Hearing the two people's words, the customers who were about to scan a Moqi bike ended up choosing to ride a Green Cat Shared Bike.
However, a portion of people still insisted on riding Moqi Shared Bikes.
Ye Chen finally understood why the other party was able to compete on equal footing with Moqi.
This Green Cat Company was actually relying on malicious price-cutting tactics to attract customers.
Ye Chen frowned; the situation didn't look good!
This way, Moqi would have to face its first competitor right from the start.
Usually, this kind of competition involved price wars to crush the opponent, which was something Ye Chen didn't want to see.
After all, if prices were lowered, it meant profits would decrease.
It seemed he had to find a way to deal with this Green Cat Shared Bike.
Just then, another bus pulled up to the stop.
Ye Chen suddenly noticed that the person who had been loudly promoting Green Cat Shared Bikes earlier had returned.
He had clearly just left; a thought flashed through Ye Chen's mind—could this guy be a Shill?
Sure enough, he repeated what he had said before.
"Oh my god, Green Cat Shared Bikes only have a 100-yuan deposit; that's way too cheap."
"Holy crap, the rental fee is actually only 1.5 yuan. Compared to that, Moqi Shared Bikes are practically robbing people."
As expected, the man's behavior confirmed Ye Chen's suspicion.
Now Ye Chen could be certain that this man was a Shill for Green Cat Shared Bikes.
Ye Chen felt a bit of anger; malicious price competition was one thing, but they actually hired Shills to slander Moqi.
Ye Chen wasn't afraid of competition, but facing this kind of bottomless competition from the other party made him feel quite disgusted.
Ye Chen dialed Li Li's number. After explaining the situation, Li Li was also very angry.
"To use such malicious competitive tactics against us is truly infuriating."
Ye Chen sneered, "If they want to play dirty with us, then they'd better be prepared for a miserable end."
The top priority was to collect evidence of Green Cat's malicious competition.
Ye Chen believed that with so many deployment points, it was impossible for only this one to have shills; the others definitely had them too.
As long as everything was recorded, there would be enough evidence to file a complaint against them.
Ye Chen understood that the Green Cat Shared Bike company wasn't stupid either.
Since they dared to blatantly hire Shills to slander Moqi Shared Bikes, these Shills would definitely only be around for a short time and would soon disappear.
They wouldn't give Moqi bikes the chance to find evidence.
Once this evidence disappeared, it would be difficult to find.
As long as he filmed the evidence of Green Cat's malicious competition, Green Cat Shared Bikes would definitely be in for a rough time.
Ye Chen walked up to a Moqi Shared Bike and scanned it, wanting to see what the craftsmanship was like.
To be able to produce 100,000 units in such a short time.
Originally, Ye Chen wanted to study it at the bus stop, but he saw that the Shill still hadn't left.
To avoid raising suspicion, Ye Chen scanned a Green Cat Shared Bike and paid the deposit.
Ye Chen rode the Green Cat Shared Bike to the school entrance, stopped the bike, and began to inspect it.
After looking at it, Ye Chen was speechless.
The Green Cat Shared Bike was extremely simple: no GPS, no anti-theft device, not even enclosed gears.
The manufacturing cost of this shared bike was probably less than 100 yuan; it was simply a shoddy product.
With a bike like this, they have the nerve to compete with us?
For such a low-quality shared bike, they actually dared to charge a 100-yuan deposit.
Ye Chen looked at this so-called Green Cat Shared Bike in stunned silence; no wonder they could mass-produce 100,000 units all at once.
The cost of this shared bike was far too low.
Most importantly, this shared bike didn't have any anti-theft devices, so a large batch would be lost in no time.
The year 2008 was still an era when bike thieves were rampant.
When thieves discovered this big cake, they would definitely take a bite.
These Shared Bikes were all concentrated in one place, making them even easier to steal.
Previously, there had been incidents of Moqi Shared Bikes being stolen.
But because they had GPS, Moqi called the police directly, and as a result, they even helped the police catch a bike-theft gang.
Later, thieves all knew that Moqi had GPS, so no one dared to steal them anymore.
Ye Chen called Li Li and made some arrangements.
First was to collect evidence of the other party's malicious competition and sue this Green Cat Company.
Second was to hire Water Army to expose the shoddy product quality of Green Cat Company's Shared Bikes.
He actually dared to charge a 100-yuan deposit for a bike that cost less than a hundred to make; why doesn't he just go rob someone?
With this kind of conduct, they have the nerve to slander Moqi?
Ye Chen believed that the public's eyes were sharp; once exposed, everyone would clearly see who was more black-hearted between Moqi and Green Cat.
Li Li nodded after hearing this and said, "Ye Chen, don't worry, I know what to do."
After receiving Ye Chen's suggestions, Li Li immediately made the arrangements.
In fact, Li Li had already discovered the quality issues with Green Cat Company's Shared Bikes long ago.
But as for the first point about the other party using Shills to slander Moqi Shared Bikes, if it weren't for Ye Chen, he really wouldn't have known.
But fortunately, Ye Chen discovered it, and that was enough.
Next, he just needed to arrange for people to collect evidence of Green Cat Company slandering Moqi at various deployment points, and they could then file a complaint against Green Cat Company.
Sure enough, these malicious slanders were present at other deployment points as well.
Almost every deployment point had a Green Cat Shill.
That evening, Moqi Company began its counterattack.
"Everyone, have you ridden a Green Cat Shared Bike?"
"I have, and for some reason, the Green Cat Shared Bike doesn't feel as comfortable to ride as the Moqi one."
"Exactly, it's very strenuous to pedal."
"Look at the materials Green Cat Shared Bikes use compared to the materials Moqi uses."
"The cost of a Green Cat Shared Bike is estimated to be less than a hundred yuan, while each Moqi bike costs 1,000 yuan."
"The manufacturing cost alone is ten times different; do you think they could feel the same?"
"I was wondering why Moqi Shared Bikes were so expensive. Turns out they're worth every penny."
"Yeah, the Green Cat bike is practically a 'three-no' product; where do they get the confidence to charge a 100-yuan deposit?"
"So the gap between the two is actually this huge."
"A bike that costs a hundred yuan to make, and they charge us a hundred yuan deposit. Look at how conscientious Moqi Shared Bikes are—a 1,000-yuan bike and they only charge a 300-yuan deposit. Comparing them like this, Moqi Company is much more ethical."
"Green Cat Shared Bikes are such trash. I'm going right now to get my Green Cat deposit back."
...On the internet, Li Li hired Water Army to lead the way and set the pace.
Later on, there was no need for trolls at all; netizens began to complain about Green Cat Shared Bikes on their own.
Difficult to ride, easy to break, faulty brakes—all sorts of problems emerged.
Shared bike users on the internet began to flame Green Cat Shared Bikes.