Chapter 295: You still want to get me drunk?
"Boss Jiang, you are young and promising. Old Li must give you a toast."
"Nineteen years old, that's incredible. To be honest, Mr. Jiang, when I was nineteen, all I could think about were breasts and thighs. There was nothing else."
"Boss Jiang, are you sure you don't want to promote group buying? It's a pity."
"You all take a break first. I'll toast to Mr. Jiang, okay?"
As the night grew darker, Jiang Qin was already drunk and said he couldn't drink any more. Before anyone could try to persuade him, he fell flat on the table.
Seeing this scene, the bosses sitting in front of the banquet looked at each other and thought that since he was so drunk, he should have said almost everything he needed to say, but since he didn't say anything about continuing to promote group buying, he should not be throwing a smoke bomb.
So, they currently only have two options left.
One is to take advantage of the opportunity led by the government and carry out national promotion together with Zhihu.
The second is to give up this opportunity and continue to develop conservatively.
There are candidates for both options, with the ratio being about half and half.
Those who chose to get on board believed in Jiang Qin's ability and felt that since he had announced his plan to promote Zhihu in the second half of the year with such fanfare, it must not be groundless.
Another group of people have witnessed the two successes of group buying and are full of confidence in the project, but have never seen Zhihu's ability to attract traffic, so they are unsure.
They still look down on the college student market, always thinking that poor students don't have much money, and even if they get on Zhihu's train, the results they can get will be minimal.
"Mr. Liu, what do you think?"
"Let's talk about it at the meeting tomorrow. I can't make up my mind right now."
"Where's Mr. Wang?"
"To be honest, cross-city promotion has always been a very time-consuming and laborious task. We may not be able to do it as well as he did. Since I have this opportunity, whether it is group buying or Zhihu, I want to try it."
"Boss Zhao, would you like to say a few words as well?"
"I'm working on a high-end brand, which has high costs and high prices, but Zhihu targets the college student market, which has low spending power and is not our target market."
While they were talking, Jiang Qin suddenly raised his head and burped. Then he stood up with his hands on the table and staggered out the door. He almost knocked over a trash can at the door as he went out.
Seeing this, General Manager Liu, General Manager Wang and General Manager Zhao stepped forward to help, but were rejected by Jiang Qin by waving his hands.
"I'll tell you a secret."
"What secret?"
“Zhihu is the world’s number one.”
Jiang Qin said this mysteriously, and then staggered out of the hotel.
As a result, He Yijun arrived just after he left. After looking around but not seeing Jiang Qin, he couldn't help but look a little confused, so he found an acquaintance to ask.
Then he realized that Jiang Qin had just been toasted by everyone at the table and left alone after getting drunk.
Damn it, what's with all the toasting in turns? It's obviously just forcing people to drink. He Yijun saw through the truth of this cocktail party at a glance.
They couldn't understand why Jiang Qin gave up such a promising project as group buying and insisted on working on Zhihu. They were afraid that this project was a smoke screen and that he would choose to pause halfway through. So they felt unsure and wanted to take advantage of the other party's drunkenness to get to the bottom of it.
After all, even if group buying cannot realize instant online payment and collection for the time being, its potential is unmatched by social networks like Zhihu that cannot be monetized.
The more they couldn't figure out Jiang Qin's thinking pattern, the more alert they became, the more cautious they became, and they were always unable to make up their minds.
In their opinion, speaking the truth after drinking may help them understand Jiang Qin's real thoughts.
But having more than a dozen people take turns to force-feed one person is really not a human thing to do.
He Yijun received a lot of benefits from Jiang Qin during the reform. In terms of closeness of relationship, he was definitely on Jiang Qin's side, so after simply drinking two glasses of wine, he left the hotel on the grounds of feeling unwell.
The midsummer night was a bit stuffy and definitely not a comfortable temperature. He Yijun came out of the hall, got in his car and prepared to leave, but before he started, there was a knock on the window.
Before He Yijun had the chance to ask who it was, he found his car door was opened. Jiang Qin sat in as if nothing had happened and said, "Long time no see."
The air was silent for three seconds, and He Yijun's expression was as if he had seen a ghost.
[Boss Jiang can’t drink much. He got dizzy after just a few drinks and almost had to go to the women’s restroom.]
[Boss Jiang was drunk and knocked over a trash can when he left.]
[Boss Jiang couldn't even walk in a straight line, and almost walked on the waitress at the door, but luckily she dodged quickly.]
The words of the Linchuan bosses echoed in He Yijun's mind. Looking at the innocent man in front of him, he was filled with doubts.
"Aren't you drunk?"
"Get drunk? That's nonsense. None of you in Linchuan can drink. The mouth of the cup is smaller than a fucking one-dollar coin. Who can get drunk? You look down on us Jeju people."
He Yijun was stunned for a moment: "So you are pretending to be drunk?"
Jiang Qin grinned: "They want to know whether Zhihu is a smokescreen so they can decide whether to get on board or not. I also want to know what they are worried about so I can prepare my speech for tomorrow's meeting in advance. So they think getting me drunk will allow me to hear the truth, and I also think I can hear the truth only when I am drunk."
"Fuck, you're such a dog!"
"There's nothing I can do without a dog. How can an honest person do business? Then are all the bitter tea seeds that don't get cheated by others gone?"
He Yijun felt that this sentence was true: "Now that you have drunk the wine and pretended to be drunk, what are you going to do next?"
Jiang Qin crossed his arms and said, "At tomorrow's exchange meeting, I will do my best to trick them into joining. At that time, I will ask Mr. He to help me with a joke and let them know that it is definitely worth it to be tied to Zhihu."
"It's all right to cooperate, but what good will that do me?"
"Aren't you going to buy a shopping mall in the next city? I've already prepared the money for you, just give me some shares when the time comes."
He Yijun was silent for a moment: "You don't want a unilateral win-win situation again, do you?"
Jiang Qin's mouth was crooked: "I gave you real money, and you are still afraid that I will cheat you?"
"Okay, I've already drafted the share subscription agreement. Once you have the money ready, we can sign the contract. But you're about to start nationwide promotion, which is a money-burning undertaking. Do you really have any spare cash?"
Jiang Qin narrowed his eyes and smiled: "The leaders of Linchuan hope that our local brands can all rush out together, and they have pushed me out as a target for this purpose. If we are all tied together, we will all prosper together and suffer together. It is not excessive for me to spend their money on promotion, right?"
He Yijun was amused by him: "How can you be so confident in spending other people's money? No wonder you can become rich!"
"Mr. He, you should know that what I said is the truth. They spend the same amount of money on promotion, but they can never achieve the same results as I can."
"That's true..."
He Yijun was the first wealthy businessman from Linchuan to cooperate with Jiang Qin. When others were lamenting that group buying had emerged too quickly, only He Yijun understood that the rise of group buying was absolutely inseparable from the traffic pool cultivated by Zhihu.
Without this traffic pool, it would be very difficult for group buying to take over the market of Linchuan University Town. It would definitely not be accomplished without two to three years of effort.
Similarly, if he can get the businessmen in Linchuan to work together, invest money into Zhihu and provide it with nutrients, then this traffic pool will become larger and larger and its scope will become wider and wider.
At that time, all local brands in Linchuan can use this traffic pool to achieve rapid development across the country, just like group buying.
Just like Wanzhong at the beginning, if it hadn't been for those two sword-drawing marketing campaigns, it might not have fully recovered until now and would still be struggling to make ends meet.
When one plus one equals two, it is not called business; at most it is speculation. Only when one plus one is greater than two, greater than three, or even greater than four, greater than five, or greater than thousands, can it be called business.
"Tell me, the Linchuan Municipal Government is organizing a meeting tomorrow. How should I cooperate with you?"
"Do you remember when you were interviewed by Linchuan TV, you said that I have a long-term vision, as if I can predict the future, always anticipating things that haven't happened yet and making adequate preparations?"
He Yijun was stunned for a moment: "I have some impression, but how do you remember it so clearly?"
"That was a compliment to me, how could I not remember it?" Jiang Qin's mouth was crooked.
"That makes sense, but why are you saying that?"
"I need Mr. He to repeat this sentence based on his own personal experience."
After listening to this, He Yijun nodded, and his expression gradually became thoughtful.
He really wanted to know when Jiang Qin had come up with this idea. Was it when the group buying campaign was launched nationwide? Or when he was interviewed? If it was when the campaign was launched nationwide, then this person was too scary, because the most difficult thing about doing business is not the drive to make rapid progress, but the perseverance to retreat bravely.
What if he was interviewed? That would be even scarier.
Because that is equivalent to him constantly throwing bait and fishing, and you have no idea what his ultimate goal is.
"Mr. He, I'm here. See you tomorrow."
"Okay, Mr. Jiang."
Jiang Qin opened the car door and got out, then walked back to the room on the fifth floor. However, after knocking on the door several times, no one responded. So he went to the front desk to get a spare room card and came back to find that the rich young woman had fallen asleep at the head of the bed, humming and talking in her sleep, calling out what sounded like her own name.
Damn little devil, you are really testing the limits of having a baby.
Jiang Qin turned off the TV, took out the room card of the next door from her pocket, and turned to walk out.
Tomorrow's meeting is very important. It may determine whether he can be rich in the second half of the year, so he needs to have a good rest tonight and get enough rest.
I am bringing my wife home today, so the afternoon photo may be a little later (End of this chapter)
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