In fact, the popularity of the White Lotus, in a sense, brought Jing Jian a kind of happy trouble.

Returning to the original intention of establishing the White Lotus -- to wash the Soviet Union in blood, or to dump the Soviet Union, but why does the North American White Lotus need to be used as a platform and a bridge? This is not because California has good sunshine and feng shui, Jing Jian has his own intentions, which will be described in detail later. Anyway, according to the purpose at the time, it didn't matter if White Lotus made money or not!

Jing Jian didn't expect at all, or rather, his original estimate was too conservative, and the hype of the Microsoft incident would be so successful, so now, Jing Jian was surprised to find that the White Lotus, which had no hope of making money at all, actually became a "cash cow"?

However, Jing Jian knew quite well in his heart that the mail-in sales model was destined not to succeed. So what is the use of the White Lotus after the Soviet-Eastern Incident has passed? Of course, there was no trouble at all, but it didn't make money anyway, so it went out of business. But now ...... it's a pity, isn't it? There are two other ways out - sell, or simply switch the model and make it bigger!

However, whether it is sold or bigger, it needs to be a "take-over man", not to mention the sale, it also needs continuous financing to make it bigger, and the ultimate goal is, of course, to go public. And here, since the Sakato Trading Company has sent it to the door, Jing Jian will fool around by the way, who will make the current Dongying people stupid and have more money? If the fool is successful, the Mr. Xiangtian in front of him really agrees, then it doesn't matter, he will set up a subsidiary specializing in trading under the White Lotus International Network, and then sell a part of the shares of the Sakato Trading Company.

The next few rounds of negotiations were exciting, but also boring, and the outcome was certainly not surprising – it didn't work out. And Kada Takao came all the way to Los Angeles, and it was impossible not to have a few preparations, so he retreated to the next best: "Mr. Bramble, the matter of investment needs to be considered holistically, but I think that Sakato Trading Company and your company's business have many complementarities, and it is completely possible to strengthen cooperation first, and the trading company has already represented a number of Toei products, and all have distribution rights in North America, if your company is willing, can you sell it on behalf of you?"

"Oh?" Jing Jian suddenly became interested and began to inquire in detail.

As we all know, Dongying's domestic market is relatively closed, which is not a national policy trade protection, but a relatively "complex" sales and circulation market. To put it simply, it is similar to China's reform and opening up, the kind of territorial protection of the tobacco and alcohol market, and it is difficult for tobacco and alcohol from other places to enter the local market.

The pros and cons of such a circulating market are not discussed here. However, there is a problem - the sales of small and medium-sized enterprises in Toei are quite dependent on those trading companies, and the trading companies also rely on their own strength to obtain the general distribution rights of those small and medium-sized enterprises and very generous sales discounts.

In the 8th and 90s, the quality of Dongying products has caught up, and the price has a strong competitive advantage, so it began to enter the international market in a big way. However, those super-large enterprises are of course no problem and can establish their own independent international sales network, but those small and medium-sized enterprises are completely blind, they need trading companies?

Toei trading companies such as Sakato Trading Company also found this problem. Originally, the products of these small and medium-sized enterprises were mainly sold domestically, and these trading companies had a complete domestic sales network. But now that it is suddenly opening up overseas, what should I do? Is it that it has been skinned by European and American dealers?

So this time, Sakato Trading Company simply took the initiative to attack, anyway, they are already so rich that they can even buy skyscrapers and oil paintings in groups, so it is better to buy European and American dealers. It was in this context that the White Lotus came into the sight of Sakato Trading Company.

For such cooperation, Jing Jian of course agreed. Originally, because of the shortage of goods, Kent was anxious every day, but now with the addition of this batch of Dongying goods, at least the current problem has been alleviated. And in good conscience, the grade of domestic products is too low now, and a batch of mid-range cheap and beautiful goods are indeed needed.

In addition, although the profit of Dongying goods is much thinner, only 10% to 15%, excluding operating costs, and even as low as 7 or 8%, but Sakato Trading Company promised to sell on behalf of the company, and the payment can be discounted until the next month, which does not occupy the funds of White Lotus, and can also bring a lot of liquidity, borrowing chickens and laying eggs, so why not?

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Overall, this series of operations on Microsoft was a complete success. Even its influence has played a very important role in the cooperation with Jung Shipping and Sakato Trading Company. In his heart, Jing Jian was somewhat proud of his methods, but at this moment, a dark cloud quietly came......

On the streets of New York in January, it's still chilly, and the commuting crowd passes by the newsstand and buys the New York Times. And today, the headline on the front page of the financial edition suddenly appeared with a very eye-catching headline "Victim!"

At the beginning of the article, it pointed out the hot "victim" who was fired some time ago - the White Lotus International Network. And also a brief introduction to the process of events. Anyway, until now, the aftermath of the incident has not disappeared, White Lotus still does not get 5% of Microsoft's shares, Bill Gates still ignores White Lotus, and is often beaten by Jobs and other computer giants, and Mr. Kent, the general manager of White Lotus, often shouts grievances. And also won the sympathy of quite a few people.

But immediately after, the article pointed out the strangeness. First of all, in the operation of Microsoft stock, everyone laughed at the failure of the $50 tender offer and the stupidity of the more than $170 tender offer, but almost no one noticed that White Lotus had quietly bought a lot of low-priced tradable shares before this, and after that, sold at a high price. Because it is obvious that if it were not for this, White Lotus would have been more than 5% equity long ago.

Therefore, the reporter came to the following conclusion: in this Microsoft operation, White Lotus not only obtained a lot of Microsoft's restricted shares, but also the arbitrage in cash will never be less than 10 million US dollars. It's nothing more than a stake of less than 5%, which doesn't need to be announced at all, and it can't get accurate profit data.

Secondly, the current White Lotus has suddenly become well-known in the United States, from an inconspicuous small mail-order company to the most famous mail-order company in the United States. The growth of its sales business is phenomenal. And such an effective advertisement, the world actually turned a blind eye?

In the end, it was the White Lotus's sudden influence in the computer IT industry that made it seem to be the pioneer standard-bearer of the "network faction".

Therefore, at the end of the article, the reporter has a big question: how can such a company become a victim inexplicably after making a lot of money in the stock market, making a successful advertisement in disguise, and successfully hyping into the computer IT world?