"One million."
"That's not enough! The wards are full, there's a queue of people waiting for surgery, so add another million."
"Is that fair? Will it encroach on others' shares?"
"Of course, it will. If I say it's okay, then it's okay."
"It will be done imdiately."
After a few cups of tea, an additional one million was imdiately added for purchase, which truly pleased Huang Jiacai.
Although Huang Jiacai was the manager of a small company, he had a good mind. He truly was an expert. Boss Cheng said enthusiastically, "President Huang, if you think highly of your brother Cheng, you should visit often. This big cup is reserved for you."
The two n drank tea, one in a small cup, the other in a large cup. It was an interesting scene.
"Huang, my brother, if you need help, just say it. In G City's dical circle, your brother Cheng still has so influence. I know a few people." Boss Cheng was very generous.
Huang Jiacai understood his generosity: "There will be many tis in the future when I will need Brother Cheng's help."
Huang Jiacai couldn't stay long as President Wang was hurrying over from Shanghai, and he had to pick him up from the airport.
On the way back, Huang Jiahui drove a rcedes E300. Several years ago, Wang Jiachai had made so money working for President Wang, so he had both a car and a house.
Huang Jiacai sat in the back seat conversing with President Wang and handed him a bottle of mineral water with the cap loosened.
President Wang took a sip of water: "Jiachai, the company is currently preparing to go public. Once it does, don't worry, I won't treat you unfairly. The shares I promised you will be fully given to you. The betting agreent is about to expire, and the higher-ups are not satisfied with our market share. They can only start from your side. The company wants to appoint you as the sales manager of South China and you'll be responsible for the entire South China region. If you do well in South China, the position of marketing director will be yours in the future. President Jia's capability is questionable, and if not for President Wei being his classmate, he wouldn't hold that position."
"Your biggest competitor now is Johnson & Johnson, and you must defeat them no matter what. Let remind you again, the company needs impressive market data to go public, and you're the only one who can complete this task. Gan Fengyi from Johnson & Johnson's South China region is a famous figure in the dical device sector. When Johnson & Johnson first entered G City, the market was firmly controlled by companies like Shi Lehui and Jiemai. They've replaced several sales managers, but they couldn't seize any market. When Gan Fengyi took over, these companies couldn't fight back. They repeatedly lost markets like Fuer and the provincial hospital. Like this, Gan Fengyi managed to push Johnson & Johnson's market share in South China to rank first. Don't underestimate her, Gan Fengyi is not just an ordinary woman; she's incredibly smart and extrely ruthless."
As a matter of fact, Huang Jiacai admired this woman greatly. Despite having a small dispute with her, he later encountered her on the road and helped her change a tire. Gan Fengyi had even treated Huang Jiacai and his sister to a al.
Snatching food from this woman's hands is a difficult task, even more difficult than pulling a tooth out of a tiger's mouth. This ti, Huang Jiacai really felt like he had run into trouble.
"If you need support from the headquarters, whether it's manpower or money, they'll provide full support. If sothing cos up, directly communicate with . Performance is currently the company's top priority. If we encounter obstacles in getting listed and lose the bet, our company will be ruined overnight."
"President Wang, don't you find this matter a bit strange?" Huang Jiacai had been listening carefully.
"Just speak your mind. It's just us two here, so don't worry about anything." President Wang leaned forward a little.
"The more I think about this matter, the more I feel sothing is not right. I fear that our end is near, and they've already started to cut and harvest. Our company's brand and channel have basically ford and they've made their plans a long ago. If we lose the bet, the company faces bankruptcy, and they take over with a low-price acquisition, gaining control of our company. On the surface, we will still be a dostic brand and continue the drama of fighting with foreign capital, but in fact, it's just a ga of left hand fighting the right hand. It's a show for others to see, in order to tightly control the Chinese market and leave little room for other dostic brands to grow."
"Are you saying that the whole process is a play directed by the capital system from behind?"
"Yes, why would they want you to go public? What they want is the channel and a dostic signboard. If it goes public, a lot of things must be made public. Everyone will know that it's a dostic brand controlled by foreign capital, which is aningless to them. Only by killing it before going public and secretly controlling the company from behind can they hide their identity."
President Wang touched his chin, pondered for a mont, and said: "Jiachai, what you said gave chills. Does this an we're certain to lose the bet?"
"Of course, we'll lose 100%!"
"But as long as we try our best, it should be easy for us to go public. Even if you encounter difficulties, we can beautify our data a bit to remove any obstacles to going public. I don't see any traps or unequal terms in the contract." President Wang felt like Huang Jiacai was exaggerating.
"If traps were so easy to spot, they wouldn't be traps. They're aiming to catch us off guard and make us complacent."
"Make it clearer."
"The patent noose. Currently, almost all of the company's products are imitations. They've been turning a blind eye, making us believe there's no such thing as a patent. When it's beneficial to them, they close their eyes. But the day they need to use this weapon, they'll open their eyes and bare their fangs. Picture this, if suddenly, right before going public, the company was hit with a patent infringent lawsuit, would you still be able to go public?"
President Wang shivered, he put down the bottle he was about to drink from, and muttered: "If that's the case, we're done for."
"In the end, they'll gain control of our company at an extrely low price and use it as their tool. Of course, in the public eye, we continue to be a dostic brand, and we even seem to be trying really hard, battling with the giant and continuously defeating other dostic brands. However, in reality, the left hand is rely fighting the right."
"Aren't you overthinking it? Aren't you just buying into a conspiracy theory?" President Wang believed in Huang Jiacai, but he found it hard to believe that his competitors would be so cunning and deceitful.
Huang Jiacai laughed: "President Wang, we both had a fair share of struggles in the business field. You, my ntor, understand the nature of capital better than I do. Don't underestimate the greed of capital or its wisdom."
"Can you explain further?"
"I've been thinking about this matter a lot and the more I think, the more worried I beco. Think about it, among the companies that started the sa ti as us, few have innovated products, and the ones that do are quite decent. By rights, these are the companies worth investing in. Their stories should be more in line with the tastes of investors. But why do our brands and channels that replicated others match their taste? And we imitated without getting into any trouble. Do you rember any company with an independent product that imitated a key component of theirs? They device they pursued and fiercely fought them, using the patent as a sledgehamr, they've beaten them to death."
"Jiachai, what you've said has awakened . Now that you've put it this way, I can't help but feel jittery. I need to go back and discuss this with President Wei."
President Wang had complete trust in Huang Jiacai and knew his capabilities inside out.
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