Stronger by Paying Salaries and I Have 1 Billion Employees

”Old Cao, you’ve got a good eye,” Chen Yansen teased.

Cao Dahua chuckled.

Five minutes later, the Audi came to a stop.

The first person out of the car was Tao Jingwen. Before her feet had even fully landed, she was already jogging around the car to pull open the door for Meng Yuanzhi, shielding the top of the doorframe to prevent him from bumping his head.

Worthy of the Central Bureau’s top secretary, her movements were as smooth as flowing water.

Others might have seemed obsequious performing such actions, but Tao Jingwen maintained a calm expression the entire time, preventing anyone from feeling the slightest bit of aversion.

”Mr. Meng, Secretary Tao.”

Chen Yansen stepped forward to greet them and introduced Cao Dahua and Cai Jingming.

”We’ve been waiting for over three months. That’s a long time.”

Meng Yuanzhi smiled faintly, his teasing tone carrying a deeper meaning as he glanced at Tao Jingwen out of the corner of his eye.

Tao Jingwen instantly understood her boss’s meaning. She quickly pulled two business cards from her pocket and handed one to Cao Dahua and the other to Cai Jingming.

”Good food is worth the wait. I believe all the preliminary preparations will guarantee stable production capacity and a high yield rate,” Chen Yansen responded.

”Can you keep up with order volume?” Meng Yuanzhi asked with considerable concern.

Chen Yansen’s expression stiffened. ’He just had to poke where it hurts,’ he cursed inwardly.

Counting the phone manufacturing contracts from Xiaomi and Huawei, plus the orders for the Orange Mobile Power Supply, they could barely utilize one-third of their production capacity.

This was also why the factory had only hired a little over 5,000 people.

In his plan, Factory No. 4 still needed to go through two more large-scale recruitment drives to reach initial full staffing and unleash its maximum production capacity.

Meng Yuanzhi looked at Chen Yansen, understood the situation, and said with a smile and a wave of his hand, ”You’re right. Good food is worth the wait. Let’s take things one step at a time.”

Creating over 5,000 jobs with social security benefits was no small feat in 2012.

Chen Yansen accompanied Meng Yuanzhi to the main venue for the unveiling ceremony. After they were seated, Chen Yansen took the opportunity to ask about the business license for Fast Taxi.

”I can give you the license, but you can register at most 500 full-time drivers under it.”

Meng Yuanzhi mused for a moment before speaking.

He gave him the license, but with a restriction attached.

”Thank you, Mr. Meng.”

Chen Yansen understood the man’s underlying meaning. As long as no one followed up to check, he could register 5,000, 50,000, or even 500,000 drivers.

But if his superiors were to inquire, Meng Yuanzhi would simply state that he had only issued a compliant license for 500 full-time drivers.

If Chen Yansen achieved success, Meng Yuanzhi would naturally take a piece of the pie.

If a problem arose, Meng Yuanzhi could also distance himself from it at a moment’s notice.

Chen Yansen just smiled and changed the subject. Some things were better left understood than said aloud; he knew he absolutely could not press the issue, because to ask was to be denied.

”That little place in Xucheng is nowhere near big enough for your development. Have you ever thought about coming to Luzhou to build your own corporate headquarters?”

Meng Yuanzhi proposed.

He had made inquiries. The offices for Orange Technology, Orange Pay, Today Technology, and Pinbei Mall were all crammed into the Zhuxianzhuang Science and Technology Park. For now, it wasn’t a problem.

But these companies were expanding at an extremely rapid pace. In another two years, the entire Science and Technology Park probably wouldn’t be able to hold all of Chen Yansen’s employees.

”I’ve thought about it, but I don’t have the money.” Chen Yansen spread his hands, the meaning behind his words all too obvious.

Meng Yuanzhi laughed. Shameless young men like Chen Yansen were a rare breed. Most university-student entrepreneurs would be considered poised enough if they could speak in his presence without their voice trembling.

”I can offer you a low-interest loan. As for industrial land, the price per square meter is between 150 and 375 yuan. Don’t even think about getting it for free, but through land use tax reductions, land transfer fee rebates, and infrastructure subsidies, we can offer a fifty to sixty percent discount.”

Meng Yuanzhi’s smile faded as he spoke frankly.