Chapter 44 Can You Still Help?
Chapter 44 Can You Still Help?
Gao Mengting made a lot of money as a Taoke during college and even had an independent product shopping guide website.
Taoke refers to a profession that earns commissions by helping sellers on e-commerce platforms promote their products.
Since 2020, the live streaming e-commerce industry has suddenly experienced a huge boom. The interactivity, display, and convenience of live streaming have prompted changes in users' shopping habits.
Her Taobao affiliate business suffered a huge blow and the promotion revenue became lower and lower.
After careful study and research, she chose to follow the trend of the times and entered this popular track.
He bought a Wuling Hongguang for hauling goods, rented the store, and started a business with two classmates.
She personally holds 80% of the shares, while the other two classmates each hold 10%.
They use offline stores as their base and expand their business through online channels. With the hurricane of live streaming, their business is getting better and better.
However, differences and contradictions also arise.
The two partners believed that they received too little, which was totally disproportionate to their efforts, and demanded a redivision of the equity, with each of them holding 33.3%.
This was obviously unacceptable to Gao Mengting. Since the store's operation, she had provided most of the funds, found the store's goods, and designed the live broadcast style and script.
The three of them broke up because of this, and the other two partners proposed to withdraw their shares in accordance with the "Individual Business Partnership Agreement" and took away part of the cash flow.
One of the partners in charge of live streaming posted a short essay using the store's certified account, leading fans to cyberbully her as the boss. The store was hit with complaints and returns, and was eventually banned by the platform.
Another partner who was responsible for fan maintenance quickly made the small account he had been operating a regular account.
The two of them started a new business and did the same thing, completely draining her money.
The online platform suffered a devastating blow, cash flow was cut off, offline customer base was insufficient, and inventory backlogs could not be digested, which directly led to her being stuck in a quagmire.
Of course, what was even more unacceptable to her was the betrayal by her two best friends.
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While we were chatting, one or two customers came in from time to time.
By the time Gao Mengting finished talking about her entrepreneurial experience, it was almost 12 noon.
Tang Song remained silent throughout the whole process, and looked at Gao Mengting with some heartache.
Originally, they had good intentions to help their friends who had difficulty finding a job to get rich, so the conditions in the "Individual Business Partnership Agreement" were very lenient, which also gave them the ability to turn against and backstab them at any time.
No wonder she was so fussy about the "Used Car Sales Contract" before.
"Do you think I'm stupid in some ways?" Gao Mengting shook her head in self-mockery. "The three of us were roommates in college, and our relationship was so good that we could even sleep in the same bed. But I still underestimated the greed of human nature, and overestimated my own personal charm."
Tang Song pursed his dry lips and said, "I can only say that you are too kind."
Gao Mengting stood up, took out a bottle of mineral water from the cash register and handed it to him, "If you start a business in the future, you must work hard on the agreement. It's best to find a professional lawyer. It's not to take advantage, but to make others have no courage to betray."
Tang Song held the bottle of mineral water she handed over, stood up, looked her in the eye, and said sincerely: "Ms. Gao, I have indeed made a business plan. This time I came here to invite you to become my partner."
"Eh?" Gao Mengting was stunned and asked incredulously: "Me? Partner?"
They had only met twice in total, and were not even acquaintances, so how did they get involved in starting a business together?
Tang Song took a big sip of water and said, "I have a wealth of complete information on clothing supply chain channels, and I can quickly find the lowest price for the same quality, but I have no experience in the industry, so I need your help!"
Gao Mengting thought for a moment, smiled bitterly and shook her head, "To be honest, I owe a lot of money now, and I am so worried every day that I don't have the energy to start all over again. It's too difficult."
"My initial investment is 100 million." Tang Song raised his index finger and said seriously, "I also have a 200-square-meter independent office in Yunxi Building!"
In order to recruit this high-quality talent, he put all his greatest advantages on display. At this moment, hurried footsteps suddenly came from the door.
"Mengting! Mengting!"
A boy in his twenties ran in from outside the store. He was wearing a shirt and trousers and looked quite sunny.
He also had a work badge around his neck that read “Aijia Real Estate Agency”.
Gao Mengting turned to look at him and asked in confusion, "What's wrong, Yongming?"
Li Yongming panted and said, "I just received news that the leader of the property company is having dinner at Juhuide, and the director of the investment development department is also here today."
Hearing this news, Gao Mengting instantly perked up and said anxiously, "Wait for me, I'll be there right away!"
Then he explained to Tang Song: "Mr. Tang, I'm in trouble now. How about we talk about starting a business later?"
Now, she has no time to find out whether what Tang Song said is true or not. She just wants to get through the difficulties and pay off her debts.
Besides, starting a business is not a trivial matter. Partners, sources of goods, capital, and trends are all factors that influence it.
Even if she were allowed to try again, the possibility of failure was still high.
Tang Song saw her mood and knew that this matter could not be rushed.
I said frankly, "I understand. Boss Gao, please think about it again. I am very serious about starting a business. If you are willing to join us, we can register a formal company. I will pay the capital and the shareholding can be negotiated. We can find a lawyer to draft a complete company charter to avoid unnecessary problems."
Li Yongming looked at Tang Song who was talking eloquently and couldn't help but ask, "Who are you?"
"Tang Song." Tang Song nodded to Li Yongming and continued to look at Gao Mengting.
Li Yongming frowned and said, "Let's go, Mengting! Business is more important!"
He has been pursuing this college classmate for several years. Knowing that Gao Mengting is currently at her most vulnerable and helpless stage, he tried every possible way to help her and see if he could impress her.
But the first thing the boy said was "registering a company", "starting a business in partnership", and "paid-in capital", which were obviously aimed at Gao Mengting's heart.
In addition, the other party was tall and good-looking, which instantly made Li Yongming's alarm go off.
Gao Mengting and Tang Song looked at each other and nodded, "Okay, Mr. Tang! Let's communicate on WeChat. I do have something urgent to deal with today, so I have to close the store first."
"Do you need help?" After all, he was the partner he had chosen, so Tang Song was quite concerned about him.
Seeing Tang Song was still pestering Gao Mengting, Li Yongming couldn't help but said unhappily, "We need to find the property management to negotiate the lease termination contract. I told you, can you still help?"
"Yongming, please speak nicely." Gao Mengting frowned and explained, "I'm sorry, Mr. Tang, my friend's words were a bit unpleasant to hear. When I rented this store, I signed an agreement with the property company. If I cancel the lease before the lease expires, I will need to pay the remaining months' rent, and the security deposit will be confiscated. You also know my current situation, so I want to go to the leader of the property company to apply and see if there is a way to solve it or ease it."
"I understand." Tang Song nodded. He had heard of this kind of thing. In order to prevent merchants from running away and shops from being vacant, many shopping malls would set up similar thresholds during the peak rental season.
Gao Mengting looked at the time and said, "Mr. Tang, let's leave it at that for now. We have to take a taxi."
Tang Song took the initiative to say: "How about I drive you there? I hope that Wuling can bring you good luck."
Hearing the word "Wuling", Gao Mengting's eyes softened instantly, and she nodded gently, "Okay, thank you, Mr. Tang!"
Then, she took out a beautifully wrapped belt from the drawer and handed it over. "This is a gift from a previous event. Consider it as taxi fare."
"Thank you." Tang Song took it with a smile.
Li Yongming opened his mouth but finally held back and said nothing. It was because he hadn't bought a car yet!
(End of this chapter)