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

Chapter 233 Swallowing the Entire Peak! Chen Yansen: My expected value is 7 million US dollars!
Xucheng, Zhuxianzhuang Science and Technology Park.

Gao Weilin walked into Chen Yansen's office, gently put down a stack of documents, and then, as if they were old friends, took out a box of tea and started brewing it as if no one else was around.

"11 regional transit warehouses, 23 logistics distribution centers, 300 heavy trucks, 760 medium trucks, and 6300 employees. Chen Jiahai is only selling it for 4.7 million yuan. The price is not expensive. Let's go with this contract."

Chen Yansen glanced at the asset appraisal report and equity transfer agreement, thought for a moment, and did not raise any objections.

"Leave the handover of fixed assets and employees to Liao Wei."

Gao Weilin carried two cups of hot tea and solicitously offered one to his boss.

“I have already communicated with venture capital firms such as Ali, Tencent, and DST. We will launch the Series A financing plan for Kuaidi Dache next week. Please allocate a group of people to accompany me to Hangzhou this weekend.”

Chen Yansen picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said.

Gao Weilin smiled slightly and immediately nodded in agreement, but inwardly he couldn't help but yell: President Chen is rich and generous, and he is also very generous with overtime pay and quarterly bonuses. But this job is really too much.

Looking back on the past six months since he joined Senlian Capital, he has been either on business trips or on his way to business trips, either working on financing plans or drafting equity transfer agreements.

"Once this busy period is over, I'll give you a long vacation."

Chen Yansen saw through Gao Weilin's little scheme at a glance and started making empty promises.

"Boss, is this leave three days or five days?"

Gao Weilin chuckled and quickly pressed for an answer.

Last time, Chen Yansen also said he would give him a long vacation, but as soon as he arrived in Hawaii, he received a call from his boss the next day.

"Ten days," Chen Yansen replied casually.

Gao Weilin smiled wryly. If Chen Yansen said three days, he would have believed him, but ten days? Wasn't that just fooling him?

I don’t even want to act anymore!
"Don't worry, I definitely won't contact you for the next two days," Chen Yansen assured him with a smile.

Gao Weilin responded, regardless of whether the pie was real or not, at least the boss was willing to make a promise.

the other side.

Inside a courier station in Nanjing, the owner, Wang Bin, sat in his office, smoking one cigarette after another, filling the room with smoke.

After Quanfeng was sold to Yunsu, these franchisees only had two options: either exit or gradually become directly operated and merge into Yunsu.

"Cash or equity?"

Wang Bin frowned and muttered to himself.

If it's cash, the problem is much simpler. Yunsu will send someone to assess the branch's assets and give a package price, then Quanfeng Express will handle the compensation.

Getting equity involved much more complicated issues, and after inquiring with people, he learned that Yunsu had an extremely high valuation of itself.

He invested 30 yuan in this site, and even if he sold himself along with it, he wouldn't get 0.01% of the equity.

Isn't this bullying?
The Quanfeng Express couriers outside the door had a completely different feeling from Wang Bin; the company had been sold, and so had they.

But these people all had beaming smiles on their faces, as if it were New Year's Day.

"I heard that Yunsu Express is going to pay for our five social insurances and one housing fund?"

"Not only that, there's also accident insurance!"

"The base salary is 3000 yuan, and there is a 20% monthly housing allowance. Including the commission income from order dispatching and package collection, I can earn at least seven or eight thousand yuan a month."

"They also give out quarterly bonuses four times a year. It's the same company, courier services. Why is there such a big difference in treatment?"

“I was planning to resign this month and switch to Yunsu, but this saves me a lot of trouble, even the interview process is skipped.”

Six or seven deliverymen gathered together, chatting and laughing.

at the same time.

Chen Dejun of Shentong also received the news that Quanfeng Express is about to be merged into Yunsu. In other words, Yunsu will add thousands of directly operated outlets nationwide.

This makes Shentong's situation even more dire.

After Zheng Shengyu forced Shentong and Yuantong to raise their minimum price per shipment from one yuan back to one yuan and fifty cents, the merchants quickly made a decision to hand over their express delivery business to Yunsu.

First, Yunsu Express couriers can deliver packages to your door, while Shentong Express couriers cannot;
Secondly, Yunsu Express couriers have good service attitude, while Shentong Express is not;
Finally, Yunsu has a high on-time rate, which even Shentong can't match!

Choose the service over the same price, or the price over the same service!
Given that Shentong had no advantage in either of these areas, it was normal for it to be abandoned by its partner merchants.

Yuantong, Yunda, and Zhongtong are also having a tough time. Some franchise outlets with low business volume can't even support their couriers. Franchisees have simply given up, threatening to terminate their contracts while secretly contacting Yunsu.

After venting his frustrations in his office, Chen Dejun still couldn't come up with a solution. He knew that Yunsu was also suffering heavy losses, and now it was just a matter of who would give in first!

Two days later, it happened to be Sunday.

A convoy of four luxury cars drove out of the virtual city and sped off towards Hangzhou.

Liu Zhiping, accompanied by Lin Chenfeng from Tencent's investment department and the staff responsible for negotiations, flew from Shenzhen to Hangzhou.

Ahri Headquarters.

Ma Liyun said to Cai Xin, "Don't rush back to Hong Kong Island, stay with me for a while and let Chen Yansen stay."

"No problem, I'd also like to meet this person."

Cai Xin smiled and agreed.

A twenty-year-old billionaire—you won't find such a magical business genius in Hong Kong movies.

Ding Lei of NetEase had a net worth of one billion US dollars when he was thirty-two years old.

Tesla's Musk is 32 years old and has just sold PayPal to eBay, with a net worth of less than $200 million.

Chen Yansen is much younger than these people. It's hard to imagine that he could become the richest man in China at the age of thirty-two.

After all, with Orange Technology and Pinbei as its two trump cards, its future growth potential is limitless.

As the host, at 3 p.m., Ma Liyun sent dinner invitations to the representatives of all parties who came to participate in the financing exchange meeting.

The restaurant was Jinsha Hall, located on the shore of West Lake.

Upon arriving in Hangzhou, Chen Yansen first returned to his hotel to rest for an hour. Then, he had his driver pick up Cheng Weixing and Fan Junyan from the headquarters of Kuaidi Dache and drove straight to West Lake.

When he arrived at the restaurant, he saw Zhou Shouzhi chatting with a middle-aged man in a royal blue suit as soon as he got out of the car.

The man was in his thirties, with a buzz cut, triangular eyes, and sharp gaze. His posture while speaking with Zhou Shouzhi clearly indicated that he was a shrewd and assertive individual. This was Zhu Xiaohu, General Manager of Jinsha Venture Capital!

Chen Yansen instantly guessed the other party's identity: a Shanghai native, a graduate of Fudan University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and also an angel investor in Ele.me.

They gather when there is profit and disperse when there is no profit; their investment style is ruthless and cold.

His repeated rejections of Zhang Xuhao's requests for additional investment clearly demonstrate his inherent rationality and decisiveness.

Despite losing $100 million investing in Ele.me, he was able to cut his losses in time after understanding the food delivery market situation in Shanghai.

"Allen, the person you want to see has arrived!" Zhou Shouzhi raised his hand to signal Chen Yansen, while also reminding Zhu Xiaohu, whose back was to Chen Yansen.

Zhu Xiaohu turned around subconsciously and saw a tall, upright young man striding towards him.

He was followed by more than a dozen people in suits, their imposing presence overwhelming.

"Mr. Chen, it's a pleasure to meet you! I've heard your name so many times these past two years that it's practically worn out."

Zhu Xiaohu smiled and took the initiative to greet him, jokingly saying that he dared not look down on the other party because of his youth.

"Mr. Zhu, you're too kind. I've only been in this industry for a couple of years, and there's still so much I need to learn. I hope you can give me some pointers when you have time."

Chen Yansen said slowly.

The three stood outside exchanging pleasantries, with Zhou Shouzhi occasionally chiming in to discuss recent changes and trends in the internet industry.

The price war between JD.com and Suning also became a topic of conversation among the three.

As one of DST's key investors, Zhou Shouzhi greatly admired Liu Qiangdong's management style. He saw the shadow of Bezos in Liu, and thus strongly promoted DST's investment cooperation with DST.

"So, you think JD.com will be the ultimate winner in the home appliance sector? Don't forget, Suning has over 1700 chain stores and tens of thousands of suppliers offline."

Zhu Xiaohu frowned slightly, then smiled and asked in return.

"I have met Zhang Jindong, so I am even more certain that Zhang Jindong will not lose to Suning in the home appliance field."

Zhou Shouzhi shrugged and said confidently.

Zhu Xiaohu nodded and stopped arguing, but in his heart he was thinking: Damn it! You went to Harvard Business School, not a Buddhist academy, and you act like you can predict the future.

At this moment, Liu Zhiping from Penguin also led his people into the Sands Hall.

"Brother Martin!" Chen Yansen greeted him.

"Let's go inside and talk! With this sudden cold snap in spring, you young people can't keep up with me."

Liu Zhiping joked with a smile.

As they walked and chatted, they soon bumped into Ma Liyun and Cai Xin, who had come out to greet them.

The group of more than forty people arrived at a luxuriously decorated banquet hall and took their seats in turn.

Besides Ah Li's people, there were also representatives from Hony Capital, Huake Investment, and Macquarie Capital.

Cheng Weixing swallowed hard. He hadn't expected that so many investment institutions would come to Kuaidi Dache's Series A funding round.

Ma Liyun deliberately sat opposite Chen Yansen, squinting as he secretly sized him up.

The rapid development of Pinbei caught him off guard. He had a vague feeling that Chen Yansen posed a greater threat to Ali than Dong.

"Mr. Chen, if Kuaipao launches its Series B financing, can Ali take a stake?" Ma Liyun asked tentatively.

"Of course, no problem," Chen Yansen readily agreed.

As long as Ali doesn't affect his controlling stake, Ma Liyun can invest as much as he wants. Rather than creating a new rival, he'd rather use benefits to bring Ali on board.

Ma Liyun paused for a moment, then replied, "President Chen, I'm serious."

“Me too,” Chen Yansen replied with a firm gaze.

Ma Liyun smiled, but her heart was full of doubts.

Logically speaking, given the significant competition between the two, the other party should have no reason to let him invest.

In reality, Chen Yansen never refused either Kuaidi Taxi or Kuaipao.

This kid doesn't play by the rules at all!
During the banquet, as they toasted each other, Zhu Xiaohu and Ma Liyun's faces gradually turned rosy.

Chen Yansen discovered that Ma, the e-commerce mogul, had an amazing capacity for alcohol. After just one round, Zhu Xiaohu, Liu Zhiping, and Zhou Shouzhi were all flushed and slightly tipsy.

"Mr. Chen, what is your valuation expectation for Kuaidi Dache?" a representative from Macquarie Capital suddenly asked.

This question gradually calmed the noise in the banquet hall.

Ma Liyun frowned slightly, then relaxed. Since we've come up with this topic, it wouldn't hurt to talk about it beforehand.

Chen Yansen and the three investors, Ali, Penguin, and DST, had actually already agreed on a vague valuation range, but GSR Ventures, Hony Capital, Huake Investment and Macquarie Capital were unaware of it.

Kuaidi Dache currently has no competitors, which means it can monopolize a huge market.

Based on Kuaidi Dache's market potential, growth expectations, profit model, and cash flow, Tencent gave it a valuation of $5 million.

DST's offer was $5.5 million, taking into account Chen Yansen's outstanding trading skills.

Ali's asking price was $4.5 million. The strategic investment department took into account the revenue streams from driver commissions, advertising, and data services, and combined this valuation with Kuaidi Dache's team background, city coverage, and capital environment.

Chen Yansen looked at the Macquarie Capital representative and casually called out a number: "7 million US dollars."

Zhu Xiaohu of Jinsha Venture Capital scoffed, shook his head with a sneer, and cursed Chen Yansen inwardly for being too greedy.

Kuaidi Dache hasn't even conquered the Hangzhou market yet, so why should it be valued at 7 million US dollars?
Representatives from Hony Capital and Macquarie Capital were taken aback; clearly, the figure far exceeded their expectations.

The representative from Huake Investment Promotion glanced at Liu Zhiping and Zhou Shouzhi's expressions, seemed to understand something, and immediately realized that the valuation quotes for Tencent and DST were probably not much different from 7 million US dollars.

Therefore, these two people were able to sit still.

Ma Liyun smiled, taking in everyone's reactions. He would never agree with the valuation of '7 million US dollars'.

He believes that Tencent and DST will not agree unless Kuaidi Dache's order volume reaches 30 per day and its business scope is doubled.

However, he wasn't flustered. In business, as long as you're willing to talk, you can always find a point of agreement that satisfies both parties.

(End of this chapter)