Chapter 275: How to Reward

Chapter 275: Chapter 275: How to Reward

Jiang Fan rolled his eyes at Li Muwan. "I wasn’t asking you to help me get a discount. I wanted you to look at the business model."

"What do you mean?" Li Muwan didn’t understand.

Jiang Fan explained, "Besides offline promotions, Xuerong International relies more on online events. Ultimately, everything Fengming Group is doing is just an attempt to split the market share with us. But have you ever considered this? We don’t just need to fight for existing market share. What’s more important is expanding the market itself."

Li Muwan was listening with rapt attention, so she simply sat down beside Jiang Fan.

Jiang Fan continued, "It follows the idea from my previous proposal. Yuefan offers high-end, custom-made products, but Xuerong International still has plenty of affordable items. We can launch an online ’slash-a-deal’ model to promote them. Take a platform like Pinduoduo, for example. We set a pre-order price for a product. But customers who pre-order only need to follow our official social media account and promote the product for us. When a new user clicks their promotional link, we’ll slash the price or apply a discount to their pre-ordered item. We can also give a discount to the person who clicked the link. For new Xuerong customers, we could even offer random free orders and giveaways. This way, we can move everything, from our new arrivals to our old, slow-moving stock."

"Manager Li, if we do this, would we still need to worry about Fengming Group stealing our market share? Our sales channels would blow wide open, wouldn’t they?"

Li Muwan listened quietly until Jiang Fan finished, then nodded.

"Jiang Fan, you manage to surprise me every single time!"

"Feeling like you underestimated me before?" Jiang Fan asked with a smug grin.

The idea had actually come to Jiang Fan by pure chance. Just that morning, he had received several "slash-a-deal" links for Pinduoduo on his phone from friends he hadn’t spoken to in ages.

It seemed Pinduoduo was running another big promotion for the upcoming holiday.

But that was exactly what had given Jiang Fan his inspiration.

"Of course, aside from these public-facing promotions, we should also do something internally. We can give our store employees a holiday pay raise, and offering commissions for in-store promotions is a must. The storefronts are the key to our sales channels. The best way to boost sales is to give the sales staff the biggest possible incentive to be proactive."

"That makes sense!" Li Muwan nodded.

Jiang Fan flashed a triumphant smile. "So, Manager Li, problem solved, right? You’d better start thinking about how you’re going to reward me after this event is over!"

"Reward you? And how would you like me to do that?" Li Muwan asked, suddenly leaning in close to him.

They were already sitting close, so when Li Muwan leaned her entire body toward him, it caught Jiang Fan completely off guard.

Catching the scent of Li Muwan’s perfume, Jiang Fan couldn’t help but gulp.

Li Muwan whispered, "I wanted to reward you last night, but I couldn’t find you anywhere!"

"Ahem..." Jiang Fan shifted away slightly, but Li Muwan only seemed to lean in closer.

"There’ll be plenty of opportunities to reward me. Let’s just wait until after the event!"

Seeing Jiang Fan’s flustered reaction, Li Muwan smiled in satisfaction. Changing the subject, she suddenly said, "Oh, right. Apart from work, there’s something else I wanted to discuss with you."

"What is it?"

"My dad is picking me up after work tomorrow. We’re going to an elder’s home for a simple dinner, and he specifically said I have to bring you. It’s not a formal occasion, but you’ll still need to dress appropriately. I bought you a suit and a pair of dress shoes. You weren’t home yesterday, so I gave them to Sun Yanzi. Try them on when you get back to see if they fit. If not, we can go to the mall tomorrow and find something else."

’How the hell is this a discussion?’ Jiang Fan was speechless.

’This wasn’t a discussion, it was an order. She even had the clothes ready.’

"What, you don’t want to go? Are you worried Xue’Er will be upset? I can explain things to her."

"Afraid of her? Why would I be? And what is there for you to explain?" Jiang Fan said, puffing out his chest.

"Great! Then it’s settled."

Li Muwan didn’t give him the slightest chance to object. Only then did Jiang Fan realize he’d been played again.

’But, same as last time,’ he thought, ’I’ll help her just this once, for the sake of my "father-in-law" and his generous support for the Hidden Dragon Academy.’

He left Li Muwan’s office and had just sat down at his desk when he pulled out his phone. He saw a message had already come in from Hua Qinyun.

Jiang Fan smiled to himself.

The entire company spent the day bustling with preparations for the holiday event. Everyone else in his department had left the office that afternoon, heading out to the various branch and partner stores.

Even Sun Yanzi had left that afternoon to visit the nearest company store.

Just then, Jiang Fan’s phone suddenly rang.

He pulled out his phone and saw it was a call from Wu Qiang.

Jiang Fan frowned. He suddenly remembered that since he and Wu Qiang had moved, they’d both been so busy with their own affairs that they hadn’t spoken in days.

"Hey, Qiang!"

But a cold voice answered from the other end of the line.

"Well, hello there, Jiang Fan."

Jiang Fan’s brow tightened. ’That’s not Wu Qiang’s voice.’

"Jiang Fan, I never thought you’d have a few tricks up your sleeve. The men I sent couldn’t even handle you. You’re pretty capable, aren’t you?"

"Dong Shaojie!"

By now, Jiang Fan clearly recognized the voice on the other end.

"You son of a bitch, you’re dead. You actually dared to snatch my Centennial Ganoderma? You think you can get away with that?"

"Where’s Wu Qiang? What did you do to him?"

"This friend of yours is pretty loyal. Even after I beat him to a pulp, he refused to call you. I had to take matters into my own hands!"

"Dong Shaojie, you son of a bitch! You’d better let Qiang go right now, or I swear I’ll kill you before you even know what’s happening." Jiang Fan’s rage was boiling over.

In response to Jiang Fan’s words, a grating laugh echoed from the other end of the line.

"Hahaha! Jiang Fan, I don’t think you grasp the situation. I’ll give you a chance. I’d love to see just how I’m going to die. Five o’clock this afternoon. Great Wall Clubhouse. Come and show me exactly how you’re going to kill me."

"Hmph. You just wait."

"And remember: come alone. Don’t let Yin Ruxue find out."

"Jiang Fan, don’t come! It’s a trap!"

"Dammit, shut the hell up!"

Jiang Fan’s heart clenched. "Qiang!" he shouted desperately. "How are you? Are you okay?"

"Don’t come... this bastard is up to no good! Aaargh—!"

The line filled with a cacophony of noise and Wu Qiang’s agonized screams.