"Honda, sometimes you have to give up something in order to gain something!" The president of the association, a former high school classmate, patted Honda's shoulder, then sighed and walked out. Only Honda Ichiro, Jia Yapeng, and Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu were left in the meeting room.
"President, what should we do now?" Honda Ichiro was a little absent-minded. He had never thought about not passing the review. Now everything was stuck here, which made him very uncomfortable. He even wanted to consider his future in this company.
"The Careless Dessert Association is just a channel merchant. They can only stop our products from being on the shelves, but they can't stop our products from going on the market. Our products have passed the review of Fusang. It's not like we can't sell them. Why are you discouraged so quickly?" Jia Yapeng laughed.
"President, no matter how good our products are, they are not as important as the channel. Without the channel, our products can't be sold at all! Didn't you know the importance of the channel? That's why you set up a network of outlets all over Hua Xia? You should know the importance of the channel better than I do! "Honda Ichiro said.
"You're actually using my own experience to teach me a lesson!" Jia Yapeng looked at this guy in surprise. He didn't expect this guy to study Jia Yapeng's experience and use Jia Yapeng's own story to persuade Jia Yapeng.
"I never deny the importance of the channel, but the channel controlled by the Careless Dessert Association is not the only channel. We can't sell our products in careless dessert stores. Can't we change to another place, such as a convenience store?" Jia Yapeng said lightly.
"Convenience store!" Honda Ichiro's eyes lit up when he heard these three words. Then he shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that's not possible. Convenience stores sell daily necessities and some instant food. Most of the shoppers are adults. Children still like to shop in careless dessert stores. The number of convenience stores in Fusang is far less than the number of careless dessert stores. The channel is too different from the association's channel!"
"I know, the channel of the convenience store is definitely not as good as the channel of the snack shop, but it's better than nothing!"
"But there is a conflict between the Careless Snack Association and the convenience store. Once the goods are on the shelves of the convenience store, they will not be allowed to be on the shelves of the careless snack shop in the future. We must be on the shelves of the convenience store. Then, we will really have our goods on the shelves of the careless snack shop!" Honda Ichiro said.
"President of Honda, I have a question for you. Do you think the future of Fusang will be dominated by snacks or convenience stores?" Jia Yapeng suddenly asked with a smile.
"Well …" Ichiro Honda pondered for a while, then said, "I'm afraid it'll be the world of convenience stores. Basically, careless snack shops are run by individuals. The storefronts are generally shabby, and only children will spend money in the shops. They can't attract the attention of adults at all. In the future, careless snack shops will definitely not be as good as convenience stores."
"It's not that they are not as good as convenience stores. In the future, careless snack shops will basically be completely eliminated by convenience stores. Don't think that these guys are making a lot of noise now. In the future, they will all be the tears of the era!" Jia Yapeng looked at the large conference room of the association and said with a sneer.
In the future, Fusang's careless snack shops were completely on the verge of extinction. The business of the careless snack shops was basically snatched up by convenience stores. Even children were not willing to visit.
In order to attract children back to the careless snack shops, the association even spent money to invest in several careless snack animations to promote feelings, hoping to arouse children's nostalgia for all kinds of careless snacks. However, except for the heroine becoming a regular in the book, there was basically no change. The careless snack shops were destined to be eliminated by the times.
"Yes!" Hearing Jia Yapeng's stubbornness, Honda Ichiro had no other way. However, he made up his mind. If he failed this time, he would immediately resign. Jia Yapeng is too stubborn. Does he really think that he is the undefeated God of War in the business world? The Matsushita Shinsuke of Fusang?
Honda Ichiro cursed in his heart.
Honda Ichiro's work efficiency was still very high. In the afternoon, he began to contact all the major convenience stores in Fusang. The next day, all the results were in front of Jia Yapeng.
"President, the convenience stores' results are not very good either!" Honda Ichiro shook his head and said, "I have already sent people to communicate with the top ten convenience stores in Fusang. Seven of them said that they no longer need new instant noodle products and directly rejected us. In addition, the three convenience stores that agreed to let us in have very low profits. Our price is 15 yuan a pack, but they asked for 8 yen as a channel fee. We can only get 7 yen, but our cost is as high as 5 yen a pack. In the end, we only have a profit of 2 yen. This is really a loss! "
"Are all the convenience stores so greedy?" President Jia frowned. Was he really going to face a Waterloo?
"Sigh, the most abominable one is Ito Dōdō of 7-11. This guy forgot that when he peeped on my teacher taking a bath, I was the one who took the blame for him. Now he is telling me that no one wants my products. This is really abominable!" Honda Ichiro said angrily as he pounded the table.
Ito Dōdō was also Honda Ichiro's high school classmate and the current president of 7-11 convenience store. 7-11 convenience store was now the second largest convenience store in Fusang, second only to Rosen Convenience Store. It had 7,000 stores in the country.
Honda Ichiro thought that he could get preferential treatment because of his relationship with Ito Dōdō. However, this guy's asking price was the most ruthless. He dared to ask for 10 yuan as a channel fee when the price was 15 yuan. Honda Ichiro was so angry that he wanted to beat him on the spot!
"And this child Natsume Haruko, she doesn't know how to persuade her uncle. I really doted on her for nothing!" Honda Ichiro complained in Jia Yapeng's ear.
"Wait, whose name did you just say?" Jia Yapeng's eyelids twitched.
"Natsume Haruko. Oh, I remember. President, you also know Haruko!" Only then did Ichiro Honda realize that the reason he had rejected Jia Yapeng back then was because Xia Mu Haruko had said that Jia Yapeng was a swindler. Otherwise, he might have already agreed to Jia Yapeng's buyout plan of 400 million yen over five years.
Now, Tamiya and Jia Yapeng should be the strongest partners. He might be able to become the president of the Tamiya Group with this credit.
After all, this Natsume Haruko is the culprit!
Thinking of this, Honda Ichiro was so angry that smoke was about to come out of his nose.
"Natsume Haruko, what is the relationship between her and Ito Dōdō?" Jia Yapeng suddenly asked.
"She is the only daughter of Ito Dōdō! Yes, she is the only successor of the entire Ito Yoshinaga! "Honda Ichiro muttered.
"Wait, if I didn't hear it wrong, this Ito Yoshinaga is the boss behind the 711 convenience store, and Ito Yoshinaga should also be the property of the Ito Family. But Natsume Haruko's surname is Natsume. How did she become the only successor of Ito Yoshinaga?" Jia Yapeng asked, puzzled.
"That's because Ito Dōdō fell in love with a woman he shouldn't love!" Honda Ichiro smiled and started gossiping. Honda Ichiro's interest was suddenly aroused. "Ito Dōdō had a very bad hobby. He liked to peek at women bathing. The more special the woman's identity was, the more interested he was. In the past, he peeked at almost all the female teachers in the high school, causing me to take the blame for him several times."
"But this guy always had bad luck. Later, he went to a shrine to pray for blessings. Then, he couldn't help but fall ill. He peeked at the shrine's witch bathing and was caught on the spot. According to the shrine's rules, Ito Dōdō had to either commit seppuku or marry the witch and give birth to an heir for the shrine. Ito Dōdō certainly didn't want to commit seppuku, so he could only marry the witch! "Honda Ichiro laughed.
"No way, Ito Dōdō was a noble son. How could a mere witch of a shrine force him to commit seppuku?" Jia Yapeng asked in surprise.
"That's because the witch he peeked at wasn't just any witch. She was the head witch of the Natsume family, the Rokuo Shrine under Tsuchimikado Shinto!"
"It's the Rokuo Shrine!!!" Xia Qiu Shiyu suddenly covered her mouth, looking extremely shocked.
"Is this Rokuo Shrine very powerful?" Jia Yapeng asked curiously.
"President, you can't say that. Otherwise, all the Fusang will want to beat you up!" Xia Qiu Shiyu quickly said, "The Rokuo Shrine is one of the shrines that the God of Onmyoji, Abe Seimei, personally created!"
Xia Qiu Shiyu explained to Jia Yapeng.
Abe Seimei was the most powerful Onmyoji in Fusang. His status was similar to that of Zhang Tianshi in Hua Xia. In any case, he was the most powerful human in Fusang's myths and legends (excluding the demigods).
In addition to establishing his own Abe Seimei Shrine and the Tokumon Shrine that was passed down by his descendants, it was said that the twelve most powerful subordinates under him were shikigami. They also had their own shrines to worship. The Rokuo Shrine was a shrine to worship Abe Seimei's shikigami, Rokuo. All the shamans in the shrine were descendants of Rokuo. They were the descendants of a true god.
Therefore, the status of these witches and shrines in Fusang was extremely high. Even a Fortune 500 company like Ito Yoshinori did not dare to be presumptuous and disrespectful. Otherwise, they would be drowned by the spittle of the people in Fusang.
After peeking at the Rokuo Shrine's witches, Xia Mu Ling, taking a bath, Ito Dōtō was only left with two options: to commit suicide or to marry her. Even Ito Yoshinori could not save him. In the end, Ito Dōtō, a young man who had just turned 22 years old, had no choice but to marry the witches and become a man with a wife.
"According to the shrine's rules, if the child of the shrine's witches is female, then the child must take the mother's surname and become the successor of the witches. The child will continue to worship the gods!"
"If the child is male, he can take the father's surname and become the successor of the father's family! It's a win-win situation, so the Ito family agreed to this rule! "
"But I didn't expect that the couple only gave birth to a daughter, Natsume Haruko. The entire Ito family only has one successor left, so Natsume Haruko's status in the entire Ito family is very high, even higher than her father's. She is the most beloved person of her grandfather, Ito Masajun!"
"President, if you have the ability to persuade Natsume Haruko to help us, then the situation can still be salvaged!" Finally, Honda Ichiro looked at Jia Yapeng and said.
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