Chapter 329: No matter how big the vision is, I still want to be an ordinary person
When ordinary people say “Let’s meet for dinner some other day and sit down and chat”, it is usually just a polite remark and you don’t have to take it seriously. But Mr. Ma is certainly not an ordinary person. He sent someone to invite Chen Jianghe to dinner at Jinmao Tower that evening and arranged for Cantonese cuisine.
At the dinner table, Mr. Ma talked to Chen Jianghe about many things, from his college life, becoming a teacher after graduation, opening an English corner, to starting a business. There were many interesting stories during that time, and it was very interesting to hear him tell them.
Although Chen Jianghe had known , the feeling was very different to have a meal, chat and laugh with him at the same table like now.
"Actually, I'm not very interested in group buying for takeout. I'm more interested in your light-speed payment."
After three rounds of drinks, Mr. Ma changed the subject and naturally got to the point.
Chen Jianghe blinked, pretending not to understand what Mr. Ma meant.
Mr. Ma smiled and continued, "I took a close look at your payment website a while ago and found that there are many aspects that are worth learning from for Alipay."
"Teacher Ma, you're joking. What we made is really not good enough to show off."
Chen Jianghe scratched his head and said with a simple face: "Recently, when I was discussing business in Shanghai, I received a lot of feedback from merchants and users, saying that the light speed payment connected to our light chaser platform is a piece of rubbish, not easy to use at all, and the user experience is far inferior to that of Alipay."
Hearing this, Mr. Ma smiled and looked at Chen Jianghe: "You are too modest. In fact, we are often scolded by merchants and users. There are many valuable opinions in them that can help us correct and upgrade the user experience."
"That's true." Chen Jianghe nodded in agreement.
"The payment field is not easy to do." Mr. Ma took a sip of wine from his glass and sighed slightly: "It is a subversive thing, involving many deep-seated interests. If you get involved, you must be mentally prepared and think about the next step."
Chen Jianghe knew what Mr. Ma was hinting at. He picked up his wine glass and shook it, pretending to be confused and said, "Actually, I just made up my mind at the beginning. Now I can only cross the river by feeling the stones and take one step at a time."
Mr. Ma looked at him and thought, you may be a young man, but you have a lot of experience. Once you make the takeout group buying business bigger and stronger, the user base of Lightspeed Payment will naturally usher in explosive growth. At that time, it is inevitable that our two companies will clash in our core businesses.
"We are on the same path." "Mr. Ma first affirmed Chen Jianghe's entrepreneurial spirit, and then said seriously: "There is no trivial matter in finance. We must be cautious and deal with all possible risks and challenges."
Chen Jianghe drank the liquor in his glass without thinking. His face flushed. He looked at Mr. Ma with a bit of drunkenness and said with a smile, "In fact, in my opinion, payment tools should not belong to individuals or companies. I often tell the employees of Lightspeed Payment that we are doing research and development for the country. If the country needs it in the future, Lightspeed Payment will hand it over unconditionally at any time."
Mr. Ma was stunned for a moment, thinking about the B round of financing of Light Chaser Company a few years ago, in which Guangdong East State-owned Assets and CITIC jointly invested, it is very likely that some important signals or commitments were received.
Originally, Mr. Ma wanted to sound out Chen Jianghe's attitude tonight and try to intervene in Alipay in advance while Light Chaser is in a stage of rapid development, or directly invest in the acquisition of Lightspeed Payment to prevent problems before they occur. Now it seems that both of these things are difficult to say.
"Jiang He, let's go to Hangzhou some other day."
After the dinner, at the entrance of Jinmao Tower, Mr. Ma and Chen Jianghe shook hands again, then walked to the company's business car and left accompanied by several senior executives.
"Boss Cai, do you believe that the young man just now is very likely to become our main competitor in the future?"
In the car, Mr. Ma spoke with a smile to an elegant man sitting next to him.
“It’s hard to say.” Mr. Cai smiled slightly and continued, “But he looks a lot like you when you were young.”
“Actually, not really.” Mr. Ma shook his head and said with a smile, “He’s much more handsome than me.”
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"Boss, I find you have a big vision."
On the way to the hotel, Lin Siqi couldn't help but praise Chen Jianghe.
She accompanied the entire dinner tonight, but she just quietly acted as an observer, listening to the conversation between the boss and Mr. Ma.
“In fact, Mr. Ma has a bigger vision.”
Chen Jianghe smiled and said, as one of the leading figures of domestic Internet companies, Mr. Ma’s broad vision and forward-looking business thinking have always been praised.
Some of the things Chen Jianghe said at the dinner table tonight were actually borrowing from Mr. Ma's wisdom, saying in advance what he wanted to say in the future. This way, he could resonate with it while also being very confusing, thus buying Lightspeed Payment more room and time for development.
Lin Siqi's eyes flickered, and after thinking for a moment, he said seriously, "You two are both business geniuses."
Chen Jianghe took a deep look at the girl beside him whose eyes were full of him. He couldn't help but reach out and hug her. He said calmly, "I don't want to be a business genius now. I just want to be an ordinary person."
"A greedy, lustful and vulgar person?" Lin Siqi smiled.
"Yeah." Chen Jianghe nodded, thinking that you still understand me.
Arriving at the hotel, Lin Siqi came out of the shower, holding a bottle of body lotion and came to the bed. He smiled and asked Chen Jianghe, who was lying on the bed watching TV: "Boss, can you do me a favor?"
"What help?" Chen Jianghe asked.
"Can you help me put on body lotion?" Lin Siqi asked with a smile, and explained in a low voice: "The cities I visited recently were a bit cold and the weather was quite dry. If I don't put on body lotion, my skin will dry out easily."
After saying that, Lin Siqi opened the bottle cap, poured out a little, and applied it on his calves as a demonstration. Then he looked up at Chen Jianghe and said, "Just apply it evenly like this."
After taking a shower, Lin Siqi was only wearing a thin suspender nightgown, with her shoulders and beautiful legs exposed. When applying body lotion, her legs were stretched straight on the sheets. Her snow-white skin was as smooth and delicate as the finest white marble. Because she had just taken a shower, it was slightly moist when her palms were placed on it. From the arch of the foot to the calf, and then to the thigh, the whole process was so charming that one could not let go.
While Chen Jianghe was busy, Lin Siqi watched him. Her long and dense eyelashes fluttered, her clear and bright eyes were bright and gentle, and there was a faint blush on her face, I don't know if it was caused by the high temperature in the room or a hint of shyness.
"Do I need to rub this stuff all over my body?"
Chen Jianghe was busy for a moment, then looked up and asked Lin Siqi.
"Yes." Lin Siqi nodded with a smile, gathered her hair with both hands, hooked her little finger lightly, and the suspenders on her shoulders slipped down quietly.
