When he heard the classmates teasing and saw Beiming Xue and Ouyang Feiting, the two beauties, exchanging glances and winks right in front of him, Wang Yan couldn't take it anymore.
At this moment, even if faced with hundreds of burly men, Wang Yan wouldn't feel as uneasy.
Wang Yan waved his hands repeatedly and said to his male classmates, "Alright, alright, you guys go back now."
However, the male classmates in the class didn't listen at all and continued chuckling as they walked out.
Wang Yan looked at Beiming Xue and Ouyang Feiting helplessly and said, "You two are too powerful."
Beiming Xue said, "Now you know the consequences of not listening to us, right, Brother Wang Yan? Just tell us quickly."
Ouyang Feiting also smiled and said, "If you don't tell us, we'll have all the female classmates leave."
Upon hearing this, Wang Yan quickly waved his hands and said, "Alright, alright, I give up. I'll tell you now."
Seeing Wang Yan yield, Beiming Xue and Ouyang Feiting clapped their hands excitedly and then turned to Wang Yan.
Wang Yan said, "I actually have to thank Feiting for informing me in advance. Once we know the opponent's moves, there's nothing to fear, just respond accordingly. The message I had Ma Jun deliver yesterday is like five strategic envelopes. Even when San has no more ideas, merely opening my envelopes can immediately turn defeat into victory."
Beiming Xue and Ouyang Feiting's eyes lit up upon hearing this.
"So impressive, Brother Wang Yan is just like Kongming."
"Quickly tell us, what is written inside the envelopes?"
Meanwhile, in one of Peak Group's one hundred retail stores, San, Sister Fang, and Li were leading two clerks, ready for Stabilizing Pill to sell out rapidly. After all, selling health pills at one yuan each had never been done before.
Outside the retail store, a large advertisement board marked the one-yuan price of the Stabilizing Pill in big letters.
The other 99 retail stores had the same advertisement board. Peak Group intended to use such powerful advertising to make every poor person in Wanghai City aware of the Stabilizing Pill in no time.
However, strangely, a whole morning had passed, and not a single Stabilizing Pill had been sold.
San became a bit anxious, starting to fidget restlessly.
Contacting the other 99 retail stores, surprisingly, they were in the same situation as San's, not selling a single Stabilizing Pill the entire morning.
Though there was a moving crowd outside the stores, all passersby were in a hurry, not even glancing inside the store, let alone entering.
San found this peculiar and hurriedly walked out of the retail store to look at the crowd.
Looking out, he was suddenly shocked as he saw an identical retail store next to his own.
Moreover, this retail store was also selling a kind of health pill, the name only differing by one character: Qi Stabilizing Pill.
And the price of this Qi Stabilizing Pill was half of Stabilizing Pill, only fifty cents.
No wonder no one was buying Stabilizing Pills, with cheaper Qi Stabilizing Pills available, why would anyone buy the costly ones?
San was shocked, not knowing how overnight a cheaper Qi Stabilizing Pill had emerged, but suddenly he spotted Zhao Xinyao inside the neighboring retail store, her face showing a smug look.
San immediately understood; it must be a trick by Li Zhe specifically targeting Peak Group. San hurried back into the store to contact other outlets.
Indeed, next to the other 99 retail stores, there were also stores selling Qi Stabilizing Pills.
Finally, San understood why not a single Stabilizing Pill had sold that morning; it was all due to Li Zhe's mischief.
This made San panic instantly.
He paced back and forth in the store, like ants on a hot pan, muttering constantly, "What to do? What should I do? If not a single pill sells, how do I explain to the boss?"
Sister Fang quickly reminded, "Didn't the boss give you envelopes as a backup? Open them quickly and take a look."
These words suddenly reminded San, who slapped his forehead and said, "Oh right, I almost forgot about them."
San quickly pulled out five envelopes from his pocket, seeing the numbers "One, Two, Three, Four, Five" written on them. San picked up the envelope marked "One" and opened it.
Inside the envelope, it read, "Lower the price to thirty cents."
As soon as they saw Wang Yan advocating a price cut, everyone immediately understood Wang Yan intended to engage in a price war with Gangzhe Group.
San was overjoyed and immediately ordered all hundred retail stores to lower the price, reducing the price of Stabilizing Pills to thirty cents.
Now, the price of Stabilizing Pills was lower than that of Qi Stabilizing Pills.
Just as San had reduced the price, Zhao Xinyao in the neighboring store immediately got wind of it. She picked up the phone and called Li Zhe, saying, "President, as we expected, Wang Yan couldn't hold it and has reduced it to thirty cents."
"Alright, understood. I'll lower the price too. Even if it means losing money, we must defeat Wang Yan in one fell swoop."
After hanging up the phone, Zhao Xinyao immediately ordered Qi Stabilizing Pills to be reduced to "ten cents."
After the price cuts, San eagerly looked forward to seeing a large number of customers coming to buy Stabilizing Pills.
However, things were entirely unexpected, as there were still streams of people outside, with not a single one entering his store.
San hurriedly looked at the neighboring store and immediately saw that the price of Qi Stabilizing Pills had been reduced to ten cents.
This made San anxious again.
"We just reduced the price, and they reduced it again. They're selling for ten cents, what do we do? I have to open the second envelope right away."
Saying this, San quickly opened the second envelope.
The second envelope read a few words—"Reduce the price to five cents."
Seeing the five-cent note, San felt a pang of pain, as selling each pill at five cents would result in a significant loss.
However, remembering that Peak Group wasn't relying on Stabilizing Pills for profit, San felt a bit better and immediately ordered all one hundred stores to lower the price to five cents. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ NoᴠᴇFɪre.nᴇt
Meanwhile, in the neighboring store, Zhao Xinyao had been keeping a close eye on San's side, and upon seeing San reduce the price to five cents, Zhao Xinyao cursed.
Zhao Xinyao then called Li Zhe again, and after the two of them conferred for a while, they finally made a decision.
Although this decision would result in a considerable financial loss for Gangzhe Group, it could instantly crush Wang Yan.
If they could crush Wang Yan, the financial loss would be worth it.
At that point, Wanghai City would be their sole dominion, and they could raise prices at their discretion.
After lowering the price, San kept observing the movements of the neighboring store.
Sure enough, just ten minutes later, the neighboring store's Qi Stabilizing Pills' price was updated once more.
The advertisement board announced, "Qi Stabilizing Pills—Free Giveaway."
Seeing that Qi Stabilizing Pills were being given away for free, San nearly fainted with anger.
With the other side giving them away for free, what was he supposed to do? Perhaps even pay people?
Dejected and with no other choice, San opened Wang Yan's third envelope, and upon reading its contents, he couldn't help but chuckle.
(Today will continue with extra chapters, still two in the afternoon and three in the evening.)