"Why is the price suddenly doubled!" Yang Yuan's hands trembled as he looked at the quotation.
But getting angry was meaningless, so Yang Yuan immediately ordered someone to contact the headquarters of Jiangnan Group. The headquarters did not shirk responsibility and gave Yang Yuan a very straightforward answer.
"Unlike some foreign companies that sell cheaper domestically and more expensive abroad, our products will be based on the nation in the future. Production in our country naturally means lower prices for our own country. If sold abroad, the prices will naturally be higher. This is our sales strategy. If your company is dissatisfied with this, you can refuse to purchase!" Faced with this response, Yang Yuan, besides being so angry he could spit blood, also understood that this was actually Jiangnan Group's retaliation, and Huang He was deliberately messing with his pricing strategy.
"Circumstances are stronger than people, we'll buy it!" Yang Yuan ultimately had no other choice. After all, the contract was there, and not buying would mean breaching it.
Thus, Fantasy Computer had to bite the bullet and purchase these hardware components at double the price. However, when these components were shipped back to China, they had to pay an additional import tax, which completely overwhelmed Yang Yuan.
But the money still had to be paid. After Fantasy Computer finally completed all the orders, this order for a total of 45,000 computers did not bring Fantasy Computer the usual substantial profits. Instead, it resulted in a loss of tens of millions.
To lose money even in the government procurement business was something Yang Yuan, who had been in the industry for decades, had never expected. But now that it had come to this, he could only accept his fate.
However, Yang Yuan's attitude remained very optimistic. In a subsequent internal company meeting, he stated to all the attending executives:
Fantasy Computer had overcome this sudden crisis. The main demand in the domestic market was still for traditional computers centered around the Windows system.
Although there would be significant changes in the government market, this was not necessarily a bad thing. After all, the main manufacturers of the five-进制 (five-base) computer were all domestic. In the future, Fantasy Computer could directly procure them from China at a much lower price than buying from other markets. Therefore, Fantasy Computer would not only stop losing money but would also usher in a new wave of profitability.
Yang Yuan's words were partly to encourage his own senior management and partly intended for Huang He. He wanted to tell Huang He:
"Your company's products are sold expensively in the United States and cheaply in China. Then I'll just buy them in China."
Furthermore, Yang Yuan ordered that Fantasy Computer's current sales strategy should not be changed. Products sold overseas would still be sold at the originally planned prices, making them cheaper than domestic products.
Yang Yuan even thought ahead: in the future, Fantasy Computer would also produce five-base computers and sell them in the global market.
"Don't you, Jiangnan Group, sell expensively overseas? Then I'll sell them cheaper. This way, wouldn't the entire market be swallowed up by our Fantasy Computer? You, Jiangnan Group, will still be working for Fantasy Computer!"
Yang Yuan's thoughts made him feel very pleased. As for how the future development would unfold, that still required time to verify.
Meanwhile, on the other side, the results that had been waiting for verification had arrived.
Does everyone still remember the food delivery war mentioned earlier?
Time flies like a river. More than half a year had passed since that gentleman's war. The results appeared at this time: Chen Hu, the CEO of Dida Delivery, announced that Dida Delivery would enter the US market to deliver food to Americans.
Seeing this news, perhaps everyone thought that Dida Delivery had achieved an unprecedented victory and was about to advance into the United States.
However, in reality, decades ago, there was also someone who "advanced" triumphantly, only to directly retreat to an island, losing almost all of their continental base.
This was almost the situation facing Dida Delivery. Their traditional territory had been almost completely lost. The riders, who were once ubiquitous in almost every city's streets, clad in yellow and flying by like whirlwinds, were now almost impossible to see.
However, these riders might not necessarily be bidding farewell to their profession. Perhaps they had simply donned a blue uniform and continued to travel through the city streets.
After all, according to industry reports, after entering 2016, the food delivery industry had expanded by 40% compared to the previous year, showing astonishing growth potential.
Therefore, Dida Delivery's defeat had nothing to do with others, but only with themselves.
"Boss, you can't drag this out any longer. You must leave today. Several agencies have heard about it and are desperately applying for injunctions to keep you in the country. If you don't leave soon, you really won't be able to!" A trusted subordinate of Chen Hu said anxiously over the phone.
"Okay, I understand. Thank you. I'll leave today!" Chen Hu had lost his former spirited demeanor. At this moment, he said to his subordinate with a hint of humility.
After all, all of Chen Hu's escape routes in the United States were arranged by this subordinate. To live safely in the United States in the future, he still needed this subordinate to cooperate wholeheartedly. Therefore, Chen Hu's attitude towards him was exceptionally good, and he showed no signs of his usual habit of scolding his subordinates.
After hanging up the phone, Chen Hu glanced at his home again.
This was one of the best residential properties in Shanghai, bought three years ago for 350 million yuan, located on the top floor of a building.
Or, to be precise, the top three floors had been purchased and combined, with an additional 80 million yuan spent on renovations to complete the house.
Later, a real estate rating agency, after being granted permission to rate the house, declared it the top high-rise in Shanghai. This title greatly satisfied Chen Hu.
This was something Chen Hu was proud of. After all, according to this real estate rating agency, they had also rated the house of the world's richest man, Huang He, and the result was that Huang He's house was not as good as Chen Hu's.
Although in terms of assets, Chen Hu knew he would probably never catch up to Boss Huang's assets in his lifetime, but when it came to houses, Chen Hu had won. This made Chen Hu very proud.
After all, as a Chinese person, the love and appreciation for houses were deeply ingrained.
It was a pity that this renovated house would have to be given to someone else at a discount!
After taking another look at his house, Chen Hu sighed and went directly to the basement. However, he did not call his driver, nor did he use that golden Rolls-Royce.
This was also one of Chen Hu's proud possessions, a top-luxury car that even Boss Huang did not have.
Finally, Chen Hu got into a seemingly ordinary domestic BYD car in the corner of the underground garage. As this BYD drove out of the community, the security guards at the entrance couldn't help but take a few extra glances.
After all, seeing a BYD in such a high-end wealthy community in Shanghai was extremely rare.
Unfortunately, this BYD only managed to attract the attention of the security guards. The men in suits and ties waiting anxiously at the entrance, as well as the poor people holding up signs demanding wages, largely ignored this BYD, letting it leave the community. It eventually parked in the parking lot of the Shanghai Super High-Speed Maglev Station.
However, the Chen Hu who got out of the car seemed to have transformed. Gone was the usual combination of plaid shirt and casual suit pants. Instead, he wore a standard old-fashioned wool coat and trousers, along with a cap and a mask.
No one could recognize that this seemingly dispirited fellow was once one of China's top ten richest men.
Well, although it was only for about 40 days, Chen Hu had also appeared on the Forbes rich list, ranking ninth in the country.
Chen Hu was very low-key along the way, sitting alone in the waiting hall. When he saw his boarding information, he hurried into the boarding hall.
At the entrance of the boarding hall, staff members kindly reminded passengers who had not used the restroom for a long time or who had drunk a lot of water recently that they could go to the restroom on the left to take care of their personal needs. xxs壹贰
In principle, restrooms should not be designed at the entrance of the boarding hall. It would not look good, sound good, or smell good.
However, this was one of the important experiences summarized by Nanning Station over its five years of operation: it was essential to have a very large restroom near the entrance of the boarding hall and to have four or five staff members constantly reminding passengers entering the boarding hall to take care of their personal needs quickly.
Because once passengers entered the boarding hall, they would be fixed in their seats and would not have the opportunity to use the restroom until they left the departure hall of another station.
If the majority of passengers could use the restroom at this point, it could resolve over 80% of personal needs after boarding.
Chen Hu had not intended to go, but he thought that if such problems occurred on the train, it would easily attract the attention of the crew and might even cause extra trouble.
So, even though he didn't feel like it, Chen Hu still went to the restroom and semi-forced himself to empty his bladder.
Fortunately, the restroom was built to be extremely spacious, with over 50 standing stalls and more than 100 squat toilets, so there was no need to worry about a shortage of restrooms.
After everything was taken care of, Chen Hu finally entered the boarding hall. Five minutes before boarding, staff began to check the safety belts of all passengers.
"Clack!" With a mechanical sound from beneath him, Chen Hu felt the chair he was sitting on begin to move on its own.
Although he had already learned about the boarding process of the ultra-vacuum maglev train, this experience still made Chen Hu feel very novel, as it was his first time riding an ultra-vacuum high-speed maglev train.