"All of your store managers have been corrupted by Oriental Amazon, you must fire these store managers immediately!" Tucker said angrily in the office of the mid-level manager at Walmart.
Another failure put Tucker under immense pressure from Goldman Sachs, even making Goldman Sachs seriously doubt Tucker's abilities. How could he possibly be competent if he couldn't even handle something as simple as smearing a competitor?
Tucker then redirected all his anger towards this manager.
"Are you crazy or am I crazy? You want me to fire all the store managers? Where am I supposed to find 300 managers to replace them? Moreover, if I do that, headquarters will send an investigation team to look into me this afternoon. With the little relationship we have, they can investigate everything!" the manager also said, displeased and angry.
This Tucker was too arrogant and too foolish. If it weren't for the substantial amount of money he was being paid, and the fact that Goldman Sachs held many of his weaknesses, he would have kicked this guy out long ago.
"Then you'll just let your store managers fool you like this?" Tucker questioned.
"That's right, I have no choice but to let them fool me. If I fire them, I'll have nothing left. One or two store managers are manageable, but 300 store managers all doing this, what am I supposed to do?" the manager replied.
"This Oriental Amazon is truly insane, bribing 300 store managers at once. Where did they get so much money!" Tucker said with a laugh of exasperation.
"Indeed, these are scoundrels. They send money to the store managers, but they never come to me!" the mid-level manager also said with a hint of resentment. Every store manager under him received benefits, but he got nothing. This was simply unacceptable.
"No, we must find a way to deal with this Oriental Amazon, otherwise headquarters won't let us off!" Tucker said, no longer arrogant but resigned.
"Let's just forget about that..." To his surprise, the manager chickened out. "They have already bought over 300 store managers under me, which means all the methods I could use before are useless against them. As long as these store managers are willing to give them convenient access, unless I directly order Oriental Amazon personnel not to enter the warehouse, I have no way to stop them!"
Tucker also fell silent, but his mind was racing, and he asked another question, "Since all the store managers have been bought over by them, what about the employees? The employees can't possibly have been bought over too, right?"
"That's naturally impossible. Who would buy over ordinary employees?" the manager said as a matter of course. He hadn't actually conducted a detailed investigation, but based on the reports from the over 300 store managers, he believed his store managers had been bought over by Oriental Amazon.
He hadn't actually investigated the situation, so he naturally didn't know that it wasn't just the store managers who were bought over. However, this couldn't be blamed on the manager being too hasty, as it was very rare for companies to buy over their basic-level employees across the board.
"If that's the case, then it's easy. We can make those grassroots employees hate the existence of Oriental Amazon, and then force them to oppose it from the bottom up. That way, we won't have to worry, and these employees will destroy Oriental Amazon themselves!" Tucker revealed a triumphant smile.
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"What? All the distribution work will be done by our own employees from now on, and Oriental Amazon personnel will not be allowed to enter the warehouse directly! Is this still letting people live? Our workload will directly double, or even triple!" Upon hearing the branch company's latest policy from the store managers, the employees in the warehouse and other departments were all stunned. Was there anything more troublesome than this in the world?
"I can't do anything about it," the store manager could only helplessly appease the emotions of his subordinates. "The branch company said this is to prevent confusion in the company's warehouse and also to prevent loss of goods, as several stores have reported discrepancies in warehouse inventory, with a loss of 0.8% of goods!"
"Nonsense! Every store has inventory discrepancies during daily checks, but as long as the total percentage doesn't exceed 1%, it's not a problem. Everyone knows this. Why is the branch company bringing up such normal occurrences!" the warehouse employees said angrily.
"Alas, I know all about these things, but this actually violates the company's regulations. Well, I don't know why the branch company is going crazy. I'm about to go crazy too!" the store manager also said, feeling extremely frustrated.
"How about we talk to Oriental Amazon and ask them to limit their supply to 100 orders per day? That way, our work will be a bit easier!" one warehouse employee suggested.
Before the store manager could even speak, someone next to him directly retorted, "If you ask them to limit it to 100 orders a day, they won't be able to survive. Ryan calculated it for us last night when we were drinking, and you all heard it. He needs at least 50 orders a day to maintain a basic livelihood."
"They have 5 delivery drivers now. If you ask them to distribute 100 orders a day, that's only 20 orders per person per day. This means they'll only earn a maximum of $2,000 a month. How can they survive? You're essentially asking us not to let our friends live. We can't do this!"
"I know Ryan and the others are our friends, but we can't handle such a heavy workload either!" another employee said helplessly.
"How about this, I will report the situation directly to the head office, and have Bieber and the others limit the number of orders to around 200. Everyone work hard, get through these few days, and wait for the head office to make a decision!" The store manager's words were generally accepted by the warehouse employees. Just as everyone was about to communicate with Bieber, they found that Bieber himself had already arrived with several people.
"Mr. Bieber, you've arrived at the perfect time. I have something to discuss with you!" the store manager took the initiative to step forward.
"Sir, you don't need to say any more. I actually know the situation. I came specifically to tell you and the brothers in the warehouse to work as usual. You don't need to worry about any orders; all the work will still be handled by us at Oriental Amazon!" Bieber said sincerely.
"Alas, Mr. Bieber, you don't know the situation. This isn't something you can just handle if you want to. The branch company has already prohibited your people from entering the warehouse. Only our warehouse employees can deliver the goods after packing them, otherwise, if we are found out, our entire company will have its bonuses withheld!" the store manager explained helplessly.
"I know this situation, so our return staff also don't need to enter the warehouse. That shouldn't cause you any trouble, right?" Bieber asked.
"Not entering the warehouse? Then how will you work?" the store manager was taken aback.
"Simple, we'll just procure directly from here!" Bieber smiled, pointing to the ground, which was the Walmart superstore, open to all customers!
"You plan to procure goods directly from the sales floor?" the store manager suddenly understood.
"That's right. Since we can't get into the warehouse, we'll just procure from the sales floor directly. Anyway, whatever is in the warehouse is also available in the sales floor, and we can still fulfill customer orders!" Bieber said.
"But this will greatly reduce your order fulfillment speed. The sales floor is too large, you won't be able to manage!" the store manager said.
"That's fine too!" Bieber gritted his teeth and said, "The company has 5 delivery drivers, two of whom will be temporarily transferred to order picking. Along with the previous two order pickers and myself, the five of us will pick orders on the sales floor. The remaining three delivery drivers will be responsible for deliveries. Everyone work hard and get through this period."
"By the way, you don't need to report to head office, as this kind of bypassing of superiors is something the company strictly prohibits and it will affect your future. Our President Liu is already preparing to contact President Walton. As long as we get through these few days, both sides will definitely find a solution!" Bieber said.
"But there's still an issue. If you're taking goods directly from the superstore, you'll have to go through the sales floor's checkout procedures and follow the sales floor's pricing..."
"No problem, the head office said that the main objective is not to trouble our brothers and partners. Since the goods are taken from the sales floor, they will naturally be processed at the retail price of the goods. Moreover, we will directly purchase from the sales floor's cash registers to leave, so there won't be any procedural issues."
"After all, Walmart can't prohibit us from consuming and shopping in your superstores as ordinary customers, right?" Bieber said with a smile.
"I understand!" The store manager nodded gratefully and then said, "In that case, I will open a dedicated shopping channel for you. Your people can directly place orders and shop through this channel."
"Additionally, I will have the employees in the sales floor assist you. If you can't handle your orders, have the sales floor employees help you pick them."
"Isn't that a bit much?" Bieber said somewhat embarrassed.
"What's so much about it? The people on the sales floor haven't eaten your food less. It's only reasonable for them to help you now!" the store manager said with a smile. Bieber also nodded gratefully, and they clasped their hands tightly.
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"These guys, they can actually do this!" That evening, upon learning that Oriental Amazon's deliveries were still proceeding without issues, Tucker personally went to a nearby Walmart to investigate the situation.
He had originally thought that the Walmart store manager had secretly allowed Oriental Amazon personnel into the warehouse. However, he never expected to see Oriental Amazon employees directly procuring goods from the sales floor, with all the sales floor employees providing assistance. Thus, despite the severe strain on human resources, they were still able to manage and deliver the purchased items to customers on time.
"I actually wanted to bring down a company like this!" At this moment, a great sense of fear welled up in Tucker's heart. He suddenly felt that he might truly be unable to defeat Oriental Amazon.