What's wrong with me being a rich man?

Chapter 84 Setting Sail (5k)

On November 11, there was a light rain in Pengcheng and the temperature dropped slightly.

Yu Xing booked a flight back to Shanghai that day, and finally made up his mind to change from a hostel to a hotel, which was his last luxury before the return journey.

This is actually because the soundproofing of the hotel is too poor. When people are not asleep late at night, some noises from next door... If you listen to it, it's inappropriate, but if you don't listen to it, it will just enter your ears, and the result is that people toss and turn.

There was nothing left to do in Pengcheng. Yu Xing submitted his identity information and became a beneficiary of the trust together with Liu Wanying. They also signed a number of targeted clauses to control the shell company.

To be honest, as they were both beneficiaries, he really had the illusion that their relationship was more stable than a romantic relationship.

Yu Xing originally wanted to visit Hong Kong, but because he did not have a Hong Kong and Macau Pass, he could only sigh in despair.

At seven o'clock in the evening, he tentatively sent a text message to Liu Qiangdong, once again expressing his optimism about the future of JD.com, but received no response.

After a while, Yu Xing turned on the TV and called his old father to inform him of his work changes.

"What? Fired?" Yu Guosheng knew about the three-month period and that it was just a formality, but he was still surprised that it ended early.

Yu Xing said calmly: "It's okay, the salary will be paid as usual. I bought gifts for you two today before I went back."

"Oh, and I'm getting paid. That's fine." Yu Guosheng turned his attention to the gift. "Did you buy me cigarettes in Pengcheng? What kind of cigarettes do you smoke there?"

"I saw that they were smoking 'Good Days' here, but I didn't buy any. I usually buy 'Furong King'." Yu Xing answered the question, "I didn't buy you any cigarettes. My mother called me a few days ago and said that she would work with me to help you quit smoking. I bought you the 'Pengcheng Evening News'. There happened to be an issue today that talked about the development spirit of Pengcheng. I thought it would be a good idea to bring it back for you as a souvenir."

Yu Guosheng praised: "This is good. There are not many special products in a city like Pengcheng. It is quite meaningful to bring a newspaper."

At this point he habitually asked, "So what did you bring for your mother?"

Yu Xing replied: "I bought her a gold chain."

Yu Guosheng: “…”

Silence, silence is the golden chain of tonight.

"Hello, hello, is the signal bad?" Yu Xing was a little confused, "Dad, Dad, please say something."

Yu Guosheng took a long breath and questioned, "Do you treat your father and mother differently?"

"You're a public official, how can I buy you a big gold chain?" Yu Xing said with a smile, "Besides, in my heart, my dad has never been a materialistic person."

Yu Guosheng emphasized: "This can be material!"

"No, I can't objectify my dad!" Yu Xing insisted on his principle, "I want to bring the spring breeze from Pengcheng to my old father in the Agricultural Machinery Bureau in my hometown."

Yu Guosheng was silent for a while: "Don't be too materialistic. Just bring a pack of cigarettes, just one, can't you just bring one?"

Yu Xing agreed anyway: "Okay, I'll buy one and put it in my bag tomorrow."

Seeing his son agreed so readily, Yu Guosheng guessed and asked, "How much did you buy the chain for your mother?"

"Don't ask anymore. You're easily irritated." Yu Xing persuaded his father.

Yu Guosheng hesitated for a few seconds and ended the call silently. He consoled himself in his heart that at least he got a cigarette, not to mention the spirit from the Special Administrative Region.

Yu Xing had just put down his phone happily when Liu Qiangdong, who had not replied to the text message before, called him directly.

"I heard that you went to Zhenai.com?" Liu Qiangdong's words surprised Yu Xing.

"How does Mr. Liu know this?" Yu Xing was very surprised, as he was just a nobody.

"I met with Xu Xin, an investor of JD.com, last week. I talked to her about the different stages of the Internet, and she agreed with it." Liu Qiangdong directly explained the whole story. "I said this was a speech given by a medical student at an Internet conference, but he made a very strange Guiai.com. As a result, she said that her husband bought your company and you stayed there too."

Yu Xing smiled and said, "Yes, I was on Zhenai.com before, but I just left a few days ago."

This time it was Liu Qiangdong who was a little surprised: "He's gone again now?"

"Well, I have assembled a small team to build a website about the workplace," Yu Xing said openly. "Once the website is complete, we welcome JD employees to join us."

Liu Qiangdong said with regret: "I think your judgment on the Internet is very insightful. E-commerce has great prospects."

Yu Xing still declined, saying, "We have already contacted angel investors. If I can make a name for myself, I hope Mr. Liu can recommend me to more investors."

"No problem, as long as your website is valuable." Liu Qiangdong said with a smile, "As long as the product is valuable, investors will make up their minds."

Yu Xing heard the underlying meaning: "It seems that we should congratulate JD.com for overcoming the difficulties. Mr. Liu, to be honest, when I sold the company this time, I was most worried about my brothers in the company. I was relieved when I received Zhenai.com's promise to treat me well."

Although I can’t remember the names of some of the brothers, this is what happened.

He added: "Mr. Liu, I am also a JD user, but when I use JD and Taobao now, I always feel that your payment is too flawed. JD must develop its own payment system."

Yu Xing really used JD.com, but with his mature perspective, he later realized that JD.com now doesn’t even have its own payment system. Online payment mainly supports third parties such as online banking and Alipay, which is particularly strange and awkward.

Liu Qiangdong said disapprovingly: "Payment is useless. You know that we at JD.com support cash on delivery, right? This is what builds trust between us and our users. This is our biggest profit. Do you know what percentage this accounts for?"

"80%." Yu Xing replied.

Liu Qiangdong was stunned. His guess was so accurate.

Yu Xing was not making a random guess. In fact, the comment that JD.com was late in entering the payment industry came from Liu Qiangdong himself. He later listed this as the biggest mistake he had made in his eleven years at JD.com.

Liu Qiangdong swallowed what he wanted to say, calmed down, and discussed seriously: "Many of the things we sell are relatively expensive, which naturally makes customers worry. I think online banking quick payment, 99Bill, Tenpay, Alipay and other things are enough."

Yu Xing is happy to mix up these giants with future giants. He gave his own thoughts: "Mr. Liu, from the perspective of competition, Taobao has now launched Taobao Mall, and its goal is B2C. It wants to unify the domestic e-commerce market. You are still using your competitor's interface. If Taobao Mall makes efforts and the payment channel offers subsidies and discounts, it may divert users."

"From an industry perspective, online payment and even mobile payment will inevitably develop faster and faster. Payment is not only a tool, but also an account system."

"From the perspective of the importance attached by their competitors, Alibaba is developing Alipay and Penguin is developing Tenpay. Do you think those two are easy to deal with?"

"Mr. Liu, I'm not advising you to do it tomorrow, but you need to try it as soon as you have a little spare energy."

Yu Xing spoke eloquently, hoping that the competition among these people could be more intense.

Liu Qiangdong thought for a while, and without looking down on the college student entrepreneur on the other end of the phone, he said: "I will discuss this matter. I really don't have the energy to do so now, but what you said does make sense. Let me think about it. I need to think about it again."

"Oh, yes, Mr. Liu, I have something I want to ask you. It's related to my current career website." Yu Xing asked, "Has JD.com's management trainee program been frozen this year?"

When Liu Qiangdong heard this, he smiled and said, "Mr. Yu, you are indeed very concerned about JD.com. The situation this year is very difficult and it has narrowed."

"I am now working on this area of ​​information. Moreover, I am more concerned about the employment of college students and hope to bring them more accurate information." Yu Xing said seriously, "Mr. Liu, since JD.com is about to ease its financial pressure, how much money can be spent on college student management training? I really think your plan is very good."

Liu Qiangdong was quite happy to be recognized by the outside world.

JD.com’s management trainee program was only started last year. The first thing it did after receiving US$1000 million in financing was not to engage in logistics, but to launch a management training program with the intention of continuously cultivating talents for the company.

He paused for a moment and said, "Once this round of financing is finalized, the training scale will return. We only hired two people last year and originally planned to hire 2 people this year, but due to financial pressure, we are now planning to hire eight people."

JD internally calls the management trainee program the "Beijing Eagle Club" and attaches great importance to it.

"The Internet is developing too fast, and even the financial storm cannot stop it." Yu Xing said with a smile, "I just graduated from college, and the employees of my last project were all college students. Even the clients were basically on campus. I know how confused and anxious they were when they were about to step out of school. Mr. Liu, JD.com still insisted on training 20 talents after going through the crisis. This may not be a bad thing in the future."

Liu Qiangdong said: "You are... quite considerate of others. Would you like to come? Come and discuss the future of electronic payment together."

"If my project fails, I will go to JD.com." Yu Xing said with a smile, "Mr. Liu, let me ask you one more question. What is Xu Xin's working style?"

"She has great vision and courage. For example, I adopted her suggestions for the management trainee program," Liu Qiangdong said slowly. "But she has a tough style of doing things and likes to intervene in the companies she invests in."

Yu Xing was a little surprised: "Did she interfere with the operation of JD.com?"

"No." Liu Qiangdong said this with a little complacency, "She is very tough, but I am tougher. If you really want to get more financing, I will give you a small suggestion."

He paused for two seconds and gave advice: "Be careful with investors, they are all very cunning."

Yu Xing asked bluntly: "Including Xu Xin?"

Liu Qiangdong smiled but did not answer.

But the answer is also obvious.

Yu Xing briefly outlined the image of an investor, and finally asked: "Mr. Liu, can I announce the news of your management trainee? It just happened to be used when I was building the website. I will talk about the bright prospects of JD.com and the pressures in the past." Liu Qiangdong smiled and said, "Can we talk about this?"

"Soldiers' scars are all medals," said Yu Xing. "It's not embarrassing for JD.com to face pressure. After it's over, looking back, it's worth everyone's attention. Maybe it can attract more talents."

Liu Qiangdong didn't care about this and agreed: "Okay."

"The last thing, Mr. Liu, do you have Mr. Ma's phone number? I want to see if I can get some information about their campus recruitment." Yu Xing did not hide his thoughts.

Liu Qiangdong thought for a moment and asked: "Which Mr. Ma?"

"Any one is fine, having both is the best." Yu Xing was slightly happy.

"I'll send it to you later." Liu Qiangdong finally said, "If the project fails, come to me."

Yu Xing said with a smile: "I will definitely go if it fails, but please introduce me to some investors!"

The call with the future boss is over.

Yu Xing put down his phone and carefully wrote down the relevant information he got from the phone call. In addition to criticizing Internet dating companies to attract traffic, he also planned to provide valuable information about the campus recruitment situation of major companies.

The situation this year is rather special. The financial crisis has caused many companies to lay off employees, and campus recruitment and internships, which are closely related to college students, have also been affected.

Yu Xing is quite familiar with the campus field, and this time he still does not intend to miss the value here. He is willing to act as an information medium between the campus and the company, which can be regarded as implementing vertical segmentation to the end.

After he put down his pen, he reviewed his communication with Liu Qiangdong, then picked up the pen and wrote a few words on the notebook.

——The limitations of the big guys.

The bosses are definitely very strong, with sharp vision, means and decisive judgment, but they also abide by the limitations of the times. For example, Liu Qiangdong now believes that payment does not have much value.

Yu Xing felt that in addition to disrupting the situation, he should be able to find greater profit margins by taking advantage of the boss's limitations at this time.

He drew several circles with a pen and fell into deep thought.

A moment later, the phone received a message from Liu Qiangdong, which contained the Ma numbers of Alibaba and Penguin.

Yu Xing created a new business card in the address book and thought of the famous six degrees of separation theory: "The number of people between you and any stranger will not exceed six, that is, you can get to know any stranger through at most six people."

So, how to obtain information about major companies after the financial crisis?

Six degrees of separation, mobilize everyone who can be mobilized.

We must not turn a blind eye to the anxiety of our junior classmates!
This kind of uneasiness is one of the driving forces for Bai Xiaosheng’s development!

Yu Xing still has the customer information of previous graduates of Guiai.com. He had originally planned to exchange roses for them after he became rich. But now, they should all have joined various companies.

Customer return visit!

Customer help!

……

On November 11, Yu Xing returned to Shanghai by plane.

This time, he did not take a bus at the airport, but was picked up by Song Yufeng, chairman of Bai Xiaosheng.

"Where did the car come from?" Yu Xing was very curious.

Song Yufeng smiled and said, "It's for the employees."

Yu Xing was amazed: "Okay, you guys are doing well here."

He went to Pengcheng, and the work at Bai Xiaosheng's side was handled by Song Yufeng and the other two, including renting an office, renting a house, recruiting, internal testing... and it was done quite well.

"It's all thanks to your good guidance, Brother Xing. I am now more and more confident about the future of the website." Song Yufeng said sincerely.

Yu Xing nodded: "Well, otherwise, you wouldn't call your girlfriend over."

Song Yufeng smiled and briefly talked about the progress of his relationship.

Yu Xing was quite impressed after hearing this. My goodness, they were all in pairs, but he was the only one up there alone. This didn't make sense at all.

The two chatted all the way, and when the car gradually approached Bai Xiaosheng's headquarters, the scenery outside made Yu Xing become a little silent.

"Brother Xing, we asked a lot of office buildings." Song Yufeng had his own value in the company, so he naturally paid special attention to his boss's expression. "The first place we asked was the HSBC Building in Pudong. Guess how much a 200-square-meter office there would cost?"

Yu Xing pondered and said, "It must be 6, 7 or 8?"

Song Yufeng replied: "10!"

Yu Xing shook his head: "I really can't afford it."

"Lü Haiying, Zhong Zhiling and I also wanted to see the world. The HSBC Building charges 16 yuan per square meter per day, and the price has dropped after the financial crisis." Song Yufeng said with a smile, "Then, we asked Century Commercial, and they also charge 10 yuan a month."

"Well, the one in Plaza 7 costs 5."

"The Bank of China wants 7, and the Ciro's Plaza wants 6..."

"We asked around and finally chose Shuohe International in Yangpu, which pays 1 yuan a month."

As Song Yufeng continued to talk, the car slowed down slowly. They had arrived at their destination.

Bai Xiaosheng’s headquarters is on the 6th floor of Shuohe International in Yangpu, Shanghai.

Shuohe International has a total of 7 floors. It is called "international" and an office building, but in fact the front and back are residential areas. It is a commercial complex built by the developer.

Yu Xing got off the car and what caught his eye was a small supermarket on the first floor of the office building. Grilled sausages were placed at the door. Turning his head, he saw quilts and clothes drying outside the windows of the residential building across the street.

He was standing at the gate of the community at the moment. The ground two steps away was already full of potholes. Further away on the roadside there was an old tree with no leaves on its listless branches.

Yu Xing looked up at the company on the sixth floor and discovered that from this height he could see the electric wires on the roadside as long as he opened the window.

"hiss……"

Yu Xing stood downstairs, and he had only one feeling in his heart: spicy! spicy!
"Brother Xing, the house we rented is right in the community, so it's very convenient for commuting to get off work every day." Song Yufeng parked the car and came over to introduce it. "There are fruit shops, vegetable markets, spicy hot pot, steamed dumplings, and a Hualian supermarket nearby. Life is very convenient."

Yu Xing felt that he had committed the sin of raising expectations.

He smiled and said, "Not bad, the twelve thousand is worth it."

After all, this place is jokingly called the Siberia of Shanghai.

"How far is it from here to the financial center?" Yu Xing asked.

"Uh, about 12 kilometers." Song Yufeng estimated.

Yu Xing lifted his spirits: "It used to be 42 kilometers from Songjiang University Town to the financial center, but now it has been shortened to 12 kilometers in more than three months! This is a big improvement!"

Song Yufeng nodded repeatedly. It doesn’t matter whether it’s progress or not. It’s cheap here!

He had just taken two steps when he suddenly said, "Brother Xing, you should be more respectful to our company's accountant."

Yu Xing concentrated and asked, "Why? What company did he come from?"

Song Yufeng solemnly announced: "She is our landlord, and the house in the community is rented from her."

Yu Xing: “…”

He walked into the office building and sighed, "That should be treated with respect. Is it a bargain for us?"

"Of course it's cheaper. It can probably be considered a bundled sale." Song Yufeng described the previous situation.

Yu Xing pressed the elevator button for the sixth floor and walked into the new headquarters of the new project together with the chairman.

Bai Xiaosheng welcomed the actual controller, which also marked the signal for departure.

(End of this chapter)