Chapter 131 The Rise of Wheat Mall

Early morning on December 8th.

It is drizzling in Taiwan.

“How much did you take?”

“In Pengcheng, among all the mobile phone manufacturers, big and small, we have captured about 30% of the market share…”

“Oh, that’s right. Is there no action from Zhang Yang’s side?”

“No… I heard that he has been busy recently after giving up cooperation with us, but I don’t know what he has been busy with. It has been almost a month and he has not appeared in public media.”

“One month? It’s really new to him. But what on earth is he going to do? I don’t quite understand…”

In the office, Guo Shanming was looking at Zhang Yang’s recent movements while quietly listening to Xu Yunlong in front of him, who was reporting to him.

In fact…

From early August to late August.

Guo Shanming has been following Zhang Yang’s information through various channels.

However, the news he heard made Guo Shanming frown.

He originally thought that after Zhang Yang ended his cooperation with him, he would sign with Android…

In fact, news also showed that Android’s Joe Tech also came all the way from the United States to personally seek cooperation with Zhang Yang.

Even Guo Shanming once thought that this would work. After all, according to gossip, Zhang Yang’s current girlfriend, Sophie, is one of the founders of Android, one of the project leaders of the Android Mobile Open Alliance, and the daughter of Joe Tech…

Cooperation seems to be a natural thing!
Even Guo Shanming once believed that Zhang Yang dared to terminate the agreement with him because he had the support of Android, just like Shengxing mobile phone, he had joined Android.

For this reason, their company had several premonitions, preparing to prevent Zhang Yang’s next series of actions…

However, what shocked Guo Shanming was that not only did Zhang Yang not cooperate, but according to internal information, the two sides even had a conflict, and Qiao Taike left Zhang Yang’s office angrily.

If the person who leaked the information was not the person Guo Shanming trusted the most, Guo Shanming would have thought that this was a trick created by Zhang Yang…

This guy doesn’t want to cooperate with me or the Android system. So is he going to sign with those messy other systems?
After signing those messy systems, you can definitely release the phone…

however……

After waiting for a month, the marketing department had already prepared dozens of scenarios for Zhang Yang’s impact, and even discussed a lot with Xu Yunlong…

Zhang Yang, however, had nothing to do…

The only thing that made people concerned was that Zhang Yang signed a group of athletes, two of whom were world champions…

I thought Zhang Yang would use the names of these two Olympic champions and this wave of popularity to let them endorse mobile phones, but unfortunately, the Olympics were over for three days!
Zhang Yang didn’t make any move.

In fact, according to the latest news, the assembly plant cooperating with Zhang Yang has not received any new orders at all!
Moreover, a large number of manufacturers left Zhang Yang and turned to accept Xu Yunlong’s orders, and there was no response at all from Zhang Yang.

This made Guo Shanming a little confused…

Zhang Yang, who has always made his fortune by riding on the popularity of others and doing all kinds of things, has suddenly become so low-key during this period that people are very uncomfortable with it.

“You really don’t know what Zhang Yang is going to do next?”

Guo Shanming stared at Xu Yunlong closely.

Facing Guo Shanming’s gaze, Xu Yunlong finally shook his head, with a look of confusion on his face: “I don’t know, Zhang Yang… What Zhang Yang has been doing recently is really unbelievable, especially the [Xiaomi Mall]. Not only can our mobile phones be sold in the [Xiaomi Mall], but there are also red envelope subsidies…”

“…”

When he heard this, Guo Shanming took another look at [Xiaomi Mall]. After looking at it for a while, he felt a slight movement in his heart.

Data shows that the traffic of [Xiaomi Mall] has been very strong recently, with an average daily traffic of nearly 30 million. Among them, [Copycat Phones] had the highest shipment volume on a single day, reaching an astonishing units…

Compared with the data of [BaoTao.com], this traffic is still not enough…

but……

When he saw this, Guo Shanming suddenly narrowed his eyes, then lowered his head and looked at [Zhengyang Express] in Zhang Yang’s information.

The moment I saw the data of [Zhengyang Express]…

Guo Shanming widened his eyes!

From 07 to August this year, there are already nearly 8 small counties across the country with outlets, which made me shocked!
全国共计2844个县级行政区，包括977个市辖区、397个县级市、1299个县、117个自治县……

He managed to capture 1299 of the 700 small and medium-sized counties!
Moreover, it happened in less than a year!
[Logistics] plus [e-commerce], what Zhang Yang is doing is actually very obvious!
“On the surface, he is making mobile phones, but in fact, he is making e-commerce platforms!”

“His main battlefield has never been copycat phones!”

“The copycat phone is just a cover. Everything about it is to serve e-commerce!”

“…”

in the office.

After sorting out all the thoughts…

Guo Shanming suddenly realized, but then, for some reason, his emotions became complicated.

If that’s the case, in a sense, Zhang Yang is not a competitor to MTK, but rather a “potential” partner for their next MTK system?

They produce knockoff phones, and then sell them in the ostentatious [Xiaomi Mall], using red envelopes to promote sales, and at most paying [Zhengyang Express] some shipping fees…

Zhang Yang had to rely on his knockoff phones to maintain daily activity in [Xiaomi Mall], so that customers would form a habit of going to [Xiaomi Mall] to buy phones, and then…

……

Thinking of this, Guo Shanming closed his eyes.

If you think this way, then everything makes sense.

“Mr. Xu, does [BaoTao.com] have any new actions against Zhang Yang’s [Xiaomi Mall]? Or, are there any red envelopes to support our mobile phone brand?” “No…”

“Go ask. I think with Mr. Ma’s personality, he would never watch [Xiaomi Mall] rise like this… Perhaps, in this e-commerce war, we will get more benefits.”

“Yeah, okay!”

……………………………………

There is a patter of rain over on Taiwan Island.

But here in Hangzhou, the sun is shining brightly.

Ma Yunqiang was listening to music while boating and listening to his secretary reporting on the situation on Wall Street in the United States.

There was no sense of comfort between his brows, but rather deep frowns.

At this moment, the financial market in the United States is in chaos…

Founded in 1850, Lehman Brothers, one of the pioneers of American investment banks and securities trading firms, saw its financial situation take a sharp turn for the worse due to excessive borrowing and high-risk investments.

In 07, the US government provided rescue efforts many times. However, according to the latest news that Ma Yunqiang learned, Lehman Brothers Bank may not be able to hold on!

The subprime mortgage crisis in 07 had a horrific impact on the world.

It is so terrifying that a terrible, even global financial storm is exploding…

“Has our listing been halted?”

“Yes, it was stopped.”

The most direct impact of this financial storm was that the listing of Ali Langlang in the United States, which had been prepared for nearly a year, was halted.

In fact, rather than being stopped, the global financial market’s ratings for the entire stock market, real estate market, and even multiple investment systems have plummeted.

If they insist on going public at this time, not only will they have no confidence, but they themselves will also have no confidence.

Ma Yunqiang closed his eyes, feeling a little regretful.

The failure of this listing means that his next “Capital Empire” plan will be postponed for another year.

“Boss Ma, [Xiaomi Mall] has been rising strongly recently, with more than 20 million registered users, and the number of active users is crazy, approaching 4 million, which is almost one-third of ours…Are we still doing nothing? Boss Ma, many mobile phone brands are asking us if there are any red envelope subsidies for selling in our [Baotao Mall]…”

“Do nothing…”

“But, Mr. Ma, many of the users of [Xiaomi Mall] were taken away from our [Baotao Mall]. If we do nothing and wait for [Xiaomi Mall] to grow bigger, we…”

A gentle breeze blew.

The boat gradually approached the shore.

Ma Yunqiang put on his clothes and walked towards his lake villa step by step.

The secretary looked serious.

Seeing that the number of users of [Xiaomi Mall] had grown so huge in just two months, she instantly felt a little pressure.

However, Ma Yunqiang was very calm and shook his head instead: “With our current size, the most important thing we should do is to remain unchanged in the face of ever-changing situations… The traffic generated by money will sooner or later end with money. If you check how much money Zhang Yang has invested, you will understand… I bet you that Zhang Yang has invested at least 50 million in [Xiaomi Mall]… At the same time, if you check the so-called [Zhengyang Logistics], if there are no accidents, [Zhengyang Logistics] is also investing and burning money… All in all, it has burned hundreds of millions!”

“…”

“If I’m not mistaken, all this money was burned on the coal boss named Chen Tiangui…”

“…”

“That coal boss, how much is he worth? From the mobile phones to the logistics system to the [Wheat Mall], they are all huge money-burning pits. If he can survive until February next year without going bankrupt, I would consider him amazing…”

“…”

Ma Yunqiang smiled and shook his head.

He was not wary of the rise of [Wheat Mall], but instead laughed.

He started his business in 92…

I have seen too many opponents.

Some of their rivals once surpassed their [BaoTao.com] and even attracted much attention…

But, so what?
Relying on capital to rise, it is easy to fall by capital…

Moreover, the global financial crisis in 08 is the capital winter since the millennium…

At a time when the international situation is still unclear, not much capital will invest in e-commerce…

Once the funding chain breaks…

All the glory of the so-called [Wheat Mall] will now collapse overnight!

…………………………

Just when Ma Yunqiang was certain about the future of [Xiaomi Mall] and felt that the upstart would go bankrupt along with Zhang Yang…

A special effects film called “Armored Superman”…

On August 8th…

【Golden Wing Cartoon】 is played on the children’s channel.

at the same time……

In an unknown factory…

Zhang Gui looked at the dazzling array of weapon toys and the countless production lines waiting for the release of “Armored Man”…

(End of this chapter)