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

Chapter 568 In the adult world, there are only interests, no winners or losers! Self-operated, advancing into Causeway Bay!

"nailed it?"

Inside Villa No. 108 in Delta, Chen Yansen sat on the sofa, looking surprised.

In his opinion, the Zhang brothers, Chaohong and Chaopu, shouldn't agree so easily.

“Boss, milk tea brands like Mixue Ice Cream rely entirely on franchise fees, equipment sales, and raw material sales for profit, with a profit of only about 2000 million yuan a year. When I offered them 8 million yuan, they readily agreed.”

Hao Rui calmly explained, without mentioning at all that he had threatened Zhang Chaohong and Zhang Chaopu.

He was originally an investment manager at Accenture. After receiving a call from a headhunter, he initially intended to hang up, but when he heard that it was Senlian Capital that was poaching him, he submitted his resignation without hesitation.

joke!

What is the concept of Senlian Capital?
With numerous super unicorns and over a dozen unicorn startups under its umbrella, it boasts immense financial resources and can be considered China's number one internet giant.

Among SAT companies, Senlian Capital holds a commanding lead.

"Okay, I understand, thank you for your hard work."

Chen Yansen didn't delve into the matter, offered a casual word of encouragement, and then hung up the phone.

He was well aware of Hao Rui's abilities: solid professional knowledge and excellent business experience.

In his previous life, Hao Rui was the executive director of Tencent's investment and M&A department, and he spearheaded Feiyu Technology's Series A financing. The two had a good relationship and were considered buddies who had been through thick and thin together.

After Gao Weilin took over as CEO of Semir Online, he found himself short of available personnel, so he poached Hao Rui from Accenture.

After all, they are acquaintances, and we know them well, so we feel at ease using their services.

"Master, dinner is ready."

A soft, sweet female voice came from the kitchen.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yansen tossed his phone onto the sofa, got up, and headed to the kitchen to help Song Yuncheng serve the dishes.

If Ye Qiuping saw this, she would be furious.

Because when she cooks, Chen Yansen doesn't help at all, he doesn't even touch a chopstick. He practically has to be fed soup spoonful by spoonful by her.

Chen Yansen walked into the kitchen and saw on the counter there were stir-fried chicken with edamame, shredded pork with white fungus and potatoes, steamed fish, and a bowl of tomato and egg soup.

Compared to Chef Ye's culinary skills, Song Yuncheng's level is equivalent to a sixth-grade elementary school student, while Chef Ye is like a college student; the difference is quite obvious.

However, Mr. Chen didn't mind and picked up two steaming dishes and walked out the door.

Song Yuncheng served him two bowls of rice and followed behind him with a smile.

Before she could see Chen Yansen, she never knew what it felt like to feel anxious.

I held back for more than a week before finally mustering the courage to call Chen Yansen.

She had expected Chen Yansen to criticize her first, as he usually did, and perhaps even scold her, but this time he did not.

Instead of blaming her, he arranged for a plane to bring her back to the virtual city.

"I'll take you to Xiangcheng Horse Ranch tomorrow morning, and to Qingdao to feed the seagulls in the afternoon. Song Yang's hotel is almost finished, so let's go check it out on the way."

Chen Yansen picked up a chicken leg and put it in his mouth. After chewing a few times, he looked at Song Yuncheng and said.

"Master, I have to go to work tomorrow," Song Yuncheng said softly.

"So you don't have to go to work this afternoon?" Chen Yansen rolled his eyes at her and said irritably.

"That's because I missed you." Song Yuncheng raised her head and stared straight at Chen Yansen.

There was a "bang" sound!
Chen Yansen tapped her on the forehead.

"Master, it hurts." Song Yuncheng grimaced, tears welling up in his eyes from the pain.

Unlike his usual strength, Chen Yansen used a lot of force this time.

“I’m thinking of expelling you from the school.” Chen Yansen sighed, then continued, “If you’re ambitious, you’ll make excuses when asked to lead a project on your own; if you’re not ambitious, you’re doing a great job as COO of Pinbei.”

"Master, should I accompany you to Qingdao tomorrow?" Song Yuncheng asked.

"What do you think?" Chen Yansen retorted.

"Hehe, I'll arrange my work first." Song Yuncheng grinned foolishly.

Chen Yansen smiled knowingly and buried himself in his rice.

In his eyes, Song Yuncheng wasn't lacking in ambition, he just didn't have that much.

The following morning, Huawei announced that sales of the Huawei P6S had exceeded 100 million units.

It sold over a million units in just ten days after its launch, which really caught the attention of its competitors.

For Chen Yansen, the success of the Huawei P6S is undoubtedly the best advertisement for the Aurora Future System.

It can become a best-selling model even without running the Android system.

Immediately afterwards, Wu Hongxin of Meitu posted a poster on his personal official Weibo account: Meitu 1 Pro total sales reached 88.8 units!

Released on New Year's Day, the Meitu 1 Pro, priced at 4888 yuan, has already sold nearly a million units in less than two months.

For a time, domestic counterparts were speechless.

Chen Yongming of OPPO and Huang Zhang of Meizu were furious. They considered themselves professional players, but they lost to Meitu in the high-end market.

So the two of them stopped pretending and quickly assembled a team to start developing a beauty-enhancing phone.

The fool has too much money; he can't let Wu Hongxin earn it all!

An hour later, Mike Keller, CEO and Chief Scientist of Tiangong Technology, and Wang Xiang, President of Qualcomm Greater China, signed a patent cross-licensing agreement in the banquet hall of the Virtual City Sky Garden.

The news caused an instant sensation across the internet!
"A reconciliation? Who admitted defeat?"

"It's not like children are fighting. In the adult world, there are only interests, not winners and losers."

"Tiangong Technology is awesome! They actually used peripheral patents to force Qualcomm to back down." "That's so damn tough! I hope Tiangong Technology can launch mid-range and low-end chips soon, so that domestic smartphones will finally not have to depend on others anymore."

Netizens discussed it excitedly.

Subsequently, Tiangong Technology and Qualcomm withdrew their lawsuits, bringing this months-long patent dispute to a complete end. No one lost; everyone was a winner.

……

……

Two days later, Chen Yansen returned to Xucheng from Qingdao.

As soon as he entered the office, Meng Yun knocked on the door and came in, saying, "Boss, President Hao is back."

"Tell him to come up here." Chen Yansen picked up a can of tea and ordered Meng Yun.

“Yes, boss,” Meng Yun replied.

After saying that, he turned around, went out, took out his phone, and sent a message to Hao Rui.

A moment later, heavy footsteps came from outside the door. Hao Rui stood at the door and knocked.

"Come in!"

Chen Yansen put down the teapot and spoke loudly.

Hao Rui pushed open the door and walked straight to the sofa opposite Chen Yansen. He sat down and reported slowly, "Boss, the handover at Mixue Ice Cream has been basically sorted out. Zhang Chaohong has stepped down from management. According to them, he is preparing to devote himself to the catering industry. On the contrary, Zhang Chaopu is more interested in the milk tea industry."

He paused and then said, "As you instructed, I left him 3% of the stock options, with 1% to be activated for each full year of service, and he agreed to that."

"We need to replace the finance, legal and supply chain departments with our own people. We can temporarily hand over operations to Zhang Chaopu. I know him. He's capable, but he's a bit too aggressive in his approach."

Chen Yansen nodded and said.

"Didn't you plan to open 10,000 self-operated stores in three years? Being aggressive is better."

Hao Rui picked up the teapot, poured a cup of tea for Chen Yansen first, and then poured one for himself without any hesitation, responding with a smile.

“Have him come to Xucheng, I want to meet him in person.”

Chen Yansen warned.

Whether a person is useful or not, given their mental strength, can be determined with just a few minutes of face-to-face communication, allowing them to get a pretty good grasp of the other person's personality, abilities, and potential.

“Yes, boss, I will convey your message,” Hao Rui replied immediately.

at the same time.

Outside the Third Ring Road in Greentown, the owner of a Mixue Ice Cream franchise store stared blankly at his phone.

"Mr. Zhang sold the company? Either he withdraws when the contract expires, or he converts it into a self-operated business by contributing the franchise fee and equipment as equity?"

Liu Ao scratched his head, unsure of which option to choose.

To be honest, the Mixue Ice Cream brand works quite well in Central China.

With the recent food delivery war, the store's monthly sales have surged to 5 yuan, averaging nearly 1700 yuan per day. After deducting labor, electricity, equipment depreciation, and rent costs, and assuming a net profit margin of 30%, the store can earn 1.5 yuan per month, or 18 yuan per year.

In 2014, it wasn't high, but it wasn't low either.

After all, he only spent 26 yuan when he joined Mixue Ice Cream two years ago, and he has already recouped his investment.

"Wife, what do you think?" Liu Ao turned his head and asked.

"Of course we'll switch to self-operated! Look at this clause: all staff in the store will sign labor contracts with the head office, pay social security and wages, and our 20% profit share will be calculated separately."

Liu Ao's wife thought for a moment and then said.

“But I’ve calculated it. A cup of milk tea costs 5 yuan, and I can make 3 yuan profit. After deducting all sorts of miscellaneous expenses, there’s still a net profit of 1.5 yuan. If I agree to invest, I’ll only have a profit of 1 yuan left.”

Liu Ao frowned.

"Oh, are you stupid? We didn't have wages or social security before, but now we have an extra layer of protection. Isn't that good? Besides, the new boss is Chen Yansen, who treats his employees very well. If I weren't here with you to help out at this shop, I would have gone to interview at Kuai Pao Canteen a long time ago."

Liu Ao's wife poked his forehead and earnestly advised him.

"Alright, I'll do as you say," Liu Ao sighed.

At the same time, the remaining 1000-plus Mixue Ice Cream franchisees were also facing difficult choices.

The window of opportunity for switching to self-operated stores is only three months; once it's over, it won't be open again, and the franchise agreement will not be renewed after it expires.

Some people chose to give up, since headquarters said that even if they didn't continue, the equipment they had invested in would be bought back at a discounted price, so they had no worries.

At worst, we can just take the money and join a new brand!

Less than 30% of people chose to switch to self-operated stores, and even that was only because of Chen Yansen's previous good reputation.

While sorting out the business, Zhang Chaopu sent people to select sites in East China, North China, South China, and Southwest China.

After acquiring Mixue Ice Cream, Senlian Capital invested an additional 10 billion yuan for expansion and also connected to the Yunsu Express network, which greatly improved the efficiency of raw material delivery.

Furthermore, the supply chain resources of Pinduoduo, Kuai Pao Maicai, and Orange Supermarket will also be shared with Mixue Ice Cream in the future.

Not long after, news spread that Senlian Capital had acquired a milk tea brand.

Chen Yansen: I asked you to buy a cup of milk tea, and you spent 8 million?

"I'm in Greentown. Today, Kuaipao delivered an ice cream and a lemonade to me. The news must be true. Now, if I open Kuaipao's delivery channel, they will deliver ice cream 100% of the time."

"My family has five phone numbers, and we received a total of 13 ice creams. I put them in the freezer to eat in the summer."

"Holy crap! That's ruthless! Doesn't he worry about getting sick from eating that?"

Just as netizens were discussing this, Kuai Pao delivery service officially opened for business in Hong Kong Island and Macau Island. Some mainland tourists in the area were surprised to find that some people were actually wearing Kuai Pao delivery uniforms.

(End of this chapter)