Chapter 444 - He Desheng, the Expert at Bargaining (1/2)

Chapter 444 He Desheng, the Expert at Bargaining

Most people online were debating about how only a thousand cell phones were available for sale. There were many complaints.

“I’ve seen many resort to hunger marketing, but this is the first time I’m witnessing a company be so open about it!”

“That’s right. Others prepare tens or hundreds of thousands of cell phones even if they’re employing hunger marketing. Yet, this company is only preparing a thousand cell phones. It even gave the impression that their cell phones were ‘extremely popular’ during the news conference. It’s a trap for sure!”

“Even the audience at the news conference was probably hired, right?”

“I don’t think it’s just the live audience. The reviewers were probably paid as well!”

“The manufacturers could have allowed scalpers to order the cell phones in advance, so that they can act like the cell phones ‘sold out on the spot’. The scalpers would then raise the prices of the cell phones. That’ll be the perfect plan! They’re colluding to cheat fools; the manufacturer and the scalpers would profit!” “They’re engaging the help of scalpers!” “Forget it, forget it. The cell phone’s obviously not really for sale. Please, don’t tell me news about it anymore!”

“Let’s watch and see. The company will continue to employ hunger marketing for the cell phones for sure. Each time, they would only sell a thousand cell phones and act like they ran out of stocks. That would create the illusion that everyone’s fighting for the cell phones, so that its high price can be justified.

“Once they prepare adequate stocks, people would quickly realize that the cell phones weren’t worth the price after all. Then, the company would collapse at once!” “Many people must be coming to their senses now, right?” “Don’t say that. I can trust Tengda’s reputation. What’s more, Vice President Chang has already said this… they’re trying to manufacture more stocks as quickly as they can. They’ll sell two thousand cell phones tomorrow.”

“Haha, two thousand? They’re manufacturing two thousand cell phones as quickly as they can? Are you kidding me? And you dare to deny that this is hunger marketing?”.

Pei Qian’s heart filled with warmth as he read those comments.

Indeed, consumers were bright. They understood what was going on!

Remain this way. You have to remain this way! As long as your precious suspicions remain until the end of the month, I will take you as my benefactors!

Buzz… Buzz…

Just as Pei Qian was thinking, his phone started vibrating. Pei Qian picked it up and saw that it was He Desheng.

“Eh? Is this about the ‘Top Student, Come Quick’ app?”

Pei Qian quickly accepted the call. He had already instructed He Desheng to spend all the money that he had earned earlier! Had He Desheng completed his task?

“Boss Pei, we’ve bought the ‘Top Student, Come Quick’ project back! We have all the shares!” He Desheng sounded excited. “That’s right. We’ve also hired the man who was in charge of the project at Xude Education. We didn’t even have to poach him. He was fired!” Pei Qian was stunned. Did everything really go that smoothly?

They got the shares just like that?

If his memory served him right, Xude Education had only bought the ‘Top Student, Come Quick’ project less than a month ago.

Yet, He Desheng had gotten it back so quickly. He must have spent a great deal, right?

Pei Qian could not curb his excitement. “How much did you spend?”.

He Desheng answered, “Boss Pei, we spent more than five million yuan!”

Pei Qian, “?”

Just five million yuan?!

They had earned fifteen million yuan from the sale of their shares before. They even kept the last twenty percent.

Now, they had gotten everything back for less than one-third of that sum?

Was Xude Education sick in the head? They had spent over forty million yuan on the shares before, and they were only selling them for five million yuan now?!

Couldn’t you have asked for more?! Huh?!

Hearing no response from Boss Pei, He Desheng thought that the former was unsatisfied with the price. He quickly tried to explain himself.

“Boss Pei, this price is already very low.

“When Xude Education bought the project, it spent a lot of money organizing events. For instance, it forced its own students to register and sell lessons on the application. However, the company soon went under fire, and the project collapsed!

“What’s more, the project could not generate profits. Its value was falling by the day!

“Many members of Xude Education’s higher management became very unhappy with this investment. Conflicts arose, and a few members of the higher management took the opportunity to revolt. They forced those who had decided to acquire this project out of the company and abandoned the project altogether…

“After they abandoned it, the project could no longer draw on Xude Education’s resources. Thus, it steadily deteriorated until it became an unsalvageable mess. “To avoid incurring more losses, Xude Education decided to cut it off completely. It was just as well that we had 20% shares in the project, and we had the right of first refusal. That was why Xude Education approached me first.

“Of course, they proposed a high price at first, in an attempt to cheat me.

“Yet, how could I be cheated? I had been in charge of the project the entire time. I know it inside-out. With just a couple of sentences, I shut them up!

“At that moment, they thought about selling the shares to others. That was why I hinted that I knew the project too well. I only had to leak a bit of information to make sure that nobody would buy their shares for a high price! “Thus, after several negotiations, they lost their patience. I slaughtered the price and offered five million yuan!

“I made it very clear. The project is only worth that much now. If they wanted to delay it any longer, they would not even have gotten five million yuan!

“If we waited longer, we may have gotten a lower price. However, I thought that you were in a bit of a rush, Boss Pei. I didn’t want to hold you back. I guessed that the price was good enough, and so I finished the deal.

“Oh, that’s right. The man who was in charge of this project at Xude Education took the blame for the entire situation, together with the other members of higher management. That was why he was fired. Boss Pei, I remember you saying you wanted to poach him. That’s why I contacted him and invited him over.

“If you want to meet him, you can do so at any time!

“That’s about it. What do you think, Boss Pei? I dealt with it all quite decisively, right?”

Pei Qian had no idea what to say.

“You did… really well,” said Pei Qian sorrowfully and through gritted teeth. At the other end of the line, He Desheng smiled, embarrassed. “Don’t mention it, Boss Pei. You had clear directions. I was just doing as you told me. That’s how I achieved those results!

“If you didn’t keep some shares on hand and instruct me to buy all the shares back, I would not have thought about doing this!”

Pei Qian, “…”

Alright, it’s my fault again. We’ve already bought them back. What else can I say?

Pei Qian grieved for a while and then said, “Tell the man in charge to meet me at Dream Realization Ventures at 2 PM. I want to see him.”

He Desheng replied, “Alright, no problem, Boss Pei!”