Stronger by Paying Salaries and I Have 1 Billion Employees

”President Chen, President Yu, a pleasure.” Gao Weilin gave a formulaic smile and sat down to Chen Yansen’s left.

A year ago, Gao Weilin would never have appeared so calm and unconcerned upon meeting Chen Dejun and Yu Weijiao.

But now, under pressure from Cloud Speed Express, Shentong and Yuantong were pale shadows of their former selves. Their daily parcel volume had plummeted from a peak of three million to just 600,000—even less than Best Express.

The ”Three Passes and One Reach” alliance existed in name only!

With a valuation of less than one billion, an acquisition of this caliber was something President Gao would typically delegate to his subordinates. He usually wouldn’t get personally involved, at most controlling the pace and overall direction of the acquisition.

Therefore, Gao Weilin didn’t take Chen Dejun and Yu Weijiao very seriously.

”President Chen, if you only buy one, the other will be left to die.” Chen Dejun, after holding his tongue for a long time, couldn’t think of a way to break the deadlock. Helpless, he finally managed this lame reply, his tone verging on a plea.

This was the unsolvable nature of an overt scheme. It was designed with transparent rules, exploiting the inevitabilities of the situation and human nature. Even when his opponents saw through it, they were powerless to break it and could only follow the path he had laid out for them.

”What price did you have in mind, President Chen?”

Chen Yansen asked unhurriedly.

He had no personal grudge against Chen Dejun; it was all just business. If the offer was reasonable, he saw no need to drive the man into a corner.

”1.4 billion.” Chen Dejun was silent for a dozen or so seconds before cautiously naming his price.

Once upon a time, he had been a titan of the express delivery industry, a figure who could command the wind and the rain. But now, sitting before Chen Yansen, he felt a vague, inexplicable sense of panic.