It was noon, and the sun was blazing fiercely. This was the outskirts of the city, so there were very few people on the road. Only the trees beside the road shone in the sunlight.
Lin Qian stood on the street for a while before she hailed a taxi. The destination was, of course, Aida Group. She called Li Zhicheng as soon as she sat down.
The line is still busy.
So she stopped fighting. With such a big thing happening, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that his phone was ringing off the hook.
The taxi ran very fast on the road. The window was open and the wind was whistling in. Lin Qian's mood was like the wind, rumbling and fluctuating.
The news that she had just seen appeared in her mind again. Ning Weikai's confident face and the keywords: "industry leader", "hundreds of millions of investment", "fierce competition" … automatically rushed into her mind.
His phone was also full of news about the "Sha Ying" brand, which had flooded the entire internet. Introduction after introduction of the various functions and overwhelming publicity measures could only make people tremble in fear.
"Ultra Light", "Ultra Tough", "Waterproof", "Stain Resistant", "World's Top Designer Jason Wu", "Ten Million RMB Endorsement from a Top Celebrity", "Nationwide 570 Top Shopping Malls" …
Also, the rumors about Mind's betrayal were getting more and more intense, and it was hard to distinguish the truth from the lies.
As Lin Qian was thinking about these bastards, she anxiously knocked on the window with her fingers, which made the driver also anxious. "Miss, what's the hurry?"
Lin Qian was speechless.
He could still feel the soreness in his waist and legs. Thinking of the entanglement with Li Zhicheng over the past two days, as well as the strong counterattack of his competitor, he felt even more anxious.
Soon, Lin Qian's phone was ringing non-stop.
There were endless phone calls and even more text messages. In an instant, more than fifty messages came in. When she opened them, almost all of them were from her subordinates and people she was familiar with in various companies. They all asked her what was going on and if Mind had really switched sides.
Lin Qian decided to stop reading.
The phone call was also from them. At this time, the people on the frontline were as anxious as she was. Lin Qian was still calm when it came to them. She comforted them with a few words, saying that the headquarters would definitely have a countermeasure, so that they could continue to stabilize their current sales and not be afraid of New Bori.
But not being afraid was a lie. New Bori was a giant in the industry. Now that it was obvious that they were going to ban them, who wouldn't be afraid? The people who made the phone calls were all deeply worried.
In the end, Lin Qian didn't even answer the call. She put the phone in her pocket on vibrate mode and looked straight ahead.
Soon, they arrived at the headquarters of the group.
It was still a peaceful scene at the entrance. Gao Lang and a few security guards were sitting in the security booth. When they saw her, they smiled at her and winked at her. Lin Qian's heart felt like it was weighed down by a huge rock, but she still smiled at them and quickly walked in.
When she reached the top floor, she knew that she wasn't the only one who was anxious. On the top floor, to the right of the front desk was a large reception room. At this moment, the room was filled with people. There were also a few people standing at the door. Xue Mingtao had brought along a few managers from Vinda, as well as a few core members from the headquarters. They had all rushed over.
As soon as Lin Qian arrived, she was led into the reception room by the administrative assistant at the front desk. "Manager Lin, please sit here for a while. President Li and a few senior executives are having a conference call with the chairman. "
Lin Qian nodded. A meeting of this level was not something she could attend. Although she really wanted to see Li Zhicheng, she would not jump out at this time and cause trouble.
Her phone was still vibrating, so she simply turned it off. Since all the important people had rushed over, anyway. She met Xue Mingtao and the others. Everyone had a solemn expression on their faces. Sitting in the luxuriously decorated reception room, they drank the high-quality tea that the administrative assistant had brought, but no one could taste it at all.
Some were smoking, some were silent, and some were drinking water while scolding New Bori for plagiarizing Aida's idea and viciously competing with them. But the question that everyone was most concerned about was whether Mind was really planning to breach the contract and become New Bori's sword to attack Aida.
For the time being, no one knew.
The reception room was noisy, and the atmosphere was heavy and depressing. Lin Qian did not say much. She sat on the sofa in the corner, thinking about Li Zhicheng. Her heart was in a mess like weeds.
Who knew that this wait would last for the whole afternoon. Across the wide corridor, the door of the large conference room across was still tightly shut. There was no sign of anything going on.
In the evening, Jiang Yuan came out of the conference room and came over to pass on the orders.
Lin Qian and the others all stood up.
It had to be said that Jiang Yuan was really the person that Li Zhicheng had chosen. Even at this time, he still had his usual gentle smile. He looked around slowly and said, "Mr. Li asked everyone to go back first. A few senior executives and the chairman still need to discuss and come up with a solution. We'll talk about it at work tomorrow. "
Li Zhicheng's prestige had always been high. Now that Jiang Yuan had said this, everyone nodded and stood up to leave. But there were also some impatient ones who walked up to Jiang Yuan and asked, "What are you going to do about this? We're all gathered here because we're anxious. "
As soon as he said this, everyone, including Lin Qian, looked over.
Jiang Yuan only smiled slightly, "Mr. Li said, 'We'll deal with it when it comes.'"
Everyone kept quiet, nodded, and walked out of the conference room one by one, convinced. Lin Qian could almost imagine Li Zhicheng's expression when he said this. His brows were thin and his eyes were deep and threatening. But it did make people feel a lot more at ease. Thinking of his tender love for her these days, she couldn't help but feel her heart throb.
She deliberately dawdled until the end, and sure enough, she saw Jiang Yuan standing there, not leaving. When she passed by him, he said in a low voice, "Manager Lin, Mr. Li asked me to tell you that he's going to Shenzhen with Mr. Gu to talk to Mr. Wang and will be back in two or three days."
Lin Qian said, "Thank you." Although she was full of doubts about Yu Mingde's betrayal, it was obviously not the time to ask.
After passing the message, Jiang Yuan turned around and went back into the conference room. Lin Qian walked slowly to the elevator, still deep in thought. Because there were more people, the elevator had already gone down once. The remaining people were Xue Mingtao and a few people from Vinda's subsidiary company. Lin Qian stood with them.
With a "ding", the elevator arrived again.
Everyone was burning with anxiety. They didn't care about being polite and stepped into the elevator one by one. As usual, Lin Qian stood at the back. Just as she was about to walk in, she suddenly heard the sound of the door from behind. She subconsciously turned around and saw that the door of the big conference room had been pushed open. Li Zhicheng was the first to walk out, followed by Gu Yanzhi, Liu Tong, Jiang Yuan, and the others. All of them looked solemn and walked quickly. Li Zhicheng's face was also dark. The clothes he was wearing were picked out by Lin Qian in the morning. He usually wore a white shirt, but today Lin Qian insisted that he wear a black one. At this moment, he was wearing a black suit and black shirt without a tie. He looked even colder and taller, and his handsome face was especially eye-catching, eye-catching and cold.
At this moment, a few of the executives had scattered and returned to their own offices. He and Gu Yanzhi were walking to the CEO's office. As if he had sensed something, when he reached the door, he suddenly turned his head and looked at the elevator.
Lin Qian's eyes met his in the air. What emotions were in their eyes, she couldn't see clearly because they were too far apart. But Lin Qian's heartstrings trembled slightly. Even though it was just a glance from afar, she felt comforted.
At the same time, she felt sorry for him and deeply worried.
The elevator door slowly closed, cutting off her line of sight. And Li Zhicheng, who was a distance away, also turned and walked into the office.
The elevator slowly went down.
The people around them were the most familiar and tacit colleagues, but for a moment, no one spoke. Lin Qian thought about what Li Zhicheng had said to her:
I will write three of such things, this is the second one …
No matter what happens in the future, don't be scared …
Was the current situation within his calculations?
She really couldn't be sure. Because this wasn't a small situation. New Bori's all-out attack, and the rumored indecisiveness of Mind, Li Zhicheng had said that Mind would not betray him. Now the development of the situation was very likely to be beyond his expectations!
At this moment, Xue Mingtao's phone rang. He picked it up, hurriedly said a few words, then hung up. He looked up at everyone.
"At four in the afternoon, New Bori's' Sha Ying 'has officially released the first batch of products." There was a sharp light in his eyes, "I sent people to get two."
This time, including Lin Qian, the eyes of everyone in the elevator lit up.
"One will be sent to President Li immediately," he said, "We will bring the other one back to the office and study it immediately!"
"Okay!" Almost everyone answered in unison.
At eight in the evening.
Lin Qian, Xue Mingtao and the others sat in Vinda's conference room.
In the middle of the round table, there was a brand new black backpack. The logo of the backpack was very obvious, an abstract eagle spreading its wings in the upper right corner. It had the high-end style of top European and American outdoor brands such as Archaeopteryx, Salleva, and Breyart.
For a moment, no one in the conference room actually spoke. Because just now, the people in the technical department had carefully studied and analyzed the performance and data of the backpack.
Not to mention the fabric, it was very similar to Aida's fabric, but whether it was Mind or not still needed to be further tested.
But just based on the other aspects, it was enough to make everyone speechless.
Lin Qian had always thought that Aito was a product that was close to perfection.
It was not the most expensive product on the market, nor was it the product that catered to customers the most.
But in history, it must be the product that carried the most entrepreneurs' dreams, the most touching, and the most leading in the market.
It carried the weight of Li Zhicheng and her, as well as all the people in Aida, a company that had been through a lot of hardships but was tenacious, all their efforts and wisdom, and their ambition to stand at the top of the industry.
Lin Qian had even thought that even if New Bori really started to ban Aito, Ning Weikai might be able to invest more in marketing, or he might be able to use connections that Aida couldn't reach, or he might even be willing to lose money to kill Aito like Li Zhicheng had said … But one thing Lin Qian was sure of was that even if they imitated and created a new brand, it would definitely not be as good as Aito. Even if they wanted to fight, Aito could also fight against them.
Why? Because during those days where they forgot to eat and sleep, the people of Aida had almost perfected every detail of Aito to the extreme. That was how they achieved the "perfect longbow" that Li Zhicheng had requested, and how they created a market miracle in the past few months.
That was why Lin Qian was so confident, completely and utterly confident. Her confidence in Aito was as firm as iron.
But at this moment, looking at the real Sand Eagle, it instantly shattered her iron confidence.
Because the Sand Eagle was actually better than Aito. Disregarding marketing methods and brand reputation, in a similar price range, the quality of the Sand Eagle bag in all aspects, including the bag itself, actually surpassed Aito in all aspects!
The senior technician on the side was still analyzing the data of the Sand Eagle and sighed, "The weight is 750 grams, lower than Aito's 803 grams; the capacity is 35 liters, higher than Aito's 30 liters; the load-bearing ability is also better … The waterproof, quick-drying, and dirt resistance performance is also better … In addition, it also uses YTT zipper technology and NK wear-resistant fabric technology …"
Lin Qian and the others became more and more silent. The technology that was mentioned later was known to the industry insiders. It was a new technology patent developed by a European outdoor brand. Domestic companies that specialized in outdoor brands had not yet succeeded in introducing it. They didn't expect New Bori to have already done it secretly and even used it on the Sand Eagle.
The technician continued, "As for the appearance …" He didn't finish his sentence. But everyone present knew that Jason Wu was a top designer in America. Even Lin Qian was a fan of him. Although the appearance was something that everyone had their own view of. But at this moment, in Lin Qian's eyes, the bag designed by Jason Wu was stylish and had a unique kind of beauty.
This kind of beauty was not something that Aito's exterior designers could achieve with their painstaking efforts.
That night, Lin Qian left the office. She didn't return home, but continued to stay in Li Zhicheng's villa.
Because she didn't know when exactly he would return, she wanted to stay here for the next few days.
In the lonely night, she sat under the empty grape trellis, looking at the dark lake and the trees. The only feeling in her heart was discomfort.
Regardless of whether Li Zhicheng had planned all of this, regardless of whether they could counterattack in the future, she felt uncomfortable thinking about the Sand Eagle and Aito.
Because the most frustrating thing in the world was to do something with all your might, thinking that victory was in your grasp, but in the end, there was always someone better than you. Your hard work, in the end, was in vain.
You thought you were good enough: hardworking, smart, dedicated, and idealistic. So how could you not succeed?
But there would always be people smarter than you, better than you, and maybe even more hardworking than you. Because even if you didn't consider the factor of the huge investment, the group of people at New Bori had indeed produced a more perfect product in a shorter period of time. If they didn't put in all their effort, they wouldn't be able to produce it.
Lin Qian had always prided herself as the most outstanding talent in the industry. She had always thought that the reason New Bori could be at the top for so many years was not necessarily because of the talent or the company itself, but because of the strong financial support of Zhu's.
But at this moment, she had to admit that Ning Weikai and his team were really more outstanding than she had imagined.
They were worthy of the title of the industry champion. Compared to them, there was still an obvious gap between the Aida team and them, and they might not even be able to compete with them.
And the result of this gap was that …
In terms of the product itself, Aito … had already lost completely.
Lin Qian was silent for a long time, and finally raised her head to look at the vast night sky.
Li Zhicheng should have arrived in Shenzhen by now.
No matter what he wanted to do in the future, with his insight, he must have recognized this fact. It was highly likely that Aito would be like a flash in the pan, completely losing in this market competition.
Li Zhicheng, what are you thinking at this moment?
Two days later.
That morning, Ning Weikai went to the Zhu's headquarters for another meeting.
As soon as he entered the meeting room, he felt several gazes shooting at him. Some were envious, some were in awe, some were jealous, and some were silent.
Ning Weikai smiled slightly, walked to Zhu's side, and sat down in his seat.
Having been in the business world for so many years, of course he knew that the more famous one was, the more one had to be careful and low-key, to avoid making enemies. But he had to admit that looking at the fake smiles on the Zhu brothers made him feel quite comfortable.
As usual, the operations department reported the weekly performance data of each subsidiary and business unit. "Sha Ying" (DH), which had just been on the market for two days, had set a terrifying sales volume that even Ning Weikai himself did not expect.
Their sales volume was three times that of Aito!
Ning Weikai could almost predict that Aito would soon face a decline. Regardless of whether Li Zhicheng had any tricks up his sleeves, Ning Weikai could be sure that DH's excellence exceeded everyone's expectations.
Now, it was time for Li Zhicheng to respond.
After the morning meeting, Ning Weikai was in a good mood until he left the Zhu's headquarters. Similarly, Yuan Jun and the other core members of the company, as well as everyone in the newly established DH business unit, were also in a good mood.
After returning to the office, Ning Weikai first instructed Yuan Jun, "Inform the HR department that the DH business unit's special bonus will be paid in advance. Also, take out my share of the bonus and distribute it to them. "
Yuan Jun said, "That's not a good idea, right?"
Ning Weikai arrogantly waved his hand. "That's settled. They are doing so well, as the boss, what can I not bear to part with? "
Yuan Jun smiled and nodded.
At this time, a senior executive in charge of sales walked in with a slightly gloomy expression. "CEO, Li Zhicheng went to Shenzhen. After Wang Taishi signed with us, he is also in Shenzhen now."
This was also within Ning Weikai's expectations. He nodded and gave an order. "Keep an eye on him."
Seeing that he was so calm, the senior executive and Yuan Jun did not continue the topic and left.
Ning Weikai sat quietly for a moment, then took out a document from the drawer and walked to the window. He put one hand in his trouser pocket and lowered his head to look at it.
It was the strategic cooperation agreement that New Bori and Mind had signed half a month ago.
According to the agreement, Mind would unilaterally breach the contract with Aida this month, and New Bori would pay three times the penalty. From now on, Mind's annual production must first satisfy New Bori's purchasing needs before they could supply to other companies.
It was not easy to get this agreement. That old man Wang Taishi was stubborn and arrogant. However, in this world, there were many ways to make a person lower his head, because everyone had a weakness. Wang Taishi might be a seamless egg, but he still had a family. What about his wife, son, and daughter? The two sales managers that Ning Weikai had sent were experts in manipulating human nature and interests.
Moreover, Ning Weikai had always believed that everyone in the business world would be tempted by interests. If they did not waver, it was only because the temptation was not strong enough.
Besides manipulating their weaknesses, he had also given Wang Taishi enough temptation of interests. In the end, the cooperation was achieved.
At this moment, Wang Taishi should have already laid his cards on the table.
He raised his head and looked at the blue sky outside the window. He suddenly felt a little dispirited and indifferent. He called Yuan Jun over, "Get the car ready, I'm going out. You don't have to follow me. "
Where was he going? Originally, Ning Weikai only wanted to go out for some fresh air, but unknowingly, he drove to New Bori's flagship store on Spring City Street.
He sat in the car and looked at the crowd in front of the store. Many customers couldn't even squeeze in, and he felt very comfortable.
New Bori was his heart and soul. It was Zhu's, but it was also his.
After watching for a while, his eyes were suddenly attracted by a woman standing at the corner of the street.
She was wearing casual clothes, a cap on her head, and her hands were in her pockets. Across the street, she was quietly looking at New Bori's flagship store. That expression … couldn't be described as sad, but a hint of loss in the midst of frustration. Her usual cleverness was nowhere to be seen, and she looked a little pitiful.
Ning Weikai looked at her for a while, then opened the car door and got out.
"Change." He walked to her side and smiled at her.
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