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Chapter 296 Two Peaches Kill Three Warriors: The Terrifying Nature of an Open Scheme! The Last Glimmer of the Tongda System, Cheng Weixin's New Business Opportunity!

Chen Dejun and Yu Weijiao?
Chen Yansen turned to look at the rest area and saw two people running towards him, their faces showing fawning smiles, but their eyes full of caution and wariness.

"Mr. Chen, I'm sorry for the sudden visit. I'm Chen Dejun from Shentong Express."

"Mr. Chen, I am Yu Weijiao from Yuantong Express."

The two stood one behind the other, leaning slightly forward, and took the initiative to introduce themselves.

Chen Yansen could tell that the two meant no harm, so he smiled faintly and shook hands with Chen Dejun and Yu Weijiao, exchanging pleasantries: "President Chen, President Yu, it's an honor to meet you!"

A famous name?

You've almost killed Shentong Express!

Chen Dejun cursed inwardly, but he hadn't forgotten the purpose of his trip, so he went straight to the point: "Mr. Chen, I want to sell Shentong Express to your company."

"Mr. Chen, it's the same for me." Although Yu Weijiao received more financing than Chen Dejun, he only received 2 million yuan in the end, which was not enough for Yuantong to survive.

"Actually, you two don't need to go through all this trouble, coming all the way from Shanghai. You can just contact Liao Wei directly."

Chen Yansen said with a smile.

After all, the acquisition of Yunda and Zhongtong Express was spearheaded by Liao Wei, with Gao Weilin merely assigning a group of financial analysts and legal advisors to assist him.

As it turned out, Liao Wei did quite well in his MBA course, at least in terms of the acquisition price, which satisfied Chen Yansen.

Liao Wei?

It's just a mad dog, how much authority could it possibly have!

After exchanging a glance, Chen Dejun and Yu Weijiao replied in unison, "We would like to speak with President Chen in person."

Talk to me?
I'll only slash the price harder!
Chen Yansen chuckled inwardly, then beckoned to Tian Tian, ​​asking her to brew a pot of tea and call Gao Weilin over.

"Mr. Chen, Mr. Yu, please sit down and let's chat." Chen Yansen selected a spacious and bright reception room on the first floor and led the two inside.

As soon as he sat down, Chen Yansen said nonchalantly, "I am not very interested in acquiring Shentong and Yuantong, because after Yunsu acquired Yunda and Zhongtong Express, its transit warehouses, sorting centers and terminal outlets are all temporarily saturated."

"Of course, you two are both industry veterans. Since you're here, I should express some sincerity. I can acquire Shentong or Yuantong."

Chen Dejun was taken aback. He wasn't stupid; he naturally understood what Chen Yansen was up to—he simply wanted to lower the price.

Yu Weijiao glanced at Chen Dejun secretly and felt a pang of regret. He should have come to find Chen Yansen behind his back.

Chen Dejun remained silent, taking in the subtle expressions on Yu Weijiao's face. He couldn't help but sneer and curse the other party as an idiot.

Two peaches kill three warriors. Such a simple plan, yet Lao Yu couldn't see through it. Where did his usual shrewdness go?

"Boss, your tea, Mr. Gao will be here soon." At this moment, Tian Tian pushed open the door and walked in, putting down the tea and saying.

Chen Yansen nodded, his gaze fixed intently on Chen Dejun and Yu Weijiao.

This was a calculated move; with a casual "choose one of two," he broke their alliance.

He had long seen through Chen Dejun and Yu Weijiao's little scheme; they just wanted to bundle Shentong and Yuantong together for sale, thereby raising their value.

Seeing that the two remained silent, Chen Yansen was not in a hurry. He picked up the teapot, filled their cups, and then took a sip himself.

"Knock knock knock—!" A knock sounded at the door.

"Go in!" Chen Yansen replied softly, knowing that Lao Gao was familiar with the situation.

"Boss!" Gao Weilin greeted his boss with a smile before turning around to look at Chen Dejun and Yu Weijiao.

Although he didn't know the two people, he learned the general situation from the receptionist before entering.

"This is Chen Dejun, the owner of Shentong Express, and this is Yu Weijiao, the owner of Yuantong Express. Mr. Chen, Mr. Yu, let me introduce you. This is Gao Weilin, the CFO of Senlian Capital."

Chen Yansen sat in his seat and spoke slowly and deliberately.

"President Chen, President Yu, it's a pleasure to meet you!" Gao Weilin smiled formally and then sat down to Chen Yansen's left.

A year ago, Gao Weilin would never have appeared so nonchalant when he met Chen Dejun and Yu Weijiao.

However, under the pressure from Yunsu Express, Shentong and Yuantong are no longer as prosperous as they once were. Their daily parcel volume has dropped from a peak of 300 million to 60, which is even less than the business volume of Best Express.

The three major express delivery companies (STO Express, YTO Express, ZTO Express, and Yunda Express) have long been defunct in name only!

For acquisitions valued at less than 10 billion, Mr. Gao usually delegates the task to his subordinates and doesn't personally oversee them, at most controlling the pace and overall direction of the acquisition.

Therefore, Gao Weilin didn't take Chen Dejun and Yu Weijiao seriously.

"Mr. Chen, if you only buy one, the other one will just die." Chen Dejun had been racking his brains for a long time but couldn't think of a way to break the deadlock. In desperation, he replied dryly, his tone almost pleading.

This is the unsolvable nature of an open conspiracy. It is based on open and transparent rule design and takes advantage of the inevitability of the situation and human nature. Even if the opponent sees through it, they cannot break it and can only be forced to follow the predetermined path.

"What is Mr. Chen's target price?"

Chen Yansen asked slowly and deliberately.

There was no personal feud between him and Chen Dejun; it was all a business dispute. If the other party's offer was reasonable, he had no reason to go to such lengths to ruin him.

"14 billion." Chen Dejun paused for more than ten seconds before cautiously announcing a number.

Once upon a time, he was a powerful figure in the express delivery industry, but now, sitting in front of Chen Yansen, he felt a vague sense of unease.

"Mr. Yu, what about you?" Chen Yansen asked Yu Weijiao noncommittally.

Yu Weijiao subconsciously raised her head and met Chen Yansen's gaze.

The other person's eyes were deep and bright, with a hint of intimidating power. Although he knew that Chen Yansen was a twenty-year-old sophomore, he still couldn't help but feel short of breath. In his panic, he shouted out the lowest price he had in his heart: "8.4 million".

Fuck!
What's Old Yu up to?!

Chen Dejun turned his head and glared fiercely at Yu Weijiao.

The two had already agreed on the terms in Shanghai: Shentong's offer was 14 billion yuan, and Yuantong's offer was 10.5 billion yuan, leaving Chen Yansen with a maximum of 100 million yuan to negotiate.

"Mr. Gao, what do you think?" Chen Yansen asked, looking at Lao Gao.

"Boss, when we acquired Yunda Express, their daily business volume was 60 parcels, comparable to Yuantong, and the price was 7.6 million."

Gao Weilin immediately understood his boss's meaning and joined forces with Chen Yansen to lower the price.

The implication is that Yu Weijiao's offer of 8.4 million yuan was too high.

“President Chen, President Gao, Yuantong and Yunda have different strengths. Yuantong has 9000 service outlets and more than 80 transfer centers across the country, with as many as 4000 transport trucks…” Yu Weijiao quickly argued.

"Mr. Yu, Yunda and Zhongtong also have many service outlets, but most of them are franchisees, which are of very little value to Yunsu. We need to waste a lot of manpower and resources to streamline the structure, and we need to cut at least 70%."

Chen Yansen shook his head, looking disgusted.

Yu Weijiao paused, his mouth slightly open, a surge of anger rising in his chest. He had been working in the business world for many years, and this was the first time he had been criticized so harshly.

"Mr. Chen, what price do you want?" Chen Dejun asked in a cold voice.

We're all smart people, so perhaps it would be more effective to just sit back and talk things out.

"I will only buy from one company; whoever offers the lowest price will be the one I buy from."

Chen Yansen leaned back, pretending not to understand Chen Dejun's meaning, and then repeated what he had just said. He had a faint smile on his face, which made Chen Dejun furious, but he was helpless.

He had considered getting up and leaving, and then looking for Ali again, but he knew in his heart that Ma Liyun would definitely not offer a high price.

Otherwise, the other party would not have deliberately delayed the investment and waited for Shentong and Yuantong to decline.

If the tigers on the east mountain eat people, does that mean the tigers on the west mountain won't?

“Shentong’s warehouses, outlets, business volume, number of employees and transport vehicles are all 20% larger than Zhongtong Express’s. Is my asking price of 12 billion yuan excessive?”

Chen Dejun lowered the price by 2 million, setting the price at 12 billion.

Two months ago, when Senlian Capital acquired Yuantong Express, the package price was 9.8 million yuan. Considering Shentong's market share and number of transportation trunk lines, the price of 12 billion yuan is very reasonable.

But when he missed a crucial piece of information, Chen Yansen could wait, but he couldn't afford to.

"11 billion, I'll only offer one price." Chen Yansen made a token counter-offer.

"President Chen, I only need 8 million." Yu Weijiao hurriedly spoke up, fearing that Chen Yansen would really pull a 'choose one of two' trick, in which case the person who did not get the acquisition opportunity would only have one way out: death.

Ah Li might make a move, or she might not, and when she will make a move is all questions. Yu Weijiao dares not place his hopes on Ma Liyun.

Seeing that Yu Weijiao was quite responsive, Chen Yansen smiled slightly, but still didn't say anything, only looking at Chen Dejun.

“11 it is.” Chen Dejun stared intently at Chen Yansen and sighed.

With Yu Weijiao, such a terrible teammate, they can't raise prices at all.

"Mr. Gao, I'm leaving it to you." Chen Yansen slowly stood up and instructed Gao Weilin.

After saying that, he pushed open the door and walked out.

"Mr. Gao, what does Mr. Chen mean?" Yu Weijiao hadn't reacted yet.

“Of course, we’ll buy it together from both companies,” Chen Dejun said irritably.

"Let's sign a letter of intent first. Once the financial and legal audits are complete, we'll start the acquisition process and formally sign the equity transfer agreement. Do you two have any questions?"

Gao Weilin announced this in an extremely forceful manner.

"I have no objection," Chen Dejun said, appearing nonchalant.

"No problem, we'll do as Mr. Gao says." Yu Weijiao nodded and readily agreed.

the other side.

Chen Yansen left the conference room and took the elevator to his office. He didn't push the price down to the bottom, fearing that if he pushed the two of them too far, they would completely side with Ali.

Turn on your computer, log in to the data backend, and view the daily data of companies such as Pinbei, Orange Technology, Today Technology, ByteDance, Kuaipao, and Kuaidi Dache one by one.

Ten minutes later, Chen Yansen closed the webpage and opened a news website.

"Companies such as Baidu, Kingsoft, 360, Tencent, Sogou, and ByteDance gathered in Yanjing to jointly draft the 'Search Engine Service Self-Discipline Convention' to maintain standardized industry competition."

Ma Wenteng's visit to Xucheng was indeed on the way; his real purpose was to go to Yanjing for a meeting.

In the 3B war, Tencent, Kingsoft, 360, and Baidu went too far, treating users like dirt.

When the higher-ups got angry, everyone reluctantly made peace.

Although Sogou and ByteDance did not participate in the battle, they were still called upon.

"360's market value evaporates by 12 billion yuan, Fang Zhouzi blasts 360!"

Upon seeing this, Chen Yansen couldn't help but chuckle. Li Yanhong had quite a way of thinking; paying thugs to come and scold hooligans was indeed a good method.

"Taobao Browser launched, promoting the slogan of safe shopping."

"Weibo's mobile platform accounted for 56% of its revenue, demonstrating significant growth in mobile internet."

"Meituan is adjusting its group-buying strategy to prepare for its food delivery business."

"Li Chen's heart-shaped stone has been reportedly given to many people."

"Is the 996 work system right or wrong, given the prevalence of overtime culture in internet companies?"

In August 2012, in addition to the 3B battle, reports about the Olympics also frequently topped the trending searches.

Today's Headlines has created a special Olympic section for this purpose.

News such as Sun Yang breaking the world record in the 1500m freestyle, Lin Dan defending his badminton men's singles title, and Chen Yibing being unfairly targeted for winning gold medals all garnered over ten million views. Among them, the most discussed news was Liu Xiang's withdrawal from the Olympics.

Even though a week has passed, the comments section is still filled with insults.

Chen Yansen frowned slightly and let out a long sigh of relief.

That afternoon, Chen Dejun and Yu Weijiao left Zhuxianzhuang Science and Technology Park together after signing the letter of intent for equity transfer.

"Are you really going to sell the company to Senlian Capital?" Yu Weijiao asked.

You're so fickle!

Chen Dejun didn't even feel like cursing. He glanced at Yu Weijiao and didn't say a word.

A letter of intent expresses an intention to enter into an agreement, but it is not a formal agreement. It does not contain details such as the subject matter of the sale, the delivery time, the delivery method, or the breach of contract clauses. Its legal binding force is not strong, and in principle, it can be breached at will.

Chen Dejun planned to take Chen Yansen's quote to Ma Liyun for a discussion.

As for that idiot Yu Weijiao, it's none of his business!

Seeing that he didn't speak, Yu Weijiao's eyes darted around, and she began to have some guesses in her mind.

The two had similar ideas; they both wanted to leave the other behind, take Chen Yansen's quote, and communicate with Ma Liyun.

If Ahri's price goes up even further, wouldn't we be able to earn an extra two or three hundred million?

On their way back, the two parted ways at the Jinling service area. One said he was going to Ningbo, while the other said he was going to Huzhou.

Three hours later, the two men's cars drove into Alibaba's headquarters, one after the other.

at the same time.

After becoming 'unemployed', Cheng Wei spent his days wandering the streets of Yanjing, looking for new business opportunities.

Although he still holds shares in Didi Chuxing, without controlling interest, he can no longer even get involved in daily operations.

Once Wang Jin and Xiang Hailong arrived, they sidelined him, leaving him with no real position and making him just a figurehead at the company.

At the Wangfujing subway station, Cheng Wei leaned against the wall, observing the passersby and the endless stream of vehicles.

Ride-hailing services are no longer an option!

Cheng Wei was unwilling to go back to working for someone else and always wanted to come up with a new business idea. Busy office workers kept passing by him, and a row of bicycles of different brands were parked at the subway entrance. They were basically the essential commuting tools for white-collar workers in the vicinity.

bike!
A sudden inspiration struck Cheng Wei, and his eyes lit up as he vaguely grasped a business opportunity.

(End of this chapter)