Stronger by Paying Salaries and I Have 1 Billion Employees

Besides, he already felt a degree of admiration and respect for Chen Yansen. To be recognized and mentored by him was, naturally, a source of great pride.

When they arrived at the tavern, they were the only ones there. Cheng Weixing had paid to book the entire venue specifically to host Chen Yansen and his group.

”President Chen!” As soon as Chen Yansen appeared, the few men inside quickly stood up and came forward to greet him.

There was Cheng Ou from Jumei Youpin, Lin Qi from Youzu Network, and Wang Shubin from Shangtongda.

In the business world, strength commanded respect.

Though Chen Yansen was the youngest among them, no one dared to underestimate him.

Chen Yansen glanced at the three men and greeted them with a smile, ”President Cheng, President Lin, President Wang, please, have a seat.”

Behind him, Cheng Weixing turned to get a menu.

It was a small, private restaurant. It didn’t look large, but the decor was exceptionally refined. Even the chairs they sat on were made from precious Siamese rosewood.

The group had just taken their seats when Cheng Weixing walked over with two bottles of yellow wine and a menu.

Chen Yansen accepted the menu, casually ordered a few dishes, then passed it to Lin Qi.

To be blunt, they didn’t know each other well. Their respective fields offered more opportunities for collaboration than for competition, so there was no need for Chen Yansen to act pretentious. He came across as very easygoing.

Cheng Ou and Lin Qi exchanged a glance. They had assumed that, given his youth and success, Chen Yansen might be arrogant and difficult to deal with.

But his easygoing demeanor made them both realize something: no one could amass that kind of fortune by the age of twenty without possessing extraordinary emotional and intellectual intelligence.

After a few rounds of drinks, Cheng Ou asked with a smile, ”President Chen, I was wondering, is there an opportunity for Jumei to launch on Pinbei?”

Cheng Ou coveted Pinbei’s user traffic. Even knowing that Pinbei had a reputation for poaching its partners’ brand resources, he couldn’t help but ask.

”Of course. But let me be upfront: Pinbei doesn’t have an issue with low-priced goods, but we have a zero-tolerance policy for fakes. The platform’s penalties are severe.”

Chen Yansen put down his glass and looked at Cheng Ou, giving him a pointed reminder.

”Rest assured, President Chen. If any fakes are found, I’ll pay ten times the compensation.”

Cheng Ou replied with a smile.

Clearly, he felt he had extremely tight control over his suppliers and was confident there wouldn’t be any issues.

”Yuncheng, give President Cheng your card. You can handle the follow-up.”

Chen Yansen instructed Song Yuncheng.

”Of course. President Cheng, this is my card. Just have your company’s Market Department get in touch with me.”

Song Yuncheng took a business card from her purse and handed it to Cheng Ou.

Cheng Ou accepted it politely. He’d heard of Song Yuncheng—she was the first employee at both FoxTao and Pinbei. All the key account brand and platform merchant resources were in her hands.

At this thought, Cheng Ou raised his glass to offer Song Yuncheng a toast.

”My apologies, President Cheng. I have to drive the boss home later, so I’ll toast with tea instead. To our successful partnership, and to Jumei’s continued success.”

Song Yuncheng explained graciously and raised her teacup.

”No problem. I’ll be counting on your support in the future, President Song.”

Cheng Ou didn’t mind at all and downed his drink in one go.

Seeing this, Lin Qi of Youzu Network also had his assistant hand a business card to Song Yuncheng.

Although his company’s products were primarily online PC games, the rising trend of mobile gaming could not be ignored.

Lin Qi, of course, was also thinking about developing mobile games. For a game company like his, the one thing they lacked most was access to resources from a phone manufacturer like Orange Technology.

A single game could generate substantial revenue simply by being pre-installed on phones or heavily featured in the app store.

This was the main reason why companies like Xiaomi, Penguin, and Orange Technology could take a commission of over 50% from their joint game operations.

The rest of the dinner was spent exchanging business cards and discussing potential collaborations.