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Chapter 75: Meet an old friend again! Dong Dong exclusive contract! (3.1K)

On the way back, Song Yuncheng kept his head down and didn't say anything.

Before tonight, she could hardly imagine that a table of food with very small portions could be sold for ten thousand yuan.

The money for this meal was her two years’ tuition, her two years’ living expenses, and her two months’ salary.

"What are you thinking about?"

Chen Yansen turned his head to look at her, and seeing that she was silent, he asked softly.

"I was thinking, one meal cost me two months' salary, and the contract hasn't even been signed yet. It feels like such a waste."

Song Yuncheng raised her head, her eyelids were red, and it was obvious that she was really in pain.

"We've finished eating." Chen Yansen smiled slightly, stopped and leaned on the fence by the river.

The night sky of Yanjing is full of flashing neon lights and endless streams of cars, like a starry ribbon across the center of the city.

The autumn wind in the north is chilly and makes people feel dry in the mouth.

"So are you angry because Zhang Hanwen wants too high a commission, or because he wants me to be his dance partner?"

When Song Yuncheng heard what he said, he smiled softly, his long eyelashes trembled slightly, and his eyes were like two warm cat's eyes, full of curiosity.

"Think about it yourself." Chen Yansen licked his lips, walked to the side of the road and stopped a taxi. The wind outside was dry and cold, and he couldn't stand it anymore.

Song Yuncheng got in the car, put the previous question behind him, and asked again: "But we didn't contact Dong in advance. Can we enter their company tomorrow?"

"The people from Penguin Investment Department arranged a meeting time for me. When choosing an investor, money is only the basic condition. The connections and resources behind the investor are the key." Chen Yansen glanced at her and said lightly.

Song Yuncheng nodded, as if he understood something. The two of them looked at the street scene outside the window and fell into silence.

The next morning.

The sky was gloomy, and a drizzle as fine as cotton threads fell drop by drop.

An orange Jetta taxi stopped steadily in front of the Yinfeng Building. The driver pointed at the building in front of him and said, "Hey, see it? It's right here, the Yidong Office Building!"

Chen Yansen took a quick look and had a clearer understanding of Yidong in 2010. Compared with Ali, Yidong at that time was under tremendous pressure. The 2100 million US dollars in financing it received last year was used up in less than two years.

The cost of building its own logistics is high, and coupled with the price war with Taobao, if it fails to obtain financing, Dongfang may collapse in the first year of the golden decade of e-commerce.

As soon as I got off the car, a young man in his twenties, not tall, with a capable look in his eyes, came up to me enthusiastically.

"Mr. Chen, I am Xiao Bing from the marketing department of Yidong. Welcome to Yanjing." Xiao Bing extended his hand and greeted with a smile.

Chen Yansen shook hands with the other party, and the three of them walked into the building together. As soon as they entered Dong's office area, they saw a large group of people. The office seats were so crowded that even the aisles were very narrow.

"We rented four floors in Yinfeng, with about 400 workstations on each floor. The company's business is developing rapidly, and the office space has not kept up with the speed of employee recruitment, so it is a bit crowded." Xiao Bing explained.

If you don’t have money, you don’t have money. Why find so many excuses?
Chen Yansen secretly found it funny, but said that only Dongfang and Taobao could be the final winners in the domestic e-commerce industry. This made the other party chuckle, thinking that Chen Yansen was joking.

As an internal employee, Xiao Bing is naturally aware of the current situation of Yidong. Although the management has been seeking financing opportunities, Yidong's heavy asset model still discourages venture capitalists who are accustomed to making quick money.

The rumor of financing had been circulating for half a year, but in the end, nothing happened.

Walking around the messy office area, Xiao Bing led him into an office. Although it was called an office, it was actually only two or three square meters, barely enough to accommodate a table and two chairs.

"Mr. Chen, I'm Ye Qiuping from the marketing department of Yidong. I'm mainly responsible for connecting with third-party external cooperation channels. It's our first meeting, and I've heard a lot about you."

Ye Qiuping was wearing a high-necked white sweater with a tight-fitting design that highlighted her curvy figure. She greeted everyone with a smile.

Why is she here!

The first time Chen Yansen saw Ye Qiuping, his pupils shrank slightly. He suppressed his shock and thought to himself, "Damn it, this woman really doesn't tell the truth. Even her resume is fake!"

"Mr. Chen, have you seen me before?" Ye Qiuping keenly noticed the strange expression on Chen Yansen's face and asked with a smile.

Not only have we met, we've been honest with each other and even slept in the same bed.

Chen Yansen complained in his heart, but soon returned to normal. He sat down and said casually, "For a beautiful lady like Director Ye, it's normal for me to be in a daze. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."

After hearing this, Ye Qiuping covered her mouth and smiled, then waved at Xiao Bing, signaling him to go out.

Chen Yansen stared at Ye Qiuping and thought to himself: According to what Ye Qiuping said in her previous life, she should be the operations director of Shangpin.com now.

In their previous life, the two worked together in the same e-commerce company. At that time, Chen Yansen was just a grassroots business person, and Ye Qiuping was already the general manager of the brand department.

One is twenty-one years old and the other is twenty-nine years old, both at the most capable age.

After they got together, Chen Yansen learned how to make money, expand channels and accumulate resources under her guidance.

To put it bluntly, Ye Qiuping is his guide in the workplace.

Three years later, Ye Qiuping married a wealthy Hong Kong businessman and subsequently immigrated to Australia. In 2017, he launched his own business, founding Feiyu Technology, starting with livestreaming secondhand luxury goods. Riding the wave of livestreaming sales, he quickly rose to prominence, listing on the main board eight years later and becoming a billionaire bachelor.

I thought I would never have any intersection with Ye Qiuping again in this life, but unexpectedly, I ran into her again less than half a year after my rebirth.

Rereading an old book will not give you a new ending.

Chen Yansen breathed a sigh of relief, suppressed the complicated emotions in his heart, and discussed with the other party the mall rebate rules.

"Mr. Chen, the basic commission range we give to other shopping guide websites has always been 1%-2.5%. If FoxTao wants to increase the ratio, you have to give me a good reason before I can apply for it." Ye Qiuping shook her head and said without comment.

"Huihu Tao has millions of daily active users and successful brand group cases. Our average customer spending is over 130 yuan. The shopping guide website Mr. Ye mentioned only sells low-priced products at 9.9 yuan. What value can it bring to Yidong?"

Chen Yansen leaned back and spoke calmly.

He knew Ye Qiuping's tricks very well. If she was not interested in cooperation, she would never waste time meeting him.

So, he was sure that the other party would agree.

"Mr. Chen, this alone is not enough. You have to know that even if it is 1%, the boss has to make the final decision." Ye Qiuping wanted Chen Yansen to throw in more chips.

"Hulitao's current mall rebate module is on the homepage, but the platform's jump link is on the secondary page. If Yidong agrees to sign an exclusive cooperation agreement, I can put Yidong's mall entrance on the homepage and add a dynamic floating window to strongly divert traffic to Yidong."

Chen Yansen slowly told us the contingency plan he had prepared in advance.

"I can give you an exclusive contract, but you have to guarantee that the traffic redirected to Yidong will not be less than 30 per day." Ye Qiuping frowned slightly, pondered for a long time, and said with an embarrassed look.

Chen Yansen decisively refused: "Mr. Ye, tilting resources towards Yidong is already my greatest sincerity. I will give you 30 traffic, can you guarantee that you can bring me 100 million in revenue every day?"

Ye Qiuping smiled awkwardly, knowing that she couldn't scare Chen Yansen, so she readily agreed.

"Also, Mr. Ye should be aware of our 0-yuan bargaining module. I hope that Yidong will offer a batch of self-operated products priced below 10 yuan as bargaining prizes. These will be shown only to new Yidong customers, thereby increasing the proportion of new customers who switch to our platform," Chen Yansen continued. "But the previous CPA reward for new customers isn't enough. I want 40 yuan each."

"30 yuan, calculated based on the first order completed." Ye Qiuping replied calmly.

"Acceptable." Chen Yansen smiled. In fact, he originally expected it to be only 25 yuan.

Based on his understanding of Yidong, the other party's cost of acquiring new users should not exceed 40 yuan at this time, and the price he proposed was not excessive.

Afterwards, the two discussed the commission ratio of each category one by one, and it was not until after noon that the commission for all categories was finally finalized.

"Mr. Chen, let's sign the contract this afternoon. I'll treat you to lunch and invite you to try Yanjing's special cuisine." Ye Qiuping put down the documents and extended the invitation with a smile.

"Excuse me, where is Mr. Ye from?" Chen Yansen suddenly asked.

"My hometown is Qindao. The sea view is beautiful and the seafood is even better." Ye Qiuping answered casually.

Chen Yansen snorted in his heart, in your previous life, you said you were from Shenzhen.

Faced with Ye Qiuping's constant lies, he instantly extinguished his last ray of hope.

"Mr. Ye, just a simple working meal will be enough. After signing the contract, I still have to catch a flight this afternoon."

Chen Yansen didn't want to have much contact with her, so he suggested having a simple meal.

"Well, there's a good tea restaurant downstairs. Many of my colleagues use it as their canteen."

Ye Qiuping wanted to persuade him again, but seeing that Chen Yansen looked serious and didn't seem to be being polite, she smiled and suggested a compromise.

Chen Yansen responded and followed her to the first floor of the building. After walking a few dozen meters, he saw a Hong Kong-style tea restaurant.

Through the glass window, you can indeed see a dozen employees with Dongguan work badges eating.

The three of them sat down, ordered their food, and continued talking about work.

"Mr. Chen is only eighteen years old this year? He is really a talented boy. I am not making this up. The media all wrote so. What do you think about the future of Dong and Taobao?" Ye Qiuping took a sip of lemon tea, complimented him first, and then found a topic.

"Everyone will succeed, and everyone will fail." Chen Yansen took a sip of tea and said lightly.

"Why do you say that?" Ye Qiuping became interested and asked Chen Yansen.

"I just made it up, and you believe it?" Chen Yansen didn't want to explain and just made up an excuse.

When he has accumulated enough funds and resources, he will set up an e-commerce platform to beat Dongfang and Taobao so hard that they will naturally be defeated.

A middle-aged man at the next table pricked up his ears, expecting to hear some insightful comments. However, he heard Chen Yansen say "I was just talking nonsense" and almost got angry.

He turned around and wanted to ask the other party which department he was from, but he saw that Chen Yansen didn't have an ID card around his neck at all.

"Director Ye, who is this?"

Even Ye Qiuping noticed Chen Yansen's perfunctory attitude. Naturally, this e-commerce tycoon who started his business in Zhongguancun also noticed it, so she asked.

(End of this chapter)