Chapter 421: 417. The Supplier's Choice (Please subscribe, monthly tickets!)

"What you are doing now is giving Maikai Supermarket an opportunity."

"What Zhang Ran is thinking is to crush us in a short period of time; they don't have the capital to do that. Once we hold out, then the ones who will fail are them." Zhuo Fan began to build confidence for these people.

It wouldn't do not to do this, otherwise Zhuo Fan feared these people wouldn't be able to hold on for such a long time at all.

Zhang Ran's initial moves were still so fierce; his habit was to crush his opponent in an instant. Once caught in a stalemate, Zhuo Fan believed that Zhang Ran did not have that much capital to squander.

Zhang Ran also could not indefinitely transfer funds from other industries, because once he failed, the other industries would also be affected. In Zhuo Fan's view, such a loss was also one Zhang Ran could not afford.

"President Zhuo, I heard that Maikai Supermarket is starting to prepare for a supplier conference. Do you think we should also take some action on our side?" someone said.

Zhuo Fan took a deep breath, suppressed the restlessness in his heart, and said: "This is also what I want to tell you all. This incident also proves that Maikai Supermarket is about to be unable to hold on; they are preparing to start from the suppliers."

"I hope everyone can have confidence in Fengchao. As long as we get through this period, our future will be brighter than ever before."

"Then what should we do?"

"What to do? Of course, contact those suppliers," Zhuo Fan said with a smile.

"Do you mean we should also hold a supplier conference?"

Zhuo Fan shook his head and said: "No, that would be forcing the suppliers to pick a side. This is not a good choice for us right now. We can contact these suppliers privately and offer more lenient prices. I believe they will know how to choose when the time comes."

"Once a problem arises with the suppliers, then Maikai Supermarket will be finished."

Next, Zhuo Fan began to arrange for people to contact those suppliers, with the sole purpose of disrupting Zhang Ran's supplier conference this time.

As long as their supplier conference fails to achieve its goal this time, then it will be a great victory for Fengchao, and it might even secure the final win.

In Zhuo Fan's view, this was also a sign that Zhang Ran was struggling to hold on; it was truly that he had burned through too much money during this period, so much that many people had started to feel the pinch.

Li Da Food Group.

Li Da looked at the invitation in his hand, and his whole person fell into silence. His eldest son, Li Xin, knocked on the door and walked in at this time; he was already serving as a senior executive of the company.

"Dad, what's wrong?" Li Xin asked.

Li Da handed the invitation in his hand to him and asked: "What do you think about this matter?"

After Li Xin finished reading the invitation, he frowned and said: "Is this Maikai Supermarket unable to hold on? Are they preparing to bleed us suppliers dry?"

This was his first reaction, and it was also everyone's first reaction; they had also seen the speed at which Maikai Supermarket had been burning money during this period.

If Maikai Supermarket couldn't hold on, it was highly likely they would pressure them, the suppliers, for lower prices so that they could continue to compete.

Li Da did not nod, but only said: "Regardless of what they are thinking, how do you view this matter?"

"Dad, we cannot agree to such a thing. They fight their fight, what does it have to do with us? This has no benefit for us at all. Even if they win, they won't increase the purchase prices for us. We can completely choose not to participate."

"Anyway, no matter who wins in the end, it doesn't matter to us. I just don't believe it; can they blockade all of our products?"

"And judging from the current situation, although Maikai Supermarket occupies an advantage, the situation might be very grim." Li Xin stated his thoughts.

Li Da had no expression on his face, and even less did he agree with his statement; he only said: "I remember you asked about the situation of the Zhang Ran System before."

"Yes, you told me a little bit at the time, but you didn't say much about the specifics. Why?" Li Xin said in surprise.

Li Da said softly: "It's nothing. I'm just telling you one thing before you make a decision."

"You also know your father's history of building the business. You might know some of the hardships and difficulties I went through to grow from a small food factory to the scale I have now."

"But there are also some things you might not know. Back then, our food factory encountered many difficulties, and one of them was a major crisis that determined our life or death."

"At that time, we had just installed a batch of new production lines and poured all our capital into it, but no one wanted the things we produced. At that time, I myself thought I was finished."

"But at this time, someone helped us and helped us find new sales channels, allowing us to get through the difficulty."

"The key is that the person didn't want anything; it was purely helping, or perhaps they wanted Huaxia's economy to develop rapidly and not have to import everything from foreign countries."

"The name of this person is Zhang Ran."

"Now, how do you choose?"

Li Xin was speechless for a moment. He didn't know what his father meant. Although he was also a bit surprised in his heart that there was such an old story, after all, he hadn't personally experienced this matter, so he didn't have much of a reaction.

"Dad, what do you mean by this? Are you preparing to fully support Maikai Supermarket?" Li Xin couldn't gauge his father's meaning and asked cautiously.

Li Da said with a blank face: "I am asking you, if you were in my position to consider this matter, what would you choose?"

Li Xin fell silent. He didn't know what his father really wanted to do. Was he testing him?

After about half an hour passed like this, Li Xin spoke again, took a deep breath, and said: "Since Zhang Ran helped us, and it was at such a critical juncture, then since they have encountered such a situation this time, we should help him."

When he finished saying this, Li Xin looked at his father with some trepidation. It wasn't until a smile appeared on his father's face that he breathed a sigh of relief.

"I don't know if you said this deliberately because you were considering my feelings, but I am very satisfied with these words of yours. Li Xin, remember: those who follow the Dao receive much help, those who lose the Dao receive little. Although this principle seems ridiculous in this era, it is not the principle that is wrong, but the era and environment you are in."

"The reason our Li family can grow so big is not because your old man's ability is truly that great, but because we have been upholding a kind heart all these years."

"You should carefully look at our development history over these years. Whenever we encountered difficulties, wasn't there always someone who stepped forward to help us? Even if many of the helps seemed insignificant, that was still a gesture of goodwill from them."

"We cannot turn a blind eye to these, understand? Similarly, in the future, if you reach my position, you must also uphold this concept. Only then will our group be able to go further."

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