Chapter 587
Being Double Standardized
As for Baicao Group, it is the foundation of the entire Star Group and the most stable source of funds.
The beverages launched by Baicao Group have jumped out of the category of carbonated drinks and integrate leisure and health care. They have basically no rivals in the beverage market.
At present, the total sales volume of Baicao Drinks has successfully dethroned the sour carbonated beverage series of the two world-class beverage giants from the first and second place in sales.
And, the gap will only grow wider as time goes by.
It is true that the two world-class carbonated beverage giants have unparalleled channels and logistics advantages.
But the beverage series launched by Baicao Beverage Group is more in line with the eating habits of East Asians.
This aspect alone cannot be matched by the two world-class beverage giants.
By the way, the two carbonated drink giants have never stopped planning to acquire Baicao Group.
The amount has grown from one billion at the beginning to tens of billions now!
What irritated Wu Dong and the manager of Baicao Group the most was that some high-status Chinese helped to negotiate the deal, as if it was an honor to sell the company to Waiguoren.
Damn it, don’t look at Baicao Group’s growing revenue every year.
The turnover alone has exceeded 100 billion, and the profit has reached nearly 10 billion.
Why should such a stable cash cow be sold at a low price?
Among other things, Red Bull, the once-famous functional drink overlord, has been severely compressed by Baicao Drinks, and its market share is less than one-fifth of its previous level.
The rest of the foreign brands have basically suffered severe suppression.
Even the so-called tea drinks from Xiangjiang have also been severely impacted.
It can be said that Baicao Beverage Group at this time is the well-deserved overlord of the domestic beverage market.
Some special beverage formulas are quite beneficial to the bodies of East Asians. Although regular drinking is not as exaggerated as extending life, it can still enhance physical fitness and immunity.
If there is a suitable combination of exercise or activity, the effect will be more prominent.
The development momentum of Baicao Group was so good that Wu Dong was so confused that he sold it to Waiguoren.
If he takes back all the drink recipes he took out, let's see if the two world's beverage giants will agree?
In addition, Baicao Group invests tens of millions in promoting various sports activities every year, and it will only increase as time goes by.
Throughout Guihua City, whenever there are sports projects or activities, Baicao Group is one of the major sponsors behind the scenes, and is the sole sponsor of many projects.
Without a lot of money invested, how could the sports craze in Guihua City be maintained forever, and show signs of getting more and more popular?
Amateur football league, amateur basketball league, five-a-side football, three-man street basketball, amateur volleyball, badminton, table tennis, and even shuttlecock kicking competition are all involved.
I would like to ask, will those two world-class beverage groups provide such active and enthusiastic support to the sports industry in Guihua City?
At most, you can just invest in a few popular projects to show your support, and over time it will be completely gone.
In addition, when it comes to supporting rural education, there are also public welfare projects such as interest-free student loans for poor students. We really don’t want too many.
It can be said that although Baicao Group makes a lot of money, it is really willing to spend money on giving back to its hometown. Can Waiguoren agree?
What the hell, Starry Sky Group at this time is not a little sheep left to be slaughtered.
Since entering the smartphone market, we have been in litigation with technology companies in the United States and Laos.
There are also various smears in the media, and there is a tendency to completely overthrow a certain subsidiary of Star Group.
Beverage groups also experience quality and hygiene disturbances from time to time.
Although it was ultimately found to be an error, the bad impression had already spread, and the damage to the image and brand was no joke.
Just to deal with these overt and covert attacks, the group spends special expenses in the amount of hundreds of millions every year to deal with this type of related matters.
The group's overseas branches and the legal team at the headquarters are quite large in number, and there are many famous barristers among them.
This does not include the law firms with which we have cooperative relationships. The annual expenditure on this alone is in the tens of millions.
Fortunately, there are allies to help share the firepower. Otherwise, although the group is not afraid, it will not be easy to deal with it.
After all, if you open your mouth to refute rumors, you will lose your legs!
However, when the group fought back, it actually received warnings from certain people and forces, telling it not to damage Sino-US relations.
What the heck, this double standard is so easy to play.
At this time, the benefits of Starry Sky Video Network and Starry Sky Director Studio are revealed.
It’s not easy to fight back through formal media channels, but you can fight through movies and TV dramas. It’s always okay, right?
And "Wolves", which is currently on the air and has even caused quite a stir, has a lot of old and American dirty stuff in it.
At this time, the web drama happened to be playing, and the pig's feet were attracted to the First Special Zone in the North of Hongsawady, which is close to the border, by recruitment information on the Internet that was not sure whether it was true or false.
It is a luxury hotel here that recruits guides with high salaries online.
When the pig's feet arrived, they were immediately dumbfounded!
The hotel where he was recruited is indeed luxurious enough, at least four-star and above.
The point is, this hotel is not just about accommodation, it also provides a lot of illegal activities.
For example, there is a blocking factory in the hotel basement, and there is also a door-to-door escort service!
Seeing this, Zhujiao immediately retreated. His experiences from childhood to adulthood and the education he received made him very repulsive to such a place.
Unfortunately, it is not easy for him to escape at this time.
Not only were his passport and identity documents withheld, but his personal freedom was not guaranteed. He was controlled as soon as he proposed to leave.
Fortunately, the First Special Zone at this time had just experienced war, and the rules set by the previous boss Peng were not so strictly enforced.
It was not as exaggerated as it was later, deceiving people and engaging in all kinds of extortion.
Local hotels recruit Chinese tour guides to receive Chinese guests who come here to visit.
However, the hotel hopes that the tour guide can guide the guests from China to the underground factory to have a good time.
Pig's Feet knows that such a thing is too immoral.
Once tourists enter the underground blocking factory, they will end up losing nine times out of ten.
Although I don’t know what will happen to those tourists who lost their money or borrowed money from the factory, but just by looking at the two fierce-looking ‘guards’ around them, I know that it will definitely not be a good thing.
It's a pity that at this time, Zhujiao is just a pure ordinary person, a novice who has just graduated from college and has not been severely beaten by society.
When the hotel's "guards" who controlled his personal freedom were about to use some means to teach him a lesson, Pig's Feet, who had been a good boy since he was a child, immediately surrendered, not wanting to suffer any physical pain.
Then, Pigfoot was forced to work as a tour guide at a local luxury hotel.
After that, things happened one after another that ruined Pig's Foot's outlook on life and even made him despair of the world.
As expected, at least seven or eight out of ten Chinese tourists who were led to the hotel's underground factory were completely addicted to it.
In private, Pigfoot reminded them quietly not to block things so crazy and to leave a way out for themselves.
It's a pity that few Chinese tourists who have been aroused and blocked can listen to it, and everything goes in one ear and out the other.
Then, Pig's Feet witnessed with his own eyes that the Chinese tourists who had lost all their money and borrowed money from the hotel had their personal freedoms restricted, and the hotel required them to immediately ask for money from their families before they could leave.
Anyone who disobeys will be beaten immediately.
The hotel where Pigfoot was staying had some rules, and he had seen even more abominable scenes.
Some small gambling tables in the first special zone are blatantly arresting people directly for extortion, and they will do all kinds of things if they don't pay.
The most terrifying thing is that the Chinese tourists who have lost their personal freedom are treated as living blood banks, and blood is continuously drawn from them and sold.
The most horrifying scene I have ever seen. A Chinese tourist who was tall, fat and strong when he first arrived. When we met again a few months later, his hands were covered with dense pinholes and his whole body was reduced to skin and bones.
head.
I heard that the amount of blood drawn from this guy alone was as large as two or three adults.
The key thing is that the frequency of blood drawing is quite compact, otherwise a good big man would not be drawn into this horrible state.
At this time, even if the Chinese tourists' families send a ransom, the guys who mutilated the people into humanoid shapes will not let them go easily.
Once the news is leaked, it will cause an uproar.
The Chinese government is not just a freeloader. The former boss of the first special zone just did not hesitate to offend both the Hongsawadi government and the Chinese government without any room for maneuver.
As a result, the First Special Zone, which had maintained its special status for many years, completely collapsed under the bombardment of the Hongsawady army.
How can the other forces, large and small, dare to completely expose their true colors to the Chinese government and the people?
As far as Pig's Foot knows, the final outcome of these unlucky guys who had their blood drained was either sent to private mines or disappeared without a trace.
It can be said that the first special zone at this time is definitely regarded as a magical cave for ordinary Chinese tourists.
Of course, if you don't have trouble getting stuck and you're not very interested in fighting, it's still good to be a pure tourist.
Unfortunately, there are very few tourists with such good conduct.
After Pig's Knuckle has experienced many things, the weak mentality of a normal person has gradually undergone some subtle changes.
He suppressed his sympathy firmly, and gradually became cold and hardened as his knowledge increased, and he was completely numb to everything that happened in the First Special Zone...
Chapter completed!