Chapter 102 You have to have that qualification too
This farce in Changsun Teng's house made him lose face.
Before his wife left, she also took away the dowry she brought from her natal family, as well as the properties her natal family invested in. She took away everything that should be taken away and divided everything that should be divided.
But after all, the Changsun family is a thousand-year-old family with a solid foundation. Although it cost a lot, it basically didn't hurt much.
Regarding the Shengfa Department Store matter, because there has been no follow-up, the shopkeepers of the Chamber of Commerce have begun to express their dissatisfaction.
Before, you vowed that Shengfa Department Store would be destroyed, but now it's not going to happen at all. Instead, it's your own family that's causing a lot of trouble.
This caused his prestige in the Chamber of Commerce to plummet, and there were even rumors that he would elect another president.
Changsun Teng relied on the remaining power of the Changsun family to become the president of this chamber of commerce. Although the chamber of commerce is not a business, it is through the platform of the chamber of commerce that he can prosper his business and make a lot of money.
If the title of president is revoked, he will no longer be able to stay in this chamber of commerce, and all of his eldest son's business will be greatly affected.
But now, he is at the end of his rope and has tried every possible way. The only way left is to lower the price.
Price reduction is a price war. If you sell it cheaper at Shengfa Department Store, I will sell it cheaper than you, so as to attract customers back. But in a price war, it depends on who has more money and who can sustain it.
And the most important thing is that Chang Sun Teng's family cannot start a price war with Shengfa Department Store. After all, his industry is not yet fully covered, so he needs to recruit more allies from the Chamber of Commerce.
In a restaurant, Chang Sun Teng set up a table of wine and invited several businesses with related interests.
"Everyone, our business is now at a critical stage. If Shengfa Department Store continues like this, we will be gradually cannibalized. For this reason, only if we join forces to fight can we have a chance to make a comeback."
What Chang Sun Teng said was very sincere, and these merchants all understood their situation. Just as Chang Sun Teng said, their living space is being gradually squeezed. If they don't join forces to fight back, they will be eliminated by the market in a short time.
"President Chang Sun is right. If we don't cooperate, we will all die."
"But if we lower the price, we will make a hard loss. How much loss will we have to make?"
Changsun Teng was able to become the president of the Yingtianfu branch at his own expense. In order to get everyone to cooperate wholeheartedly, he no longer lied casually, but told the truth: "To be honest, I didn't know this, after all, this Shengfa
The background of the department store is too mysterious. I can't find out their background at all. All the aristocratic families and nobles in Yingtian Mansion have nothing to do with Shengfa Department Store, but their unlucky actions are so outrageous.
Not surprised by their strength."
Everyone was lost in thought. They seemed to have no background, but they were so powerful that they were not afraid of price wars. After all, they had been in business for many years and it was not like they had never done this before. But entering into a price war without knowing the details made everyone feel a little bit confused.
No bottom.
There are eight shopkeepers in total at this table, including Chang Sun Teng. They all have considerable strength, and their business covers almost all the products of Shengfa Department Store.
This is Chang Sun Teng's carefully selected target. He has strength and courage, and is a leader in the chamber of commerce.
Sure enough, someone soon broke the silence: "Then let's do it. No matter how powerful he is, if we don't fight, we will be dead. If we fight, we may still have a way to survive."
His words were recognized by everyone. Unless they quit now or change careers directly, they would be squeezed to death.
The people present here are all vigorous business elites. How could they sit still and wait for death? They all immediately expressed their intention to fight with Shengfa Department Store to the end.
Within two days, Yang Xuan got the news that several large trading houses had collectively lowered their prices, and the prices were even lower than Shengfa Department Store.
Look at the names of those trading houses. They are all members of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce. How can you not understand what tricks they are playing?
"Want to start a price war with me?"
Yang Xuan curled his lips and smiled: "You must have that qualification."
Immediately, he asked someone to send an invitation to Wei Xian, the governor of the Police Department.
Although the Police Department belongs directly to His Majesty the Emperor, it is still a part of the imperial court. It is reasonable and reasonable for Yang Xuan to invite Wei Xian to the banquet in the name of a senior official.
Especially Yang Xuan's last three thousand taels of silver, most of which fell into Wei Xian's pocket.
Others may think that the false title of Yang Xuan, a middle-ranking official, is nothing, but Wei Xian knows very well that Yang Xuan also has a certain weight in the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor.
You know, His Majesty the Emperor acquiesced in what happened last time.
In the delicious hot pot restaurant, Yang Xuan hosted a banquet in honor of Wei Xian. Wei Xian also kept his attitude very low. When Yang Xuan explained the matter, Wei Xian patted his chest and said, this is just a trivial matter.
A pile was wrapped up on him.
Before leaving, Yang Xuan also presented three thousand taels of silver notes.
Wei Xian declined several times, but couldn't resist Yang Xuan and accepted it anyway.
Of course, he didn't dare to pocket this money directly. Anyway, if he reported it, His Majesty the Emperor would let him distribute it himself. At that time, he would still put half of it into his own pocket like last time, and the other half would be given to the stall owners and waiters below.
Who is Wei Xian? He was promoted by His Majesty the Emperor from the original East Palace. He was given such an important position as the Police Department, which shows how important he is in His Majesty the Emperor's heart.
And the Police Department is a special department. Unless it is a major case, the Police Department does not even need to go through the Three Law Departments to investigate the case. Yang Xuan spent a lot of money just to ask them to check the dirty information of a few businessmen, but it is not a big deal at all.
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The main reason why Yang Xuan spent so much money was to make good friends with Wei Xian. After all, there would be many places to use him in the future.
As for whether he can dig up dirty information, Yang Xuan is not worried at all. Which wealthy businessman can escape the bloody primitive accumulation step?
Wei Xian was also very efficient in doing things. Two days later, he sent a large amount of information, saying that it was all from the past and that a police officer had been sent to investigate the recent incident.
Yang Xuan selected some old stories that were more likely to arouse public outrage and handed them over to Sheng Bao.
Then the next thing is that Shengbao will publish an old news secret every day, talking about what those companies did in the past.
For example, deceiving farmers and craftsmen, buying and selling by force, bullying and dominating the market, etc., every detail of each incident is written in great detail, and there is even a self-narration of the victim.
These things are not particularly serious, not as serious as breaking the law, but from the perspective of the people, this level of evil deeds has aroused their sympathy for the sufferer.
Whenever the common people talked about this matter, they would sneer at those businesses, and if they met those with a bad temper, they would just yell at them at the top of their lungs.
And those businesses were even dumbfounded. Once these old stories were revealed, they couldn't even defend themselves.
First of all, they don’t have a mouthpiece like Shengbao, and secondly, they don’t dare to report it to the official. After all, they know very well that this is all true. It is clearly written in Shengbao, and it can even be said that the evidence is conclusive.
Aren’t the reporting officers feeling uncomfortable?