"Are you going to get busy, or are you coming here with me for a meeting?" Shen Mingzhi asked Jiang Shaozhen.
Jiang Shaozhen pulled up a chair and sat down, his expression solemn. "I'll be here to keep watch for you."
Shen Mingzhi gave a brief laugh and told the workers to call the department store manager over.
When the managers came in, they saw Jiang Shaozhen sitting next to her, and all the resentment they had been harboring immediately vanished.
They originally came to return the goods, but they sat down first.
Shen Mingzhi looked at everyone, sighed softly, and said with a hint of worry, "When I talked to you about cooperation before, I hoped that we could work together to squeeze the Jiang family's department store out of business. There are only a few department stores in Beijing, and the market share is what it is. If you take away the market share of the Jiang family's leading department store, the Jiang family will have to do things according to your wishes in the future, won't they?"
Everyone wanted to, but... Jiang Huanyu not only owned a pharmacy but also a department store. His father also owned a large factory, which was a key enterprise in the city. His father had connections with those leaders and wanted to deal with his department store and push him out. Wasn't this openly going against these leaders?
"You make it sound so easy. You know Jiang Huanyu's family background, don't you?" the manager of Chengnan Department Store said unhappily.
He only wanted to make money; he never even considered things like seizing market share.
Gao Jianqiang from the North City Department Store couldn't help but ask, "You can make me follow in your footsteps, but what are the specifics? Someone spread a rumor and we were utterly defeated. And you still want to deal with him?"
Shen Mingzhi looked at Gao Jianqiang and said, "Since you've expressed your opinion, I'll tell you our next plan in a bit."
“Then I’ll also place a bet,” said Manager Su from People’s Square.
Shen Mingzhi looked at Manager Xia from the south of the city and asked with a hint of dissatisfaction, "Are you threatening me?"
“Manager Xia, that’s not very helpful. It’s all a matter of personal choice. If you don’t want to, of course I can’t tell you how to deal with Jiang Huanyu,” Shen Mingzhi said with a smile.
At this moment, Jiang Shaozhen also spoke up, "Manager Xia, Jiang Huanyu is using such despicable means to target the goods we sell. At this point, we should work together to defeat him. You paid money to buy these goods, and he doesn't care about your lives. I think we don't need to be polite to this kind of person."
Xia Lei was silent for a moment before asking Shen Mingzhi, "What is your plan?"
"I'm developing new products, and my plan is to secure the entire market share of women's cosmetics in the next two years through you and our Baoli distributors. We'll create our own brand and make it a household name. Baoli, as the production site, will only supply you with the products. As your business grows, you can develop your own distributors and negotiate pricing with the three department stores. As long as it's within the acceptable range for the general public, you can flexibly adjust prices, which will benefit your promotional activities."
Shen Mingzhi stood at the very front of the office seat, her eyebrows and eyes full of high spirits as she spoke.
"What is the new product?" Gao Jianqiang asked her.
"It's confidential, but I guarantee it will sell well. Don't worry about my formula; we're currently working on overcoming the technical difficulties," Shen Mingzhi told them.
"Of course the product is fine. Every time it's on the shelves, people flock to buy it. Since you know the truth, we won't return it today. Your intentions are good, to defeat Jiang Huanyu with the product, but his underhanded tricks this time are truly vicious. Aren't you going to fight back?" Gao Jianqiang felt that Shen Mingzhi was too good-natured, always thinking of using good products to deal with such problems.
“We will retaliate in a few days. Revealing the truth is a form of retaliation. Our materials are absolutely top-notch,” Shen Mingzhi told them.
"But the damage to our reputation is irreversible," Manager Su said.
“Do you know that every product upheaval is a process of filtering customers? Loyal customers will stay and stick with our brand, and that’s exactly the kind of customers we need,” Shen Mingzhi said.
Her words caused the three managers to unconsciously frown.
This idea is still too ahead of its time.
Shen Mingzhi knew that they couldn't accept this idea in a short time. In their minds, money should be made, and everyone who entered the department store was a customer.
“Didn’t I tell you to start a cumulative spending program? If they’re willing, we’ll give them a set of all the new products they’re offering, plus some other daily necessities, as a way to reward our loyal customers. In the long run, we’ll definitely have a lot of customers,” Shen Mingzhi told them.
"That's true, but I've consulted with people on my end. Since the rumors started, we've lost half of our clients," Manager Su told Shen Mingzhi.
“Once the clarification results come out, half of what was lost will definitely come back,” Shen Mingzhi explained to him.
Manager Su glanced at the other two, but ultimately remained silent.
"Given that this is our first collaboration, we'll make concessions this time, but I don't want a next time. What we need is stability," Xia Lei said, standing up with an unhappy tone.
He deliberately put pressure on Shen Mingzhi.
Jiang Shaozhen stood up, much taller than him. He looked at Xia Lei with a cold gaze and his tone was particularly indifferent. "Doing business requires stability? Has your department store always been stable? Now there's a new policy every year. In the past, it was stable because it had the support of the military, but now it's obvious that even the military is starting to seek breakthroughs in order to improve the economy. As long as you make money, no business is stable."
"How do you know?" Xia Lei retorted to Jiang Shaochen.
"If you don't want to cooperate, just return the goods. Nobody's begging you. You're talking to me about stability in business? Go talk to those factories that relied on the government but eventually declined. You think it's stability just because your department store benefited from the times? You think it's all your own achievement?" Shen Mingzhi's tone was cold.
It's fine to criticize yourself, but why criticize Jiang Shaochen?
Jiang Shao Chen saw that she was angry because of him and the corners of his lips curled up slightly.
He hid his joy in his heart and ignored Xia Lei.
Xia Lei's face turned ugly after being rebuked. He snorted coldly and turned to leave.
Shen Mingzhi knew that it was normal for him to feel dissatisfied with this incident, but... she didn't really like cooperating with this kind of person either.
But there's no way around it now. There are some people you don't like, but you have to put up with them in order to make money.
Moreover, the other party is not obligated to obey all of her plans.
After they left one by one, Shen Mingzhi looked at Jiang Shaozhen and said, "These partners are all like this. Managing such a large department store, it's inevitable that they'll have a bit of a temper."
"Are you afraid I'll be wronged?" Jiang Shaozhen asked her with a smile on his lips.
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