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Chapter 270: Opening an Internet Cafe? Guaranteed! (Second Update!)

"Hello, President Pan." Cheng Yi walked up to Pan Sicong and said with a smile, "I've always heard Xiao Wu mention you. Welcome, welcome."

Pan Sicong looked at Cheng Yi with a very cold attitude. Perhaps because Cheng Yi was too young, he just said "hmm".

At this time, Pan Sicong's secretary asked, "Will there be a speech from President Pan at this meeting?"

Cheng Yi smiled and said, "Xiao Wu just called me and said that considering the low level of this kind of Internet cafe activities, he was worried that it would have a negative impact on President Pan, so he asked me to invite the leader to the VIP room for tea first."

"Xiao Wu is quite sensible." Pan Sicong smiled with satisfaction and said, "Then lead the way."

As soon as Pan Sicong finished speaking, he saw Li Chengxuan not far away.

Pan Sicong was slightly surprised, and immediately walked over and said with a smile, "Director Li, long time no see?"

"President Pan is still as charming and handsome as ever, haha." Li Chengxuan walked over and shook hands with Pan Sicong.

Li Chengxuan looked at Cheng Yi and said with a smile: "Brother Cheng, please arrange for me to sit at Chairman Pan's table at noon. I will be the host."

"Okay." Cheng Yi nodded with a smile.

Seeing that Li Chengxuan and Cheng Yi have such a good relationship, the contempt in Pan Sicong's eyes suddenly disappeared.

"President Pan, let's go to the VIP room for tea first." Cheng Yi made a gesture of invitation and led the somewhat confused Pan Sicong into the VIP room.

"Hello, leader." The four etiquette ladies at the door of the VIP room bowed and greeted Pan Sicong in unison.

"Okay, okay." Although Pan Sicong was the vice president of the Yantai Municipal Government Association, he had never seen such a grand occasion across generations. These days, the best service was in the guesthouse of their government association, but the waiters there... it was hard to describe.

Cheng Yi had rehearsed all the procedures for entertaining distinguished guests with them many times. As soon as Pan Sicong sat down, two waiters in cheongsams brought tea and snacks.

Cheng Yi sat on the sofa next to him, crossed his legs and said, "President Pan, try it. This is the tea I bought from Gao Lifu, the vice president of Handong University. It tastes very good."

"Oh?" When Pan Sicong heard that the tea was sent by the vice president of Handong University, and saw Cheng Yi acting so relaxed, he realized that Cheng Yi was not an ordinary person.

It is impossible for an ordinary person to be so relaxed in front of him, the second-in-command of Yantai City.

It's that kind of... the feeling that he, the second-in-command of Yantai City, is just like this.

As the second-in-command of Yantai City, Pan Sicong is still very proud. After all, Yantai City is one of the few booming coastal cities in the country.

Go to the coast to pan for gold, and go to Jianghuai to start a business.

This is the loudest slogan in recent years.

Just because of this slogan, both the powerful second generation of officials and the impoverished second generation of farmers flocked to these coastal cities to seek their fortune.

This trend also made Yantai City's economy surpass all other cities in the province. Even in the eyes of Yantai people, the provincial capital Jingzhou City was just a younger brother in name only.

A leader like Pan Sicong, who is flattered by countless people every day, likes nothing more than being ignored.

Anyone who dares to show his cold butt to him must be from a very important background.

Pan Sicong took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "It is indeed a good tea."

He looked at Cheng Yi and asked, "You still don't know what to call me?"

"Look at me. I was so busy entertaining people that I even forgot to introduce myself." Cheng Yi smiled and said, "My name is Cheng Yi, and I'm the vice president of Jingzhou Momo Group. This is my business card."

Pan Sicong took Cheng Yi's business card with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Cheng Yi’s business card is very simple, without any title, only a name and a phone number.

Pan Sicong had only seen this kind of business card once.

Most people just regret that their business cards are too small to include all their life experiences.

Pan Sicong handed his business card to the secretary beside him and said with a smile, "Haha, President Cheng is really young and promising."

"No, I'm just hanging around in Momo Group." Cheng Yi said modestly.

He always carried two kinds of business cards with him. One was for dealing with superiors, which only had his name and phone number on it; the other was for dealing with ordinary people, which even had his title as the Minister of Finance printed on it.

At this time, Pan Sicong's secretary was listening to the conversation between Cheng Yi and Pan Sicong, and always felt that something was wrong.

Cheng Yi's speech, behavior and relaxed state are exactly the same as those of the president of their Yantai Municipal Government Association. If he closes his eyes and doesn't look at Cheng Yi's appearance, it even feels like two presidents of similar age are discussing work.

This feeling is so fucking outrageous.

Pan Sicong asked, "Boss Cheng, this meeting of yours is quite grand. Is it really related to the internet cafe?"

"Yes, the National Information Industry Association has given us the important task of regulating Internet cafes across the country. This is very stressful. There are so many things that need to be sorted out in the Internet cafe industry. We didn't want it originally, but the leaders forced it on us." Cheng Yi sighed and said.

"Oh?" Pan Sicong was shocked again.

He was about to ask in detail when the manager's voice rang out again: "Mr. Yang Chen, General Manager of Handong Netcom Group, has arrived."

"Oh? Mr. Yang is here too." Pan Sicong immediately stood up and said with a smile, "Come on, I'll go with you to pick him up."

"it is good."

As Cheng Yi and Pan Sicong arrived at the sign-in area, a middle-aged man with a cheerful face strode over and said with a smile, "Hey, President Pan, why are you still welcoming guests?"

"I can choose not to greet others, but I can't choose not to greet you." Pan Sicong exchanged a few pleasantries and said, "This is Cheng Yi, a young and promising man who just applied for a national chain internet cafe license. You two could get to know each other, maybe we can expand our business."

"Hello, President Cheng." With Pan Sicong's introduction, Yang Chen was very enthusiastic.

Cheng Yi did the same thing and invited Yang Chen into the VIP room as well.

"Mr. Li Rui, Vice President of the Handong Provincial Chamber of Commerce, has arrived."

"Mr. Ding Junyi, Chairman of Handong Overseas Development Group."

"Handong Province..."

Resources and connections are sometimes so magical. Once there is one, there will definitely be two, and then one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things.

By 10:20, there were already eight people in the VIP room.

Each of them is a big shot invited by Wu Tao. If any one of them is offended, the development speed of Momo Group will be slowed down. But Wu Tao would never have thought that the big shot he invited would actually get along very well with Cheng Yi.

Pan Sicong looks at Cheng Yi differently because of Li Chengxuan's relationship.

Yang Chen looks at Cheng Yi differently because of Pan Sicong's relationship. Li Rui looks at Cheng Yi differently because of Pan Sicong's relationship with Yang Chen.

Ding Junyi looks at Cheng Yi differently because of the relationship between Pan Sicong, Yang Chen and Li Rui.

……

This creates a strange cycle: the later people arrive, the more they look at Cheng Yi differently.

When the last big boss, the vice president of the Handong Provincial Industry and Commerce Administration Association, arrived, his favor for Cheng Yi reached its peak, and he even discussed with Cheng Yi the necessity of transferring the company to the Cayman Islands for registration.

In order to make use of these rare resources, Cheng Yi invited Gao Lifu and Li Chengxuan who had just finished their speeches.

Gao Lifu and Li Chengxuan can be regarded as representative figures of the civil and military industries in Handong Province.

As soon as these two people appeared, the atmosphere in the VIP room reached its peak.

"Hey, Brother Cheng, don't wait until noon. Go arrange for the waiters to serve the food now. We'll start work in this VIP room today. Have Dongsheng move those boxes of Patton wine from my trunk." Just as it was 11 o'clock, Li Chengxuan shouted, "Also, leave this to me. You can go do your own thing. I promise to take good care of these brothers for you."

Li Chengxuan first served as the director of the General Office of Jingzhou Municipal Government Association, and was later promoted to the office director of Handong Provincial Construction Group. He is definitely an expert in interpersonal relationships and dealing with people.

"Okay, I'll make the arrangements now." Cheng Yi nodded with a smile and said, "Brothers, then I'll make the arrangements."

Xue Qingfeng, who was of a forthright character, shouted loudly: "Brother Cheng, you must come over and have a drink with us later. If you don't come, don't blame me for getting mad."

"Of course, of course." Cheng Yi laughed and left the VIP room.

After leaving the VIP room, Cheng Yi put away his smile and said to the etiquette lady in charge, "Go and inform the hotel to serve the food directly to the VIP room. We'll charge 3000 per person, and tell the leaders inside that it's 300."

"Yes!" the etiquette lady responded quickly.

After giving the order, Cheng Yi called Xu Dongsheng again and conveyed Li Chengxuan's order.

When we arrived at the venue, the meeting process was proceeding in an orderly manner.

Gao Lipu and Li Chengxuan's speeches were over, and at this time, Du Yusheng, chairman of Momo Group, was talking about the planned development of the Internet cafe industry.

Du Yusheng had a natural talent for Amway, and with his beaming expression, he vividly demonstrated the bright prospects of the Internet cafe industry to everyone present. After talking about the prospects, he elaborated on the general contents of the "Interim Measures for Strict Management of the Internet Cafe Industry" issued by the National Information Industry Association, including things like Internet cafe business licenses, issues of underage Internet access, and anti-addiction issues, which made many invited Internet cafe owners shudder with fear.

If all of this were implemented, wouldn't their income be cut in half?

After Du Yusheng finished speaking, Zhang Lingyu went on stage and read out the start-up plan for the joint venture Internet cafe.

Cheng Yi sat in the back row, watching the rapid growth of Du Yusheng and Zhang Lingyu, and felt quite gratified. Du Yusheng and Zhang Lingyu's current progress far exceeded Cheng Yi's expectations. In just five months, they seemed to have been reborn.

That’s the power of the platform.

Even if you put a pig on it, it will become a flying pig.

"Well, thank you, Mr. Zhang, for your wonderful speech." After Zhang Lingyu finished speaking, the well-known host from Handong Provincial TV Station immediately stepped onto the stage and said with a smile, "Now, let's give a warm round of applause to Mr. Cheng Yi, Deputy General Manager of Momo Group, to come to the stage and speak!"

Amidst a burst of passionate music, Cheng Yi slowly walked onto the stage. He took the microphone, looked at the hundreds of people below, and said with a smile, "President Du and President Zhang have just had a very thorough discussion about the internet cafe industry. Let me briefly explain why I called you all here today."

Cheng Yi raised a finger and shouted, "I called you here today to give you one million every year!"

"one million?"

"What do you mean?"

"I don't understand what he is talking about." Everyone in the audience looked at each other.

I was just listening to a series of formal speeches, how come this person just came up and gave me a million?

Cheng Yi continued, "I'm a straightforward person and don't like beating around the bush, so I'll get straight to the point. As long as you join our group's internet cafe joint venture plan, based on an internet cafe with 200 computers, we can guarantee that your annual dividends will reach one million! This will last for six years, and you won't need to invest again."

"He was just joking."

"Exactly. I just heard the two people before me say something very good. Why did this guy start talking nonsense right away? There's no way he could make such a huge profit from selling 200 computers, and he's going to give them 50% of the profit. Doesn't he know that the computers in the internet cafe need to be upgraded?"

"Unreliable."

The crowd in the audience was talking, and the scene in the venue became noisy.

"I know you all think I'm talking nonsense." Cheng Yi laughed and said, "How about this? We can try a different model. That's a guaranteed minimum payment model. You invest in a franchised internet cafe, and Momo Group will pay you a fixed amount of one million every year for six years! You don't have to bear any subsequent investment in the internet cafe! With just a one-time investment, you can sit back and count the money."

"Is there such a good thing? Investing in an internet cafe with 200 computers would cost at most 150 million, right?"

"Then they definitely have to sign a minimum contract. Even a fool would be willing to trade 150 million for 600 million."

At this point, even Du Yusheng and Zhang Lingyu were confused. An Internet cafe with 200 computers would only have a maximum annual revenue of 170 million. After deducting daily maintenance fees, the net profit would be around 100 million.

Should we give all these profits to them?

What is this picture?
"For this guaranteed model, we only have 500 spots!" Cheng Yi shouted, "Those interested can contact us after the meeting..."

"What the hell, after the meeting, how can there be any spots left?" A middle-aged man wearing a gold chain stood up and shouted, "I'll vote for 5."

"I'll throw in 5 too."

"I'll vote for 1."

"I'll vote for 3."

The venue was in complete chaos.

Even the guests sitting in the first two rows were eager to try it out.

Momo Group has the dual endorsement of China Software Group and Handong Commercial Bank, and is certified by the National Information Industry Association. It is a trustworthy brand.

"Me, I'll vote for 3 too." A leader in the first row summoned up the courage to shout.

"Then I'll take two too."

"I'll vote for one." The leaders and guests in the first two rows also joined in.

Looking at the excited scene below the stage, Cheng Yi couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Alas, people of this era are so naive. No wonder companies like Ant Power can reap billions. They are so naive that it is outrageous.

If this happened in 2024... Cheng Yi couldn't imagine what the scene would be like.

(End of this chapter)