Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 212: The sun sets and the monkeys scatter (ask for monthly tickets, the second of three updates!)

"You go and do it first." Chen Zhi waved his hand.

"Yes." A happy smile appeared on the business manager's face and he left in a hurry.

Since they plan to crush them with absolute financial strength, it will be very easy for them.

After buying all the Internet cafes, they can set standards for the Internet cafe industry in Jingzhou City. If Momo Internet Cafe agrees to join, it will be fine. But if it refuses, Momo Internet Cafe's only 2,000 computers will be powerless to resist their more than 30,000 computers.

After the class meeting, Cheng Yi left the classroom with ease.

He used to be a class monitor and skipped classes every day, so he felt quite guilty.

He returned to the dormitory, revised the feasibility plan for the operation of the computer room that he had written long ago several times, and sent it to Lin Shengjie's email.

The computers ordered by the Logistics Office were all the latest Pentium 4 computers donated by Li Bing. After all, there was no need for the Logistics Office to pay for them. The computers given to the leaders had to be stable and durable.

After finishing these, he and Fei Zhengyu went into the computer room and continued playing Momo Legend.

On Wednesday, Cheng Yi received a call from Li Xiang, saying that the relocation of Honor Computer's new factory had been completed and he was invited to inspect it.

This factory was coordinated by Wang Yunxiang, vice president of the Shinan District Government Affairs Association, after the opening ceremony of Momo Group.

Wang Yunxiang is Tian Yisheng’s college classmate and the third-in-command of Shinan District. He manages multiple departments in Shinan District. Although his position is not high, he has great power.

Ever since the surveillance video of Cheng Yi and Tian Yisheng's conversation at the University Town Police Station was sent to the Shinan District Government Affairs Association by Cao Zhe, it immediately attracted the attention of the leadership of the Shinan District Government Affairs Association. This time, Wang Yunxiang came to attend the opening ceremony and coordinate the factory on behalf of the Shinan District Government Affairs Association, and he also wanted to appease the Momo Group.

This new factory is dozens of times larger than the Honor computer assembly plant. The factory covers an area of ​​56 acres and has a construction area of ​​37000 square meters. It was originally a large textile factory in Shinan District. In the 90s, when the wave of state-owned enterprise closures came, this textile factory also went bankrupt as expected.

Because this factory had been idle for many years, the price offered was very low. The normal price of industrial land was 3 yuan per mu, but the price Wang Yunxiang coordinated was only 1.8 yuan per mu. Most importantly, all the old buildings in the factory were given away for free.

Although this factory is very old, it has a large warehouse and many workshops, which is very suitable for companies like Honor Computer that need a large amount of warehouse and space.

When Cheng Yi arrived at the factory gate, Li Xiang and Li Cuicui had been waiting for a long time. As soon as they saw Cheng Yi coming, Li Xiang and Li Cuicui immediately hurried to greet him.

In the past two months, Li Xiang has obviously gained a lot of weight, and his complexion and aura have improved greatly. He is wearing a suit, has a slicked-back hair, a mechanical watch, and big leather shoes, looking like the director of a state-owned enterprise.

Cheng Yi looked at Li Xiang and said with a smile: "Li Xiang, you are more like a boss than me now."

Li Xiang smiled sheepishly and said helplessly, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, boss. State-owned enterprises just buy into this. I have no choice but to dress like this. Otherwise, the security guard wouldn't even let me in."

Cheng Yi laughed and said, "That's normal. I'll ask Mr. Huang to buy two Santanas tomorrow, one for you and Mr. Huang. When you go to discuss business, you can drive over. You can figure out how to get a driver's license yourself."

"Santana?" Li Xiang's eyes lit up when he heard that. He never dreamed of driving a Santana.

"How many Pentium MMXs have you received now?" Cheng Yi asked again.

"More than 2700 units." Li Xiang said quickly, "I'm currently negotiating with an electronics factory. They have 500 computers, but they're only willing to give me a minimum of yuan."

"500 yuan? Then let them keep it." Cheng Yi sneered: "Microsoft will have a new system coming out tomorrow. Once this system comes out, their Pentium MMX will be just a TV box."

Cheng Yi knows the launch time of each system very well, after all, he works in this industry.

He remembered clearly that Windows XP would be released tomorrow, October 2001, 10.

This means that from the day after tomorrow, all Windows 98 systems will be eliminated from history, and the PC field will usher in dramatic changes.

The release of the XP system set off a craze for replacing computers in China. The low-configuration computers in many Internet cafes began to become laggy, resulting in the complete elimination of Pentium 1 and Pentium 2 computers.

The release of the XP system gave him a boost, but the launch of Windows Server 2003 in April 4 was the biggest threat to him.

Windows Server 2003 improved the stability of the database and server systems, thus giving birth to the first true Internet cafe management system in history.

"The purchase price of Pentium MMX is fixed at 300 yuan. After half a month, when the XP system is almost installed, you can buy Pentium 2 computers at the same time. The purchase price is 650." Cheng Yi said with a smile.

"650?" Li Xiang was surprised. "I'm afraid this won't be easy to buy. The current market price of a used Pentium 2 is around 950."

Cheng Yi smiled and said, "You can just buy this Pentium 2 from second-hand dealers when the time comes. They will definitely sell it."

Although Li Xiang was confused, he still kept it in mind.

In his eyes, Cheng Yi is simply an omnipotent god. He knows very well that as long as it is Cheng Yi's words, there is no need to question them, and all he needs to do is to execute them with all his strength.

Under the guidance of Li Xiang, Cheng Yi walked around the factory.

The main treatment method for Pentium MMX computers is to paint the shell and refurbish and clean the chassis. This type of computer is very durable and it is difficult to damage it normally.

Li Xiang's factory was the highest priority of the entire group. Huang Wenrong gave Li Xiang great support, providing him with both money and people.

Just after taking over the factory the day before yesterday afternoon, Li Xiang moved the temporarily rented second-hand computer refurbishment factory and Honor computer assembly factory here, and worked until the early hours of the morning.

The number of workers dispatched alone reached more than 300, and the computers and accessories were transported dozens of times using ten trucks, but they have not been fully delivered until now.

Arriving at the warehouse, Cheng Yi looked at the pile of refurbished computers in front of him and asked with a smile, "How many finished computers are there now?"

"Once the university computer lab's computers are replaced, there will be 7137 Pentium MMX computers and 1 Celeron 14326 Honor computers." Li Xiang immediately replied, "There's still a shortage of 1 Celeron 6000 computers that Mr. Huang needs. We'll have enough in another two weeks."

"Well, the Celeron 1 computer still uses the Genius system. When Mr. Huang no longer needs it, the Celeron 1 computer will be officially sold to the public." Cheng Yi smiled and said, "That will be the time for computers to be upgraded, and we can make a lot of money."

"Yes!" Li Xiang also became excited.

"By the way, you should find a channel to replace your keyboard, mouse, and headphones with new ones. Those foreign rubbish keyboards and mice they gave away have too many problems. This kind of small problem will increase the workload of the network administrator." Cheng Yi said.

When he was playing games in the computer room of Handong University, he could feel that the sensitivity of the scroll wheel mouse was far inferior to that of the Pentium 4 computers given by Li Bing.

Li Xiang quickly said, "Okay, I'll go talk to the bosses at the computer mall. If we buy in large quantities, we should be able to get the price very low."

After Cheng Yi explained everything, he rode away on his scooter Mulan.

"The boss is so low-key. Such a big boss, yet he rides such a small motorcycle every day." Li Cuicui sighed. Li Xiang laughed and said, "Don't you understand? This is what it means to be a real person who doesn't show his face. Most of those who wear suits and ties and drive sedans are just working hard."

The computer factory is only a dozen kilometers away from the university town. Cheng Yi returned to the university town commercial street just after 1:00 p.m.

His stomach growling, he rode his bike to Zhang Gang's stall.

During this period, when he had nothing to do, he would come to Zhang Gang's stall to eat something and chat with Zhang Gang.

Perhaps because he had been in prison for too long, Zhang Gang spoke very little, but the few words he occasionally said could bring a lot of inspiration to Cheng Yi.

In fact, all 360 professions are essentially the same. No matter which industry you reach the pinnacle in, you are considered a successful person, and the same goes for being a gangster.

Zhang Gang's profession was also known as gold dots, bandits, thieves, tomb robbers, mountain robbers, and firefighters in the ancient times. To put it in a narrow sense, he was the local thugs Zhang San and Li Si. To put it in a broad sense, he was Shan Xiongxin, the leader of the five routes in the east, west, south and north.

During the years when Zhang Gang was in his prime, he almost monopolized the video game halls and billiard halls in Handong Province, and his net worth reached tens of millions.

Just as Zhang Gang said, he has enjoyed everything he should have enjoyed in his life.

"Uncle Zhang, is Wu Wei from the electronics factory causing trouble for you again?" Cheng Yi's face darkened when he saw that Zhang Gang's stall was in a mess.

Ever since Zhang Gang beat up Wu Wei's younger brother last time, Wu Wei seemed to think that Zhang Gang was soft-hearted, and he would come to harass him every once in a while, asking for a hundred yuan each time.

Cheng Yi tried several times to ask Cao Zhe to help deal with Wu Wei, but was stopped by Zhang Gang.

Zhang Gang smiled innocently and said, "It's not a big deal. It's just a few dozen dollars."

Cheng Yi frowned and said, "Uncle Zhang, I'd better go and warn them."

Zhang Gang shook his head and said, "That's not necessary. I know them too well. They can only keep me interested for a month or two. Once they find a new target, they'll forget who I am."

"Wouldn't it be better if I just warned them directly? I have a pretty good relationship with the Shinan District Police Association." Cheng Yi still wanted to insist.

"It's easy to mess with the King of Hell, but it's hard to deal with the little devils. Small-time thugs like Wu Wei are actually the most difficult to deal with. If you ask the Police Association to put pressure on him and make him feel embarrassed, he'll come back to bother you sooner or later."

Zhang Gang said, "If the Police Association's warnings were effective, the thugs on the streets wouldn't be so rampant. To deal with them, you can either cut the Gordian knot like you did with Zhou Rongjun, or choose to keep quiet. My trouble can be solved with just a few dozen dollars. Do you think it's worth the effort?"

"Yeah." Cheng Yi didn't take Zhang Gang's advice to heart. His concept of gangsters was still in 2024. He didn't believe there were any gangsters who were not afraid of the Police Association.

"I heard that there's been a lot of commotion in a Tianqin Internet cafe lately." Zhang Gang suddenly asked.

Zhang Gang usually spoke very little, but today he suddenly spoke so much. Cheng Yi was a little uncomfortable with this. He nodded and said, "Yes, someone from Tianqin Group."

Zhang Gang was silent for a while, then asked, "Cheng Yi, can you open this internet cafe back in Dongcang County?"

"Uncle Zhang, why do you ask that?" Cheng Yi stopped eating with his chopsticks and looked at Zhang Gang with curiosity.

Zhang Gang hesitated for a moment, then said, "You can't beat them."

"Uncle Zhang, have you heard of them?" Cheng Yi asked in surprise.

Zhang Gang smiled bitterly and sighed, "I've heard of them before. More than a decade ago, I fought Chen Hongwen, the chairman of Tianqin Group."

"Huh?" Cheng Yi looked at Zhang Gang in disbelief and asked, "What's the result?"

"Haven't you seen the result?" Zhang Gang smiled carefreely, but there was a hint of sadness in his carefree smile.

"!?" Cheng Yi's pupils shrank suddenly.

Was Zhang Gang sent in by Chen Hongwen?

Zhang Gang sighed softly, "Cheng Yi, things in this world aren't black and white. Every step forward brings you dangers. Back then, I was just as high-spirited as you, and even had close friends in the Provincial Government Affairs Association. But what happened? When you encounter an opponent whose strength is unequaled, you'll find that all your connections are like bubbles, easily shattered."

"When the Tianqin Group's arcade tried to enter Handong Province, I stopped them. Then they approached me about partnering, but I refused again," Zhang Gang said. "Then they mobilized massive financial resources and social influence to force their way into Handong Province. They opened a more upscale arcade near mine. I was able to resist at first, but gradually, I was dragged down by their immense financial resources."

"When I was at the peak of my career, I had countless friends around me, and they all treated me like a brother."

"When I am in my twilight years, all the monkeys will scatter like monkeys when the tree falls." Zhang Gang smiled bitterly.

Zhang Gang talked unusually a lot today. Cheng Yi knew that Zhang Gang wanted to persuade him to stop as soon as possible.

In the eyes of ordinary people, there is actually no difference between video game halls and Internet cafes. In the face of absolute financial resources, the weak will be defeated at the first touch.

"Uncle Zhang, don't worry. As soon as I find that the situation is not good, I will immediately run back to Dongcang County." Cheng Yi said something to reassure Zhang Gang.

"You can take it and let it go. This makes you a hundred times better than me." Zhang Gang fried another plate of scrambled eggs with leeks for Cheng Yi and placed it on the small dining table.

Cheng Yi took a steamed bun and started eating it with relish.

Chives these days are not grown with growth promoters or anything like that, so they taste particularly strong, and Cheng Yi ate three steamed buns in a row.

Cheng Yi finished his meal and was about to get up to pay the bill when his cell phone rang.

President Liu Neng? Cheng Yi answered the phone with some surprise and said with a smile: "President Liu, what can I do for you?"

Hearing a hint of complaint in Cheng Yi's tone, Liu Neng laughed and said, "Boss Cheng, we have been trying our best to mediate the conflict between you and Chen Zhi. Don't I bring you good news?"

"Good news?" Cheng Yi said with a smile, "Tell me about it."

Liu Neng said, "Chen Zhi just asked me for your phone number, and he hinted that he wants to discuss cooperation with you. If you can make peace, wouldn't this matter be resolved?"

"Talk about cooperation with me?" Cheng Yi laughed in silence.

Just now, Zhang Gang said that the second step of Tianqin Group is to discuss cooperation. How could he have encountered it so soon?
"Then give him my phone number." Cheng Yi said with a smile.

Not long after Liu Neng hung up the phone, a mobile phone number with six digits ending in 8 called. As soon as the call was connected, Chen Zhi's voice came from the other end: "Boss Cheng, hello, I'm Chen Zhi."

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