Chapter 391: The New Ruler
I looked into Bai Ye's eyes and said seriously, "I'll invite you to dinner after the matter is over." ”
Bai Ye couldn't tell if he was disappointed or expected, he just looked at me calmly, and the smile on his face remained unchanged.
"Okay, I'll wait."
Bai Ye and I are not people who like to procrastinate, and after reaching a temporary cooperation, we quickly completed the process and began to open stores in a big way.
With his help, we were able to secure several major first-tier cities in China, and stores were up and running in no time.
My movements are so big, of course Shi Ying will not lag behind, almost wherever I open a store, she must open next to or opposite me.
And the reason for my relief is that although she followed my plan, she did not resort to all those indiscriminate means to frame me.
I'm not afraid that she will do the same thing as me, but I am afraid that she will use the forces behind me to deal with me, let alone compete with her, and I will be doomed to lose from the beginning.
Shi Ying and I haven't seen each other since that meeting, and we haven't seen anything when we meet occasionally, but the secret competition has never stopped.
Both of us have stores together and have a similar style, so it's inevitable to attract customers through discounts.
From the very beginning, I discussed with Bai Ye and Ike that there should be discounts, but they can't be available every day, and the price can't be too low, fast fashion doesn't mean cheap.
Except for the big reward on the opening day, the price is the same on other days and online.
But Shi Ying's side is different, almost all the preferential activities in her store are cabbage prices, and the price is not much lower than mine, because the customers in my store are attracted by her.
But I'm not in a hurry, this is the beginning, if a brand wants to survive for a long time, it is not as simple as low prices.
It is impossible for Shi Ying to do preferential activities every day, our pricing is not high, if it is a discount every day, it seems that the sales volume is high on the surface, but in fact, the profit has been greatly reduced.
Sure enough, as I expected, Shi Ying's store couldn't support it after doing preferential activities for half a month, and re-transformed the idea, the new clothing is not discounted, and the old style is discounted, so that the inventory can be removed to a great extent.
This trick is not only Shi Ying, but also me.
Under the overwhelming publicity, the LRY brand gradually gained a firm foothold, and a group of loyal customers were accumulated in the physical store.
On the contrary, Shi Ying's store didn't know what was wrong, and the traffic dropped sharply, and sometimes I passed by her store and found that it was very deserted.
Confused, I asked Ike to investigate what was going on, and he quickly figured out why.
It turned out that Shi Ying was bent on crushing me, so many decisions were made without thinking.
She herself has no problem acting, but in the end it is much worse in the business, and it was okay at first, but after a long time, this drawback was exposed.
She made a lot of wrong decisions in her decision-making, coupled with the large-scale opening of stores, which led to the company's rapid development and was no longer able to grasp the overall situation.
At this time, some people took the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and infringed on the interests of the company.
The person in charge of the raw materials did not choose the previous supplier for the sake of high rebates, but changed to a mediocre one.
As a result, the quality of the garments has dropped significantly, which has led to customer dissatisfaction and reduced customer traffic.
According to Ike, now Shi Ying is busy with this matter, and it is not easy to accumulate customers, and if she makes a slight mistake, her previous efforts will be in vain.
I couldn't help but sigh after hearing this, fortunately I didn't make decisions alone, but pulled Bai Ye and Ike together, otherwise with my level, LRY would not have developed to such a big point now.
After calculating, it has only been two months since Shi Ying went from rapid expansion to now collapse.
The so-called flash in the pan describes the present.
At the same time, I can't help but be curious, no matter what Gu Ci says, he is Shi Ying's husband, and his business talent is so high, he didn't help Shi Ying, and watched her decline.
But the good news is that Shi Ying is busy with the company's affairs, and now she definitely doesn't have time to deal with me, and I can slow down and develop steadily.
The next time I saw Shi Ying was at a banquet, she had changed from her usual glamorous person, her expression was tired, and there was a sense of lifelessness on her body.
Seeing me, she didn't sneer as usual, and quickly glanced at me before withdrawing her eyes.
I was suspicious and couldn't help but look at her a few more times.
At this moment, I heard a rustling sound in my ears.
Originally, I wasn't interested, but when I heard the words of the Ye family, I couldn't help but prick up my ears and listen.
"I didn't expect the Ye family to lose in this election, I thought that Huaguo would be the Ye family in power again."
"The Lin family didn't show the landscape before, but this time they won the position of president in one fell swoop, and I heard that there was chaos in Beijing."
"Haha, no matter who is the president, it has nothing to do with me, I pay taxes when I should pay taxes, and no fire can burn me."
In just a few sentences, I extracted an important piece of information from it, the president of China has changed hands.
Because I have never paid attention to politics, and I have been so busy in the dark these months that I don't even have time to watch the news.
Hearing this news suddenly, I felt a storm in my heart, and subconsciously looked at Bai Ye beside me.
He also heard the words of those people just now, but his face was calm, and when he saw me, he hurriedly said, "Don't ask anything, I'll go back and tell you." ”
I had a lot of words in my heart, but I was all pressed in my heart because of his words.
I was at a loss throughout the banquet, unable to listen to or see anything.
finally waited for the banquet to end, and after entering the car and seeing no one around, he immediately asked his doubts.
"The Ye family really did not continue to be re-elected this time."
"Doesn't that mean he's the highest? And there are so many supporters? ”
Since I first met Ye Changling, I have regarded him as the future ruler of Huaguo in my heart, but now that someone tells me that he did not succeed, I feel more than I can repeat.
But in addition, I even have a kind of stealing joy, if the Ye family is not the president, it means that Shi Ying can't frame me so openly.
"Things have not reached the last step, no one knows the result, and this change of ownership may be what everyone expects." Bai Ye said lightly.
I had doubts in my heart, Bai Ye's reaction was too abnormal, as if he knew some unknown inside story.
In an instant, a bold guess crossed my mind, and I couldn't help but blurt out, "You shouldn't be involved in this, right?" ”
Bai Ye didn't say no, touched my head and said softly: "You don't have to be afraid of Shi Ying in the future, her backer is gone, and she won't target you anymore." ”
Hearing this, I still didn't understand anything, and my nose suddenly soured, "When did you get involved?" ”
"What if I say I've been participating?"
My face was full of shock, "It's not that you don't like power?" Why meddle? ”
"I don't like power, but sometimes a lot of things can only be done with power."
My pupils shrank, and I quickly grabbed his hand, my voice trembling faintly, "Promise me, don't continue." ”
Jiang Cheng was suppressed by Ye Changling's political enemies because he knew Ye Changling, and I still remember this matter vividly, and I don't want Bai Ye to be affected because of this.
"Don't worry, I'm not really involved."
My eyes were red, and tears were about to flow out, "I don't believe it, don't do stupid things for me, otherwise I won't be at ease for the rest of my life." ”
Bai Ye looked helpless, "Actually, all I really do is provide financial help. ”
"Huh?" I looked at him blankly.
"In all my industries, except for me, the majority shareholder, in fact, the other shareholders are controlled by the same person, that is to say, there are only two shareholders in the company from beginning to end, one is me and the other is the Lin family."
"The Lin family needs my money, and I need their rights, so I pretend not to know that those shareholders are their people. Otherwise, why do you think that in just a few years, I can open the company to such a big place? ”
As soon as I said that, I understood that it was a mutually beneficial thing at all.
The Lin family wanted money, so they secretly supported Bai Ye, and Bai Ye needed their rights to develop, so he acquiesced in the occurrence of this matter, and he said that this is what he meant by always participating.
"And do they know you see what they mean?" I grasped the point of the sentence and asked.
"They both know each other very well in their hearts, but no one has broken it." Bai Ye's face was relaxed.
"Then will they cross the river and tear down the bridge?" I'm more worried about this.
"No, it won't." Bai Ye said confidently: "Over the years, I have always given them the appearance that they are businessmen, only interested in making money, and this is indeed the case. I like rights, but I don't really want to be in the center of rights. Otherwise, of course I should go into officialdom, not a shopping mall. ”
After a pause, he continued: "That's why they are so reassuring of me, there is nothing better to work with than a pure businessman." ”
Although he said it simply, I couldn't help but worry that something might happen.
"If you have the chance, you still have to find a way to jump out of it, sometimes Ying is an example, I don't believe in their people." I shook my head and said.
Bai Ye's eyes flashed, "I understand." ”
"By the way, since the Ye family is already like this, will it still target the Jiang family?" I'm not worried about Jiang Cheng, but I'm curious about whether I still have this right.
If I don't have this right, it also means that it is almost impossible for Shi Ying to suppress me through officialdom.
"The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, but if I were the Ye family, I would definitely not target the Jiang family again, because there would be no benefit, but it would damage my own strength." Bai Ye made a loud noise.
Hearing this, I finally felt a lot more relaxed, so that I could breathe a sigh of relief temporarily, without the support of the Ye family, Shi Ying's side was not afraid at all.
"Don't worry, I won't let Shi Ying hurt you."
My heart warmed, I never expected him to know my purpose.