[{"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-114":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},2264327,4419,"Chapter 114: Da Bolo","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-114",114,"\u003Cp>After Chen Yansen left, Cao Dahua pulled out his phone and dialed a number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hua Ge, what do you need?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zuo Hongyu, seeing the familiar caller ID, smiled and pressed answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Old Zuo, are you getting used to life at Da Bolo?” Cao Dahua leaned back on the sofa, grinning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Clone phones? Just assembly—no real challenge. But the past two years haven’t been as comfortable as ’08 or ’09.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zuo Hongyu took it as friendly concern and chatted casually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ever think about switching jobs?” Cao Dahua ended the small talk and got straight to the point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hua Ge, are you coming out of retirement?” Zuo Hongyu froze, hesitated, then quickly pressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You think this is a movie? I don’t have time to play the returning king! I’ve got a student who wants to enter the phone industry—he needs a procurement director who knows the supply chain inside out. So, are you interested?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Dahua, hearing his old friend’s excitement, doused him with cold water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? So your student’s a rich kid?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zuo Hongyu didn’t accept or refuse, continuing to probe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The kid I mentioned before—Chen Yansen.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Dahua grinned, clearly proud—he always told outsiders Chen Yansen was his star pupil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait, isn’t he in e-commerce? Why suddenly phones?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zuo Hongyu was puzzled—the two industries were vastly different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lei Jun started in software too, and now he makes phones. Anyway, this kid’s loaded—he won’t treat you badly. So, are you in?” Cao Dahua urged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hua Ge, I’m past my prime. I don’t want to start over. If you were going back in, I’d throw my old bones into it with you. But this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zuo Hongyu thought it over and declined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though clone phone momentum had cooled since its peak, the domestic market still held huge potential—if they couldn’t sell in first- or second-tier cities, they’d go to third- or fourth-tier towns, even remote county seats. There was always a meal to be had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But joining Chen Yansen? Uncertain future. For a man in his forties, the risk was too high—not worth it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Old Zuo, you’re being foolish! Clone phones thrived because MediaTek supplied chips and OS—but now MediaTek’s lost its edge in touch and smartphone tech. You’re heading straight for a dead end.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Dahua spoke with certainty—he wasn’t slacking off just because he was at school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His past entrepreneurial failure still rankled; he knew every detail of this industry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is it really that bad?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zuo Hongyu didn’t believe it—he still thought Da Bolo was popular in the mid-to-low-end market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph! Your factory’s electronic trash can’t even compete with the smart phones carriers give away for top-ups. What are you going to use to fight Huawei, ZTE, and Coolpad?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Dahua sighed in frustration—he thought: Old Zuo’s good at support, but if left alone, he’d turn everything into a mess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hua Ge, why don’t you take the procurement director role? I’ll be your deputy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment’s thought, Zuo Hongyu proposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why drag me into this?” Cao Dahua laughed bitterly—he spent his days sipping tea, watching movies, living like a god. Why suffer through startup hell with Chen Yansen?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh, without you as the big god in charge, I just can’t sleep easy,” Zuo Hongyu grinned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m no god. If I had any real ability, I wouldn’t have slunk back home from Shencheng all those years ago. Give me a straight answer—yes or no?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Dahua snapped, impatient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then I’ll have to go to Xu City to meet your student.” Zuo Hongyu’s smile faded, his expression turning serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine. We haven’t met in ages—let’s have enough stewed chicken.” Cao Dahua sighed, then agreed readily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Done. This Saturday—I’m going to Hui’an on business anyway.” Zuo Hongyu checked his schedule and confirmed the meeting time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hanging up, Cao Dahua stood, gazing at the darkening sky outside the window. A sudden impulse surged—he couldn’t ignore Zuo Hongyu’s suggestion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen was mature, steady, thriving in e-commerce, even winning over venture capitalists—but manufacturing was a deep pool. Cao Dahua feared he’d repeat his own past mistake: one misstep, total ruin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Forget it. I’ll talk it over with my wife.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Dahua was tempted; after some thought, he made his decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next morning, before work, he stopped by the president’s office and mentioned Chen Yansen’s plan to expand off-campus hiring to Tang Qingshan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Qingshan, hearing FoxTao wanted to hire sixty more off-campus staff, immediately frowned, looking troubled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“President, I think we shouldn’t agree. FoxTao’s valued at over two billion. Still pretending to be a student startup to take advantage of the school? That’s unethical. Better make them move their team to the nearby tech park.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Dahua put on a stern face, saying this deliberately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Move to the tech park?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Qingshan paused. If FoxTao left campus, could it still count as a student startup project?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes fell on the document on his desk—the invitation to the Student Startup Competition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Teacher Cao, as head of the startup park and mentor, you’re supposed to help students in trouble. Driving them out? What’s that about? I approve it. Have security register them and tighten safety protocols.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Qingshan waved his hand, first scolding Cao Dahua’s “avoidance mentality,” then nodded decisively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Dahua smiled apologetically, nodded in agreement—and as he lowered his head, a flash of triumph gleamed in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whistling a tune, he hurried to the startup park with the invitation—Chen Yansen hadn’t arrived yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If this kid had half my old work ethic, FoxTao would be worth four billion already.” Cao Dahua boasted inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked to Xu Dan’s desk, placed the invitation down, gave brief instructions, then waddled back to his office, belly out, resuming his leisure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only at 10:30 did Chen Yansen arrive. After hearing Xu Dan’s report, he smiled faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Cao was reliable—every time he said “I’ll try,” he always got it done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tossed the invitation to Zhuang Rui and told the product team to pick a sharp-tongued product manager to represent FoxTao at the competition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no intention to waste time on this—better to take Meng Jie to the small woods by Pearl Lake and enjoy the breeze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Chen Yansen handed the keys to several downstairs startup spaces to Xu Xingxing, telling her to hire some part-time students to clean, then get approval from Cao Dahua to move desks, chairs, and water dispensers from the warehouse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Xingxing nodded and got to work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen returned to his seat, as usual checking data first, then calling a ten-minute meeting with several team leads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, I warned the business development team about last night’s inventory drop and notified them of the penalty.” Zhang Yifeng reported proactively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm, got it.” Chen Yansen wasn’t concerned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t afraid of business development staff quitting—someone left, an editor stepped in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, besides selecting products and setting commission rates, editors handled the most daily communication with merchants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From setting commission percentages to finalizing main images and product titles—all were coordinated by editors with merchant operations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a business development rep quit, the editor could retain at least 90% of the merchant resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At month-end, Chen Yansen would promote two or three new team leads and hire a few assistants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Officially, assistants helped leads—but in reality, they diluted the leads’ authority, letting him tightly control the entire business development team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, after Zhuang Rui’s crawler email went live, the number of merchants listed simultaneously on Meilishuo, Mogujie, and SuperReturn has dropped to almost nothing. We’ve got traffic and first-mover advantage—we’ll crush these competitors.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Wei smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have business development check competitor sites daily—prevent sneaky merchants from using different links for the same product or joining promotions through other platforms.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen nodded, casually reminding him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood. That’s standard business development work,” Yuan Wei replied confidently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“March is still half over. I hope everyone hits Q1 targets. This is FoxTao’s first quarterly bonus—money’s ready. Don’t let me down.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen tossed out a sweet carrot, smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No problem!” The team leads broke into wide grins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quarterly bonus was one to three times monthly salary—minimum one full month’s pay. Everyone except business development was thrilled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen smiled, said “Meeting dismissed,” and walked out first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Wang Teng had just returned to Dongguan and immediately submitted his resignation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His department manager didn’t take it seriously—after OPPO announced its entry into smartphones, funds from the Bubugao  project meant they weren’t short on talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Teng expected at least a month’s notice, but his last day was set for next week—he felt a pang of disappointment. After three years at OPPO, he had some attachment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then he remembered: this month he’d start earning 36,000 yuan a month. His lingering unease vanished instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Xu Dan received Wang Teng’s hiring plan and continued recruiting based on R&D needs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen spent generously—generous subsidies, benefits, and quarterly bonuses—soon luring a batch of system engineers from Xiaomi, OPPO, and Meizu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another ordinary weekend. Chen Yansen had just woken up when Cao Dahua called.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Interview? Now? Fine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen hung up, dressed, got in his car, and drove to an off-campus restaurant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Interviewing at a restaurant wasn’t new to him—he’d often interviewed female streamers in hotels and villas in his past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1541,"2026-06-19T19:17:18.227Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","54485700a3b2ed04b1701953f6a4fec6d3a74de75a000c2e598b571bb2ce411f","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-115","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-113",387,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-cover.jpg"]