"President Liu, I'm really sorry. Your company's conditions are indeed very good, but unfortunately, we have already signed a series of agreements with Blockbuster.”
Zhang Mu said in a very regretful tone,"
"However, Red Flag is still very welcoming to Coca-Cola's entry. However, President Liu, you also know that Pepsi is giving us a lot of preferential treatment. Based on the current situation, we are definitely more inclined to focus on cooperating with Pepsi.”
"Mr. Stanley, I understand. Coca-Cola won't make things difficult for your supermarket.”
The person on the other end of the phone replied,
"No matter how much Pepsi Cola is priced, Coca-Cola's price will definitely not be higher than the other party's. Moreover, whether your supermarket opens a branch or carries out other activities in the future, Coca-Cola will definitely help you!”
"That's great. Since your company is so sincere, our Red Flag Supermarket won't be stingy. I can promise President Liu that we will set up a row of shelves in the supermarket for your company to sell your products!”Zhang Mu replied.
"Mr. Stanley is really a straightforward person. If it weren't for the fact that I can't go to Shanghai for the time being, I would have treated Mr. Stanley to a meal and a good drink!”President Liu said.
"Hahaha, then we'll wait for President Liu to come over when he has time. I'll definitely be waiting!”
After a round of pleasantries, Zhang Mu hung up the phone and the smile on his face disappeared.
Pepsi had always followed Coca-Cola wherever it entered the country. In the early 1980s, the country explicitly stated that Coke was not allowed to be sold to the people of the country and was only allowed to be imported.
In order to protect the local beverage companies, the local governments also boycotted the two companies.
In 1986, when Central TV wanted to buy a BBC documentary but lacked funds, they approached the Coca-Cola Company, hoping that the other party could provide a sponsorship of 200,000 yuan. In return, they would add a Coca-Cola advertisement at the beginning and end of the documentary.
The Coca-Cola Company weighed the pros and cons for a long time before finally deciding to use an entire year's worth of profits from the Chinese market to sponsor Central TV to buy the documentary. From then on, Coca-Cola's commercial would appear on television and could finally be sold openly in China.
Pepsi, on the other hand, took advantage of this bonus to also set up business in Guangdong Province to compete with Coca-Cola.
This time, without much effort or spending a single cent, he had obtained a lot of benefits from Pepsi and Coke. Pepsi had given him a million cans of cola for free. Although Coca's side did not know what was going on, it was definitely not less than Pepsi.
As a company with a market share that surpassed Pepsi, Coca-Cola would definitely want to stabilize its current market share or even improve it. It was normal for it to offer some benefits.
However, along with the millions of free drinks, the two of them were determined to win the Shanghai market. They did not hide their desire to possess the entire Chinese market!
Zhang Mu knew very well that the domestic cola companies were either dead or injured by the two. The only remaining Happiness Cola would also be in trouble after the two entered the Shanghai market.
In the near future, Jianlibao and Rising Sun would also decline. Coca-Cola and Pepsi would plunder the Chinese market and plunder countless profits every year.
Thinking about it, he was really a little unhappy…
However, Zhang Mu could not do anything about the beverage industry. The only thing he could do now was to do his own supermarket well so that foreign supermarkets could no longer " make money lying in China."
It would be best if they could drive them out of the Chinese market. At the very least, they would have to reduce their market share bit by bit.
In the beverage industry, Zhang Mu was currently powerless. Starting from this year until the 2000s, it was the most competitive period in the domestic beverage industry. Every region and city was in a war.
Two thousand years later, Jianlibao and Rising Sun collapsed, and domestic beverage companies were no longer able to fight back against the two armies of Coke and Pepsi.
Only Wahaha was trying to maintain a part of the market, but its launch of Coke was also launched under the siege of the two, and it turned to other types of beverages.
However, whether it was Coca-Cola, Pepsi, or Wahaha, the reason why they occupied most of the domestic market share in the later stage was that they had killed their way out in these four years.
Now, if he succeeded in making drinks, he could bring in endless profits in the later stages. However, at the same time, it was not an easy thing to stand out under the monopoly of the big shots!
"Sigh, let's take it one step at a time. If the supermarket can develop smoothly according to plan, we can think about expanding into other industries when we have the funds in hand.”
After thinking for a while, he realized that his train of thought was getting further and further away. Zhang Mu shook his head and sighed,
"In terms of real estate, it's better not to do it if you can. After all, even if you want to do it, now is not a good time.”
More than ten years later, there was a saying that spread widely.
That was 'property speculation to prosper the country, industry to ruin the country'!
Zhang Mu didn't want to comment on the first half of the sentence, but he didn't agree with the second half of the sentence. In fact, he was very opposed to it.
If a country's citizens relied on imported products, from toothbrushes and teacups to televisions, fridges, and cars, and did not have their own products, did it mean that the country was prosperous and strong? Wouldn't it ruin the country?
Industrial development was urgent. Now that all walks of life in the country were competing with foreign investment, he had to do something to return to this era.
He didn't want to live a wonderful life, but at least he didn't want to live in vain!
Dong dong dong!
There was a knock on the door. Chen Yizhou shouted from outside,
"Chairman Zhang, CEO Qiu just called and said that he has already gotten off the plane and is on his way…"
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