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

Chapter 255 Chen Dejun: I want to kneel down to him too!
It was 10:30 p.m. in room 0418 of the teachers' apartment.

Chen Yansen put down a can of beer, plopped down on the sofa, concentrated his mental energy, and summoned a semi-transparent system panel in front of him.

With the Luzhou No. 4 Orange Factory going into production and Gaode Maps completing its full acquisition, the total number of employees who can now provide him with humanitarian aid each month has exceeded 9.7.

Among them, Yunsu Express has 61192 employees and labor costs of 50177 million yuan, accounting for the highest proportion.
Orange Mobile Phone Factory has 21437 employees and costs 18435 million yuan, which is the second largest.

After Kuai Pao entered the Hangzhou and Nanjing markets, the number of employees increased to 7668, with a cost of 6671 million yuan.

In addition, the company has a total of 6810 employees in six subsidiaries, including Gaode Maps and Orange Technology, with labor costs of 14229 million yuan.

Senlian Capital's number of employees is just one step away from the 100,000 mark, and its Humanity Flame has 100146 strands, which can be combined into 1001 strands of Divine Flame.

Yunsu Express suffered the heaviest losses, but also contributed the most to humanitarian efforts!
In his April work report, Liao Wei mentioned that the combined pickup volume of the three major express delivery companies (STO Express, YTO Express, ZTO Express, and Yunda Express) was only 40% of that of Yunsu Express.

It's worth noting that in 2011, each of the major express delivery companies (Tongda, Tongda, and Yunda) handled over 2 million parcels per day. Shentong even reached 4 million parcels on Singles' Day (November 11th). The Tonglu group dominated half of the express delivery industry.

However, when Yunsu Express's daily pickup volume exceeded 8 million, the business scale of STO Express, YTO Express, ZTO Express, and Yunda Express continued to shrink, losing 60% of their market share in just six months.

Franchise outlets across the country have been closing down one after another, and the number has decreased by half compared to its peak.

"Chen Dejun has a strong ability to withstand pressure. He neither begged for mercy nor sold the company. It seems that he wants to fight Yunsu to the end."

Chen Yansen smiled faintly and muttered to himself.

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"I want to kneel down to him too, but Shentong's business volume has shrunk by 60%, and I can't get a good price to sell. I'd rather fight Liao Wei to the death!"

In a private club in Shanghai, Chen Dejun took a big gulp of wine and cursed fiercely.

Ever since Zheng Shengyu of the Postal Association forced Shentong and Yuantong to raise the price of e-commerce parcels weighing less than one kilogram from one yuan back to one yuan and fifty cents, they have been unable to hold onto their market share.

With its backing by Pinduoduo Mall, Yunsu has no shortage of customers and is able to aggressively seize the express delivery business of Taobao merchants.

With this ebb and flow, the scale effect of Yunsu Express is becoming increasingly apparent.

With the technological support of Orange Technology, Kuaipao, and Gaode Maps, Yunsu Express leverages big data and intelligent algorithms to plan the best routes for transport vehicles based on factors such as order distribution and traffic conditions. This effectively reduces empty mileage and transportation time, thereby lowering transportation costs and improving delivery efficiency.

Meanwhile, seven large-scale intelligent warehousing centers have been built in North China, East China, and South China, introducing automated equipment that enables both high sorting efficiency and precision.

In the last-mile delivery segment, Yunsu's high-quality service, combining parcel lockers and door-to-door delivery, has put immense pressure on the major express delivery companies like STO Express, YTO Express, ZTO Express, and Yunda Express.

"We have to think of a way, otherwise none of us will make it to next year." Yu Weijiao of Yuantong Express frowned, his gray hair on the top of his head becoming more and more dense, clearly indicating that he hadn't been having an easy time lately.

"If it doesn't work out, we'll just sell the company to Yunsu," Lai Haisong of Zhongtong Express said with a shrug and a helpless expression.

In his view, if he waits another year or two, no one will buy his product, so he might as well make plans sooner rather than later.

"Boss Lai chickened out?" Nie Tengyu from Yunda Express glanced at him and said disdainfully.

"Me, a coward? Half a year ago, Boss Chen said that Yunsu couldn't withstand the losses and could only last a few months at most. But what happened? I gritted my teeth and fought Liao Wei, but he became more and more energetic. This month, he built another smart warehouse in Ningbo. What else could I do but be a coward?"

Lai Haisong suddenly stood up and questioned Nie Tengyu.

"Alright, enough with the veiled insults." Chen Dejun said coldly, his face grim, as he looked at Lai Haisong. "Hmph!" Lai Haisong suppressed his anger, sat down with a thud, and picked up his wine glass to drink in silence.

The four men stared at each other, at a loss for what to do. To put it bluntly, even if the three major express delivery companies (STO Express, YTO Express, ZTO Express, and Yunda Express) were combined, they would still be no match for Yunsu in terms of financial reserves.

There is only one way out: find a way to raise funds.

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"Financing? China Merchants Bank, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and CEFC China Energy?"

On the first working day of May, Chen Yansen had just arrived at his office when Gao Weilin knocked on the door and came in.

Gao Weilin nodded with a smile: "That's right, it was Chairman Zheng of the Postal Association who made the connection."

Zheng Shengyu?
Chen Yansen didn't believe the other party was being so kind.

This is mostly because Yunsu has been expanding wildly across the country recently, spending money like water, and its monthly losses have soared from the original 100-200 million to 200-300 million.

Zheng Shengyu is probably worried that Yunsu's capital chain will break down, affecting the social security and employment of more than 60,000 people.
However, if one can establish a connection with China Merchants Bank and CEFC China Energy, it will be much easier to buy second-hand aircraft from Air China and convert them into cargo planes, or to apply for air transport operating qualifications and route operating permits.

"Yunsu needs to raise funds, you should be in charge of the coordination."

Chen Yansen thought for a moment and then gave instructions to Gao Weilin.

"Boss, what's your bottom line?" Gao Weilin pressed.

“A maximum of 15%. Of course, the higher the valuation, the better. If it's less than 100 billion US dollars, then there's no point in discussing it,” Chen Yansen replied.

"Okay, I understand." Gao Weilin nodded, put down a financial statement, and turned to walk out.

After the office door closed again, Chen Yansen reached out and the orange-colored phone on the table slowly flew into his palm.

When his mental strength value broke through to 44.95, not only did the diameter of his divine sense's detection expand to more than fourteen meters, but even the weight he could 'lift' increased more than threefold.

On May 1st, Tencent invested 200 million yuan to acquire a 13.5% stake in YiXun.com, bringing its total shareholding to 80%. The remaining shares will be held by YiXun.com's management...

Chen Yansen shook his head. It seemed that Pony Ma had indeed given up on his idea of ​​doing e-commerce himself and changed the group's strategy for the e-commerce sector to investment.

Unfortunately, YiXun.com was simply not up to Ma Wenteng's e-commerce dream. Tencent invested a total of 7 million yuan, which was destined to go down the drain.

Chen Yansen remembers clearly that two years later, Ma Wenteng exchanged Yi Xun, QQ Shopping, and Paipai.com, plus $2.2 million, for a 15% stake in JD.com just before its IPO.

Liu Qiangdong had no choice but to reluctantly take over the business in order to secure primary traffic entry points for WeChat and QQ.

In fact, he didn't lose out. After gaining access to Tencent's traffic, JD.com's valuation was able to break through 200 billion US dollars on the day of its IPO.

Otherwise, given JD.com's market share and business capabilities at the time, it would have been difficult to secure an offering price of $19 per share.

Now that Tencent has given its traffic entry point to Pinduoduo, it's hard to say whether it will invest in JD.com again.

Just then, Zhou Hongyi called.

(End of this chapter)