Chapter 1830

Jingcheng, Coca-Cola Headquarters!

Jiang Yuping stood in front of the office window, holding a cup of coffee in her hand, looking at the crowd gathered outside; it seemed there were even more than yesterday.

Moreover, today she had already received a reminder from the Jingcheng municipal authorities to resolve this dispute immediately, otherwise, the relevant departments would intervene.

It could be said that Jingcheng had already given Coca-Cola enough face; if it were any other private enterprise, they would have intervened and investigated long ago.

Zhao Hongxing stood beside her with a cigarette in his mouth, looking at the crowd gathered outside and said.

"After this matter is resolved, Coca-Cola can announce a price reduction and then go all out to open up the township market."

Jiang Yuping took a sip of coffee: "At this afternoon's press conference, we will announce the price reduction in the name of expressing apologies to consumers."

"That's a good idea." Zhao Hongxing's eyes lit up: "It can recover a bit of our reputation."

"Bang bang bang..."

The office door was knocked heavily, which made Jiang Yuping very dissatisfied.

"Come in!"

A middle-aged man walked in, holding a newspaper in his hand.

"President Zhao, President Jiang, something happened."

Jiang Yuping frowned: "What is it?"

The middle-aged man walked over quickly and handed the newspaper to Jiang Yuping.

"This is today's Liaoning Daily, Youth Daily, and Commercial Daily, take a look."

Jiang Yuping took it. The one on top was the Liaoning Youth Daily. The middle-aged man had already folded out the important content, so Jiang Yuping saw it at a glance, her face changed instantly, and then she handed the newspaper to Zhao Hongxing.

"Take a look."

Zhao Hongxing took it. He didn't look at the content yet, but just seeing the headline on it, his eyelids jumped wildly.

Xurishan held a press conference yesterday afternoon; without looking, he knew it was definitely to kick Coca-Cola while it was down regarding this incident.

Sure enough, the reporter, with a very objective and fact-seeking attitude, reported the words of Xurishan's Vice General Manager Hong Lei word for word.

The hand Zhao Hongxing was holding the newspaper with trembled slightly. He took several deep breaths, suppressing the anger in his heart.

Hong Lei pointing at their noses and scolding Coca-Cola was of a very vile nature and had also brought an irreparable negative image to Coca-Cola.

After all, Xurishan's fame in the country was too great, and its influence was naturally very large, with Hong Lei as the Vice General Manager of Xurishan.

Holding a press conference to publicly accuse Coca-Cola was guiding consumers to boycott Coca-Cola.

With a tearing sound, Zhao Hongxing still couldn't hold back and tore the newspaper to shreds.

"Zhou——An——Dong!"

The way this guy gritted his teeth looked as if he wanted to eat Zhou Andong.

Jiang Yuping was still looking out the window, her expression looking very calm, but the fingers gripping the coffee cup lost their color because of the force.

Zhao Hongxing tossed the torn newspaper and roared in a low voice: "Find a lawyer to sue Xurishan."

Jiang Yuping's five fingers gripping the coffee cup slowly relaxed, and the pale color on her fingers slowly regained its color.

"If we sue Xurishan, we'll be falling into Zhou Andong's trap."

"What do you mean?" Zhao Hongxing didn't quite understand.

Jiang Yuping took a shallow sip of coffee: "The lawsuit between Dicos and McDonald's is still ongoing, don't you know?"

Zhao Hongxing was stunned: "I know, the second instance was judged a while ago, and Dicos lost."

Jiang Yuping didn't speak, just held the coffee cup and looked outside.

Zhao Hongxing said dissatisfiedly: "What exactly do you want to say?"

Jiang Yuping sighed: "The current Dicos has a much bigger reputation than McDonald's. I don't know about other places, but just take Jingcheng, most consumers only recognize Dicos, and have a deep bad feeling about McDonald's."

Zhao Hongxing suddenly trembled, the cigarette he was holding had already burned out, burning his fingers, and he hurriedly tossed it to the ground.

Jiang Yuping tilted her head and looked at Zhao Hongxing: "Dicos still wants to appeal upward, and is also preparing to sue McDonald's in the United States. Do you think Dicos can win?"

Zhao Hongxing looked at his fingers that were a bit red from the burn: "If they can't win in the country, how could they possibly win by going to someone else's home turf to sue?"

"Exactly." Jiang Yuping asked: "But why does Dicos still want to do this? Could it be that they really have too much money and nowhere to spend it?"

Zhao Hongxing's face changed: "Dicos is stepping on McDonald's to build its own reputation."

"Right!" Jiang Yuping nodded: "McDonald's is a fast-food chain giant. Now, Dicos's goal in the country has been achieved. Once they sue in the United States, the name Dicos will be known to the whole world."

Zhao Hongxing was silent for a moment: "Zhou Andong wants to learn from Dicos and step on us, Coca-Cola, to build his reputation."

Jiang Yuping said softly: "It's not that he wants to learn from Dicos, but that he wants to repeat the same old trick."

"Huh?" Zhao Hongxing didn't quite understand again: "What do you mean?"

Jiang Yuping looked very calm, but seeing her fingers gripping the coffee cup with force again showed that she was not calm at all inside.

"Dicos is also his."

Zhao Hongxing was stunned; he really didn't know about this matter.

Jiang Yuping took a deep breath, then let it out in a long sigh.

"He just wants to provoke us into suing Xurishan."

"..."

At this time, Zhao Hongxing didn't even know if he should be angry.

In front of Zhou Andong, he felt his IQ had been seriously insulted.

The important thing was that her cousin could analyze Zhou Andong's motive at once, while he was like a fool, knowing nothing.

After a long while, this guy asked: "What should we do? Are we just going to let Xurishan slander us like this?"

"I don't know what to do either." Jiang Yuping shook her head slightly: "If we don't take action, it confirms what Xurishan said is right, that we, Coca-Cola, are arrogant and don't treat Chinese consumers as people.

But if we sue Xurishan, we'll be falling into the trap, right into Zhou Andong's scheme. He might even deliberately lose to us, then appeal, and let this lawsuit drag on.

The longer it drags on, the more favorable it is for them, and conversely, the more unfavorable it is for us, especially in terms of reputation, where the losses will be even greater."

"Fuck it." Zhao Hongxing couldn't help but curse loudly: "Is there really no way at all?"

Jiang Yuping shook her head slightly: "What we need to do now is to resolve the crisis at hand, and we can talk about the rest later."

Zhao Hongxing was very unwilling. This feeling of being pressed to the ground and rubbed, yet unable to resist, was simply too stifling.

"Zhou Andong, don't let me catch an opportunity, otherwise I'll peel your skin and pull your tendons."

"I'm going to the venue to prepare." Jiang Yuping looked at the time, tidied up, and then put on her coat and walked out.

"I'm going too!" Zhao Hongxing followed her out.

Jiangzhou, Yugong Group!

Huang He and Lan Yibin stood livid outside the tightly closed gate, looking at the old man inside.

"Do you know who we are?"

Hearing Huang He's words, the old man said very arrogantly.

"I don't care who you are. Without an appointment, without a leader's order, don't even think about a mosquito flying in under my Old Zhao's eyelids."