"There's basically no hope!" After waiting for about a minute, Old Ma Ge sighed and said, just as he was about to hang up, a familiar male voice sounded from the phone, "Hello, this is Huang He, Old Ma, do you need something?"
"Yes," Old Ma Ge said frankly, "I'm currently running an event, and I plan to do a large-scale promotion across the entire network. So, I wanted to ask if your company's oo and Facebook could carry my promotion?"
"Tsk tsk, I didn't expect it to be about this. Old Ma, where did you get the confidence to make this call, thinking I would allow you, my competitor, to promote on my platform!" Huang He sneered.
"That's because you are Huang He!" Old Ma Ge said calmly.
"What do you mean by that?" Huang He asked curiously.
"In my understanding, Mr. Huang He is a leader in China's business community. He leads the China Electronic Technology Industry Development Alliance and is the fibromyalgia guiding China's technology step by step. He is a role model for all of us! I don't believe Mr. Huang He would forget basic business rules just because of a minor competitor!" Old Ma Ge said loudly.
"Oh, what business rules?" Huang He asked again.
"All doors welcome guests!" Old Ma Ge's voice was a bit low now, but his enunciation was extremely clear, like a muffled drum being struck.
"Hahahaha!" Huang He on the other end of the line suddenly burst out laughing. "Old Ma, since when did you learn to flatter people like this? You want to put me, Huang He, on a pedestal so that I can't get down, and then you have no choice but to give me the green light, right?"
"I'm just stating the facts. Although I'm also reluctant, you, Huang He, have indeed reached a lofty position, and I have to look up to you from the ground. But I will eventually catch up to you!" Old Ma Ge remained calm.
"Alright, Old Ma, for your words, I think highly of you... no, I, Huang He, have always thought highly of you. In my heart, my only competitors are you, Old Ma Ge, and Little Ma Ge!" Huang He said with overwhelming momentum.
"Now Little Ma Ge has fallen, and you are next!"
"But I know you're not convinced, thinking I have a first-mover advantage. Fine, I want to show you that even if I give you the resources I have, you're still not my match. I want to defeat you honorably, so that you lose convincingly!"
"You can send people to Jiangnan Computer Network Service Technology Company to discuss details. I will instruct them. Whatever recommendations and advertising slots you want, as long as I have them and they are available, I will give them all to you, at the normal price!"
"All doors welcome guests, and you are now my client, Huang He. I will give you ten-tenths respect!"
"Thank you!" Old Ma Ge took a deep breath.
"No need to thank me, see you again if fate allows!" With that, he hung up the phone. Although Old Ma Ge's hand holding the receiver trembled slightly, he eventually placed it back on the desk steadily. Then he sat down, let out a long sigh, and a brilliant smile spread across his face. "Huang He has indeed become arrogant, even more so than I imagined!"
"Yes, that means Huang He is destined not to go far. He will be defeated by us!" Jin Yuanying also smiled.
"No, even if he is defeated by us, it's only the e-commerce market that is defeated. Jiangnan Group still holds more markets and products. He won't be completely defeated so easily. He is destined to go very far!" Old Ma Ge sighed.
"Moreover, if we defeat him this time, he probably won't be so arrogant anymore. People learn from their mistakes and become more mature and steady, and they won't make similar mistakes in the future. I probably won't have a chance to surpass him in this lifetime. His foundation is built too well. How did he get so many advanced technologies? It's truly incredible!" Old Ma Ge marveled.
"That's because we haven't ventured into more industries!" Wang Jinying disagreed. "Boss, after we capture the entire e-commerce market, and by leveraging the 'Qianbenbao' and 'Youqianhua' software, we can accumulate tens of billions of funds in a short period. Then, by investing these funds into various emerging industries of the future, we will inevitably catch up with and surpass Jiangnan Group. I believe this day is not far off!"
"Good, although these words are empty, having such ambition is very good!" Old Ma Ge nodded approvingly, then thought of something and shook his head helplessly. "What a pity, someone is not as ambitious as you. Although they've returned to work, they're listless, it's better not to come back. Do they really think that without the company, they won't go far!"
Upon hearing Old Ma Ge's words, Jin Yuanying's expression changed, and then she immediately returned to normal. Old Ma Ge also realized that his emotions had slipped, and he seemed to have said something he shouldn't have.
Fortunately, Jin Yuanying was one of his most trusted people. He gave Jin Yuanying a look, and Jin Yuanying nodded knowingly. Then, after discussing how to utilize Jiangnan Group's network channels to launch a larger promotional offensive, he sent Jin Yuanying to work.
That afternoon, Jin Yuanying took a team of elites and took a train to Wenzhou. As expected, they successfully entered Jiangnan Electronics Computer Technology Service Company and had discussions with the business team of Jiangnan Group, who looked a bit stiff upon receiving the news but still maintained a perfunctory smile.
"This... this... and this... except for these dozen or so, I want all the rest of the advertisements!" Jin Yuanying said霸气ly, holding the advertising slots provided by Jiangnan Group. This almost meant buying all the online advertisements under Jiangnan Group.
"Okay, thank you for your support. Are you purchasing by day, by click, or by time package?"
"From today until the 30th!"
"Do you need us to help you create the promotional materials?"
"No, we have the finished products ourselves, they are with me now. We'll use ours!"
"Okay, then I'll give you a quote!" The negotiation process between the two parties was very fast. Within two minutes, they directly entered the quotation stage.
Of course, this was mainly because the bosses of the two companies had already reached an agreement, and they were only responsible for execution, so the speed was naturally very fast.
Twenty minutes later, the relevant representatives from Jiangnan Computer presented the calculated quotation to Jin Yuanying's team.
"This price... is too outrageous!" Seeing the price, Jin Yuanying's brows could kill mosquitoes.
Because the price was extremely outrageous, reaching an astonishing 146 million RMB, almost 150 million RMB.
"This price is not outrageous!" The Jiangnan representative said with a smile.
"Gentlemen, do you think I haven't done any research?"
"To be honest, before coming here, I had already understood and done a simple calculation of your prices. The market price for these advertisements should be at most around 70 million RMB, not reaching the level of 146 million RMB. Are you fooling us?"
"Or did your Boss Huang tell you that he doesn't want to do this business, so he asked you to use these means to refuse us?" Jin Yuanying said very bluntly, directly exposing the other party's hidden intentions.
"Minister Jin, what are you talking about? These prices are all calculated according to our publicly available quotation sheet. This quotation sheet was posted on our official website as early as February this year, and this price will not change until February next year. We are calculating according to the public price, so how did it become a tactic of our chairman?" The Jiangnan representative said with a cold smile.
"Gentlemen, we have all been in the advertising industry for more than ten years. We all know the routines in this circle, don't we?"
"The quotation sheet is just for outsiders to see, just to make people think that advertising in this industry is particularly valuable, and to use it for concessions and leverage when negotiating with advertisers!"
"Back when I was at Microsoft, once we started negotiating prices, we would directly offer a 60% discount and didn't bother with these boring tactics. Are you still using these tactics on me now? Isn't that a bit outdated!" Jin Yuanying's demeanor was very powerful, almost to the point of slamming the table.
"Minister Jin, since you've said it to this extent, I don't mind being completely upfront with you. Although our chairman agreed to give you the advertisements, our CEO Meng, and General Manager Ruo from Jiangnan Mall, they won't make such a mistake so easily."
"If it weren't for the chairman's order, you wouldn't even have had the chance to meet us. Well, the two general managers have given strict orders that if you want to buy advertisements, you must buy them at the original price on the quotation sheet. We're not ripping you off; this quotation sheet is the original one, and the price is the public price. Not increasing it by another 50% is already giving you face."
"Whether you buy it or not is up to you!"
The words of the Jiangnan Group representative made Jin Yuanying sigh and sit back down in her chair. With the conversation reaching this point, there was no point in continuing to negotiate. It all depended on whether her company was willing to spend this unwarranted money for promotion.
However, Jin Yuanying couldn't make this decision herself, so she had to call Old Ma Ge and explain the situation. Finally, Old Ma Ge said decisively, "Do it!"
"Chairman, this price is too much of a loss, we..."
"Loss is a blessing. The loss doesn't matter, the users and the market matter. Do you understand this principle?"
"Yes, I understand!"
With Old Ma Ge's approval, the two parties began to sign the contract, and finally agreed to purchase almost all the important advertising slots on Facebook and oo for 140 million RMB. Starting from 12 AM tomorrow, all related advertisements would go live without a moment's delay.