Chapter 467

After the e-commerce platform's promotional activities began, the order volume of Old Hundreds Agricultural Products Trading Company increased significantly, and the sales volume of its offline stores also doubled.

Shen Anna had previously worried that the greenhouse vegetable inventory was too high; now she also worried that the workload of staff in various departments was too great. After discussing with Chen Yang, she urgently recalled Luo Xue and Qian Duo Duo from the Shenzhen branch to share her workload.

To boost employee enthusiasm, Chen Yang issued a notice to the senior management of all companies under Old Hundreds: during the Double Eleven promotional period, all company employees' wages will be doubled.

Under the incentive of the bonus, Old Hundreds Agricultural Products Trading Company's performance improved day by day. Before Double Eleven, the company's combined online and offline daily sales exceeded fifty million yuan.

On Double Eleven, the e-commerce platform's total sales directly exceeded three hundred million. This was several times higher than the sales volume of a certain treasure in his previous life.

After the event ended, Liu Jianghua immediately called to congratulate.

"Chen Yang, congratulations! This Double Eleven promotional activity was very successful!"

"Governor Liu, thank you for your attention. We will certainly continue to strive and make the e-commerce platform even better." Chen Yang did not expect that Governor Liu not only was also paying attention to the Double Eleven promotion, but also stayed until twelve o'clock. This made him feel somewhat overwhelmed by the favor.

"Chen Yang, this activity is not bad; we can hold another one during New Year's Day." Governor Liu saw from this Double Eleven activity a new idea for increasing Dongjiangsheng's GDP.

He could not help but admit that Chen Yang was indeed a business genius. Each time he made a move, it allowed him to see something different.

Upon hearing Governor Liu's support for him to continue the promotional activities, Chen Yang immediately agreed. Having made a good start, he naturally hoped to keep pushing forward and drive the Old Hundreds E-commerce Platform to even higher levels.

Governor Liu's support was the key to the Old Hundreds E-commerce Platform's promotional activities proceeding smoothly. Besides various policy benefits, more importantly, it could provide the platform with stable telecommunications network service.

However, Chen Yang did not plan to make the New Year's Day event as grand as the Double Eleven event.

Because after New Year's Day comes the Spring Festival, holding such large-scale promotional activities so frequently would likely provoke consumer resentment and even generate antagonistic feelings.

Moreover, if consumers become accustomed to low-price promotional activities, they will naturally save their money and wait for the event period to spend. Consequently, the platform's sales on non-holiday days would be affected, and overall revenue would also decline.

Old Hundreds Agricultural Products Trading Company itself follows a low-price route; if it remains unprofitable, Chen Yang would have to keep putting in a lot of money each year.

Losing money is a small matter; what is feared is that it will be spread abroad and become a laughingstock in the business world.

The next day, Chen Yang received many congratulatory calls, all congratulating Old Hundreds E-commerce Platform on achieving brilliant results in the Double Eleven event.

Even more unexpected was that Governor Cheng Hua's secretary, Liang Gongming, also called, asking him to come to the Governor's Office for a visit.

Chen Yang could be considered a regular visitor to the Provincial Government General Office, but being personally summoned by Governor Cheng Hua was still his first time.

Governor Cheng Hua has just turned sixty this year; in the new term election of Dongjiangsheng, he will further become the Provincial Party Committee Secretary of Dongjiangsheng, while Liu Jianghua will succeed him as Governor.

"Chen Yang, I heard from Comrade Jianghua that your e-commerce platform's daily sales in the Double Eleven event broke through the three-hundred-million mark. This achievement is truly remarkable!"

"Governor, you overpraise me." Chen Yang said humbly: "Old Hundreds E-commerce Platform's current achievements are mainly thanks to the Governor and all provincial leaders' help and support!"

Governor Cheng Hua greatly appreciated Chen Yang's modest and unassuming attitude. In this society, talented young people who are not arrogant are truly rare.

"Chen Yang, I plan to borrow your successful experience to vigorously promote the e-commerce industry throughout the province. Do you have any objections?"

Chen Yang did not expect that Governor Cheng Hua had summoned him for this matter.

If given a choice, Chen Yang would of course prefer that he be the only e-commerce platform in the whole world. But he also knows that achieving this in reality is very difficult.

Therefore, even if he is unhappy, Chen Yang will not show it.

"Governor, if you believe that vigorously developing the e-commerce industry will help our province's economy, I have no objections."

Governor Cheng Hua laughed and asked Chen Yang: "Then, if you were to impart experience to these enterprises, would you also agree?"

Chen Yang shook his head decisively: "Governor, I can let them visit and study at Old Hundreds Agricultural Products Trading Company. But as for imparting experience, it's better to forget it! Since ancient times, teaching the apprentice will inevitably starve the master. I cannot watch the e-commerce platform I built with my own hands be destroyed by myself."

Upon hearing this, Governor Cheng Hua burst out laughing: "Chen Yang, I thought you feared neither heaven nor earth, but I didn't expect you to also be afraid of others snatching your business!"

Chen Yang smiled embarrassedly: "I am just an ordinary merchant; having my own self-interest is quite normal."

Governor Cheng Hua nodded slightly, then continued: "Since you worry about others stealing your business, are you interested in expanding the scale on the existing foundation to cultivate more talents for the e-commerce industry?"

Chen Yang continued shaking his head and said: "Governor Liu, the current scale of Old Hundreds Agricultural Products Trading Company, the staff is already saturated; we will not consider expanding the staff for the time being."

Cheng Hua saw that Chen Yang had no intention of hiring more people, so he could only give up. After all, Old Hundreds Agricultural Products Trading Company had been established for just over a year, and its total workforce had already exceeded a thousand. For such a promising good enterprise, government departments had best not overly interfere in their internal operations, lest it backfire.

Since your company's staffing is full, the government can only encourage other entrepreneurs and individuals to independently develop e-commerce platform business.

Chen Yang was not worried about competition. In the early stage of e-commerce platform development, the more related enterprises there are, the better the effect.

As for grabbing customers, that's just a matter of each relying on their own abilities!

"Governor, I am very supportive of you handling e-commerce platform business in the province. However, while you can give them benefits, you must not neglect one for the other!"

"Don't worry, I will definitely treat everyone fairly." Cheng Hua nodded with a smile. Expanding the e-commerce industry is actually just his idea. But whether it can succeed, he has no confidence at all.

After all, the Old Hundreds E-commerce Platform was entirely built by throwing money at it. According to the statistics given by his secretary, just the investment in acquiring new members cost over a hundred million. The subsequent advertising and promotion expenses were likewise countless.

Such a successful experience is almost impossible to replicate.

Of course, Cheng Hua also had another plan: that is, to take the Old Hundreds E-commerce Platform as the center and vigorously develop related peripheral industries.