Chapter 481 It’s My Turn to Kill
On April 20th, after Grain Rain, the number of group buying users reached a peak in the Shanghai market, and daily specials gradually entered thousands of households. However, because Volkswagen cancelled the flash sales, their activity costs increased a lot.
Jiang Qin burned incense and prayed to Buddha every day during this period, begging everyone to be brave and hold on a little longer, but he didn't expect that the other party was more fragile than he expected.
He was so angry that he wanted to rush over and give them some chicken soup, telling them not to give up easily and to believe that persistence will be rewarded.
But at this stage, the other three companies already knew that there was nothing more they could do. Even the date of withdrawal was approaching. They were just waiting for orders from headquarters.
Robin, Chang Jiansong and Yang Xueyu were fine. They had long been fed up with this kind of life of fear and were eager to leave.
But Chen Jiaxin's heart was still filled with resentment.
In half a month, they entered the market quickly and made arrangements quickly, but ended up failing quickly and ending quickly.
To be honest, Chen Jiaxin felt a little frustrated as she was beaten up without even seeing who her opponent was.
Especially the group buying to grab their coupons, pull their goods, and do their own promotion. This made the Iron Lady have nightmares for three days and couldn't recover.
"Mr. Chen, there's a message from headquarters."
"explain."
"The boss has decided to temporarily abandon the Shanghai plan and ask us to evacuate at the end of the month."
“…”
In the evening, Shanghai was covered with dark clouds and a drizzle of rain fell, as thin as silk threads.
Several managers from Lashou.com and Dianping.com met in a restaurant, and then they invited each other to sit together and chat while eating.
All of them were staying in this hotel. In fact, they had met each other at the beginning of the month, but because they belonged to different camps, they didn't have much communication.
But this time it’s okay, no one has to argue anymore, so we can sit together to have a meal and express our feelings.
"The salespeople we laid off in Kyoto were also taken over by Pintuan, and the same is true in Shenzhen."
Robin was cutting the steak with a knife, and there was a deep sense of powerlessness in his tone.
Chen Jiaxin pursed her lips and said, "The situation is similar here at Volkswagen. All the ground promotion that we spent a year cultivating has been wasted. Now that community group buying has come out, the bosses are all panicking."
"Yes, after the Spring Festival, all companies are spending money to poach executives and talents, thinking that field promotion is useless. As a result, those poached talents are useless. Instead, it is the field promotion that everyone despises that has taught us a lesson."
Hearing this, Yang Xueyu and Cui Yiting put down their knives and forks at the same time, with somewhat awkward expressions.
Robin suddenly realized that he had expressed himself incorrectly and quickly waved his hands: "Don't get me wrong, I'm not targeting you. You are indeed real talents."
"Mr. Luo, there's no need to explain. Your explanation seems to be directed at us..."
"I really didn't mean it. I just wanted to say that we have been following the market, but Jiang Qin has been manipulating the market."
As Robin was talking, he couldn't help but sigh: "Today's college students are really outrageous. What are they learning? Sun Tzu's Art of War?"
Song Yaqian swallowed her saliva and said, "Don't get me wrong, Mr. Luo. In fact, all of us college students are stupid. He is the only one like this."
"Yeah?"
Robin was still puzzled. You are a college student. Instead of studying hard in school and getting a certificate at the end of the semester to please your mother, what kind of business are you in? And you are doing this!
But Robin also knew that it was pointless to dwell on these things now.
Success or failure is already a foregone conclusion.
"Let's change the subject, Mr. Chen. I heard that Volkswagen is looking for a GIS service provider at any cost?"
Chen Jiaxin smiled and nodded: "We are lucky, we have found it."
Robin glanced at him and said, "It's Baidu, right?"
"You...how do you know?"
"We have also contacted Baidu, and they are willing to provide us with technical support, but the prerequisite is that we need to send our own field agents to mark the locations, and the database built will belong to them. The conditions you get should be the same."
Chen Jiaxin did not comment: "Baidu wants to take advantage of our urgent situation and get something for nothing."
Robin sighed, "It's okay to get something for nothing, but Nuomi is Baidu's own son who is supported by Baidu. If we end up doing nothing, then all our efforts will be in vain."
After the words were spoken, everyone couldn't help but fall into silence.
They are not silent because of Baidu's appetite. After all, business is business. If they were in their place, they would definitely want to have the database that integrates all merchant information in their own hands.
They were just sighing, thinking that no one should mess with Jiang Qin, because he really had the ability to drag down all opponents.
They even have an illusion that if Volkswagen had not suddenly entered Shanghai this time, group buying might not have raised the threshold so high, and everyone might be able to live in peace for a while.
Of course, this kind of thinking is pure escape, and it is just to give yourself some psychological comfort.
At this moment, Cui Yiting suddenly put down her knife and fork and looked towards the entrance of the buffet restaurant, and Song Yaqian's eyes were also slightly stunned.
Then there are Robin, Yang Xueyu, Wu Peng...
Half of the people present subconsciously straightened their spines, as if trying to show calmness and ease, but their expressions were obviously nervous.
Chen Jiaxin followed their gaze and found a young man in a black sweatshirt walking in from the door. He walked to the bar with an expressionless face, took a steamed bun and put it in his mouth, then took a steak in his left hand and a glass of juice in his right hand.
In the eyes of the Iron Lady, this person was very ordinary, but for some reason, the people around her suddenly became serious, as if they had seen a terrifying existence.
"Hello, Mr. Jiang."
"Good afternoon, Mr. Jiang."
"Mr. Jiang, long time no see."
"Boss Jiang, do you want to eat together?"
Hearing everyone speaking in unison, Chen Jiaxin couldn't help but be stunned for a moment before she realized that this person was the boss of the group buying group, the one who had beaten them to pieces.
It’s just that this face is too young. Even though she has seen the photo, the Iron Lady still feels unable to accept it.
Jiang Qin also stopped at this time, but he didn't mean to be polite. He took the plate and sat next to Robin, facing Yang Xueyu and facing Chen Jiaxin who was in the crowd.
There were nine people at the table, and Jiang Qin was actually the youngest, followed by Song Yaqian, Zhang Li and Cui Yiting. But when Jiang Qin sat down, even Robin couldn't help but move aside.
“Steak with steamed buns?”
"Hmm? Oh, you're talking about this. Let me show you."
Jiang Qin took a bite of the steamed bun and took out his phone to take a selfie: "Jiang Qin, the boss of the group buying business, had a hard time starting his business in the early years. He ate steamed buns to fill his stomach in the prosperous metropolis of Shanghai and vowed that one day he would conquer this city."
Robin: “…”
Yang Xueyu: “…”
Everyone: “…”
Jiang Qin smiled slightly: "No matter how brilliant a person is, he will be forgotten, but chicken soup can be passed down forever, and maybe even included in textbooks."
Chen Jiaxin was also stunned at this time, because she had never met such a mean person in her career.
But speaking of dogs, she immediately remembered the group buying and grabbing of Volkswagen half-price coupons to purchase dogs, and her face darkened: "Boss Jiang, are our Volkswagen half-price coupons useful?"
"It's quite useful, but there are too few of them. But every time I use it, I will give you a five-star rating. Really, I am a true fan of Dianping."
The people at Lashou.com were stunned for a moment, not quite understanding what this sentence meant. Why did the person in charge of Dazhong ask the boss of the group buying whether Dazhong's consumer vouchers were easy to use? "What did Mr. Chen mean just now?" Robin couldn't help but ask.
Chen Jiaxin said expressionlessly: "The eggs and fruits distributed by the group-buying stalls were all bought with our half-price coupons. Even some of the products in their daily specials were subsidized by us."
The people at Lashou.com felt numb, as if they had been electrocuted.
They originally thought that it was bad enough that Jiang Qin took advantage of their free hotel coupons, but they didn't expect that Dazhong could be so miserable.
"Business is like this. You come to steal my market and you blame me for using dirty tricks? Aren't you also poaching other people's teams?"
Chen Jiaxin was suddenly speechless.
Jiang Qin smiled: "You guys came on so aggressively that I almost couldn't hold on. I was lucky enough to win in the end, and you can't help but condemn me on a moral level? How about this, when I enter your market, I will allow you to buy my coupons, but..."
"But if you can't win, then you can't blame me."
Hearing these words, everyone at the table's faces suddenly changed and their hearts trembled twice.
They haven't figured out the map service at that time, and even if they want to do community group buying, they have no mature ground-based promotion. If group buying really attacks at this time, they will definitely suffer heavy losses.
This is a threat and a declaration of war.
You guys came to attack me, and I held out. If I attack you from behind, can you withstand it?
At this moment, Chen Jiaxin finally connected the young man in front of her with the group buying boss who changed the situation in an instant, and felt a surge of pressure.
Seeing that they were silent, Jiang Qin quickly waved his hands and said, "Don't be nervous. I was just joking. I'll be back in two days."
"go back?"
"Yes, I am still a college student, and I am the first-term study star. Studying hard is my main job, and group buying is just a toy I use to kill time after class."
"????"
After a while, Jiang Qin finished his steak and steamed buns, stood up, said goodbye to everyone, and returned to his room.
After taking a hot bath to relieve his fatigue, he turned on his computer and logged into the internal management system.
Half an hour later, branch managers in all major cities received a document containing detailed step-by-step instructions and experience summaries for the Shanghai operation.
At the same time, a group of technicians from AutoNavi headquarters boarded a plane and headed for the designated city.
(End of this chapter)
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