Chapter 61: Forming a Business Closed Loop
Chapter 61: Chapter 61: Forming a Business Closed Loop
With Li Guoqiang’s words, Cha Lan’s estimation of Chen Xiao’s influence skyrocketed.
After all, for Li Guoqiang to risk offending his superiors to give him the deal—that wasn’t something an ordinary connection could achieve.
Of course, he also knew that Li Guoqiang’s so-called "offending his superiors" probably wasn’t that serious. It was nothing that couldn’t be smoothed over through other channels.
But even so, Chen Xiao’s influence on him was terrifyingly immense. He was now starting to wonder about Chen Xiao’s background.
Many companies’ sales teams liked to recruit people with connections, who could easily land deals using their parents’ resources. He wondered if Chen Xiao was that type of person.
But it wasn’t a question he could ask directly. All he knew was that cozying up to Chen Xiao was the right move. Setting aside long-term prospects, the annual business volume from Inspection Equipment alone was substantial, not to mention the major water conservancy project they had just discussed.
’I’ll have to toast them properly in a bit. I, Cha, am not an ungrateful person. In the future, if you need me to provide people or effort, I won’t hesitate for a second!’
At dinner, Chen Xiao unceremoniously took the seat of honor and invited Li Guoqiang and Cha Lan to sit on either side of him.
This was not the posture of an ordinary salesperson hosting a dinner; he had no intention of offering the seat of honor to either of the general managers.
It was a display of attitude, of confidence, and both Li Guoqiang and Cha Lan accepted it as a matter of course.
Yang Ming took on the role of a waiter, handling all the tasks of opening and pouring the wine by himself.
Then, Chen Xiao got down to business, briefly explaining his recent collaboration with Zhi Fei Aerospace and Jiangzhou Design Institute to venture into water conservancy system engineering.
Li Guoqiang said, "President Chen, President Cha, we’re general contractors. We don’t have much technical expertise, so we rely on connections to bring in business. In the future, a partnership between our companies could be a very organic and complementary fit!"
The vision Chen Xiao described wouldn’t just greatly expand the business horizons for Dr. Feng’s Robot, Jiangzhou Design Institute, and Zhi Fei Aerospace.
At the same time, Li Guoqiang could also leverage the resources of these other parties to expand his own business, and he already had cooperative projects in the water conservancy sector.
"Previously in the water conservancy sector, we had to rely on Nantong, hoping they’d let a few scraps fall from their table. We could only take on low-profit projects. The real juicy contracts were all devoured by Nantong!"
This was only normal. Without mastering core technology, relying on connections meant getting dragged into price wars, which inevitably led to low profits.
Only by mastering leading-edge technology could one gain pricing power and reap handsome profits.
This was precisely why their companies could form an excellent, complementary alliance in the future.
Right now, Dr. Feng’s Robot and Zhi Fei Aerospace relied on him for orders. But in the future, once these companies gained an absolute technological advantage in a certain field, Inspection Equipment could in turn leverage their technical support to win bigger projects and larger orders.
This was Chen Xiao’s purpose in arranging today’s meeting: for the various parties to form a powerful alliance of mutual interest.
In the future, for Dr. Feng’s business, Chen Xiao would get a commission and reward bonuses.
By supporting Inspection Equipment in landing major projects, and then having those orders subcontracted to Dr. Feng or Zhi Fei Aerospace, Chen Xiao would get a commission and reward bonuses.
Meanwhile, as the three companies’ businesses continued to grow, Chen Xiao’s own business would expand, forming a perfect closed loop.
And as time went on and Chen Xiao’s Diligence Points increased, his future bonus income might even surpass the total business revenue of those companies.
’At that point, I can find ways to further support these companies’ growth. What kind of behemoths will this cycle create in the end?’
’And these three behemoths will, in turn, propel my own wealth to a terrifying new height.’
At the same time, another thought occurred to him. Zhao Xiangjun’s special reward fund now had 700 million in it. ’Could I use this money to invest in related companies, thereby influencing their order flow? Those orders could then further boost the business of my partner companies.’
’That would create another massive closed loop. The rate at which my wealth would increase would be astounding.’
’It feels like I’m exploiting a system bug, but it also seems to be something the system tacitly allows.’
’As a god-tier tycoon system, if I just relied on the daily basic stipend and the reward funds, I’d achieve financial freedom, sure, but I’d still be a long way from being a true tycoon.’
’So, are these grand closed loops I’m envisioning what the system is actually encouraging?’
’It’s worth a try. I’ll start by using Zhao Xiangjun’s special fund to establish a capital management firm. But Zhao Xiangjun definitely doesn’t have the skills to run it. I’ll need to find a capable and reliable professional manager.’
He wouldn’t force Zhao Xiangjun to have lofty personal ambitions. He just hoped she could live the life she wanted for herself; that was enough.
Therefore, he wouldn’t push her to go study or learn management.
Of course, if she were interested, he would support her with all his might. It wouldn’t even matter if her current Diligence Points were reset to zero.
Zhao Xiangjun had no idea that while she was chatting with her parents, Chen Xiao was already setting up a massive capital management firm in her name.
She had never been someone who pursued a career or wealth, yet both were now falling from the sky and landing squarely on her head. It was, admittedly, highly dramatic.
Mr. and Mrs. Zhao were asking her about Chen Xiao’s situation, and she answered their questions one by one.
When they learned that Chen Xiao came from an ordinary working-class family and had earned all this wealth himself, they were even more astonished.
After all, they had heard from Zhao Xiangjun that Chen Xiao was only 26. To be able to buy such a luxurious mansion in Jiangzhou at 26—wasn’t he the very picture of a protagonist from a wish-fulfillment novel?
And that was without Zhao Xiangjun even mentioning the 10% stake in Yino Holdings. She wasn’t the type to show off.
’It’s a good thing I didn’t,’ she thought. ’If I had, I don’t know if my parents would have had a stroke from the shock!’
Later, when they found out Chen Xiao worked as a salesman, they all just looked at each other, speechless. Since when did salesmen earn so much money?
Zhao Hui had originally assumed Chen Xiao was some rich second-generation heir, or that he was currently running some huge project to have earned so much.
The moment he heard Chen Xiao was a salesman, he thought, ’Hey, Sis, I can do that too!’
He immediately asked Zhao Xiangjun to inquire if she could get him an introduction to work as a salesman at that company.
Although Zhao Xiangjun looked down on her brother’s character and his attitude toward their parents, blood is thicker than water. She still hoped he could turn over a new leaf and become a person with proper values and positive energy.
Hearing this, she said, "If you really want to work hard, I can ask around and recommend you for a position that suits you. But forget about being a salesman. That’s not for you. That job depends on landing orders to make a living."
When he learned that the base salary at Dr. Feng’s Robot was only 4,000 yuan, Zhao Hui deflated like a punctured balloon. He couldn’t do that!
The reason Zhao Xiangjun had offered to help him find a job was that she knew the logistics department of the Yinuo Jiangzhou Branch was hiring. If her brother wanted to work, she could recommend him for it. The logistics department was all manual labor with no technical skill required; Zhao Hui could definitely handle it.
As a shareholder of Yino, if her brother really managed to achieve something, it wouldn’t be out of the question for her to secretly give him a little boost.