“Someone might want to ask, what’s the difference between ‘cold-faced lady’ and Fish-Catching Take-Out? Would there be a conflict between the products under Tengda?”
“My answer is that ‘cold-faced lady’ would focus on ‘fast food’. Strictly speaking, Fish-Catching Take-Out should be a ‘set meal’ or a ‘simple meal’. Just like steak pizzas and fried chicken burgers, they have different flavors and do not interfere with each other.
“‘Cold Faced Lady’ and Fish-Catching Take-Out, including most of the food and beverage models on the market, do not form a direct competitiveness. We are in different positions and will fight for our own target users.”
“Someone might want to ask, what are you talking about ‘multi-dimensional fusion’ as a roasted cold noodles seller? You haven’t even started your first cold noodles shop, and you’re already thinking about combined events of different industries later on. Aren’t you biting off more than you can chew?”
“I want to say that those who do not plan for the overall situation will not be able to plan for the short term; those who do not plan for the general trend would not be able to plan for the moment. As entrepreneurs leveraging the Internet, we have to possess a very rare but necessary ability to look long term.”
“If my goal is just to casually make some roasted cold noodles, open a few branches, and earn a few million yuan in revenue every month, then why should I hold a news conference and think of a way to obtain so much financing?”
“If I was a person who was content with a small fortune, what would everyone get in return for investing in me?”
“The so-called reaching beyond one’s grasp actually refers to not having one’s feet on the ground. Everything is in the air. There is a huge gap in the middle between the ground and the target.”
“However, the model that I have planned for ‘Cold Faced Lady’ has three clear steps. I have clearly explained the goal, the means, and the final outcome. There is no gap in between.”
“Of course, there are some details that are classified as business secrets which I have to keep confidential. This is a necessary condition to ensure that I can succeed in starting the business.”
“I’ll say the same thing again. I don’t expect everyone to decide to invest immediately after watching this PowerPoint.”
“Everyone, you can pay close attention to the dynamics of the ‘Cold-Faced Lady’ brand. When I open my first shop, complete my first marketing event, earn profits in the first month, open my second shop… you will see that my goals have been achieved one by one. You will naturally understand that I’m serious.”
“If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. I’ll tell you everything I can as long as it’s not too detailed or confidential.”
Meng Chang gestured for the staff to prepare the microphones that had been prepared beforehand and handed them to the investors below the stage.
After nearly two hours of speech, many investors became interested in the brand.
No one could guarantee whether this brand would be successful or not. However, at the very least, from the entire news conference, this model was quite interesting. Therefore, these investors were very interested no matter whether they were to ask with approval or opposition.
Meng Chang did not panic at all as he faced the questions that were either milder or sharper. Instead, he spoke confidently and eloquently.
Xue Zhebin looked confused below the stage.
He tilted his head towards Li Shi and said in a low voice, “Boss Li, I think what he said makes sense. I can’t help but want to invest some money into the founder shares to play with. If it really succeeds, the returns would be astonishing.”
Li Shi was silent for a moment. “We can’t be sure just from hearing this. It’s very risky. It’s best to take a look.”
“A smart investor cannot have the mentality of a gambler. If you think that you can get high returns from a project, you will often be deceived completely. The wisdom of investing is not only to spot opportunities, but also to know how to avoid risks.”
Xue Zhebin sighed. “Sigh, investing is really a technical job. If someone could invent a lie detector, you would know at a glance if they were lying. Then, investors would not be scammed.”
Li Shi smiled. “It’s useless to have a lie detector. Some people are speaking the truth, but they are not good at execution. You would still fail even if you invested money. Some people might not think so much, but they succeeded in the end because of a coincidence. Nothing is certain.”
“What’s more, investments have high risks to begin with. Wouldn’t the investors be miserable if they were cheated of their money? Of course, they would be miserable. However, investors are not weak. This is a cruel arena.”
“Are the investors innocent? Of course not. Investments should be far-sighted, but many investors are short-sighted. Their only purpose in investing is to obtain more immediate benefits.”
“Investors hold a lot of money, but most investors would not invest it where it is most necessary. Instead, they would swarm to the so-called ‘investment opportunities’, burn money, create hype, undercut everyone else, destroy the environment, and end up with nothing.”
“I was the same a few years ago, but now, my mindset has started to change.”
“Therefore, you must not blame the heavens for your investments. If you meet a project with a high return rate, that’s because you have a keen eye; if you meet a scammer, that’s because your skills are too shallow.”
“Objectively speaking, investors would be scammed to the point that they would lose everything. However, investors are also unkind to inexperienced entrepreneurs who are not vigilant. Instead, they would try their best to eat them up alive.”
“The business world is like a battlefield. You can’t talk about morals or favors. It’s perfectly normal to fight to the death within the legal boundaries.”
Xue Zhebin asked again, “Boss Li, what do you think about the odds of success for the Cold Faced Lady business model?”
Li Shi pondered for a moment and said, “If we are only judging Meng Chang as a person, I would say that he is a marketing genius and a genius at making speeches. As for whether he is a business genius or a scam genius…”
“It’s still hard to tell now. We’ll have to see what happens after his first shop opens.”
” he is obviously well-prepared based on his fluet answers to the investors. There are no flaws at all.”
“I’m afraid that I won’t be able to get anything out of it just by asking questions.”
Xue Zhebin looked at He Desheng and Ma Yang, who were seated in the front row. “Will Boss Ma ask questions?”
Li Shi could not help but smile. “I don’t think so.”
Others thought that Boss Ma was very mysterious and thought that he was a hidden investment genius.
However, Li Shi did not think so.
That was because Li Shi had interacted with Ma Yang many times when he was at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. At one point, he had even managed to hoodwink Ma Yang to the point where he could not tell where he was. He knew exactly how intelligent Ma Yang was.
Ma Yang was only impressive because he had Boss Pei’s guidance!
Li Shi knew very well that Ma Yang was a tool under Boss Pei. The only reason he could achieve such a critical position was because he was obedient and absolutely loyal to Boss Pei.
Li Shi felt that his intelligence and ability were worlds apart from Boss Pei’s. He possessed the intelligence of an ordinary person at best. It was most likely slightly lower.
What kind of person was Meng Chang? His IQ was definitely among the elites no matter whether he was a real genius or a big liar.
Ma Yang questioning Meng Chang?
Anyone who knew their place would not do that.
Chapter 733 - Boss Ma's Questions
Ma Yang, who was seated in the front row, yawned and smacked his lips, wondering why the news conference had not ended after more
than two hours.
These people were asking endless questions!
It sounded so boring, but the people behind seemed to be very excited and kept asking questions.
Ma Yang had wanted to leave a long time ago. However, he was sitting in the first row after all. It would be too obvious. This time, he was here on behalf of Brother Qian. He was afraid that it would affect him if he left, so he could only sit in boredom.
He Desheng turned his head and asked softly, “Boss Ma, do you have any questions for him?”
Ma Yang shook his head. “Question my a*s. I’m not interested in roasted cold noodles at all. I feel sleepy listening to it.”
He Desheng nodded. Indeed, Meng Chang had spoken so much about the internet and used so many words that he had created himself. Other investors were listening with relish, but to Boss Ma, it was like chewing wax.
It was good not to ask questions.
That would save Boss Ma the embarrassment of asking a question. He would not be able to exit gracefully with so many investors watching.
Don’t talk too much and leave on the dot and he would have completed the task given by Boss Pei.
He Desheng did not intend to ask any questions.
He Desheng’s attitude was similar to Li Shi’s. He could not ask anything useful now.
Meng Chang had his own perfect theoretical system and business model. His ability to adapt on the spot was also top-notch. No matter the questions asked by the investors, he would definitely be able to answer them.
There was not much difference between asking one more or less question.
Soon, the investors were almost done asking questions.
That was because most investors had the same questions in mind. Once one of them obtained an answer, the others would not ask the same question again.
Meng Chang glanced at the time. It had been two and a half hours.
The timing was as expected.
The investors had been asking questions for half an hour. It was enough to show that the news conference was very successful. It had attracted the attention of the investors.
It did not matter even if he could not get any investors this time. After these investors left, the Cold Faced Lady brand would definitely spread widely in the investment circle and attract a certain amount of attention.
That way, he could use various marketing methods to generate popularity in the future. That would give him a good foundation.
Someone would definitely invest in it given enough time and traction.
Meng Chang was just about to announce the end of the news conference when he swallowed his words.
He suddenly felt like something was missing. The news conference was not complete!
His gaze swept across the entire place, and then stopped on the long face in the front row.
Meng Chang immediately understood.
There had been no questions from the Tengda Corporation’s representative!
As an entrepreneur, Meng Chang had a very important quality: shamelessness.
Was he still human if he didn’t take advantage of the popularity that was delivered to his doorstep?
Ever since Meng Chang received this investment, he had been thinking of ways and means to ride on Tengda’s popularity.
Promoting the investment he had received from Tengda, including the fact that he had emphasized in his speech that ‘cold-faced lady’ and ‘Fish-Catching Take-Out’ were completely differentiated marketing were all him trying to ride on Tengda’s popularity.
The reason why he wanted to talk about Fish-Catching Take-Out alone was to give investors a false psychological hint. He wanted them to think that Tengda was intentionally supporting the ‘cold-faced lady’ and Fish-Catching Take-Out as differentiated marketing with each other.
These investors would naturally make further guesses. When the ‘cold-faced lady’ grew stronger in the future, could it also make use of Fish-Catching Take-Out’s delivery men and even integrate and cooperate on a commercial level?
Once the psychological hint gave the investors such ideas, the chances of them investing in the ‘cold-faced lady’ would greatly increase.
And Boss Ma was fully representing Boss Pei now even though Boss Pei did not attend.
Yet, Boss Ma remained silent. How boring was that?
No matter how he thought about it, he would not be at a disadvantage if Boss Ma asked him one or two questions.
He could tell the outside world after the news conference that Tengda Investment’s higher management thought highly of the ‘cold-faced lady’ business model as long as Boss Ma did not question or oppose his business model. That would be great.
What if Boss Ma questioned it very clearly?
Meng Chang felt that this was extremely unlikely.
There might be many problems with his business model, they could not be verified.
In layman’s terms, one could only say that the model would not work if it failed in business. However, it was impossible to find the logical flaw in the model purely through debate.
Of course, there was also a third possibility: Boss Ma refused to ask questions.
However, this way, Meng Chang could also say that his business model was perfect. Even the higher management of Tengda Investments would not be able to find fault with it.
All in all, it would be beneficial to him to shift the attention of the audience onto Boss Ma.
At that thought, Meng Chang immediately turned to Boss Ma. “Boss Ma, do you have any questions?”
Ma Yang was casually playing with the ten yuan bottle of mineral water in front of him when a staff member handed him the microphone.
He was about to say ‘no’ when He Desheng nudged him lightly with his elbow.
He Desheng lowered his voice. “Boss Ma, just ask two questions.”
Ma Yang could not tell what was going on, but He Desheng could.
Even though He Desheng had followed Boss Pei’s rules and invested two million yuan into Meng Chang, he was not very happy that Meng Chang was trying to ride on Tengda’s popularity.
If Boss Ma said that there was no problem, he would be rubbed in even harder. Thus, He Desheng quickly reminded him.
Ma Yang did not know what was going on either, but since He Desheng wanted him to ask questions, he might as well ask.
He took the microphone from the staff and cleared his throat.
However, at that moment, he did not know what to ask.
Ma Yang stared at Meng Chang.
Ma Yang racked his brains but could not think of anything good. He could only ask casually, “Your roasted cold noodles… is it delicious?”
Meng Chang was stunned and felt a little dizzy.
What was the meaning of this?
Why didn’t Boss Ma act according to plan?
Who would ask something like that?
I’ve been telling you about the business model and how it would relate to the internet for two hours. How could I have been probing on the deliciousness of the roasted cold noodles?
However, he reacted very quickly. He was stunned for only two seconds before he immediately reacted. He smiled slightly. “The question of taste differs from person to person. Everyone will give different answers.”
“The ‘cold-faced lady’ would hire a professional nutritionist in the first stage to fully control the ingredients, production process, and other aspects of the roasted cold noodles.”
Ma Yang nodded. “Oh… so you can guarantee that the roasted cold noodles will taste good this way?”
Meng Chang was stunned again. “In theory, this is an inevitable outcome.”
Ma Yang nodded and did not ask further. However, he did think of another question.
“What does multi-dimensional fusion mean? I don’t understand.”
“Why don’t you explain it?”
Ma Yang looked squarely at Meng Chang on stage.
Two hours of speech was indeed way too long and Ma Yang listened to it intermittently. That
was why he did not remember the other terms, only the term ‘multi-dimensional fusion’ left a deep impression on him.
Meng Chang was stunned again.
How could he not understand it?
This might be a term he coined, but it shouldn’t be incomprehensible, right?
What’s more, it was already ridiculous that you didn’t understand it. How dare you say that you didn’t understand in front of so many investors? Are you trying to get me to explain again?
It looked like a very stupid question, but Meng Chang stopped underestimating him and became wary.
How could the Vice-President of Tengda, who used to be in charge of investments, be stupid?
A simple answer seemed to become extremely dangerous in an instant.
However, time was tight, and Meng Chang could not think for long.
“Simply put, multi-dimensional fusion is the combination of ecology in multiple dimensions. It works together, producing a chemical effect similar to fusion reactions and generating huge energy.”
“In business, there is a similar model. Once you succeed, you can obtain huge… business returns.”
Since he could not figure out why Boss Ma was asking this, Meng Chang could only choose the most reliable answer.
Ma Yang was silent for two seconds. “Fusion is a physical reaction.”
Meng Chang: “?”
Ma Yang continued, “In other words, your ‘multi-dimensional fusion’ is basically a collaboration between the various departments.
Meng Chang cleared his throat a few times. “Er… if you use the most layman terms, you can understand it this way, but this understanding is not comprehensive. That’s because ‘multi-dimensional fusion’ focuses on a more macroscopic aspect and is of a higher level compared to multi-dimensional coordination and integration. The difference in levels would make the same thing become substantially different…”
Ma Yang pondered for a moment. He had already asked two questions; that seemed about right.
He nodded. “Alright, I have no other questions.”
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