Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 349 Human Greed
Shi Lei asked curiously, "Why?"

Cheng Yi said, "Because of people's greed, the promises made before the money is received are completely different from the promises made after the money is received."

Shi Lei said, seemingly understanding but not quite, "I think I understand."

After expanding my business nationwide, the biggest challenge I faced was being imitated.

This is also why Cheng Yi has been slow to enter the national arena.

Once capital discovers that your product is profitable, it goes without saying that they will replicate it at the fastest speed and then use more funds and connections to squeeze your market.

The internet industry has no shortage of creativity, only a lack of funding and connections.

The idea that you can make a fortune just by coming up with a creative idea after being reborn only exists in movies and TV dramas.

In reality, your idea might have just started and made a little money when it was copied by investors and scaled up.

As for you, who are you?
Even if capital gives a piece of meat to a dog on the street, it won't throw the meat to you, because you're a penniless and powerless nobody, and nobody like you doesn't deserve such a great idea.

Even if they plagiarize you 100%, you can't win even if you take the case all the way to the United Nations, because you're a penniless and powerless nobody.

The reality is so cruel.

There is a profound saying in business: "If a ruler is not discreet, he will lose his ministers; if a minister is not discreet, he will lose his life; if matters are not kept secret, they will cause harm."

That's what I'm talking about.

Many good ideas must be kept hidden away and never flaunted. Wait until you've gathered your strength and then unleash it with full force. Only in this way can you barely gain a foothold.

Now, Shengda has copied the idea of ​​Momo's virtual item trading website.

They created a Shengda Game Equipment Trading Website, and increased the promotion of the Shengda Game Equipment Trading Website on the Shengda official website and game forums.

Their slogan is that they only charge a 10% handling fee for guarantees, with official guarantees and no worries about safety.

For players, official guarantees are definitely more credible.

Furthermore, offline transactions can also be conducted in internet cafes in various districts and counties, which surpasses Momo Virtual Item Trading Network in both security and transaction convenience.

Even popular software websites have created a special column to discuss the pros and cons of Momo Virtual Item Trading Website and Shengda Game Equipment Trading Website.

In comparison, Shengda Game Equipment Trading Network is clearly superior.

In less than a month, Shengda Game Equipment Trading Network became a mainstream website for virtual equipment trading, quickly capturing 71% of the market share.

As the first to launch a virtual item trading platform, Momo's market share has been compressed to 29%, and there is a possibility that it will be further squeezed.

Even so, Momo Virtual Item Trading Network still insists on a 20% handling fee.

In an internet cafe with 300 computers in Lucheng City, Zhejiang Province, the owner, Yao Yongsi, is deeply troubled.

He was really distressed; in just ten days, he had accumulated 21 yuan in collateral.

Southern Zhejiang Province is a wealthy province, and Lucheng City is the wealthiest city within that wealthy province. Naturally, many legendary players buy equipment, and gradually, the amount of collateral he has accumulated in his hands has increased.

According to the agreement, he can receive a 2% service fee from the guarantee amount, which is 4200 yuan.

Shengda only charges a 10% guarantee fee. After deducting taxes and Shengda's service fees, the two internet cafes participating in the guarantee transaction can each receive a 2% service fee.

At this moment, Yao Yongsi had already begun to harbor wicked thoughts.

Why should the payer receive less than the payee?
This is not fair.

And why should they only receive a 2% service fee?

Look at that Momo Internet cafe in Lucheng City with only ten computers. They can earn a thousand or eight hundred yuan a day by guaranteeing games like Stone Age. And what about him? He works himself to the bone, but he only gets this little bit in return.
Confucius said: What others cannot give you, you must give yourself.

Shengda is a large and powerful company, so it shouldn't be a big deal to delay the payment of 21 yuan, right?

If he delays it by just one month, he can use that 21 to make even more money.

After all, his pawnshop needed funds.

Shengda sends someone to collect the guarantee payment and deliver game cards every ten days, so we need to find an excuse to delay it.

Yao Yongsi stood up, took two steps, and then fell to the ground with a thud.

Oh no, I broke my leg and need to rest.

The next day, Lu Wei, the financial staff member of Shengda responsible for the southern Zhejiang province, arrived in Lucheng City without stopping.

Ever since the game equipment trading website was launched, Shengda's finance staff have been practically out of their minds.

These internet cafe owners are really too difficult to deal with.

This isn't collecting payment; this is practically demanding a debt.

Let alone guarantee payments, it's even difficult to collect money for game cards.

It's not that they refuse to give it to us, they just try every possible way to delay.

Lu Wei had already decided that if the company didn't raise their salaries, he planned to resign.

Because this is simply not a job for a human being.

After getting out of the taxi, Lü Wei looked up at the sign for Jiusi Internet Cafe.

Fortunately, the owner of Jiusi Internet Cafe is very easy to talk to. After all, his main business is a pawn shop, unlike other internet cafe owners who run nightclubs or hair salons, where people really have no manners.

Lu Wei took a deep breath, put on a professional smile, and strode into Jiusi Internet Cafe.

He arrived at the front desk of Jiusi Internet Cafe and smiled at the young female manager, saying, "Hello, I'm looking for Boss Yao."

The female internet cafe manager rolled her eyes at Lü Wei and said while eating sunflower seeds, "Our boss hurt his leg and was just taken to the hospital."

Lu Wei smiled and said, "Could you please have your finance staff come out and check the accounts with me? I'm a finance staff member from Shengda, here to collect payments."

"We don't have an accountant, our business is run by a husband and wife," the female internet cafe manager said casually. "Come back in a few days."

"Hey? How can this be? We made a promise!" Lü Wei immediately became anxious.

The female internet cafe manager said irritably, "So what if we made an appointment? Does making an appointment mean the cripple can run like the wind?"

Lu Wei was speechless for a moment after being choked by the female internet cafe manager, and said, "I can't just keep waiting like this just because your boss isn't discharged from the hospital."

"Just wait. Without our boss's signature, not a single penny can be released." Lu Wei looked at the extremely rude female internet cafe manager with dissatisfaction and frowned, "Could you please give me your boss's phone number?"

The female internet cafe manager said, "You, the debt collector, don't even have the debtor's phone number?"

Lu Wei took a deep breath to prevent himself from fainting from anger, and said patiently, "I am Shengda's cashier, I am not here to collect debts, and our group has regulations that strictly prohibit our finance staff from contacting internet cafe owners privately."

"This is strictly prohibited, and you still take the risk?" the female internet cafe manager retorted to Lü Wei.

Lu Wei said, "I had no choice; I also had a mission to complete."

Seeing that Lü Wei was about to be driven mad by her, the female internet cafe manager chuckled and said, "Alright, alright, I won't tease you anymore. Here, this is our boss's phone number."

The female internet cafe manager handed Lü Wei a business card and said with a smile, "My boss still hasn't paid me back for sleeping with me a few days ago. If it's convenient for you, could you help me get it back? If you get it back for me, I'll treat you to something nice."

"Vulgar." Lü Wei trembled with anger.

Getting entangled with these low-class people is just too frustrating.

Lu Wei grabbed the business card and walked out of the smoky internet cafe, taking a long time to recover.

He dialed the number on the business card, and soon a weak voice answered, "Hello? Who is this?"

"Mr. Yao, this is Lü Wei from Shengda," Lü Wei said. "I heard you were injured. Are you alright?"

"Oh, what a disaster! I was just about to hand over the work with you when I tripped and fell as soon as I stepped out the door. I even fractured my leg." Yao Yongsi lay on the sofa at home, watching the currently popular drama "Meteor Garden" and said weakly, "I'm so annoyed."

Lu Wei patiently said, "Boss Yao, could you arrange for someone to help me with the handover?"

Yao Yongsi sighed, "I'm worried. It's such a large sum of money. If something goes wrong, I'll never be able to pay it back in my lifetime."

Lu Wei said, "How about this, I'll take the bank staff to the hospital, and we can complete the handover on the spot?"

Yao Yongsi said approvingly, "I think it's a good idea. I'm currently in the orthopedic ward of Friendship Hospital in Yanjing City. When are you coming over?"

"Yanjing City?" Lü Wei wondered if he had misheard.

Is it really necessary to go to Yanjing City if I just fell?

During this period, Lü Wei had a lot of dealings with these internet cafe owners, and he knew their character very well.

If he actually flew to Yanjing, Yao Yongsi would say: "Oh, I'm sorry, the doctor said my illness can be treated locally, so he told me to go back to Zhejiang Province."

The main point is to avoid meeting in person.

Lu Wei said in a deep voice, "Boss Yao, Shengda must collect this money because it represents the prepaid card fees advanced by dozens of internet cafes."

"Of course I'll hand it over to you. You'd better come to Yanjing City as soon as possible." Yao Yongsi took a bite of the apple, juice splashing everywhere.

Sour and refreshing!

After experiencing this repeatedly over a period of time, Lü Wei finally broke down emotionally. He angrily said, "Boss Yao, please stop trying to be a scoundrel with me, okay?"

Yao Yongsi's tone turned serious as he said, "Accountant Lü, what do you mean by this? You don't think I'm deliberately not handing it over, do you? I've already sent you to Yanjing City to handle the handover, what more do you want from me? Do you want me to drag my broken leg to your Lord Lü's doorstep?"

Yao Yongsi's tone suddenly rose, and he said, "Just wait to file a complaint! I'm going to complain to your Shengda Group! You treat our partner internet cafes like dirt! We worked so hard to promote your services back then, and now that you've risen to prominence, you treat us like trash?"

Yao Yongsi hung up the phone after he finished speaking.

He snorted and took two more bites of the apple, which was crisp and sweet.

Playing the rogue? What a joke, he's a rogue to begin with!

Who would open an internet cafe if they were a good person?
Lu Wei stared at the phone that had been hung up, falling into a deep silence.

He'd had enough. He really had had enough.

Asking these scoundrels for money is harder than climbing to heaven.

With a blank expression, Lü Wei dialed a number and said in a tearful voice, "Hello, is this the HR department? This is Lü Wei. I want to resign."

Lü Wei is not the only one, but one of many.

The idea of ​​a game equipment trading website is good, but it's too labor-intensive.

At this moment, Ye Fang, the head of the human resources department of Shengda Group, also fell silent as she looked at the resignation registration form on the table.

In less than a month, one-fifth of their finance and collection team resigned, and just now even Lu Wei, their best performer, resigned.

Since Lü Wei has resigned, it means the problem isn't with the finance staff, but with the system itself.

Ye Fang stood up and quickly went to Luo Shengyi's office, saying, "President Luo, our game equipment trading website may need to be restructured. The current situation is not right."

Just as Ye Fang finished speaking, a chubby man walked into the office.

As soon as the man entered, he shouted, "President Luo, our game card revenue has declined for the first time this month. If this report is submitted to the group's investors, I estimate that President Chen will be furious. President Chen and several investors are discussing listing on NASDAQ right now."

The man is Su Yao, the chief financial officer of Shengda Group.

"President Ye is here too." Su Yao smiled at Ye Fang.

Ye Fang sneered, "You can still laugh? Your department is almost empty."

Ye Fang slammed the resignation registration form on the table.

Su Yao grabbed the registration form, glanced at it, and his expression changed. He said, "The problem must lie with that newly launched game equipment trading website. There were no problems when these people were getting their game card fees back before. Why are they all resigning now that this game equipment trading website has appeared?"

Luo Shengyi frowned slightly and said unhappily, "President Su, you can't just make wild guesses. This game equipment trading website is an important part of our group's grand strategy."

Su Yao said, "We finance staff always value evidence."

Su Yao took out a document from his bag and threw it to Luo Shenyi, saying, "Take a look for yourself and see if I'm just making wild guesses. Ever since you launched this game equipment trading website, we've been using the game card fees that should have been collected in a timely manner to offset the game equipment transaction payments. This is absolutely unacceptable. We must go back to the traditional model of paying first and then receiving the card."

Luo Shengyi said, "If we start using the traditional model, how can the equipment trading website continue to operate? Are we expecting internet cafe owners to cover the costs?"

Su Yao said irritably, "You shouldn't have created such a crappy website. How much money can this escrow service make? No, I shouldn't say that. It should be, how much money did this escrow service lose!"

"You're delegating the money for game cards and guarantee fees to those internet cafe owners who are responsible for guaranteeing equipment transactions. Isn't that just letting Lao Mao sleep on the sidelines? The money ends up in the hands of those low-level people. How could they possibly give it to you?" Su Yao said with great dissatisfaction.

“Do they dare not give it to us? I have already notified the legal department. If they don’t give it to us, we will file a lawsuit immediately,” Luo Shengyi said confidently.

“It will take at least three months to file a lawsuit,” Su Yao said. “Once you file a lawsuit, all the internet cafes will refuse to pay the money. They’d love for you to file a lawsuit. During those three months of the lawsuit period, they can easily divert the money to other uses.”

(End of this chapter)