Xie Hongtao was a little flustered.
He never expected Lu Xingtao to say such vicious things!
They threatened that Qimingxing would not be able to sell its products into Hexi Province.
Xie Hongtao's palms were sweating slightly.
Originally, I only dealt with legal matters, but when it comes to the overall market, those decisions are beyond my control.
It's important to understand that no market should be overlooked by a company.
Moreover, Qimingxing is just getting started in mainland China, and according to the big boss's vision, there are still many profitable products yet to be launched.
If I lose the Hexi Province market because of my rash lawsuit, wouldn't Wu Changfeng beat me to death?
Thinking of this, Xie Hongtao pretended to be calm and snorted, "What a big mouth! You think you can just say that Qimingxing won't be allowed to enter Hexi Province?"
Lu Xingtao looked at Xie Hongtao, who was about the same age as him, with amusement, and laughed loudly: "It's no use telling you. Just ask Wu Changfeng whether I have the ability or not!"
Seeing how certain he was speaking, Xie Hongtao couldn't help but swallow hard.
Compared to arguing, business is probably the most important thing.
Losing a market is a pain point that a company cannot afford.
No, we can't be too hasty. This matter needs to be reported to higher-ups and let the boss make the decision. This is no longer something that a nobody like me can control.
This has gotten a bit out of hand!
Xie Hongtao turned around and left immediately.
The three people in the office grinned slyly at Xie Hongtao's disheveled appearance.
Cao Hongyun was quite pleased with himself and asked Lu Xingtao with great satisfaction, "Brother, does your method really work?"
Lu Xingtao was confident: "Hmph, if he's not convinced, I'll do the same thing whenever Wu Changfeng appears in the market. I don't believe I can't take him down! Fighting me, I used to just play around, but now if I don't use some tricks, this guy is starting to get cocky. If I don't suppress him, he'll become more and more arrogant."
Gu Zhengnan chimed in, "Let's do it! Damn it, our milk tea shop went bankrupt, and our electric toothbrush isn't working properly either. We have to take him down, then give us shares for free, and gradually turn his company into ours!"
Lu Xingtao waved his hand: "It was bound to happen sooner or later!"
...
On the other side.
Xie Hongtao hurriedly ran back to the hotel and locked himself in his room.
I sat on the bed for a while, sorted out my thoughts, took a deep breath, and dialed the number.
The call was connected.
Wu Changfeng, who was in Chishui County, frowned. Why was this guy calling him again and again?
Didn't we entrust him with the entire task?
Don't you know what "full authority" means?
Wu Changfeng asked impatiently into the phone receiver, "What is it now?"
"Big news!" Xie Hongtao exclaimed into the phone, "Boss, this is terrible! This is a real problem. I went to Hongyun Tractor Factory today and met Lu Xingtao. He threatened that if we dare to be arrogant, he will blacklist Qimingxing and prevent any of our products from being sold in Hexi Province!"
Wu Changfeng listened.
They were immediately dumbfounded and fell silent.
What?
Is this some kind of joke?
Does Lu Xingtao have this ability?
Are you kidding me?
But then a sudden thought struck me.
Wu Changfeng recalled some things from this era.
That's "local trade barriers!"
Also known as regional protection!
Since the reforms, central government power has been decentralized, giving local governments more authority and control over economic development.
This has led some local governments to erect barriers against companies from other provinces in order to protect local businesses.
For example, sales across provinces incur additional taxes.
Cross-provincial investments are often hampered by concerns about local businesses being sidelined, preventing them from establishing operations. Of course, if the investment is large enough to be attractive, or if it's attracted through investment promotion, then that's a different story.
There is also a broken bridge.
Simply put, when a province or prefecture-level city builds roads, they only go as far as the border and then stop, completely ignoring the condition of the roads on the other side.
Some people have compiled statistics on this situation, and one even made an analogy: trade between provinces in mainland China is roughly equivalent to trade barriers between European countries...
Trade wars and financial wars have been fought in various provinces and cities within mainland China, and more than once.
Among them, the raw material war in the 1980s: At that time, the consumption of sweaters and suits began to become popular, the demand for wool increased significantly, supply and demand were unbalanced, and prices rose.
When people from all over the country saw that this thing was profitable, they all started investing in building factories.
This allows them to process local raw materials and generate economic benefits.
At the same time, restrictions are placed on the flow of locally sourced raw materials to other regions.
Against this backdrop, the wool war broke out, which ended when the Northwest province froze wool exports.
Of course, such a practice will inevitably backfire, leading to a backlog of wool and heavy losses.
In addition, there were also battles over silkworm cocoons, Chinese medicinal herbs, cotton, raw silk, and fat pigs, all taking turns to be staged.
The raw material market across the continent is rife with competition.
Subsequently, the government couldn't stand it anymore. We are all of the same ethnicity, what kind of behavior is this!
Directly rectify the rampant growth of the economy.
At this time, due to the previous raw material war, there was a shortage of raw materials, product backlog, weak market, and capital shortage. As a result, provinces began to involuntarily block their own markets.
While prohibiting the export of local raw materials, the entry of products from other regions into the area is also prohibited.
And this current time period is precisely the point in time that Wu Changfeng is at.
It's a real headache that provinces set up entry conditions to protect their own profitable businesses.
Not to mention Hexi Province, even Jiyang Province has a blacklist.
It all boils down to protecting local businesses from being destroyed.
Of course, the battles continued in various forms in the following years. Although raw materials were fully released, the policy battles, port battles, project battles, and financial battles continued.
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