Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 422 I brought two things
Seeing the young man's animated presentation, the interviewer smiled happily.

He smiled and nodded, saying, "Very good. You have experience in running servers and have built up thousands of online users from scratch. This is exactly the kind of talent we need. Here's your information. You've passed the first round of interviews."

"It passed?" The young man was overjoyed upon hearing this.

That afternoon, Shengda Group announced the interview results after completing the first round of interviews.

Those who passed the first round of interviews were all people who had run private servers for the game Legend of Mir; a total of 17 people passed the first round of interviews.

After this announcement, many private server owners who had been hiding behind the scenes could no longer sit still.

They bought plane tickets as quickly as possible and traveled from all over the country to Zhonghai City.

If they could secure the agency license, wouldn't they be set for life?

Private clothes are not something that can be presented in public.

The following day, Shengda Group announced another list of people who passed the interviews. Those selected were mostly large private server owners.

The first round of interviews at Shengda Group finally ended on the eve of the Lunar New Year.

A total of 137 people passed the first round of interviews.

Upon seeing Shengda Group's announcement, Cheng Yi's eyes widened in surprise. He vaguely realized that his previous guess might be accurate.

Shengda is definitely planning something big.

Once this powerful move is unleashed, the consequences will be disastrous.

This incident also shows that Chen Tianqiao has lost patience.

With private servers causing trouble internally and the Momo Group surrounding them externally, it's estimated that Chen Tianqiao intends to quickly resolve the private server issue and then focus all his efforts on fighting against the Momo Group.

However, if he really uses this method to resolve this matter, the impact will be too severe, and it is estimated that this matter will not be resolved for at least one or two months.

Thinking of this, Cheng Yi took out his phone, dialed Zhang Lingyu's number, and said, "Arrange for the heads of each city to begin implementing the expansion plan."

"Is it to be carried out ahead of schedule?" Zhang Lingyu was taken aback.

It's almost Chinese New Year, why are you implementing an external expansion plan now?
According to the group's plan, Momo's expansion plan for internet cafes will begin after the Lantern Festival.

“Plans can’t keep up with changes.” Cheng Yi laughed. “The reason we delayed the expansion plan before was because the Shengda Group was keeping an eye on Momo Internet Cafe, but now it seems that they are planning to focus on solving their internal problems. This is a good opportunity for us to expand.”

"Okay." Zhang Lingyu always obeyed Cheng Yi's orders without question.

Donglu Province, Zizhou City, Xiping County, Xiping Hotel.

As the best hotel in Xiping County, the Xiping Grand Hotel is frequented by prominent locals.

Around 10 a.m., a dozen men stood at the entrance of the hotel, eagerly waiting.

When is Manager Li coming over?

"I don't know, let's wait and see."

"What do you think Manager Li came here for?"

"What for? They're definitely trying to win us over, right? We'll see what happens later." The men discussed amongst themselves, glancing across the street every now and then.

Shortly after, an Audi sedan slowly drove into the hotel.

"They're here!" Upon seeing the license plate number, everyone perked up and a smile appeared on their faces.

The owner of this car is no ordinary person; he is Li Wenjie, the general manager of the Zizhou branch of Momo Group.

Momo Group has 274 branches, and the heads of each branch have a lot of power. They control all subsidiaries in the prefecture-level city, including Momo Internet Cafe, Black Panther Security, and Virtual Equipment Guarantee Network.

The car door opened, and a young man with a buzz cut and three strong men got out of the car.

"Oh, Mr. Li, welcome, welcome." The middle-aged man who was the leader of the dozen or so men quickly came over and said with a smile, "I've heard so much about you, Mr. Li."

"You must be Boss Wang Sandong?" The young man shook hands with the middle-aged man and said with a smile, "How can we keep everyone waiting outside? Come on, let's chat in the private room."

After the young man finished speaking, he strode into the Xiping Hotel with his three bodyguards.

The dozen or so men looked at each other, their expressions not very pleasant.

They followed the young man into the air-conditioned private room, each with their own ulterior motives. The young man acted very casually, taking off his coat and rolling up his sleeves as he smiled and asked, "Do any of you gentlemen have any dietary restrictions?"

"Mr. Li, we can eat later. Let's talk business first. The New Year is almost here, and you've suddenly gathered us together. There must be something you need to say, right?" The middle-aged man at the head of the group sat in his chair, staring intently at the young man, and asked.

The others also looked at Li Wenjie with wary expressions.

Li Wenjie smiled and said, "It's nothing major, I just wanted to invite you guys to open an internet cafe together."

"Open an internet cafe? All of us here are internet cafe owners. You want us to open an internet cafe? Are you kidding me?" The middle-aged man in the lead frowned.

Their biggest concern was that Li Wenjie would talk about this.

They are all internet cafe owners in Xiping County. Although each of their internet cafes only has one or two hundred computers, they have basically dominated the internet cafe market in Xiping County.

The group of sixteen people opened a total of 26 internet cafes, scattered throughout every corner of Xiping County.

Li Wenjie laughed and said, "You guys are operating too irregularly, so I'm here to take you over on orders from the group."

"Bang!" The middle-aged man in the lead slammed his hand on the table, stood up, and roared, "Li Wenjie, are you trying to swallow us whole?"

The other internet cafe owners also showed anger, their previous respect completely gone.

Li Wenjie laughed and said, "Everyone, don't get excited. Since I've come to Xiping County in person, I'm here with sincerity. I've studied your internet cafes. With 26 of them competing with each other, the internet fee has almost dropped to 1.5 yuan, right?"

"So what?" the middle-aged man in the lead said in a deep voice, "We have enough internet cafes in Xiping County. We don't need to add any more."

"That's right. If you come to eat, we'll welcome you warmly. But if you come to steal our business, we'll absolutely not allow it."

"Don't think that just because you have a relationship with Handong Construction's Shandong branch, we will give in."

"If you piss us off, you won't get away with it either. You're just an employee, there's no need to fight us to the death, is there?" The dozen or so internet cafe owners were all very agitated. They were not very educated, and it would be difficult to reason with them.

Looking at the angry faces of the dozen or so internet cafe owners, Li Wenjie smiled.

He scratched his head and laughed, "I am indeed a worker... but I am also a hard-working worker. You're not qualified to fool me!"

Li Wenjie lifted his shirt, revealing a hideous scar on his stomach, a foot long, resembling a centipede crawling on his belly.

Li Wenjie made a slicing motion with his hand and laughed, "This is what I got done when I was running a ten-person illegal internet cafe in Yantai City. The local internet cafe owner slashed me open. That one cut was enough to rip me open."

He turned his back, revealing three more gruesome knife wounds on his back. He looked back at the crowd and laughed, "These were inflicted by some internet cafe owners when I was in charge of internet cafes in Huaiyang City."

The shocking scar made everyone present pause for a moment.

It seems that no one's rise to power is smooth sailing.

Li Wenjie put down his clothes, placed his hands on the table, and calmly looked around at everyone present. He said, "Although my name is Wenjie, I am not very educated. I only have a junior high school education. It was Momo Group that gave me everything. I used to be a poor boy with nothing. I even looked down on myself. But now when I go back to my hometown, even our town mayor invites me to dinner."

“From the day our town mayor invited me to dinner, I’ve entrusted my life to Momo Group,” Li Wenjie said. “I’ve also brought two things for you today.”

Li Wenjie raised his hand, and the bodyguard next to him immediately took out a bottle of baijiu and a kitchen knife from his bag.

Li Wenjie placed the baijiu and kitchen knife on the table and said rudely, "The first thing is the baijiu. After we drink this bottle, we'll be partners who share joys and sorrows. I can guarantee that if you join our Momo Internet Cafe, your income will definitely not be lower than it is now. If your income is lower than it is now, you can leave at any time."

"If you're unwilling to share the hardships with us, I'll open an internet cafe right next to yours tomorrow and operate it for free for three months. My goal is to force you out of this industry. So the second thing I've prepared for you is a kitchen knife. If you're unhappy about it, cut me now and leave. Otherwise, I'm afraid you won't even have the chance to cut me later."

Li Wenjie's tough-guy demeanor made everyone lower their heads.

Look at the knife scars on Li Wenjie's body, this bastard is really not afraid of being slashed.

What they fear most is someone like Li Wenjie.

There's a saying in the underworld: the weak fear the strong, the strong fear the reckless, and the reckless fear those who are willing to risk their lives.

Li Wenjie belongs to the latter category.

"How do you want to cooperate?" the middle-aged man in the lead asked in a deep voice.

Li Wenjie laughed and said, "It's very simple. Your 26 internet cafes will be integrated into three large internet cafes with 1000 computers each. Each person will hold shares based on the number of computers and their residual value, with the shares split 50/50. Our Momo Group will provide the technology and operations and hold 51% of the shares, while you will hold 49%. When we sign the contract, if the internet cafe's revenue is lower than your current revenue, our Momo Group will voluntarily withdraw and give you 51% of the shares."

"Are you really that confident?" The middle-aged man was a little skeptical.

They only own 49% of the shares, yet they can earn at least as much as they do now? That seems like utter nonsense.

Li Wenjie took out another document from his bag and said, "This is the income of the Lianyun Internet Cafe in Handong Province. Their internet cafes all have 200 computers. Take a look and compare it with your current income."

The middle-aged man took the document, and the crowd gathered around him.

They flipped through the documents one by one, and the more they looked, the more incredible it seemed.

Do these internet cafes really only have 200 computers?
Their internet cafe with 200 computers only makes a profit of a little over 60,000 yuan per month.

Even though the revenue share for these internet cafes operating in conjunction with the network is only 49%, the lowest share is still more than 90,000 yuan per month, and the highest share is as high as 150,000 yuan per month.

"How can it be so high?" Everyone looked at Li Wenjie.

Li Wenjie said, "This is the power of unity. In a small county like Xiping, you are scheming and competing for customers every day, driving up the internet fee from 2.5 yuan to 1.5 yuan. And what about third-party businesses? Besides making a few cents from the game cards and a dollar or two from drinks, what else can you make?"

“If we manage it all, the results will be different. As for the internet cafe licenses you have, we can help you sell them to wealthy people in first-tier and super first-tier cities at a high price. Selling them for 600,000 yuan is no problem.”

"Isn't this internet cafe license non-transferable?" an honest internet cafe owner asked.

Li Wenjie said, "Of course, internet cafe licenses cannot be transferred, but internet cafes can choose to operate across districts. For example, you can first move your internet cafe to Quancheng City, and then transfer it to wealthy people there at a high price. The main entity is still you. The internet cafe licenses of the hundreds of internet cafes in Jingzhou City belonging to our Momo Group have all been sold to bosses in Yanjing and Zhonghai."

Everyone was indeed tempted.

If joining Momo Internet Cafe could bring them even higher income, then naturally they wouldn't hesitate.

"This is the contract. If you agree, sign it here. We will deduct a portion of the transfer fee for the internet cafe license to purchase the four-story commercial space. The commercial space will be considered part of the internet cafe. If the commercial space is sold or demolished later, you will also receive 49% of the proceeds."

"Can we think about it for a day first?" the middle-aged man asked hesitantly.

Li Wenjie laughed and said, "Of course, I'll wait for your news, but I'll only wait one day. If I don't get a reply by tomorrow, then I'll assume you've given up on the cooperation, and then we'll try to be polite first and then resort to force."

"Mr. Li, we'll give you an answer tomorrow. We'll skip dinner today; we really aren't in the mood for food right now. We need to go back and discuss it. Sorry." The middle-aged man stood up, apologized, and hurriedly left the private room.

The others followed suit, all looking worried.

Their biggest worry is that Momo Group will break its promise and transfer their internet cafe licenses, leaving them like meat on a chopping board.

As for the contract, given Momo Group's massive size, is there any chance of winning a lawsuit against them?

After everyone left the hotel, an internet cafe owner said, "Should we call Shengda's manager here?"

"Yes, we are all prepaid card sellers for Shengda. Maybe Shengda can help us resolve this matter."

After much deliberation, the middle-aged man took out his phone and dialed the number of the person in charge of Shengda in Zizhou City.

"Hello, Mr. Wang." A young man's voice came from the other end of the phone.

The middle-aged man said, "Mr. Feng, someone from Momo Group just came and asked us to join Momo Internet Cafe. Could you report this to the group and ask them to help us?"

The young man said somewhat awkwardly, "Boss Wang, our group is currently implementing a major strategy. How about this: you try to postpone it a bit, so that by mid-February at the latest, we can free up our resources to deal with Momo Group."

"Mid-February?" A bitter smile appeared on the middle-aged man's face.

By mid-February, their daylilies were already too cold.

The middle-aged man couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Feng, if we are acquired by Momo Internet Cafe, you will lose the Xiping County market."

"Our chairman said that lost markets can be regained, so our group's primary strategy now is to secure internal stability before addressing external threats," the young man replied.

(End of this chapter)