174: Bai Jie: Wang Jiawei, from now on it’s a life-and-death battle!

【81192, please return to base!】

Lu Shenwei was busy with his New Year plans, while the Nifeng Express headquarters in the capital had already started celebrating the New Year in advance.

"President, our stock price has risen for five consecutive days. Compared to the time when the Shuang Gu Long Unmanned Aerial Vehicle was released, the increase has exceeded 54%. Following this trend, exceeding 60% won't be a problem," Assistant Chen said excitedly.

Wang Jiawei pondered, "Although the higher-ups said to keep it secret, we can still release promotional images to continue driving up the stock price."

"I'll ask Director Lu and his team for some renderings to release and see how it goes."

Before Assistant Chen could finish speaking, a call came from the front desk informing them that President Bai of Crazy Rabbit Express had come for a visit.

"Bai Jie? Why would this old guy come to Long Xia headquarters?"

"Should we hide?"

"Hiding? What kind of talk is that? This is Long Xia territory. If anyone should be hiding, it's Bai Jie. Tidy up the reception room."

The assistant left in response, while Wang Jiawei muttered to himself, wondering if he was here to seek peace or declare war.

The reason Crazy Rabbit Express could thrive in Dragon Xia was thanks to the strong support of overseas capital behind it.

With almost the same service quality but only half the price of Nifeng Express, it was conquering the Dragon Xia courier market.

Dada Express was squeezed into bankruptcy because of this, and Shaolin Three Great Monks Express was struggling to hold on.

Gou Dong Express had the support of a shopping mall behind it, so it wasn't afraid of burning money at all.

Without the Green Hat Big Brother intervening, Nifeng Express could only fight Crazy Rabbit Express by engaging in price wars.

Now the roles have reversed; if the enemy can come, so can I!

In the Nifeng Express reception room, Wang Jiawei shook hands firmly with Bai Jie: "President Bai, you don't visit without a reason. What brings you here today?"

"Your company is one move ahead. I really didn't expect your company to be able to develop such an impressive unmanned transport aircraft," Bai Jie complimented.

Wang Jiawei waved his hand: "It's not that we are impressive, but that Julong Steel has the capability. Director Lu has a unique vision and dared to take on this hot potato of ours."

"Regardless, Nifeng Express has temporarily gained the upper hand."

Even if reluctant, Bai Jie had to admit that the scales of victory in this contest had tipped toward Nifeng Express, and significantly so.

In the past five days, Crazy Rabbit Express had hit five consecutive major price floors, and the financial backers behind it could no longer sit still.

Various hot money investors were scrambling to flee, and there were even rumors that Crazy Rabbit Express was going bankrupt.

"I'll speak plainly. We want to cooperate with your company and share the Shuang Gu Long Unmanned Aerial Vehicle technology," Bai Jie said candidly.

Wang Jiawei hadn't expected him to be so direct and stood there stunned.

"This... President Bai, don't you think this is abrupt?"

"Abrupt? No, I think it's quite appropriate. As long as our two companies join forces, even the Green Hat Big Brother won't be able to stop us."

Seeing Bai Jie so arrogant, Wang Jiawei muttered to himself.

Is this old guy crazy? Daring to provoke the Green Hat Big Brother? Does he know how to write the word "death"?

Besides, if we really joined forces, given Bai Jie's style of doing things, wouldn't he just devour Nifeng Express's market?

Wang Jiawei waved his hand to refuse: "If our two companies join forces, our market share will exceed 40%, which is highly likely to form a monopoly. That's not a good sign."

The courier market war is raging, and even Dada Express has been swallowed up. Why is the Green Hat Big Brother still sitting securely on the mountain?

It's only because Dada Express's market share was too small; even if Nifeng Express swallowed it, it couldn't monopolize the market.

But once Nifeng Express and Crazy Rabbit merge, even the Green Hat Big Brother probably couldn't suppress it. Would the higher-ups be willing to allow that?

While it is understandable for a company to want to earn excess profits, if you really did this, the distance to having grass growing on your grave wouldn't be very far.

"Leave the work with the higher-ups to me, as long as you nod in agreement to share the Shuang Gu Long Unmanned Aerial Vehicle," Bai Jie chuckled.

Wang Jiawei asked: "We also purchase the unmanned aerial vehicles from Julong Steel, so why does President Bai look further afield?"

"Sigh, I'm not afraid of you laughing, President Wang, but I personally visited Julong Steel, and Director Lu wouldn't even let me in the door. He sent someone to pass on a message saying that if I want to buy the Shuang Gu Long Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, I should come back in two years," Bai Jie said helplessly.

In two years, the opportunity will have passed; he couldn't afford to wait.

"Is that so? Director Lu must have his reasons for not selling."

"Then, President Wang, you..."

"If Director Lu won't sell, we certainly can't share it. Sorry."

Wang Jiawei refused flatly, and Bai Jie sighed: "In that case, President Wang, we shall see who is better in the marketplace."

"Take care, President Bai. I won't see you out."

Wang Jiawei waved his hand with a smile, and Assistant Chen saw Bai Jie out.

"Assistant Chen, did you get the photos?"

The assistant shook his phone: "Don't worry, by this afternoon, rumors will spread that Crazy Rabbit Express is selling itself to Nifeng Express."

That afternoon, major platforms began to spread the news that the war between the two major courier companies had ended.

【Winners are kings, losers are bandits; Crazy Rabbit can't hold on anymore and is going to sell itself to Nifeng Express.】

【Holy crap, which gossip site did you see that on?】

【It's been confirmed, okay? There are quite a few photos of Wang Jiawei and Bai Jie meeting online.】

【That's unavoidable. I heard Nifeng Express has already developed a super-large unmanned transport aircraft.】

【For real? I heard that too a couple of days ago, but why can't I find any news about the relevant air show?】

【Don't ask, if you ask, it's 404!】

To keep the secret, the Air Force, in coordination with national security departments, cleared all news about the Double Bone Dragon super-large unmanned aerial vehicle on the day of the air show. Forget photos or data, you couldn't even see a single sentence about it.

【It will probably be released later, but Julong Steel is really awesome this time. I heard that the big aircraft has a wingspan of over 20 meters.】

【Wingspan over 20 meters? Are you sure you're awake?】

【Believe it or not, I believe it. Maybe the news will be unsealed in a few months.】

【By the way, aren't you guys concerned about the big news of Crazy Rabbit and Nifeng Express merging?】

【I'm not a stockholder, isn't it a good thing for them to merge?】

【Good my ass, two such large companies merging will definitely lead to a monopoly.】

【I don't get it, anyway, I bought Nifeng Express stock and made a lot of money. Crazy Rabbit also turned red today.】

Crazy Rabbit headquarters.

Bai Jie said angrily: "Damn Wang Jiawei, actually using this matter to hype things up. Even a clay bodhisattva has a bit of temper; does he really think we are made of clay?"

"President, do you think we should start a price war?"

"Price wars are detrimental to revenue, and besides, letting consumers benefit doesn't align with our usual style. I'll think of another way for this matter."

That afternoon, Bai Jie used his connections to find a powerful minister in the capital.

"Leader, that's the situation. We hope to receive fair treatment in Dragon Xia," Bai Jie said respectfully.

The minister smiled: "Operate according to the law; the Dragon Xia market management department treats all companies equally."

"That is of course. When we first entered the Dragon Xia market, there were no obstacles," Bai Jie said earnestly.