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Chapter 192 Chen Yansen: I want the equity of Di Dongfang!
It was 10:30 p.m. in a large, walled compound in Luzhou.

Just as Meng Yuanzhi was about to rest, he received a reply from his secretary. After thinking for a dozen seconds, he immediately decided to have the other party contact Orange Technology.

In 2012, Luzhou was not yet a new first-tier city, and its core industries were concentrated in home appliances, automobiles, LCD panels and food.

More than a decade later, Luzhou was jokingly referred to by netizens as a 'gambling city'.

First, three years ago, despite opposition, 80% of fiscal revenue was invested in EEWorld; second, five years later, a joint venture, Changxing Storage Technology, was established, promoting the localization of storage chips, with Lenovo and Xiaomi as its main customers.

This time, Meng Yuanzhi wanted to take another gamble, and he set his sights on Orange Technology and Chen Yansen.

If Orange Mobile's factory were to settle in Luzhou, it could provide at least tens of thousands of jobs, while also driving the development of supporting industries such as chips, batteries, cameras, and mobile phone accessories, attracting talent, and adding tens of billions of yuan in industrial output value each year.

If Xu Zhenhui could understand this, Meng Yuanzhi naturally understood it even better.

After years of ups and downs, how could he not see the hidden opportunities behind this?
Meng Yuanzhi's gaze was deep as he rubbed the teacup in his hand, muttering under his breath, "Zhenhui, you're still too petty. A mere 1600 million yuan for a factory is nothing more than a year's rent for Chen Yansen's factory in Shenzhen. How could he possibly agree to that?"

Moreover, the transportation convenience of Xucheng is nowhere near that of Luzhou.

Does Xucheng dare to steal what he wants?

The next morning, Chen Yansen stepped into Building No. 8 and bumped into Ye Qiuping, who was walking out.

"Good morning, boss!" Ye Qiuping greeted him with a smile, her face rosy and full of energy, as if she had completely forgotten what happened yesterday evening.

She's good at what she does and isn't clingy, which is why Chen Yansen likes older women.

"Good morning." Chen Yansen nodded slightly, bypassed Ye Qiuping, and walked straight into the elevator.

"This guy looks like he's already prepared to turn his back on us after he's done his bidding. What a dog, a real dog!"

Ye Qiuping took a deep breath and couldn't help but curse inwardly.

With a ding sound!
The elevator door slowly opened.

Chen Yansen pushed open the office door, plopped down, turned on his computer, and checked the sales data for Pinduoduo and Orange Mall as usual.

After the release of Orange D1 and Orange C2, the sales of Orange C1 were inevitably affected to some extent.

Normally, the daily sales volume across the entire network is between 8.2 and 8.5 units, but yesterday it was only 7.1, a decrease of nearly 15% compared to the previous day.

Once the new product is officially released, the sales growth of Orange C1 may continue to decline.

Chen Yansen then opened Cao Dahua's work email, which mainly focused on production plans, the new factory area, and after-sales work.

Starting in mid-December last year, Orange C1 switched from a pre-sale model to spot sales. With Orange D1 and Orange C2 about to be launched, Cao Dahua adjusted the production plan.

简单来说，在1月14日之后，橙子C1的单日产能将从原本的10万台调整到5万台。

Whether further additions or subtractions are needed will be adjusted in real time based on the sales performance of the three products.

As for the 50,000-square-meter factory that Xu Zhenhui mentioned yesterday, it has only just been taken over, and only 3000 employees have been recruited. However, the human resources department guarantees that they will be able to complete the recruitment plan for 6000 people before the Spring Festival holiday.

After all, thanks to Wang Teng's publicity campaign, the entire manufacturing industry along the southeast coast now knows the name of Orange Mobile Phone Factory.

A factory worker on an assembly line earns a monthly salary of 7000 yuan!
In some small factories, only team leaders and supervisors might receive this income.

Although the base salary is not high and you have to work overtime every day, every overtime pay is strictly paid in accordance with labor laws, making it a truly amazing factory.

Zhang Jing from the Human Resources Department had just posted the job advertisement on the official website when her office phone was bombarded with calls.

I receive thousands of resumes in my email every day.

Upon opening the application, one would find that the education section listed job seekers with vocational school diplomas, junior college diplomas, or even bachelor's and master's degrees.

Zhang Jing was completely bewildered. She only hired experienced assembly, testing, welding, quality inspection, and equipment maintenance engineers. These college graduates were useless to her!
They lacked experience, and were arrogant and difficult to manage.

Therefore, Zhang Jing specifically suggested to Cao Dahua that the boss make the decision.

After a few seconds of contemplation, Chen Yansen decided to recruit 30% of the workers with higher education.

These people have simply chosen the wrong major and are having difficulty finding employment; they are not actually stupid. Whether they are put into the maintenance department or as management trainees, they all have the potential to be developed.

Orange Technology's future competitors are Foxconn, Pegatron, and BYD.

Establishing an employee training system for the Orange Mobile Phone Factory in advance will also facilitate future external expansion; otherwise, it would be difficult to find management candidates that satisfy Chen Yansen by relying solely on external recruitment channels.

After finishing his work emails, Chen Yansen pulled out a copy of "Advanced Solid State Physics" and started reading. This was an original copy that he had asked Zhou Shouzhi to send from overseas, as it had not yet been introduced to China at that time.

Just then, the cell phone on the table rang.

Chen Yansen looked up and glanced at it. It was an unfamiliar landline number, but the area code made it clear that the call was coming from Luzhou.

"Hello, who are you?"

He hesitated for a moment, then pressed the answer button.

"Hello Mr. Chen, this is Tao Jingwen from the Central Secretariat of Luzhou." A steady, middle-aged male voice came from the phone. Chen Yansen frowned slightly, politely responding while opening the Central Secretariat's official website and finding Tao Jingwen's name.

Meng Yuanzhi's personal secretary!

He had heard Tang Qingshan mention before that Meng Yuanzhi wanted Orange Technology and Pinbei to move their company headquarters to Luzhou, but Xu Zhenhui stopped him.

The reason they approached him directly this time was most likely related to this matter, or it was because they shared the same goal as Xu Zhenhui: to get him to build a branch factory in Luzhou.

"Hello, Secretary Tao, is there anything I can do for you?" Chen Yansen asked, feigning ignorance.

"Mr. Chen, if you have time, could you please come to Luzhou? Boss Meng would like to see you."

Tao Jingwen appeared to be seeking Chen Yansen's opinion, but she used a declarative tone.

In his view, given Meng Yuanzhi's status in the province, it would be difficult to find an entrepreneur who would dare not give him face.

"I'm sorry, Secretary Tao, I really haven't had time these past two days. I'm busy with final exams at school. What is it about? I can visit Mr. Meng in Luzhou after the exams are over."

After considering for a moment, Chen Yansen replied with a smile.

Final exams?

What's the reason?
Tao Jingwen was both amused and exasperated. He had already inquired about Chen Yansen, and found out that since starting university, he had only walked into the classroom a handful of times. If it weren't for Tang Qingshan protecting him, he would have failed his courses and had to retake them long ago.

After thinking for a moment, he explained directly: "The boss wants Mr. Chen to build a branch factory in Luzhou and has reserved a 10-square-meter factory for Mr. Chen in Luyang District. As long as the Orange Mobile Phone Factory can reach a certain investment scale, tax revenue per mu, and output value, this factory will be permanently owned by Orange Technology for free use."

10 square meters, free to use?
As expected of a big shot in Luzhou, he is indeed more generous than Xu Zhenhui.

Meng Yuanzhi didn't care about the small profits from selling the land; he valued the positive impact the Orange Mobile Phone factory would have on Luzhou's digital industry once it went into production.

Furthermore, he absolutely knew that Xu Zhenhui had approached him, otherwise he wouldn't have had Tao Jingwen deliberately emphasize that this was a ready-made factory of 10 square meters, rather than a barren industrial site.

Chen Yansen sighed. Orange Technology has really become a hot commodity these days.

No wonder that more than a decade later, Lei Yijun's Xiaomi car factory was still located in the suburbs of Beijing, and ultimately failed to expand beyond Beijing.

The bigwigs above provide money, resources, and policies, all they want is for you to create value for their promotion.

“Mr. Chen, if you have any concerns, please feel free to speak up. As long as it’s within my power, I will help you resolve them,” Tao Jingwen added.

Chen Yansen smiled and said calmly, "I want shares in Di Dongfang. Can Secretary Tao arrange that?"

Tao Jingwen was taken aback when he heard this, but then he realized that before making this call, he had heard that people from Senlian Capital had been in contact with Di Dongfang.

Unlike ordinary companies, Ke Dongfang is backed by bigwigs and venture capital firms from Beijing and Luzhou.

The combined equity held by Luzhou Construction Investment and Xincheng International is less than 20%.

Tao Jingwen couldn't really make this decision on her own. Even Meng Yuanzhi had to coordinate the interests of all parties before there was a chance to make it happen.

"Mr. Chen, is there anything else you require?" Tao Jingwen asked calmly.

Anyway, if he can't handle something, he'll have his superiors to back him up. All he needs to do is get Chen Yansen to agree to build a factory in Luzhou.

There's always a solution to any problem that comes up later.

"No, that's all." Chen Yansen answered directly and decisively.

He doesn't even need to ask for preferential land use policies, tax breaks, subsidies for high-tech enterprises, and talent policy support; Tao Jingwen will handle it all for him.

If he were to speak frankly and directly, it would make Chen Yansen appear shallow and inexperienced.

"Okay, we'll contact you again later." Tao Jingwen hung up the phone, turned around and walked into her boss's office, intending to report on the progress.

“Dongfang Equity? This kid has big ambitions. He's only been in the industry for less than a year and he's already starting to build up the supply chain. I heard that Senlian Capital also invested in Desay Battery.”

Meng Yuanzhi stood up and chuckled.

"That's true. Senlian Capital used orders from Orange Mobile and 300 million yuan in cash to purchase a 5% stake in Desay Industrial. In addition, since November last year, Senlian Capital has been buying Class A shares of Di Dongfang in the secondary market, and its current shareholding ratio is 4.9%."

Tao Jingwen nodded in response.

"Help me schedule a meeting with the heads of Jiantou and Xincheng International this afternoon."

After a moment's thought, Meng Yuanzhi gave instructions to Tao Jingwen.

"Okay, boss, I'll do it right away."

Tao Jingwen quickly agreed.

Although he felt that it was really not worth it to give up the equity of Eastcom for the sake of an Orange mobile phone factory, he also understood a principle: never question the boss's decision.

As a secretary, all you need to do is carry out the orders.

(End of this chapter)