Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 433 Why are you hitting me?

Several months ago, Shunfeng had already discovered this hidden danger and finally made painful lessons and carried out reforms, changing from a regional franchise system to a direct operation system, which completely solidified its leading position among private express delivery companies.

However, the reform process was also fraught with various difficulties and obstacles.

Even the Hung Hing triad from the movies got involved, making the scene much more exciting than a battle of dragons and tigers.

In ancient times, in addition to post stations, the express delivery industry was divided into two factions: the canal transport by water and the escort agency by land.

The canal transport system gradually evolved into what later became known as the Green Gang.

This land transport agency has also transformed into the modern express delivery industry.

There's a saying in modern times: "Controlling the city's express delivery is equivalent to controlling the city's lifeline."

It's fair to say that if anyone wanted to field a force to counter Momo Group's Black Panther Security, then the courier company would be the only option.

Chen Tianqiao's plan is to bring courier companies into the game, and he has already won over Zhongtong Express, one of the four heroes of the Tonglu Gang.

Currently, the most powerful force in China's express delivery industry is the Tonglu Gang.

At its peak, the Copper Furnace Gang had nearly 200,000 members, spread across all districts and counties in the country.

After the leader of the Copper Furnace Gang died in a car accident, the gang split into four major factions: Yuantong, Shentong, Zhongtong, and Yunda.

Zhongtong was the last branch to be established, but it has developed extremely rapidly and is showing the potential to become the leader of the Tonglu Gang.

The internet cafe owners are most afraid of Black Panther Security, a subsidiary of Momo Group. If Zhongtong enters the market, it will be enough to restrain Black Panther Security.

Once Black Panther Security can no longer put pressure on those internet cafe owners, the expansion of Momo Internet Cafe will have to be passively halted.

However, seeing the middle-aged man's objection, Chen Tianqiao did not dare to refute it.

This middle-aged man is Zhou Zhengyi, the head of the largest investment bank in Zhonghai City and one of the Forbes China 100.

Zhou Zhengyi was also the first person to invest in Shengda Venture Capital. It was because of Zhou Zhengyi's initial investment that many investment banks quickly followed suit, allowing Shengda Group to spread its reach to internet cafes and sales outlets across the country in a very short period of time.

Chen Tianqiao said, "Now, in terms of software, we have the ability to force Momo Group to back down. Tencent, Alibaba, and NetEase are all making moves. Tencent has developed Tencent Campus Network, and once universities open, they will immediately enter the campus and compete with Renren.com. NetEase is rushing to develop games, and they are taking the turn-based route. They are cooperating with us to squeeze the market of Honghuang Zhanji. On our side, we are responsible for blocking their internet cafe business and virtual equipment guarantee business. At present, Momo Group's only relatively resilient businesses nationwide are Renren.com, Honghuang Zhanji, Momo Internet Cafe, and the virtual equipment guarantee business."

Chen Tianqiao was a very capable person. He quickly explained the plan to the directors, which temporarily eased their anger.

The most infuriating thing for investors is when problems arise before an IPO.

“You and NetEase do have the capability, but is Tencent confident in competing with Renren?” Zhou Zhengyi frowned and said, “They only have that little chat tool, and they rely on the small share of revenue from the operators to survive.”

Chen Tianqiao said, "They can definitely do it, and they've even created a game lobby that can compete with Lianzhong Games from the Momo Group. The most troublesome thing right now is Black Panther Security, because they're advancing too fast."

Zhou Zhengyi said, "This is a product of the times. You guys are always thinking about using thugs and hooligans to engage in malicious competition, so security companies will naturally emerge."

Chen Tianqiao said with a wry smile, "Mr. Zhou, I have never used such methods."

Zhou Zhengyi said, "Aren't we planning to use it now?"

Chen Tianqiao remained silent, looking dejected. Zhou Zhengyi continued, "Actually, there are many ways to deal with this security company, not just violence."

Chen Tianqiao's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Mr. Zhou, do you have a solution?"

Zhou Zhengyi laughed and said, "Take their own medicine and give them a taste of their own medicine. You've formed an internet cafe alliance, haven't you? You're spending money to hire Zhongtong, why not spend money to hire a legitimate security group? All you want is to ensure that internet cafe owners won't be affected by Black Panther Security. Black Panther Security isn't even in the top five in China. Just find a security company that's better than them. I'm very familiar with the China Special Police Team Security Group and the Asia Mingshi Special Police Security Group."

Zhou Zhengyi's words made Chen Tianqiao look thoughtful.

It wasn't just a matter of intimidation; Chen Tianqiao wanted to incite conflict between Black Panther Security and Zhongtong. If things escalated, Black Panther Security's license might be revoked. Once Black Panther Security was dealt with, Momo Internet Cafe's situation would become precarious.

However, he also understood what Zhou Zhengyi meant.

Finding Zhongtong is a double-edged sword. Zhongtong's agents in various districts and counties don't know their own strength, and once it gets out of hand, Shengda Group will definitely be affected.

Zhou Zhengyi is a traditional investor who simply wants to invest and make money steadily.

Chen Tianqiao feigned surprise and said, "I never would have thought of that."

Although Chen Tianqiao said this, he didn't take Zhou Zhengyi's words to heart.

Zhou Zhengyi is really outdated.

After Chen Tianqiao finished his report, he finally satisfied the directors.

These directors are all major shareholders of the group. If something happens to them, it will really cause trouble in our own backyard.

After the meeting, Chen Tianqiao returned to his office, made a phone call, and said, "President Lai, the board of directors has approved it. If you help us get Momo Internet Cafe sorted out, we will invest 1 billion yuan in you."

"No problem." A deep voice came from the other end of the phone.

The phone number belonged to Lai Haiyang, the chairman of Zhongtong Express.

In the past few days, with the end of the Spring Festival, the online player count of "Primordial War Chronicles" has slowly begun to recover, and the battles between different servers have resumed.

During the Lunar New Year, enemies were still wishing each other a happy new year, but after the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, everyone showed their true colors.

The opening of the material auction house across all servers has caused bloodshed on all maps of the first continent of the Primordial War Chronicles. In order to seize the elite monsters that drop materials, everyone has abandoned all sense of benevolence and courtesy.

"Today was awesome! Our team got a Holy War Helmet, and 8L bought it for 4000 yuan right away."

"So you guys made money?"

"That's right, there were six of us, and each of us got 600 yuan." A young man said while drinking rice noodle rolls at a roadside stall in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province.

"600 yuan? Holy crap, this month's internet fee is yours!" The young man's friend's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

The young man, slurping his rice noodle roll, said irritably, "It's mine my ass! Stop playing your crappy Legend of Mir and come play Honghuang War Chronicles with us. Right now, you can sell at least five yuan for every material you get, and you can grab at least one every two hours. After deducting internet fees, you can still make a net profit of three yuan. If you get five a day, that's four or five hundred yuan a month. Isn't that better than you applying glue in a shoe factory?" "Is it stable?" the young man's companion couldn't help but ask. "A lot of people are saying that Shengda is suing this game."

"Who cares about him? Live for today, why worry about tomorrow?" The young man finished his soup, got up, took out twenty yuan, slapped it on the table and said, "Boss, I'll pay for the noodles I owe you from the last few times, keep the change."

"Wow, Ah Ming has struck it rich!" the street vendor laughed.

The young man smiled, made a six gesture, and said, "Not much, just six hundred."

"Wow, you've been drinking this kind of noodle soup for half a year now." The stall owner put away the twenty yuan, but still took out thirteen yuan in change and handed it to the young man, saying, "Don't be so smug if you have money, keep it safe."

“I said keep the change, and that’s it. This is just my first pot of gold. I’ll earn even more in the future.” The young man refused the thirteen yuan change and said with great pride, “Boss, you’re the only one on the whole street who’s willing to give me food on credit. I’ll bring my team members here to eat every day from now on.”

"Okay, I'll give you a discount." The stall owner laughed, "But you're at the age where you should be looking for a wife, so you should save your money."

"Save money?" the young man scoffed. "A man who knows how to spend money is the one who knows how to make money. Besides, who says you have to spend money to find a wife?"

Seeing the young man speak with such confidence, the street vendor just chuckled twice.

The young man and his companions crossed the street, bought two bags of roasted chestnuts and two large bottles of soda, and then headed towards the Momo Internet Cafe at the street corner.

As he walked, he said, "I'll find you an account, and we can take turns farming materials. We're only on the first continent now, but we'll earn even more when the second continent opens."

The young man's companions listened in stunned silence.

Is making money really that easy? That sounds incredibly unbelievable.

When the two arrived at the entrance of Momo Internet Cafe, they saw a large crowd gathered there.

"There's going to be something exciting?" The young man immediately perked up and squeezed his way in.

At the entrance of Momo Internet Cafe, seven young men dressed in blue delivery uniforms were seen carrying a large box, completely blocking the entrance.

Meanwhile, the two female internet cafe managers at Momo Internet Cafe were kept inside and could only communicate with these young people through a crack in the door.

"What happened?" the young man asked curiously.

"I'm not sure, it seems like someone bought something from Momo Internet Cafe and refused to pay the shipping fee, so they got into a fight." A blond guy said, "This is going to be interesting. The lead deliveryman looks like Yong Ge from the vocational school."

"Brother Yong?" The young man quickly looked over and indeed saw the young man wearing a hat among the seven deliverymen, who was none other than Brother Yong, the most powerful figure in their area.

This guy, Yong, is called Sun Yong. He used to be a notorious troublemaker at the district vocational school. He liked to fight and was afraid of many students.

Later, this guy finally reformed and became an agent for a courier and freight network. In less than half a year, he was driving a car.

Sun Yong didn't seem to be in a hurry. He squatted on the steps of the internet cafe, slowly smoking a cigarette.

"Brother, we really didn't buy anything. Our internet cafe always buys things in bulk," the female manager continued to explain.

Sun Yong glanced back at the female internet cafe manager through the crack in the door, frowned and said, "Young lady, don't make things difficult for us. We're just delivering goods and earning money through our labor. We've brought such a big item to you. Are you going to refuse it just because of a few hundred yuan in delivery fees?"

"I asked the manager, and this really isn't something from our internet cafe. Could you please double-check it? We don't want to send the wrong item and cause any delays for the customer," the female internet cafe manager quickly said.

"If we hadn't verified it, would we have delivered it to you? Look at the address on it, where's wrong?" Sun Yong finished his cigarette, threw the butt on the ground and stomped it out, and said, "If you deliberately refuse to accept it today, then we'll just wait and see who can outlast whom."

"What did they do to offend Brother Yong?" The young man clicked his tongue in amazement and whispered, "Why don't they just pay a few hundred yuan to settle this? They're still trying to explain."

"Make way, make way." A short while later, several security personnel in uniform parted the crowd and rushed over.

Upon seeing these security personnel, Sun Yong sneered, "Oh, what's wrong? Not only are you refusing to accept my package, but you also want to beat me up? Are you an internet cafe or a gang?"

Sun Yong walked up to the head of the security personnel, pointed to his head and said, "Come on, crack my skull open and let me see. Today, you either crack my skull open or pay for the shipping. You choose."

Sun Yong put on a nonchalant attitude, which made the security personnel visibly annoyed.

Seeing that the security personnel remained silent, Sun Yong nudged forward again, craning his neck to nudge the head security guard, and said, "Go ahead and hit me, go ahead and hit me? What? You're scared? Why are you pretending with me?"

"No, I can't take it anymore." The security guard couldn't hold back any longer and pulled out a rubber baton, smashing it on Sun Yong's head.

The moment the security personnel took action, the scene became quite lively.

The other six deliverymen rushed forward like madmen and started grappling with the four security guards.

"Everyone, please be my witnesses! He told me to hit him!" the lead security guard shouted innocently as he swung his baton and brutally beat Sun Yong.

Sun Yong hadn't expected these security guards to be so fierce. He thought they would stop after being hit with a baton, but they showed no sign of stopping and swung the rubber baton around like a whirlwind.

"Fuck your mother." Sun Yong scrambled away for more than ten meters, raised his hand to touch his blood-soaked head, and roared, "I'm telling you, you're in trouble."

"Stop hitting them! Call the police! These bastards are beating up us poor porters, it's outrageous!" Sun Yong shouted angrily.

Cheng Yi was unaware of all this; he was busy planning the Dongcang County Call Center these past few days.

He plans to launch the call center after the Lantern Festival.

On the morning of the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Du Yusheng suddenly pushed open Cheng Yi's office door. Cheng Yi looked up and asked in confusion, "What's the rush? What are you doing here?"

Du Yusheng locked the office door from the inside and said urgently, "Boss, something bad has happened at Momo Internet Cafe."

"What is it?" Cheng Yi was taken aback.

Du Yusheng said, "Fights have occurred in several internet cafes outside our province. Black Panther security personnel assaulted people, resulting in a total of 17 people being hospitalized."

"How could this happen?" Cheng Yi's face darkened, and he frowned, saying, "Didn't Zhang Lingyu handle it?"

"I went there, and two of them were the ones who were beaten up by Sister Yu and ended up in the hospital. Things are in complete chaos now." Du Yusheng said excitedly, "Boss, you need to think of something quickly. I reckon the Police Association will be asking me to go over there to cooperate with their investigation soon."

(End of this chapter)