Stronger by Paying Salaries and I Have 1 Billion Employees

”Yes, Boss.” Meng Yun put down her chopsticks and bowl, immediately getting up to leave.

Old Gao immediately understood. Without a word, he made his way toward Yang Rui.

His boss wanted to poach someone, so of course, he had to hand him the shovel.

Song Yuncheng also saw what Chen Yansen was planning. After a moment’s thought, she asked curiously, ”If Lu Hongbo had agreed just now, would you have bought Ni Cai?”

”Do you think acquiring Ni Cai’s channels, brand, and production lines for five hundred million is worth it?” Chen Yansen didn’t answer directly, asking a question in return.

”It’s a reasonable price. You could take it or leave it. But from the perspective of penetrating third and fourth-tier cities and rural markets to promote the Aurora Future OS, it has positive value.”

Song Yuncheng knew Chen Yansen was testing her, so she thought about it seriously for a moment before speaking slowly.

Chen Yansen smiled and gave a slight nod.

’What’s five hundred million to Orange Technology?’

’The potential return from saving time on expansion would be at least five billion.’

If Lu Hongbo dared to sell, he dared to buy.

But anything over five hundred million wasn’t worth it to him.

After all, Ni Cai had neither R&D capabilities nor production strength.

Its products were imitations, and its production was almost entirely outsourced.

It might have a dozen or so production lines, but the equipment was old and the capacity was insufficient. They were basically worthless.

If it weren’t for those few thousand factory stores, Chen Yansen wouldn’t have even bothered with him.

Before long, Old Gao returned and discreetly made an ”OK” sign.

Chen Yansen stood up and left the banquet hall.

Song Yuncheng and Meng Yun remained where they were.

Outside the banquet hall, he and Old Gao met in front of the conference room. They had been sitting for less than two minutes when Yang Rui trotted in, pulling the frosted glass door shut behind him.

”Hello, President Chen.” Yang Rui leaned forward slightly in a polite greeting.

”President Yang, please have a seat. I heard from Old Gao that you single-handedly built Ni Cai’s channel network. It seems President Ding let an exceptional talent slip away,” Chen Yansen said with a smile, bringing up Ding Lei to tease him.

”President Ding is a good boss, too. But I’m a bit greedy and wanted to make more money, which is why I jumped ship to Ni Cai,” Yang Rui explained quickly, full of praise for Ding Lei.

As for his true thoughts, no one could guess.

Badmouthing a former company or a former boss is a major workplace taboo. As a veteran of the corporate world, Yang Rui naturally knew the score.

”Orange Technology needs a head of offline channels who will report directly to CFO Zhou Shouzhi. The core task is to expand the coverage of our directly-operated stores. Is President Yang interested?” Chen Yansen got straight to the point.

Zhou Shouzhi held multiple roles and had taken less than ten days off since joining Orange Technology.

Lao Zhou was working too hard. Chen Yansen was worried he might actually work himself to death, so finding him a reliable subordinate would also help share some of the load.

”President Chen, President Lu holds me in high regard,” Yang Rui said with an awkward smile, playing hard to get.

”Whatever salary Lu Hongbo is giving you, I’ll add 20%. Plus, Orange Technology offers a minimum of 16 months’ salary and a maximum of 24, along with 100,000 stock options,” Chen Yansen stated nonchalantly.

He had been an employee and worked for others before, so he knew how to recruit top talent.

Use monthly salary and quarterly bonuses to guarantee short-term earnings, and use stock options to secure an employee’s long-term gains.

A two-pronged approach!

And if that didn’t work, he’d just add more money!

Yang Rui opened his mouth, instinctively wanting to negotiate, but then he had a second thought. This was the founder of Senlian Capital, not some HR director from Orange Technology.

It was okay to be greedy, but not excessively so.

Besides, Orange Technology also had a housing subsidy equivalent to 20% of the monthly salary. So while the base pay was only increasing by 20%, it was actually a 40% raise in practice.

After a moment of thought, he nodded and replied, ”Boss, give me half a month. I’ll get on board as soon as possible.”

”The detailed addresses of the Ni Cai Factory Stores...” Chen Yansen trailed off, leaving his sentence unfinished.

”I understand. Just give me an address. I’ll take care of it within three days.”