Chapter 874: 868. The General Trend (Please Subscribe and Vote)

"Chairman, our business has now shrunk to almost nothing. Once this situation takes hold, the resources required to reopen the market will be incomparable to what was needed before." Sun Liren truly could not take it anymore; he flew directly to South Korea to meet with Han Minxiu.

"General Manager Sun, don't be anxious. We have been working hard, it's just that we haven't received a response from over there yet." What could Han Minxiu do? He could only offer reassurance.

Sun Liren said somewhat irritably, "Not anxious? They have already reached our doorstep, and this isn't a matter of face. Once we lose the current market, it will be almost impossible for us to enter again."

"Furthermore, there is the attitude of those e-commerce platforms; that is the most critical part. Once these platforms decide not to cooperate with us, then no matter what price we pay in the future, it will be impossible to re-enter."

"And this also means that our previous investments will basically all go down the drain."

Han Minxiu said with a calm expression, "I know, but everything now must serve the company's other businesses. We can only drag this out for now."

"If losing the China business of Hanjing Express can help us achieve our other goals, we all believe it is worth it."

He did not hide this from Sun Liren; after all, Sun Liren could be considered a high-ranking official of the company.

He was not without a foundation within the company, otherwise, he would not have been able to sit in such a position.

Therefore, Han Minxiu had no intention of keeping it from him.

"I have heard some things, but Chairman, you must also know that once we withdraw this time, don't even think about entering the Huaxia market in the future."

"Is such a loss really worth it?" Sun Liren was truly somewhat unwilling to believe it.

In his view, the express delivery business in Huaxia still had great potential; it was simply because Huaxia's population base was far too large.

For an industry like express delivery, the potential profits were quite substantial.

Especially when looking at the market capitalization of those express delivery companies in Huaxia; as long as they are developed well, a market cap of one hundred billion is basically normal.

"I know, but this is the company's trade-off for now. Sorry." Han Minxiu said this expressionlessly.

However, his expression soon softened. "General Manager Sun, I believe in your ability. Don't worry, even if the Huaxia business is gone, we will arrange other work for you; it won't be worse than what you have now."

Sun Liren had nothing more to say at this moment; he had completely understood the company's stance.

As for Han Minxiu's comforting words, he treated them as if he hadn't heard them at all; these things were truly uncertain.

Moreover, the China Branch of Hanjing Express was something he had built with his own hands, consuming countless amounts of his heart's blood. Now that it was being abandoned just like that, he was truly reluctant to let it go.

But Sun Liren had no way out. No matter how unwilling he was, no matter how much he fought for it, he still had no say in the face of such major corporate decisions.

In the end, Sun Liren left South Korea dejectedly; he didn't even have the chance to bring out some of the materials he had prepared beforehand.

Because he understood very well that even if he had brought them out, they would have been of no use at all.

Once he was on the plane, a mocking smile could not help but appear at the corner of Sun Liren's mouth.

In the end, Han Minxiu had also said some encouraging words to him, nothing more than saying that once things ended on their side, Zhang Ran would let go, and that Zhang Ran wouldn't dare to have a falling out with them.

In Sun Liren's eyes, this was simply a joke.

Now, let alone whether Zhang Ran would let go, even if Zhang Ran were willing to give up, others would not be willing.

Since Zhang Ran established this alliance, the development of events had already been out of Zhang Ran's control.

Or perhaps, this was Zhang Ran's very goal.

Once this alliance was established, there was no need for Zhang Ran to worry about subsequent matters, let alone consider the interests of each company.

It was completely unlike the situation with the Southern Distribution side, because this time, all of their goals were unified.

This also left him with most of his energy to arrange other matters.

The reason Zhang Ran chose the express delivery business also had his own reasons.

Furthermore, Sun Liren also discovered one point: these people from Hanjing Group were perhaps a bit too optimistic; did they really think Huaxia was their South Korea?

Over these past few days, Zhang Ran had met with many old acquaintances, including leaders from CCTV.

In this regard, Zhang Ran had the support of Leader Li; many things only needed to be mentioned, and both sides could reach an agreement.

Although some television stations or companies with close cooperation with South Korea were unwilling to see this scene.

But such was the general trend, and they could not stop it.

If one were to say that Hanjing Express was something Zhang Ran had single-handedly pushed, then if Hanjing Group had truly used all their strength to fight and resist, there would still be hope for a comeback.

But regarding the Ban on Korean Culture, even if Hanjing Group used all their strength, it would be of no avail; this was the general trend.

Zhang Ran was very good at leveraging the general trend, because the trend was on this side, and no one could resist it. As long as one was slightly intelligent, no one would oppose it.

Just like the few television stations and companies that had close cooperation with South Korea this time, they were all silently keeping quiet and did not inform Hanjing Group about this matter.

The reason was very simple: no matter what, they were Huaxia companies, and they were people in this industry who all needed to be under the jurisdiction of SARFT.

In the face of such a general trend, if they dared to sing a different tune, then they would have a hard time ahead.

The television stations would probably have their staff replaced directly; as for the companies?

Heh, for a film and television company, the most important thing is actually the works. Even for those driven by traffic, they still need the support of works. No matter if the work is good or bad, it still needs exposure.

Once they offended SARFT in the face of such a general trend, did the company still want to get approval numbers for their film and television works?

This was the general trend; even if some people harbored dissatisfaction, they still dared not block it.

Moreover, this time Zhang Ran had given them quite a bit of face by coming over personally to negotiate and promising some benefits.

Of course, Zhang Ran's personality was that he liked win-win situations, and this time was no exception.

He united with these companies and television stations, and in the end, it could be considered the formation of a small alliance.

As for Sun Liren, although he had already given up in his heart, he was still unwilling to accept it. He wanted to request a meeting with Zhang Ran, but he was quickly rejected.

This indicated one thing: this matter was simply not up for negotiation.

And Sun Liren's trouble had begun, because his private attempt to request a meeting with Zhang Ran was reported to the Hanjing Group headquarters, so he also suffered some criticism from above, though because the matter was urgent, it was just criticism.