"Mr. Bezos, what is your specific plan?" Hearing Bezos's words, Tucker couldn't help but show a knowing smile, but he still asked.
"If some scandals break out during this period."
"For example, expired goods are delivered, fresh products delivered have gone bad, or mistakes are made in delivery, leading to terrible news. Finally, if some unfortunate people get sick or even die from using expired products, Mr. Tucker, what do you think Oriental Amazon and Walmart would face?"
"Naturally, this newly launched fresh service would receive a large number of negative reviews, and these negative reviews would immediately be spread across the country through newspapers and television, letting everyone know how unreliable online shopping for fresh services through Oriental Amazon is!" Tucker said with a smile, "Mr. Bezos, I didn't expect us to have the same idea again. It seems that your cooperation with Goldman Sachs will be even more in sync!"
"I hope so!" Bezos said with a forced smile. He didn't want to be in sync with Goldman Sachs at all, but there was no choice. To deal with the troublesome opponent Oriental Amazon, he had to take risks with such people!
"But Mr. Tucker, such means of smearing opponents are ultimately only temporary. After the intense scandals are washed away by time, they will be easily forgotten. Ultimately, the only way to defeat an opponent is to truly defeat them in terms of product and service!"
"Therefore, Goldman Sachs still needs to continue communicating with FedEx and UPS. I hope these two express companies can launch services that are more suitable for e-commerce platforms, otherwise, they will eventually regain the upper hand with express delivery as a key factor!" Bezos said solemnly. The previous conspiracies did not hinder Bezos's rationality.
"Shouldn't these matters be negotiated by yourselves with the two express companies?" However, upon hearing Bezos's request, Tucker showed a very impatient expression.
"We have negotiated countless times, and these two express companies, confident in their market position, completely ignore our reasonable demands. That's why I hope to influence the attitude of these two express companies through Goldman Sachs's position and influence!" Bezos said.
"This... alright, I will report it to my superiors. As for whether headquarters will agree, that's not something I can decide! This is an out-of-plan request," Tucker said.
"Understood, I'll trouble you, Mr. Tucker!" Bezos said solemnly, and Tucker nodded solemnly as well, putting Bezos's mind at ease a little.
But Bezos never imagined that after Tucker left the headquarters of Wanxian Pavilion, he immediately put this matter out of his mind. When reporting to his superior, he did not mention Bezos's request to anyone.
This was not to say that Tucker was negligent in his duties, but that Tucker was well aware that even if he made this suggestion, it would not be approved, and it would even offend some people within the group.
In fact, Goldman Sachs held shares in both FedEx and UPS, and these two companies could be considered very important partners of Goldman Sachs.
The businesses related to these two express companies were all managed by a vice president of Goldman Sachs Group, and this vice president represented a strong faction within Goldman Sachs.
After all, a great man once said, "No factions within the party lead to strange things." Even a small company of a dozen people could be divided into various factions.
For example, the boss's faction and the boss's wife's faction, or the local faction and the external faction, and some companies would even divide into sweet and savory factions simply because of different tastes during meals.
In short, it is natural and unavoidable for humans within a large collective to automatically band together based on certain common traits, forming a small collective within the larger collective.
Jiangnan Group also had various factions internally. According to Boss Huang's understanding, there were more than a dozen factions of various sizes. It was just that due to Boss Huang's exceptional ability, the conflicts between these factions were suppressed firmly, and no faction leader dared to disobey.
If they dared, that person would be expelled from the company immediately. Therefore, although factional disputes within Jiangnan Group would somewhat affect the company's development, as long as Huang He was present, factional disputes would always be minor issues.
Just like when the founding emperor of any dynasty was still alive, all sorts of troublemakers would be easily crushed, and the entire dynasty's strength could be easily gathered in one place. At this time, the entire dynasty was also at its strongest.
However, the situation at Goldman Sachs was completely different. Goldman Sachs had been established for hundreds of years, and its founders had long since turned to dust, and leaders had been replaced generation after generation.
Therefore, the old man currently in charge of Goldman Sachs could be considered one of the strongest leaders in Goldman Sachs's history.
But no matter how strong the leader was, they could not eliminate the factions within Goldman Sachs. These factions were deeply rooted in Goldman Sachs, and they could not be removed unless the entire Goldman Sachs was destroyed.
These two express companies were one of the core businesses of the conservative faction within Goldman Sachs, and the conservative faction was the most powerful force within Goldman Sachs, second only to the old man's faction.
Their core ideology was simple: nothing should change, and everything must be done according to Goldman Sachs's long-standing rules. Goldman Sachs could engage in new businesses, but it absolutely could not touch old businesses.
After all, many conservative faction大佬s still did not use computers to this day and called computers the gifts of Satan. You couldn't expect them to accept new things.
And the two express companies managed by the conservative faction naturally adhered to the old rules of the traditional express industry, refusing to accept any new company operating models.
The reason was also very simple: these two express companies monopolized the entire express industry, and their business profits were extremely astonishing. If the express service standards were modified rashly at this time, it would inevitably cause tremors throughout the company, followed by business restructuring and personnel changes, and everything would fall into an unknown state.
What was even more frightening was that no one knew whether the company's profits would rise or fall in the second year after the restructuring.
If the company's profits declined in the second year after the restructuring, regardless of whether these actions would have positive long-term effects, the fact remained that less money was earned, and the entire board of directors would not be able to accept such a fact.
Similarly, the conservative faction within Goldman Sachs could not accept such a fact, as it meant that the dividends from the two express companies would decrease, and their performance within the company would also decline, which was absolutely unacceptable.
In conclusion, Goldman Sachs's internal structure itself determined that Goldman Sachs would absolutely not support the two express companies in changing their operating models. And although the old man might have the ability to change this situation, he would never put pressure on the conservative faction solely to optimize Wanxian Pavilion's express service.
If he pushed the conservative faction to his opponents, he might even lose his own position, which would be greatly detrimental.
However, the report transmitted by Tucker, which requested to find some trouble for Walmart and Oriental Amazon's businesses, was approved immediately, and Tucker began to act again.
That evening, the Western Regional Manager of Walmart met with Tucker and also learned of his request from Tucker.
"This might be a bit problematic!" The manager frowned and said, "The company attaches great importance to this cooperation, and repeatedly emphasizes the need for active cooperation from all employees. If I issue an order not to cooperate, I will likely be reprimanded by the company immediately. And if something goes wrong, I will also be responsible!"
"No, you misunderstood. Of course, we wouldn't ask you to issue a direct order, as that would be too obvious. But in fact, we only need to make some small moves to cause problems for Oriental Amazon's entire business!"
"What small moves?" the manager asked curiously.
"It's very simple. According to our understanding, Oriental Amazon's current work mechanism is to first receive orders online, and then the pickers will find the goods in Walmart's warehouse according to the orders and pack them."
"Walmart's warehouse is so large, and without the help of Walmart warehouse employees, the pickers cannot find the goods in a short time! So if you find any excuse to temporarily assign a Walmart warehouse employee to do something else."
"It doesn't need to take too long, just about half a morning, and then Oriental Amazon's local delivery will immediately come to a standstill, and our goal will be easily achieved!" Tucker said with a smile.
"Why didn't you say so earlier!" The manager laughed heartily upon hearing this, "This is simple. Our Walmart trains a batch of employees every month. I'll directly transfer a Walmart warehouse employee to the branch for training, and at the same time, I'll send half of the warehouse employees from another Walmart to support the depleted Walmart warehouse."
"Normally, there will be a gap of about one day during this period. I can openly let Oriental Amazon's distribution center receive no help from the warehouse!"
"Moreover, because the manpower in both Walmart warehouses will be halved, the workload of the employees in these two warehouses will greatly increase, which will make these employees very irritable. They won't have the mood to deal with Oriental Amazon's people. Then I can easily cause all logistics in these two Walmart stores to fall into chaos!" the manager said with a smile. This kind of thing was simply too easy for him.