Chapter 1620: Contentment Is the Key to Happiness

"Wow, this guy really didn't say anything," Mr. Cai said, looking at Lao Ma's cell phone that suddenly rang when he placed it on the table.

"Yiping, are you still basking in the sun at the beach?" Seeing the caller ID, Lao Ma quickly picked up the call.

"Just came back," Feng Yiping stood in front of the window, looking at the Huangpu River outside the window.

With Zhang Yan, he was also helpless. They both knew each other's thoughts, but it was really difficult to achieve a real breakthrough in this relationship.

But for him, spending two days with Zhang Yan, eating together, watching TV, chatting... These were the most normal days in his memory, which were the best way to relax him now.

During those two days there, not only did he often fall asleep during the day, but he could also fall asleep before 10 o'clock at night.

"I want to thank you for your enthusiasm. I saw the report of your study team, saying that they have benefited a lot. They said they are more confident to do their work better,"

Since Lao Ma issued the invitation, Jiasheng Mall was not polite and sent a team of 20 people to Alibaba for a week of study.

Feng Yiping's statement made Lao Ma shine, "During the exchanges with them, our employees also learned a lot of useful nutrients. It can be said that they promote and improve each other. It can't be called help. Saying thank you or anything like that would be too intrusive."

"Well, I won't talk to you either. I just want to ask how your preparations are going. Is there anything we need to do here?" Feng Yiping said.

He also immediately knew the result of Zhang Bixing's meeting with those families, so he felt a little guilty towards Lao Ma.

Jiasheng Mall has actually taken advantage of him. Jiasheng Payment will naturally have to compete with Alipay. He is very clear about the express network currently being built. This is another one of Lao Ma's key tasks after more than ten years. If this thing is implemented at a better time, it will be equivalent to robbing him of another big project.

In addition, there was a verbal agreement to merge the two companies, so his mood at this meeting was really complicated, and he really wanted to provide Lao Ma with some help as much as he could.

"It's true. We also hope to allow some merchants on our platform to settle in your transshipment centers, but those transshipment centers should be full now,"

If some merchants on their platform can prepare goods in some Jiaqiang transshipment centers in advance and pre-set some inventory in some key cities, their logistics efficiency will naturally be greatly improved.

"Well, I can still get them to adjust and free up some space," Feng Yiping said after thinking for a while.

This method is still conceivable. In addition to squeezing, you can also build some new simple steel structure houses in those open spaces. In this regard, Jiasheng Metal Products Factory already has very mature products. Just pull a few trucks and build them. Anyway, the promotion only lasts for half a month. After the promotion period, merchants naturally don’t need to stock up on a large scale in the transshipment center.

"Thank you then. We really need this." Lao Ma didn't expect that he would readily agree to it just by mentioning it casually.

"Thank you for what, just like what you said, saying thank you is too superficial," Feng Yiping said.

"Haha, I hope that in the next promotion, this transfer center will be built bigger and bigger, and more and more will be built," Lao Ma said.

"Don't ask me about this. If everything goes well, you will be responsible for this in the future."

If the two companies can successfully merge, according to Feng Yiping's idea, this matter will naturally be handed over to a team led by Lao Ma. After all, he has done a good job and is guaranteed to do so.

"Speaking of this, I have been in contact with SoftBank recently. Their opinion is that it is not impossible to cash out previous investments, but according to Son Masayoshi, he seems to be very interested in your projects in the United States. Interested," Lao Ma said.

"Yes, there are many interested institutions in the United States, but except for Tesla, we have not yet agreed to an institution investing in our other projects,"

Masayoshi Son’s calculations are really accurate. In addition to Tesla, several other projects in the United States not only have huge potential, but also have very good profitability. Comprehensive comparison, compared with China’s e-commerce companies, which are still mainly burning money. It should be high and worthy of investment.

"So you tell them that our attitude is that we will not accept his agreement with preconditions,"

Feng Yiping is really not the same as Masayoshi Son and his SoftBank.

SoftBank's usual method of persuading entrepreneurs is actually very rogue: I'm interested in your project and want to invest. If you don't accept it, fine, I'll support another company to fight against you.

Why is Feng Yiping still afraid of this now? If Sun Zhengyi dares to confront him, he will dare to confront him even more.

My financial situation is better than yours. As for investing in companies and projects, let alone Masayoshi Son, even the famous Warren Buffett cannot compare to Feng Yiping. Even the founders of some projects are not as clear-minded as Feng Yiping. the development potential of their projects.

"We hope to maintain a good cooperative relationship with SoftBank. Of course, this mainly depends on SoftBank's attitude," Feng Yiping said with full domineering force.

It seems that if SoftBank has a bad attitude, it will cause trouble for itself.

"Okay, I will definitely convey your statement to them," saying this was also a very encouraging thing for Lao Ma.

After hanging up the phone, he thought for a while, cleared the original things on the table, and put a large map of China on it. "For a change, look at Lao Cai, what do you think if we are responsible for this transshipment center project?" , where do we need to set up points?”

Although he took the initiative to propose the merger of the two companies, he was also the one with the most ideas.

Just as Lu Su and Sun Quan analyzed, after the merger with Jiasheng Mall, other executives of Alibaba would even be treated better than now, but he alone would not be treated better than now.

He is now the founder and major shareholder of Alibaba, and is the natural person in charge of Alibaba. After the merger, he can only be the project leader of Jiasheng.

Besides, everyone knows how dazzling Feng Yiping is. It is conceivable that following him will definitely not attract more attention.

But there is no doubt that the merger with Jiasheng, no matter from which aspect, is very helpful to the realization of his dream.

In this regard, Lao Ma is better than the original Hastings. He is still very principled and mainly considers his own dreams. Besides, Feng Yiping also promised him the decision-making power in the future. In addition, he likes to be a hands-off boss, so he can actually be very independent.

When he stopped entangled with this issue and began to seriously think about the development of the merged company, he felt that he was much more relaxed.

This may be contentment?

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Contentment is the key to happiness. At this time in Wuli'ao, Feng Yiping's second uncle, Mei Guoping, who was originally a stonemason and later in charge of the town's brick factory that had moved to the suburbs, was looking at the four-story building in front of him, where wiring and computer debugging were being carried out, and his joy was beyond words.

This is an Internet cafe equipped with 300 computers. For this, he invested most of his family assets in it.

Naturally, before deciding to open an Internet cafe, he must have asked his nephew. After all, it doesn't cost money to consult his nephew, right?

Feng Yiping affirmed his suggestion this time.

There are more and more young people in the town, both local and foreign. At this time, not everyone is willing to buy a computer, and not everyone lives in a place suitable for broadband. The business of Internet cafes can still be done for a few years.

But he also emphasized two points. The first is safety.

In recent years, with the rapid rise of Internet cafes, many safety issues have occurred, especially fires. The representative cases have killed dozens of people.

Mei Guoping also made great efforts to address the problem emphasized by his nephew. He commissioned Jiasheng Design Studio to design this building based on actual conditions.

In addition to the windows on the first floor, there are four doors, one on each side, which can be opened from both inside and outside.

Above the second floor, each floor has a corridor with stairs leading directly to the ground. In case of a fire, people in the Internet cafe can quickly evacuate to the corridor through the doors on both sides, and then go down to the ground through the stairs.

That's not all. Considering the terrain, a small bridge is built on each floor from the second floor, directly connected to the mountain next to it...

In his words, "Even if your own children are surfing the Internet here, there is no need to worry about fire."

Of course, the second point Feng Yiping mentioned is those underage naughty children, such as those guys from elementary school to high school in the town, who skip classes to surf the Internet, or climb over the wall after the lights are turned off to stay up late to surf the Internet...

Mei Guoping, who was jealous of his sister's noodle shop business when he arrived in the provincial capital before, has changed a lot over the years.

Even though his investment in the Internet cafe has increased a lot due to these measures, and the business will be affected, he still strictly implements the requirements of his nephew.

The Mei family is not only living a good life now, but also very respected. They all know that this respect is actually for the sake of the nephew, so they, the close relatives, should be especially careful not to bring shame to the nephew.

"Thank you for your hard work," he greeted those busy people happily, "The time at noon is too tight, and we must let everyone eat and drink well in the evening. The restaurant is being prepared."

If you open an Internet cafe, it is naturally best to have a restaurant. He knows from his sister's noodle shop that this food business has high profits.

Moreover, his restaurant has a barbecue stall outside, which can not only attract people to eat supper, but also attract business for the Internet cafe. Who told him that the mountain he bought is large!

"Sister, brother, you are here," he shouted loudly at Feng Zhenchang and Mei Qiuping who were getting off the car.

"Look at your business," Mei Qiuping said with a smile.

"Yes, I have my own business too, come and see," the eldest and the third have a noodle factory that is growing bigger and bigger, the fourth is the most promising, he became the vice president of his nephew's company early, and I have been in charge of the brick factory for many years, and now I finally have my own business.

He is very confident that with all the settings here, especially his identity, the business will definitely be good.

"Everything is ready, it will open in two days, just one day before Yiping's mall goes online,"