194: Chapter 194 Warehouse destroyed, 50% prepayment

He lit a cigarette and paced back and forth in the room.

"What should be done about this?"

"How could this fire have happened so coincidentally? It was so coincidental that he suspected it was intentional."

...

After the official start of the workday in the morning, the procurement director called again:

"Mr. Chen, those manufacturers in China can urgently ship goods. But their prices have also risen significantly in recent days."

"Stop the nonsense, how much?" Chen Zhengguang urged impatiently.

"RAM is 40% more expensive, storage is 30% more expensive, and other components have also risen in price, so overall they are also 40% more expensive."

Chen Zhengguang almost threw his phone again.

"40%? This is robbery. Their profit margins are only that much."

But he had no choice but to agree. The stock had to be replenished; otherwise, the losses for those thousands of stores every day would be an astronomical figure.

This batch of increased costs could only be borne by the users.

"Let those manufacturers in China ship a batch over first for emergency use."

"Alright, I'll arrange it immediately... But Mr. Chen, there's something I don't know if I should say."

"Speak."

"The manufacturers I just contacted, their accessories are all purchased from China, and the price increases aren't that outrageous. But price hikes are still unavoidable."

"However, we sent people to investigate, and there is a company in China that has invested in a large amount of flash memory and RAM, and the price is even lower than the market price. But this company does not cooperate with middlemen; they only sign directly with brand manufacturers."

"What company?"

"Xinyuan Technology, it's a subsidiary of Transsion. Boss, since that's the case, why don't we build our own assembly plant? The MTK solution hardly requires engineers; we can just assemble it directly. We won't have to worry if we encounter such things in the future..."

Chen Zhengguang's hand trembled, and the cigarette butt fell to the floor, scattering sparks onto the carpet.

Xinyuan Technology? Transsion?

That Transsion, which he had identified as a predator just a few days ago and had been kicked out of the office by Chen Jiahao.

"Mr. Chen? Mr. Chen? Are you still listening?"

Chen Zhengguang snapped back to reality, a trace of worry flashing in his eyes: "Are you sure it's Transsion?"

"Positive. Although I don't know how they did it, after 311, there has been a global shortage, but the stock in their hands has never decreased."

Chen Zhengguang sat heavily in his chair.

He suddenly remembered the sentence Shen Fei said in the elevator before leaving: "In the business world, your greatest confidence is not how much technology you have, but whether you have things in your hands that others do not."

He originally thought that sentence was Shen Fei teaching his employees, but now it seems... that sentence was clearly meant for him.

But how could he have predicted that the Chen family's warehouse would burn down?

Could it be that this wasn't a natural disaster, but a man-made one?

He couldn't worry about that much; the urgent problem now is that Transsion has stock, and what he urgently needs is stock.

He picked up the phone, hesitated for a long time, and finally dialed Huang Tianya's number.

"Mr. Huang, it's me, Chen Zhengguang... Yes, there is something I would like to ask for your help with... Um, could you give me Mr. Shen's phone number?"

"What? Mr. Shen is right next to you..."

The other end of the line went quiet immediately, and when the voice sounded again.

He had changed from being nervous to panicked.

"Mr. Shen, it's me, Chen Zhengguang."

Shen Fei still didn't make a sound, keeping on flipping through the reports; only the rustling sound of A4 paper turning was transmitted over.

"Mr. Shen... um, about the previous matter, my attitude was bad. I admit that I wanted to protect our retail industry and was afraid that you would swallow us up. Please be the bigger person and don't hold it against a small person like me. Can we... talk again?"

Shen Fei looked at the report on the desktop about building offline stores in Indonesia (the first batch of 500) and expanding the security department (Phase 1: recruiting 2500 people).

The plan provided by Wang Kai was to transfer a group of absolute confidants from Africa to start training and build a security team for Southeast Asia.

After Shen Fei signed the word "Approved," the corners of his mouth lifted slightly.

"Mr. Chen has figured it out? What do you want to talk about this time?"

"Talk about cooperation." Hearing Shen Fei return the words Chen Jiahao had said, there was a trace of urgency in Chen Zhengguang's voice, "Transsion wants to enter Indonesia, and the Chen family is willing to act as an agent."

"You set the conditions; as long as they are reasonable, we will agree."

Shen Fei did not rush to answer, but let him hang there.

After all, Shen Fei's tolerance really wasn't that high.

No one dared to give him the cold shoulder when he went anywhere, yet when he went to a Southeast Asian country to negotiate with a local Chinese entrepreneur, he was directly given the cold shoulder...

He knew, the last person in the country who provoked him, the entire family's future was gone.

As for that second generation, it seems he has started his own business, seems to have completed a round of financing, seems to be called something like Falcon Mobile.

It would be strange if he had a good temper after encountering such a thing in Southeast Asia.

"If Mr. Chen wants to talk, that's fine." Shen Fei said slowly, "But this time, we have to change the location."

"You name it, anywhere is fine."

"Transsion Jakarta office, 3 PM."

Shen Fei smiled: "This time I will have someone wait for Mr. Chen."

After hanging up the phone, Shen Fei called Wang Hua again: "Chen Zhengguang is coming this afternoon, you receive him."

Wang Hua reacted for a while on the other end, then suddenly laughed:

"Understood, Mr. Shen, I will definitely host him well."

Wang Hua really didn't expect that this so-called opportunity would come so quickly. So quickly that she even suspected that the wires were ignited by people sent by Shen Fei.

But the plan succeeded.

After hanging up the phone, Shen Fei looked at the map in the office; the China and Africa markets were already covered with flags, and there were scattered flags in the Europe and America regions.

The new target is Southeast Asia...

At 3 PM, Chen Zhengguang appeared at the door of the Transsion office on time.

Wang Hua received him, and they talked for an hour. The other party was indeed very anxious, so Wang Hua and Li Qing didn't have to put in much effort to succeed.

The Chen family will act as an agent for Transsion and be responsible for resolving all procedures.

The first batch of orders is no less than 300,000 units, with 50% of the payment prepaid. Shared channels, joint store promotion. (Advertising fees are self-paid)

Transsion does not require exclusivity, but the Chen family must promote it as the main product.

Chen Zhengguang gritted his teeth, but thinking of those stores, he finally agreed.

After all, he had no choice.

After seeing him off, Wang Hua called Shen Fei: "Mr. Shen, the contract has been signed. 300,000 units, 50% prepaid, the relevant funds will arrive tomorrow."

"Hmm, well done."

"But Mr. Shen, there is something I don't quite understand." Wang Hua lowered her voice, "That fire at the Chen family's warehouse, does it really have nothing to do with you?"

Shen Fei smiled.

"Wang Hua, you must remember that in the business world, some things, even if you didn't do them, people will think you did. It doesn't matter what Chen Zhengguang thinks now; what matters is what he will do in the future?"

"Mr. Shen, I understand."

Wang Hua nodded. He had thought that Mr. Shen had really used a "simple and unadorned business war," but it turned out to be a coincidence.

After hanging up the phone, Shen Fei showed a satisfied expression.

But the title of Southeast Asia having "small temples but many gods" is not for nothing. He had just settled down when his phone suddenly rang again.

It was Mr. Adebayo calling.

"Mr. Shen, there is a situation in Vietnam."

"What situation?"

"The industry and commerce department wants to investigate us, saying we are engaged in low-price dumping. The public security department has also come, saying that our security team is a privately raised army."