I can become stronger by paying salaries. I have one billion employees!

Chapter 226 Shentong: I lost 4 million. Yunsu: I lost 6 million, what are you yelling about!
When Chen Yansen left the Kuaipao headquarters, it was already 10:30 p.m.

The streets were deserted. A panda-themed Ghost drove across the Xupu Bridge and sped along the outer ring expressway.

Half an hour later, the car stopped in front of No. 116 Yunjin Villa.

Chen Yansen got out of the car, walked inside, crossed the garden, and opened the door.

Song Yuncheng followed behind, and her eyes inadvertently caught sight of the soft, slumped sofa. Her fair, jade-like earlobes immediately turned red.

"I don't expect any progress at tomorrow's express delivery industry meeting. You can rest at home and don't need to stay with me all the time."

As Chen Yansen spoke, he took off his coat and threw it on the sofa with a 'thud'.

"It's okay, I'm not tired," Song Yuncheng said with a smile, shaking her head.

"This is for you." Chen Yansen smiled, took a jewelry box out of his pocket, and handed it to Song Yuncheng.

"What is this?" Song Yuncheng's breathing quickened instantly, her face turned pink, and she felt a wave of dizziness.

"What are you thinking? Just open it and see for yourself." Chen Yansen chuckled and tapped the other man on the head.

Song Yuncheng winced in pain, then met Chen Yansen's ambiguous smile. Panicked, she hastily opened the jewelry box.

A dazzling silver necklace came into view, with the number 116 engraved on the pendant and surrounded by small diamonds, making it look extremely exquisite.

"Oh, it's a necklace. I thought..." Song Yuncheng took a deep breath, a flash of disappointment crossing her eyes.

"What did you think it was? A ring?" Chen Yansen squinted, a slight smile playing on his lips, and stared at Song Yuncheng as he asked.

"I hadn't thought about it," Song Yuncheng said, her eyes darting away, her words contradicting her true feelings.

"Really?" Chen Yansen rubbed her head and found it amusing.

Why would Mr. Chen possibly buy a ring?

He'd rather spend his money wisely and buy more cosplay outfits, since he's already tired of Spider-Man, Black Widow, Iron Man, and the like.

……

……

The next morning, the clear chirping of birds rang out.

Chen Yansen slowly opened his eyes and saw Song Yuncheng lying on top of him, her eyelashes fluttering, a strand of hair stuck to her rosy lips, fast asleep.

He gently moved Song Yuncheng to one side, then got up and got out of bed.

Upon entering the study and turning on the computer, Chen Yansen, as usual, checked the core data of Pinbei and Orange Technology.

With the No. 3 factory going into production, the pre-sale links for Orange phones on major e-commerce platforms have been changed to a spot sales model, and the total online sales of the three phones reached 16 units yesterday.

Based on this trend, total sales in February will reach 4 million units, generating over 6 billion yuan in revenue for Orange Technology. However, the gross profit margin is shockingly low, barely reaching 10%.

In an email, Cao Dahua reported that production of power banks, phone cases, data cables, and Bluetooth earphones would begin next week. With the addition of OEM orders from Xiaomi and Huawei, the Shenzhen factory's capacity would be just at full capacity.

Chen Yansen tapped his fingers on the table and shook his head inwardly. The smartphone market in 2012 had not yet reached its peak, with the national monthly sales ceiling only 2000 million units.

Currently, Orange Mobile's market share has exceeded 20%. It either needs to expand into new markets or continue to squeeze out competitors' market share. Otherwise, its No. 4 factory in Luzhou will face the embarrassing situation of having no orders to fulfill.

"Zhou Jinling and the others are still too slow."

Chen Yansen leaned back and muttered to himself.

After thinking for a moment, he replied to Cao Dahua: "Try to speed up the expansion of the African market. If there is a shortage of manpower, just poach people from Transsion."

As of early February, Orange Technology had sold a total of 93 Orange F1 units and 62 Orange F2 units in the Abyssinian market, which seems pretty good. However, its market share in the local market is less than half that of Shanxing.

Chen Yansen knew very well that Abyssinia's market capacity could absorb at least 3000 million smartphones a year.

However, due to the difficulty in building a sales network, Zhou Jinling and others had to communicate with each distributor, reseller, and retailer individually.

After all, East Africa's e-commerce and logistics industries are underdeveloped, unlike in China where you can simply put a link on an e-commerce platform and sell to the whole country.

In Abyssinia, sales can only be done through offline channels.

Half an hour later, Chen Yansen finished dealing with the emails and went into the bathroom to brush his teeth and wash his face.

At 9:00 a.m., Chen Yansen and Song Yuncheng took a car to the International Conference Center.

Although he knew that it was impossible for Yunsu and the three major express delivery companies to shake hands and make peace.

But Zheng Shengyu from the Postal Association stepped in, so at least it looked presentable.

We can choose not to talk about it, but we can't choose not to go!

The car drove along Binjiang Avenue and then pulled into the parking lot of the International Conference Center.

The three of them walked toward the conference hall on the second floor.

As soon as they reached the door, they saw Liao Wei and Zhai An standing there waiting, with two bodyguards standing beside them.

To put it bluntly, this express delivery war was started by Yunsu. Liao Wei was really afraid that if they disagreed on something during their meeting, the two sides would start fighting on the spot.

"Boss!" Liao Wei ran a few steps and took the initiative to greet him.

Chen Yansen hummed in agreement, said nothing more, and gestured for Liao Wei to lead the way.

“Boss, Chairman Zheng’s idea is very simple. He will most likely ask us to raise prices to avoid malicious competition. The small e-commerce parcels from the Tongda system are only one yuan. To put it bluntly, they have taken away a part of the postal parcel business.”

Liao Wei explained with a smile.

Otherwise, why wait until now to mediate when the three major express delivery companies (STO Express, YTO Express, ZTO Express, and Yunda Express) have already lowered their prices for more than two months?
As long as his own interests are not affected, Zheng Shengyu doesn't care about the fate of private courier companies.

“We’re not the lowest in the industry, so if anyone’s going to raise prices, it should be Shentong and Yuantong first.”

Chen Yansen said lightly.

Liao Wei chuckled, instantly understanding his boss's meaning, and felt reassured.

The group took the elevator to the second floor and then entered a conference hall that could accommodate more than 200 people.

At this time, representatives from more than a dozen courier companies were already sitting in their seats inside, chatting in twos and threes.

When everyone saw Liao Wei and his group, their faces darkened. They didn't say anything, but cursed inwardly: "Troublemakers."

Upon seeing this, Chen Dejun of Shentong couldn't sit still any longer. This was the first time he had met Liao Wei in person, even though they had only spoken on the phone.

Just as he had imagined, Liao Wei's appearance alone was repulsive.

He looked away with a disgusted expression, then focused his attention on Chen Yansen.

The chairman of Senlian Capital, the actual controller of Yunsu Express, and also the big boss of Orange Technology and Pinbei Mall.

Thinking of this, Chen Dejun suddenly stood up and went to greet him. Yu Weijiao from Yuantong, Lai Haisong from Zhongtong, and Nie Tengyu from Yunda also stood up and walked towards Chen Yansen.

"Mr. Chen, it seems you intend to wipe out all the courier companies in the Tonglu region!"

Chen Dejun sneered and asked bluntly.

"Mr. Chen, you're exaggerating. These are all normal business competition tactics. Yunsu started late, so we had to resort to some unconventional methods. I think you can understand that. Back then, Shentong was able to stand out from so many express delivery companies, didn't it? It was also through price wars?"

Chen Yansen smiled lightly, not taking it to heart.

"We're all business people, why don't we sit down and have a good talk, and make money together?"

Chen Dejun suppressed his anger and tried to resolve the matter peacefully.

“If you merge your company into Yunsu, won’t we be one family? Then there’ll be no need for a price war.”

This time, Chen Yansen didn't even have the idea of ​​spending money to acquire the company, and instead proposed a merger and acquisition method involving equity swaps.

Chen Dejun laughed, thinking to himself: You've got quite an appetite! You always want to swallow up Shentong, aren't you afraid of overeating yourself?

"Boss Chen, if you keep messing things up like this, no one will be happy making money. It's dark and the road is slippery, be careful not to slip and fall," Yu Weijiao of Yuantong threatened.

"You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. Otherwise, if I ever get a scrape on my skin, I'll blame it all on President Yu. I heard that President Yu just had a grandson last year?"

Chen Yansen retorted, looking coldly at Yu Weijiao.

"Don't do anything reckless!" Yu Weijiao panicked. He didn't expect Chen Yansen to act so recklessly at such a young age.

"Useless!" Chen Yansen cursed in a low voice, a mocking smile on his face.

Yu Weijiao's face flushed red, and he rushed forward as if to hit someone, but was immediately stopped by the bodyguard.

"Mr. Yu, this place isn't big enough. Let's find a proper venue later. I'll definitely be there for you. But we need to sign a contract, otherwise I'm afraid I'll beat you to death and still have to take responsibility."

Chen Yansen said arrogantly.

The owners of Xi'ai Express, Yousu Logistics, Suer Logistics, and Longshengda Express looked at each other in bewilderment. They had initially thought Liao Wei was like a mad dog, biting anyone he could get his hands on.

But his boss was clearly even crazier.

"Yu Weijiao, what do you want to do?"

At this moment, Zheng Shengyu from the Postal Association, accompanied by his assistant, walked over with a stern face and questioned him in an unfriendly tone.

This industry conference, ostensibly an exchange meeting, was actually a mediation session: to stop the price war and maintain the stability of the express delivery industry.

Who is Yu Weijiao trying to impress with that look that makes him want to hit someone?

This is disrespecting him!
"President Zheng, I'm sorry, I just wanted to have a chat with Mr. Chen a little closer."

Yu Weijiao was seething with anger, but faced with Zheng Shengyu's cold expression, he could only make up a random excuse.

"Go back and sit down." Zheng Shengyu waved his hand, too lazy to argue with him.

"President Zheng, it's a pleasure to meet you!" Chen Yansen smiled faintly, as if he was not affected at all, and stepped forward to greet him.

Zheng Shengyu looked up and sized up Chen Yansen, then smiled and said, "There aren't many young people like you."

Clearly, Zheng Shengyu was very satisfied with Chen Yansen.

From a macro perspective, more than 6000 couriers from STO Express, YTO Express, ZTO Express, and Yunda Express lost their jobs in the past three months. However, these people put on new uniforms and transformed into employees of Yunsu Express, increasing the number of people paying social security contributions by another 6000.

Therefore, if it weren't for the price reductions by the express delivery companies, which caused numerous complaints and affected the interests of the postal service itself, Zheng Shengyu wouldn't have bothered to step forward.

"President Zheng, you flatter me. I was just following the labor law," Chen Yansen shrugged.

Zheng Shengyu nodded, patted Chen Yansen on the shoulder, and then walked to the podium.

He glanced around and found that, apart from SF Express, the owners of more than 30 other mainstream courier companies had all arrived.

Zheng Shengyu frowned, about to get angry, when he saw Wang Wei lead his men in.

"Now that everyone is here, let's begin. First of all, I would like to thank you all for your contributions to China's express delivery industry in 2011."

"Last year, the total volume of express delivery business reached 42.9 billion pieces, an increase of 37.8% year-on-year. Among them, intra-city express delivery accounted for 23% and inter-city express delivery accounted for 73%; the eastern region accounted for 81.9%, the central region accounted for 10.5%, and the western region accounted for 7.6%. The revenue of the express delivery industry reached 855.3 billion yuan."

"The growth rate in the first quarter of 2012 still exceeded the expectations of the Postal Association, with a daily business volume of 2000 million pieces. It is expected that the total number of pieces for the whole year will exceed 60 billion pieces. However, it is worth noting that the revenue per piece continues to decline, the service quality has plummeted, and some employees of some express delivery companies have even been selling customers' private packages at will..."

As Zheng Shengyu spoke, he turned his attention to Shentong and Yuantong.

Chen Dejun and Yu Weijiao kept lowering the delivery fees, making it so that couriers couldn't earn money, their service attitude deteriorated sharply, and lost packages became a frequent occurrence.

Upon investigation, it was discovered that the deliveryman had sold it as a blind box.

“I don’t care how you compete, but the income of the grassroots couriers cannot be affected. In three days, Shentong and Yuantong must raise the fee for express delivery under 1 kg to 1.5 yuan.”

Zheng Shengyu directly named and urged Shentong and Yuantong to raise prices.

Yu Weijiao was indignant. Why didn't Zheng Shengyu intervene when Yunsu lowered its prices, but when Shentong and Yuantong lowered theirs?

"If they refuse to rectify the situation within the specified period, their professional qualifications will be revoked directly."

Zheng Shengyu stared at Chen Dejun and Yu Weijiao, and warned them without any politeness.

Chen Yansen turned his head and gave Chen Dejun and Yu Weijiao a provocative look.

He had already calculated that a price of 1.5 yuan per ticket could cover all costs and expenses, while also ensuring the stability of the courier's income.

When Shentong and Yuantong lowered their prices to one yuan, the reason he didn't let Liao Wei follow suit was also due to this consideration.

Chen Dejun and Yu Weijiao exchanged a glance, realizing they were in trouble. They had tried to steal a chicken but lost the rice instead. That old bastard Zheng Shengyu didn't care about their lives at all.

Wang Wei of SF Express breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. Although it was only an increase in price from 1 yuan to 1.5 yuan, it was still good news for SF Express.

Otherwise, in the long run, no matter how wide SF Express's moat is, it will eventually be breached by the other major express delivery companies like STO Express, YTO Express, ZTO Express, and Yunsu Express.

If it weren't for the fact that it wasn't his turn to speak yet, he would have even suggested limiting the minimum price per express delivery order to over 3 yuan.

Not long after, Zheng Shengyu finished speaking and stepped off the stage.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Wei took the microphone, stood on the stage, and spoke eloquently, sharing SF Express's product positioning and service advantages, showing no regard for other competing companies.

While STO Express, YTO Express, ZTO Express, Yunda Express, and Yunsu Express were engaged in a price war, SF Express was optimizing its cold chain delivery services and busy expanding its own air transport fleet.

Unbeknownst to many, Yunsu had also launched its cold chain service a week earlier, which is currently in the trial operation phase, in order to compete with SF Express for market share.

After Wang Wei came down, Chen Dejun picked up the microphone and started criticizing Liao Wei by name, saying that Liao Wei lacked sportsmanship and had started a price war when the industry was booming, causing Shentong to suffer a cumulative loss of more than 2 million yuan from Q4 of 2011 to Q1 of 2012.

Liao Wei snorted coldly, touched his nose, and cursed inwardly: I lost 6 million and didn't say a word, what are you yelling about!
(End of this chapter)