Chapter 491 Multinational Group
The Red Dragon Association has been frequently conducting multi-line operations in recent times, and the various personnel transfers and project arrangements are dazzling. Behind the scenes, there are teams of thousands or even tens of thousands of people coordinating the sequence of project development and work arrangements, which basically ensures the normal operation of the Red Dragon Association and avoids major chaos.
In recent times, the Red Dragon Association's trend of expanding power has made those old associations feel frightened.
Although the Red Dragon Association has not yet extended its reach into the western inland areas, the influence it brings has indeed expanded to the West.
The commonly used tactics of covering the mouth and controlling the throat have completely failed. The disastrous defeat of the White Eagle Association in the battle between the Red Dragon Association at sea shocked the whole world. Many old associations that had never opened their eyes to the world finally began to face up to the Red Dragon Association, the suddenly rising super association.
But unfortunately, they no longer have the ability to dominate the world as they did in the past.
The White Eagle Association was defeated by the Red Dragon Association, and the remaining old guys are not even qualified to challenge the Red Dragon Association.
With the arrival of the Red Dragon Association multinational group, the already precarious Western market was on the verge of collapse.
At first, they could rely on the so-called agreements and laws and regulations to impose unfair penalties on the Red Dragon Association's companies, imposing fines of billions of dollars or strictly restricting their entry into a certain field, directly eliminating their competitors.
But now the Red Dragon Association has made a comeback in the form of a multinational corporation, with the official background of the direct association. The multinational corporation itself has products and resources that can fight tough battles. This operation directly killed those companies of the Western Association, so that large companies have complained internally, and finally even used a large amount of money to try to get senior executives of the Western Association to step in to solve the matter.
The multinational group [Phantom Dragon] is responsible for high-tech products. With the permission of the Red Dragon Association, it sells various mass-produced devices supplied by the association, such as civilian intelligent assistant robots, magnetic levitation cars, various super electronic devices for home use, etc. The areas it covers are extremely comprehensive, and all of its products are displays of new technology, perfectly integrating the various technological advances of the association in the past two years. Therefore, as soon as the Huanlong Group appeared, all Western associations felt a sense of crisis.
The multinational group [Origin] is responsible for the area of food supply. It exclusively provides special ingredients and various delicacies from the Origin Star and its affiliated planets such as the Blue Sea Star. For example, silver venison, which has become an indispensable special meat on the tables of associations in various countries, can only be provided by this group called [Origin] worldwide. Everyone knows that behind the multinational group Origin is also the Red Dragon Association.
The multinational group [Lingcao] is responsible for a completely different field. After the group was founded, its main products were luxury goods. In the beginning, it was just a small department that helped the association sell skin care products that are specialty products of the Origin Star. Later, the sales of Green Scale Grass-related products exploded, and demand exceeded supply worldwide. No matter what the department did afterwards, as long as it was related to things on the Origin Star, they were all out of stock. Therefore, it took advantage of the Red Dragon Association to set up an independent group department to become independent.
The name [Lingcao] was given by a mysterious person in the association, who explained that the main products sold by this group department were related to green lincao in the beauty and skin care categories. The name Lingcao was attractive enough to foreigners, and it was proved to be so.
[Lingcao] The multinational group has rapidly completed its transformation. It not only sells skin care products, but also travel goods, small leather goods, accessories, shoes, ready-made clothes, high-end jewelry and other products. Its foundation comes from the support of the Red Dragon Association. Most of the products sold are specialties from the Origin Star, or are made from special raw materials on the Origin Star, which naturally crushes the luxury goods on Earth.
The multinational group currently has more than 300 beauty products, of which more than 140 contain green grass ingredients. Green grass is the mainstay raw material of the group.
Several multinational corporations came to conquer the city on behalf of the Red Dragon Association, and they didn't even need to advertise or push resources for it. As soon as some of the group's marketing personnel appeared in public places of Western associations, they immediately attracted a large number of people.
Among them are speculators, businessmen with a keen sense of smell, senior executives of associations, and specialists from intelligence departments.
However, after seeing the multinational group with the background of the Red Dragon Association, everyone lost their former arrogance and became only cautious.
Those who came today were marketing specialists from the Lingcao Group. Some of them came to research local market trends and consumer behavior, but as soon as they showed up, they were invited to independent seats on the second floor. Several staff members from the marketing department looked at the people from various fields who took turns to appear in front of them, and they were more or less at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
"What are they going to do today?"
A staff member asked his colleague, "Want to get information from us?"
My colleague was much calmer. He poured wine into his glass and said leisurely, "Who cares what they want to do? We just need to do our own job well."
"We only know so much information, and most of it has been published on the Lingcao official website. I'm afraid these people are not in their right minds, and they continue to target us..."
"Isn't this good? See this wine - top-quality red wine! Let me see the date... No? Look at the brand, wow, Heidelberg!"
The staff member had never heard of this. He looked at his colleague in surprise and asked, "Is this wine good?"
"That's pretty good. This bottle alone is worth at least 8 Euros."
The colleague poured himself another cup with great interest, "You might as well stop thinking too much. The current situation is that we are in the active position. The actions of Lingcao Group have made these old guys who are used to a comfortable environment of making money panic. So when they meet low-level personnel from our group who come out for research, they rush to treat us as guests of honor."
"How pitiful! He used to be a dog of the White Eagle Association, and now he will probably be a dog of our Red Dragon Association."
"But there's a saying - being a dog of the Ming Dynasty is the greatest honor!"
A colleague was smiling and talking loudly in Chinese, "At least we are not as direct and rough with these guys as the White Eagle Association, right?"
He glanced at the crowd below, not caring at all whether anyone there could understand what he was saying in Chinese, or whether the content was heard by this group of people.
"Now that I have said that,"
The colleague whispered in dialect to the two staff members opposite: "I think there will be additional supplementary programs tonight."
The two staff members immediately became nervous: "What do you mean?"
"Are they planning to attack us tonight?"
They are now in a foreign country, and the most important thing is safety. Although it looks peaceful on the surface, everyone knows what is going on. If you want to go out at night, you basically have to bring bodyguards or drive a fixed route. It is easy to be robbed at gunpoint when you are alone outside. This is nothing new. The colleague waved his hand quickly, and his eyes once again scanned the crowd in the lobby on the first floor, then smiled and said, "I mean women."
The two people opposite realized what was meant immediately. The common means to take down people like them are usually money and women. Things like money are repeatedly prohibited by the association, so they were prepared to refuse. On the contrary, after coming here, the multinational group directly cancelled the relevant ban on women, and even specifically reminded all employees to pay close attention to relevant safety and hygiene.
"There's a high probability that we won't be able to go back tonight."
The colleague leisurely picked up the cup and took a sip. "These foreigners are very good at this. I suggest that you all learn the character of the Sea King and don't use the good qualities you have in the association on the women here."
The person who was speaking was obviously a veteran. He himself had indeed been traveling around in many departments for many years. The people he came into contact with the most were from the Borneo Association and the White Eagle Association in the south. He knew what methods these people used, so he specially reminded the two young colleagues at this time.
The two staff members swallowed their saliva. They were somewhat excited but also a little nervous about what was about to happen tonight. If the situation was really as their colleagues in the company said, it would be the first time in their lives...
However, the first thing they need to deal with right now is the main business of tonight. Several people have already seen people from various Western associations coming over in groups, and dealing with them is the highlight of tonight.
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"I already told you...oh sorry, I forgot your name."
"James."
"Okay James, I've already said that Lingcao Group makes no guarantees or promises about this. We also adhere to the rules of the free market. Haven't you always advertised that you should pay attention to these things? Then we will sell and promote our products in the most standard free market way. If you can't compete with our products, then you deserve to close down or go bankrupt, all because your own products are not competitive."
The young staff member was a little dry-mouthed as he spoke. This was not a formal discussion or a place to specify rules. They were just low-level employees who came out to do research. However, the association had already done relevant basic training and preparation before any of the people came out. They had plans for what they should and should not say, so they were not panicked.
"But if your products fully enter our market, our association's own products will be completely withdrawn!"
James spoke excitedly to the three people in front of him, and his experienced colleague waved his hand at him: "This is the advantage and disadvantage of the market economy, Mr. James."
"You will definitely regret it! I will make you regret coming to this land. Our Gaul Association will never compromise on this. I will definitely..."
Before James could finish his words, he was dragged out by the people behind him. They were not the bodyguards or guards of the three men, but members of the Western Association who couldn't wait to meet the three men.
The colleague sitting at the outermost part was drinking tea and listening carefully to what the fat middle-aged man in front of him said. It was nothing more than some words about bad business, currency depreciation and the incompetence of their association. Then his request was to convey the exemption of certain commodities and ask the multinational groups in the association not to deal in a certain field, otherwise they might starve to death.
The three of them looked at each other in silence, and then one of the young men spoke up on behalf of the others: "We are not trying to fully access everything in your daily life. We only provide some special products in specific areas. As for exemptions and the like, you need to negotiate with the Red Dragon Association. After all, most of your food, accommodation, and clothing are produced by the Red Dragon Association, right?"
The fat middle-aged man blushed and said to the people in front of him: "If I could contact the Red Dragon Association, why would I be here to talk to you!"
Several people looked at each other and then smiled.
"We are not diplomats. We are just employees of Lingcao Group who were brought here by you."
"Completely correct."
"If there is nothing else, you can leave."
The middle-aged man walked outside angrily. Although he was filled with resentment, the current situation was already very dangerous and he could not afford to lose his temper. He searched through various channels and finally found an opportunity to talk directly to an employee of a large group of the Red Dragon Association. However, after the contact, he found that the other party was simply making a fool of them.
“Isn’t this a bit too much?”
A staff member said to the people around him, "We are eating and drinking for free and fooling around with these foreigners. Will they get angry and embarrassed?"
"What are you afraid of? Just be braver."
The experienced employee said indifferently: "We really came out to research the market and consumption. For example, our Lingcao promotes alcoholic beverages. Aren't we observing and researching the sales of alcoholic beverages here?"
"These foreigners were very arrogant when they came to negotiate business with us. Now it is part of our plan to suppress their inexplicable arrogance."
The experienced employee put down his teacup and said to the two young men in front of him, "But we still have to be careful. I saw a few people in the crowd who looked a little strange. I suspect they might be from the intelligence department of the association in Gaul."
"We can do this outside, but we must not let them take us in under some pretext, or we will be scolded when we return."
The two young employees nodded quickly. Although they knew that the Red Dragon Association was a powerful dragon at the moment, as the saying goes, a powerful dragon cannot defeat a local snake. If they were really sent in by these intelligence personnel under some name, they would be the ones who would suffer. After all, the association would not really fall out with these Western associations because of them, right?
If the association really suffers losses because of this, it would be a serious crime!
(End of this chapter)
