[{"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-132":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},2264345,4419,"Chapter 132: Lei Jiaozhu: You","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-132",132,"\u003Cp>After chatting for a while, Chen Yansen stood up to take his leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a pragmatic man; since Old Ma had no money, he’d go find a wealthy big shot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he turned to leave, Liu Qiangdong grabbed him to join for drinks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen thought for a moment and didn’t refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pretty Boy Dong was clearly still pissed from Old Ma’s earlier remarks; every time the topic of A Li came up, he started sneering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen got along well with Brother Dong; despite his messy personal life, they were both equally shady—Chen Yansen wasn’t any better himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were perfectly matched, chatting first about business, then women, and finally exchanged a knowing laugh, agreeing to meet again after the conference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tonight I’ll introduce you to Zhang Lei from Gao Ling  Capital.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pretty Boy Dong patted his chest in assurance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen nodded, stood up, and went to find Gao Weilin and Song Yuncheng; the three of them walked over to Xiao Mi’s table and greeted Lei Jiaozhu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re going to make phones?” Lei Yijun asked Chen Yansen with a strange expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last time Chen Yansen visited Xiao Mi’s R&D center, Lei Yijun hadn’t paid much attention, but later he learned headhunters were poaching Xiao Mi’s engineers—he couldn’t sit still anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some digging, he uncovered the behind-the-scenes client company, then spotted Chen Yansen’s familiar name in the equity network.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did he finally understand!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kid had used his visit as an excuse to sneak around and steal Xiao Mi’s secrets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, Lei Yijun had assumed Chen Yansen was just a liberal arts student studying journalism, working in e-commerce retail, so he hadn’t been wary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what Li Wanqiang had told him were mostly industry basics; only a few electronic component pricing details were slightly sensitive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet every company’s procurement volume differed, so prices varied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen could easily find out this information by hiring a supply chain procurement director—it wasn’t corporate secrets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Yijun was annoyed, but didn’t break ties with Chen Yansen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh, sort of. From now on, I’ll be in the same industry as Brother Lei.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen hadn’t wanted to admit it, but seeing the other man’s confident gaze, he smiled and replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Looks like competition in the smartphone industry is going to get fiercer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Yijun laughed heartily, acting unconcerned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From what he knew, Apple, Huawei, Samsung, LG, and OPPO all had new phone launch plans for the second half of the year; one more Chen Yansen didn’t matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was confident Xiao Mi was different from these companies—he planned to abandon hardware profits and focus entirely on software revenue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Xiao Mi’s founding, he’d been working on supply chain integration, even visiting some suppliers personally—he didn’t believe this kid could truly understand the phone business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Young people don’t learn pain until they fall flat on their faces!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother Lei, I don’t really understand supply chains—you’re the veteran, care to explain?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that he’d been caught, Chen Yansen stopped hiding and pulled Lei Yijun aside to humbly seek advice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, some said Lei Jiaozhu’s success was all due to marketing, but Chen Yansen was a businessman—he didn’t believe that nonsense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Mi’s success was clearly built on the art of extreme supply chain management.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No way, bro—you actually dare to ask that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Yijun glanced at Lin Bing, then at Li Wanqiang—was this kid pretending to be clueless? They were competitors; you come to me asking about supply chain management?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s ridiculous!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Actually, the core component supply chains are mostly controlled by industry leaders. My approach is to take my team and visit each supplier one by one…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Yijun paused, looked at Chen Yansen, and finally explained his management philosophy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen wasn’t afraid of being fooled; with his current skills, he could easily detect lies from subtle emotional shifts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They talked until the lunch ended; Chen Yansen felt he’d gathered enough, then stood up to thank him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother Lei, you actually told him all that?” Li Wanqiang asked, puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These are just methodologies. The same task executed by different people leads to two different outcomes. This kid keeps calling me ‘Brother Lei’ and ‘senior’—could I really lie to him?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Yijun spread his hands helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too bad the movie “Let’s Shoot the Bullet,” worthy of UNESCO heritage, hadn’t been released yet—if it had, Jun’er would’ve shouted: “This isn’t bullying the honest guy!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exactly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen loved bullying honest people; honesty meant easy to deal with—so he’d bully them harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s like the guy who prides himself on enduring hardship—once you’re willing to suffer, you’ll never run out of suffering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a short break, the afternoon session began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss Chen, the SoftBank investment manager is interested in FoxTao, but they want FoxTao merged into A Li, using a mix of equity and cash payment…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Weilin, sitting beside him, whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I only accept cash payment,” Chen Yansen waved him off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then only Tiger Fund remains, but they don’t want full acquisition—only about 10% equity, saying they have more confidence in your operational ability.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Weilin paused, then mentioned another venture capital firm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I heard Rakuten lost the Ebates funding battle to Augusta. In terms of growth potential, we’re no worse than Ebates—maybe even stronger. Find the right moment to leak this to Rakuten.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen said thoughtfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sell to the Japanese?” Gao Weilin blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rakuten has invested heavily in the internet these past two years; last year they partnered with Baidu to launch Rakuten Cloud, an e-commerce platform—they’re clearly interested in China’s e-commerce market.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen spoke calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew that, based on FoxTao’s growth trend, it would peak in 2012–2013, then plummet sharply in 2014.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe due to pressure from A Li and JD, or maybe due to worsening industry conditions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could suppress Mopai, Meilishuo, and What’s Worth Buying, but he could only maintain an advantage for a year or two at most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guide industry, lacking any technological barrier, would eventually be shredded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen didn’t want to cling to a dead-end product while watching its valuation slowly collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, the best-performing listed guide platforms—What’s Worth Buying—had a market cap of only 6 billion yuan, less than his Feiyu Tech; another was even worse, barely 2 billion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So selling FoxTao was the best choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he remembered right, Rakuten spent $1 billion to acquire Ebates in 2014—on paper, they lost $700 million to $800 million on that deal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These Americans had screwed the Japanese black and blue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen’s logic was simple: Ebates’ monthly sales were only $500 million—less than half of FoxTao’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather than let the Americans swindle Rakuten $1 billion two years from now, he’d do the swindling himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>FoxTao’s business model and profitability were far superior to Ebates’—asking for $2 or $3 billion wasn’t unreasonable, was it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, first the Japanese had to bite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll give it a try,” Gao Weilin said without hesitation—he had the connections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the afternoon conference, Chen Yansen didn’t pay attention—he spent the whole time watching movies to kill time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At dinner, he took Song Yuncheng around to chat with every group buying boss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These guys had all spent heavily advertising on FoxTao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Yuncheng had dealt with many group buying channel managers, but this was her first time meeting the bosses themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They discussed the output of April–May campaigns and the second-half group buying schedule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several bosses who’d just secured funding didn’t hold back on pricing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The WoWoTuan boss casually dropped the number “40 million,” leaving everyone stunned—internally cursing the bastard for being insane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d just raised $200 million from Dinghui and Tianyou Capital, and already he was spending like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen smiled and praised: “Boss Wang has vision.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he turned and muttered “Idiot,” telling Gao Weilin: “Next time you meet a founder like this, run as far as you can.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Boss,” Gao Weilin quickly replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just thought mainland bosses were too extravagant—two online sales events and they’d spend 40 million?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right after finishing the deal, Liu Qiangdong came over, pulled him aside to meet Zhang Lei from Gao Ling , and they got in a car headed straight for the largest private club nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Weilin followed automatically; Chen Yansen told Song Yuncheng to return to the hotel first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest of the evening wasn’t suitable for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected, as soon as they entered the private room, they saw two girls in sheer ancient-style dresses, barefoot dancing on a small stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their figures were graceful—clearly professionals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides Zhang Lei from Gao Ling  and Liu Qiangdong, the room also held the general manager of Blue Moon’s online business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four didn’t drink alcohol; instead, they gathered to discuss collaboration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blue Moon’s distributors had partnered with FoxTao twice; the second time, the brand caught on and triggered price-control rules, issuing a warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The distributor had no choice but to pay FoxTao compensation, and the brand’s group-buying campaign was pulled abruptly, damaging user experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen found it too troublesome, so he instructed his team to only partner with brands like Tide, Ariel, and Liby, removing Blue Moon from the list.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the following months, these three brands alternated between FoxTao and JuHuaSuan, crushing Blue Moon’s online sales.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, thanks to Pretty Boy Dong and Zhang Lei’s connections, Blue Moon had come knocking themselves, proposing a dedicated campaign worth 10 million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen smiled, raised his tea cup as if it were wine, and clinked it with theirs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t the type to sacrifice profit just to vent anger—besides, there wasn’t even a minor friction with Blue Moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Qiangdong was the same—he directly proposed a 30 million ad budget, aiming to deliver a jaw-dropping performance for 618 to satisfy investors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, JD was asset-heavy—tens of thousands of delivery staff alone, plus mandatory social insurance and housing fund payments—profit was nowhere in sight; they could only use sales figures to appease investors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen naturally agreed to all, smiling and promising to prioritize JD for traffic resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Qiangdong nodded in satisfaction, thinking this younger brother from Hui’an was a good guy, loyal and righteous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring Zhang Lei’s attempts to stop him, he forcibly opened a bottle of Maotai, and the group resumed drinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for boosting traffic to Jingdong, it was just drunken talk from before—nothing to take seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever money Qingzai Dong gave, Chen Yansen would do exactly that much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew full well that once Liu Qiangdong made Jingdong big, he’d surely turn around and stab him in the back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After three rounds of drinks, everyone dispersed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen and Gao Weilin were driven back to the hotel by Liu Qiangdong’s driver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after, the two returned to their respective rooms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Weilin first called his old classmate working at LeTian Investment; after finishing the call, he intended to report to Chen Yansen, but knocked on his door for a long time with no response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood in the hotel corridor, glancing at Song Yuncheng’s room, lost in thought, then finally turned and returned to his own room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1844,"2026-06-19T19:17:18.227Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","4f4693608be0cb512a30df9c0b173dc42b2d7142f310c6bd9807165e7b3ee02f","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-133","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-131",387,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-cover.jpg"]