Chapter 59: 058 Misplacement

Just calling without making an offer—you should at least make an offer!

Yu Xing hated that iron wasn't steel regarding the communication from Zhen'ai Net.

He guessed that Zhen'ai Net must have tried to do the business but found it wasn't that easy, which is why they wanted to come and invest in him.

The problem is, Gui'ai Net isn't considered very successful either.

It's very difficult to pioneer social clients, and the campus clients here have yielded most of the benefits. If we take Zhen'ai Net's investment, how are we going to clean up this mess later?

It's already a situation that is out of control!

Gui'ai Net was established less than three months ago. It is driven entirely by a high-commission model, the structure is rough, the management is sloppy, not to mention the several problems existing in the two markets of Jingcheng and Yangcheng...

In all fairness, is it hard to pull together a makeshift team?

Yu Xing already felt it wasn't very easy.

And to keep the makeshift team going...

He recently felt it seemed even harder.

To put it bluntly, the company didn't lay a good foundation from the beginning. It can certainly try long-term operation, but... let's not try it.

Yu Xing pondered the dynamics from Zhen'ai Net for a long time, completely cutting off the possibility of accepting investment from his heart. Besides the problems of Gui'ai Net itself, he was also more interested in stirring up this era.

Of course, selling the company doesn't mean the fate with this industry is over; "those matters" still need a good material.

On the night of the 3rd, Yu Xing was sitting at the table in the apartment organizing materials, when the door was suddenly knocked.

"Cui Jingwei, what's the matter?"

The person who came was Cui Jingwei, a team leader who followed from Jin Ling to Shanghai to pioneer business.

"General Manager Yu, uh, this..." Cui Jingwei stammered.

As soon as Yu Xing heard this tone, he knew it wasn't anything good, and said patiently: "If you have something to say, say it directly. We are all from Jin Ling, and you came to the company in June. What can't be said?"

"General Manager Yu, uh, I want to resign." Cui Jingwei said it out.

Yu Xing wasn't too surprised and asked for the reason: "The performance last month wasn't good, were you hit? University has already started now; you should be able to feel that the vitality of our business has returned."

Cui Jingwei pursed his lips and still told the truth: "General Manager Yu, my mom thinks the company is unreliable and has called me several times."

Yu Xing pondered: "Um..."

Cui Jingwei started, so he continued: "She found out the establishment time of our company and always felt the company was too small, and also felt our product... uh, anyway, she just wouldn't let me do it."

Yu Xing thought for a while and said: "Cui Jingwei, your mom dislikes the company's short registration time, the company is small, um, how about this, you wait a bit..."

Cui Jingwei thought the boss was referring to the salary; last month's salary indeed hadn't been issued yet.

If it were himself, he was actually willing to continue working in the company.

Cui Jingwei deliberated and opened his mouth: "Then I'll wait until next week..."

"Next week? Oh, no, Cui Jingwei, you wait until the end of this month." Yu Xing had his eyes on this team leader; the person was very steady and grew up very quickly, but his college major wasn't good.

Cui Jingwei looked at the boss not quite understanding.

"You've already done it; is it still short of this time?" Yu Xing laughed. "Hang in there."

Cui Jingwei hesitated for a moment and agreed.

After this team leader left, Yu Xing sighed, took out his phone and flipped through the address book, but finally continued to organize the company's materials and data alone.

On September 4th, Zhen'ai Net was still tentatively pioneering new business, and at the same time, it also received news of similar actions by friendly companies.

It's just that the new business obviously wasn't as easy to chew as imagined.

This afternoon, Vice President Wei Jialan went on a business trip to Shanghai. After checking into the hotel, she was still pondering Gui'ai Net in her mind.

"Old Xu, how do you say this matter should be handled? Are we really recruiting people to do campus business, or are we doing social clients directly with the current system team?" Wei Jialan mentioned this matter again when having dinner with a colleague.

Xu Zhaode is an old person in the company, holding the position of Operations Vice Director, and his style of doing things has always been rough.

He looked at General Manager Wei's full face of worry and couldn't help but laugh: "Isn't it just a group of college students? You've mentioned it several times at the meeting; why are you still thinking about it after coming to Shanghai?"

"Gui'ai Net's headquarters is right here," Wei Jialan shook her head. "It's hard to handle, so I'm thinking about it. If we do it with great effort, the cost will increase a bit high. If we don't do it, we really miss a good business. What's more, Century Jiayuan and Baihe Net also want to do this."

Xu Zhaode asked: "Aren't you going to talk about new cooperation, aren't you going to do investment?"

"I want to talk, but Gui'ai Net's Yu Xing, that college student's ambition is too high," Wei Jialan frowned. "He doesn't accept investment and just wants to build the company up."

Xu Zhaode pondered for a few seconds and judged: "The price was given too low. A group of college students, how much ambition can he have?"

Wei Jialan shook her head: "Price isn't the main factor. This kind of newly established company isn't easy to estimate. Giving too much is not as good as doing it ourselves; giving too little is useless."

Xu Zhaode asked carelessly: "What price do you want to give for this company?"

"800,000 to 1 million," Wei Jialan said the new price and regretted, "But he doesn't even give me the opportunity to quote. I estimate Gui'ai Net won't talk."

Xu Zhaode isn't responsible for this business, but still said: "College students starting a company—if it were me, I would directly carry cash to talk to him. He hasn't seen how much 1 million is, right? You guys just chat about numbers; what can be talked out?"

Wei Jialan mocked: "This college student is different. His company's monthly revenue is almost this much; can he eat your set?"

Xu Zhaode wasn't convinced: "Revenue is revenue; how much money can he get in his hands? Isn't it said that most of it is distributed to employees? The company has other shareholders; can he get 200,000 in a year?"

He stood up and insisted on his own view: "It's just a group of college students. 1 million in money must weigh 20 or 30 jin. Pushing it in front of him with a crash—I don't believe it can't be talked!"

"Hahaha, do you think it's you?" Wei Jialan shook her head and laughed. "People have a lot of ambition. Ads can even be hit in front of our company."

Xu Zhaode looked at the vice president's appearance and said disdainfully: "What ambition, you guys are just thinking about this and that. Wei Zong, I tell you, you take out the cash, I will carry the bag and go talk tomorrow. Not saying it will definitely be talked into success, but it won't be that there is no progress!"

He finally said: "If you are optimistic, then hurry up and promote this matter. Otherwise, isn't it harder the further you go? If this company spreads business to more cities, it will be even more tricky."

Wei Jialan was moved by this sentence. Gui'ai Net currently only carries out business in five cities, but as long as they digest it, they will definitely continue to pioneer. By then, the cost will definitely be greater.

But she still said: "This person Yu Xing is not ordinary; he has ambition and ambition. You look down on people too much."

Xu Zhaode didn't want to continue talking after reaching this point and said simply: "Try it. You call him later to make an appointment. I want to see what kind of person he is."

Wei Jialan hesitated and agreed.

The next day, at ten o'clock in the morning, Wei Jialan and Xu Zhaode's group visited Gui'ai Net.

The office wasn't big, but this wasn't surprising.

A total of seven people came today, but it was mainly to protect the safety of the funds.

Xu Zhaode carried the bag, which contained cash taken from three banks. And he was curious about the weight before, so he really weighed it. 1 million in cash weighs almost 23 jin.

"I'll talk first." Xu Zhaode also had some murmurs in his heart by this time and said sternly, "If I don't talk well, I'll just change the leader to talk. This way there is still room for maneuver."

Wei Jialan nodded.

Xu Zhaode carried the bag and walked into the office in the lead, seeing only one young man inside.

"General Manager Yu, right?"

Xu Zhaode asked this, didn't wait for an answer, pulled the zipper of the bag, and then pushed the bag and money onto the office desk.

"I am representing Zhen'ai Net. This is 1 million. Is the company for sale or not?"

Bundles of red notes slid out along the slanted bag opening.

Wei Jialan had just stepped into the office at this time.

Yu Xing looked in astonishment at the Zhen'ai Net executive who used money to smash people, and looked at the person who came in behind.

"Uh." He hurriedly stood up to express his stance and said politely, "Hello, how should I address you? Please sit, please sit. This, well... you this..."

Xu Zhaode didn't sit down and turned to look at the leader. This tone didn't sound strict either.

"I am Xu Zhaode, Operations Vice Director of Zhen'ai Net. This is our Wei Zong. General Manager Yu, don't need so much; just say a crisp word: is the company for sale or not?"

"Sell, this money, it's yours."

"Not sell, I turn around and leave. We are all big men; don't be wishy-washy."

Xu Zhaode introduced the leader but didn't give the leader space to speak, directly pressing one hand on the strap of the bag containing the money, having the posture of leaving if there was a disagreement.

Yu Xing looked at the one in front and the one behind, then looked down at the huge amount of funds scattered on the desk, and said in a dilemma: "This..."

Xu Zhaode didn't give a chance to breathe and said directly: "Don't this or that, General Manager Yu, give a word, can it be talked!"

"This..." Yu Xing hesitated, "Our team are all college student elites!"

Xu Zhaode reached out and grabbed the bag.

Yu Xing continued: "We still have many markets in the future!"

Xu Zhaode put the money that slid out back.

Yu Xing said again: "This cause is our dream!"

Xu Zhaode pulled up the zipper, carried the bag in his hand, and only used his gaze to force the college student entrepreneur in front of him.

Yu Xing supported the office desk with one hand, took a breath, and finally said: "Can talk! 1 million is too little! Need to add money!"

Xu Zhaode looked back at the vice president. Just this?

Wei Jialan: →_→

She couldn't help but support her forehead. No, hey, General Manager Yu, no, Student Yu, where is the decisive energy you had on the phone? Where is your ambition? Where are your things? Is this how you repay my evaluation???

Wei Jialan's heart surged, only feeling that the past half month of time had been misplaced!

Seeing the vice president not speaking, Xu Zhaode didn't report the price well himself and asked: "How much do you want?"

Yu Xing looked left and right, pursed his lips, and reported his price for the first time: "5 million!"

Wei Jialan sighed lightly, adjusted her state of mind, and smiled again, taking over the company's representative power: "General Manager Yu, your company hasn't even been around for three months; you really dare to shout. In fact, this 1 million is the price I could give after repeatedly applying to the company."

Yu Xing didn't speak.

Wei Jialan reshaped the cognition of each other, her state of mind was relaxed, and her expression was serious: "General Manager Yu, the reason I came to chat with you in person today is that I brought full sincerity. Otherwise, I wouldn't have gone through so much trouble to take out the cash."

She said earnestly: "I arrived in Shanghai yesterday afternoon, and I even pushed back the original things this morning just to show our heart."

Yu Xing said in a dilemma: "Wei Zong, what you said, I believe, but our cognition of the company's value is too different. How can this be talked?"

"In the final analysis, Gui'ai Net relies on a surprising product entry point. The most valuable thing is this idea," Wei Jialan entered the state and talked eloquently. "Does your product have a threshold? How much do you think an idea can sell for? We know your previous dispute with NetEase. This time, we are willing to acquire it also considering it's more famous."

She continued: "Your company's revenue might have a good performance, but the foundation established is downward commission. Once the commission is reduced, how can your expansion continue?"

Hearing this, Yu Xing argued strongly: "Why don't we divide? We can continue to divide and continue to expand!"

Wei Jialan pointed out the problem: "The larger the company scale, the more employees, the higher the operating cost. Since I am standing in front of you now, do you think our Zhen'ai Net can't do this product? Century Jiayuan? Baihe Net? If your revenue drops, are you going to lay off employees again? Does laying off employees not need cost?"

She sighed: "General Manager Yu, Student Yu, this is the price I tried my best to fight for. You should know the value of the company in your heart."

Yu Xing was silent for a while and said with some difficulty: "No, Wei Zong, I can't accept it. We are too different. You said you brought sincerity, but you also belittled my company like this. If it's really like this, why do Century Jiayuan and Baihe Net still call me?"

"I am not belittling your company. I actually admire you very much, admire your grasp of this subdivided market," Wei Jialan said patiently. "I am just chatting about the company's value based on facts. And compared to last time, this price has already doubled."

She pointed at the money bag carried by Xu Zhaode: "Giving 1 million to a company that hasn't been around for three months is not easy."

Yu Xing pursed his lips, looked at this Zhen'ai Net vice president, and didn't give a definite word: "Wei Zong, I will consider it again."

Wei Jialan wasn't disappointed, just said: "Student Yu, I hope you can grasp the opportunity. Once we fully do campus business, we won't be able to give this price again."

Yu Xing repeated this time: "I have to consider it; the company isn't just mine."

He took the initiative to shake hands with Xu Zhaode and Wei Jialan, indicating the end of this face-to-face talk.

After Zhen'ai Net's group got on the business car, Xu Zhaode couldn't help but laugh loudly: "This General Manager Yu's ambition is really very high!"

Wei Jialan spread her hands, speechless for a moment.

"I said it, you guys are thinking about this and that. They are a group of college students; just listening to numbers has no feeling. Real money is placed there. How many years does this have to be earned?" Xu Zhaode was a bit proud.

"Since it can be talked, this is a good thing." Wei Jialan shook her head self-deprecatingly. "This online and offline is indeed easy to enlarge and shrink the cognition of the same person."

She sighed, this matter is messed up.

Xu Zhaode laughed loudly; rough methods are sometimes more useful!

Team leader Cui Jingwei arrived at the office at one o'clock in the afternoon, not knowing what the boss called him for.

"Cui Jingwei, you don't need to lead the team this afternoon," Yu Xing instructed the team leader. "You call Century Jiayuan to make an appointment for a meeting time, mainly to tell them that Zhen'ai Net gave us a 1 million acquisition price. As long as I nod, the money will arrive immediately."

Cui Jingwei was stunned, both because the company was going to be sold and because of the task he shouldered.

He was at a loss: "I? Uh, do I go to talk? I..."

"Yes, you go to talk. From today on, you are our company's..." Yu Xing thought for a while, thinking of the Zhen'ai Net executive who made a great contribution before, "Operations Vice Director. Um, you ponder the language of communication; the theme is Zhen'ai Net's 1 million."

Cui Jingwei swallowed his saliva, both sad and happy. Is the company going to be sold? Am I promoted?

He walked out of the office blankly, calmed down for a while, 1 million...

Century Jiayuan's headquarters is in Shanghai, but can they talk to him?

Cui Jingwei carried his bag and looked down at his T-shirt unconsciously. Uh, that kind of big company, can they talk to a college student like him?

He rubbed his face. No, not a college student, but an Operations Vice Director!

It should be the kind of Operations Vice Director who will get a salary increase! ===== CHAPTER 60 =====