Stronger by Paying Salaries and I Have 1 Billion Employees

”Please, continue.”

Chen Yansen waved his hand, motioning for the group to continue, and walked toward the front desk with Gao Weilin and Song Yuncheng.

Zhou Shouzhi, Huang Zheng, and Liang Bo stayed behind, gathering in a circle with Xiao Jun, Liao Wei, and a few others to leisurely discuss business collaborations.

Under Chen Yansen’s influence, all of their fates had changed dramatically.

Take Liao Wei, for example. In his past life, his Cloud Speed Express most likely didn’t survive to see the golden age of e-commerce before being eliminated by the ”Three Passes and One Reach.”

Now, however, with Chen Yansen’s support, it had successively acquired Quanfeng, Yunda, Zhongtong, Shentong, and Yuantong Express. With an average daily volume reaching as high as 10 million parcels, and after establishing the Cloud Speed Express Alliance and launching electronic waybills, it had undoubtedly become the overlord of the private express delivery industry.

Once Cloud Speed’s cargo planes were refitted and its air freight business went live, it would mark the beginning of Cloud Speed Express’s entry into the high-end courier market.

Furthermore, Zhou Shouzhi, who was originally supposed to be a co-founder for the Great China Region at DST and join Xiaomi Technology two years later, was now the CFO of Orange Technology.

After checking in, Chen Yansen took the elevator to the 26th floor. He found his room, swiped the key card, and pushed the door open.

Standing before the floor-to-ceiling windows, he could overlook the entire Olympic Park. A sea of lush greenery stretched out before him. Tomorrow’s meeting venue was at the intersection of Beichen East Road and North Middle Ring Road.

Thinking of the dinner engagement that evening, Chen Yansen casually took off his suit jacket and began unbuttoning his shirt from the top down.

”RING RING RING—!”

His phone began to ring insistently.

Chen Yansen gestured with his hand, and the phone on the table flew into his grasp. Seeing the caller ID, he pressed the answer button.

”Come out for drinks tonight,” Zhang Chaoyang said over the phone. ”I made a reservation at VICS Club and invited Ding Lei, Lei Yijun, and He Xiaopeng.”

”I’m afraid I can’t. I have a dinner I can’t get out of,” Chen Yansen replied with an amused laugh, tactfully declining.

’Who said Zhang Chaoyang had depression?’

’That’s complete bullshit!’

It would be hard to find a boss in all of Yanjing who lived a more comfortable life than he did.

He was always climbing mountains, swimming, doing karaoke, drinking, acting in movies, and chasing women. He had even appeared on a few variety shows recently.

”A dinner? No worries! We’re scheduled to meet at ten tonight,” Zhang Chaoyang said nonchalantly.

With him putting it like that, Chen Yansen didn’t feel right refusing again, so he agreed.

After hanging up, he grabbed a bath towel and headed for the bathroom.

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「Seven o’clock that evening, outside a small banquet hall on the top floor.」

Chen Yansen stood tall and sharp outside the door, flanked by Gao Weilin, Zhou Shouzhi, and Huang Zheng.

”I never expected that when Yuri invested in Orange Technology and Fast Taxi, he’d end up throwing in his own right-hand man as part of the deal.”

Cai Yongjin, the Managing Director of Goldman Sachs Asia, shook Chen Yansen’s right hand and glanced at Zhou Shouzhi with a teasing smile.

After all, the last time they met, Zhou Shouzhi was still the head of DST Capital’s Great China Region.

”If you have any reliable talent to recommend, President Cai, I’d be happy to take them all.”

Chen Yansen returned the joke with a faint smile.

”Then what do you think of me, President Chen?” Cai Yongjin asked, his smile vanishing as he adopted a serious expression.

”Senlian is too small a pond for a big fish like you,” Chen Yansen replied with a smile.

’Just who was Cai Yongjin?’

He had started at the World Bank Headquarters twenty years ago, then moved to Morgan Stanley’s financing department. The title of Managing Director of Goldman Sachs Asia, while impressive, was far from the ceiling of his career.

It was just a joke, so of course Chen Yansen didn’t take it seriously.

”Senlian is no small temple! The Internet Association invited eight of Senlian Capital’s portfolio companies to the conference. President Chen, your people could fill an entire row tomorrow.”

Cai Yongjin continued his banter.

In his opinion, perhaps only Facebook’s Zuckerberg could compare to Chen Yansen in terms of business genius.