Looking at the trio, Wang Yi smiled slightly:
"Since that's the case, let us all pull together and cooperate sincerely!"
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Hu Zixuan had many sworn enemies.
Wang Yi investigated and finally confirmed that these three were the most reliable.
Both their abilities and character were good.
Uniting them to form an "Avengers" alliance would surely eliminate Hu Zixuan in one fell swoop, or even send him to jail!
More importantly, through this matter, Wang Yi might also be able to recruit three powerful generals!
Online, Meiyou didn't lack manpower for Wang Yi.
However, Meiyou's offline expansion needed capable individuals to develop new territories and open up the national market.
If the three of them handled this matter well and their abilities were recognized by Wang Yi, he could bring all three of them under his wing, just like Chen Chuanqing!
Furthermore, the three hadn't been idle over the years.
They appeared bankrupt, but in reality, a skinny camel is still bigger than a horse.
They were all running their old businesses.
While seemingly small in scale, their main markets and channels were actually outside the province.
There was no other way; Hallyu Tribe's momentum was too strong within the province, so they could only avoid its sharpness and bide their time.
"Boss Wang, what do you want us to do?"
Zhang Yong was the first to speak.
Zeng Zhi glanced at his phone and said faintly,
"I just received news that Hu Zixuan went to the high-speed rail station, preparing to go to the Southeast region, and Zhang Chuanfang went to the Southwest region!"
"Heh, worthy of Brother Zeng, you even have people around Hu Zixuan!"
Li Zhong was a bit surprised.
Zeng Zhi sighed,
"Don't forget, Hallyu Tribe's predecessor was my Zeng's Garment Factory, and they are all my people. Naturally, I know his every move!"
Wang Yi's eyes lit up.
This Zeng Zhi indeed had some tricks up his sleeve, not entirely matching the rumors.
Such a person could be given important tasks, but not relied upon constantly.
In other words, he could open up new territories, but not be given overall provincial authority.
Sending him to develop the market in the Southeast region was fine, but once the market stabilized, it would be time to "release the military power with a cup of wine," leaving him with just a provincial general agency!
The entire Southeast region couldn't be given to him!
Of course, Wang Yi would provide all due benefits!
In the future, Meiyou's national markets and channels would be in Wang Yi's hands, not in the hands of any single general agent!
There was no room for negotiation on this point!
Wang Yi said,
"Going to the Southeast and Southwest, it seems Hallyu Tribe's reputation in the province has soured, and it has no future within the province, so it wants to develop outside the province!"
Li Zhong agreed wholeheartedly:
"That's right! What should we do? Should we make a move and snatch their agencies?"
Wang Yi thought for a moment:
"No need. Instead, you contact media outside the province and tell them Meiyou is advertising, and let them also report on the commercial espionage matter. Meiyou will pay for it!"
"Brilliant!"
Zhang Yong's face lit up:
"Once this is reported, the agencies Hu Zixuan just negotiated will likely fall through immediately!"
"Not only that, they might even claim liquidated damages from Hu Zixuan!"
Zeng Zhi's eyes brightened:
"Moreover, Meiyou's reputation outside the province will greatly increase as a result. Once those agents terminate their contracts with Hallyu Tribe, Boss Wang can easily take them over and develop them into Meiyou agents!"
Wang Yi nodded:
"That's exactly what I had in mind! At that time, I'll need your strong support. Of course, if you are interested, you can become a general agent!"
"Such a good thing?"
Li Zhong became excited:
"Boss Wang, rest assured. Since you've given us this opportunity, we won't be foolish. I'm familiar with the Central Plains region; these few provinces are entrusted to me. I'll handle them, and you won't need to provide any operating funds, I'll cover them myself!"
"Exactly!"
Zeng Zhi also said,
"I'm familiar with the Southeast region, and I have many channels in those provinces. I'll be responsible. I also have some funds, which I'll consider as repayment for Boss Wang's patronage!"
Zhang Yong also spoke:
"Then leave the Southwest region to me. I'll empty my family's coffers to make Meiyou's name famous!"
Meiyou's prospects couldn't be clearer to them.
As for Hallyu Tribe, it wasn't that they hadn't thought of revenge, but they just couldn't beat them!
But Meiyou's "innocent allure" style burst onto the scene, instantly wiping out one-third of Hallyu Tribe's sales!
By next month, perhaps half would be gone!
Hallyu Tribe's agents had long wanted to stop representing them, to get refunds, reimbursements, and returns.
This fully demonstrated Meiyou's supreme prospects.
Now that the opportunity to represent Meiyou was before them, they would not give it up.
Wang Yi thought about it; this kind of cooperation was also worth considering.
They would invest, promote, and market themselves, making Meiyou famous in the Central, Southeast, and Southwest regions.
Giving them a provincial agency at that time would also be acceptable.
"A regional general agency covering several provinces is not feasible, but a general agency for one province is!"
Wang Yi changed the subject:
"If you manage your assigned regions well, I can give you a provincial general agency in your region! Of course, I will decide which province!"
"If the region isn't managed well, then I'm sorry, there's no need for further cooperation."
Hearing this, the three fell silent.
The difference between a general agent for several provinces in a region and a general agent for one province was huge.
But there was no other way.
Meiyou's prospects were too good, and even a provincial general agency was very enticing.
Zeng Zhi was the first to speak:
"Alright, Boss Wang, I accept. Rest assured, I will build up the Southeast region for you, and then you can assign me any provincial general agency!"
He decided to take a gamble!
Zhang Yong also said:
"I accept too. As long as I can bankrupt Hu Zixuan, I'll be satisfied, and getting a Meiyou provincial general agency is worth it!"
Li Zhong also nodded:
"I accept too."
"Very good."
Wang Yi smiled:
"Also, there's one more thing I need your help with..."
"Don't worry, Boss Wang, we've never given up."
"Yes, even if you don't say it, we'll do it!"
"All the suffering we've endured, Hu Zixuan will have to experience it one by one!"
"Alright, then I'll toast you with tea instead of wine, wishing you three instant success and triumphant victories!"
Wang Yi raised his tea and drained it.
"Instant success and triumphant victories!"
The three laughed and also drained their cups.
A lot more light appeared in their once dim eyes!
Collaborating with Wang Yi would not only bankrupt Hu Zixuan and avenge them, but also secure a Meiyou provincial general agency, allowing them to achieve great ambitions!
For the three of them, this was practically a new life!
For this, they were willing to invest funds, channels, and connections to develop new territories and expand Meiyou in the Southwest, Southeast, and Central regions.
Currently, Meiyou had a small reputation online.
But these days, there were only so many smartphone users; to put it plainly, the upper limit was too low.
Even if Meiyou developed to its peak, it would only reach tens of millions of users at most.
The bigger market was still offline!
Because of two front-page headlines in Jinzhou Evening News and Jinzhou TV news, Meiyou had quite a reputation within the province and could directly open stores and expand.
But outside the province, it was completely unknown!
If he wanted to open specialty stores outside the province, Wang Yi would have to spend money on marketing and promotion, province by province, to build Meiyou's reputation!
But his individual energy was limited, and Meiyou didn't have that much money, so he definitely couldn't do it alone.
He could only find partners, first marketing and publicizing to build a name, and then recruiting franchisees like Adidas and Nike!
Only then could it blossom across the entire country.
By then, Meiyou's brand would be truly established!
Because of Hu Zixuan, Wang Yi and the trio, Zeng Zhi, had common enemies and common interests, forming a strong foundation for cooperation.
Whether it was to destroy Hu Zixuan and avenge themselves, or for the profits of a Meiyou provincial general agency, they would all manage their respective regional markets well!
This made things much easier for Wang Yi; he only needed to focus on the northern region!
As for why expand south first, instead of north?
Naturally, Meiyou's current focus was on "innocent allure" style dresses.
In a few months, it would get cold in the North, causing dress sales to stagnate, but dress sales in the South would still be booming!
In the southern regions, people could wear slip dresses even in November!
If paired with a small shawl and a suit skirt, they could be worn until December!
The South was the main battleground for "innocent allure" style dresses, selling well all year round!
In the North, by October and November, people would have to wear thicker "innocent allure" style suit skirts + bare leg artifacts!
At that time, the stocked "innocent allure" style summer clothes would be directly transferred to the South for sale!
Therefore, Wang Yi had notified several major factories a few days ago to operate at full capacity, fully producing dozens of new "innocent allure" style dresses!
Once the movie became a hit next month, the endorser became popular, and offline physical stores also expanded, no matter how much stock they had, they wouldn't worry about sales!
There was absolutely no concern about selling!
After leaving the teahouse, the three immediately went home, packed their luggage, and headed south that very day.
They were Wang Yi's vanguard for expanding offline physical stores to the South!
And incidentally, they would pursue and intercept Hu Zixuan, leaving him no escape!
Wang Yi wouldn't delay his own business development just to deal with Hu Zixuan.
Seeing it was only three in the afternoon, Wang Yi didn't go straight back but drove to a nearby Porsche 4S store.
Fortunately, no melodramatic events occurred.
Even though Wang Yi was young and drove an old Santana, the beautiful Porsche saleswoman still enthusiastically greeted him.
What surprised Wang Yi was that the Porsche saleswoman's looks were genuinely stunning.
Even better than the Mercedes saleswoman's looks!
One could only say that Porsche understood its customers!
Of course, the turnover rate for Porsche saleswomen was very high.
Rumor had it that for every Porsche sold, one saleswoman would be lost!
There was no helping it; rich big bosses and young masters would take both the car and the person they fancied!
"Hello, handsome. I'm Gu Yingying. Which car are you interested in? I can introduce it to you!"
Gu Yingying smiled charmingly, showing no hint of disdain due to Wang Yi's youth or his less-than-impressive car.
On the contrary, she was very attentive and responsible.
"Is there a new Panamera model this year?"
Wang Yi looked at the showroom.
"I'm sorry, sir. The latest Panamera model is the 2010 version, and the 2012 model is expected to be launched directly next year."
"I see. What about the Cayenne? Is there a new model?"
"Yes, sir, this one right in front of you."
Gu Ying extended her fair hand:
"This car is the 3.0T version, four-wheel drive, eight-speed Tiptronic..."
"How much?"
Wang Yi asked directly.
Gu Ying was somewhat surprised, not expecting Wang Yi to actually want to buy it!
"Sir, the bare car price for this vehicle is 922,000. However, most models ordered by the dealership come with optional extras. For a bare car, you'd have to wait a very long time..."
Wang Yi understood that Porsches always required extra costs for optional configurations, such as body kits, seat ventilation, keyless entry, forged wheels with painted calipers, 360-degree reversing camera, ambient lighting...
If one didn't choose any options, a bare car could still be bought, but it might mean waiting several months, or even half a year!
Wang Yi wasn't surprised by this; a bare Cayenne was indeed a bit plain:
"Do you have any cars in stock at your dealership?"
"Sir, I'm sorry, there are no cars currently in stock. However, several models are in transit and are expected to arrive tomorrow for inspection and warehousing, and can be picked up the day after tomorrow! Would you like to take a look?"
Gu Yingying took out a tablet and showed it to Wang Yi.
"The day after tomorrow? That works!"
Wang Yi looked at the information on the iPad and finally chose a customization package worth 100,000, bringing the total price to 1.022 million.
Wang Yi thought for a moment:
"A 50,000 discount, and I'll order it immediately!"
"This..."
Gu Ying hesitated a little. She could only offer a 40,000 discount on this car at her internal price:
"Sir, please wait a moment. This is beyond my authority; I'll go ask the manager."
"Okay."
Soon, Gu Ying returned:
"Sir, the manager approved it. You'll get a 50,000 discount."
"Great, let's process the paperwork, under the company's name."
Saying that, Wang Yi took out the relevant documents.
"Alright, sir."
Gu Ying was not surprised; many people bought cars in the company's name.
This way, corporate income tax, input tax, and value-added tax paid now could all be deducted when the company files taxes later.
For a car like this, the VAT offset alone amounted to over 100,000!
But when she saw Wang Yi's company name, she was utterly shocked:
"Meiyou Technology!"
"You're Meiyou Technology's..."
Gu Ying's expression changed dramatically, filled with disbelief.
"Shhh!"
Wang Yi made a shushing gesture.
The other party understood and quickly fell silent, but the smile on her face became even brighter.
Then she tugged at her uniform and gave a playful smile:
"It's just because I'm at work that I have to wear this. On my days off, I wear your company's 'innocent allure' style dresses! They really show off the figure!"
"Haha, thanks for your support. A large batch of new styles will be launched in a few days; you won't be disappointed,"
Wang Yi said with a smile.
"Really? That's great!"
Gu Ying's face lit up with joy.
It wasn't until the manager gave him a wink that she became serious.
Soon, the procedures were completed, and the car could be picked up the day after tomorrow.
The total price was 1.022 million, with a 50,000 discount, plus about 30,000 for car insurance and other fees, and 100,000 for purchase tax, bringing the on-road price to 1.1 million!
Of course, this over 100,000 in purchase tax could be fully deducted when the company files its taxes later!
"When the car arrives, have it delivered to my company!"
Wang Yi walked out of the showroom.
"Alright, sir."
Gu Ying accompanied him all the way out.
She only turned around after Wang Yi drove away in his used Santana.
"Xiaoying, you really can't judge a book by its cover! I didn't expect him to be so young and yet buy it so readily!"
Several female colleagues were full of surprise.
Out of professional ethics, they would carefully attend to every customer, but they truly hadn't thought Wang Yi would place an order!
He was truly too young.
Gu Ying sighed:
"There are many things you can't imagine!"
If she told them that this was Boss Wang of Meiyou Technology, these girls would probably go crazy!
The beautiful women who came to be Porsche sales reps weren't just there to earn money.
More often, they naturally wanted to take advantage of their youth to marry a rich man and achieve a leap in social class!
If they knew Wang Yi's identity, they would probably be lining up to rush to deliver the car, even late at night!
But unfortunately, such a good opportunity wouldn't be given to them!
Gu Ying thought to herself.
Wang Yi left the 4S store without any melodramatic "show off and get slapped in the face" plot.
Of course, if it were a BBA (Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi) dealership, they might have treated him perfunctorily.
After all, it was 2011; there were many who looked down on others and many who fawned over foreign things.
For example, when making phones, using domestic screens in 2023 is considered patriotic, supporting the domestic supply chain!
But if domestic screens were used in 2013, they would be criticized as counterfeit screens, cheating consumers...
Indeed, domestic screens back then were insufficient.
But if no one used or supported domestic screens, there would be no money for R&D, making progress difficult!
Even the rise of BOE in his previous life was entirely thanks to Huawei's strong support!
Wang Yi's current main business was Meiyou e-commerce + women's clothing.
In the future, when funds were ample, he would naturally venture into other fields.
For example, next year, with several hundred million in hand, Wang Yi could get involved in the mobile phone industry.
Two years later, with even more ample funds, to prevent being stifled by the West, he could also lay out the upstream and downstream supply chains for mobile phones.
For example, investing in high-quality display factories, battery factories... supporting the domestic industrial chain!
As for semiconductors, he decided against it; it was too capital-intensive and slow to yield results, so Wang Yi didn't plan to do it himself.
Wang Yi wouldn't manufacture chips either!
At most, a few years later, with capital, he would recruit elites to research and design chips, and if manufactured, it would be outsourced to SMIC!
It was impossible for Wang Yi to build a wafer fab and manufacture chips himself; he didn't have a cheat code, so this was unrealistic.
It was just that SMIC was blockaded and restricted by the West, lacking EUV lithography machines, making it unable to manufacture high-end chips for Wang Yi!
This was the biggest problem, and Wang Yi was at a loss.
Therefore, he decided to go to Beihang University and ask them for help.
Why did Wang Yi choose Beihang University for his college?
As one of the "Seven Sons of National Defense," Beihang had technology, R&D, and money.
Ten years later, Beihang's annual budget exceeded tens of billions, and even now, it was close to ten billion!
If Beihang could be persuaded to invest heavily in 2011 to research and develop the semiconductor industry chain, and even lithography machines, perhaps the wheels of destiny could turn earlier!
Of course, lithography machines and even the entire upstream and downstream semiconductor industry chain would have to be laid out together.
For such a daunting task, Beihang alone wouldn't be enough; official intervention and the mobilization of national resources would be required!
In reality, in 2011, the gap between China's semiconductor technology and the global level was not as large as it would be more than ten years later.
The gap in lithography machine technology was also not that big.
In 1985, the gap between domestic lithography machines and top European and American ones was only seven years!
It was just the "better to buy than build" mindset of the 1990s that led most domestic enterprises to abandon lithography machine R&D and directly purchase foreign products.
This resulted in over two decades passing with foreign lithography technology advancing rapidly, while domestic production stagnated.
Even if there were individual enterprises still engaged in lithography machine R&D.
But funds were limited, there was foreign technological blockade, and no cooperation from upstream and downstream supply chains...
Even if they invested heavily in dedicated R&D, spent a lot of time, and finally managed to mass-produce a new generation of lithography machines.
Yet, foreign countries immediately sold newer generation lithography machines to China, which were cheaper and more powerful!
The outcome was predictable: domestic enterprises all ordered the more advanced and cheaper foreign lithography machines.
Meanwhile, the domestically developed lithography machines were already outdated and ignored.
All the invested R&D funds went down the drain, unable to recover costs, and related enterprises could only go bankrupt.
Over time, most domestic lithography machine enterprises went bankrupt, with only a handful still struggling to persist.
This led to domestic lithography machines lagging behind foreign ones by more than two decades in later generations!
Once foreign countries imposed blockades, the domestic industry would instantly suffer.
When Wang Yi makes phones in the future, he won't be able to bypass this issue either!
As long as it grows big and becomes the world's number one, it will definitely be blocked!
Unless high-end lithography machines and high-end chips are domestically produced!
It's just that lithography machines are too complex, involving over ten thousand parts, the culmination of cutting-edge technology from over a dozen countries, requiring tens of thousands of upstream and downstream industries!
Only by asking the government to step in and use the national machinery can a layout be achieved.
However, even if Wang Yi proposed to the authorities to invest heavily in 2011 to vigorously develop the upstream and downstream lithography machine industry chain and semiconductors, it might not be effective.
He was just a student, with little influence; to put it plainly, who would listen to him!
However, if the President of Beihang University and numerous academicians proposed this, hope would greatly increase!
If that wasn't enough, he would find a way to invite senior officials and academicians from other universities to propose it together!
Wang Yi believed that there would always be some academicians and influential figures who shared his views and would realize the necessity and importance of domesticizing semiconductors and lithography machines!
Therefore, Wang Yi immediately started his business during the summer vacation, launching Meiyou!
He wanted to make a name for himself, growing Meiyou to a billion-level scale in terms of revenue before school started!
With sufficiently impressive achievements, Wang Yi would have enough standing at Beihang.
Only then would the president and academicians listen to him and take him seriously!
If the president and academicians took it seriously, and then brought it up to the higher authorities, then there would be hope for vigorously developing lithography machines and laying out semiconductors!
If the government had vigorously laid out the upstream and downstream lithography machine industry chain and developed the entire semiconductor industry chain in 2011, perhaps Huawei's tragedy in 2019 would not have happened!
(End of Chapter)
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