14/10/2025
There is one man I know. He is a very good businessman. One day, another man went and imported the same ink he had been importing for years.
Do you know what he did?
He did not go to the police, nor did he go to juju.
Immediately the man's ink came into the market, the good businessman who had been importing the ink started selling below the cost price. And everyone abandoned the new guy and came to patronise the main man.
It continued like that until the new man had no option but to sell his own for auction. And the intelligent businessman still sent people to buy it off, brought it to his shop and continued selling his normal price. Case solved, and case closed.
The man never tried to do such again. The funny thing is that two of them are not just from the same village, they are from the same kindred, but business is business.
I have watched Verydarkman and what he is doing in China, and I have also seen people crying. Brothers you don't need to cry. Rather, you follow the steps of this good businessman. I told you his story.
You have been making gains for a very long time. A newcomer like Verydarkman will not kick you out of business, if you know what you are doing.
You must start selling lower than Verydarkman is selling. Make it cheaper. Bring the price wăr back to his or their doorstep. If it entails selling below cost price for 1 year, do it. You won't be the person to go out of business. Definitely, it is the newcomer that will go out of business.
Of course, what Verydarkman did to BLord is an att@ck. I don't care how you see it. You can market your business and market the same brand BLord is marketing, but never turn it into an attack.
But Verydarkman thinks he can stop business by being so confrontational. He could have marketed the same product, say his price without calling out BLord. But because he is after him and people like him, he had to call him out.
You all at Alaba and elsewhere, even in China must activate your own trade wăr and sell below price if need be. Let people not make gains over a period of time, so they will learn how to do business without h@tred.
An Igbo man is king in Business. He started it after the wăr with nothing and took over from those that looted all their money in the bank. So, the people who will survive a trade wăr will still be ndị Igbo.
Don't play with this my advice. Never. And never cry over what he is doing. Counter what he is doing.
If someone wants to destrọ̀y business, help him out. If your neighbour always plays music too loudly and refuses to bring the volume down, use your last card and buy a good sound system. Make sure yours is bigger and start playing it all the time. You will see your neighbour come for a peace talk. Remember this advise is only applicable in Bongo.
At times, for you to stop a madman, you have to also pretend to be mad.
Elochukwu Ohagi, Philosopher, Teacher and Activist, 2025.