Reborn: Billionaire in College

Chapter 222: LaShou suffered a setback when it opened

As soon as Gao Songbin got to work the next day, what he worried about happened.

The regional manager of the JA area rushed to the Shanghai headquarters in the morning to report: "Rao Guangping and his team of five people did not come this morning. I called again and again but no one answered. I guess this group of people had discussed it beforehand. The most hateful thing is that they left without any clear reason. What's the big deal? Even if you quit, you should have explained it clearly."

Gao Songbin frowned: "Did these people have any strange expressions or say anything special when they got off work yesterday?"

"No, it's the same as usual, I don't feel any difference." The district manager said after thinking for a while.

"I understand. Go to the sub-district office first to appease the other employees. At the same time, block the news internally and don't panic people."

It's time to come.

Under the temptation of high salaries, some people can stick to their bottom line, while others are blinded by money. It is a personal choice.

There is no right or wrong, only acceptable or unacceptable.

Gao Songbin had an impression of Rao Guangping. He should be a graduate of the sixth session of the Renren Iron Army Training Camp.

His performance is average on weekdays, he doesn't seem to have any special talents, and he's a rather nonchalant person.

After all, the Renren Iron Army only received training for one month.

The country is easy to change and the nature is difficult to change.

Some people's roots are there, and it is unrealistic to try to change a person's values ​​and personality in just one month.

Gao Songbin quickly convened a managers' meeting in Shanghai.

As soon as the matter was told, some people were immediately filled with indignation.

"These guys are such bastards. They have launched an all-out attack over the past few days. I don't know how many of our people they have contacted. They are just poaching people with malicious intent."

"I was also shocked when I heard the news. I called Rao Guangping several times, but no one answered."

"I can't swallow this. Damn it, do you think we won't poach people?"

"Whether or not to dig up the person is secondary. I want to find that grandson of Rao Guangping and ask him what he really thinks. It is a disgrace to our Iron Army. I didn't expect such a traitor to appear among us."

"Don't waste your breath and energy. He must have thought it through carefully before doing this. The reason he didn't dare to answer our call is simply because he was afraid that we would scold him, and he didn't want to be condemned by his conscience."

Gao Songbin knocked on the table, signaling everyone to be quiet.

"It's too late to say these things now. The most urgent thing is to calm people's hearts. When you return to your respective areas of jurisdiction, hold a good meeting and talk to the people below. Make sure that such things don't happen again."

Someone asked Gao Songbin: "Is this matter over? If we don't fight back, Lashou will think we are soft persimmons and will continue to poach people. If we can't poach people in one day, two days, what if we can't poach people in three or four days?"

Gao Songbin waved his hand and said, "I'll go to Dongjiang and ask Mr. Chen for the details."

The group of people were silent.

This matter can be big or small.

If Chen Pingjiang hadn't reminded him at the beginning, he would have been able to accept being poached.

But if someone is poached even after giving a warning, that would be a bit embarrassing.

After the meeting, Gao Songbin got in the car and rushed to Dongjiang.

Chen Pingjiang had just bought a set of tea sets and was learning the tea ceremony with great interest when he saw Gao Songbin rushing over.

I asked in confusion: "Why didn't you stay in Shanghai? Why did you come back?"

Gao Songbin smiled shyly: "I came back to apologize for my crime."

"?"

"A team leader in the JA area and five of his subordinates were probably poached by the people behind the hand-pulling. They didn't come to work in the morning and their phone numbers couldn't be reached."

Chen Pingjiang frowned: "If you dig it up, then dig it up. Why are you reporting to me when you are not in Shanghai to appease the employees?"

Gao Songbin was a little uncomfortable with not being criticized as he had imagined: "You won't scold me?"

Chen Pingjiang just laughed: "Why would I scold you?"

"I appointed Rao Guangping."

"A company that is not poached has no future and potential. As the leader in the group buying industry, it is normal for us to be poached, not to mention that the company on the other side is Lashou.com, a professional poacher." After a pause, Chen Pingjiang continued, "If the other party offers 1.5-2 times the salary, you may still be able to restrain it with corporate culture values, but if it is three times the salary, don't even think about it. We are no longer those small companies out there. The salary of our sales staff is the highest in the industry. If we can't keep people even with this, it's not our problem."

Chen Pingjiang is very open-minded.

Poaching? That's normal.

When Lei was making mobile phones, he poached people from Meizu to make Xiaomi SU7. Then, under the pretext of inspection, he poached the director of Geely Research Institute.

"So what should we do now? Everyone in Shanghai is filled with righteous indignation. They want to be eaten alive by Lashou.com, and they are even more angry about Rao Guangping's betrayal."

Chen Pingjiang laughed: "The fact that they are angry shows that our Iron Army training is effective. The most terrifying thing is indifference and silence."

"We don't need to poach people from Lashou. What's the point of poaching them? They may not be able to accept our corporate culture and philosophy, and our values ​​are not the same." At this point, Chen Pingjiang changed the subject: "But you have to let your people know that if they leave Renrengou, it will be the loss of Rao Guangping and his people, not necessarily our loss. You need to strike hard at Lashou.com and drive them out of Shanghai completely, leaving them with no place to stand."

After the meeting, Chen Pingjiang used special channels to directly find the contact information of WoWo.com and called them.

There is only one attitude. The two companies formed an alliance. Renrentuangou expressed strong support for WoWo.com and suggested that they poach Lashou.com.

The conditions promised by Chen Pingjiang were very good.

The promotional position on Renren can save WoWo.com a lot of money.

Chen Pingjiang didn't suffer any loss, just a recommendation position.

The headquarters of WoWotuan is in BJ.

It is located in the base camp of Meituan, Nuomi and Lashou.

It is a very easy task to recruit people who are good at pulling handles.

Let them fight first, it would be best if they beat the dog's brains out.

…………

Cen Lijian and Rao Guangping lay on the sofa and chatted after massaging their feet.

"Brother, I'm so glad you can come here."

Cen Liqian had to admire the centripetal force and cohesion of Renrengou. When he was digging out those small group buying websites, he could find them every time. How could it be so troublesome now?

I spent about a week hanging around Renrengou. Most of the people I met answered the phone, and hung up after hearing that it was someone from Lashou.com. The remaining half never followed up after the meeting.

In the end, Cen Lijian was really forced into a corner and had to offer three times the salary plus a signing fee of 50,000 to convince Rao Guangping.

"I hope you will take good care of me in the future. I am a soldier under your command, and I will do whatever you say." When Rao Guangping was speaking, the cell phone beside him rang.

I glanced at the phone number and turned the phone over, thinking out of sight, out of mind.

"These people from Renrengou are really persistent. They have made so many missed calls." Cen Lijian smiled at Rao Guangping's actions.

Rao Guangping was a little annoyed: "Everyone in Renrengou is a bunch of crazy people. When I was in the Renren Iron Army training camp, I had to train for 12 hours a day. After I started working, I had to work overtime a lot, and the assessment tasks were also heavy. Although the overtime pay was not less, it made me have no time to go to the bar."

"What is Renren Iron Army?" Cen Lijian keenly captured this key word. Perhaps this is the reason why Renrengou has such strong cohesion?
Rao Guangping sneered, "I speak directly, please don't be offended if I'm wrong, Mr. Cen. Although I left Renrengou, the brothers in Renren Iron Army are all good. Excuse me, the people who come out of Renren Iron Army are totally different from those people you recruited on the street to hand out flyers. If you must compare, one is a regular soldier, and the other is a primary school student in military training."

Cen Lijian raised his eyebrows, still a little unconvinced: "Is it that exaggerated?"

When talking about the Iron Army, Rao Guangping's face showed an expression of pride and superiority.

"It's high-intensity training. Every day we learn about corporate culture and values, product knowledge, and sales techniques. It's tiring, but also very challenging."

Cen Lijian smiled and said, "Oh, so it's pre-job training. The people we recruited also have it."

Rao Guangping was too lazy to complain, feeling that it was like talking to a deaf person and that people who had not experienced it would never understand.

But the disdainful expression on his face deeply hurt Cen Liqian. If he didn't need to be coaxed, Cen Liqian would probably have lost his temper.

Damn it, why are you so arrogant? If you are really that good, why would you come to me wagging your tail just for a few bucks?
This sense of superiority can be seen not only in Rao Guangping, but also in the five people who came with him.

This made Cen Liqian quite uncomfortable.

You've become a traitor, but you're still remembering the kindness of your boss. Who else should I hit if not you?

"Now the basic structure of our team has been built. The website will be officially launched the day after tomorrow. By then, advertisements will be everywhere in major business districts in Shanghai. Thank you for your hard work. Take advantage of this momentum to do a good job of promotion."…………

Two days later, Lashou.com's Shanghai branch was officially opened.

On the opening day, Lashou.com advertisements were everywhere in Shanghai’s subways, buses, outdoor screens, and newspapers.

In addition, Lashou.com has set up small stalls in major universities and core business districts in Shanghai, and recommends Lashou.com to everyone they meet.

Going door to door and handing out flyers is also essential.

It can be said to be coming with great force.

At the same time, Renrengou also took action.

There was no leniency at all. All the sales staff checked all the stores in the areas they were responsible for, and if they found any posters or logos of Lashou.com, they would tear them all down.

The coolest thing is that if someone does Renrengou’s promotion, they will follow Lashou’s promotion and tear up every advertisement they receive.

At the meeting that evening, after listening to the reports from various groups, Cen Lijian was so angry that he yelled, "Fuck it, Renrengou is being a hooligan? Call the police next time you encounter something like this. Also, I'm not saying anything bad about you, they are human beings, you are human beings too, they tore up your flyers and posters, and even overturned your stall, and you just watched?"

A team leader pointed at his torn sleeve and said, "We tried it, but we couldn't beat them. Those people from Renrengou are just beasts. And they're pretty good at it. It feels like they've been trained before."

Cen Lijian was so angry that he was speechless for a moment.

Damn it, how embarrassing, I got off to a bad start and can’t even win the fight.

"Our team may not be afraid of them with real weapons, but the most important thing is that they are too cowardly. They bribed the security guards of the building and stayed on the first floor to prevent us from going upstairs!"

"Yes, it's the same here. We just set up a small stall in front of the Jiaotong University gate, and the security guards on campus came over and told us to move away. Finally, they stopped us when we were at an intersection with few people."

"Our team didn't encounter those things, but the merchants we visited already had cooperation with us. Someone told me that the news had already spread on Renrengou. If any merchant dared to open a store on Lashou, they would be immediately removed from Renrengou and would never cooperate with them again."

Listening to various feedbacks, Cen Lijian's brows were twisted into a frown.

When he opened the website, he was mentally prepared for the possibility that things would not go smoothly. After all, Renrengou had been operating in Shanghai for more than half a year and had a high degree of acceptance among merchants and consumers.

But I never expected it to be so difficult.

The stick hit that day.

Rao Guangping's face also looked unhappy. On the one hand, it was because Lashou.com's performance today was too poor, and he was asking himself whether his choice was correct or not; on the other hand, he was also extremely disappointed with these new colleagues at Lashou.com.

"Renrengou has not signed any exclusive agreements with those merchants. Such remarks are completely threatening and are meant to target us. Can't you just change your mindset when you negotiate? Wouldn't it be better to just ask the merchants to change their store names?"

Rao Guangping complained.

Although his voice was not loud, his expression of helplessness and disappointment was not concealed at all.

These people are far worse than Renrengou’s door-to-door sales.

"Peng!"

Wang Xian, the district manager of the XH district, suddenly slammed the table and said, "Fuck you, just say what you want to say. What does that weird expression on your face mean?"

This was like turning on some kind of switch.

Someone immediately said sinisterly: "It's just a slut, what else can it mean."

"People from big companies are just awesome and look down on us, haha."

Cen Lijian frowned and stretched out his hand to press in the air: "Just say it, Manager Rao is just making a kind suggestion, don't react so strongly, we are from the same company, if it gets out, people will laugh at you."

Wang Xian did not sit down as expected, but turned his head and stared at Cen Lijian with wide eyes: "I brought a few of my brothers who work in real estate to switch jobs to your company. What did you say to me at that time? Is it because he came from a big company like Renrengou that he must be more powerful than us? I am not afraid of offending people. At worst, I can just quit this job. Today, someone from Renrengou came to me and told me directly that you, Mr. Cen, poached Rao Guangping and promised him at least three times the salary."

"I just want to ask, my brothers and I are also the first batch of employees, right? Our salary is only 50% higher than before, why is his salary three times as much? We are at the same level and do the same work. Why is that?"

Many people immediately joined in.

“Someone told me about it.”

"I also want to ask why?"

"..."

The quarrels between you and me made Cen Liqian feel a headache.

As the person involved, Rao Guangping also felt a sense of crisis to some extent. He looked at Rao Guangping and shook his head, indicating that the salary news was not leaked by him.

"Quiet, quiet, what are you arguing about? Is there still law?" Cen Lijian shouted, "Do you believe everything that the people at Renrengou say? Don't you know how to use your own judgment? You fell into someone else's trap so easily. When the salary is paid next month, there will be salary slips. Then you will be able to see how much Manager Rao's salary is?"

On the other end, Wang Xian sneered: "I may not have a high level of education, but I'm not stupid. You can pay him two salaries, one open and one hidden. How can I know how much money you secretly gave him?"

"Someone played me a recording today, and they promised to quadruple their salary for the regional managers you poached."

Cen Lijian's heart skipped a beat, thinking that the people at Renrengou were really fucking dirty.

I'm trying to recruit you, so if you don't want to, don't come to meet me.

How can you record a conversation when you meet?

There is really no martial ethics.

Rao Guangping didn't have too many thoughts. As a regional manager, he could get triple the salary. So it was reasonable for Lashou.com to give quadruple the salary to the regional managers above him, especially those who had many people under them.

But this was obviously a situation he didn't want to see.

Obviously, the regional managers who joined Lashou.com early on have begun to subconsciously form a group to exclude him.

Cen Liqian was a little overwhelmed.

His idea was immediately exposed.

In particular, they also heard the recorded conversation.

What should we do now?
If these regional managers demand equal treatment and the same salary, then what is the point of Lashou.com? They should just pack up and leave as soon as possible.

But if he breaks his promise to Rao Guangping, he will definitely be forced to turn the table.

After much thought, I can only appease him first and then change someone else.

"Listen to me. I won't deny it. I poached Manager Rao to pay him twice as much. As for the so-called quadruple salary, it must be nonsense. The recording must have been tampered with. Do you trust Rengou or your own people? Why do you use such a small trick? Look at you all, you are going to rebel? It's embarrassing to tell anyone about it."

"Is it too much for me to give Manager Rao twice the salary? Not at all! After all, he is very experienced and has been in this business for half a year. Most importantly, he brought people with him and has a lot of merchant resources. We are just starting out now, how can we fight among ourselves? As long as we eat up the Shanghai market, the pie will be big enough and everyone's salary will increase!"

"..."

After saying a lot of good and bad things, Cen Liqian finally managed to calm everyone down.

Even though the situation seems to be appeased on the surface, the inner barrier will not disappear.

If possible, Cen Liqian would like to run away and ask the headquarters to send someone to Shanghai. Whoever wants to come can come. Anyway, he doesn't want to stay here anymore.

On the first day of opening the site, I encountered a big blow.

Renrengou is using all kinds of means to block Lashou like crazy.

This made Cen Lijian, who used to be a technician, quite uncomfortable.

Where has he seen such a scene?

It’s too dirty, too brutal, and too real.

They really start fighting as soon as they disagree.

After leaving the meeting room, I saw other managers meeting up in groups of three or four to have barbecue, but no one paid any attention to me.

Rao Guangping felt even more regretful.

Why did I agree to it at that time?
Isn't it good to just work peacefully at Renrengou?
Can Lashou.com really beat Renrengou?
What will LaShou do if he is defeated?
Various problems came to Rao Guangping's mind, making him extremely annoyed.

He didn't dare to go back yet, and wanted to meet up with his five brothers and comfort them.

These people have no way out and can only go down this path to the end.

(End of this chapter)