Extraordinary Genius
Chapter 842 - Sudden invitation
Feng Yu hesitated. There are many benefitsfor being a member of the NationalCommittee of CPPCC, and he felt if he was not this young, he might be treatedas the next Superman Li, and become one of the leaders of the CPPCC.
But FengYu was too young, and if he becomes a member of the CPPCC, many people willtake note of him. He still wants to stay low for the next couple of years. Hedoes not want to be followed by reporters everywhere he goes. After all, FengYu"s achievements are more interesting than Superman Li and other top tyc.o.o.nsin the world.
In FengYu"s previous life, Feng Yu only knows a billionaire, Mark Zuckerberg, that is around his currentage. Feng Yu was someone who built his wealth from physical businesses, and thewhole world will surely take note of him.
It willbe irritating when everyone is looking at him everywhere!
"DirectorFang, thank you for the offer. But I am too young. Maybe I will join in a fewmore years. But if the country needs me, I will be around. I can even give upall my money for the country!"
With FengYu"s connections, even if he gave up all his money, he could easily get a loanto make a comeback.
DirectorFang nodded. "Ok. I respect your decision. It is getting late now, and I needto go back. I will give you an answer to the beverage industry a.s.sociation. Wewill not let the people who made contributions to the nation down!"
Aftersending Director Fang back, Feng Yu returned to Wind and Rain building. Hereturned to China is to settle the beverage industry a.s.sociation issues. Hedoes not want to see people dragging them back in their home ground when theywere fighting with the big brands overseas.
Feng Yuwill use political and commercial means to deal with those two Taiwanesecompanies.
Tongyi isone of Feng Yu"s major compet.i.tors. Tongyi have retail stores which theycooperate with Carrefour to start Tongyi Carrefour supermarkets, and Tongyiowns 40% shares of this joint venture. They stopped Tai Hua Supermarket fromentering the Taiwanese market and Carrefour is making use of this company to targetthe Chinese market.
Tongyi isalso producing milk tea in Taiwan. Most of the milk powder used in milk teashops in Taiwan are provided by Tongyi. They also produce jelly, dairy productsand sausage ham. They are the leading food manufacturer in Taiwan and arestronger than the w.a.n.gw.a.n.g group.
ZhongQingxian also wants to enter the instant noodles industry, and Beidacang isalso thinking of producing instant noodles. Suppressing these two Taiwanesecompanies will give Chinese companies an advantage.
At first,Feng Yu told Zhong Qingxian to pick one of the two Taiwanese companies tocooperate against the other company. But now, they had fallen out with thesetwo companies and they might as well suppress both and develop China"s domesticbrand.
Forinstant noodles, there are two crucial aspects, the noodle"s texture andseasoning. Currently, there are not a lot of flavors in China"s instantnoodles. Feng Yu suggested Zhong Qingxian produce a wide variety of flavors,like seafood, or focus on the noodle texture. j.a.pan and Korea have the bestinstant noodles technologies, followed by Thailand and Vietnam. China"s instantnoodles had been lagging behind these countries because of the noodle texture.
Otherthan instant noodles, there are instant starch noodles. Lehaha has many choicesto make money easily.
In FengYu"s precious life, there are more than a dozen popular brands of instantnoodles products, and all these brands were profitable. But Kang Shifu andTongyi brands of instant noodles were selling the best and made the mostprofits.
One ofthe reasons why the other instant noodle brands were not doing as well as thosetwo Taiwanese companies were because of their branding and distribution channels.But to Lehaha, these are not a problem as Lehaha"s brand awareness is higherthan Tongyi and Kang Shifu in China.
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After ZhuShuangyin returns to his office, he called Tongyi immediately. But before hecould notify Kang Shifu, his unit"s Commission for Discipline Inspectionofficers entered his office. "Zhu Shuangyin, we need you to come with us for aninvestigation now."
ZhuShuangyin dropped the phone"s receiver on the floor. I am arrested forbribery?!
Tongyigroup acted immediately after receiving Zhu Shuangyin"s call. They contactedthe Beverage Alliance to plead guilty and claimed Kang Shifu was the one behindeverything. They were willing to pay the compensation and wanted to remain inthe alliance.
Ofcourse, Tongyi is not willing to pay the full compensations. They still triedto use their connections to offset the settlements and promised to change. Theyhope they don"t have to pay the compensations and vowed to double theircompensations if they did this again.
KangShifu was shocked to know Tongyi had stabbed them in their backs. d.a.m.n! We hadagreed to cooperate against the alliance, and you back out without telling us!You still push all the blame to me? What are you trying to do?
At thistime, both companies received a notification, demanding their person in chargeto give their account on Zhu Shuangyin"s bribery case.
The twocompanies" person in charge were shocked. Chairman Zhu is arrested for bribery?No wonder they could not contact him for the past two days.
The othergovernment officials who wanted to speak up for these two companies immediatelychose to keep quiet. It is not a secret to why Zhu Shuangyin was arrested.These two Taiwanese companies are too dangerous to get involved with them!
There wasno way these two companies can explain themselves. Zhu Shuangyin, an idiot, hadkept evidence of the bribery, and those two companies could not deny it. So,both companies received a hefty fine, and this incident was even reported onCCTV news.
The brandimage of these two companies was tarnished. All the distributors wanted toreturn their goods, and the Taiwanese companies had to pay them a large sum ofmoney to calm them. But they realized the orders for the following month haddropped drastically.
Articlesagainst Taiwanese companies started to appear in the papers and caused a moresignificant impact on their profits.
Feng Yuwas the one behind all these and was the one who gets those distributors torefund their goods. After all, most of these distributors are also long-timepartners of Tai Hua trading.
Feng Yudid not ask the distributors to stop selling these two brands. He only askedthem to create some trouble for them. This had caused the sales of these twoTaiwanese brands to drop, but the distributors were not affected much. The twoTaiwanese companies were the ones suffering losses.
These twoTaiwanese companies finally saw Feng Yu"s overbearing tactics. This was a combinationattack, and there was no way for them to retaliate. They had made a wrongdecision and the outcome was too severe for them to handle! The companies triedto ask the Taiwanese government for help, but they were wrong in the firstplace. There was no way for their government to help them.
Feng Yushowed everyone his power. Work with me, and we will make money together. Ifyou try to play these petty tricks behind my back, you will be dead first!
Thecohesion in the alliance became better after this incident, and it is easierfor Feng Yu to work with the rest of the companies. The empty shelves afterthose two companies were kicked out, were shared equally with the other brands.
Timepa.s.ses quickly, and the Olympic Games are about to start!
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