Chapter 503: 499. People Helped in the Past (Please subscribe, monthly tickets!)

Although the members of the Gu Family were all joyful in their hearts, wearing expressions of reflected glory, Pei Mingmei felt a slight sigh in her heart.

In fact, she had originally wanted to see if she could invite Zhang Ran to the stage, but it was clear that Zhang Ran had no such intention, and he had also given her enough face by inviting Xie Mingrui up instead.

Xie Mingrui only said a few simple words here and did not say too much; after all, he did not know the people here, and going on stage was purely to give Zhang Ran face.

After walking off the stage, Xie Mingrui returned to his seat and said to Zhang Ran with a smile, "I feel like they clearly wanted you to go up; I was obviously being thick-skinned."

Zhang Ran said, "Leader, that is too modest of you."

"Haha, alright, I won't chat with you anymore. You should go to the Municipal Government again sometime; we still have some matters we want to discuss with you," Xie Mingrui said.

Zhang Ran nodded and said, "Since the leader has spoken, I will certainly head over there immediately."

"Mr. Zhang..." Xie Mingrui shook his head with a laugh, then straightened his expression and said, "This time, several old friends of mine want to see you. They want to thank you for your help back then, and at the same time, see if they can contribute a modest effort to the current matter."

Zhang Ran looked at Xie Mingrui, nodded, and said, "Thank you, Leader. I will go over there tomorrow."

Zhang Ran understood what Xie Mingrui was talking about, and he also knew that it was highly likely that Xie Mingrui had been the one coordinating it; otherwise, why wouldn't they have contacted him directly?

Zhang Ran had not known Xie Mingrui before, but after looking through Xie Mingrui's resume yesterday, he knew some of the situation.

Back then, Zhang Ran had helped many small and medium-sized enterprises, especially some small businesses. When helping these enterprises, he had mostly contacted and communicated with the local government.

And at that time, Xie Mingrui had just started working, and there were enterprises he had helped in the place where Xie Mingrui worked, so it was normal for Xie Mingrui to know him.

The two of them were chatting, while others accompanied them on the side, occasionally interjecting a few words to liven up the atmosphere.

After the bride and groom finished toasting their parents, they were brought to this table by Pei Mingmei.

"Uncle Zhang, Secretary Xie, Boss Wang... thank you for being able to come to my wedding." Liu Kai and Gu Panpan addressed them one by one.

Zhang Ran raised his glass and said, "I wish you a happy marriage!"

"Thank you, Uncle Zhang," Liu Kai said with genuine sincerity, his tone filled with gratitude.

Zhang Ran had brought him many things and had also brought about many changes; if it weren't for Zhang Ran, he and Gu Panpan probably wouldn't have ended up together.

"It's nothing. You two young spouses should live well from now on. If you have any difficulties, just tell your sister," Zhang Ran said with a smile.

After the toast, Liu Kai did not stay long. He was very busy today, and since he wanted to thank Zhang Ran more, he didn't have the time.

And just as Zhang Ran and the others were still drinking and eating, the business world remained turbulent. Zhao Lifeng was truly starting to spend heavily, exerting more effort into promotion at this time.

Especially in the home appliance sector, he increased the intensity again; the thirty-percent-off discount was not just talk.

Some people who had only intended to replace their appliances, when faced with this large discount, gritted their teeth and made the purchase.

Consumption is basically impulsive; many times, people buy things on a whim, including these relatively expensive home appliances.

At twelve o'clock noon, the sales volume actually surged again, breaking through to twenty-six billion.

The offensive from Fengli Group also brought a lot of pressure to other companies, especially some small online shopping platforms, whose sales began to decline.

There were really not many of these small online shopping platforms that could hold on this time.

Large companies like Fengli Group were conducting real promotions this time, and with the discounts given by manufacturers, plus their own subsidies, it resulted in the prices of many products being much more favorable than those on these small online shopping platforms.

With this, who would still buy from these small platforms?

So now, besides the sales carnival of the major e-commerce platforms, there were also the wails of these small companies.

Huamei Group.

Huang Lin was also constantly monitoring the sales of Huamei at this time. Currently, their sales were still slightly better than those of Fengli Group.

This was already within his expectations; after all, they had offline stores as support, allowing customers to place orders online and then have them delivered offline, which was very fast.

And there was also a quality guarantee; these were all advantages.

But Huang Lin did not feel the slightest bit happy, because he saw the threat from Fengli Group, and even more so because these sales channels were not yet in his own hands. He was only cooperating, and even in a disadvantageous position in the cooperation.

"Chairman, Fengli has started to lower prices. What should we do?" someone asked urgently.

They were also selling at a loss this time, but the overall prices would be slightly more expensive than Fengli's.

It wasn't much more expensive, and it could be completely offset by their offline advantages.

But now that Fengli Group had lowered prices again, it made many people start to hesitate. When the prices were similar, they still had an advantage, but now the advantage was not large.

Huang Lin frowned and said, "What are their prices with those manufacturers?"

"It's not clear yet, but it's absolutely impossible for them to be lower than ours."

"Then we will lower our prices too. Notify the other platforms and have them follow suit. Also, have them provide some subsidies," Huang Lin said, taking a deep breath.

"I'll go handle it right away."

After giving these instructions, Huang Lin looked at the data coming in from the major platforms, his heart filled with mixed feelings.

Huamei also had its own exclusive platform, but this platform basically had no influence.

Now was the time when the real money-burning began, but Huang Lin had a bit more hope at this moment because he could see that Zhang Ran's target was definitely not him, or rather, his main target was not him, but the entire online shopping market.

This would increase the number of allies on his side. As long as Zhang Ran's intentions were exposed more clearly, the other companies would definitely react.

At that time, these people would not sit still and wait for death; they would definitely increase their efforts, which could reduce a lot of pressure for him.

Time passed just like that, and by the evening, the first day of Double Eleven was about to pass. The sales volume of Fengli Group really exceeded Zhang Ran's expectations, reaching thirty-three billion.

Originally, Zhang Ran thought it would be difficult to break thirty billion, but he didn't expect it to actually break through thirty billion. From this, it could be seen that Zhao Lifeng's ability was still very good.

However, the first day was just testing the waters; the real battle was yet to come. He also called Meng He for the first time, telling him not to take things lightly.

Meng He also knew that it was time for him to perform, so he didn't even go home that night, staying at the company to command so that he could handle any emergencies in a timely manner.