Chapter 773 Breakthrough
In the outside world, although Qi Tongwei's business was developing steadily, he also felt a little uneasy. Recently, there have been some malicious competition behaviors against his company in the market. Although it has not caused any substantial impact on the company, it makes him feel a little threatened.
Qi Tongwei's sugar business has gradually gained a firm foothold in the domestic market. However, he knows that the domestic market has limited capacity. If the company wants to achieve real take-off, overseas sales are the only way. Especially in Southeast Asia, the climate conditions make the local demand for sugar huge. If these markets can be successfully opened, the company will usher in a qualitative leap.
As a result, Qi Tongwei began to devote himself to the preparations for opening up overseas markets. He traveled around, participated in various international trade shows, and discussed cooperation matters with potential customers and partners. However, this road was much more difficult than he had imagined.
At an important international trade fair, Qi Tongwei introduced his company's white sugar products to a major customer from Southeast Asia with great expectation. He elaborated in detail on the high quality, reasonable price and perfect logistics and distribution plan of the products. However, after listening to him, the other party just smiled politely and said, "Mr. Qi, your products are really good, but we have established a long-term and stable cooperative relationship with other suppliers and have no plans to change them for the time being."
Qi Tongwei's heart tightened, but he did not give up and continued, "I believe our company's products and services will not disappoint you. We can provide more favorable prices and more flexible cooperation terms, and our white sugar quality inspection far exceeds the industry standard."
The customer frowned slightly and seemed a little hesitant, but finally shook his head, "I'm sorry, Mr. Qi, business cooperation is not just about products and prices, there are many other factors to consider. Let's maintain the status quo." After that, he got up and left.
Qi Tongwei felt disappointed as he watched the customer leave, but he knew that this was just a small setback in expanding overseas markets and he should not be discouraged.
After returning to the company, Qi Tongwei called all senior managers to an emergency meeting. "We must find a way to open up overseas markets as soon as possible, especially in Southeast Asia. Everyone can speak out any ideas you have," Qi Tongwei said in a serious tone.
The marketing manager spoke first: "I think we can increase advertising efforts in overseas markets to increase the popularity of our products. In addition, we can consider cooperating with local distributors and use their channels to promote our products."
The sales manager also made his own suggestions: "We can provide some free samples to potential customers so that they can personally experience the advantages of our products. At the same time, we need to optimize our logistics and distribution system to ensure that the goods can be delivered to customers in a timely and accurate manner."
Qi Tongwei listened carefully to everyone's suggestions and nodded from time to time. After the meeting, he made a series of detailed plans based on everyone's suggestions.
However, just as Qi Tongwei was fully committed to his overseas market development plan, various troubles came one after another. First, there was a problem with logistics. An international logistics company that had originally agreed to ship the goods suddenly increased the freight rate and could not guarantee the shipping time. This caused Qi Tongwei's cargo transportation costs to increase significantly, and he also faced the risk of delayed delivery of the goods.
Qi Tongwei hurriedly contacted other logistics companies, but the replies he received were either that the prices were too high or that they could not meet his transportation needs. He felt unprecedented pressure.
At the same time, in prison, although Xu Liangwei was locked in the solitary confinement room, he did not stop his plan. He used some special means to get in touch with people outside.
"I don't care what method you use, you must create more trouble for Qi Tongwei's overseas business. Doesn't he want to sell sugar to Southeast Asia? Then stop him from selling it!" Xu Liangwei said viciously on the phone.
"Brother Xu, don't worry. We have already taken action. We bribed one of his suppliers to cut off their stock at the critical moment. Moreover, we have also tampered with his logistics to ensure that his goods cannot be shipped out." A flattering voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Very good, keep watching him. As long as you can bring down Qi Tongwei, you will get all the benefits." Xu Liangwei hung up the phone with a smug smile on his face.
In the overseas market, Qi Tongwei's troubles continued to escalate. Some of his potential customers suddenly received anonymous letters that maliciously slandered Qi Tongwei's company and products, saying that their sugar had quality problems and the company's reputation was poor. These letters caused some customers who were originally interested in cooperating to change their minds.
Qi Tongwei was furious when he learned about this. He knew that someone must be behind this, but he couldn't find any clues. He decided to start from within to see if any employees had leaked the company's trade secrets.
After a careful investigation, Qi Tongwei found that an employee of the company had behaved abnormally recently and had frequent contact with some unidentified people. He immediately interrogated the employee.
Faced with the evidence, the employee finally admitted that he was bribed and followed the instructions of the other party to send those letters to overseas customers that slandered the company. However, he did not know the true identity of the other party, and only knew that the other party contacted him through anonymous emails.
Although Qi Tongwei got this clue, it was not easy to follow this clue to find the mastermind behind the scene. He felt as if he had fallen into a huge trap, surrounded by enemies, but he didn't know where they were hiding.
However, Qi Tongwei was not intimidated by these difficulties. He decided to go to Southeast Asia in person to communicate directly with local customers and partners face to face to dispel their doubts.
During his stay in Southeast Asia, Qi Tongwei visited one customer after another. With his sincerity and professionalism, he explained the company's situation and the advantages of its products in detail to the customers. He also invited the customers to visit the company's production base and quality inspection center, so that they could see with their own eyes the company's strict control over product quality.
After some efforts, Qi Tongwei finally gained the trust of some customers, who expressed their willingness to cooperate with Qi Tongwei's company and try to purchase a batch of white sugar.
Qi Tongwei was overjoyed, as he knew this was an important breakthrough in opening up overseas markets.