I Treat You as My Sister, But You Want to be My Wife?!
Chapter 429: The Most Thorough Preparation_1

Chapter 429: Chapter 429: The Most Thorough Preparation_1

"The person who is responsible for the position is even more desperate than you imagine."

"That’s really nice." Shen Dong smiled from ear to ear, recalling how a certain cat company’s CEO had said, businesses should value customers, employees, and shareholders.

Huaxu’s current model aligns perfectly with the cat company CEO’s words.

Agents are well-fed, customers are happy with their purchases.

As for shareholders, what they want is not the little money from selling in wholesale markets.

Thinking this, Shen Dong casually picked up the calendar on the table and suggested, "Huaxu has come from nothing to something, and we’ve gone through a quarter, should we not hold an awards ceremony?"

"Hmm, sure." Tang Yuchan answered absentmindedly, her gaze inwardly focused.

Shen Dong’s past tactics flashed incessantly through her mind, and she had forgotten the day’s original purpose.

Poor Shen Dong had no clue that his deepest secret had been exposed and he continued speaking, "Once Huaxu rises, it will be our most potent source of traffic, our strongest PR. I’m planning a joint venture with Hai City Government Office. You should consider it, whether local support for Huaxu’s start-up will be beneficial for its development."

When the discussion turned to serious matters, Tang Yuchan managed to suppress the turmoil within her.

She propped up her chin and said somberly, "This model isn’t rare, but there are fewer successes than failures. The coordination between the government office and capital is hard to achieve without losing public support."

"We, offer concessions." Shen Dong said this with difficulty.

Once Huaxu reaches its peak, its profits won’t be inferior to a certain treasure website. The rationale to sacrifice is understood by all, but making such a decision is exceedingly difficult.

Shen Dong folded his hands together, his tone becoming more serious, "Our growth will send some independent entrepreneurs to their demise, and we will be seen as the sinners who wrecked the market."

"We can’t shoulder that blame."

"Also, in the foreseeable capital confrontation, we are at a disadvantage. If we fail to plan ahead, we may well be destroyed in a single round of competition."

Tang Yuchan exploded at this, asking him on the spot, "How did you foresee this, how did you figure out that we are at a disadvantage?"

"Smartphones." Shen Dong, still oblivious to her reaction, continued earnestly, "The internet era is going to bring cataclysmic changes to our times. Their presence will have an undeniable impact on Huaxu."

It must be so.

Tang Yuchan was almost certain that the man before her was not possessed by some fox spirit but, rather, was from the future.

As the internet era dawns, many brilliant minds are watching and waiting. How could a kid from a rural backwater be so definitively certain?

Even a genius must have seen it to be so certain, right?

Tang Yuchan’s heart was in turmoil, and she had no idea how to face Shen Dong. She exhaled deeply and changed the subject, saying, "You talk about planning ahead, but you need to take care of Mr. Wang’s matter properly."

"The collaboration with the government office is also for Xia Dongqing." Shen Dong didn’t hide anything and shared the whole plan with Tang Yuchan.

Taking investment from the government office would not only solve Xia Dongqing’s debt crisis, but also, Shen Dong wanted to take the opportunity to acquire shares of Xiayun Group.

After suffering turmoil, the senior management of Xiayun Group would surely undergo a reshuffling, as few would stand by Xia Dongqing during tough times.

Shen Dong could divide the spoils but would not save all souls.

He planned to take control of Xiayun Group after the reshuffling, focusing the company around Huaxu to build a logistics ecosystem, and attempting to enter the domain of logistics giants. If successful, its value would increase at least tenfold.

Tang Yuchan had become numb; every sentence Shen Dong uttered made her think of ’the future,’ especially considering this man dared to discuss investment with the government office for the sake of acquiring Xiayun Group.

If the scale of Xiayun Group crumbled, how would he explain it to the government office?

"Forget it," Tang Yuchan said, flicking her head dismissively as she stood up.

She gathered the documents on the table and spoke in a deliberately casual tone, "You still have to come home with me for the New Year. My father wants to meet you."

She didn’t even realize how awful her complexion had become.

Even if Shen Dong were insensitive, he could see something was wrong with Tang Yuchan. He approached her with concern, "Are you not feeling well? Don’t overdo it. Our glory isn’t built in a day, take it slow."

"Overdoing it?" A dam in Tang Yuchan’s heart suddenly burst.

She thought of the days when she met with seventeen brand merchants, running her high heels ragged.

She strove hard to map out a future together.

But what was the reality? She was just an executor under the concept of a future messenger; they weren’t creating anything but replicating something.

At that thought, Tang Yuchan suddenly felt listless. She glanced at Shen Dong, "Find some time to think about what exactly our relationship is and what the future of our company is supposed to look like."

"Huh?" Shen Dong was baffled and wanted to ask more, but a loud slam of the door stopped him in his tracks.

"What... That was so random," Shen Dong said with a hand on his waist, his face etched with gloom.

He pursed his lips and, while no one was around, walked towards the computer, grumbling to the empty air, "Is it that time of the month for women? This reaction is too... whatever."

After muttering to himself and not taking it too seriously, Shen Dong took advantage of the solitude and approached the computer.

Currently, Shen Dong had invested 1.7 billion in the financial market, with eighty percent of the capital coming from Su Qingyu, and the remainder was scraped together by Shen Dong himself.

Not having IT skills was not a big deal.

If he could secure shares in a certain telecom company and become a shareholder in the communications industry, Li Ling’s technology would become Shen Dong’s cash machine.

Of course, at this stage, it was still wishful thinking.

Shen Dong scanned the market’s fluctuations, not for investment purposes, but to mount a counterattack – a battle without smoke, yet fraught with strife.

Take, for example, Mr. Shuai’s red tea. Huaxu’s purchase price was one yuan, which, when factoring in various costs, came to roughly one yuan and fifty-six cents. Marking up the cost plus one, the price was one yuan and seventy-six cents.

Agents who got their hands on the drinks at one yuan and seventy-six cents followed the cost-plus-one pricing model and sold the beverages for about two yuan.

An important point here was that Huaxu had stolen the middlemen’s bread and butter. You see, the purchase price for Mr. Shuai’s red tea – after being exploited layer upon layer by middlemen – rose to two yuan and twenty cents, or two yuan and thirty cents, while the market price has remained at two yuan and fifty cents for ten years.

Statistics showed that Huaxu’s strategy was correct.

Taking Jing City’s Huaxu as an example, just for Mr. Shuai’s red ice tea, the average daily sales volume reached 800,000, with many small supermarkets sourcing goods from Huaxu.

An agent earning ten cents per bottle would make eighty thousand yuan.

Jing City had ninety-two agents operating in consumer goods, which means that they could make a daily profit of eight hundred yuan just from Mr. Shuai’s red tea.

Could an internet celebrity bring about such an effect with product endorsements?

Shen Dong didn’t think so.

He didn’t allow himself to feel complacent, but instead considered the worst-case scenario in order to make the most thorough preparations.

Currently, Huaxu had Mr. Zhou’s endorsement and the official recognition of Penguin, which had resulted in an explosive growth in brand awareness and record-breaking sales revenues.

But that was just Huaxu’s behavioral goal, not its strategic aim.