[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp":3,"chapter-i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-109":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I Get Stronger Every Payday—With One Billion Employees!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2264322,4419,"Chapter 109: Lei Zong, I","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-109",109,"\u003Cp>“Good morning, Chen Zong!” He smiled and stepped forward as Chen Yansen entered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Li Zong, sorry to keep you waiting. Shall we discuss cooperation first, or take a tour?” Chen Yansen greeted him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s finalize the game joint venture first—Lei Zong is in a meeting and will join later,” Li Wanqiang explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright.” Chen Yansen nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group stepped into the elevator and rode straight to the marketing department floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They then entered Li Wanqiang’s office, where he asked his assistant to bring a staff member responsible for channel coordination and showed Song Yuncheng Xiaomi’s revenue-sharing data for third-party promotional channels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaomi acted as the distributor; the spreadsheet listed hundreds of popular games, each negotiated individually by the marketing team. Some games offered revenue shares of 70%–80% of user spending, with a commission of 5–12 yuan per registered user.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, FoxTao wouldn’t get such a high rate, but Li Wanqiang offered a baseline of 40%–50%, clearly valuing FoxTao as a channel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Settlement occurred every half-month—highly sincere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen didn’t dwell on the revenue split; he gave Song Yuncheng a slight nod and sent the electronic contract to legal for review.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there were no issues, they’d sign the same day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The R&D center is upstairs—shall I show you around, Chen Zong?” Li Wanqiang suggested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then I’d be grateful for your trouble,” Chen Yansen smiled, walking with Li Wanqiang toward the elevator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Yuncheng stayed behind to follow up on the cooperation process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Ding!*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elevator doors opened!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hundreds-of-square-meter office area appeared before them; Li Wanqiang pointed ahead: “This is the MIUI development team—we update the system weekly based on user feedback.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen understood only the basics of development, but he knew that to build a phone system, he needed to know what talent to hire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked extremely detailed questions; when Li Wanqiang introduced core R&D staff, Chen Yansen pulled them aside to ask what programming languages and system frameworks were required for the job.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even found out what programming languages and development tools they used.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Wanqiang looked suspicious—he couldn’t understand why a e-commerce guide entrepreneur like Chen Yansen was asking these technical questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Lei Zong were here, he’d recognize on Chen Yansen’s face the same expression he’d worn when visiting Meizu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After pondering a while, Li Wanqiang assumed Chen Yansen was just curious about technology and didn’t press further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then showed him Xiaomi’s industrial design sketches, but the information obtainable was limited to appearance, materials, and color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this stage, Xiaomi was still integrating its supply chain; core components like screens, processors, and batteries hadn’t been finalized yet, so Chen Yansen learned very little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, after this tour, Chen Yansen gained a clear understanding of phone manufacturing: from industrial design, structural design, hardware design, and software development, to supply chain management and finally building sales channels—there were many steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sales was Chen Yansen’s strength—he didn’t need to worry about that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in technology, Li Wanqiang was the expert; Chen Yansen listened carefully and took rough notes on everything from software to hardware.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He concluded: if he wanted to build a phone, he’d truly need to poach an experienced insider to have any chance of success.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both product and procurement needed reliable people in charge for the project to move forward smoothly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, if the supply chain failed, the project would collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only at eleven did Lei Zong arrive, accompanied by a thin, bespectacled middle-aged man; after introduction, Chen Yansen learned he was Xiaomi’s co-founder—Lin Bing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group sat in a conference room for detailed discussion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Midway, Lei Zong specifically mentioned that once Xiaomi phones launched, they’d hold a brand-exclusive event on FoxTao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jun’er lacks confidence in himself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen thought to himself, finding it amusing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, when Xiaomi phones launched, pre-orders reached 300,000 units in just 34 hours—far exceeding Xiaomi’s current production capacity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lei Zong, why not sign the contract first?” Chen Yansen suggested with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phone profits were limited, but they’d boost FoxTao’s revenue and help raise the next round’s valuation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But Xiaomi hasn’t even released an engineering prototype yet,” Lei Zong chuckled, warmed by Chen Yansen’s enthusiasm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No problem—I trust you, Lei Zong,” Chen Yansen waved his hand, giving Lei Zong no time to hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Chen Yansen left Xiaomi, he took with him a marketing contract worth ten million yuan: four million for hard advertising, six million as phone commissions. The contract stipulated Xiaomi must provide 100,000 units in inventory within six months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Zong calculated: the return on investment was at least 20 times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt guilty, as if he’d taken advantage of Chen Yansen; as he saw Chen Yansen off, he kept calling him “little brother.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If Jun’er can’t deliver the phones later, I’ll hold him to the contract—I wonder if he’ll turn on me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen squinted and waved goodbye to Lei Zong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the two left, Li Wanqiang suddenly realized something and whispered: “Lei Zong, this morning when I showed Chen Yansen around the R&D center, he asked extremely detailed questions.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you think he’ll build a phone?” Lei Zong replied, not taking it seriously at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The phone industry was vastly different from guide e-commerce; it was capital- and technology-intensive, while guide e-commerce was asset-light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just the industrial design and supply chain integration alone typically took a full year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An outsider like Chen Yansen had neither technical expertise nor supply chain resources—not to mention building a smartphone, even making a knockoff phone with flashing lights would be extremely difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In 2011, China’s phone market was an era where knockoff phones and branded phones coexisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen remembered brands like Tianyu, Boda, Newmine, Dakele, Dapine, and Duowei—even the singing god Zhang Xueyou endorsed a domestic phone called Gaoxinqi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But very few ultimately succeeded; most collapsed into obscurity, forgotten by time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting in the car, Chen Yansen pondered Xiaomi’s path to success: unlike other phone makers, Lei Zong never planned to profit from hardware.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He focused profits on pre-installed apps, the app store, and game joint ventures—earning from software.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, each pre-installed app cost 0.5–2 yuan; if a phone had dozens installed, it could earn 20–50 yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Revenue from ads and splits in the app store was also substantial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Game joint ventures were even better—some games took 70%–80% cuts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A 2,000-yuan smartphone, assuming a three-year lifespan, could generate over 200 yuan in software revenue alone—far easier than hardware profits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, if phones were priced too high, users would notice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Too bad—I don’t have any money!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking for a long while, Chen Yansen sighed and muttered self-deprecatingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1098,"2026-06-19T19:17:18.227Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","b6616ae31c45353df3bf19ade9fb4ff202915b0097a7e6a9b9a43f7364c6af85","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-110","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-108",387,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-cover.jpg"]