novelraw Chapter 622 : I Admire You Very Much
Chapter 622 : I Admire You Very Much
Chapter 622: I Admire You Very Much
"Master, who are you going to meet for business later?"
"After the business talk, can we go play at the Forbidden City?"
"Do you want me to help you later? My family has a lot of influence in Beijing. I can have my family intervene..."
Chen Fan helplessly stopped walking. "Wan'er, if you keep talking, I won't take you along."
Nalan Wan'er quickly covered her mouth with her hand, her beautiful eyes blinking.
"I promise I won't say anything more."
Chen Fan instructed, "Later, you can only follow along. You can't talk carelessly, otherwise I won't be your master anymore."
"Mm-hmm."
As the two came outside, Feng Pojun immediately followed.
"Where's the person?"
"Boss, I introduced your identity to him, but it seems the other party had some urgent matter and had to leave. He just left a contact number."
"He said if there's a chance, we can arrange to meet again."
Chen Fan took the business card and glanced at the information on it.
Ma Yun.
It was indeed him.
With a slight curl of his lips, he said, "Go get the car."
As Feng Pojun went to get the car, Chen Fan took out his phone and dialed the number on the card.
The phone rang a few times before someone finally answered.
"Hello."
A pleasant woman's voice came from the other end of the phone. Chen Fan was startled for a moment, then quickly realized this must be the other party's secretary or assistant.
"Hello, my name is Chen Fan. I met with Mr. Ma Yun this morning at the Qingsong Club."
As soon as he mentioned the Qingsong Club, the other side quickly responded.
"Please hold."
The assistant must have gone to consult, and after about a minute, she finally gave a reply.
"Mr. Ma says if you're not busy, can you come to the Junwangfu Hotel now? Mr. Ma invites you for afternoon tea."
Chen Fan smiled, "No problem, I'll be right there."
After hanging up the phone, Feng Pojun drove the car over. Chen Fan and Nalan Wan'er got in and sat in the back.
"Old Feng, let's go to the Junwangfu Hotel."
Nalan Wan'er asked curiously.
"Who did you just call? Aren't we going for a business talk?"
Chen Fan explained, "Remember Jack Ma, whom you met at the golf course earlier?"
Nalan Wan'er's eyes widened: "You're going to meet him?"
"Isn't he a fraud?"
Chen Fan shook his head with a smile: "Of course not. He and I are both in the internet business. I want to get to know him."
As soon as they got out of the car at the Junwangfu Hotel, a short-haired woman in a professional suit walked up.
"Excuse me, are you Mr. Chen Fan?"
Chen Fan nodded.
"That's me."
"Mr. Ma just finished talking with someone and is already waiting for you inside. Please follow me."
In his previous life, Chen Fan had eaten at the Junwangfu Hotel a few times, but he wasn't very familiar with the interior environment.
Nalan Wan'er walked behind with her hands behind her back, looking a bit bored.
She was actually too familiar with this place.
"Master, I'm hungry. Your business talk must be super boring. Can I go to the next room and open a private room to eat while waiting for you?"
Chen Fan nodded with a smile.
"Sure, I'll come find you when I'm done here."
"Then I'll order some specialties from here for you."
With that, Nalan Wan'er bounced away. The assistant leading the way looked back curiously, somewhat surprised by the girl's identity.
Leading Chen Fan to a very distinctive Chinese-style courtyard, the woman stopped.
"Our Mr. Ma is inside. Please."
Chen Fan nodded in thanks and stepped in.
Feng Pojun was led by the female assistant to rest elsewhere.
As soon as he entered, Chen Fan saw Ma Yun sitting inside, fiddling with tea utensils alone.
Not very tall, a thin frame, and quite distinctive features, he looked exactly the same as in the previous life.
To be honest, in his previous life, Chen Fan had met Ma Yun a few times at some high-end summits, but they were merely nodding acquaintances and didn't really know each other.
In this life, because Chen Fan chose to start with the internet, the two had their first interaction.
Ma Yun sat in his seat, brows furrowed, seemingly worried and thinking about something.
Hearing someone open the door, he looked up, and when he saw Chen Fan, his expression was visibly startled.
"You are..."
"Feifan Technology, Chen Fan!" Chen Fan introduced himself with a smile.
Ma Yun immediately stood up from his seat.
"Oh my, I've heard that the founder of Feifan Technology was a young person, but I didn't expect him to be so young."
"Truly a young hero indeed."
Chen Fan smiled and shook hands with him.
"Mr. Ma, you're our senior in the internet industry. I still have a lot to learn from you."
"Haha, Mr. Chen, those words seem a bit insincere. In business, age doesn't matter. The achiever takes the lead, and whoever has achievements gains respect."
Ma Yun was very polite to Chen Fan, actively inviting him to sit down.
Then he turned to instruct the waiter who had just entered the room: "Please take all of these away."
"Mr. Chen, have you eaten?"
Chen Fan smiled: "I'm not hungry at the moment."
"Then let's start with some desserts, and add some fruit platters."
Ma Yun specifically instructed: "I have something to discuss with Mr. Chen. Please don't disturb us unless it's urgent."
Chen Fan glanced at the untouched desserts on the table and asked with a smile.
"Mr. Ma, did you have other guests here earlier?"
Ma Yun smiled: "I was just chatting with some clients from Beijing here."
Chen Fan understood. Ma Yun must have met with a group of clients here, probably about funding matters.
Ma Yun took out a cigar from a wooden box beside him.
"Mr. Chen?"
Chen Fan waved his hand with a smile: "Thank you, I'm not used to these."
Ma Yun just smiled politely and lit it for himself.
It was evident that he had a lot on his mind, and it seemed the earlier negotiation didn't go very well.
"Mr. Chen, to be honest, although we've never met before, I've heard a lot about you."
"At such a young age, you founded Feifan Technology and achieved such great success in less than 3 years. Especially your company's Security Guard and antivirus software, which have almost monopolized the domestic antivirus market. That's impressive."
Chen Fan smiled modestly: "Just lucky, that's all."
Ma Yun, however, waved his hand with a serious face: "Well, there's no need for such modesty between us. We're both in the internet business. If a product can achieve 50% of the market share, we might call it luck. But to achieve over 90% of the market share, that's not luck, that's absolute strength and technological leadership."
"I admire you very much."
Compliments are always welcome. Chen Fan also smiled and said, "Actually, I admire Mr. Ma more."
"The Alibaba you founded is very impressive and has great prospects. I'm very optimistic about it."
"Oh?"
Ma Yun's eyes lit up, looking at Chen Fan with some surprise.
"Mr. Chen, are you also interested in online shopping?"
Chen Fan shook his head with a smile, "Even if I were interested in online shopping, I wouldn't have the chance now. Your Alibaba has already launched Taobao. I don't have that much energy to work on this."
"Even if I put in a lot of effort to create something, in the end, I might be crushed to pieces in your hands."
Everyone likes to hear flattery, and Ma Yun was no exception.
Although it was their first meeting, he had a really good impression of Chen Fan.
They were both in the internet business, and so far, Chen Fan was much more successful than himself.
Looking at this excessively young boss in front of him, Ma Yun suddenly became interested and wanted to test Chen Fan.
"Mr. Chen, what's your view on traditional retail versus internet e-commerce?"