Lu Fan put his arm around Jiang Manyue and told her not to think about it anymore:
“Their thought process is different from ours. Shengjing Company completely misjudged my positioning of Guangyuan.”
Seeing Jiang Manyue staring at him with wide eyes, Lu Fan had no choice but to explain:
"I have shown a strong desire to acquire Guangyuan's store and employees, but it's not to the point where I absolutely have to."
“Think about it, if Guangyuan is going to withdraw from the domestic market, then there must be a problem with the system from top to bottom, like a domino effect.”
Jiang Manyue nodded thoughtfully:
"You mean they actually have huge internal problems, and a mistake in one link causes problems in the entire environment?"
That's what Lu Fan meant; he had a very low assessment of the qualifications of Guangyuan's employees.
As the saying goes, if the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked too.
A bad soldier is just one bad soldier; a bad general makes a bad army.
Even if these employees join Baiyue Supermarket, Zhou Huan still has to go through the trouble of retraining them once a year.
However, once people's mindset is formed, it is very difficult to change it within the same industry.
Both Zhou Huan and Lu Fan were worried about the results of the training, which led to a lack of trust in these employees.
Both require training, so why should they go to such lengths to reform a "bad customer" whose mindset has already been formed, instead of hiring new employees themselves?
That's one point.
Lu Fan wasn't actually that interested in Guangyuan's shop.
Zhou Huan had previously considered acquiring one of Guangyuan's branches.
That was the result of the company's evaluation.
Contrary to what Gu Ruan and Huo Linshan thought, Lu Fan was retaliating and slapping the face of Guangyuan's higher-ups.
They were being too presumptuous.
However, it's not their fault; that's just how these people think.
If their style of doing things hasn't changed, they'll naturally assume that everyone is like the culture of their Shengjing Company—vindictive and bullying.
I never expected that Lu Fan wouldn't be very interested in the other branches.
Those stores, relying on the Guangyuan brand, have managed to thrive. Is the problem really with management?
There are certainly a series of other issues hidden beneath the surface, such as site selection and employee quality.
Lu Fan did not want to bring back a cancerous tumor for Baiyue, a ticking time bomb that could shake Baiyue to its core and destabilize its operations.
Therefore, Jiang Manyue was angry and confused, while Lu Fan was completely clueless.
They were even quite happy:
"Just watch, this move by Shengjing Company might really backfire."
Inside Shengjing Company, which was being watched by Lu Fan, Jiang Manyue, and a group of people involved in the matter.
Huo Linshan was lashing out at Gu Ruan:
"Is this the plan you were talking about? Ah, it'll make the stock price rise and attract more people to compete with Guangyuan?"
"Damn it, now that this is making such a big fuss, why is the company's stock price still falling along with Guangyuan's?"
Gu Ru'an was delusional, thinking it was just news that the Jiang Group was going to acquire Guangyuan Supermarket.
This will drive up the share prices of Guangyuan and Shengjing Company, whose shares they hold on behalf of.
And what was the result?
Jiang's Company immediately issued a statement saying that it had never had such an intention to cooperate. Without a signed contract, what can two photos of the chairman and president of Shengjing Company visiting Jiang's Group prove?
The Jiang Group has filed a lawsuit against the unfounded rumors.
They even claimed that their Baiyue Supermarket would never have internal problems like Guangyuan's, and that they would strictly review the qualifications of each branch and impose strict requirements on management.
This news is a direct slap in the face to Shengjing Company.
They even pinned the "innocent" Guangyuan Supermarket to the ground and gave it a good rub.
Guangyuan, which was already on the verge of collapse, has suffered a truly unexpected disaster this time, with its stock price plummeting to an unrecognizable level.
Not to mention the already precarious reputation of Guangyuan.
Huo Linshan drove the troublemakers out.
However, the cooperation with the Jiang Group has come to a complete end.
When the news first came out, Huo Linshan was happily waiting to see the stock market and the various sectors' interest in purchasing Guangyuan.
The Jiang Group first denied the cooperation, and then filed a lawsuit, which caught Huo Linshan completely off guard.
When he finally swallowed his pride and thought about calling Lu Fan to smooth things over and talk about cooperation again...
Lu Fan didn't even answer the phone.
Instead, he had his assistant send an email directly to Huo Linshan.
The email contained Gu Ruan's arrangements for the photographer, as well as his pickiness about various angles and photos.
It's that photo that was leaked, which alleged that Shengjing, Guangyuan, and Jiang's Group were collaborating.
This email clearly demonstrates Gu Ru'an's complete control and understanding of the entire matter.
Lu Fan's assistant coldly concluded with the statement, "I have never had any intention of cooperating," thus ending any further contact with Shengjing Company.
Huo Linshan immediately felt guilty, and his entire mentality collapsed.
She even considered blaming Gu Ru'an for the whole thing and making him take the blame.
Gu Ru'an wasn't stupid either; as soon as Huo Linshan started cursing, he figured out the whole thing.
He was adept at reading people's expressions and understanding the intentions of his superiors, and he immediately guessed Huo Linshan's plan.
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