Amazon.
Jingdong.
When comparing the two.
It’s evident.
Huaxia residents feel more connected to ’Jingdong,’ and similar companies like Su Ning and Go have already gone public. Therefore, Jingdong beca ERV’s first choice in e-comrce layout in Huaxia.
-Cheaper.
-Similar ideology.
-Lacks funds.
Tang Qing is openly Ali’s major shareholder, so direct involvent is inappropriate. Going all out, ERV invested in Penguin, then Jingdong, making everyone see this as a normal course of action.
Amazon is not thriving in Huaxia.
ERV bought its competitor; if Ali is unaffordable, then Jingdong it is.
The logic is sound.
Future.
According to Tang Qing’s views.
In the e-comrce field.
Dostically.
The competition would primarily be between Ali and Jingdong. Su Ning, Go, and other platforms would serve as supplents and can be set aside; having the largest market share is what’s essential.
Internationally speaking.
Amazon.
Hummingbird Ali.
The competition between these two primary camps would lead the way. Facing international expansion, besides the two camps, there exist plenty of competitors rising from within each country, so a strong opponent is necessary.
No need for excessive concerns at the start.
Otherwise.
Doing business in other countries can quickly generate public opinion pressure when one ’bullies’ their enterprises, inciting resentnt and making them retaliate irrationally.
If there’s an opponent.
Just go for it.
Regarding your enterprises being hard.
I’m sorry.
It’s not targeted at you, just collateral damage; perhaps you should keep a distance? Yes, further away, exactly, great job, achieve enough distance until you disappear from view.
Yes.
That’s how.
Keep it up!
Do not turn back.
So you won’t be collateral damage again.
...
Early morning.
Before dawn.
Shanghai Stock Market.
Urban Village.
Bai Yuan woke up early to help his parents. Already, quite a few custors have arrived, mostly commuters from distant companies, taking the earliest bus, showcasing Shanghai’s struggles.
Parents entertain the guests.
He is in charge of collecting cash.
"Why isn’t anyone using it?"
"Indeed."
Over half an hour passed with the QR code displayed.
Not a single scan.
Bai Yuan’s parents pursed their lips. Bai Yuan was similarly helpless, saying: "Dad, the functionality just went online last night. You have to allow people ti to adapt; you can’t expect everyone to use it overnight."
Moreover.
This QR code looks sowhat ’shaky,’ printed from a Polaroid. It can be scanned but isn’t too clear. Once the printing shop across opens, a clearer version is needed.
"True."
"Then let’s wait."
Several minutes later.
More custors arrived; it gets continuously busy for over an hour during this ti every day.
"Is this a paynt code?"
Finally.
Soone noticed these two black-and-white snapshots.
"Yes."
"You should write sothing indicating it enables mobile paynt, or how would people know?" a custor said. The photos are small and monochro, and, unnoticed, might be mistaken as discarded pieces of paper.
"..." Bai Yuan was stunned.
Cursing himself as an idiot.
Indeed.
You simply display a QR code.
Without clarification, how would anyone know its purpose? No wonder; despite studying marketing, his intelligence wasn’t engaged upon waking up. He needed a bite of the bun to recharge.
"Thanks for the tip."
Next.
He indeed took a bite of the bun.
Upstairs, he grabbed a red pen, took a large cardboard, wrote ’Supports WeChat and Alipay paynts,’ and placed it before the stall. The photo was too small to convey clearly.
Sure enough.
The effects were imdiate.
"You support mobile paynts?"
"Yes."
"Pretty trendy, uncle."
"Haha, my son did it all."
"Let try."
"I’m in too; it’s the first ti using mobile paynt to purchase sothing."
"..."
After the first one.
More people started experinting with scanning the code, and Bai Yuan and his father listened with joy as inbound paynt notifications echoed through earphones, reducing labor and tiring cash handling.
"Is this all there is to it?" a nearby elder, amazed, remarked.
No cash exchange.
Scan and go, genuinely remarkable.
"Yes."
Not everyone uses smartphones.
Nowadays.
Most use feature phones; Epoch is too expensive, even after a year, prices remain around four thousand, and low-end phones aren’t cheap either; the thousand-dollar phone era doesn’t an under a thousand.
"Can my phone be used?" the elder produced a Nokia.
"That isn’t a smartphone, so it won’t work."
"That’s a pity."
"Consider buying one."
"Too pricey."
"You can buy a cheaper one; Huawei’s costs just over a thousand."
"I thought it was several thousand."
"Elder, that was last year; now, all major mobile phone companies have launched mid-to-low-end models, while a smartphone costing over a thousand may not perform exceptionally, it’s adequate for daily use."
"I’ll visit the store later."
"..."
The sky gradually brightened.
Business continued.
Although most people still relied on cash, it was a promising start.
Moreover.
Many observed this new paynt thod and glanced at their feature phones.
Perhaps.
It was indeed ti to change.
This mindset.
Reflected on Epoch’s official sales website, where orders surged from midnight onwards, over ten thousand phones sold before daylight, with millions in sales revenue.
Surpassing countless companies’ annual efforts.
anwhile.
Other smartphone manufacturers got the hint and increased promotions; in July, after filling out preferences and receiving enrollnt notices, it was ti for parents to equip children with the essentials.
...
Qingyan City.
Yantang Amusent Park.
Early in the day.
Hundreds of rchants received QR codes distributed by the managent committee; belonging to the Tang Family, it naturally responded first, adding QR code paynt in every cash-usage area.
Even individual performance stages had them.
Printed large.
Visitors can scan to ’reward’ without crowding forward; although these perforrs are transient, the managent committee separates daily inco, belongs to the rightful person.
No occupying, no taking.
"Everyone, try it yourselves, familiarize yourselves."
"Not mandatory."
"Just an additional paynt thod."
Although part of the Tang Family industry, it isn’t imposing, forcing rchants to use it. So prefer cash, enjoy seeing the red notes; their preferences can’t be arbitrarily deprived.
On this point.
rchants were happy to accept.
At least.
No fear of receiving counterfeit currency.
Besides here.
Every alley of Qingyan City received freshly printed gifts throughed by couriers from the wee hours; none aid at end-users but various pickup points.
All are rchant-run.
A week promises.
Ensuring redundancy; truthfully, upon registration starting last night, these data circulated nationwide to printing factories, where so worked overti to print, dispatched earlier by Hummingbird Logistics.
Though Hummingbird Comrcial Storage isn’t operational.
But Hummingbird Logistics isn’t the sa.
Sheng Tang Group’s apparel, Qingyuan Technology’s phones, Microcrystalline Technology’s ’Ti,’ relied on Hummingbird Logistics within the Tang Family industries, rather than freight deliveries, reducing countless costs.
However.
It didn’t completely avoid couriers.
Hummingbird primarily deals with transportation, nearly no distribution presently, thus the last mile still borrows channels of other logistics companies, yet overall costs dropped significantly.
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