You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 503

After the signing of the agreement, the groundbreaking ceremony for Yizhou’s logistics and warehousing center was soon held.

The ceremony was very grand. All the city's top leaders attended and delivered important speeches in front of the camera, expressing their willingness to respond to the country's call and vigorously develop e-commerce.

E-commerce is currently a hot emerging industry. It belongs to the high-tech field of the Internet and can be combined with offline entities. It is very important for economic development.

On June 2007, 6, the state issued the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan for the Development of Electronic Commerce", identifying the e-commerce service industry as an important emerging industry in the country.

The document states that e-commerce is a new type of networked economic activity that is developing rapidly at an unprecedented pace and has become an effective means for major developed countries to enhance their economic competitiveness and gain advantages in global resource allocation.

The 11th Five-Year Plan is a strategic opportunity period for the development of e-commerce in my country. Seizing the opportunity and accelerating the development of e-commerce is an objective requirement and inevitable choice for implementing the scientific development concept, driving industrialization with informatization, promoting informatization with industrialization, and taking the road of new industrialization.

The development of e-commerce has been taken seriously. Alibaba, the domestic e-commerce business pioneer, has been established for 7 years and is preparing to go public on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

After Alibaba went public, its market value once reached HK$1996 billion, making it the second Internet company after Sentinel Technologies to have a market value of over US$200 billion.

At the same time, Sina's market value is US$26.83 billion, Sohu's is US$14.54 billion, and NetEase's is US$21.13 billion. The total market value of the three major portals is less than US$100 billion.

A new pattern of giants represented by Sentinel Technologies, Penguin, Baidu and Alibaba is taking shape, replacing the three major portals.

Since this year, the main line of development of China's Internet has shifted from entertainment to business, and a number of business-oriented Internet companies are gradually developing.

Jingdong Mall released the "10 billion construction plan" at this point in time, which not only caught up with the trend of the times, but also cleverly caught up with the boost of national policies.

Otherwise, the logistics and warehousing center of Jingdong Mall would not have received so much attention from local governments. This is a huge investment in the field of e-commerce.

Alibaba is currently planning to raise HK$116 billion on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, which is about the same size as Jingdong Mall's billion plan.

The previously unknown "Jingdong Mall" is gradually coming into everyone's attention, forming a pattern of one in the south and one in the north with Alibaba, and being called the two major e-commerce giants on the Internet.

The construction of Yizhou's e-commerce warehousing center started very quickly, and the construction team worked day and night.

After all, Qin Shaoyan's investment is real money, unlike those investors who try to make money out of nothing.

Some investors often write blank checks, or only invest the initial capital, and then seek loans from local banks under the pretext of cash flow constraints.

Sometimes these loans are used for further investment locally, and sometimes they are simply transferred to other places.

This situation is common in investment promotion.

In contrast, Qin Shaoyan is a very high-quality investor and will never engage in false behavior.

While the warehousing and logistics center was under construction, Qin Shaoyan also asked local administrative agencies to help recruit workers.

The recruitment targets will give priority to laid-off workers, low-income families and veterans. The leader was very happy about this request and agreed to it readily.

Liu Qiangdong strongly supported Qin Shaoyan's request, because it would win the government's favor and he would receive many preferential treatments invisibly.

After all, it can guarantee employment and help the government solve the income difficulties of grassroots people.

Under the care of the city's leaders, the logistics and warehousing center has become a key project in the city and a priority target.

……

The dozens of meters high tower crane waved its steel arms, drawing smooth arcs above the construction site.

The group of orange-yellow excavators are like crawling mechanical monsters, their buckets gnawing at the land, and the surging waves of earth are occasionally accompanied by the clanging collisions of bluestone and steel bars.

Concrete pump trucks are continuously injecting mortar into the growing building skeleton, and welding sparks flying through the steel jungle are falling like star rain.

Hundreds of workers wearing safety helmets shuttle between the mechanical behemoths and the steel jungle, like busy worker bees.

Looking at the spectacular construction site, Qin Shaoyan said with emotion: "This picture is so beautiful."

Liu Qiangdong looked at the vast construction site that seemed to stretch as far as the eye could see, and his heart was filled with passion. "This is the starting point for the take-off of Jingdong Mall."

"This is the cornerstone of e-commerce." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "At this construction speed, it can be put into use within a year."

"Eight months." Liu Qiangdong gestured, "Secretary Zhang said it can be used in eight months."

"As long as it can be used." Qin Shaoyan suddenly looked at Liu Qiangdong and said seriously, "Brother Dong, after the logistics and warehousing center is built, lend it to me for a while."

"Oh? Okay, feel free to use it." Although Liu Qiangdong didn't know what Qin Shaoyan was going to do, he didn't care.

Judging from the current development level of the southwest region and the business needs of Jingdong Mall, the Yizhou logistics and warehousing center is a complete waste of resources, and large areas of space will remain idle for several years.

Qin Shaoyan took out a list and said, "Please help me purchase some things, and pay attention to the storage and management of other things."

When Liu Qiangdong borrowed it and took a look at it, his eyes widened immediately, because there were so many types of supplies on the list and they were so diverse, there was everything.

"Hydraulic expander, electric saw, cutter, jack, crowbar, shovel, hammer, rope, emergency light, safety helmet, walkie-talkie, emergency power supply." Qin Shaoyan pointed to the list and said, "These should be purchased first, and the quality must be good."

"These medical supplies should be kept properly, such as saline solution, sterile cotton, tourniquet, bandage, triangular bandage, antibiotics, painkillers, and anti-tetanus serum."

"Portable ventilator, AED defibrillator, oxygen cylinder, splint, folding stretcher."

"Tents, waterproof tarpaulins, sleeping bags, moisture-proof mats, folding beds, bottled water, water purification equipment, compressed biscuits..."

Qin Shaoyan listed them one by one, and marked which materials had a higher priority and which were the key points.

After reading it, Liu Qiangdong was completely numb and felt very confused. "Boss Qin, what do you want all these things for? I think these materials have little to do with our e-commerce business."

"No, you are wrong. It does matter." Qin Shaoyan said firmly, "and it matters a lot."

Liu Qiangdong thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll give it a try. Some things are not easy to do..."

"If you have any problems, go to Secretary Zhang. If you really can't solve it, tell me and I'll find a solution." Qin Shaoyan said firmly, and then shook Liu Qiangdong's hand vigorously. "Please, Brother Dong, this matter is very important."

Seeing Qin Shaoyan's serious expression, Liu Qiangdong stopped asking and said, "Okay, I will try my best."

……

After the affairs in Yizhou were settled, Zhang Wanli returned the favor and helped Qin Shaoyan solve one of the most pressing problems at the moment - the Sentinel Technology Headquarters Building.

As China's largest Internet company by market value, Sentinel Technologies' headquarters has always been located in a three-story building.

Due to continuous expansion, this place can no longer meet office needs. Many departments have to work separately, making it inconvenient for them to communicate with each other and hold meetings.

Previously, Qin Shaoyan had been looking for a place to build Sentinel Technology’s own headquarters building, but he had submitted the application but received no news.

Now that Qin Shaoyan had just returned to the capital, he received good news that the land had been approved.

The headquarters building is located in Houchangcun, next to the Baidu Building which is under construction, and next to it are the headquarters of Sohu and NetEase.

There are three main clusters of Internet companies in Beijing: Houchangcun, Wangjing and Zhongguancun. Zhongguancun is already very crowded and there is no suitable place, so the only option is to build a building in Houchangcun.

Later, 600 IT company headquarters gathered here, causing Houchangcun Road to be extremely congested every day. It was complained to be "the biggest bottleneck restricting the development of China's Internet."

Qin Shaoyan took a look at the map and was a little surprised to find that the location of the Sentinel Technology Headquarters Building was the Beijing headquarters building of the Penguin in another time and space.

Unexpectedly, in this time and space, he occupied it first and made it the headquarters of Sentinel Technology.

I guess Brother Xiao Ma doesn’t even feel that his luck has been taken away at this time.

"Not bad, not bad, this is a Feng Shui treasure land!" Qin Shaoyan praised repeatedly, "This piece of land is well chosen, it's a great choice!"

Zhang Pingyi came over curiously, studied the map carefully, and clapped his hands in admiration, "It's really a good place!"

"I didn't expect that Mr. Qin also knows the art of Feng Shui?"

Qin Shaoyan smiled and said, "Well, I have studied it a little bit, but I don't know much."

Now that they had the land and Sentinel Technology was not short of money, President Qin made a stroke of his pen and allocated funds for building the building.

Not only must it be built, but it must be built well, and it must overwhelm other Internet company headquarters buildings in terms of imposingness.

"By the way, remember one thing, you absolutely do not need to hire those foreign designers!" Qin Shaoyan said with a serious face, "Our building is our face, it was built with real money, and it must not become a test piece for their art."

For a period of time, all kinds of strange-shaped buildings emerged in the country, and finally the country issued a special document requiring that "strange buildings" should no longer be built.

Foreign designers have no professional ethics. They take huge design fees, some of them do their designs perfunctorily, and some just use domestic designers as guinea pigs.

The domestic party not only spent a huge amount of money, but also made their own building extremely ugly.

Some are ugly, but some are just full of ulterior motives, such as the "big underpants".

Zhang Pingyi also agreed, "Even if we don't look for domestic designers, we can look for I.M. Pei, he is a real expert."

Qin Shaoyan thought for a moment and said, "Well, it would be great if we could invite Ieoh Ming Pei. We are not short of money, so we should save money where necessary and spend money where necessary."

"The headquarters building is our face. We cannot be careless or save money in this regard, otherwise we will become an international laughing stock."

Once the agreement is reached, someone will contact the designer immediately.

After the location of the headquarters building was determined, everyone in Sentinel Technology was happy.

It’s not easy at all. I finally have my own building and don’t have to stay in this three-story building anymore.

It's really too crowded. People from other departments live far away, so if you want to have a meeting you have to walk some distance, which is very inconvenient.

Moreover, when I was on night shift, I always felt that the inside of the company was a little weird and eerie.

There have always been some rumors in the company chat group, especially among senior employees, who swore that they often heard strange noises in the middle of the night.

When some new employees scoffed at this statement, the old employees retorted.

"If there is really nothing wrong with the company's headquarters, then why does Mr. Zhang perform rituals to exorcise ghosts in the office every once in a while?"

"The reason why the company is still safe and sound is all thanks to Mr. Zhang's magical power."

"Boss Qin calls Boss Zhang 'Master Zhang'. Boss Zhang is a master with great accomplishments."

No matter what rumors are circulating within the company, the fact is that no one wants to live here anymore.

The only person who was unhappy about the news that Sentinel Technologies was moving away was the landlord.

This three-story building has gone from being an ignored "urban legend" to a popular Feng Shui treasure land, all thanks to Sentinel Technology.

This made the landlord extremely proud, and he boasted everywhere, "Who said our house is a haunted house? It's actually a treasure pot. Mr. Qin started his business on the third floor of our house, and in just a few years he became the richest man in the country."

Now that the richest man in the country is moving away, he is very reluctant to let him go and specifically asks Qin Shaoyan to write a calligraphy for him.

Qin Shaoyan couldn't refuse, so out of consideration for their previous cooperation, he wrote down the three big words "Jucai Building" with a brush.

The landlord was so happy that he immediately asked someone to make a plaque.

……

After the headquarters building issue was settled, Qin Shaoyan began to address another concern, which was the payment tool.

Payment tools are the lifeblood and main artery of Qin Shaoyan's future business empire. This matter is more important than anything else.

The "Eleventh Five-Year Plan for the Development of Electronic Commerce" issued by the state mentioned that my country's e-commerce development still faces some outstanding problems. The construction of electronic certification, online payment, credit, and security protection systems cannot meet the needs of the rapid development of e-commerce, and the development environment needs to be further improved.

Qin Shaoyan gathered all his right-hand men and began to discuss the issue of payment tools.

"Master Zhang, you recommended someone to me before, what was his name?" Qin Shaoyan asked.

"My name is Niu Jie." Zhang Pingyi replied.

"Have you dug the person over?" Qin Shaoyan asked.

"No." Zhang Pingyi shook his head, "He didn't agree."

"Huh?" Qin Shaoyan was very surprised, "Why didn't you agree? We are very sincere."

"Forget it, call the person over and I'll ask him myself."

Soon Zhang Pingyi brought the person over. Qin Shaoyan looked up and was a little surprised.

This talented person doesn't look like a programmer at all. He is big and strong, with a face full of flesh. His exposed arms are covered with tattoos. He doesn't look like a good person.

Niu Jie seemed a little embarrassed when he entered the room, and kept rubbing his hands nervously, "Qin, Mr. Qin, are you looking for me?"

Qin Shaoyan looked at this non-mainstream programmer and asked with a smile: "How are you doing in our company?"

"Very good, very good." Niu Jie nodded quickly, "Everyone is very nice to me. The welfare here is good, the food is good, and I have learned a lot."

"Then do you want to work in our company? Our salary and benefits are higher than other places." Qin Shaoyan said temptingly.

"Yes, of course I do." Niu Jie said happily.

Qin Shaoyan and Zhang Pingyi were a little surprised and looked at each other.

"But I dare not." Niu Jie said very aggrievedly.

(End of this chapter)