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”The supporting infrastructure around Chunshen is too poor. It doesn’t meet the conditions for building a factory.”

Chen Yansen waved a hand, cutting Tang Lixin off directly.

Having lived two lives, he was well aware that small ponds were often full of petty tyrants. Why did most entrepreneurs prefer to go to Yanjing, Hu City, and Shencheng City?

Because those places played by the rules.

Although he had Meng Yuanzhi’s personal number in his phone, Chen Yansen knew that their relationship was merely a transactional exchange of benefits. Every time he sought Meng Yuanzhi’s help, he had to pay a price.

There was no such thing as a free lunch in this world.

If he agreed to Tang Lixin’s proposal to build a factory in Chunshen, there was no telling what kind of trouble might pop up down the line.

Similar cases were all too common. While Chen Yansen wasn’t afraid, he found it troublesome, and there was no need to waste his energy and connections on it.

Hearing Chen Yansen’s reply, Tang Lixin couldn’t help but feel a pang of disappointment. The young man was even more difficult to deal with than he had imagined.

Chen Yansen glanced at Tang Lixin and thought, ’This guy is surprisingly composed.’

Since he had agreed to see Tang Lixin, it obviously wasn’t just to reject him.

”We can try a different kind of cooperation. Chunshen is a major agricultural county, rich in agricultural by-products with high yields. There’s no shortage of grain, oil, and food factories. Plus, there are local specialties like crisp pears, tofu, silverfish, and salted chicken and duck.”

”If Mr. Tang can take the lead in guiding these companies to develop online channels, I can allocate a portion of traffic resources on Pinbei Mall to Chunshen’s local products.”

Chen Yansen explained his idea with a faint smile.

’This way, he would turn a passive situation into an active one, increasing his influence by controlling Chunshen’s local businesses.’

Tang Lixin’s brow furrowed. He knew about Pinbei and roughly understood its business model, but in 2012, most factory owners still had an offline distribution mindset. They had no concept of ”going online” or ”doing e-commerce.”

Moreover, compared to investing in a factory, this model was slow to show results, wouldn’t produce achievements easily, and offered little in the way of tangible resources for him to claim.

”Mr. Tang, do you know how much in monthly sales fruits from Xiyue generate on Pinbei?”

Chen Yansen shook his head, having seen right through Tang Lixin’s thoughts, and posed another question.

”Products like fruit are difficult to transport and have high spoilage rates. A few hundred thousand a day, at most.”

Tang Lixin replied after a moment’s thought, based on his past experience.

”At least 20 million a day!” Chen Yansen said, looking at Tang Lixin, his tone casual.

million?

’Wouldn’t that be 600 million a month?’

Tang Lixin looked astonished, finding it hard to believe.

”Chunshen’s Bagongshan Crisp Pears and Anlong Water Honey Peaches could very well replicate this successful model. Take the crisp pears, for example. Fruit vendors buy them for only 0.6 to 0.8 yuan per jin. If sold through online channels, the price could easily double.”

Chen Yansen continued to paint a grand picture for Tang Lixin, moving on to talk about linen-feather ducks and great white geese. He also mentioned that Cloud Speed Express would be adding cold chain logistics after the New Year.

With the help of Pinbei and Cloud Speed Express, local farmers could sell their products all over the country.

Tang Lixin’s attitude, initially dismissive, grew increasingly serious.

”Mr. Tang, what do you think?” Chen Yansen asked with a smile.

Tang Lixin found Chen Yansen’s words to be perfectly reasonable. Every sentence the young man spoke instilled a strong sense of trust in him.

”Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime. On behalf of all the people of Chunshen, I must thank you, Mr. Chen.”

Tang Lixin looked emotional. As he said this, he actually stood up and bowed.

”You’re too kind, Mr. Tang.” Chen Yansen pulled Tang Lixin back into his seat.

He clicked his tongue in his mind. ’This Spirit value of 14.78 is really useful. Even a wily old fox as worldly and experienced as Tang Lixin fell for it.’

Normally, no matter how eloquent Chen Yansen was or how strong his narrative skills were, it would have been difficult to change Tang Lixin’s ingrained ideas.