Opening stores and doing business abroad are not big problems.
However, investing in and building factories abroad carries significant risks.
Such swindlers are not only in India, but also in America!
In his previous life, America, to fight the chip war, came up with a multi-billion dollar chip subsidy plan!
It tricked TSMC Semiconductor and Samsung Semiconductor into building wafer fabs in America!
As a result, the two major semiconductor giants invested real money and built factories, but America's subsidies came with various restrictions!
Priority was given to domestic enterprises, making it difficult for foreign enterprises to obtain them!
A blatant scheme to get something for nothing!
It also required the use of American materials, with costs several times higher than global prices.
The two major semiconductor giants were miserable and had no choice but to build the factories.
Finally, the factories were built, money was spent, but with no subsidies, they had to start production to break even, right?
However, American workers typically have high wages, low efficiency, high benefits, poor skills, and constantly demand their rights!
This made both Samsung and TSMC suffer immensely.
In desperation, they could only transfer their own workers from their home countries to the American factories.
They thought this would finally solve the problem, right?
We can't afford American big shots, so we'll use our own workers!
But the American workers wouldn't agree!
They explicitly stated that this was robbing them of their jobs and livelihoods!
So, American labor unions stepped in and directly scuttled Samsung and TSMC's plans to bring in their own workers!
Forcing them to use expensive, unskilled, and inefficient American workers!
At this point, Samsung was in a big headache, thoroughly realizing that this was a damn scam!
And the "pig butchering scam" kind!
Samsung Semiconductor directly gave up, delaying factory production.
TSMC saw this and followed suit, not putting the completed factory into production, cutting their losses in time.
As a result, the two major chip factories were built in America, but were left abandoned and incomplete, never going into production...
There was no other way; America's "pig butchering scam" was too ruthless, truly luring them in to slaughter them like pigs!
India at least let Xiaomi make some money before harvesting.
America, however, harvested the two major semiconductor giants to death before they even made any money!
There are more countries like this than just these two.
In fact, many overseas countries are like this.
The only difference is whether it's a one-time organ harvest or a slow cutting of flesh.
If Wang Yi were to build a Meiyou factory abroad, when foreign officials saw Wang Yi making huge profits and became envious, they would use various methods to exploit Wang Yi.
What, you won't pay?
Then do you still want your factory to open?
Don't want the factory anymore?
As for the so-called sacred and inviolable private property, it only protects foreigners, not Wang Yi!
Therefore, Wang Yi made up his mind that factories would only be built domestically, never abroad!
For international cooperation, he would directly work with agents!
Agents would first pay an initial authorization fee of tens of millions, then pay the full amount for goods at half price before Wang Yi would arrange shipment!
At that time, even if foreign officials wanted to intervene or impose a ban, they could do as they pleased.
Anyway, Wang Yi had received the authorization fees, and Wang Yi had earned the payment for goods and profits!
If banned, the losses would be borne by the foreign agents, their own people, and Wang Yi would incur no losses.
Of course, in such a situation, they wouldn't impose a ban.
After all, foreign blades are keen on cutting down Chinese enterprises to the bone.
But they generally wouldn't go after their own entrepreneurs.
It's safest to build factories domestically, sell at half price, and ship after full payment.
Risk is controllable!
In the evening, Wang Yi and Steve had dinner and discussed many details before happily parting ways.
Joining Meiyou, Steve initially wanted to turn defeat into victory and take revenge on ZARA and HM.
But unexpectedly, Wang Yi gave him a profit share of one-thousandth.
Though it's only one-thousandth, Meiyou's profits are astounding!
The international market is so vast that even one-thousandth is a huge sum of money!
Far exceeding his treatment at ZARA.
Of course, this dividend system also compelled Steve to go all out!
The two had already decided that the first overseas stop would be Singapore!
Although Singapore has a small population, its per capita income is over 50,000 US dollars, which is over 300,000 RMB per person.
Their consumption power is terrifying!
Even if Meiyou dresses were sold for double the price in Singapore, they would still be very cheap.
It was destined for a strong start!
In addition, Wang Yi also received a text message from Director Hong, whose talent introduction application was approved, and he could now process his Imperial Capital Hukou!
Today, he not only gained a formidable talent to expand the international market,
but also obtained an Imperial Capital Hukou!
It truly was a double happiness!
However, at ZARA, the mood was dismal!
Last night, all ZARA senior executives slept in the office, filled with resentment.
Meanwhile, Davis had enjoyed three comfortable minutes with his secretary.
So, today, ZARA executives all had panda eyes.
And Davis's originally good mood turned to uncontrollable rage after seeing that poll:
"Damn Meiyou, to create such a poll!"
"Look at this!"
"Of the five outfits, Meiyou has two, and Qingyou has one, all receiving over a hundred thousand votes. And look at our ZARA, only a hundred votes!"
"They are too hateful!"
"Isn't this clearly saying that our ZARA clothes are ugly? That no one likes them?"
Hearing this, the executives all wore grim expressions, thinking to themselves:
'They are ugly anyway, why can't people say it?'
'My wife has so many new ZARA clothes at home, but she doesn't wear a single one, only Meiyou's pure desire style! Isn't it because ZARA is ugly!'
'The public's eyes are sharp; our clothes are indeed outdated! President, why are you so stubborn!'
'Compared to Meiyou's designs, ZARA is indeed behind the times. Without price cuts, there's no way out!'
...
Actually, it wasn't that ZARA and HM clothing were outdated; 2011 fashion designs were just that ugly—it was a problem of the era.
But Meiyou's pure desire style autumn wear and summer dresses were brought by Wang Yi from over a decade into the future!
Such a dimensionality reduction strike naturally put them far ahead!
The more Davis thought about it, the angrier he became, cursing,
"Meiyou doing this is too much!"
"After seeing this poll, who would dare to buy our ZARA clothes anymore?"
"And this person named Fang Huimei, is there something seriously wrong with her?"
"If you're going to compare with Meiyou, just compare with Meiyou directly. Why drag our ZARA into it? To serve as a negative contrast?"
"F**k, damn Meiyou! Damn Fang Huimei!"
"Bang!"
With a crisp sound, Davis was furious, smashing his cup on the floor, shattering it into pieces.
This scene made everyone silent with fear.
The foreign managers from the parent company were mostly arrogant, prejudiced, and irritable.
But Davis smashing cups all the time was a bit too much!
Duko frowned slightly and quickly said,
"President, don't worry, our ZARA still has a hundred votes. Look at HM, they only have eighty-three votes!"
"Yes, HM is at the bottom. We have HM to prop us up."
Others also chimed in,
"President, the most anxious one now is HM!"
"I bet HM's CEO is already cursing, hahaha!"
Hearing this, Davis's expression improved a little:
"You're right, second to last is still better than last place!"
"HM's clothes are the ugliest, the trashiest, hahaha."
But just as he finished laughing, the secretary rushed in anxiously:
"President, it's not good."
"What's wrong?"
"HM's votes have caught up; they suddenly gained over fifty votes and surpassed us!"
Davis: "..."
Duko: "..."
All executives: "..."
The secretary continued,
"Now our ZARA is in last place!"
Davis: "!!!"
Duko: "!!!"
All executives: "!!!"
"F**k! Damn HM, they're rigging votes!"
Davis was furious, picked up another cup, and smashed it to the ground again:
"Meiyou's poll limits one vote per person, but HM suddenly got over fifty votes, clearly rigging votes! Doesn't Meiyou care? What a trash platform!"
Duko's mouth twitched, thinking:
'Damn it, your cup is already broken, this was my new one! You broke this one too! Sh*t!'
Other subordinates also realized the problem, their expressions extremely vivid, but they dared not say anything.
They could only echo,
"Meiyou is too trash, they don't even care about vote rigging. HM is shameless enough to rig votes for themselves!"
"However, this is also a method! HM can rig votes, we can too!"
A bald executive's eyes lit up, discovering a new continent.
"Right!"
Davis beamed:
"If HM rigs votes, we will too! They rigged over fifty votes, so we'll rig a hundred votes, no, two hundred votes directly! This way, not only will HM be at the bottom, but our numbers will also look better!"
"President is wise, that's what we should do!"
"President is brilliant, HM must be last!"
Duko, however, frowned slightly:
"Will this cause problems..."
"What problems could it cause?"
Davis was a bit displeased:
"Meiyou currently has a lot of attention, and I just want the data. ZARA's votes can be less than Meiyou's, but they must be more than HM's. Our votes can't look that bad! Immediately notify female employees who have the Meiyou APP installed to vote for ZARA!"
"Yes!"
The message was relayed, and soon, female employees pulled out their phones, opened Meiyou, and voted.
They had to wear ZARA for work.
But on their days off, they all wore Meiyou!
There was no other way; Meiyou was too beautiful, not at all a product of the current era.
This was true not only for ZARA but also for HM.
In fact, female employees of foreign companies, with their high salaries and trendy styles, were Meiyou's main consumer group!
In just ten minutes, ZARA gained over two hundred votes, reaching a total of 314 votes, surpassing HM's 137 votes to become second to last!
"These numbers look much better!"
Davis nodded, then his expression turned grim:
"I can't believe it, our ZARA female employees all use the Meiyou APP, they are all Meiyou users!"
Hearing this, the secretary's expression changed dramatically; she was one of them.
Several executives, however, were not surprised.
Not to mention ZARA's female employees being Meiyou customers, the wives, daughters, and mistresses of these senior executives were also loyal Meiyou customers!
They had even registered for the Meiyou APP!
Otherwise, how would they buy pure desire style lingerie and pure desire style stockings for their wives and mistresses?
Duko, fearing that Davis would make an issue of this, quickly said:
"President, in the past, Meiyou was not our competitor, and those employees were unaware..."
Davis nodded:
"You're right, let bygones be bygones. After all, this vote benefited greatly from them!"
After all, last night his secretary also came wearing Meiyou's pure desire style lingerie...
Although it was only a brief moment of beauty, it was certainly stimulating.
It was just a pity that the concept of Meiyou's pure desire style was already deeply ingrained, otherwise ZARA could have copied it.
Now everyone knew that the pure desire style was pioneered by Meiyou, and if ZARA were to launch a pure desire style, it would surely be slammed and trend on hot searches.
If ZARA had discovered the pure desire style in Meiyou's early stages and copied it in advance, that would have been great!
But unfortunately, ZARA's previous attention was focused on high-end brands.
The designers were busy studying (copying) high-end brand designs and hadn't really paid attention to Meiyou.
Coupled with Meiyou's rapid development, it quickly rose in a short period!
By the time they noticed Meiyou, Meiyou was already famous nationwide.
It was too late to copy it then.
The secretary looked at her phone and suddenly exclaimed,
"President, it's not good! HM is rigging votes again!"
"Rigging again? F**k, how shameless!"
Davis was furious:
"How many did they rig?"
"Over three hundred votes, their total reached 452 votes, and we're in last place again!"
"F**k, shameless, disgraceful!"
Davis was furious, grabbed a nearby water cup, and smashed it to the ground again.
The Marketing Director's mouth twitched: "..."
'Damn it, that was mine!'
Duko, however, chuckled inwardly,
'Old Feng, my mental is balanced now! This guy Davis smashes cups whenever he gets angry!'
After smashing the cup, Davis realized it was someone else's and quickly used anger to cover his embarrassment:
"Keep rigging, don't stop, rig until 700 votes!"
"Yes!"
"All the female employees have voted, so let the male employees also register for Meiyou and rig votes together!"
"Yes!"
At once, several executives also took out their phones, opened the Meiyou APP, and started rigging.
Davis's mouth twitched: "..."
"So you're all Meiyou customers too!"
All the executives were collectively awkward: "..."
How to explain this?
At this crucial moment, Vice President Duko was quick-witted:
"President, don't be angry. In order to understand our opponent and keep abreast of their intelligence and movements, we executives have all downloaded the Meiyou APP."
"Yes, President, as the saying goes, 'Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated.' Only by becoming a Meiyou user can we better understand Meiyou and defeat Meiyou!"
Others also chimed in.
Davis's mouth twitched: "..."
'Alright, I'll believe you!'
Mainly, he couldn't afford not to believe them.
He still relied on these people to work together to fight Meiyou and beat HM!
Thus, the situation became very interesting.
ZARA and HM started a battle, constantly rigging votes, striving to be second to last!
This anomaly quickly caught the attention of Meiyou's operations team and was swiftly reported to Song Sining.
Song Sining didn't hesitate and called Wang Yi directly:
"Boss, Fang Huimei's clothing poll post is getting increasingly popular. Our Meiyou votes have exceeded 200,000, and Qingyou has also surpassed 150,000! However, ZARA and HM, which originally only had about one hundred votes a day, have seen a rapid surge in the last half hour, quickly reaching eight or nine hundred votes!"
"Only one hundred votes a day, but an increase of eight or nine hundred votes in half an hour!"
Wang Yi chuckled:
"They're rigging votes! Rigging votes to compete for second to last? That's truly interesting."
"It should be. What should we do? Should we remove those abnormal votes?"
Song Sining couldn't help but ask.
Wang Yi resolutely refused:
"No need, let them continue to rig votes, then have the backend lock in the evidence."
Song Sining's eyes lit up:
"Understood! Tomorrow's hot search topic is covered, hahaha."
"Clever! Sining, you're getting more and more cunning,"
Wang Yi said with a smile.
Song Sining frowned slightly:
"You are influenced by those around you, for better or for worse!"
Wang Yi: "..."
(End of chapter)