Tao Liangchen
Chapter 207 Layered Outsourcing
As a VIP client of the Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank of Japan, the bank, which had a cooperative relationship with the aircraft leasing company, gave Su Yehao a complimentary business jet leasing service for ten times a year, up to fifty hours.
For short trips, at market rates, a business jet like this would cost around 35,000 Hong Kong dollars per hour to lease.
If he flew the full fifty hours, it would be equivalent to 1.65 million Hong Kong dollars, plus some other expenses.
Overall, it was much more practical than other gifts.
Through the floor-to-ceiling glass, Su Yehao could already see it. He was flipping through a magazine introducing private business jets and happened to see the latest Gulfstream V, with a longer range and more spacious interior.
He sighed deeply and said, "If it weren't worth over twenty million U.S. dollars, I'd be tempted."
"Over a hundred million. You've made a fortune recently, it's not like you can't afford it." Nong Qingying drank her cola. Although this short trip was relatively uneventful, it was quite comfortable.
Su Yehao continued:
"I can afford it, but I can't bear to spend it. Let's wait and see. Good steel should be used on the blade. The most important thing now is to make money."
Nong Qingying smiled. "Then work hard to earn money. When you buy a plane one day, we can set off at night every now and then, and arrive at our destination after a sleep. Europe, Australia, North America, a world tour!"
"Well... actually, I'd rather buy a big plane, so I can separate rooms and put in a big bed."
This level of teasing from Su Yehao no longer worked on Nong Qingying.
The girl said happily, "Aren't you afraid the plane will fall down?"
"Thank you."
"Thank you for what?"
Su Yehao said calmly, "Thank you for thinking I have that ability. It seems you still think highly of me."
She lightly spat.
Nong Qingying was about to speak when she unexpectedly saw Chu Jun walking over in a hurry, carrying large and small bags.
"Brother Chu, why are you here? Catching a ride?" Su Yehao asked in surprise.
Chu Jun waved his hand and said with a smile, "You left without a word, so I prepared some local specialties for you in advance and rushed over to deliver them. I was stopped at the ticket gate just now, and I had to buy a ticket to get in. I'll have to get a refund later."
As the host, and having become a partner with Su Yehao, it was inevitable to show his regards and see him off.
He had met Chu Jun a few times before, but they weren't close.
After spending these two days together, they became much more familiar. Su Yehao smiled and said politely, "I was afraid of troubling you, so I didn't even say goodbye. I'm really sorry to make you run so far."
"It's nothing. Anyway, I've given the work to Xiao Lei, so I'm not busy now."
Chu Jun continued to say:
"Thanks to you, I bought the house at the foot of the city wall. I just signed the contract this morning, using the contract template you drafted yesterday. I just bought the rightmost set of the three courtyard houses. The four families living inside are easier to talk to and are all inclined to sell. The area isn't even as big as the front yard of your house. After tidying it up, it should be quite nice."
Still having some impression of that small courtyard house, Su Yehao followed up on the topic and said, "The one with the plum blossoms in the yard? That's pretty good, an excellent location. How much did it cost?"
"Three million seven hundred and fifty thousand. You can go back to Hong Kong with peace of mind. I'll keep an eye on the house for you and take care of the formalities. I'll just handle it all together."
"Thanks, Brother Chu. We won't be far away in the future, so we can visit each other for tea."
Su Yehao politely added, "When I get back to Hong Kong, I'll find a reliable designer and send you the drawings when they're done. If you like them, we can renovate together."
Gu </span>"That's great. It just so happens that my wife prefers Western-style villas and has always disliked living in a courtyard house..."
After hearing Chu Jun's words, Su Yehao was quite speechless.
However, the reputation of the Siheyuan courtyard houses in the Fourth Ring Road wasn't that great in this era. There were too many old courtyard houses within the Third Ring Road, and urban renovation had only just begun, so the scarcity wasn't that high.
People believed that living together with many people in a small courtyard house was far less impressive than newly built commercial housing or villas.
He had to say the right things at the right time. If the house Su Yehao bought wasn't so large, it wouldn't actually be worth that much. It was estimated that it wouldn't truly appreciate until after the millennium.
The airport occasionally received private business jets and had experience in this area. Moreover, there were fewer passenger planes now, so the airport wasn't too busy.
A beautiful girl from the VIP lounge came over to remind them that they could board the plane, easily squeezing out some time.
After saying goodbye to Chu Jun, Su Yehao took Nong Qingying and got into... a small van, heading straight for the tarmac.
Time flew by.
In the blink of an eye, another two weeks had passed since Su Yehao's trip to the Fourth Ring Road for sightseeing.
The long-awaited tAt one-on-one chat service still hadn't been launched, and he had finally run out of patience.
On November 27th.
Su Yehao came to tAt Network Company, beckoned the old employee Ah Qiang with glasses to go to the office, and asked, "Where's Director Zhou? His office seems to be locked?"
"Well, the director went to Silicon Valley, apparently to arrange interviews."
"Why hasn't the new feature, which we paid the Indian team to help develop, been launched yet?" Su Yehao asked with a frown.
Ah Qiang with glasses hesitated for a few seconds, thinking that keeping his job was the most important thing, and lowered his voice to tell him, "I heard others talking about it. It seems they were cheated by those Indians. The products they developed are full of loopholes. It's better to develop it slowly yourself. It's completely unusable."
Su Yehao had never heard of this before and was immediately surprised. "Why is that? I spent 350,000 U.S. dollars!"
"That outsourcing company is indeed very capable, but recently they seem to be busy developing products for other companies. They probably outsourced our order to someone else... maybe. It's just a guess, but the code they sent is really trash. It crashes as soon as it runs. Everyone is working hard to fix it."
"..."
Layered outsourcing was very much in line with Su Yehao's impression of that place.
He had always heard that you had to be careful when doing business with them, but he still held a glimmer of hope that he could escape unscathed.
Too bad.
It seemed he had fallen into the pit.
Ah Qiang with glasses hesitated, but finally reminded him, "Young Master Su, it's enough for you to know. Don't mention my name, or I won't be able to stay in the company."
"You dare to hide this kind of thing from me? Do you believe I can make sure you can't stay here?"
Su Yehao was full of anger, but he didn't vent it on Ah Qiang. He waved his hand and added, "Go ahead. Who's in charge of development work since Director Zhou isn't here?"
"The deputy director, Miles."
He always felt it was strange to use English names. Su Yehao knew this was a legacy issue, but he still wasn't used to it.
He got up to find someone to question, and on the way, he detoured to find the front desk, asking the girl to call the legal counsel first. The time had already been wasted, but he should try to recover some losses...