Chapter 1957: Coca-Cola Price Reduction

The next day, Zhou Andong got up early to send Old Liu on his last journey.

It must be said that Old Cricket is really clear about the old rules of funerals.

The funeral ceremony started at 5:00 and ended at 6:10.

A full hour, Old Liu didn't know anything, but the living were tossed enough.

But there is no way, this era is not like later generations, holding funerals in the city, can be simplified as much as possible.

Arriving at the cemetery, it was even more particular when burying, and after a toss, it was almost 10 o'clock when they came back.

Zhou Andong mixed a meal again, chatted with Old Cricket for a while, went home, took a shower, and changed his clothes.

In the next few days, the detection of the Kong Xingzhong case in Zhongbao made all walks of life astonished, angry, and happy. People eagerly looked forward to the severe punishment of this group of super-large moths by the law.

The central leaders gave important instructions on the court's trial work, punishing criminals severely and quickly according to the law, and making the greatest effort to recover national losses.

The president of the Beijing Intermediate People's Court personally took command, commanded the whole situation, and the vice president in charge of criminal trial work made specific arrangements and deployments.

In order to get the case tried as soon as possible, the president of the Intermediate Court presided over the convening of the trial committee meeting, analyzed the case, formulated plans, policies, studied the transfer of relevant personnel to assist the collegiate bench work, and held a pre-war mobilization meeting.

Next, the presiding judge led the members of the collegiate bench and started the work of reading the files. Because the case was complex and involved more than 20 people, there were 34 case files alone, adding up to more than half a person tall.

The members of the collegiate bench worked overtime until late at night every day, gnawing on a piece of bread when hungry, drinking a sip of white water when thirsty, and taking a nap on the table when sleepy.

Due to continuous rotation, three members of the collegiate bench fell ill one after another, but they did not leave their posts. After taking some medicine, they continued to invest in the work.

Through arduous efforts, in just ten days, they read the entire case files in detail, and the reading notes reached more than 360 pages, nearly 100,000 words.

When the time came to May 27, 1994, the date for the trial of the Kong Xingzhong case was determined. June 13, Monday, this day happened to be the Dragon Boat Festival.

Zhou Andong sat in the living room flipping through the newspaper. The Kong Xingzhong case was in full swing, and the heat had not gone down.

"Sigh!"

Zhou Andong put the newspaper aside. At this time, Seeing Jian Qiu pushed the door in.

"What's wrong, why are you sighing?"

Zhou Andong said helplessly. "Because of Kong Xingzhong's case, the news of our country applying to participate in the International Space Station has been completely suppressed."

Seeing Jian Qiu laughed. "No heat, are you still donating money?"

"Of course I'm donating." Zhou Andong got up and helped Seeing Jian Qiu sit down. "Now there is no heat, we donate money, and the heat will naturally come up."

"This little guy kicked me again." Seeing Jian Qiu stroked her belly, the smile on her face carrying light. "There is one thing I haven't told you yet."

Zhou Andong asked. "What is it?"

Seeing Jian Qiu picked up an apple on the coffee table and started peeling it with a fruit knife.

"A university is looking for me to donate money."

Zhou Andong's brows twitched. "Which school."

"Tsinghua!"

Half of the apple peel was peeled off. Seeing Jian Qiu cut it down with a fruit knife, pricked it with the tip of the knife, put it in her mouth, and took a small bite.

"Don't donate!" Zhou Andong refused without hesitation. "Except for my alma mater, Fengjing Agricultural College, and national defense universities like Harbin Institute of Technology and Northwestern Polytechnical University, which can donate money, other universities will not donate."

"Why?" Seeing Jian Qiu was a bit confused. "You don't even donate to Tsinghua and Peking University?"

Zhou Andong snorted. "I don't like Tsinghua and Peking University, okay?"

"Pfft!" Seeing Jian Qiu laughed. "Is it because you couldn't get into Tsinghua and Peking University, so you have resentment in your heart?"

"Pfft!" Zhou Andong curled his lips. "You think I care?"

"Fine, fine, fine!" Seeing Jian Qiu sent the remaining small piece of apple into Zhou Andong's mouth. "Don't donate if you don't donate. This is our own money, we can donate to whoever we want."

"Ding-a-ling..."

The phone rang suddenly. Zhou Andong reached out and picked up the phone.

"I am Zhou Andong."

"Chairman!" Man Hongshan's voice came from the receiver. "Coca-Cola has reduced prices."

"Coca-Cola has reduced prices?" Zhou Andong asked. "How much did it reduce?"

"Reduced by 50 cents." Man Hongshan said. "Now it's two yuan, the same price as ours."

Zhou Andong tapped his fingers on the armrest of the sofa. "I estimate that Coca-Cola's sales in the township market have not risen, so it suddenly reduced prices."

"I analyzed it this way too." Man Hongshan asked. "Coca-Cola reduced prices like this, sales will definitely increase, which is a great threat to us."

Zhou Andong asked. "Does Pepsi have any reaction?"

"No!" Man Hongshan said. "Coca-Cola reduced prices too suddenly, Pepsi didn't have time to react, but it will definitely be soon."

"Even if there is a reaction, it will just reduce the

"I think so too," Man Hongshan said with a very certain tone. "Therefore, 'Come for Another Bottle' will soon follow suit, and then it will be a true life-or-death battle."

"That's why," Zhou Andong said with a smile on his face, "we cannot fight them to the death domestically; we must set our sights abroad."

"Abroad?" Man Hongshan said excitedly, "Chairman, you mean..."

Zhou Andong said with a grin, "Hold a press conference, invest in building a factory in India, and sell our Future Cola to India."

Man Hongshan was stunned and asked in confusion, "Why India?"

"The Indian market is huge."

Zhou Andong took another bite of the apple Seeing Jian Qiu handed him.

"The population is no less than ours. In such a large market, Coke and Pepsi haven't entered yet; we must occupy the market before them."

"Indeed!" Man Hongshan suppressed his excitement, "The Indian market opened earlier than ours and is more mature."

"Right?" The smile on Zhou Andong's face looked very sinister. "So, we must take advantage of the price war with Coke to enter the Indian market and recover our capital there."

Seeing Jian Qiu looked at the smile on Zhou Andong's face and stuffed the half-peeled apple into his mouth.

"Whenever you smile like that, I know someone is about to be unlucky."

Zhou Andong rolled his eyes at her and took the apple out of his mouth.

"However, don't rush this matter. Wait until Coke follows up with 'Come for Another Bottle' before holding the press conference to announce our entry into the Indian market."

Man Hongshan didn't know why they had to wait until Coke announced they were following up with 'Come for Another Bottle' to make the announcement, but since the Chairman said so, there was naturally a reason for it.

"Alright, when the time is ripe, I'll call you to confirm."