Chapter 193: Chen Yansen: I Want Jingdongfang's Equity!

At half past ten at night, inside a deep-walled courtyard compound in Luzhou.

Meng Yuanzhi had just been about to rest when he received a reply from his secretary; after thinking for over ten seconds, he decided on the spot to have the other party take the initiative to contact Sister Chengzi Tech.

In 2012, Luzhou was not yet a new first-tier city; its core industries were concentrated in home appliances, automobiles, LCD panels, and food.

More than a decade later, Luzhou was jokingly dubbed "Casino City" by netizens.

First, three years ago, he overruled all objections and invested 80% of fiscal revenue into Jingdongfang; second, five years later, he co-founded Changxin Storage Technologies, driving the domestic production of memory chips, with Lenovo and Xiaomi as major clients.

This time, Meng Yuanzhi wanted to gamble once more; he set his sights on Sister Chengzi Tech and Chen Yansen.

If the Sister Chengzi phone factory would agree to set up in Luzhou, it would provide at least tens of thousands of jobs, while spurring the development of supporting industries such as chips, batteries, cameras, and phone components, attracting talent inflow, and adding over ten billion yuan in annual industrial output.

The reasoning Xu Zhenhui could figure out, Meng Yuanzhi naturally saw through even more clearly.

Having weathered many ups and downs over the years, how could he fail to see the opportunity hidden behind this?

Meng Yuanzhi's gaze was deep; he rubbed the teacup in his hand and muttered softly, "Zhenhui, Zhenhui, you're still too small-time. A measly 16 million yuan factory building is nothing more than a year's rent for Chen Yansen's Shencheng factory—how could the other party possibly agree to you?"

Besides, how could Xucheng's transportation convenience possibly compare with Luzhou's?

What he wanted—would Xucheng dare to compete for it?

The next morning, Chen Yansen stepped into Building 8 and ran straight into Ye Qiuping, who was heading out.

"Morning, boss!" Ye Qiuping's cheeks were rosy, looking full of vigor, and she greeted him with a smile, as if she had long forgotten what happened the previous evening.

Good in bed and not clingy—that was why Chen Yansen liked older sisters.

"Morning." Chen Yansen gave a slight nod, brushed past Ye Qiuping, and walked straight into the elevator lobby.

"This guy—looks like he's already made up his mind to put on his pants and pretend nothing happened. What a dog, truly a dog!"

Ye Qiuping took a deep breath and couldn't help cursing him in her heart.

*Ding! *

The elevator doors slowly opened.

Chen Yansen pushed open the office, dropped into a chair, turned on the computer, and as usual checked the sales data for Pinbei and the Sister Chengzi Mall.

After the release of the Sister Chengzi D1 and Sister Chengzi C2, the Sister Chengzi C1's sales were inevitably affected somewhat.

Normally, the daily sales across the entire network were between roughly 82,000 and 85,000 units; yesterday it was only 71,000, a drop of nearly 15% week-on-week.

Once the new products officially went on sale, the Sister Chengzi C1's sales pace might continue to decline.

Chen Yansen then opened Cao Dahua's work email; the report focused mainly on the production plan, the factory's new district, and after-sales work.

Starting from mid-December last year, the Sister Chengzi C1 had shifted from pre-order mode to in-stock sales; seeing that the Sister Chengzi D1 and Sister Chengzi C2 were about to launch, Cao Dahua adjusted the production plan accordingly.

Simply put, after January 14, the Sister Chengzi C1's daily production capacity would be adjusted from the original 100,000 units to 50,000 units.

Whether to increase or decrease later would be adjusted in real time based on the sales performance of the three products.

As for the 50,000-square-meter factory building Xu Zhenhui mentioned yesterday, it had only just been taken over; only 3,000 employees had been recruited so far, but the HR department guaranteed that before the Spring Festival holiday, they would definitely complete the hiring plan of 6,000 people.

After all, thanks to Wang Teng's wave of publicity, the entire manufacturing industry along the southeast coast now knew the name of the Sister Chengzi phone factory.

A regular assembly-line worker earning as much as 7,000 yuan a month!

In some small factories, only team leaders and supervisors could possibly earn that much.

Although the base pay wasn't high and overtime was required every day, every bit of overtime pay was paid strictly in accordance with labor law—absolutely worthy of being called a "dream factory."

Zhang Jing of the HR department had just posted the job notice on the official website when the office phone was ringing off the hook.

The inbox alone received several thousand resumes a day.

Opening them up, the education column listed technical college or junior college applicants, and even some bachelor's and master's degree job seekers.

It left Zhang Jing utterly bewildered—she was only recruiting experienced assembly, testing, soldering, quality inspection, and equipment maintenance engineers; these college students were useless to her even if she hired them!

First, they had no experience; second, they were proud and hard to manage.

So Zhang Jing specifically suggested to Cao Dahua that the boss decide.

Chen Yansen read this far, paused to think for a few seconds, and ultimately decided to take in 30% highly educated workers.

These people had simply chosen the wrong major and had difficulty finding jobs; they weren't truly dim-witted. Whether placed in the maintenance department or used as management trainees, they had a certain potential for development.

The future competitors of the Sister Chengzi Tech factory were Foxconn, Pegatron, and BYD.

Establishing an employee training system for the Sister Chengzi phone factory in advance would also facilitate future external expansion; otherwise, relying solely on social recruitment channels would make it hard to find management candidates that satisfied Chen Yansen.

After handling the work emails, Chen Yansen pulled out a copy of *Advanced Solid State Physics* and began reading—it was the original edition Zhou Shouzhi had mailed from overseas at his request; it had not yet been introduced domestically at this time.

Just then, the phone on the desk rang.

Chen Yansen looked up and glanced at it—a unfamiliar landline number, but from the area code it wasn't hard to tell the call was from Luzhou.

"Hello, who's calling, please?"

After a slight hesitation, he pressed the answer key anyway.

"Mr. Chen, hello, this is Tao Jingwen from the Luzhou Central Secretariat." A steady middle-aged male voice came through the phone.

Chen Yansen's brow furrowed slightly; while politely making conversation, he opened the Central Secretariat's official website and found Tao Jingwen's name.

Meng Yuanzhi's personal chief secretary!

He had heard Tang Qingshan mention before that Meng Yuanzhi wanted Sister Chengzi Tech and Pinbei to relocate their company headquarters to Luzhou, but Xu Zhenhui had blocked it.

Coming straight to him this time was most likely still about that matter, or else, with the same aim as Xu Zhenhui's, wanting him to build a branch factory in Luzhou.

"Hello, Secretary Tao, what instructions do you have?" Chen Yansen asked knowingly.

"Mr. Chen, if you have time, could you come to Luzhou? Boss Meng wants to see you."

Tao Jingwen appeared to be seeking Chen Yansen's opinion, but his tone was declarative.

In his view, given Meng Yuanzhi's standing within the province, it would be hard to find an entrepreneur who dared not give him face.

"I'm sorry, Secretary Tao, I really don't have time in the next couple of days—final exams at school keep me tied up. What is it specifically? I can visit Mr. Meng in Luzhou after the exams are over."

Chen Yansen considered for a moment, then replied with a smile.

Final exams?

What reason is this?

Tao Jingwen was somewhat at a loss for words; he had long since inquired that this fellow Chen Yansen, ever since entering university, had stepped into the classroom only a handful of times, and if not for Tang Qingshan shielding him, he would have already failed and had to retake the courses.

He thought for a moment, then spoke plainly: "The boss wants Mr. Chen to build a branch factory in Luzhou, and has reserved a 100,000-square-meter factory building in Luyang District for Mr. Chen. As long as the Sister Chengzi mobile phone factory reaches a certain investment scale, tax revenue per mu, and output value, this factory building will permanently belong to Sister Chengzi Technology for free use."

100,000 square meters, free use?

Truly a big shot from Luzhou; his generosity indeed surpasses that of Xu Zhenhui.

Meng Yuanzhi did not care at all about the meager revenue from selling the land; what he valued more in his heart was the positive value the Sister Chengzi mobile phone factory would bring to Luzhou's digital industry after production began.

Moreover, he absolutely knew that Xu Zhenhui had approached him; otherwise, he would not have let Tao Jingwen deliberately emphasize that this was a ready-made 100,000-square-meter factory building, rather than a barren industrial plot.

Chen Yansen sighed; nowadays, Sister Chengzi Technology had truly become a delicacy.

No wonder, more than ten years later, Lei Yi's Xiaomi car factory still chose the outskirts of Yanjing City as its first option, ultimately failing to leave Yanjing.

The big shots above give money, resources, and policies; what they want is for you to create value for their promotion.

"Mr. Chen, if you have any concerns, just speak up; as long as it can be done, I can help you solve it." Tao Jingwen added.

Chen Yansen smiled and said in a calm tone: "I want equity in BOE; can Secretary Tao handle that?"

After hearing this, Tao Jingwen was stunned, then immediately realized that before making this call, he had heard people say that people from Senlian Capital had had contact with BOE.

But BOE is different from ordinary enterprises; behind it are all the big shots and venture capital firms from Yanjing and Luzhou.

The equity held by Luzhou Construction Investment and Xincheng International combined amounts to less than 20%.

This request, Tao Jingwen truly could not decide on; including Meng Yuanzhi, they would all have to coordinate the interests of all parties before there was a chance to facilitate this matter.

"Mr. Chen, are there any other requirements?" Tao Jingwen asked calmly.

Anyway, for matters he couldn't handle himself, there were superiors above to back him; he just needed to get Chen Yansen to agree to build the factory in Luzhou.

As for the problems afterward, a solution could always be found.

"No more." Chen Yansen answered directly and bluntly.

As for land use preferences, tax reductions, high-tech enterprise subsidies, and talent policy support, he didn't need to mention them; Tao Jingwen would help him sort them out.

If he directly stated them, it would instead make Chen Yansen appear shallow in his schemes and lacking in cultivation.

"Alright, then we will contact each other later." Tao Jingwen hung up the phone, turned, and walked into the boss's office, intending to report on the progress.

"BOE equity? This young man's ambition is not small; he hasn't even been in the industry for a year and is already laying out the supply chain. I heard Senlian Capital also invested in Desay Battery."

Meng Yuanzhi stood up and chuckled lightly.

"Indeed, that is true. Senlian Capital used the Sister Chengzi mobile phone orders and 300 million in cash to purchase 5% equity from Desay Industry. Additionally, since last November, Senlian Capital has been buying Class A shares of BOE on the circulation market; the current shareholding ratio is 4.9%."

Tao Jingwen nodded in response.

"Help me schedule a meeting with the heads of Construction Investment and Xincheng International this afternoon."

Meng Yuanzhi pondered for a moment and instructed Tao Jingwen.

"Yes, boss, I will go handle it immediately."

Tao Jingwen hurriedly replied.

Although he felt that giving up BOE equity for a single Sister Chengzi mobile phone factory was truly not cost-effective, he equally understood one principle: never question the boss's decisions.

As a secretary, one simply executes.

(End of this chapter)