The President of Wanmei Group was conducting a video call with the Chairman and the shareholders.

After learning about the cooperation model offered by Meiyue Group, the core shareholders of the Group became hesitant.

"If we offer too little equity, we fear not being selected, but if we offer too much, in case we only come in third or fourth during the wager, we’ll only receive B-level technology support, which would be a big loss!"

"Plainly speaking, what the five groups are definitely competing in is promotion and marketing, to seize sales market share, which will depend on who has sufficient cash reserves."

"On this point, Meiyue Group certainly won’t provide us with any financial subsidies, and we might even need to raise funds and bring in more capital to win the marketing war."

There were pessimists, but of course, there were also optimists, and they were in the majority.

They were actually quite positive about Meiyue’s strategy: "Gentlemen, don’t forget, this technology is different from traditional cosmetic techniques; it’s epoch-making, revolutionary technology. The reason the market share for traditional cosmetics is only this big is because there is a belief that everyone knows cosmetics require cumulative use, a long-term investment to achieve results, and it’s not guaranteed to be effective!"

"Its long cycle and capital investment actually block most users in the world. What’s different about Meiyue technology is that it can actually give you the effects you want, depending on how much you spend, because Meiyue’s product line covers all facial subprojects, allowing you to beautify yourself quickly, accurately, and fiercely, and targets treatment!"

"This is the greatest manifestation that traditional products cannot provide; it can even stimulate the untapped lower and middle-class markets across the globe!"

"Just imagine, who can guarantee that your face will not encounter any skin problems that Meiyue Group can overcome during your lifetime? When other traditional products can’t guarantee a solution for you, only Meiyue Group’s technology can, and it’s precisely targeted so that you have no worries at all!"

"This is a technology that can trigger a global consensus in the pursuit of beauty, a product with global topicality! It’s just like the birth of the first generation of Fruit smartphones, which sparked a worldwide craze for smart phones!"

The internal video meetings of various companies were extremely intense.

While discussing internally, they were also exploring the psychological pricing of the other companies.

"We’ve heard that some small companies coming to bid have received support from major capitals. It’s said that many big capitals have made secret wagering agreements with these small companies; as long as these small companies succeed in the bidding and enter the next stage, future marketing and promotion costs will be provided by these big capitals entering the scene."

"According to reliable sources, these big capitals include some of the top domestic venture capitalists and unicorn companies!"

When Wanmei, Bolaiya, Natural Hall, Bai Cao, and other top-tier companies received this news, all their executives were enlightened.

"No wonder these small companies dare to bid; it turns out they are all well-prepared!"

Take Bolaiya as an example. Currently valued at 40 billion, if major capitals enter their group now, the equity they dilute would be overvalued on this market value.

For instance, if you want to take 10% of Bolaiya’s equity now, you’d have to spend about 50 to 60 billion!

The investment cost is very high.

But if these big capitals collaborate with those companies valued at four or five billion, they only need to spend 5 billion to get 10% equity! 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

When you compare like this, it’s obvious who has the advantage.

Of course, major capitals aren’t foolish, there’s a wagering element, provided that these small companies first get a spot from Meiyue Group.

"This is good news!"

The magnates of several cosmetics industry groups showed no panic: "It shows that all venture capital sides are optimistic about Meiyue’s investment strategy! But what gives us an advantage over them is that our brick-and-mortar store presence and online sales channels coverage are incomparable to theirs!"

"But we also can’t take this lightly," someone worried. "Once the small companies get a spot, in the future when competing for technology licensing and marketing wagers, the sales channels and capabilities of these internet giants are something we can’t compare with!"

You have no idea that during the one-hour break in the midst of Meiyue’s tendering process, the invisible competition between the major companies had entered an intensely heated stage!

"Our people overheard the President of Bolaiya on a video call in the corridor, it seems they plan to offer an intention of 30% equity!"

"If you believe that, then you’ve lost! Are you sure they didn’t intentionally let our people hear that? What era do you think it is, don’t you understand deception? Spread the word, say our company’s psychological price is to transfer 20% equity!"

"Wanmei Company is said to be also 20%!"

The executives of the various companies laughed.

It seems every company had hundreds of crafty moves, all deliberately revealing a lower bid to lure the opponent.

If you believe that, and raise the equity offer on their basis, then you can definitely expect to lose!

With such a small amount of equity, how can you compete with those small companies for determination?

Think clearly, if you fail in today’s bidding, your company will be relegated to the traditional low-end market.

Let alone the current market value of several tens of billions, even if it’s worth a few billion in the future, you’d be lucky.

"Under the premise of this do-or-die situation, we have no choice!" Chairman of Wanmei reflected for a moment, then looking at the limited time left, he gritted his teeth and announced to the CEO at the forefront, "We’ll offer 49%!"