Chapter 261: Wealth moves people's hearts

"Oriental Express!"

On a six-story office building on a street in the urban area of Shenzhen, a huge Oriental Express logo sign was hung on the roof at this moment. This place was originally a transit center for Dongling Gao Ke's logistics department, and now it had directly transformed into the headquarters of Oriental Express in Shenzhen.

At this moment, in front of the Oriental Express office building, many people were wandering around. Boss Wang of SF Express looked at the people around him, feeling that these people were probably his courier peers.

Looking at Oriental Express doing business openly and honestly in front of him, at this moment, Boss Wang of SF Express couldn't help but feel a bit of envy in his heart!

But Oriental Express was different from SF Express. Oriental Express was now doing third-party logistics, and with the support of the Supply and Marketing General Corporation, Oriental Express didn't need to hide or dodge at all. Of course, Oriental Express currently didn't accept courier business from individuals and companies, only providing courier logistics services for Dongling Gao Ke and its businesses.

This six-story office building in front of him, and the large warehouse behind it, served the functions of Oriental Express's office, storage, sorting, distribution, etc. Users of Focus Media's TV shopping, for example, could come here directly to pick up their couriers without waiting for delivery. After-sales, returns, and exchanges were also conducted here.

Watching the employees entering and leaving Oriental Express, all wearing uniform work clothes with the Oriental Express logo printed on them, and even having a PHS phone tucked at their waists to facilitate contact with users during delivery, Boss Wang of SF Express was really a bit sour at this moment.

He didn't know when SF Express would also have the same treatment as Oriental Express and be able to conduct business openly and honestly.

Taking one last lingering look at the Oriental Express office building, Boss Wang turned and left resolutely, but in his heart, he seemed to have made some kind of determination.

It wasn't just Boss Wang who felt sour; the same scene also happened in major cities like Hangzhou, Shanghai, and Beijing. A group of courier companies like Shen Tong also saw Oriental Express. At this moment, no matter what "Three Tong and One Da," "Southern SF, Northern Shen Tong," or "Tonglu Gang," the only object of envy was Oriental Express!

"This month's salary is less again. If it goes down any further, I'll really have to eat dirt!"

In a four-person dormitory of a pager company in the provincial capital of Hanxi, Wang Xiaomeng, who came in with her pay stub, slammed the dormitory door shut heavily and threw the pay stub on the table angrily.

Wang Xiaomeng and the others were in the industry known as paging operators. In the past few years, the salary and benefits of paging operators were considered high. The dormitory they lived in, although it was a four-person room and didn't have facilities like bathrooms or showers, was certainly much better than some black-hearted factories that squeezed more than a dozen people into one dormitory.

Hearing Wang Xiaomeng's dissatisfaction and complaints, the round-faced little girl who was also sitting on the bed looking at her own pay stub was the one who was truly distressed.

"Sister Xiaomeng, at least you have been getting high salaries for a few years. Look at me, my dad pulled strings to send me in, gave a bunch of gifts, and also spent money for me to sign up for a computer training class to practice typing. I spent several thousand yuan back and forth. According to this salary, I don't know when I'll be able to break even!"

When the round-faced little girl mentioned this, her face turned into a bitter little bun. Looking at the 238-yuan pay stub in her hand, she was really a bit tearful.

This 238-yuan salary was considered not bad a few years ago, but in the past few years, salaries had risen quite a bit, but prices had risen even faster. The round-faced little girl had to spend money on food here, and also pay for accommodation, water, and electricity. In addition, as a fashionable industry, paging ladies, a profession that could compare with flight attendants back then, couldn't help but buy clothes and cosmetics. They couldn't let their colleagues dress up brilliantly while they were disheveled.

With all these miscellaneous expenses, the round-faced little girl felt that, let alone sending money home to let her old man break even, she might even need some relief food from him...

"Yanzi, you have always been the one with the highest salary in our shift. How much did you get this time?!"

After cursing for a while, Wang Xiaomeng looked at another girl in the dormitory. Li Yanxue, who was called Yanzi, looked a bit like the Hong Kong star Michelle Reis at first glance, and her appearance was very outstanding.

A few years ago, paging operators were all carefully selected, sometimes even one in a hundred, and there were many with outstanding appearances. But among Wang Xiaomeng and her group, the one who was chased the most was undoubtedly Li Yanxue.

Besides her looks, Li Yanxue's business ability was very outstanding, and her salary had always been the highest among them.

Hearing Wang Xiaomeng's words, Li Yanxue also smiled helplessly and took out her pay stub. It showed that her salary was a few dozen yuan higher than Wang Xiaomeng's and the round-faced little girl's, but compared to her salary last year, it had shrunk by more than 60%.

"It's really not a thing. Yanzi, you work so hard, it's all like feeding a dog!"

After Wang Xiaomeng saw Li Yanxue's pay stub, she couldn't help but curse again, and then said in a low mood, "I heard that next month's salary will have to be lowered again. In Hanxi, PHS phones have already beaten pagers down. The newspapers all say that the era of pagers has passed, and the future is the era of PHS!"

Regarding big trends, the rise and fall of tech products, and the like, Li Yanxue and Wang Xiaomeng didn't understand, but being in the industry, they could personally feel the changes that were happening. After all, the fact that salaries had dropped was an indisputable fact.

"Yanzi, why don't we go apply for the customer service call center position!"

A moment later, Wang Xiaomeng recovered and excitedly picked up a newspaper to show Li Yanxue, "A customer service call center is also going to be built in the provincial capital. I heard it was created by Dongling Gao Ke and Focus Media. The entire Hanxi Province is only recruiting 500 people. As long as you get in, the salary starts at 1,500 yuan. That's Dongling Gao Ke!"

Being in Hanxi, one might not know what companies like Focus Media, Sitong, or Giant were, but one would definitely not have heard of the name Dongling Gao Ke.

Dongling Gao Ke in Hanxi had actually surpassed many state-owned enterprises and private enterprises, becoming the first choice for countless people. Except for those who wanted to enter officialdom, if there was a chance to enter Dongling Gao Ke, they would definitely not enter other companies. Only if they couldn't get into Dongling Gao Ke would they choose other companies.

Li Yanxue looked at the newspaper. To be honest, she was also moved. With Dongling Gao Ke's existence, it meant that this position was real and effective, and it wouldn't be some kind of scam company.

"Then shall we go and try?!" Li Yanxue hesitated for a moment and said to Wang Xiaomeng.

"Take me with you, Sister Xiaomeng, Sister Yanzi, you must take me with you!" The round-faced little girl ran over at this time and said pitifully.

"Tomorrow we will go for an interview. I don't believe that with our Yanzi's face, we can't beat those sluts!"

Wang Xiaomeng pinched Li Yanxue's face and praised her. As a woman, she was a bit envious of Li Yanxue. And as for Michelle Reis in Hong Kong, who could become the public enemy of Hong Kong's rich wives, one could imagine.

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Li Yanxue made a gesture to tear Wang Xiaomeng's broken mouth.

After playing around with Li Yanxue, Wang Xiaomeng suddenly said, "Yanzi, I'm not talking nonsense. If you really get into the customer service call center, maybe you'll have a chance to see Li Dongling of Dongling Gao Ke. He's not married yet. Maybe you'll become Mrs. Li?!"

Li Yanxue heard this, blushed, and was about to "fight to the death" with Wang Xiaomeng, but was held by Wang Xiaomeng's hand. "Alright, alright, I won't joke with you anymore. What's there to be shy about? Many people don't have your face, but they all hope to marry Li Dongling and be a rich wife. Those sluts next door, which one doesn't talk about marrying into the Li family every day?"

"Yanzi, with your ability, if you get into the customer service call center, sooner or later you'll be a supervisor or general manager or something. You can't forget us sisters who have shared hardships in the future!"

"Sister Yanzi, I'll be counting on you in the future!" The round-faced little girl also rubbed her body into Li Yanxue's arms.

Looking at the two people in front of her, Li Yanxue nodded helplessly. They were optimistic about her, but to be honest, she didn't know where to go, let alone anything else.

Beijing, in the office of the Deputy Director of the Utah State Office in Beijing, America, 29-year-old Yang Dongjie was saying excitedly to the foreign man in front of him, "Luo He, this is an opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

Waving the newspaper in his hand, Yang Dongjie pointed in one direction, "Right in Zhongguancun, Beijing, Focus Media's TV shopping project is counting money in large amounts every day. All TV stations and audiences are crazy because of this company."

The man called Luo He was the boss of an American company who came to Beijing to look for opportunities, and Yang Dongjie was the Deputy Director of the Utah State Office in Beijing. To put it plainly, he was the person responsible for communicating the relationship between Utah and Beijing.

It was precisely because of this relationship that Yang Dongjie could come into contact with many bosses from America who came to Beijing to invest. Previously, he had always been a bridge-builder, looking for investment opportunities and projects in Beijing for Americans.

But this time, Yang Dongjie wanted to attract investment for himself. The news about Focus Media really stimulated Yang Dongjie.

Luo He listened to Yang Dongjie's words and looked at the newspaper in his hand. His expression was clearly still a bit hesitant. Although he and Yang Dongjie were familiar, their relationship hadn't reached the point where he could take out millions of dollars to support him. That was millions of dollars, not a pile of waste paper.

Just at this time, the door of Yang Dongjie's office was knocked. Someone came in and handed a newspaper to Yang Dongjie.

After Yang Dongjie saw the newspaper, a look of surprise couldn't help but appear on his face. Seeing this, Luo He couldn't help but be curious about what Yang Dongjie had seen.

Yang Dongjie handed the newspaper to Luo He, and then thought that Luo He couldn't understand Chinese, so he said directly, "A company called Diweisi launched the 'Figapas' pearl bra, which went on sale on the TV shopping channel and achieved sales of 11.8 million in three days, approximately 1.47 million dollars!"

"Funk!"

When Luo He heard this news, he was stunned. He heard Yang Dongjie say that TV shopping was very profitable, but he didn't expect it to be this profitable. This was just a single product! According to this revenue, the annual revenue of this single product wouldn't break ten million dollars!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 262 =====