114: Chapter 113 M Group Calls, Feeling Envious

"Jun, you're a stand-up guy."

"You've helped me a lot. This time, even my little aunt has compromised."

"Except for that second younger brother of mine whom I haven't seen in a long time, everything is smooth sailing now."

"My dad said that we absolutely cannot treat you unfairly."

"Then I won't stand on ceremony. I've accepted the gift. There's a long road ahead for us, and who knows, there might be times when I'll need your help in the future."

"Then just say the word anytime."

Wang Jun was speechless. He could now be certain that Lin Feng's background was definitely not simple; what else could he possibly need help with?

As the saying goes, royal power and wealth are the two great pursuits of men.

But wealth can be sought after, while royal power is something you either have from birth or you have to rebel to get.

This guy is hiding deep.

However, Wang Jun was a smart man and felt it was better to play dumb.

At noon, Lin Feng booked a private table at a nearby restaurant and had a meal with a few familiar people.

By the time he returned to the company, it was already 1:30 PM.

Lying on the soft office chair and looking at the office of over 200 square meters, the feeling was simply wonderful.

The view outside the floor-to-ceiling windows was unobstructed.

Although it was only six stories high, this was merely the achievement of three months.

Before long, he would own his own office building, dozens of stories high, looking down on all the mountains.

"Ring ring…"

A sharp ringing sound rang out, and the screen of the Nokia phone on the desk lit up.

He picked up the phone and took a look; it was actually an unknown caller.

Telecom fraud wasn't prevalent yet, and nuisance calls were rare, so Lin Feng pressed the answer button directly.

"Hello, may I ask if this is Boss Lin?"

"It's me. Who are you?"

This was an unfamiliar voice; he could be certain that he had absolutely never had any contact with the owner of this voice before.

"Oh, I'm from Huaxia Meituan. My surname is Chen, and I'm a manager in the head office's project operations department."

Meituan…

Lin Feng's heart skipped a beat. At this point in time, it was at a turning point for rapid development.

In 2011, Group Buying exploded, and after that came the rise of the delivery industry.

Although the explosion of food delivery would still take two years, for a large group like this, a plan was likely drafted years in advance.

It looked like he had been targeted after all.

"Meituan? Heh, are you a scammer?"

"I won't be fooled."

"Boss Lin, wait a moment, I really am…"

Lin Feng hung up the phone directly.

He already knew the other party's intention.

It was likely that when the think tank inside Meituan was laying out their future food delivery business, they discovered the recent movements of his Fengda Delivery in Shen City.

For a company, a new business, developing from zero, the energy, manpower, and financial resources invested were unimaginably large.

If there was a ready-made team, buying it out directly would save a lot of trouble.

After more than three months of working together, his team had become very mature.

After moving here, the company had become formalized and was no longer the makeshift setup it used to be.

In the entire Fengda Group, the most stable source of income right now was food delivery.

Making wedding clothes for others? Don't even think about it.

Since it was impossible to reach an agreement, why even talk?

Being two-faced was just a waste of time; it was better to cut off their hopes directly.

"Knock, knock, knock…"

"Come in…"

"Boss, I have something urgent to discuss with you."

"Xiaoxiao, are you getting used to it here?"

Huo Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "This is what you call a company. I must have been blind to go work at Jida before."

"As long as you're used to it. People have to suffer a little to make progress."

"Boss, the reason I came to find you is because a situation has arisen."

"A situation?"

Lin Feng was quite surprised. The company had just moved in, and it was thriving in the morning, but a situation popped up in the afternoon.

This speed was simply too fast.

"Boss, actually, this situation didn't just start today. I haven't been in charge of the company for long, and before, Fang Cheng was overseeing operations."

"Just now, when we were handing over work, he mentioned that for the past week, some people with unknown identities had appeared in the areas covered by our delivery service."

Lin Feng was startled, thinking that someone was up to some tricks again, affecting food safety.

"Is someone messing with food safety?"

"That's not it. Those people claim to be from the Meituan Group, and they are targeting some of our riders, promising them higher delivery fees."

Lin Feng's heart sank; it really was people from Meituan.

However, he didn't need to worry about the merchants for now; his delivery model was very different from the future one.

More than a decade later, the operating model of food delivery platforms would have capital eating from both ends.

Nowadays, merchants need to pay to use the platform.

And the delivery fee is paid by the customer, and then he splits it with the riders.

Given the nature of those bastards at Meituan, they could only make a fuss about the delivery fees.

But Lin Feng wasn't afraid of them subsidizing delivery fees.

Given Meituan's current size, if they wanted to fight a commercial war and burn money, the risk was high, and he wasn't necessarily afraid of them.

It seemed he needed to pay more attention to Meituan's movements to avoid them using some underhanded tricks.

"Xiaoxiao, continue to keep an eye on this for me. If there are any unusual movements, notify me immediately."

"Okay, Boss."

"By the way, regarding the operation of the second-hand trading platform, I have an idea. We could set up a trading website similar to Taobao; that would make management more convenient."

"You come up with the plan, and I'll approve it. Go ahead."

"Also, I'd like to dabble in the express delivery industry. I'm very interested in the internet delivery concept you proposed earlier."

"Really? Then I'll go back and write a proposal for you."

"Go."

After Huo Xiaoxiao left, Lin Feng's expression turned serious.

This matter must be taken seriously; if anything went wrong, all their efforts would be in vain.

He squinted, his eyes looking forward.

A piece of intelligence emerged, and he read it carefully.

Yanjing, Meituan Headquarters.

Manager Chen Hao lay angrily on his office chair, with three buttons of his shirt undone and his hair messy like a bird's nest.

He hadn't slept well for a week.

Food delivery was originally the company's five-year plan, and according to the project department's plan, it was supposed to be realized in 2013-2014.

Because the company's professional team analyzed that there would soon be a disruptive iteration in the mobile phone industry.

By then, the functions of mobile phones would be comparable to computers, and computers would gradually withdraw from the mainstream platform.

Only then would it be the era of their Meituan food delivery.

Taking a cut from merchants joining and a cut from riders' delivery fees—eating from both ends—they could reach the industry-leading position in minutes.

As a result, some college student popped up from nowhere and started a food delivery business for no reason.

Merchants were free, the delivery fee was paid by the customer, and he split it with the riders.

Now, he couldn't even find an entry point to take action.

"Manager Chen, there's no way; we don't have any entry point."

"Merchants use the platform for free, and the delivery fee is paid by the customer."

"We can't just waive the delivery fee for customers; with our current strength, our capital chain would break in minutes."

"Unless…"

"Unless what?"

"Unless we give the riders a 5% higher cut of the delivery fees."

Manager Chen Hao's face was filled with ecstasy. He pointed at his assistant and said, "Good, that's a good method. Let's use a two-pronged approach. Let's do it."