over the market share that Taobao group buying is about to snatch away!"
"Um?"
Chen Lei was taken aback, but he quickly understood. Since he was going to lose this market share anyway, rather than letting Taobao Group buy slowly take it away, he might as well give it to Meituan and cooperate with Meituan to promote Taobao Group buy!
In this way, although they themselves lost market share, Taobao Group Buying would also lose market share.
Even if all these market shares are given to Meituan, so what? Meituan is already number one anyway. If the shares are given to Meituan, it will still be number one. There will be no change.
However, if the deal is given to Taobao Group Buying, the gap between Lashou.com and Taobao Group Buying will widen, and the chances of catching up will become increasingly slim!
This idea is like the Seven Injury Fist, killing a thousand enemies while injuring eight hundred of your own, but it is indeed the most effective method at present.
The money TX Big Data earned was barely enough for Lashou.com to subsidize its operations, but after Taobao Big Data added subsidies, Lashou.com could only cry out that it couldn't afford it anymore.
"For now, this is the only way we can do it." Chen Lei nodded in agreement with Liu Yu's solution.
After the meeting, he asked Ma Ming for Wang Xing's phone number from Meituan.
"Hello, is this Mr. Wang? I'm Chen Lei, the new CEO of Lashou.com."
"Oh, Mr. Chen, what can I do for you?"
"Here's the thing, we'd like to cooperate with Meituan to compete with Taobao's group buying platform. Are you interested?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Xing immediately perked up, but he still played it safe.
"Well, Mr. Chen, why don't you go talk to our General Manager Lin? He's got a lot of tricks up his sleeve, oh no, I mean he's the one in charge."
"Okay, but I don't have Mr. Lin's contact information. Could you give me one?"
"Okay, I'll send it to you in a bit."
Soon, Chen Lei received a number from Wang Xing; it was a landline number.
Chen Lei dialed the number immediately.
"Hello, this is Xingchen Technology. Who are you looking for?"
"I'm looking for your General Manager Chen. Could you please transfer me to that number?"
"Excuse me, do you have an appointment?"
"Uh, no, we don't have that."
"Yes, sir. I will forward your call information to our General Manager Lin, and he will call you back when he has time."
"Hey, no, I'm the CEO of Lashou.com. I have something important to discuss with your CEO, Mr. Lin."
"Yes, sir. I will forward your call information to our General Manager Lin, and he will call you back when he has time."
Chen Lei: ...
After hanging up the phone, Chen Lei was speechless. Damn it, it's so easy for me to contact Brother Ma with just one phone call, why is it so hard to find you, Lin Chen?
Just then, Ma Ming walked in.
"Mr. Chen, this is my expense report from last month. Could you please sign it for me?"
“Okay.” Chen Lei took the expense report and signed it while asking, “Vice President Ma, do you know anyone at Xingchen Technology? I’d like to find their boss, Lin Chen.”
"Um, Mr. Chen, why don't you just call Mr. Lin directly?"
"I don't have Lin Chen's phone number. Wang Xing just sent me a landline number, but when I called, he made me make an appointment. That's quite a big shot."
"Um, Mr. Chen, I have Lin Chen's phone number."
"..."
"Why didn't you say so earlier?"
"Uh, you didn't ask me for it. You just asked me for Wang Xing's phone number, and I gave it to you."
Chen Lei was momentarily speechless; it seemed that it really was true.
Seeing that Chen Lei was a little embarrassed, Ma Ming quickly took the signed expense report and slipped away.
Chen Lei then received a message from Ma Ming containing Lin Chen's phone number.
Chen Lei took a deep breath, composed himself, and then dialed the number.
"Mr. Lin, hello. I am Chen Lei, the new CEO of Lashou.com."
"Hmm? Mr. Chen, is there something you need from me?"
"Here's the thing, I'm thinking of partnering with Meituan to compete with Taobao's group-buying platform. I wonder if you'd be interested?"
"But I don't need it."
Chen Lei choked again, almost unable to catch his breath.
He considered many possibilities: Lin Chen might be happy to cooperate with him, he might demand a higher price, or he might give him advice on how to promote group buying on Taobao...
I never expected Lin Chen to say that I don't need it.
But thinking about it, it really is unexpected, yet also quite reasonable.
Although Lin Chen didn't need it, Chen Lei did, so Chen Lei continued.
"Mr. Lin, Lashou.com is willing to give you a portion of its market share, and we'll also split the market share we've gained from competing with Taobao's group buying platform 50/50 with you. What do you think?"
Lin Chen raised an eyebrow on the other end of the phone. This was interesting. But he still said, "President Chen, I really don't need to. Offending President Ma won't do me any good. Taobao group buying isn't targeting me now. We've been getting along fine before, and I think this situation is pretty good. I'm number one, and he's number two."
"Three-seven, we get three, you get seven!" Chen Lei said through gritted teeth.
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