The helicopter roared in the sky while the advertising banners fluttered. Every passerby stopped and looked up.
"Jude Wang is comprehensively recruiting franchisees...?"
"Only Jude Wang has the courage to use a helicopter for advertising."
"And this is a once - in - a - lifetime opportunity! With the comprehensive recruitment of franchisees, it's definitely a great chance for career advancement."
"But isn't Jude Wang currently surrounded by negative news?"
The fact that financial groups were ganging up to attack a conscientious enterprise would never be disclosed to the general public.
The citizens were more concerned about the negative news about Jude Wang.
"The clarification is posted on the official website. Jude Wang is innocent."
"Right. I don't believe Jude Wang would ever deceive consumers."
Qi Yuwu was very shrewd.
If all the news was negative, it would seem like a smear campaign between enterprises. But by mixing true and false information, the major financial groups had to pick and choose the rumors that were beneficial to them to clarify.
If they didn't clarify, it would be okay. Everyone had their own dirty secrets and could just muddle through.
But once they started to clarify that they were being slandered and framed, the authenticity of the dirt on Jude Wang would be questionable...
The public was suspicious. Jude Wang quickly took action against those internet celebrity bloggers with a large number of followers. First, they exposed the bloggers' past negative news, then asked them to clarify that they had accepted bribes and deliberately smeared the truth. Coupled with the full - scale online operations of Chi Wannian and Xu Liunian, as well as Jude Wang's strong quality inspections, what was originally just a small storm for the enterprise would soon blow over.
As for the offline elderly people, Zhu Ning simply recruited a group of health - product salesmen to spread the word.
In modern society, insurance salesmen who want to take your money are often closer to the elderly than their own children.
Moreover, only a small number of people spread rumors.
Jude Wang's prestige among the elderly was truly well - deserved.
This incident was quickly forgotten, and even a real - version story about Jude Wang being framed began to spread everywhere.
With the knot in people's hearts untied and having passed the test of conscience, and with such a great opportunity right in front of them, how would ordinary people choose?
"I'm going to apply for a franchise!"
Hesitating for even a second would be a disrespect to Jude Wang and a neglect of one's own future!
"I never had the chance to work for Jude Wang before. Now that I can franchise it, who wouldn't want to?"
"Hurry up! The quota will be full soon!"
Just as Zhu Ning had expected, hundreds of thousands or even millions of applications were submitted from all over the country.
The oral agreements were blocked by everyone's tacit understanding, and without solid evidence, the official authorities couldn't take immediate action.
But now that ordinary citizens were becoming merchants and merchants were also citizens, and she had mobilized a large number of people as support, would these financial groups dare to blatantly block the advancement opportunities of millions of people?
If they wanted to court death, they could give it a try and see how the official authorities would deal with them.
After all, this was China, the land of the people!
If you didn't want the people to rise, then you wouldn't be able to survive either!
The Dongsheng Financial Group didn't look happy. "This Zhu Ning truly lives up to her reputation as a cancer!"
Jufeng said, "It was only a matter of time before she broke through. She still holds tens of millions of jobs. The official authorities won't just watch us force her to death."
So their initial plan was to take over. They just definitely wouldn't treat these tens of millions of people according to the welfare standards set by Zhu Ning.
Yuanyang scoffed. "Even if she does this, how long can she hold on? According to the report yesterday, she burned through 200 billion in just 8 hours. She could burn nearly a trillion in a day. In this situation, instead of cutting losses in time, she even wants to expand her offensive. How stupid!"
Huaran said, "Let her burn money in the front. We'll outflank her rear now, burn her stronghold, and disrupt Haicheng!"
The financial groups immediately took action and set off for Haicheng overnight.
Haicheng had always been actively attracting investment. Of course, it welcomed any enterprises that wanted to settle in.
The leaders of the major financial groups said, "Our goal here is to compete and develop, and we strive to surpass Jude Wang. We know that Jude Wang is a local landmark enterprise, but in business, there will inevitably be some minor collisions. We hope Mayor Zheng won't mind."
Mayor Zheng Weixian's smile was a bit strange. "Of course not. This is a free - market economy. We encourage friendly competition."
The leaders of the financial groups were very satisfied with this answer and immediately started to set up their enterprises. They secretly announced that they would disrupt Jude Wang in Haicheng within three days and then retreat.
They began to poach employees, resources, and try to undermine Jude Wang. Since Jude Wang was self - sufficient and they couldn't undermine its foundation, they decided to poach its employees first.
They offered high salaries and good benefits, which even made the employees of Jude Wang's headquarters envious.
But the employees of Jude Wang seemed to be as steadfast as if they were tied to a magic needle.
They remained unmoved.
Only a few low - level employees came over, and they didn't manage to poach the elite talents they wanted.
The leader's face darkened. "Since these people are so ungrateful, let's put them aside for now. Let's open stores first and grab market share!"
So the stores opened quickly. There were big promotions, gongs and drums were beating, and firecrackers were going off. The stores were very deliberately opened next to Jude Wang's stores to surround and attack it, and their prices were even lower than Jude Wang's.
On the day the new stores opened, the leaders were eager to show their prowess. Soon, someone walked over.
Not just one person, but a group.
A group of old men and women in uniform T - shirts, wearing uniform hats, and carrying loudspeakers walked over.
They looked like a fitness walking group!
The leader's eyes lit up.
"Great! We've got a big order on the opening day. Let's get this first order to celebrate our opening!"
The leader personally stepped forward to greet and attract customers with a very bright smile. "Uncle and Auntie, our store is newly opened..."
Before he could finish his sentence, an old man interrupted him. "Sorry, we're going to our destination for exercise now."
Then they walked forward in unison. The leader chased after them reluctantly.
But two seconds later, the old men and women stopped right in front of the store.
Thinking they had changed their minds, the leader immediately stepped forward with a smile. But the next second, deafening music blared out. The old man whistled sharply, and the group members changed their formations rhythmically, making all kinds of noises.
The leader's face suddenly changed. He stepped forward quickly. "Uncle, weren't you going to your destination for exercise?"
The old man looked innocent. "This is our destination."
The leader's temples throbbed. He forced out a smile. "This isn't right. This is our store..."
"You've chosen a great location for your store. The feng shui is excellent. Standing here for a while can add 50 years to your lifespan. You're not going to be so stingy as to drive us old folks away, are you? Oh, life is so hard!"
The leader's face distorted for a moment. "Uncle, how about you go exercise somewhere else?"
The store was completely blocked by them. How could they do business and surpass Jude Wang?
"What did you say?"
The old man's whistle was so loud that it hurt the leader's ears. He forced out a smile. "Go exercise somewhere else!"
"Go exercise where?"
"Somewhere else!"
"Go exercise in your villa?"
The leader was speechless...
They were definitely doing it on purpose!
He was going to call the police!