You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 500

Qin Shaoyan's previous trips were all very high-profile, with him bringing his team, being received by the government, and being followed by reporters.

But when they arrived in Yizhou, the situation was completely different. The entire team was very low-key, there was no news, and they came quietly.

Zhang Wanli came to greet them personally with his driver and secretary, then sent them to the hotel to settle them down, and then took them to the restaurant for a welcoming banquet.

In the hotel box, Zhang Wanli raised his glass with an apologetic look, "Our conditions are limited, and our hospitality is not good enough. Please bear with us, bosses."

Liu Qiangdong quickly raised his glass and said, "What are you talking about, Secretary Zhang? We are honored to have Secretary Zhang personally receive us."

After saying this, he drank the wine in the glass generously, then attentively poured wine for Zhang Wanli while saying polite words.

Qin Shaoyan was stunned. Looking at this, if someone didn't know, they would think that Liu Qiangdong and Brother Zhang were quite familiar with each other.

Liu Qiangdong and Zhang Pingyi were both experts at livening up the atmosphere at the table. After a few drinks, the atmosphere became lively and Zhang Wanli's expression became much more casual.

"I've studied your plan, but I still have some questions." Zhang Wanli was a little puzzled. "The first phase of your storage center in Yizhou is planned to be larger than the first phases in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. Isn't it a bit wasteful?"

"It's not a waste at all. We will have Phase II and Phase III in the future." Qin Shaoyan said casually, "We are optimistic about the economic development of Sichuan Province. This logistics and warehousing center will not only serve Sichuan Province, but also radiate to the southwest region."

This reason cannot be said to be wrong, but Zhang Wanli always feels that Qin Shaoyan's statement is a bit forced.

Sichuan Province is developing relatively well now, but its potential is definitely not as good as coastal areas such as the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta.

Moreover, areas such as the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta not only have developed economies, but also have fairly complete infrastructure, so it is naturally convenient to set up warehousing and logistics centers.

With the help of the developed road and railway network, logistics can quickly radiate to nearby provinces and cities.

However, due to the terrain and economic reasons, the road and railway network in the southwest region is relatively backward and far less developed than the Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta.

The warehousing and logistics center planned by Jingdong is now larger than the other two places, which is a bit strange.

"The land here is cheap, and you can buy more land with the same money, so it's normal to plan a bigger one." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "It saves the trouble of expanding it later."

"Brother Zhang, we have given full consideration when planning and making the plan. We did not just act rashly. Besides, it is not a waste to build this storage and logistics center. It has many uses."

Of course, the real reason could not be revealed, so Qin Shaoyan tried his best to make his plan seem reasonable.

"The site selection should be considered comprehensively. First of all, the geographical location and transportation network should be taken into consideration. We should consider the regional radiation capacity and give priority to areas close to core consumer markets, such as the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta, and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region." Qin Shaoyan said slowly, "These places are economically developed and have convenient transportation, so they are naturally the first choice."

"But from the perspective of strategic layout, these three regions are all located in the east. my country has a vast territory and great strategic depth, so we cannot give up the layout of the central and western regions."

"For example, Hubei Province is a thoroughfare connecting nine provinces, and one warehousing and logistics center can cover the central region."

"Then there are the southwest and northwest. Considering all aspects, Sichuan Province is the best choice for the logistics center of the southwest."

"We have a total of eight warehousing and logistics centers in our layout plan, and will also include Wuhan in the central region, Shenyang in the northeast, and Chang'an in the northwest."

Zhang Wanli nodded and understood what Qin Shaoyan meant. This warehousing and logistics center in Sichuan Province was already in the plan, but it was just put on the first batch of construction list in advance.

After some calculations, the eight major warehousing and logistics centers, each costing 1 billion, is almost a 10 billion plan.

"Secretary Zhang," Liu Qiangdong said expectantly, "In addition to considering the hardware measures such as economy and transportation, our warehousing and logistics center plan also relies on the support of various government policies. I wonder what Yizhou thinks about this."

"Of course we do." Zhang Wanli said slowly, "In terms of attracting investment, we do our best to support the companies that come to invest. In terms of policies, there are tax incentives, land subsidies, and logistics infrastructure support."

The support the government can provide is the basic ones such as three exemptions and three reductions, five connections and one leveling.

Qin Shaoyan listened to Zhang Wanli's words with a smile and added, "We also need to consider the factors of resisting natural disasters when choosing a site, such as mudslides and earthquakes."

"Ah, earthquake?" Liu Qiangdong was stunned for a moment, then reacted, "Boss Qin, what you said is true... Sichuan Province has not had any geological disasters for so many years. Besides, Yizhou is a place with good feng shui. I haven't heard of any disasters in thousands of years."

Zhang Wanli smiled and said, "There have indeed been many earthquakes in Sichuan Province in history, but most of them were in western Sichuan. Yizhou is still very safe in terms of geological conditions."

"That's good, that's good." Qin Shaoyan raised his glass with a smile, "I'm the one who ruined the fun. I'll drink a glass as a punishment."

After drinking, Qin Shaoyan suddenly said, "It's better to cover it tightly, so that I can feel at ease."

"Okay, okay, I'll do as you say." Liu Qiangdong quickly filled Qin Shaoyan's glass with wine, fearing that he would say something inappropriate again.

Everyone chatted happily afterwards, but Qin Shaoyan didn't say anything.

After the banquet, Zhang Wanli personally sent them to the door of the hotel where they were staying and shook hands with Qin Shaoyan and others one by one. "Have a good rest. See you tomorrow."

"Okay, okay, Secretary Zhang should also take more rest." Liu Qiangdong shook Zhang Wanli's hand enthusiastically, watched him get into the car and drove away, and finally said with emotion, "Secretary Zhang looks so young."

"He's only 32 years old and he's already a district official. He has a bright future ahead of him." Zhang Pingyi's tone was full of envy. "What's your rank now, Brother Zhang? He's a director or a deputy director. He's been promoted so quickly."

"That's nothing. There are people who are deputy directors at the age of 28. Brother Zhang is still slow." Qin Shaoyan said casually.

Liu Qiangdong turned around to go into the hotel but found Qin Shaoyan standing there motionless, so he called out, "Let's go, what are you still doing?"

"It's okay, let's go outside and get some fresh air to sober up." Qin Shaoyan squatted on the steps in front of the hotel, looking at the lights in the distance, "Look at this night view, it's so beautiful."

Liu Qiangdong also stopped walking when he heard this, and sat down on the steps as well, saying with emotion: "It's quite beautiful. I haven't watched the night view so quietly for a long time."

"I can't remember the last time I was so relaxed. A few years ago, I was still worried about a few hundred thousand dollars, but now I spend billions without blinking an eye."

Qin Shaoyan smiled and patted him, "In another ten years, you will feel the same way even if you spend tens of billions."

Liu Qiangdong glanced at Qin Shaoyan and said, "Then I'll borrow your good words."

After saying that, he turned around and found Zhang Pingyi holding a tortoise shell in his hand, muttering something with his eyes closed. So he approached him curiously and asked, "What are you doing?"

Zhang Pingyi shook the tortoise shell, and three yellow copper coins spilled out and landed on the ground.

Looking at the fallen copper coins, Zhang Pingyi widened his eyes and remained silent for a long time, as if he had seen something incredible. Then he reached out to pick up the copper coins, put them back into the tortoise shell and continued to shake it.

Liu Qiangdong watched Zhang Pingyi shake his head several times, and each time he remained silent, so he couldn't help but ask, "What on earth is this?"

"He must be calculating our fortune." Qin Shaoyan said jokingly, "Don't look at Zhang Tianshi's weird talk, he really has something."

"Oh no!" Zhang Pingyi suddenly slapped his thigh, "Oh no! This is bad!"

This sudden shock gave Liu Qiangdong a fright, and he was a little confused, "What's going to happen? Is there something wrong with our fortune this time?"

"No, no." Zhang Pingyi shook his head and looked up at the sky with an anxious look on his face. "Why can't I figure it out?"

Qin Shaoyan patted Zhang Pingyi on the shoulder and said, "Do your best and leave it to fate. It's useless to worry." After saying that, Qin Shaoyan stood up and said, "Let's go, let's go back to sleep."

Liu Qiangdong looked up at the dark sky, his face full of confusion, "What can I see?"

A few people walked into the hotel lobby and were about to get on the elevator when a group of young women with heavy makeup rushed in.

Liu Qiangdong was a little unhappy, "Why are these people so uncultured?"

"Let's wait for the next trip. There's no rush anyway." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile.

Zhang Pingyi was a little confused, "Are these women also guests of the hotel?"

Liu Qiangdong smiled and said, "Of course not, they provide special services to the tenants."

Zhang Pingyi was very surprised. "This kind of high-end hotel also has such a thing."

“Guests of high-end hotels also have needs.”

Qin Shaoyan turned his head and looked towards the lounge area in the hotel lobby, and found that there were also several beautiful women sitting there, frequently looking at the guests entering and leaving the hotel.

"See? Those guys are the same."

Zhang Pingyi stretched his neck to look over, "Huh? Really?"

"Of course, they were looking around furtively." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "Respectable customers wouldn't look at us like that. Hey, that's not right. Why are they staring at us?"

"Maybe they thought we would order them." Liu Qiangdong said jokingly.

Qin Shaoyan frowned and found that those women kept looking at him. When they realized that Qin Shaoyan was looking at them, they turned their heads away, which looked very strange.

"Stop for a moment." Qin Shaoyan thought for a moment and stopped the people who were about to get on the elevator, "Let's change hotels."

"Ah?" Liu Qiangdong was very surprised, "Why change hotels?"

"This hotel looks weird, with too many people and too many eyes. It's not safe." Qin Shaoyan said decisively, "Tell everyone else to check out."

Liu Qiangdong was a little confused, but seeing Qin Shaoyan's firm attitude, he had no choice but to nod and agree, "Then I'll go upstairs and get the luggage first."

"Ask your assistant to get one, why are you going up there?" Zhang Pingyi asked casually.

"Oh, these are all personal belongings. Besides, the room card is still with me. I'll pack up and come down soon." Liu Qiangdong walked into the elevator in a hurry.

Qin Shaoyan pulled Zhang Pingyi out of the hotel through the side door, then called the driver and bodyguard Hao Dashan and asked him to notify others to change hotels.

After a few minutes, no one came down yet. Qin Shaoyan felt a little strange. When they entered the hotel, they were taken to eat without even unpacking their luggage. Logically, they should have come down directly with their suitcases, so how come they were nowhere to be seen after such a long time?

Qin Shaoyan called again, and it took a long time for Hao Dashan to pick up the phone. Hearing a noisy voice coming from the phone, Hao Dashan said angrily: "Boss, is someone trying to scam me?"

"What do you mean by fraud?" Qin Shaoyan asked back with a frown.

"Just now when we were about to pack up and leave, a few women tried to break into Mr. Liu's room, but we stopped them. Then they started to make trouble for us, saying we had beaten them up." Hao Dashan was very depressed. "Now they are pestering us and won't let us leave."

Qin Shaoyan felt something was wrong when he heard this and immediately said, "Aren't the two reporters from the Xinzhong News Agency here? Ask them to turn on the camera and take photos to collect evidence. Where's Edward? If the police come later, ask him to come out."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw several police cars parked in front of the hotel. A group of policemen got out and rushed into the hotel.

Looking at the messy scene, Zhang Pingyi was stunned. "What's going on?"

Qin Shaoyan smiled faintly, then picked up the phone and called Zhang Wanli.

After briefly explaining the situation, Zhang Wanli immediately became nervous and asked quickly: "Where are you now? Are you safe?"

"We have arrived at the hotel across the street and are watching." Qin Shaoyan said calmly, "But Brother Dong and our assistant are stuck in the hotel."

Zhang Wanli continued to ask: "What did they do?"

"I didn't do anything. I was just about to pack up and check out, and then I got scammed." Qin Shaoyan sighed, "I wish I had been more decisive."

Zhang Wanli's tone was filled with inexplicable anger. "This is not your fault. Someone set this up."

Qin Shaoyan asked: "Is it easy to solve?"

Zhang Wanli hesitated for two seconds, "Wait for my news."

……

When Captain Liu, the team leader, took the elevator to the twelfth floor of the hotel, he could not contain his excitement as he was thinking about how to collect evidence and arrest the person.

For this operation, he even brought two reporters with him, waiting to take pictures while being handcuffed.

As soon as the elevator door opened, he was stunned because the scene in front of him was different from what he expected.

A group of people, dressed neatly and carrying suitcases, were standing in the corridor, and several women were rolling on the floor and making a scene.

"What are you doing? Stand still against the wall." Captain Liu reacted and immediately started scolding.

As soon as he finished speaking, two people carrying cameras stood out from the crowd and pointed their cameras directly at him, "The police are coming! The police are coming!"

Looking at the camera, Captain Liu was stunned. What...what was going on?
His face darkened. “Who are you? Turn off the camera immediately and don’t interfere with law enforcement, or you will be rude to me.”

"We are reporters from the New China News Agency!" One of them took out his press card and showed it to Captain Liu, "Where are yours?"

"Xin Zhong News Agency?!" Captain Liu was stunned. Why was there a reporter from Xin Zhong News Agency here too?

The Xinhua News Agency reporter urged, "Please show us your ID, we will cooperate."

The situation was different from what he had expected. Captain Liu was a little hesitant at this moment. Under normal circumstances, he would have asked the police to take the person away first. However, now that there was a reporter from Xinhua News Agency present, it was not easy to handle.

At this time, a blond foreigner also stood up and shouted: "I want to protest, I want to protest!"

Captain Liu's eyes went dark and he had only one thought in his mind.

Something is going to happen.

(End of this chapter)