Star Tycoon

Chapter 232 Tense Atmosphere

Tian Ersan's fake birthday is approaching, and many people in the Chengbang Group are paying attention to this matter.

Zhu Nuanyue, who works in the secretariat, took the opportunity of reporting her work to strike up a conversation with Wang Zuxuan, who was working at her office.

"Xuanxuan, Mr. Tian's birthday is coming up soon, why hasn't the company started making any arrangements yet?"

The head of the secretariat is Wang Zuxuan, who was just recruited last year. She became the head of the secretariat after joining because of her beauty and intelligence.

Because they are about the same age, they address each other casually.

Chengbang does not have a strict hierarchy and does not need to distinguish by job title.

Wang Zuxuan placed the contract on the table to log in and used the company's shared AI to check it.

Even while busy with contracts, he still finds time to take care of these outsiders.

"No need to make arrangements. Mr. Tian can do whatever makes him comfortable. If you want him to participate in your celebration, he doesn't want to be bossed around."

Wang Zuxuan and the others basically knew Tian Ersan's character and thoughts, but the differences between them were too great.

Li Cuihua and Wang Zuxuan reacted and responded differently to Tian Ersan.

Each has its own differences.

In any case, Li Cuihua would rather eat a few more melon seeds and chat for a few more hours with outsiders than get scolded by Tian Ersan for even half a minute.

Zhu Nuanyue looked disappointed after hearing this.

At this moment, Wang Linlin, who was nearby, said, "We can just send a blessing that day."

"Oh." Zhu Nuanyue returned to her seat and continued working.

Wang Linlin and Tang Erfu both lowered their heads and continued with their own tasks.

Linlin and Fufu are both quite honest, and they both took the initiative to talk to Yueyue, the newly joined temporary worker.

However, Yueyue prefers to play with Xuanxuan and is not particularly fond of Linlin and Fufu, who are not very bright.

Ya Ya was assigned to manage the temporary workers, with women managing women and girls accompanying girls.

Wang Zuxuan didn't have time to deal with the kids' tantrums; she was too busy with other things.

"Sis, the finances are all settled."

Wang Xinmei walked in and reported the situation to Wang Zuxuan.

When Wang Zuxuan saw someone who could help, she quickly arranged things for her.

"You and Lili go to the bank to settle the payment to the supplier. On your way back, go to Chengbang Department Store and report any problems immediately."

"it is good."

Wang Xinmei went out to do some work and asked her sister Wang Xinli to help her with the work.

Wang Xinmei was eighteen when she first came out of prison, and now she is twenty-two or twenty-three.

The two sisters possess skills that improve work efficiency; one works in the finance department, and the other in the administration department.

After handling the contract matters, Wang Zuxuan busied herself checking Tian Ersan's personal and company emails to see if there were any messages worth replying to.

Tian Ersan rarely goes out or attends any meetings, so the secretary's work mainly involves company business.

Various departments need to coordinate and provide assistance to Mu Xiuying.

Mu Xiuying was not the most efficient worker in the company; she only became president because she was Tian Ersan's wife.

Therefore, Mu Xiuying doesn't need to make decisions or manage many things in the company, but she will be informed so that she has a clear understanding.

Many of the companies under the Chengbang Group operate independently, only contacting higher-ups when decisions need to be made.

This saves a lot of time on trivial handovers and greatly improves work efficiency.

Nowadays, most of the male workforce is quietly leaving Chengbang and returning to work in the Star Country.

Chengbang only needs a thousand people to operate normally, but now it has more than 40,000 people working outside.

Most of these 20,000 people are pregnant women.

Last year, Chengbang had 20,000 more babies.

This year is about the same. Nine thousand children were born in the first half of the year. If one in a thousand of them are born under Tian Ersan, that's still nine.

More than 20,000 children sleep and eat in the nurseries and rural daycare centers run by Chengbang. The job of these children is to spend time and grow up quickly.

The rest of the people mainly take care of the children, and secondly they are busy with Chengbang's work.

"time to eat."

Fufu didn't do much, but she quickly got hungry.

Without looking up, Xuanxuan said, "You guys go eat. I have to go to Wangjiazhuang this afternoon. You can leave work early or go help out in the purchasing department."

"Okay." All three of them obediently agreed.

At lunchtime, Yueyue, Fufu, and Linlin went to the cafeteria and joined Yaya to form a four-person team for lunch.

Yueyue and Zhu Nuanyue are not formal employees, but there is not much difference between formal and temporary employees here, and there are not many rules.

Just don't cause trouble.

The four women sat down and began to chat.

Ya Ya said, "It seems that President Tian will still be busy with rocket building in the second half of the year."

Fufu frowned. "Would he? This has nothing to do with him, right?"

That makes sense; Tian Ersan doesn't give the impression of being someone who can build rockets and spaceships.

Ya Ya replied, "I don't know, he must be supervising others' work. Boss Tian is very capable."

Everyone else agreed with this answer.

Linlin said, "I saw the news today, and Mr. Tian isn't even in the top 50 richest people in China. How do you think they ranked him?"

Yueyue quickly said, "President Tian and President Mu only kept 100 million, and distributed the rest to the children. Each baby born last year and this year will receive 100,000 yuan in lucky money."

Fufu nodded and took a bite of meat. "President Tian spends money like he's throwing it away; he can't save any."

Ya Ya smiled and said, "Eat quickly."

Tian Ersan is both quick to make money and lazy; he doesn't spend most of his time thinking about making money.

Now that the milk powder stocks have been sold, the money has been invested in encouraging childbirth and aerospace technology. The couple's joint savings are only a few million yuan.

The assets of 100 million are after accounting for housing prices.

Even so, they still couldn't get a spot.

Chengbang is not listed on the stock exchange, and Tian Ersan's monthly salary has always been very random, sometimes a few thousand yuan, sometimes tens of thousands of yuan.

Chengbang Group is jointly owned by all Chengbang's formal employees, and the shares are divided equally among the 50,000 employees, so Tian Ersan will not become a tycoon.

After finishing her meal, Yueyue parted ways with the three of them and went to her mother and aunt's place.

Chengbang has a long lunch break and a flexible work schedule.

It doesn't matter if I don't go to work.

When Yueyue arrived at the office, she found Bai Wanru and Bai Mengru eating.

The table where the two ate was a two-meter-long table, with four dishes and a soup placed on each side. "Yueyue, have you eaten?" Bai Wanru greeted her daughter with a smile as she saw her come over.

Zhu Nuanyue walked over, pulled up a chair, and sat down. "I've already eaten. I just checked and found that the richest post-90s person in China isn't President Tian. Can you guess who it is?"

Bai Wanru laughed and said, "Why bother guessing? The truly wealthy people don't even make the list."

Zhu Nuanyue stubbornly insisted, "She's a young female boss. Everyone online is praising her as the richest woman born in the 90s. I think this woman and her husband are shameless. Don't they know President Tian is here? They're so thick-skinned!"

There are only a handful of clearly wealthy people in China, and the Bai sisters know who Zhu Nuanyue is referring to.

"Why are you so concerned about this?" Bai Wanru smiled and comforted him with a smile, "Our CEO Tian may not have much money, but he's incredibly capable."

Bai Mengru chimed in, "That couple only has a few hundred billion. If President Tian had sold his milk powder stock and given all the profits to Chengbang employees, he would definitely be the richest man now."

Bai Wanru said, "President Tian doesn't like to be famous or go out to participate in activities. Compared with other Internet entrepreneurs, he is too low-key."

Zhu Nuanyue nodded, deeply agreeing.

Tian Ersan is indeed low-key.

Despite being widely known and always making its presence felt within the Chengbang Group and on the internet, it's basically all about Chengbang.

Whatever happens outside is none of Tian Ersan's business. He never participates in dinners or parties organized by domestic entrepreneurs, nor does he travel around the country causing trouble.

All the business is within Tao County. Although they did some space exploration last year, it was clearly a domestic requirement and had little to do with Hetian No. 2 or No. 3.

Can you make money in the space industry?

Basically impossible.

Even if it can make money, if it's handed over to local management after two years of operation, it's basically a freebie.

We do not blindly expand by taking on debt, we do not engage in online lending, we provide employee benefits, we do not concern ourselves with the affairs of other companies, and we do not interfere with the development of others.

Although there were some instances of him having affairs with female celebrities and female CEOs, none of them were serious.

Compared to Tian Ersan, no other entrepreneur, whether openly or secretly wealthy, enjoys the same level of freedom.

Go abroad whenever you want, do whatever you want.

I can't speak for other places, but at least in Taoxian County, Chengbang's brand is more effective than any big company's brand.

After the city-state's AI department was taken over, almost all of its employees left, causing the country to lag far behind the beacon nation in the development of artificial intelligence.

Currently, only Chengbangmao shopping website is profitable. There are other shopping websites in China, but none of them can compete with Chengbangmao.

Chengbang Shopping is the only app in China that doesn't display ads, and it's also the only app that doesn't advertise on other platforms. It supports both computer and mobile phone operation.

The number of products listed is the smallest among all domestic shopping platforms, but the sales volume is the highest.

Over the years, a large group of customers has been accumulated who buy without thinking. These customers pay quickly and don't bother contacting customer service unless there's a major problem, and they generally don't return items.

This is definitely a high-quality group that all platforms want to attract.

However, it won't be easy to get these people away.

***
"The public relations department can hire online trolls to create negative cases in order to reduce the stickiness of ChengBang users."

"That's possible. Tian Ersan often travels abroad, and everyone suspects that he has already become a citizen of the United States. It's just that we don't know if the higher-ups will care about this. If it gets out of hand, it will be troublesome. It's okay for others, but Tian Ersan really has the ability to find out who hired the online trolls."

"Let's not hire online trolls. Chengbang has people both in China and abroad. If someone causes trouble, they can find them through the internet. If things get out of hand, it will be hard to handle."

"What are you afraid of? Let them make a scene. We are a patriotic company. Chengbang is indeed capable, but right now it's just a shopping website. There are so many shopping websites in China, we don't need another one!"

"He's not in the shopping business."

"CityState started out in the shopping industry, and its main revenue still comes from commissions from shopping platforms!"

"We didn't do any shopping, but there's no need to go against him, since our businesses are unrelated."

"Isn't that relevant? Chengbang is involved in every industry, from sales, clothing, food, construction, military, to telecommunications—what doesn't he do? Only when he dies will the market emerge!"

"Don't cause trouble just for the sake of performance. If you want to prove that you can develop business and expand the market, don't make enemies for no reason."

"If you're afraid of this and that, then don't be the manager! What's there to be afraid of in fair competition! We'll make the money that Chengbang doesn't want to make!"

No entrepreneur wants to go against Tian Ersan, but in the face of profit, they tacitly approve of some of their subordinates' radical actions.

Every large company has to compete, or it will be eliminated.

Even though many people want to curry favor with Tian Ersan and establish connections with the United States, businesses still need to make money.

Tian Ersan made so much money, but it was all taken from the mouths of other people.

Chengbang's generous welfare benefits have made many entrepreneurs resentful.

It's just that some people in the real economy don't dare to offend Tian Ersan, especially those who want to develop in the United States don't dare to criticize Tian Ersan casually.

Deterrence is only temporary. Even the world's number one beacon of light will always have someone jump out to test the strength of the world's number one power.

Tian Ersan is not the best in the world. He has many shortcomings and lacks deep-rooted relationships.

***
[Tian Ersan has already become a citizen of Lighthouse!]

Rumors began to circulate.

And it did not erupt immediately.

A few days later, the issue of Tian Ersan's nationality began to be discussed online.

Delanxin: Every item you buy from Chengbang is transformed into a bullet fired by the United States at our compatriots!
Li Chenchen: Mr. Hu, please change your IP address. First, tell Mr. Jing and Mr. Hu to stop spending money abroad and stop buying toilet seats abroad. Then, tell them to stop us from buying cheap goods in China. When it comes to selling out the country, we can't compare to you.

Wang Zhenhan: Shocking! Beijing aunties are spending lavishly! They've bought up Wall Street!
Highly attractive: Shocking! Last year, my country had 1.55 million outbound tourists and spent 9280 billion yuan abroad. Who is giving money to foreigners?

The fact that a minority of people support Tian Ersan does not prevent the majority from starting to reject Chengbang Shopping.

There are quite a few people who believe that Tian Ersan is a traitor, and Chengbang Shopping has been affected to some extent.

Losing control of the AI ​​forum, their main base, has led to many people who spoke up for Tian Ersan having their posts deleted and being banned by the administrators.

The major platforms seem to have reached a tacit agreement to allow this kind of public opinion to continue to grow.

Tian Ersan didn't care at all, and neither did his regular employees.

Over the years, whether it was Li Cuihua, Li Chuhong, or even Mu Xiuying, they didn't care what others said about Tian Ersan being a traitor, nor did they care how much money they made.

A month or two later, Chengbang remained completely calm and did not react to the external probing and slander.

Just before the Chinese New Year, a top-ten internet entrepreneur from China was arrested at the Victory Goddess Hotel in the United States.

The online accusations of treason quickly disappeared.

No matter how the company executives negotiated, the United States did not budge and directly sentenced the entrepreneur to three months of detention.

The East Coast is not within the Smith Group's sphere of influence, but there is no doubt that this matter falls within the Smith Group's capabilities.

China also arrested several foreign teachers and corporate managers from the United States in return.

Even so, the United States is still unwilling to release them.

The advantage of low human rights is too great; the beacon country doesn't care at all about the lives of its people.

The most critical issue is that the Smith Group's intelligence information is kept absolutely secret. Neither the United States nor any other country can infiltrate it or obtain its bottom line and core plans.

The high-ranking official who leaked the information received a warning within 24 hours, and there was no fighting or violence; they simply resigned.

When an organization cannot be penetrated, it demonstrates strong cohesion and execution capabilities. Even the United States itself dares not offend the Smith Group, let alone others.

(End of this chapter)