Li Dong soon experienced the bitter consequences of the secret fight between women.
Before Qin Yuhan came back, Li Dong decided to move to Jinhu Garden for a few days.
Alas, when he brought a change of clothes to Jinhu Garden the next day, he was chased out.
Li Dong couldn't help but feel sorry for the poor girl.
Qin Yuhan said that Qi Fangfang and Zhang Mengmeng came all the way to Pingchuan and had no relatives, so they couldn't be arranged to stay in the staff dormitory.
Since they couldn't stay in the dormitory, they could only stay with her.
The house in Jinhu Garden was not small, but there were three women living there, so it was not suitable for a man like Li Dong to stay there.
Since he couldn't stay in Jinhu Garden, Li Dong thought he might as well go back to the Provincial Party Committee Compound.
In the end, he came back, but Shen Qian didn't come back.
According to Shen Qian, they were so busy now, who had the time to fool around with him? Besides, wasn't his girlfriend here? Go find her!
It was said that two monks had to carry water to drink, but who knew that two women didn't even have water to drink.
In the end, Li Dong gritted his teeth. Fine, I'll move back home for a few days, okay?
He might as well not go to the Provincial Party Committee Compound, or else it would be troublesome if Qin Yuhan came looking for him.
…
Li Chengyuan and Cao Fang were overjoyed that Li Dong moved back home.
On the night of the 17th, the couple went home early and prepared a sumptuous dinner.
Li Dong's two uncles had already returned home, but his grandmother was still there.
Originally, Li Dong's grandmother was going to leave with them, but Cao Fang tried her best to make them stay. Besides, they hadn't seen each other for years, and it was rare for them to get together, so they had to stay longer.
After dinner, Cao Fang went to the kitchen to clean up, and Li Dong's grandmother also went into the room.
Seeing that the women had left, Li Chengyuan waved at Li Dong. When Li Dong walked over, Li Chengyuan hurriedly asked, "Do you have a cigarette?"
Li Dong asked curiously, "Mom even confiscated your cigarettes now?"
Li Chengyuan said helplessly, "Your mom is going through menopause. She's very noisy. Plus, your grandma is at home, so she doesn't smoke at home."
Li Dong laughed, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and handed it over.
Li Chengyuan took out a cigarette and sniffed it for a while before lighting it up and smoking it. He didn't return the cigarette to Li Dong and stuffed it into his pocket.
Li Dong couldn't help laughing. Just as he was about to make fun of him, Li Chengyuan spoke first, "Were you driven back?"
"What?"
Seeing his son dumbfounded, Li Chengyuan muttered, "I'm not stupid. Do you really think I don't know anything? The girl from the Qin family is back, and the girl from the Shen family is not an ordinary person. How can you mess around? "
"Ahem … Dad, I don't understand what you're talking about." Li Dong coughed a few times to deny it.
Li Chengyuan didn't bother with him. He took a puff of his cigarette and said, "I'm too lazy to care about your messy business. However, I still have to remind you. Don't get carried away just because you have money.
I've seen those two girls, and they are also children from good families.
But you can't always delay them. You have to be decisive when it's time to make a decision.
You also saw what happened to your uncle. Look at what happened in the end.
You can't admit that you have a daughter. You're dying, but your aunt and Chen Jing are still cursing in the ward.
Although you are young now, I don't want your family to be in trouble in the future. Dongzi, think about it and settle this matter as soon as possible. "
When Li Dong heard his father say this, he subconsciously said, "I'm different from uncle."
Li Chengyuan shook his head and said, "You're different, but there's not much difference."
"Dad, then tell me, what should I do?"
Li Chengyuan said with a strange look, "What's the use of asking me? I've never been a playboy in my life. This matter depends on you. Anyway, I'm waiting for grandchildren in two years. As for the rest, you do as you see fit. "
Li Dong's face darkened. Your words are too irresponsible.
Li Chengyuan didn't care about him. After smoking, he blew hard a few times. After a while, he said, "I'm going to sleep. Also, grandchildren are one thing, but don't give us a few at once. You can't bring them all."
After saying this, Li Chengyuan left suavely.
Li Dong's cheeks trembled. When did his father become a comedian?
But then again, this matter really had to be settled as soon as possible.
Not to mention, Shen Qian wasn't young anymore. It was very dangerous for an elderly woman to give birth …
After letting his imagination run wild for a while, Li Dong shook his head. Forget it. There would be a way out when the time came. It was useless to think too much.
…
Just as Li Dong couldn't sleep, in the wee hours of the morning, the 7.18 war began.
Far away from the building, the lights were brightly lit.
The entire e-commerce department worked overtime. Even Shen Qian didn't go back to rest.
In the office area, everyone's footsteps were swift, and shouts could be heard from time to time.
Liu Hong accompanied Shen Qian to patrol around. After a while, he heard someone report, "The same model of air conditioner in Jingdong has just been reduced. It's 3% lower than ours. CEO Shen, how much should we reduce?"
"A little lower than theirs. Hurry up."
"Okay."
"CEO Shen, Dang Dang's books and audio products have been reduced. Should we adjust the price?"
"Yes! We don't have many books and audio products. Directly reduce it to cost price! "
"Okay!"
"CEO Shen, Red Child has also reduced the price …"
"Continue to reduce the price. Keep an eye on them. If they reduce it, we will reduce it!"
"…"
After replying to everyone's questions, Shen Qian panted slightly. Liu Hong frowned and said, "This is too fast. They had already reduced the price before this. It's only been half an hour, and they're reducing it again. It seems like these people are deliberately targeting us."
For a promotion like this that lasted for a month, the initial price could usually be maintained for at least a week or more.
But now, it had only been half an hour, and the major shopping malls had already started to reduce the price. Moreover, it was not the same product. It was obvious that they were targeting Far away.
Shen Qian said with a serious expression, "I've already expected this! If they reduce the price, we will reduce it too. General Manager Li has already prepared for a large loss. We don't need to worry about this. The only thing we need to do is to reduce the price at the same time as fast as possible. "
As they were talking, a supervisor immediately rushed over to report, "CEO Shen, there's trouble!"
"Speak!"
"The price reduction is so fast, and there is no time lag in between. The buyers who bought the same product at the beginning don't agree. Now, there are a lot of people at customer service who want to return and buy again."
Far away had already expected this. Shen Qian said calmly, "Didn't we explain it before? Once an order is placed, unless there is a quality problem, it will not be returned. "
"But they insisted on returning the product. We explained, but they didn't listen."
Shen Qian thought for a moment and said, "This can't go on. Otherwise, it will be too much work for us if they keep returning the product and placing new orders. Let's do it this way. Without waiting for the other platforms to reduce the price, we will reduce all the products in Far Away Mall to the cost price! This way, I'll see how they deal with it. According to the cost, our price should be lower than theirs. If they reduce it to the same price as us, they will already be suffering a loss. In addition, once they reduce the price below the cost line, we will launch a complaint against them for unfair competition. Even if we can't do anything to them, it's good to disgust them. There will always be some fear. "
"CEO Shen, this …" The supervisor said worriedly, "Reducing the price to the cost price now is too big. Also, what about General Manager Li's side?"
"General Manager Li said that I will be in charge of all the affairs in the mall. You don't have to worry."
Hearing Shen Qian say this, the supervisor in charge quickly nodded and said, "OK, then I will go and arrange it immediately."
After he left, Liu Hong frowned and said, "CEO Shen, isn't this too fast?"
In less than an hour, it had already reached the cost line. If it were to be reduced further, they would start suffering a loss.
Shen Qian exhaled and said softly, "This is actually the best choice. Otherwise, if it is reduced bit by bit, they will never stop. In the end, the reduction will be even bigger than this.
Now that we have directly reduced the price to the minimum, they will have to consider whether it is worth it or not.
If it is like this on the first day, they will start to suffer a loss. What will they do in the following days?
Burning the investors' money is not as easy as you think.
If they lose a few million on the first day, wouldn't the investors feel like grass has grown in their hearts? A few hundred million in one go, who would dare to do this?
We are different. Our money is our own money. If General Manager Li doesn't care, we don't have to care. "
Hearing this, Liu Hong wanted to laugh, but he couldn't.
For a moment, Liu Hong didn't know whether to say that Li Dong was rich and willful, or to praise Li Dong's magnanimity in doing things.
…
At the same time.
Capital.
When Liu Qiangdong heard the news from Far away, he fell into a state of confusion and speechlessness.
At this moment, he really wanted to curse!
Damn it!
So what if you are rich? It was only the first hour, and it had already fallen below the cost line. How could they continue to follow this?
If they did not follow, all the previous bold words would be nonsense.
If they continued to follow, they would suffer a loss on the first day.
Moreover, Far away had lowered the price of the entire platform to the cost line. If they followed the same price as Far away, they would suffer a loss.
In this way, it was likely that they would suffer a loss of several million on the first day.
Money shouldn't be burned like this. In Liu Qiangdong's calculations, the first three days of the promotion should be profitable. After three days, they could maintain the cost price.
It would probably be a week later when they would actually lose money.
But at that time, the consumption power would decline. With the profits from before, in fact, the final loss would not be much.
But now, Far away had suddenly disrupted their rhythm. If they were to suffer a loss on the first day, the investors would definitely curse.
Just as he was hesitating, his assistant asked softly, "General Manager Liu, should we follow and lower the price?"
Liu Qiangdong's expression changed. After a long time, he gritted his teeth and said, "Lower! It's a little lower than the cost price! "
"But even so, our price is about the same as Far away's."
"That's enough. If we lower it further, how are we going to explain to the investors?"
After saying this, Liu Qiangdong exhaled and said, "This is only the first day. We can't lower it too much. Otherwise, we won't be able to hold on later."
"Okay, then I'll go and inform them."
Seeing that the assistant was about to leave, Liu Qiangdong suddenly remembered that there was something he had not asked. He hurriedly asked, "Have you calculated the sales? How much? "
"Three million!"
"Three million!" Liu Qiangdong was shocked. "That's so high!"
It had only been an hour. His expression was not faked.
Three million in sales was almost equivalent to their sales in the past two to three days.
In the whole of 2006, Jingdong's sales did not exceed 100 million. Averaging it out, it was only a few hundred thousand a day.
The assistant was actually also shocked, but he still explained, "This event has many participating platforms, and its influence is huge. Plus, Taobao's side is draining, and it's only the first hour. It's normal to have such explosive growth. "
"Even so, it's still too much." Liu Qiangdong sighed. Then, his eyes lit up. "I knew it. The e-commerce war can expand its influence!"
"Based on the current situation, the first day's sales are likely to exceed 20 million. This figure is almost equivalent to our previous month's sales. "
"Oh, right, have you estimated the other platforms?"
"The specific figures are not very clear, but we have a rough estimate." The assistant continued, "Among them, Far away and Dangdang have the most."
"How much is Dangdang?"
"About the same as us."
Liu Qiangdong breathed a sigh of relief, then asked, "Far away?"
The assistant hesitated for a moment, then said after a while, "About 30 million."
Liu Qiangdong's expression changed. 30 million!
Ten times that of Jingdong, and Far away continued to reduce prices. The first day's sales were likely to exceed 200 million, or even higher.
Today's sales exceeded the sum of the previous few years.
The assistant saw that he was silent and comforted, "The more they sell, the more they lose. Although their products are not losing money, they are free of shipping, and there is the One Dollar Instant Kill event. In fact, they are still losing money."
Liu Qiangdong's expression changed for a while. After a long time, he waved his hand and said, "I understand. Go and inform them."
"Okay, General Manager Liu, I'll leave first."
After the assistant left, Liu Qiangdong muttered, "That guy should be unable to sit still."
In 2006, Taobao's sales were 16.9 billion. This year, it had an explosive growth, reaching 20 billion in the first two quarters.
On average, it was more than 100 million per day.
But this time, Far Away Mall's single-day sales might surpass Taobao's.
Although it was a factor of the event, no matter what the factor was, breaking 100 million in a single day's sales was a great achievement.
Far away had been far behind Taobao in the past. Now it had finally surpassed Taobao in a certain aspect, which had already created a miracle.
Although the result had not come out yet, Liu Qiangdong knew that it should be inevitable.
…
As Liu Qiangdong expected.
Lin 'an.
At the moment when it was heard that Far Away's first-hour sales might exceed 30 million, the conference room suddenly became quiet.
After a long time, the man sitting at the head of the table got up and said, "We must not let Far Away surpass us, even if it is only for a short day! Our Taobao is the first in the industry. In any aspect, in any data, we must not fall behind! "
"Chairman, but …"
"No but! No matter what you do, whether you urgently join the e-commerce war now, or by other means, I only look at the results! "
"If the statistics come out tomorrow and we fall behind Far Away … Humph!"
Without saying any punishment, a cold snort ended the meeting.
Although Old Ma was usually easy to talk to and could make jokes, he was definitely not joking at this time.
Once they failed to meet his requirements, it was not surprising that the entire department would be cut down.
The next moment, the management of Taobao acted one after another.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
