2003: Starting with Foreign Trade

Chapter 456 Exploiting Xiao Liu

The bus drivers in Jiangcheng are indeed unique.

Tan Jincheng, who had hardly ever taken a bus, had come to understand this. In his previous life, Beicang was almost entirely served by electric buses in the later stages. Tan Jincheng rarely rode them, but he would occasionally take short trips.

In terms of user experience, today's electric buses are no match for the technologically advanced pure electric buses of later generations. The design is also different from those of later generations; the bus model is still the long and bulky traditional bus.

In addition, the bus drivers in Jiangcheng are indeed quite skilled; however, that's just how buses are, why worry about the experience when you're already riding a bus?

All we need to do is monitor the battery's properties and the quality of its charging. This batch of batteries is not from Jinxin and doesn't have any markings.

However, Tan Jincheng still managed to get a few pieces, intending to take them back for Jinxin to study. Dongfeng was quite generous in their cooperation, giving him all these things. But even if they didn't give them to him, Tan Jincheng could still get them. He could simply buy a batch of buses and donate them to the Beicang Bus Group, then he could dismantle them however he wanted.

"Have the advertisements been placed on these buses yet?" This was a trial run, and in addition to the junior leaders from Dongfeng, leaders from the bus group were also present.

"Not yet. Is Mr. Tan interested?"

Tan Jincheng nodded: "Yes, I wonder if it's possible to make an arrangement? If so, I'll have our staff contact you later."

Any new car is a beautiful sight on the street, and the effect of car body advertising is better than that of older models. In Jiangcheng, in addition to advertising Liu Yifei herself, there is also advertising for the GXG clothing brand.

At present, Flash Motors has switched more to GXG for print advertising. The electric vehicle brand's advertising is mainly concentrated on television and online media. Flash Motors is also trying to secure advertising space on the bus bodies of any popular bus routes in major cities.

Currently, Flash has extensive cooperation with Focus Media, the largest media company in China, mainly involving offline print advertising. When it comes to marketing, there are really few people more professional than Tan Jincheng.

Besides his own considerable strength, there are many other amazing companies that are not well-known these days. In an era of limited information, even industry leaders have their own misconceptions.

A lack of emphasis on public relations, untimely information gathering, and a boss-centric mindset—where everything must be done according to the boss's wishes—often cause them to lag behind Flash in marketing.

If you're a step too slow, you'll miss out on many good resources, and this is true in many industries.

Lei Jun's success tells us that it doesn't matter if the product is not very good; as long as the price-performance ratio is right and there is good marketing, it can still sell very well.

After taking a detour around Jiangcheng, I was taken by two leaders to eat some hot dry noodles at a roadside stall. Jiangcheng is known as one of the four "furnaces" of China, and to be honest, I wasn't really interested in eating hot dry noodles at a roadside stall in the sweltering heat of September.

However, there was nothing that could be done; the leaders liked to act approachable, and hot dry noodles were indeed a specialty of Jiangcheng. But Tan Jincheng didn't particularly like them, mainly because it was too hot, and he didn't feel that eating hot dry noodles in this weather was suitable.

After accompanying the leaders on a tour, Tan Jincheng also ordered 20 electric buses from Dongfeng Motors, intending to donate 10 to Beicang Bus Group and keep 10 for factory use, but this batch will be arranged later.

Anyway, Flash has bought quite a few cars recently, no more than 20, but to be honest, these things are really damn expensive.

It's not that I don't want to buy more, it's that I really can't bear to spend the money. Not to mention that such large vehicles are already expensive, the first batch of consumers are always the ones who get ripped off when new things appear. This wave of electric vehicles has hit Flash Motors right in the head.

Let them cut it off then; I'll get my revenge sooner or later.

After spending a few days in Jiangcheng, Tan Jincheng, along with several technicians, conducted in-depth research on the area that Dongfeng Motor had opened up for him. During this time, Tan Jincheng also learned a great deal about automobiles.

Although there are still many things I don't understand, I'm no longer a complete novice. I can understand a few sentences, and I take notes on the parts I don't understand, and I take pictures of the parts I can.

Aside from not admitting that Flashcar is going to build cars, anyone who knows Tan Jincheng well knows that he genuinely intends to do so. Even the Dongfeng technicians who were meeting Tan Jincheng for the first time had this feeling. "What boss would study automotive knowledge so seriously for no reason? It's not like he's preparing for graduate school."

That's really outrageous. None of the technicians that Boss Tan brought knew as much as he did. It's just that the knowledge he asked was a bit too basic.

"Mr. Tan, what you're doing is affecting our progress. If you have any basic questions, you can ask me privately. We can recommend some books for you to read later."

"Oh? That's great, let's exchange contact information then?" Taking advantage of the situation was always Tan Jincheng's style.

Learning? What the hell? All he wanted was to get these people's private contact information. That was all Tan Jincheng was doing. However, the questions he asked were so basic, which wasn't intentional, since he had only been learning for a short time.

After thinking it over, the Dongfeng technician in charge of receiving Tan Jincheng decided to give him his personal contact information.

This guy is a big shot, so it doesn't seem like there's anything wrong with giving him my personal contact information; it's like having a connection anyway.

While staying at the Dongfeng workshop, Tan Jincheng didn't sit idle. He contacted his classmate Xiao Liu, saying, "I've helped you so much, I should at least get something out of you."
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"Isn't it said that you do good deeds without expecting anything in return? You also often say in interviews that FlashCheer doesn't deliberately promote the charity work it has done?"

"That's for ordinary people. Why would I publicize my achievements so much if I helped ordinary people? What tangible benefits would I get besides their gratitude? But it's different with you. You're a big star. If I help you, I'll definitely tell you."

Liu Yifei on the other end of the phone was speechless. What she said made sense. It was only right to ask for something in return for helping. This was not something that could be morally blackmailed.

However, she was still very grateful to Tan Jincheng, who had helped her a lot last time. Since her debut, she had been subjected to all sorts of negative rumors, but none as intense as the previous one.

Leaving aside the tabloid news, even transgender people have come forward. She thought she was strong enough, but she was almost at her breaking point. After all, she's only 20 years old.

It was Tan Jincheng's sudden appearance that withstood the pressure from these behind-the-scenes manipulators. Having been in the entertainment industry for several years, she knew that such pressure could not be withstood by personal connections alone; there must have been some exchange of interests behind the scenes.

She didn't know what kind of exchange of benefits it involved, but it certainly wasn't simple.

In addition, she also understood that Tan Jincheng didn't need to do these things. If the spokesperson had a scandal, both parties could negotiate to terminate the endorsement contract and pay some liquidated damages. At worst, they could sign a new spokesperson and put her on the sidelines. It would be easier than betraying her favor.

From a cost perspective, the debt of gratitude is far greater than the millions in breach of contract penalties, and she didn't know why Tan Jincheng did this.

In my mother's words, from a businessman's perspective, what Flash is doing is actually not worthwhile and does not align with its own interests. I really can't understand it.

"Stop talking nonsense. I know you're busy, but no matter what, you need to take a few days to come back and shoot a promotional video. Listen to me, this is actually good for you too."

PUA expert Tan Jincheng bluffed.

The idea of ​​filming a city promotional video for Jiangcheng for free was a last-minute one when Tan Jincheng was meeting with Dongfeng. Liu Yifei was the one who was specifically requested. Big stars usually have tight schedules, so this kind of last-minute job is indeed a bit difficult.

However, Tan Jincheng didn't care about the difficulties or not; I had already promised them.

P.S.: Celebrity themes are not the focus here, so I will try to shorten each chapter if I feel it is necessary to save some points. If you like to read more, please let me know and I will incorporate them appropriately later, but not too much, and it will not deviate from the theme.

(End of this chapter)