Chapter 511: 507. The Lion's Share (Please subscribe, monthly tickets!)

On November 25th, Zhang Ran rose early; today was the day of the negotiations.

To date, Fengli Group had begun to steadily cannibalize the online shopping market, with registered users and sales volume increasing every day.

Now that the promotional activities were continuing, those people Zhang Ran had met in Guizhou Province last time, including Li Da Group, had all begun to support Zhang Ran with full force.

Purchasing products from their companies on Fengli Net was much cheaper than at the supermarket.

For a time, this attracted many customers, and everyone understood that such a situation would not last for very long, so they took advantage of the cheap prices while they could.

Sales volume was also increasing day by day.

According to incomplete statistics, Fengli Group now occupied thirty-five percent of the domestic online shopping market.

Don't look at it as a small number; in reality, it was already quite a lot.

Previously, Fengli Group only occupied about fifteen percent, and that had already made it a top-tier domestic e-commerce platform.

Yet in these short ten-plus days, especially in the last week, nearly fifteen e-commerce platforms had declared bankruptcy.

The offensive from Fengli Group's side was simply too ferocious.

Of course, this was all achieved by throwing money at it; just in advertising fees and various marketing expenses, they had already spent nearly two billion.

With so much capital poured in, it was only natural to have such results.

The twenty billion in capital Zhang Ran had invested in the early stages was now bottoming out; if he wanted to continue, he would have to keep throwing money in.

And this day was also a day many people were worried about; they all wanted to know what the result of this peace talk would be, as this was a negotiation that would change the landscape.

Zhao Lifeng was the same.

But just as Zhao Lifeng was worrying, a call from He Qing came through.

"Hello, Secretary He, are there any instructions?" Zhao Lifeng's heart skipped a beat; He Qing calling at this time meant Zhang Ran must have something to delegate.

He Qing said, "Chairman Zhao, you are too polite. Mr. Zhang has some matters to delegate."

"Please speak," Zhao Lifeng said, taking a deep breath.

He Qing said sternly, "Starting from today, Kangshilan, Maikai Supermarket, and Yaotian Pharmaceutical will each lend ten billion in capital to Fengli Group. I hope you will prepare on your end and complete the procedures as soon as possible, ensuring the money is used where it should be."

Zhao Lifeng's heart skipped a beat, and at the same time, he felt a surge of ecstasy. What was Zhang Ran doing...?

"Secretary He, what is Mr. Zhang planning?" Zhao Lifeng asked, suppressing the excitement in his heart.

He Qing said, "Mr. Zhang didn't say anything, just that you should be prepared on your end."

"Understood. Please tell Mr. Zhang that I will not let him down," Zhao Lifeng said firmly, taking a deep breath.

To him, this was Zhang Ran making his stance clear; with an injection of thirty billion in capital, if they didn't produce some results this time, they would be unworthy of this money.

He Qing didn't say much else; after a few brief words, she hung up the phone.

In fact, He Qing's mood was also very excited at this moment; thirty billion in capital, given out just like that, and it had passed through her hands.

Zhang Ran arrived at the booked venue, where some people had already arrived.

"Department Head Zhao, hello," Zhang Ran greeted politely. He had previously learned that a high-level official would be participating in this meeting and had been in contact with him.

"Hello, Mr. Zhang," Department Head Zhao was also very polite.

After chatting for a moment, Zhang Ran asked, "What is the intention from above this time?"

Department Head Zhao smiled and said, "There is no intention from above; we are not participating. However, we also don't wish for things to become too chaotic. My coming here this time is just to observe; there is no intention of coercion. No matter what choice Mr. Zhang makes, we will remain neutral."

Zhang Ran had actually guessed the intention from above, but hearing it from Department Head Zhao made him feel more at ease.

Just as they were chatting, Jiasike, Landeng, and the others arrived one after another.

"Mr. Zhang, hearing of you is not as good as meeting you," Jiasike said with a smile.

The others also greeted him one by one; these heads of their respective companies coming in person this time gave Zhang Ran plenty of face.

But it was also because of Zhang Ran's situation here; Zhang Ran was fully capable of commanding their attention, and he was worth them doing so.

Zhang Ran also smiled and greeted them; for a moment, the scene seemed very harmonious, without the slightest sign of tension.

However, such a scene only lasted for a while; once they reached the main topic, everyone's expressions turned serious.

"Mr. Zhang, inviting you here this time is to discuss the current situation of the online shopping market. Everyone has already invested quite a bit of money; if this continues, I believe the only ones to suffer losses will be us. There is no need to go on like this," Landeng was the first to speak.

The others also looked at Zhang Ran; now was the time for Zhang Ran to state his position.

Zhang Ran stroked his chin and said, "Continuing like this does indeed result in heavy losses; I have already consumed at least nearly thirty billion in capital."

Upon hearing this, Jiasike immediately said, "Exactly, suffering losses like this is good for no one. We came here this time to discuss how to handle this matter."

"Then what is your proposal?" Zhang Ran asked with a smile.

Jiasike looked around and said, "We also know that there are a bit too many online shopping platforms in the Huaxia market.

This time, we can join forces to kick other platforms out of the game, and then we can divide the remaining market among ourselves."

The others all nodded; for them, this was the best result.

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "I have the same intention, but how should we divide it? Who takes the lion's share? How much does each company get? Has everyone considered this?"

Jiasike immediately said, "Of course, we can discuss these things. The most important thing now is to stop the meaningless fighting between us."

"Stop? You make it sound simple. I have already invested so much capital into this; if we stop now, I should be the one with the biggest losses, right?" Zhang Ran said.

"Mr. Zhang, the market share currently occupied by Fengli Group is already enough to break even; there is no such thing as a loss," Landeng said.

Zhang Ran shook his head and said, "That is not how you calculate it. In my view, the current situation is a loss that is too great."

"Then what is your intention, Mr. Zhang?" Jiasike asked.

Zhang Ran said, "My intention is that if we are to join forces, I must occupy at least sixty percent of the market share."

As soon as Zhang Ran said this, the expressions of Jiasike and the others turned ugly. Sixty percent with one sentence?

Are you crazy?

And they were to divide the remaining forty percent among themselves?

Furthermore, about ten percent had to be left for some small platforms to maintain some vitality in the market.

In that case, were their companies only dividing the remaining thirty percent?

It was not even as much as what they currently had, and Zhang Ran had absolutely no intention of peace talks.