Our Rise Era

Chapter 83: The Copycat Team! (First Update)
1 month 18 day.

The biting cold wind blew on everyone's cheeks, like a knife, cutting them painfully.

根据国家气候中心发布的报告，2008年1月全国平均气温为-6.6℃，较常年同期（-5.9℃）偏低0.7℃，为1986年以来最低值……

Zhang Yang put on a coat over his suit, but the fluff on the collar seemed unable to keep out the severe winter cold.

It looks like it's going to snow in two days.

【YW Animation】In the company lobby.

In the company lobby, copycat mobile phone technicians and home workshop owners had been waiting early, and when Zhang Yang came over, they all stood up.

Various semi-finished mobile phones are placed in the hall, and circuit boards, casings, screens and other components are neatly placed on the desks of every boss.

Zhang Yang's eyes swept over these components, which looked like a small assembly site...

"Mr. Zhang, let me show you how to assemble a mobile phone!"

"it is good."

Xu Yunlong was very excited. After chatting with several old masters from the technical department, he finally set his sights on a middle-aged man with a full beard, his hands busy on his mobile phone.

The air was filled with the unique smell of electronic components and cheap tobacco.

Zhang Yang silently watched as the middle-aged man skillfully assembled a "waterproof mobile phone" in front of him in just half an hour.

After booting up...

Zhang Yang found that this phone feels pretty good to use.

"Mr. Zhang, ever since Taiwan's [R&D Department] officially entered the mainland market with the [MTK] mobile phone system in 2005, I realized that this is a system that successfully integrates all popular mobile phone functions, such as cameras, MP3, mobile TV, touch screens, etc., into one chip... Any company that wants to make mobile phones can purchase this solution and only need to add a simple mobile phone shell to produce a finished mobile phone..."

Xu Yunlong watched Zhang Yang fiddling with the phone and suppressed his excitement. "Boss Zhang, these masters are all from Pengcheng. This one makes the phone screen. This one is Boss Cao Zhengtong, who used to work for Chengde Glass. This one is Boss Qian Gangming, who makes the phone motherboard... And this one is Boss Deng Mingliang, who makes the phone mold. Boss Deng..."

Zhang Yang smiled and shook hands with everyone.

Before meeting this group of people, Xu Yunlong showed Zhang Yang their basic information.

In fact, although they all seem to be something or other, most of them are [family factories]. Basically, the factory buildings are no more than 100 square meters, and many of them are newly registered brands. Many procedures are not sound, and even many contents are very irregular.

but……

This is the reality of this era.

In this era of wild and unruly world where heroes emerge and whoever punches faster and iterates faster can make money, there are very few companies that can truly have an excellent management system.

nonsense!

You are counting on a family-run business with only four or five people. Who are you going to manage?
After a brief interaction with these people, Zhang Yang nodded.

"Everyone, I understand your emotions very well. I also know that in this era, we must do everything quickly and quickly..."

"but……"

"Quality and safety are the bottom line. Before signing the cooperation contract, I hope to sign a responsibility and safety agreement with you. At the same time, those who want to cooperate with me need to pay a deposit in advance... The deposit is not much, about 10,000 yuan per person. If there are no quality problems with our products or no problems with our services within a year, we will refund the 10,000 yuan in full... This is the rule of our [Zhang Yang Takes You to Cut the Knife]..."

Zhang Yang looked around at everyone, and finally the smile on his face gradually turned serious.

The words just fell...

Xu Yunlong looked a little embarrassed...

The smiles of the few old masters and family workshop owners who were originally smiling now became dull.

Outside the window, the wind is howling.

There was a brief silence in the hall, and then...

Almost everyone's face changed!
"Mr. Zhang, we are cooperating with you. Should we give you 10,000 yuan? We are giving you a 10,000 yuan deposit before we even sell anything? Mr. Xu, this is not what you said when you asked us to come here..."

One of the short-haired young men frowned and then stared at Xu Yunlong next to him.

"Yes, Mr. Xu, you asked us to come here because you and Mr. Zhang have reached a cooperation agreement and have a large number of orders to be processed. You asked us to come here in advance to familiarize ourselves with the process. Aren't you cheating us, Mr. Xu?"

"Yes, Mr. Xu, what are you doing? If you don't have sincerity, then you don't have sincerity. If you don't trust our technology, then you don't trust it. What's the point of talking about 10,000 yuan! Mr. Xu, I hope you remember that it was you who begged me to come and help you before, not us who flattered you to cooperate. Now that the mobile phone assembly business is so good, who would be a fool to pay 10,000 yuan and lose money to do business? You are crazy!"

"Let's go, let's go!"

"You really think you're a big shot!"

"Oh, Mr. Zhang, aren't there just a few shows that people watch? There are so many shopping shows on the market now, you are such an idiot to do these..."

"Let's go! What the hell is this!"

"..."

Noisy noises echoed throughout the hall. A man, holding a cigarette in his mouth, glanced at Xu Yunlong and Zhang Yang, yelled and pushed open the door, then patted his butt in front of the two men without saying a word.

After this person left...

Suddenly, more people were shouting in the whole hall.

Under Xu Yunlong's awkward and flamboyant calm gaze, four people left in just a few minutes...

Xu Yunlong's face turned slightly red. He wanted to walk over to calm these old masters first, but then he looked at Zhang Yang's expressionless face and finally stopped.

"Mr. Zhang, ten thousand yuan, isn't it a bit..." Xu Yunlong took a deep breath as he watched several figures in the distance gradually disappear in the crowd.

Zhang Yang, however, had a calm expression and silently looked at their backs without saying a word.

Xu Yunlong felt a little complicated.

How can you chase someone away before you even start cooperating with them and after you’ve only just made contact with them?

He glanced around the hall...

Only four people left...

Among these four people, two were packing up their things and preparing to leave while cursing.

He wanted to stop them, but was concerned about Zhang Yang's attitude. He finally leaned in front of Zhang Yang and whispered, "Boss Zhang, how about I give them some support first? This is a team that we have worked so hard to find. What if..."

"..."

"Mr. Zhang, how about this? Let's make the show first and earn our first pot of gold. After we make the money, we can then..."

"..."

Zhang Yang shook his head after hearing what Xu Yunlong said. He stared at Xu Yunlong and asked, "Do you want to build a brand, or just make a quick buck and leave?"

"Mr. Zhang, there's no such thing as brand and quality with copycat phones. They're all almost the same. We need to make money first..." Xu Yunlong didn't dare look at Zhang Yang, his voice was a little weak, but he showed a slightly flattering smile.

When Zhang Yang heard this, he didn't say anything, but just looked at the two masters who were leaving the company with some components.

After the two masters disappeared into the distance, Zhang Yang stared at Xu Yunlong again: "To cooperate with me, you must first accept my rules. If you can't accept them, then there is no need to cooperate."

"..."

When Xu Yunlong heard this, he fell into silence for a long time.

Zhang Yang was looking at the two bosses who had not left. One of them was the middle-aged man with a beard.

The middle-aged man also noticed Zhang Yang's gaze, and a silly smile appeared on his face: "Boss Zhang, don't worry, I won't leave... But I don't have much money now. I bought a production line some time ago, and now I only have 10,000 yuan for purchasing goods and company operations. So, I'll deposit 3,000 yuan first, okay?"

"You are crazy!"

Just as the middle-aged man finished speaking, the young man next to him who still hadn't left couldn't help but push him, frowning.

When Zhang Yang heard this, he did not respond, but stared at the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man still had a silly look on his face, but his eyes were sincere. He did not dodge Zhang Yang's scrutinizing gaze: "Mr. Zhang, my family owes a mortgage, my children need to go to school, and my business went bankrupt a few years ago. Now I am taking out a loan to start a business... I really can't come up with a 10,000 yuan deposit..."

When Zhang Yang heard this, he was silent for a moment and then nodded: "Okay..."

Zhang Yang remembered that when he introduced him just now, this middle-aged man was named Qian Gangming. He made mobile phone motherboards and his craftsmanship was very good.

The young man next to the middle-aged man was about to say something, but was pulled back by the middle-aged man.

Finally, the young man also stared at Zhang Yang, and after a moment he sighed: "Boss Zhang, I'll tell you the truth, I can't come up with 10,000 yuan. In fact, this is our first cooperation, and we came to Hangzhou this time because we were coaxed and deceived by Boss Xu... He said he could make a lot of money with us, and we don't need to advance any funds, and it would take us half a day at most. But now it seems that this is not the case, and he just wanted to get us here to pay..."

When the young man said this, he glanced at Xu Yunlong, who was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a place to hide, and took a deep breath: "However, since you are here, and Master Qian is also willing to cooperate, then I, Deng Mingliang, will also make a bet. So, I bet 5,000 yuan... But I hope to see mobile phone orders this month. If there are no orders, I want to get my money back. After all, no one's money comes from the wind..."

"..."

Zhang Yang nodded after listening to Deng Mingliang's words: "Okay, but, Mr. Deng, you are in the mold business, right?"

"Yes……"

“Can you make other types of phone cases and molds as well?”

"Mr. Zhang, what type do you want?"

"For example, molds for lighter phones, car phones, flashlight phones, cigarette box phones and other models of mobile phones."

"what?"

When Deng Guangming heard this, he was stunned. For a moment, he didn't know how to respond.

(End of this chapter)