My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot-Chapter 438: She Deserves to Hit a Wall

"She’s a student at school, protected by the institution, and as long as she is both good in character and scholarship, teachers will like her. If she says she’s a student from Jing University outside, people will admire her and praise her. But this is the business world, where students don’t get preferential treatment, and no one is going to indulge her," President Cheng said coldly.

"Our supermarket has the strength to take a high stance, we don’t need to spoil her," President Cheng said, "I can be rude to her, and she really thinks she’s equal to me, that she can be rude to me."

"But, President Cheng, Hexing Rice is really popular right now, and the discussions online are intense. I’ve heard that at her restaurant, customers are lining up to buy Hexing Rice. Will the other supermarkets agree to their price?"

"Are the other stores stupid? That price is already the top-tier price for rice, only slightly lower than Shili Xiang." President Cheng’s ability to recall these purchase prices by heart showed that he hadn’t claimed his position for nothing.

"Hexing Rice has never been sold in supermarkets, what gives her the audacity to ask for such a price? Based solely on the sales from her little restaurant? How many customers can her small restaurant have in a day, and among those, how many can actually afford her Hexing Rice? Moreover, rice comes in large packages, one bag can be eaten for a long time, customers can’t possibly buy it every few days. She may seem to be doing well selling Hexing Rice in her little restaurant at the moment, but that’s just a superficial success, an illusion."

President Cheng scoffed, "She sees the illusion of success and thinks she can charge us high prices, asking for the sky—she’s really delusional."

In President Cheng’s view, Lu Youxi really thought too highly of herself.

Jubilated by a little success, she started to feel too proud.

"People like her need to hit a wall and realize that they’re not all that," President Cheng said.

"What’s more, Hexing Rice’s popularity is only temporary," President Cheng continued as he walked out, "what happens after this craze dies down is still up in the air. How many brands have flamed out after a brief peak, to grow cold in a short period or even collapse? Who still remembers those brands or products now?"

President Cheng grew angry when he thought about Lu Youxi’s words, "She’s even considering raising prices in the future? She won’t cut us a deal now, and no supermarkets are willing to stock it, yet she plans to raise prices in the future? Dream on."

"Should I go and find out what other companies she has been in touch with?" the assistant asked.

"That’s a good idea," President Cheng said, "go and ask, but even if you do, the outcome will be the same. My years of experience aren’t for nothing."

"That goes without saying," the assistant hurriedly agreed.

On the other hand, Lu Youxi and the village chief left Jiayuexing’s company.

The village chief looked down at the bag of rice Lu Youxi was carrying and asked with difficulty, "Youxi, by taking the rice back directly, haven’t you thoroughly offended President Cheng? How can we cooperate with Jiayuexing in the future?"

"From the beginning, by making us wait for such a long time, to the attitude displayed by President Cheng later and the conditions they offered, they hadn’t planned to cooperate with us earnestly. Relying on Jiayuexing’s strength and seeing that we are just a budding small company, they are shaving us of our benefits."

"Such a large company, to be sucking the blood from a small company that hasn’t even really started off, shows that the future development of Jiayuexing is limited," Lu Youxi said. frёewebnoѵēl.com

"As for future cooperation, it’s actually us who need to see Jiayuexing’s future development. Considering their arrogant attitude and not even sparing their partners, I’m afraid their growth won’t last long before they start going downhill."

On this point, Lu Youxi was very certain.

Because in the future, Jiayuexing really didn’t make it.

Within about five or six years, supermarkets around the country began to shrink.

With more and more large supermarkets opening up, the competition among them grew fiercer.

Jiayuexing gradually lost its edge.

And then, e-commerce started to develop, online shopping became popular, and as it became more and more convenient and favorable, unless it was something needed urgently, the development of physical supermarkets became even more difficult.

Many supermarkets foresaw the trend and began to develop online delivery services early, with various discounts and promotions, and introducing trendy new products to their inventory.

However, as some supermarkets thrived, others couldn’t keep going.

Jiayuexing was one of those that couldn’t keep up, and later, it closed its last store.

Even at the time, netizens lamented, marking the end of an era.

But now, Jiayuexing was still riding high, which is why Lu Youxi chose to discuss cooperation with them.

When Jiayuexing declined in the future, their Hexing Rice would still be sold in other supermarkets.

Little did she expect President Cheng to demonstrate such an attitude.

In her previous life, Lu Youxi hadn’t been involved in the retail business, so she didn’t understand.

Now, she somewhat understood why Jiayuexing had fallen so quickly.

Their arrogance was not unrelated.

"As for future cooperation," Lu Youxi smiled without worry, "as long as our Hexing Rice is good enough, Jiayuexing will come begging to cooperate with us in the future. Is there any urgency about whether we offend them now or not?"

"In the world of business, the one thing that remains indestructible is interest."

The village chief couldn’t help but feel admiration; Lu Youxi hadn’t been in business for long but had already seen through so much.

He still had a lot to learn.

Lu Youxi returned, confident, waiting for Sincere Supermarket’s reply.

She felt that the issue with Sincere Supermarket wasn’t significant, ninety percent chance they would agree.

However, before Sincere Supermarket could reply, Shi Yusheng called first.

"Sister-in-law!" Lu Youxi had just picked up the phone when she heard Shi Yusheng’s friendly and enthusiastic voice.

Lu Youxi’s mouth twitched slightly before she casually replied, "Little Shi."

Shi Yusheng: "..."

Although he had called her sister-in-law, and she was younger than him, it felt strange to call him "Little Shi."

But after all, she was the sister-in-law, so Shi Yusheng accepted it and said, "Sister-in-law, how is the production of your Hexing Rice? Our hotel wants to enter a long-term partnership with you and make you our future rice supplier."

"Is your current contract about to expire?" Lu Youxi asked.

"Yes, it expires next month," Shi Yusheng replied, "These days, the other party has been contacting us, hoping to renew the contract. But our chef tasted your rice last time and said it tastes a lot better than the one we are contracted with."

"Our hotel is quite pricey, including our rice, we must give our customers value for their money," Shi Yusheng said.

"Which company was your previous partner with?" Lu Youxi asked.

"Shili Xiang, the most expensive one sold in supermarkets," Shi Yusheng didn’t hide it.

Lu Youxi then knew that Dongshenglai indeed used good ingredients.

"I’ve tasted Shili Xiang before and directly compared it with Hexing Rice. They are pretty much on par. If you use our Hexing Rice, although you won’t be at a disadvantage, to say it’s value for money, then either of our products would suffice," Lu Youxi said.