The former Jiangcheng tax office had now become the headquarters of the Meiyue Group, a state-owned enterprise led by Lin Yue.

Initially, the higher-ups in the tax department were reluctant to switch their building, but once they heard it was for the Meiyue Group, everyone readily agreed with both hands.

And why not? This company alone brought in over two hundred billion RMB in taxes to the local treasury every year.

How could this be called robbery? They were more like benefactors, like gods of wealth!

Thus, upon an order from the higher tax authorities, everyone happily scrambled to move.

Hesitating even a second might make the Meiyue Group invest in another city!

Only when the Meiyue Group’s state enterprise license was formally displayed did all the administrative staff in Jiangcheng breathe a sigh of relief.

During the opening ceremony, Lin Yue, as the chairman, naturally took the lead.

The ceremony was bustling with distinguished guests.

Leading the support was Gu Yuan, accompanied by his core team.

Representatives from over thirty domestic cosmetics companies were also present, seated in the audience.

Top tycoons from the local capital circle all came to show support.

Hosted by an emcee, Lin Yue first spoke on behalf of the company, with the secretary Yu having competently prepared the official speech.

Lin Yue stood on stage, speaking eloquently and with ease.

In the audience, Lin Qin, Ye Shuting, Ye Wei, and Nie Yun, representing the company members, clapped occasionally.

Ye Wei and Nie Yun served as the general manager and deputy general manager of the group, respectively.

Ye Shuting served as the chief accountant.

Lin Qin served as the market economist.

All were core members of the group’s top management.

Behind Ye Wei and Nie Yun, two friends from the Jingbei Circle sat, admiring and envying them, applauding all the while.

Like Ye Wei, they too had insufficient family resources and chose to enter business.

Ye Wei and Nie Yun had successfully made it, entering a high-level managerial position in a state-owned enterprise through Feng, attaining Hall Master level status.

This elevated position made their team members in Jingbei, who were not part of any official system, extremely envious.

Seeing Ye Wei wait for Chairman Lin Yue to finish her speech and then take the stage, these two friends grew even more jealous.

"He really dresses up like he’s somebody," one commented.

"Joking aside, the national emblem on his chest does look impressive. I’m so jealous it makes me want to cry," the other said.

Guo Yunfan, Liu Jin, and Tang Jun were also sitting in the audience, listening to these comments and smiling silently.

The speakers were Liao Fu and Bai Bo, who had just arrived in Jiangcheng a few days ago and would later take over the management of the fund company that belonged to Ye Wei and others. Their temperament and demeanor matched well with people like Guo Yunfan.

The locals had warmly hosted them several times in Jiangcheng, showing great hospitality.

Wei Changqing was also seated behind them, still striving to integrate into the mainstream circles of Jiangcheng.

Just like him, Dragon from Tangong, along with the Qin, Dong, and Xu families, were also making efforts.

Different from their amicable atmosphere, the representatives of the domestic cosmetics companies seated several rows back exuded a silent but deadly aura.

After the ribbon-cutting ceremony ended,

they were escorted by the staff into a bidding hall.

General Manager Ye Wei attended this bidding session.

He said, "I assume you are already aware of our basic cooperation strategy, so let me add some details about the contra part."

"Our group plans to pick 5 companies from among you to participate in the contra, based on your online and offline store capabilities, cash reserves, and how much of your equity shares you are willing to concede to Meiyue Group for overall assessment."

"The selected 5 companies will all be guaranteed Class C technology licensing initially and then engage in a three-month sales competition. Depending on your operational and sales performance, we will determine the outcomes, and based on the overall sales, the top two will receive Class A technology licensing, third and fourth will get Class B, and the fifth only maintains the Class C."

"Of course, these technology licenses are not unchangeable. In the future, if your management team performs poorly, leading to a failure to maintain market share, the more capable will advance. Suppose the third or fourth place, or even the fifth place company surpasses your sales, they can replace you and receive better technology authorization!"

"Now, you have one hour to consult with your headquarters and negotiate. You may also choose to withdraw from this bid right now. After an hour, please let us know your equity transfer share intentions."

Meiyue wouldn’t put all its eggs in one basket.

Only among competitive groups would better performance arise!

You need to be motivated to overturn foreign brands!

The many company representatives sitting below understood the rules.

Leave or give up?

What were they thinking?

If they hadn’t known the miraculous level of this technology, it might have been fine, but now that they knew, who could remain calm?

Don’t think that the companies attending here only had tens or hundreds of billions in market value.

If you don’t secure a position, just wait for your market value to crumble completely.

Then you’ll be nothing!

Therefore, everyone today was determined to secure these spots!

Surely no company would be unwilling to give up some shares, right?

Would you rather hold 100% of the shares in a company worth 10 billion RMB or 10% of the shares in a company worth at least 500 billion or even a trillion US dollars?

Even if it’s just 10% of the shares, that’s equivalent to 50 to 100 billion US dollars, amounting to several hundred billion RMB!

Even a fool could do the math, right?