Stronger by Paying Salaries and I Have 1 Billion Employees

Lu Hongbo said, his eyes narrowed.

’Set fire to their stores?’

’And he wants *me* to do it?’

Yang Rui couldn’t help but curse inwardly: ’If you want to send me to prison, just say it outright.’

’Arson is a serious felony!’

”President Lu, calm down! To put it bluntly, with Ni Cai’s production capacity and supply chain, you can make some quick cash for three or four years at most. The market is changing too fast.”

Yang Rui’s smile vanished as he spoke the honest truth.

The implication was clear: did he really think a company selling electronic trash like Ni Cai could profit forever?

When it came to knockoffs, Ni Cai was a king among kings.

Judging by looks alone, you could barely tell a Ni Cai from an Apple.

He had built his business on plagiarism, copying everyone from Mountain Star to Apple. Lu Hongbo had spared no one.

In Ni Cai’s factory stores, you could find a 399 yuan knockoff ’iPhone 4S’ and a 499 yuan substitute for the Mountain Star Galaxy.

”Tell me, should we make a knockoff version of the Qingcheng D2?” Lu Hongbo asked again.

He had been thinking about it alone for a long time, and this was one of the plans he had come up with.

”Cloud Speed Express has over a hundred thousand employees nationwide. Liao Wei comes from the traditional freight industry. I think it’s best not to provoke Senlian Capital,”

Yang Rui said patiently.

His subtext was, ’Boss, when it comes to playing dirty and using underhanded tactics, you’re probably no match for Liao Wei.’

”Can’t do this, can’t do that. So according to you, Ni Cai should just wait to die?” Lu Hongbo retorted irritably.

”President Lu, I’ve studied Chen Yansen’s strategic direction. If you use the 6,000-plus factory stores as a bargaining chip, I don’t think he would refuse a proposal for cooperation from Ni Cai. Chen Yansen is willing to accept outsiders like 360 and NetEase. As long as you’re willing to take a step forward, Ni Cai can board the great ship that is Senlian Capital.”

Yang Rui showed Lu Hongbo a clear path forward.

”You want me to ride Chen Yansen’s coattails?” Lu Hongbo craned his neck and asked in disbelief.

”Lei Yijun, Zhou Hongyi, and Ding Lei are also riding his coattails.”

Yang Rui replied with a smile, while thinking to himself, ’Aren’t all three of them more capable than you? They can swallow their pride, but you can’t?’

Lu Hongbo scratched the short hair on his forehead. After a long moment of contemplation, he said to Yang Rui, ”Find a way to get me an invitation to the Mobile Internet Conference.”

”No problem.” Yang Rui couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

It was good that Lu Hongbo was willing to listen to advice. If he had remained stubborn, Yang Rui would have rather taken his resources and defected to Chen Yansen himself.

Outside the window, it was pitch black and silent.

「A few hours later, as dawn broke over the Yanjing Conference Center.」

A steady stream of luxury cars drove in. Compared to the Hua Country Internet Conference, although the Mobile Internet Conference had a strong name, very few top-tier entrepreneurs participated.

The only companies that could add some luster to the event were Penguin, Senlian Capital, Xiaomi, UC, and One Fund. In addition, car manufacturers like BMW and Ford were also invited.

Therefore, even though Ni Cai had a bad reputation, it was ultimately a second-tier manufacturer in the mobile phone industry.

When Lu Hongbo wanted to come, the conference organizers didn’t hesitate and immediately sent him an invitation.

Chen Yansen was sitting in an all-black Maybach 62S. Before he even got out of the car, he saw Ma Wenteng surrounded by a throng of reporters, with two security guards struggling to protect Little Ma in the center.

”Chen Yansen of Senlian Capital is here!”

The words had barely left the speaker’s mouth when camera flashes lit up.

In an instant, it was as bright as day.

A group immediately split off from the media crowd and swarmed the car.

Seeing this, four security guards rushed out of the Mercedes MPV behind them and kept the reporters two meters away.

Chen Yansen took the opportunity to get out of the car and walk toward the conference hall.

”President Chen, the first-generation Redmi sold 476,000 units yesterday. Are you worried about the sales of the Qingcheng D2?”

’Worried my ass. For every Redmi 1 sold, I make more money than Xiaomi does.’

”President Chen, Da Kele has announced its entry into the hundred-yuan phone market. How will Orange Technology respond?”

’Da Kele?’

’What the hell is that!’