Chapter 48: The Last Stand
Three days later!
McDonald's Chicken Xiangjiang Branch!
Inside the President's Office!
"Inquire clearly!"
Secretary Chen looked at Li Mike in front of him and said in a deep voice, "About half a month ago, the fried chicken fairy and the Million Group reached a cooperation, with 15% of the equity, in exchange for 15 million investment, and the money for their branch came from here!" ”
Mega Millions?
Hearing this name, Li Mack's heart instantly sank to the bottom.
If Cao De's money came from other sources, then he wouldn't be so worried.
After all, he has the headquarters of McDonald's behind him.
But with the intervention of the Million Group, things went sour.
As a large group, the financial resources of the Million Group may not be as good as the headquarters of McDonald's Chicken, but it is also quite strong, and it is almost impossible to defeat the other party financially.
"How the hell did the Fried Chicken Immortals work with the Million Group?" Li Mike couldn't help but ask.
"Do you remember the owner of the Fried Chicken Immortals?" Secretary Chen listened, with a strange look on his face.
"How?"
Li Mike raised his eyebrows and asked, "Does he have any problems?" ”
"He's also a writer!" Secretary Chen continued.
"I know that!" Li Mike is still a little puzzled.
"His novels were serialized in Xinwan Daily, and because he wrote it very well, he successfully helped Xinwan Daily from a third-rate newspaper to become a top newspaper in Xiangjiang!" Secretary Chen said again.
"So what does this have to do with the cooperation between the Fried Chicken Immortals and the Million Group?" Li Mike frowned.
"Xinwan Daily is owned by the Million Group, it is said that when Cao De went to contribute, he happened to meet Tang Judy of the Million Group, and his manuscript was favored by him at a glance, so he signed a contract with Xinwan Daily!"
Secretary Chen explained, "And the reason why they were able to cooperate is said to be because of the relationship they have formed this time, and they have helped Xinwan Daily to become the top newspaper in Xiangjiang, so Million Group has invested in him!" ”
“...”
Li Mike listened to Secretary Chen's explanation and showed a slotted expression.
He never imagined that the two sides would cooperate because of this.
"By the way, there's one more thing!" Secretary Chen said again at this time.
"What's the matter?" Li Mike said casually.
"Just half a month ago, the fried chicken fairy filed a lawsuit against us, accusing us of plagiarizing their recipe, and the court was held yesterday!"
"In the end, because the other party found a private investigator and collected a key recording, recording the conversation between Manager Wang and the kitchen staff of the fried chicken fairy who was bought, we lost the case!"
"According to the final judgment of the court, we need to compensate the fried chicken fairy 800,000!" Secretary Chen is colorful.
Hearing this, Li McKe suddenly felt even more shy.
If it's just 800,000 compensation, it doesn't matter!
800,000 yuan to buy a good recipe, to buy a recipe with excellent taste, in his opinion, it is worth it.
But the problem is that in the course of three days, he found out that the recipe of the fried chicken fairy was updated.
The new recipe tastes a little better than the original, and the difference is noticeable!
It's like a person who finally bought the latest mobile phone, and before the phone was hot, and before he had time to show off, he found that there was a new mobile phone released, and his mobile phone suddenly became an old one.
It was like 10,000 grass and mud horses galloping by!
"I can only ask for help from headquarters!" Li Mike said helplessly.
The current situation is that a large local bloc has been involved, and in this case, it is impossible for him to reverse the situation on his own.
So, you can only ask for help from the headquarters!
Thinking of this, he picked up the phone on the side and called.
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Another three days passed!
"General manager, 20 million from the headquarters!"
Secretary Chen said in a deep voice, "However, the headquarters also stated that this is the first and last fund!" If they can't achieve results, they will choose to abandon the Hong Kong market! ”
Li Mike listened and nodded heavily.
In fact, he already knew about this news.
After he went to the headquarters for help, in the past three days, he also inquired about the discussion of the situation in Xiangjiang through his former colleagues.
Among them, most of the high-level leaders feel that they should give up here, after all, there is a million-dollar group behind the fried chicken immortals.
The Million Group is not a small group, although it is not as strong as McDonald's Capital, but the capital is not small, not to mention that the Million Group is a local battle, and the relationship in all aspects of the local area is better than theirs, and it is not easy to deal with the Million Group!
Again!
Xiangjiang is said to be an important international port and the financial center of Asia.
But in fact, it's just a city.
Although the population has reached millions, the market of one city is not very big, and it is not worth the fight between McDonald's Chicken and another big group!
If you have that time and spare time, you might as well turn around and enter other markets in Asia!
The market of the universe and the country of Wa is much larger than that of Xiangjiang.
So, they feel like they should give up!
Of course, there are also a small number of people who believe that the Hong Kong market is the first step for McDonald's chicken to enter Asia, and it should not be easily given up, as long as it has a firm foothold here, it is easy to enter other places.
But!
No matter what the high-level discussion at the headquarters is, for Li Mack, he absolutely cannot give up.
The opportunity for him, the general manager of the Xiangjiang branch, was won with great difficulty, and if McDonald's chicken was driven out of Xiangjiang, then he, the general manager, could be regarded as a disadvantage.
Even if he is not fired and returns to the head office, his status in the head office, as well as his position, is likely to decline.
Moreover, for a long time in the future, even until retirement, he will not be able to be promoted.
This is what he does not want!
Therefore, while contacting the previous one, he secretly helped him to help him.
In the end, the headquarters of McDonald's Chicken gave him such an opportunity.
"Notify me first, as long as there are fried chicken immortals in all nearby branches, all of them will be discounted by four, no, two discounts!" After a gleam flashed in Li Michael's eyes, he commanded.
The current situation is that the fried chicken of the fried chicken fairy is better than theirs, and all the stores of the fried chicken fairy are discounted by four, in this case, if he also sells it at a four-percent discount, it is obviously impossible for anyone to enter the McDonald's chicken store to patronize.
Therefore!
He simply discounted it.
With this ridiculously cheap price, I want to win some customers back first.
"Also, find someone to buy off their back kitchen staff and get their hands on their new recipes!" Li Mike said again.
Discounts are only a temporary solution.
In the food industry, taste is king!
If they don't get a new recipe and are inferior to the fried chicken immortals in terms of taste, then they will be at a congenital disadvantage in this war.
"By the way, be careful this time, don't give others a chance to get a video recording!" Li Mike is colorful.
"Understood!"
Secretary Chen nodded, then turned around and left here.
"I hope I can win, or I'll have to leave!" Li Mike looked at the scenery outside the window and muttered.
This is his last chance and his last chance.
If not, even if he is not expelled, and finally returns to the headquarters, he is ready to leave McDonald's Chicken.
Because at that time, he definitely didn't have much room for promotion in McDonald's Chicken.
This is absolutely unacceptable to him, who is forty years old, in the prime of life, and ambitious!