Chapter 714: Visiting as a Guest

On the last weekend of April, Chen Yang visited Deputy Mayor Wang's house for the first time.

What surprised him was that the deputy mayor of Modu actually cooked himself.

"Honey, your uncle's status at home doesn't seem great." Taking the opportunity while Bai Bing went to the kitchen to help, Chen Yang secretly complained to Chu Min.

Chu Min glanced toward the kitchen, lowered her voice and laughed: "If you got food poisoning a few more times, you'd also love the kitchen."

Chen Yang shuddered involuntarily. It turns out this aunt named Bai Bing is a "kitchen killer"!

Chen Yang glanced at Deputy Mayor Wang busy in the kitchen and noticed he seemed to be enjoying himself.

Of course, he also understood a bit. After all, this aunt's cooking might be terrifying, but she looks as beautiful and elegant as a big star.

Heroes love beauties, so Deputy Mayor Wang is naturally no exception.

"Honey, your uncle is usually so busy with work that he also has to handle household chores. Can he manage to come over?"

"When I can't keep up, my cousin can take over. However, he's currently studying at university in the Capital City and will only return during vacation."

Chen Yang somewhat suspected that Chu Min's cousin chose to study in the Capital City in order to stay away from the kitchen.

Actually, the Wang family's conditions are not bad. Setting aside Wang Tianhe's high position, his wife Bai Bing at first glance also comes from a prestigious clan. Such a background could easily afford a nanny, but since this was Chen Yang's first visit, he didn't feel comfortable asking further.

After dinner, Wang Tianhe called Chen Yang into the study. He got straight to the point: "Since you and Minmin are already married, it's best to cut off any past romantic entanglements if possible. If they can't be severed for special reasons, I hope you won't hide anything from her."

Chen Yang nodded, indicating he had no objection.

Wang Tianhe then asked Chen Yang: "Do you still have any contact with Chu Ning?"

Chen Yang looked at him doubtfully and said: "Uncle, what do you want to ask?"

Wang Tianhe sighed: "Chu Ning is Minmin's heart trouble; if you can straighten out that girl's thoughts, your marital life will finally become stable."

Chen Yang never expected Wang Tianhe to have him work on Chu Ning's thoughts, and he laughed helplessly: "Uncle, you just told me to cut off past feelings, yet now you want me to seek out Chu Ning? Aren't you afraid Chu Min will misunderstand?"

"As long as you act upright and stand tall, what is there to fear?"

"Sorry, I don't want to bring trouble upon myself."

Seeing Chen Yang reject his suggestion without hesitation, Wang Tianhe gave an embarrassed laugh.

Actually, he also thought it wasn't a good idea. If Chen Yang still had lingering feelings for Chu Ning, letting them be alone together would only cause bigger trouble.

He mainly proposed this suggestion out of pity for his niece, not wanting Chu Min to suffer because of it.

"Chen Yang, as long as you treat Minmin well, I won't bother with your young people's feelings." Wang Tianhe realized he couldn't resolve Chu Min's worries either, so he changed the subject: "What about the Tang family—does your company have a countermeasure?"

Chen Yang felt relieved that Wang Tianhe didn't bring up Chu Ning. As for East Prosperity International's opposition, he actually didn't care much.

"Uncle, the Tang family running a farm-product chain store in Modu isn't actually bad for our company. You know, only with comparison can we know the gap; only with competition will there be motivation to move forward."

Seeing Chen Yang's calm expression, Wang Tianhe immediately became interested: "It looks like, on this trip back to Xingcheng, you've already found a countermeasure for Green Countryside. I'd like to hear how you plan to strike."

Chen Yang spoke frankly: "We plan to first develop online sales business, striving to layout this business across every corner of Modu within a year."

Upon hearing this, Wang Tianhe instantly furrowed his brow. He looked at Chen Yang with some doubt and said: "As far as I know, most of your company's agricultural product supplies are in Dongjiangsheng. If Modu consumers buy vegetables online, the shipping cost likely won't be lower than the market retail price."

"Moreover, the distance from Dongjiangsheng to Modu is so long that handling freshness for vegetable products is probably also difficult."

Chen Yang replied: "The freshness issue we have professional technology to handle. Besides, we will rent or build many cold storage facilities in the Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Shanghai region. For Modu's online orders, future deliveries will be sent directly from nearby cold storage, so consumers won't bear shipping costs."

Wang Tianhe didn't expect Chen Yang to plan to layout the online vegetable sales business across the entire Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Shanghai region; he was very surprised inside. "Your plan probably requires a lot of manpower and material resources. Following your company's past marketing strategy, profits likely won't be high. I'm curious how your board of directors approved this project."

Chen Yang laughed: "Although we take a people-friendly approach, we still adjust product prices appropriately according to local conditions. For example, in Modu our product prices will be only slightly lower than market prices."

Wang Tianhe asked, puzzled: "If you lack a price advantage, what will you use to compete with Green Countryside and other agricultural product merchants?"

Chen Yang laughed: "We have procurement channels for agricultural products in most of the country, with a wide variety of goods, giving consumers more choice space. Moreover, our offline delivery service can let consumers who, for various reasons, find it inconvenient to go to the vegetable market also eat the freshest agricultural products. This is an advantage that Green Countryside and other merchants lack."

Wang Tianhe immediately fell silent. Although he thought Chen Yang's plan was a bit idealistic, if consumers could buy high-quality, low-cost agricultural products without leaving home, it would indeed be a very hard-to-resist temptation.

"Chen Yang, I don't understand something. If you're focusing on developing online business, why are you buying so many shops?"

Chen Yang stared for a moment, then quickly laughed: "I thought Chu Min had told you! Actually, I bought the shops purely because I see their appreciation potential."

"Of course, if we later want to develop offline chain stores or offline distribution networks, these existing shops can also speed up project implementation."

Upon hearing this, Wang Tianhe finally realized he had initially misunderstood Chen Yang's idea.

As the national financial center, Modu's shop investment space is undoubtedly large. Buying in bulk now, after a few years, even without doubling, a fifty percent profit is certain.

And as the nation's richest person, Chen Yang has ample capital to make this investment.

Thinking this over, he seriously advised Chen Yang: "If you truly believe in Modu's future, you'd better invest your own money in a few commercial buildings or shopping centers—this would yield far higher profits than buying scattered shops everywhere."

Chen Yang sighed: "I'd also like to invest, but Deputy Mayor Tang probably wouldn't agree."

Upon hearing this, Wang Tianhe snorted coldly: "Modu isn't the Tang family's Modu; I'll take responsibility for this—go ahead and do it boldly!"