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

Chapter 575: 54 Employees Nationwide, Modern Champion Marquis!

The meal lasted three or four hours. Throughout the meal, Zhang Chaoyang frequently checked his watch. After the meal, he insisted on taking everyone to his villa for another midnight party.

Chen Yansen shook his head and refused; he was different from Lao Zhang.

He's in good health and can still have fun. Instead of spending his prime years practicing with Master Ye at the hotel, he's drinking and chatting with a fifty-year-old man.

Don't go!

"How about we go sea fishing tomorrow afternoon?"

Seeing that Chen Yansen was not interested, Zhang Chaoyang offered another suggestion.

He couldn't explain why, even though he only saw Chen Yansen a few times a year, he always felt a special connection with him and always wanted to have fun with him.

"Fishing? That sounds good. Old Liu, do you want to come along?"

Chen Yansen turned to look at Liu Qiangdong and asked.

"Brother Sen, I usually enjoy fishing."

Liu Qiangdong responded with a smile.

Fishing isn't important; expanding your social circle and increasing your network are the key.

But his smile vanished the next afternoon, because Ma Wenteng had also arrived. The two men stared at each other awkwardly on Zhang Chaoyang's boat, exchanging an embarrassed greeting.

Since JD.com received investment from OTPP and the Saudi Crown Prince Foundation, its competition with YiXun.com has intensified.

The two companies have engaged in numerous price wars and verbal battles!
Holding a glass of whiskey, Ma Wenteng glanced at Chen Yansen and then at Ye Qiuping, feeling a sense of relief: thank goodness he hadn't introduced his daughter to this scoundrel.

“Pony, why aren’t QQ Group Buying, Paipai.com, and Yixun.com shut down yet? You’ve been holding onto them for years, they’re practically rotting away.”

Chen Yansen took a sip of his drink, leaned back in his chair, and joked with a smile.

"We still have some market share; it would be a shame to shut it down directly," Ma Wenteng replied, forcing a smile.

These three money-losing companies have wasted an unknown amount of Tencent's funds and traffic resources.

Of course, there were moments of brilliance, but they were extremely brief.

Like fireworks, their beauty is fleeting.

At this point, Pony Ma glanced at Liu Qiangdong. If it weren't for Liu Qiangdong's failure to back out, Tencent would have already completed the equity swap with Liu Qiangdong, thus getting rid of three burdens.

But he never expected that Chen Yansen would end up getting a bargain, not only acquiring JD Logistics but also successfully investing in JD E-commerce.

Liu Qiangdong is clearly looking down on Tencent!
"A short, sharp pain is worse than a long, drawn-out one." After saying that, Chen Yansen changed the subject and asked, "Has Weishi's investment of 1 billion yuan in cash been effective?"

Ma Wenteng was taken aback upon hearing this.

As the saying goes, "Don't hit someone in the face, and don't insult someone by revealing their shortcomings." Chen Yansen's two questions were like knives stabbing into his heart.

After distributing 1 billion yuan in cash red envelopes, Weishi's daily active users once exceeded 70 million.

But as soon as the red envelope campaign stops, the daily active users will drop below 3000 million again.

These short video users are as shrewd as monkeys.

"You can't make a good product by resorting to crooked methods." Ma Wenteng, a straightforward man, shrugged and said with self-deprecation.

"It would be fine if Tencent only focused on games and social networking."

Chen Yansen retorted.

"What if it happens?"

Ma Wenteng said dismissively.

Admittedly, Tencent has invested in a lot of projects that don't make money, but it has also invested in a lot of projects with amazing returns.

He can't tell fortunes, so he can only cast a wide net. It doesn't matter if he fails, because if he succeeds, the return will be dozens of times.

"Ugh, you two are so boring. We finally get to go out to sea to relax, and you have to talk about work and business."

Zhang Chaoyang, on the starboard side of the boat, held a fishing rod but hadn't gotten a bite for a long time. Meanwhile, Ma Wenteng and Chen Yansen were talking business in his ear, which made him anxious.

Please, don't push yourself too hard, okay?
It's like in a dorm room, five people are playing video games, but the last one is reading a book. Isn't that just messing with people's mentality?

Besides, everyone has enough money in their accounts to last 1000 years, so why can't we learn to enjoy life?
“Pony, let’s have a match. Whoever loses treats everyone tonight,” Chen Yansen suggested.

"Are you sure?" Ma Wenteng smiled.

His three main hobbies are smoking, drinking, and fishing.

"Count me in," Liu Qiangdong said.

"Okay, you two can take turns treating."

Chen Yansen said without any politeness.

After all, others fish, he hooks fish.

It would be a miracle if Ma Wenteng could win!
Sure enough, in less than half an hour, Brother Ma and Handsome Dong got so angry that they put down their fishing rods and immediately admitted defeat.

"That's strange, how come I haven't caught a single fish?" Zhang Chaoyang scratched his head, looked at Chen Yansen's bucket full of fish, and muttered to himself in confusion.

Next two days.

Chen Yansen handles the group's management affairs during the day, spends his afternoons either at sea or feeding seagulls on Qingdao Island, and attends drinking parties in the evening.

As the date of the conference approached, more and more entrepreneurs from Yanjing arrived, with business owners from industries such as the internet, home appliances, digital products, cosmetics, and clothing coming one after another.

The next morning, Chen Yansen got into the Hongqi L5 and drove towards the Yanjing Conference Hall.

Hundreds of domestic media outlets had been waiting for a long time, and whenever a celebrity or business representative got out of the car, they would swarm forward and hand them a microphone.

Among the many entrepreneurs, Chen Yansen is undoubtedly the most famous and the most talked-about.

He not only has hundreds of millions of followers on social media at home and abroad, but is also the world's richest man and the youngest Chinese entrepreneur representative at the conference.

Therefore, as soon as Chen Yansen got out of the car, he was surrounded by a large group of reporters.

"Mr. Chen, may I ask what you had for breakfast? Do you enjoy the food of Yanjing?"

One of the reporters who squeezed to the front asked a bizarre question.

Don't think he lacks ability; he asked that question intentionally.

Dogs biting people isn't news; people biting dogs is.

If all media outlets report on Chen Yansen's proposal in the same way, viewers will be exposed to dozens of media outlets, and traffic and clicks will be scattered.

To win, you have to be unpredictable and offer fresh and exciting information. "I ate fried liver, fermented mung bean juice, and fried dough rings; the food in Yanjing is quite unique."

Chen Yansen replied as he walked.

After hearing this, the reporter's mind went blank, and he found it hard to believe that Chen Yansen, a native of Hui'an, could drink soy milk and eat fried liver.

Even among the old residents of Yanjing, few truly loved to eat it.

"Mr. Chen, I would like to understand why Senlian Capital is getting involved in the catering, milk tea, and supermarket industries? Many people feel that you are taking business away from small vendors?"

The reporter from The Paper then asked.

Chen Yansen frowned slightly, stopped, and looked at the other person to explain: "The core competitiveness of the service industry is excellent products and services. Business cannot be taken away; it will only slowly be lost or gathered."

My original intention in creating Kuai Pao Canteen was that the hundreds of thousands of couriers and food delivery workers under the company faced difficulties in getting meals, eating well, or not eating enough. Although it is indeed open to the public, it retains employee windows and employee dining areas, and is essentially a canteen operated by Senlian Capital.

As for the milk tea and supermarket industries, I discovered that most employees in these sectors lack social security and have low incomes, yet their profit margins are not low. I was puzzled and couldn't understand why, so I delved into these industries, intending to find the answers through practical experience.

After hearing Chen Yansen's answer, the reporter from The Paper was slightly visibly moved.

He's a graduate of Nanjing University's journalism program; how could he not understand the subtext in Chen Yansen's words?

"By the way, regarding the supermarket industry, I suggest you go to Pang Donglai Supermarket in Xuzhou City, Central China. You might find the answer there."

Chen Yansen added a sentence.

In 2014, Pang Donglai was not well-known on the internet, only having some fame in Xuzhou and Muye.

So much so that as soon as he finished speaking, all the reporters around him were completely bewildered.

"Mr. Chen, would you like to offer your advice regarding the smartphone, semiconductor, and mobile internet industries?"

A CCTV reporter seized the opportunity to ask the question.

The implication is whether Chen Yansen will propose a self-serving solution.

"Not yet."

Chen Yansen shook his head.

He knew very well that, given his current influence, his voice wouldn't carry much weight in matters such as improving internet speed or manufacturing chips.

Only after StarSource Technology has perfected its 28nm and 14nm processes will it be time for it to set the industry rules.

"Mr. Chen, most of the migrant workers on construction sites don't have social security either, so will you also enter the construction industry in the future?"

At this point, a reporter from The Paper asked another question.

"It's not in the future, it's already here."

Chen Yansen smiled slightly, turned around and walked towards the Yanjing Grand Hall.

Standing at 1.86 meters tall, he wore a royal blue suit with a red name tag on the front, making him extremely conspicuous in the crowd.

French news agency reporter Fred was quick to snap a photo, taking a half-body shot of Chen Yansen.

In the photo, Chen Yansen is dressed in a sharp suit, with a neat short haircut, deep and bright eyes, and exudes a strange feeling in every gesture.

"Modern Champion Hou!"

Fred muttered to himself.

He was familiar with Chinese culture, and a historical figure suddenly popped into his mind.

In his photos, Chen Yansen's dashing and youthful appearance almost overflows the screen.

at the same time.

The name "Pang Donglai" quickly rose to the top ten of the trending news list.

"Pang Donglai? What's that? Never heard of it!"

“What Mr. Chen is talking about is a supermarket in our Xuzhou. I heard that the wages are high and the benefits are good, but I have never been there.”

"Located in Xuzhou Times Square, we live in a fourth or fifth-tier city, but Pang Donglai's pre-tax income is over six thousand!"

"Is this a lie? I just checked on a job search app, and supermarket sales assistants in Nanjing only earn 3000 to 4500 yuan."

“My friend works at Pang Donglai. The salary is real, and there is no overtime, but the work is quite tiring. During those few hours at work, you have to be highly focused, not only to answer customers’ questions accurately, but also to constantly organize the shelves and tidy up the merchandise that customers have messed up.”

"But in Xuzhou, with this salary level, it's reasonable to have higher expectations, right?"

When Pang Donglai first appeared in the public eye across the country, it immediately sparked a huge discussion.

"From what Brother Sen is saying, Orange Supermarket also pays its employees a base salary and social security contributions?"

"Is there any need to doubt it? Kuai Pao Canteen has more than 1300 stores nationwide. Which employee doesn't have the five social insurances and one housing fund?"

"All 54 employees under Senlian Capital have six types of insurance and one housing fund, quarterly bonuses, overtime pay, and holiday allowances."

"What did Brother Sen mean by his last sentence? He's also entered the real estate industry and is even paying social security for migrant workers? I've never heard of that before."

“I am aware of this issue. Senlian Capital has a subsidiary called Orange Construction and Development Company, which acquired two plots of land in Luzhou last year, saying that it was to build welfare housing for its employees.”

During Chen Yansen's meeting, the internet was abuzz with discussion about him.

Although Senlian Capital's welfare housing requires payment, it's only 60% of the market price, which has made netizens extremely envious.

"540,000 employees, only 10,000 units? That's not enough to go around!"

Some netizens also made sarcastic remarks.

"It has 54 employees nationwide, not just 54 employees in Luzhou. Does Orange Construction and Development Company really spend money to employ so many designers and construction workers just to build two residential communities?"

"It can be found online that Senlian Capital has also purchased residential land in places such as Xucheng, Jinling, Hangzhou, Yanjing and Shanghai."

"The renovation work for Orange Supermarket and Mixue Ice Cream was also contracted to Orange Construction."

In the comments section, netizens immediately jumped out to refute this.

the other side.

A photograph Fred took of Chen Yansen made headlines at the French news agency.

He was given the label "Modern Champion Hou".

Of course, the term used overseas is Modern Alexandria, referring to the modern Alexander the Great.

(End of this chapter)