Stronger by Paying Salaries and I Have 1 Billion Employees

Hu City, Cloud Speed Express headquarters.

Nie Tengyu sat in Liao Wei’s office, sizing up his competitor at close range for the first time. The man was in his forties, a few years younger than himself.

He had a buzz cut and a round face, bearing a slight resemblance to a chubbier Deng Chao. He wore a triumphant, beaming smile.

”President Liao, you’ve had some good luck.”

Although Nie Tengyu had admitted defeat, he believed Liao Wei had just gotten shit-lucky by latching onto Chen Yansen of Senlian Capital.

They gave him money when he needed money, resources when he needed resources, and business when he needed business. If their roles were reversed, he was confident he would have performed far better than Liao Wei.

Liao Wei chuckled, thinking to himself: ’This old fossil. The only tough thing left about him is his mouth.’

He said nonchalantly, ”President Nie, sometimes luck is a part of strength. Mr. Chen chose me and Cloud Speed Express. Even if you’re not convinced, what can you do about it?”

Nie Tengyu’s expression froze. Stung by Liao Wei’s retort, he was rendered speechless and cursed inwardly: ’Son of a bitch! A petty man enjoying his moment of success!’

Liao Wei curled his lip in disdain, thinking: ’You only see my glory days, but I’m no spring chicken, and the boss is still forcing me to get some MBA. You think my life is easy?’

’What damn luck!’

’This is all strength!’

”I want to sell Yunda Express as a package deal. I wonder if President Liao would be interested?”

Nie Tengyu took a deep breath and stared at Liao Wei as he spoke.

”Of course we are. Cloud Speed has extensive experience in integrating the resources of express companies. You’ve come to the right person, President Nie.”

Liao Wei replied with a smile.

Although Yunda’s strength couldn’t compare to the likes of Shentong or Yuantong, its scale was five or six times larger than Cloud Speed’s had been just a year prior. Nationwide, it boasted 8,000 service outlets, over 70 transfer centers, more than 7,000 direct employees, and another 10,000-plus couriers at its franchised locations.

It originally had nearly 20,000 employees, but during the delivery price war, forty percent of its couriers ended up resigning.

As long as Cloud Speed swallowed Yunda’s freight resources and delivery capacity, it would become the undisputed leader among private express delivery companies.

Seeing Liao Wei agree so readily, Nie Tengyu breathed a silent sigh of relief. His biggest fear was that Cloud Speed would refuse to acquire Yunda.

If they continued to fight, Cloud Speed would lose tens of millions more each month, but Yunda would be left with no way out at all.

As for Ma Liyun and Ah Li, he hadn’t even considered them.

Senlian Capital and Ah Li were partners in the food delivery and ride-hailing industries. He didn’t believe for a second that Ma Liyun would be willing to fall out with Chen Yansen and pump billions into ”Three Passes and One Reach” to keep them afloat.

They were all businessmen and could more or less guess each other’s schemes. Perhaps Ah Li might offer some preferential resources and traffic, but getting Ma Liyun to put in both money and effort was clearly impossible.

Afterwards, the two sides reached an agreement. Cloud Speed would first evaluate and audit Yunda’s existing assets and business scale, and then they would negotiate a specific acquisition price.

Although Nie Tengyu’s bottom line was 1.6 billion, he knew in his heart that Yunda, with its business volume having shrunk by 60%, was worth 1 to 1.2 billion at most.

Besides, that bastard Liao Wei would definitely try to drive the price down.

An hour later, Liao Wei saw Nie Tengyu out of the headquarters building. Gazing at the man’s retreating back, he couldn’t help but reflect: ’Choosing the right boss is really important.’

Back in his office, he picked up his phone and dialed Chen Yansen’s number.

”Boss, Nie Tengyu from Yunda Express just stopped by. He wants to sell Yunda to Cloud Speed,” Liao Wei reported simply.

”What’s Yunda’s current daily parcel volume?” Chen Yansen asked.

”Around 600,000 orders. Plus, we’d have to take on 18,000 Yunda employees. I tested Nie Tengyu’s bottom line on the price; I estimate we can get it done for 600 to 800 million,” Liao Wei replied.

”Alright, I understand. You’ll be in charge of negotiating with him. I’ll have Old Gao send a team over to help you later.”

”Yes, Boss,” Liao Wei answered.

After speaking, Chen Yansen hung up the phone.