[{"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-139":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},2264352,4419,"Chapter 139: Blacklist, Ban, Network Access Permit (Request Monthly Votes)","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-139",139,"\u003Cp>“Uppu Battery? Alright, I got it. Send me the list of their key clients. Choose Desai or BYD as the new battery supplier.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After listening to Zuo Hongyu’s explanation, Chen Yansen gave his instructions in a calm tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doing business is like this: even if you don’t provoke others, trouble will find you anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood, Boss Chen. I’ll personally oversee this, monitor every step, and re-inspect all other electronic components to ensure no issues arise.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zuo Hongyu hurriedly promised over the phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen smiled faintly and hung up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uppu Battery, a mid-sized supplier, primarily serves second-tier domestic smartphone brands and some first-tier ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These phone manufacturers mostly use Android 2.3 stock firmware or modified skins based on Android 2.3.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They have no good solutions for memory management or garbage cleanup; phones become sluggish over time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Orange Tech’s generational garbage collection algorithm appeared, it greatly alleviated this problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Wang Hongde of Uppu wants to play, Chen Yansen will play along—let’s see who dies first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after, Zuo Hongyu obtained Uppu Battery’s key client list and emailed it to Chen Yansen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen opened the attachment and scanned it from top to bottom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then pulled out his phone and called Chen Xu, head of the Super-Return category group, and gave a simple instruction: “From now on, no cooperation with the Bodao or Tianyu brands, not even if the brand owners request it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Xu didn’t ask questions—he relayed Chen Yansen’s demand to both the Major Client Acquisition Team and the Super-Return Acquisition Team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brand teams already scheduled for launch had their applications rejected on arbitrary pretexts by the category team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, Chen Yansen called Sun Huiping, head of Goldstone’s marketing department. He first approved their patent licensing request, then casually mentioned Uppu Battery, and finally set the contract signing date for one week later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Huiping, with years of industry experience, immediately sensed the subtext in Chen Yansen’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hanging up, he immediately asked around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an hour later, Sun Huiping learned that Uppu Battery had sabotaged Orange Tech’s supply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did he finally understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once he figured it out, he immediately reported the situation to Goldstone’s boss, Liu Rong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Which matters more to Goldstone—Uppu Battery or Orange Tech’s algorithm patent?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Rong asked in return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, definitely the algorithm patent. If our autumn new model lacks the cleanup algorithm, consumers won’t buy it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Huiping answered without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>AuroraOS’s downloads now exceed 20 million, but actual user numbers are far higher—offline digital shop owners who flash phones for customers contributed significantly to installations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, Android 2.3 embedded with Orange Tech’s garbage collection algorithm runs at least 50% smoother than stock firmware.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell Old Li in procurement and sales it’s my order—terminate cooperation with Uppu Battery immediately and find a new supplier.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment’s thought, Liu Rong decided to abandon Uppu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Goldstone was transitioning from feature phones to smartphones, and its flagship GN205, heavily anticipated by Liu Rong, was critical for the second half of the year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t want Uppu to block Goldstone from securing the patent license, leaving their system inherently inferior to competitors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Hongde was still smug about outmaneuvering Zuo Hongyu, but over the next few days, he gradually received order cancellations and non-cooperation notices from phone manufacturers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first he thought it was isolated cases, but when several followed in succession, he grew suspicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how hard he tried to salvage the situation, the supply chain procurement directors of these brands were determined to drop Uppu Battery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just a few days, Uppu lost 30% of its key clients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he was slow-witted, he now realized someone was behind this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be Orange Tech?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before acting, he’d investigated Orange Tech’s background—it was just a small e-commerce operator from the north, rumored to be a college freshman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had some money, but no connections in the phone industry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought, dealing with someone like this was like playing with a child!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the retaliation came fast and brutal—far beyond his expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helpless, he could only try to retain his remaining key clients, but the sharp drop in business still hurt him deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen learned Wang Hongde still hadn’t withdrawn his battery supply—he clearly intended to see it through to the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Chen Yansen stopped being polite: he publicly declared that Fox Tao  and Orange Tech would cease all cooperation with any Uppu Battery client, effective immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Wang Hongde sneered and cursed, dismissing it entirely—he didn’t believe Fox Tao  and Orange Tech had enough influence in their respective fields to harm Uppu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t think Chen Yansen’s blacklisting would cause Uppu significant damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the hot 2011 phone supply market, losing a few clients could easily be offset by finding new ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Wang Hongde didn’t expect that, starting mid-July, every business deal his company secured was for counterfeit phones and feature phone batteries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to smartphone battery business, profits were far lower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“F*** your ancestors! These bastards—do they really need to drop Uppu just because of Orange Tech?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Hongde raged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply didn’t understand how vital Orange Tech’s memory cleanup algorithm was to phone manufacturers during their transition to smartphones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had considered developing their own generational garbage collection algorithm—it was just a general-purpose technology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after engineers tried, they could only admit helplessly: creating a similar algorithm wasn’t hard, but matching Orange Tech’s performance was extremely difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Xiaomi and Meizu chose to license the patent; other manufacturers, seeing this, all contacted Orange Tech to sign licensing agreements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unknowingly, Uppu Battery landed on every major phone maker’s blacklist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even without Chen Yansen’s targeting, manufacturers refused to cooperate with such a supplier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, no one wanted to risk their product.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Wang Hongde’s batteries failed to meet design specs, even if they could sue, lost users could never be recovered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By late July, Uppu Battery’s clients were reduced to a handful of second- and third-tier brands—the rest were all counterfeit manufacturers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Shencheng, where dual operations thrived, these counterfeit bosses shipped phones to Africa and Southeast Asia, where they still sold like hotcakes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Hongde looked outside—the production floor was still busy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Business volume hadn’t dropped, but gross margin had fallen 7%; compared to industry averages of 15–20%, every penny he earned now was hard-won.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sigh, only way is to cut costs and raise profits. After all, those African big blacks have thick skin—so long as the battery doesn’t explode, the cheaper the better.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Hongde muttered to himself, feeling for the first time that he’d been too impulsive—not to have pressured Orange Tech on supply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People like him, who rode the wave of the times, had little real skill but plenty of scheming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Acting without consequence sometimes brought lucky gains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, he lost badly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Teng rushed into Chen Yansen’s office, grinning: “Brother Sen, the network access permit is approved!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, got it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen nodded slightly, a hint of joy crossing his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before a phone could be sold, it needed 3C certification, a network access permit, and a radio emission equipment model approval certificate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to Tang Qingshan and Zhao Maolin’s bosses’ connections, Orange Tech submitted applications as soon as the first batch of engineering units rolled off the line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 3C certification and radio emission approval came fastest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The network access permit required approval of radio frequency, band, and transmission power parameters—it took nearly a month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with connections, it took this long; without them, it would’ve taken longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother Sen, when do we announce it?” Wang Teng asked after sitting down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“August 6th. We’ll jointly release 200 engineering units on Orange Tech’s official channel, paired with Fox Tao , and see market response first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen thought for a moment and gave a cautious reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t lack of confidence in the product—market demand was fickle; a good product didn’t guarantee sales.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like Nokia’s upcoming Lumia 920 next year—beautiful UI and design, yet unpopular with users.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus, each Orange phone’s material cost was already 1,100 yuan; if sales were poor, Chen Yansen still had room to adjust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he produced hundreds of thousands of units without checking the market, losses could reach hundreds of millions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, I’ll go talk to the branding team.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Teng nodded and hurried out again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen put down his copy of “Foundations of Algebraic Topology,” stood up, and walked to the second-floor lounge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky was overcast, drizzling lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen sat under the sunshade, pondering the upcoming product launch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The venue could be in the city center—media and online outlets could all be invited, even self-media, all serving as traffic entry points for Orange Phone exposure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Resources from the Huian Daily and Huian Youth Daily should also be leveraged; after all, Orange Phone was a local Huian Province product and deserved strong promotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last time he was interviewed, he’d specifically kept the host’s and producer’s contact details.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The branding team needed someone capable—current three staff members were all underwhelming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen needed a slick, clever person, but such people were usually the backbone of any company and hard to poach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On one hand, pay had to be high; on the other, the project had to have promise—the smarter the person, the pickier they were about jobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Dan and headhunters had sent him several candidate resumes; after interviews, none satisfied him—the matter had to be put on hold for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yanjing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a small office, Ye Qiuping received a call from a headhunter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief exchange, she hung up without immediately refusing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She did not wish to leave Jingdong; rather, someone like her needed to maintain competitive vitality at all times to climb upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Qiangdong had just secured $1.5 billion in funding, and Jingdong’s development entered its high-speed phase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But these developments brought Ye Qiuping little benefit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In 2011, Jingdong was essentially an offline retail store disguised as an e-commerce platform, with an internal structure centered on procurement and sales—radically different from Alibaba’s operational model.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After weighing her options, Ye Qiuping decided that if she found a better opportunity, she would switch jobs immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chengzi Technology, Director of Brand Department, monthly salary 60,000 yuan, plus housing allowance equivalent to 20% of salary—totaling over 70,000 yuan per month, plus an equity incentive plan…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her mind, Ye Qiuping recalled the headhunter’s words, her eyes brightening with interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, her annual income was barely over 400,000 yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Jingdong’s stock options, profitability was still far off—these options were no better than worthless paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Learning that Chengzi Technology’s boss was Chen Yan, Ye Qiuping decided to give it a try.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She understood that only in rapidly growing ventures could one acquire greater resources and benefits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Jingdong, unless she could attach herself to Liangzai Dong or switch to procurement and sales, she had no equal opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1824,"2026-06-19T19:17:18.227Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","8e5334c2be89728f26e27bdd223dc3498f62dca03b01332e55c3aba42c84a802","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-140","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-138",387,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-cover.jpg"]