Chapter 1559 Debate
"You said it was two months ago, right? At that time, our Phoenix Beauty spa was indeed only more than 100. If you participate in the event, you can get the qualification to have a free experience, but that is, doing activities. Can activities be the same as usual?"
"And we issued a formal announcement before the price adjustment, and the explanations in the announcement are very clear. If you have not read the announcement, I hope you can go to our Phoenix Group official website to read it again."
Li Youqian looked at this person and explained with a faint smile.
"Mr. Li, I have read the announcement you sent, but even if you raise the price, you should keep it within a certain limit. You are fine. Now it has increased by nearly three times. How can you do this, let us consumers bear it?"
The middle-aged man said again.
"I have to correct your words. We are not actually raising prices, but just restoring the previous price. We do this to enable the company to develop better and provide better services to customers. Otherwise, how can our Phoenix Group survive?"
Li Youqian asked back.
"Mr. Li, what you said is a bit exaggerated. You Phoenix is the dominant family now. You can make a fortune even if you don't raise the price, right?" the middle-aged man said with a lip.
Although there are still many beauty institutions in China now, these institutions are completely different from ants and elephants compared to Phoenix, and the two are not of the same level at all.
Since the end of the business war, many ordinary people in China have developed the habit of going to beauty shops to beautify and do recuperation when they have nothing to do.
As the largest beauty institution in the country, Phoenix has opened nearly 3,000 stores throughout China. Almost 70% of ordinary people think of Phoenix when going to beautify is Phoenix. With such a huge customer flow, you can imagine how terrifying profits Phoenix Group can make!
"Haha, don't you think this is a bit funny? Do you know how much money our Phoenix spent last time to win our competitors? One hundred billion! Listen clearly, it's one hundred billion, not one million!"
Li Youqian sneered.
"Although our Phoenix has made a profit shortly after it opened, due to the last business war, we borrowed more than 10 billion from several consortiums in China, and now we still owe a lot of debts. If the price is not increased, this more than 10 billion debt will be enough to make our Phoenix Group go bankrupt overnight!"
When many demonstrators around him were shocked when they heard Li Youqian's words.
Because Phoenix Group has not been listed, it has never made Caibao public. Everyone only knows that Phoenix Group is very profitable, but they never thought that Phoenix Group would invest tens of billions of funds in order to seize the market!
For ordinary people, hundreds of thousands is already a huge sum of money, and one hundred billion is completely unimaginable.
"As the saying goes, the wool comes from the sheep. After all, our Phoenix is not a welfare institution, but a company for profit. Whether it is for myself, for the company's shareholders and all the employees of Phoenix Group, we need to turn losses into profits as soon as possible. Only in this way can we rebirth in the ashes and grow up completely!"
What Li Youqian said is the truth. Although saying this makes people feel that he is too philanthropic, he is a businessman, and the businessman values profit. He opens a company in order to make money, and it is understandable to do so.
"Mr. Li, although what you said is reasonable, I think your company has violated the Anti-monopoly Law. If our consumers collectively sue you, do you think your company can win this lawsuit?"
The middle-aged man hesitated for a while and continued to find fault.
"Jiang Han, let me leave this question to you."
Li Youqian looked at Jiang Han standing beside Lin Muran and said.
This topic has already involved law. In order to avoid quarrels, Li Youqian naturally has to leave it to Jiang Han, who understands the law, to answer.
"good."
Jiang Han nodded, stepped forward, and stood next to Li Youqian.
As one of the veterans of Phoenix Group, Jiang Han is now the general manager of the Legal Department. His positions in Phoenix Group are only under Li Youqian, Lin Muran and Ye Tiantian.
"I don't know what you call this sir?"
Jiang Han looked at the middle-aged man with a very polite tone.
"My surname is Huang."
The middle-aged man replied.
"Mr. Huang." Jiang Han nodded, then smiled, "Mr. Huang, you just said that our company violated the Anti-Monopoly Law. OK, I want to ask Mr. Huang, I don't know which article of the Anti-Monopoly Law we have violated?"
"You have violated price discrimination in the Antitrust Law!"
Golden Year said.
Hearing this, Jiang Han's eyes suddenly condensed, but in a flash, he returned to peace.
"It seems that Mr. Huang did his homework in advance and even knew about price discrimination. Well, I would like to ask you to explain to me what price discrimination is?"
Jiang Han continued to ask.
When he heard this, the Golden Year was speechless.
After a moment of silence, Golden Year said toughly: "I am not a law student, how do I know what price discrimination means?"
"If you don't know what price discrimination is, you dare to say that our Phoenix Group violates price discrimination. Can I determine that you are making unreasonable or deliberately slandering our Phoenix Group?"
Jiang Han asked with a smile.
"You are talking nonsense, I didn't slander you." Golden Year quickly defended, "As far as I know, your Phoenix Group charges consumers differently in different regions. Isn't this just price discrimination?"
"Oh, it seems that you really don't understand the law. Since that's the case, I'll explain to you what price discrimination means."
Jiang Han sighed.
"The so-called price discrimination, to put it simply, refers to the act of manufacturers asking for different prices for the same product at the same period. According to the provisions of the Robinson-Patman Act, the act of applying the prohibition on price discrimination must meet two requirements. One is that the company sells the same goods to different customers at different prices; the other is that there is reason to believe that this behavior will cause damage to competition. Let me tell me which provision have we violated?"
"You...you have violated the first article. Your Phoenix Group members charge much lower fees than ordinary customers. What is it if you are not price discrimination?"
Golden Year said hesitantly, and it can be seen that he was already a little panicked.
Hearing the other party's words, Jiang Han's mouth unconsciously showed a hint of mockery.
She is a top student who graduated from the law department of Stanford University. She knows about domestic and international laws well. This person talks about law in front of her is simply showing off her skills!
Chapter completed!