Chapter 589: Never Bow to Transnational Capital

"Bang bang bang..."

The office door was knocked on. Li Laoban shouted: "Come in!"

A middle-aged man walked in: "General Li Laoban, the report is out. Sales in the whole province fell yesterday, but not by much. The ones that suffered the biggest impact were still Coke and Pepsi."

"The decline is not big, but have you thought that this is just the beginning?" Li Laoban tapped the table rhythmically: "Start the promotion for the East Asian Games in advance, and announce to the outside world that Jianlibao is sworn to defend domestic beverages, would rather die standing than live kneeling, and will never bow to transnational capital."

The middle-aged man hesitated and said: "Iced Bing Hong Cha's promotional effort is unprecedented. If we don't have any action and just shout slogans, I'm afraid..."

Li Laoban thought for a while, and finally gritted his teeth: "Take out two million and donate it to Project Hope."

The middle-aged man nodded. Although this two million was far from the one mao donated for every bottle of Iced Bing Hong Cha sold by Zhou Andong, donating two million at once was still very shocking.

"I'll go handle it immediately."

………………

Coca-Cola China Headquarters, 15th-floor conference room of the Kaiyuan Building.

"Bang!"

Zhao Hongxing grabbed a chair, lifted it, and smashed it hard on the desk, scaring everyone into jumping away.

Jiang Yuping said dissatisfiedly: "Can you be calm? Even if you blow up this building, can you solve the problem?"

Zhao Hongxing gasped for breath, calmed the anger in his heart, and looked at Kyle: "Any reply from headquarters?"

Kyle said: "What else can I say? They are holding a board meeting."

"What? A week?" Zhao Hongxing paced anxiously in place: "A week, the day lily will be cold."

Zhao Hongxing cursed, because Zhou Andong's 1.5 billion bottles for giveaway and one-mao donation brought him unprecedented pressure.

Before, he looked down on Zhou Andong, thinking Zhou Andong was overestimating his own strength by daring to challenge the two Cokes—truly like a birthday star hanging himself, tired of living.

He always thought that he represented Coca-Cola, a capital crocodile, and could crush Zhou Andong to death just by using money.

But when Zhou Andong really started burning money and fighting capital with the two Cokes.

Zhao Hongxing suddenly found that he couldn't do anything. As long as it exceeded the funds in the plan, he had to report to headquarters.

"Damn it!"

Zhao Hongxing cursed fiercely, walked to the window, pushed it open with force, and took a deep breath. The previous arrogance had long since disappeared.

"Iced Bing Hong Cha has already stood firm. If our actions are slow by one day, our market share will be eaten away by one day. You guys figure it out."

Just on the 17th floor of the Kaiyuan Building, in the conference room of Pepsi China Headquarters.

There were more than twenty people sitting there. Although there were Chinese, there were not many, and most of them were foreigners.

A blonde, blue-eyed woman, whose age couldn't be seen but who was very mature and sexy, leaned on the conference table with both hands. The two balls on her chest seemed a bit heavy, with a strong downward pull, attracting the eyes of all the men present.

"For decades, our biggest enemy at Pepsi has been Coke. And now, we have one more, and that is Xuri Sheng Iced Bing Hong Cha."

This woman actually spoke Chinese, and it was standard and round, with a bit of a Beijing accent.

"This time, the promotional effort of Xuri Sheng Iced Bing Hong Cha is something I have never seen before. Zhou Andong is also the most courageous businessman I have ever seen. He will also replace Coke and become our biggest enemy."

An Asian woman said: "The momentum of Xuri Sheng Iced Bing Hong Cha is already unstoppable. We must re-establish our brand image and win the favor of consumers so that we can compete with Xuri Sheng."

The mature and sexy woman said: "Donate 200,000 US dollars and 50,000 US dollars of school supplies to Project Hope, and increase promotional efforts."

………………

Hospital, Zhou Andong lay on the sofa and slept for a while. Feeling thirsty, he got up to find a teacup. Just as he took a sip, the phone rang.

"Hello!" Zhou Andong said "hello," and then gulped down a few mouthfuls of water.

"Zhou Andong!" Wu Hongkang's gnashing teeth voice came through the receiver.

"Oh!" Zhou Andong let out a loud shout, scaring the words Wu Hongkang was about to curse back into his throat.

"Old Wu, I was just about to look for you, I didn't expect you to call first."

Wu Hongkang was so uncomfortable that he hummed and said: "What are you looking for me for?"

Zhou Andong said: "About the brewery, I plan to recruit a batch of disabled people. What do you think?"

Wu Hongkang was stunned: "As long as it doesn't delay production, you can make the decision on this matter, you don't need to tell me."

Zhou Andong said very seriously: "How can that be? This isn't a small matter, I must communicate with you, the shareholder."

Hearing Zhou Andong's words, the anger in Wu Hongkang's heart suddenly became much smoother.

"No need, in the future, you can decide these things yourself."

"I have to say, I really like your personality, Old Wu—open-minded, straightforward, and not petty. Unlike Zhang Shenghui, who has too many schemes. No matter what he does, he's always calculating, it's so boring."

Open-minded, straightforward, and not petty—he said it so that Wu Hongkang was embarrassed. He came to find trouble with Zhou Andong, but now he couldn't scold him at all.

"When you have time, come out for a drink."

Zhou Andong said: "Wait until I'm busy with this period, I'll call you."

"Alright!" Wu Hongkang agreed and hung up the phone.

"Hahaha..." Zhou Andong put down the phone and then laughed out loud.

"Ding-a-ling..."

Zhou Andong checked the time and was about to leave when the phone rang again. He reached out and picked it up: "I am Zhou Andong!"

"I know it's you." Zhang Shenghui's voice came through.

"Oh!" Zhou Andong shouted again, "Old Zhang, what a coincidence. I was just about to call you, there's something I want to discuss with you."

Zhang Shenghui was silent for a moment: "What is it?"

Zhou Andong said: "The brewery, I'm going to recruit a batch of disabled people, recruiting according to the recruitment ratio, it won't delay normal production."

Zhang Shenghui said: "This is a good thing that benefits the country and the people. You can decide it yourself, what's there to discuss."

"Look, if we're talking about high awareness, it's still you, Old Zhang." Zhou Andong said very emotionally: "Talking to you is not tiring at all. Your mind is transparent. No matter what it is, as long as I say it, you can understand."

"Unlike Old Wu, saying a word still requires explaining for half a day. He doesn't understand, and he gets angry with you. Talking and doing things with him, if you don't have patience, you could be angered to death by him, it's so tiring."

Zhang Shenghui hesitated and said: "It's not very good for you to say that about Factory Director Wu."

Zhou Andong said: "What kind of relationship do we have? I'm just telling you. If it were someone else, would I say these things? Do you think I'm stupid?" ===== CHAPTER 590 =====