Chapter 717: Old Troublemaker

Ma Yun felt that the two of them were at odds, this is internal conflict, not good.

Healthy competition? Sometimes when tempers flare, who looks after whom?

"General Manager Yang, could you tell us your view on the model of online business, so we can choose for ourselves?"

"We're still in the startup phase, and already we're competing; this is not conducive to our development."

Dongzi also nodded repeatedly.

"That's right, Director Yang; we should still stagger our development, get started, then compete with each other."

"Otherwise we'll be like the snipe and clam fighting, letting the fisherman profit."

Yang Qing also felt his brain wasn't up to it, just thinking about competition and beating others down.

Didn't expect they've just started, still in the early stage, can't withstand all the fighting.

"It's my problem."

"Good thing you didn't listen to me."

"Look, amateurs pointing fingers, it's indeed prone to problems."

"I really should, I should explain my understanding, so you can develop based on your own situations."

Yang Qing's attitude of admitting fault was very good, making the two feel flattered.

He talked back to the sponsor, the sponsor wasn't angry, but instead became so humble.

Learned, learned.

Yang Qing thought for a moment, then began speaking.

"I think online business should be like this."

"First, it's business-to-business; Alibaba is doing this."

"It's mainly for procurement and bulk trade between enterprises."

"Second, it's business-to-consumer."

"This is equivalent to manufacturers' own stores."

"Now many manufacturers, especially brand manufacturers, are exploring this."

"In this regard, the Yang Family does it best."

"Furthermore, it's person-to-person."

"Some people, regardless of the reason, have a batch of goods in hand but lack proper procedures or are non-compliant."

"They want to sell them, while some people don't want to buy branded goods or genuine products."

"This is person-to-person transaction."

"Between them there's no after-sales service; it's a one-time purchase."

"Of course, some people also wholesale large quantities of legitimate goods from regular factories, open online stores, and sell them; that's fine too."

"Some people are very familiar with the industry, know which goods are of good quality, they pick hot-selling items from certain factories to sell; this is called premium selection."

"As long as it's legitimate and genuine, it falls under business-to-consumer."

"Alibaba has done B2B, and also B2C, so they strive to be legitimate."

"Dongzi's JD. com is also B2C; I suggest you do an unregulated person-to-person."

"In our Daxia, counterfeit factories are everywhere."

"The market isn't small either; although we don't need to guarantee legitimacy, we must nail the consumer experience; best to implement a no-questions-asked refund policy."

"Those counterfeit goods, or workshop-made items, their quality—you know it's hard to describe."

"If we don't allow returns, how much resentment will customers have?"

"As for these counterfeit factories, we don't need to give them too good a face; maybe a warning shot will make them quit, no need to maintain relations, just let those with a bit of conscience survive through natural selection."

Yang Qing's saying opened up many ideas for the two.

It also let Dongzi not cling to B2C.

One business is high-end, the other low-end.

"As for Taobao, Ma Yun actually couldn't bring himself to do counterfeit or pirated goods; otherwise he wouldn't have almost been done in by himself, letting Pinduoduo rise."

Yang Qing also gave him a premium selection here; this is also a great fortune.

Actually Yang Qing wants him to move more upscale, not just have a gold mine and fail to develop it.

Ma Yun, Dongzi tidied up his notes and began thanking Yang Qing.

"Thanks for Director Yang's guidance."

"We won't let down your hopes."

Yang Qing laughed heartily.

"Oh, it's just nonsense; just listen."

Seeing the two off.

Yang Qing began to ponder what to do next.

He was really bored.

Looking at the crowded Gangdao.

He muttered to himself.

"Should we develop Xinjie a bit?"

"Gangdao is too crowded."

"As for Xinjie, there's still a lot of vacant land."

"Although the imperial city still has a large amount of land obtained through the Type B land exchange agreement."

"But most of it is still in the hands of the villagers."

If we could persuade them to contribute land for joint development, that would not be a bad approach.

However, satisfying everyone is difficult, and I fear the difficulty would be enormous.

Moreover, the advantages of Xinjie are indeed not great.

Instead of wearing ourselves out trying to settle those villagers, we might as well head to the Te Qu—it's not far away.

This is a major problem.

Yang Qing pondered for a long time but still couldn't decide.

In the end, it still amounted to nothing.

Pleasing everyone is really not easy.

If Xinjie proves unworkable, Yang Qing wonders whether to facilitate mutual opening between Gangdao's entertainment industry and the Mainland.

That way, Gangdao would control an entertainment industry alliance and have access to the Mainland market, enabling its film and television industry to advance further.

Over the past two years, as industries in South Korea and Japan have risen and done well, their influence in East Asia has grown ever stronger.

If it weren't for Gangdao holding them back, these two could easily have become mainstream in East Asia.

This can indeed be done.

Afterward, Yang Qing used his connections to get Hong Fu and the Mainland to start discussing this matter.

At first, it was indeed difficult.

Because the values of the two places clash greatly.

However, this is not an unsolvable problem; we can just talk it out slowly.

Negotiation works like that: you compromise, I compromise, each side steps back a bit, and then everyone is happy.

Saying it is easy enough, but actually negotiating takes years and years.

Yang Qing also didn't pay much attention; he's just hammering away here and there.

Wherever he hits, that's what counts.

Idle and with nothing to do, he again urges Yang Qihang to work on mobile phone system research.

"Son, I've heard that Yingjiang already has someone working on this research."

"Your mobile phone industry, if you don't want to fall behind, you need to work hard—keep it up!"

Yang Qihang is actually not unfamiliar with this area, because globally there are not a few products like Palm.

Apple also tried it.

But most of them are useless.

They are expensive and not easy to use.

Now my father has said it, showing the time has come.

"Dad, what can this mobile phone system do?"

"Isn't it just those functions?"

"What else could it become?"

Yang Qing listened anxiously—you can't afford not to take it seriously.

With such good conditions at home, not going into smartphones would be a shame.

"Silly son, nowadays phones can already go online; in a few years, when 3G arrives, couldn't future phones use flying pigeon for messaging, and couldn't phones listen to music and watch movies?"

"Look at this touchscreen technology—won't future phones all be touchscreen?"

"Just need a keyboard program, and you can type without keys."

"A light touch opens the application."

"A light touch lets you view the photo album."

"Right, look—some phones now have cameras; so in the future, won't phones just be cameras?"

"Would such a phone be popular?"

"Trend, trend—you need to see the trend; your phones are indeed selling well now, but if you don't keep up with the trend, you'll be out of business in a year or two."