[{"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-160":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},2264373,4419,"Chapter 160: 4 JIN 5.9 YUAN, FREE SHIPPING","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-160",160,"\u003Cp>“6.9 yuan with free shipping? I wouldn’t dare bring that up to Sen-ge—might get beaten up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Li Hui learned Chen Yansen’s demand, he waved his hands frantically and plopped down on a green stone slab beside the orchard, instantly losing all motivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three jin of navel oranges, plus picking, packing, cardboard boxes, and express shipping fees—selling for just 6.9 yuan doesn’t even cover costs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Merchants selling fruit on Taobao and JD only offer 9.9 yuan for three jin with free shipping during flash sales, and they strictly limit inventory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Pinbei wants to sell it openly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yifeng and Yuan Wei exchanged glances, both stumped—9.9 yuan was already negotiated thanks to Yunsu’s shipping discounts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yifeng, you decide,” Yuan Wei frowned, his mind a tangled mess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll go talk to Wei Boss,” Zhang Yifeng gritted his teeth and made up his mind quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the boss sets a demand, they must find a way to get it done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Yucheng is the largest fruit agent in the area, with his own fruit-washing plant, fruit crate factory, and canning facility, plus thousands of mu of orchards under contract.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Zhang Yifeng communicated with the Agricultural Association, they introduced him to Wei Yucheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kind of e-commerce collaboration directly with the origin isn’t unprecedented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Juhuasuan had already partnered with orchards and vegetable farmers in Shandong earlier this year, but due to unstable supply quality and constant negative reviews, they eventually gave up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yifeng and his team learned from Ali’s mistakes—they went straight for the biggest local “kingpin,” and the benefits were clear: ample supply and control over farmers trying to pass off inferior fruit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Human nature is unpredictable; Zhang Yifeng knew well that while they could keep a close eye on packing and shipping, they had no ability to manage fruit collection themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll go with you,” Yuan Wei said after a moment’s thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss Zhang, Boss Yuan, wait up!” Li Hui, still sitting on the ground, saw them mounting their motorcycles to head into town and rushed after them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three bumped along the mountain road, circled the hill, and drove into Jiaguo Food Company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Yucheng heard the commotion downstairs and came down warmly to greet them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At their first meeting, Wei Yucheng looked down on Zhang Yifeng and the others—they were all only in their twenties, and didn’t seem reliable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But once he learned they were Pinbei’s merchant acquisition managers, his attitude changed instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The internet and e-commerce were booming; Chen Yansen had cashed out over ten billion from FoxTaobao, and Pinbei had gained fame in the industry because of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Yucheng ran a fruit flagship store on Taobao, but due to seasonal limits, costs, and operational level, sales had always been sluggish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After being introduced by the Agricultural Association, he proactively reached out to Pinbei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Pinbei hadn’t launched yet, everyone online said Tencent would open a top-level entry point on QQ and WeChat, with hundreds of millions of daily exposures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Yucheng couldn’t even imagine how many tons of navel oranges he could sell daily as one of Pinbei’s first merchants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the cooperation went well, he could later sell sugar oranges too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Wei Yucheng treated Zhang Yifeng and the three with special care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he heard they were staying in a cheap hotel in town, he immediately invited them to his home and treated them to good food and drink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Manager Zhang, how’s the navel orange quality this year?” Wei Yucheng smiled, leading them upstairs for tea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yifeng sat down, looked at Wei Yucheng, and sighed: “Wei Boss, the fruit is good, but when I submitted the specs and pricing, the company wants every tier cut by another three yuan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? Three yuan?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Yucheng’s smile vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could manage 9.9 yuan for three jin with free shipping thanks to his influence in the local fruit industry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dropping to 6.9 yuan wouldn’t just mean no profit—he’d lose eight or nine jiao per order in labor costs alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oranges don’t fall off trees by themselves; picking, sorting, washing, packaging—all cost money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Manager Zhang, we already agreed on terms. How can I run a business that loses money?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Yucheng spread his hands and flatly refused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wei Boss, you can’t say that. Look at our product page—different navel orange tiers are all on one link, unlike Taobao. Users will choose their preferred tier; they won’t all buy the cheapest.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Use low price to draw traffic, then raise profits on higher tiers. Trust me, you won’t lose.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yifeng opened his laptop and showed Wei Yucheng Pinbei’s UI mockups, trying to convince him with tiered profit margins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sorry, Manager Zhang, I’m a traditional merchant—I won’t do any business that doesn’t turn a profit. But if you lower the diameter requirement to under six centimeters, I might agree.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Yucheng shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oranges under six centimeters weren’t bad in taste—they were just too small, even fruit vendors didn’t bother to collect them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These are usually used for juicing, canning, or left to rot in the orchard as fertilizer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their cost is only 0.2–0.3 yuan—less than the price of the cardboard box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Six centimeters? Won’t that be too small and hurt the taste?” Li Hui came from a poor background and wasn’t picky about food—he figured if the flavor was the same, lower price was fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come, I’ll take you to the processing line—the taste is definitely fine, just smaller and less attractive.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Li Hui interested, Wei Yucheng led the three to the sorting workshop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, countless navel oranges rolled along conveyor belts and sorters, divided into baskets by diameter, while workers neatly stacked the sorted fruit nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There,” Wei Yucheng pointed to the fruit in the corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yifeng, Yuan Wei, and Li Hui stepped forward, frowned, picked up the fruit, and measured them—these oranges were barely bigger than tangerines, their diameter smaller than a duck egg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll taste it,” Li Hui said bluntly, tore one open, and shoved a piece into his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He chewed twice—no sour bitterness as expected, just sweet, crisp, and juicy; the flavor was no worse than the eight-centimeter large navel oranges.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let me try,” Zhang Yifeng said to Li Hui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Here, Boss Yuan, you try too,” Li Hui passed the orange over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, you’re right—except for looks, the taste is just as good,” Yuan Wei bit in and smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wei Boss, what’s the cost for oranges under six centimeters?” Zhang Yifeng tasted one and turned to ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Call it two jiao,” Wei Yucheng said dismissively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What about 5.9 yuan for four jin with free shipping? Use these small oranges as traffic drivers—it’ll outperform 9.9 yuan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yifeng’s eyes lit up, seeking Wei Yucheng’s opinion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I’d still be losing money!” Wei Yucheng did a quick calculation—the cost alone was around six yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wei Boss, if you trust me, I can sell out all the navel oranges from these nearby orchards in one day.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yifeng, desperate to win him over, made a wild claim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Manager Zhang, do you know how much these orchards produce? I’ll scare you—it’s at least thirty thousand tons. At four jin per order, that’s 7.5 million orders.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Yucheng chuckled, not believing a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Juhuasuan’s top fruit hits sold at most a few ten thousand orders per day!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t some e-commerce newbie—he wouldn’t fall for that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yifeng kept his expression calm, matter-of-factly: “Thirty thousand tons? If I can’t sell it all, I’ll stay here and plant oranges for you for a year.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn! Manager Zhang, you’re playing hardball?” Wei Yucheng was startled by his boldness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it was a joke, it revealed Zhang Yifeng’s confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wei Boss, give me a straight answer—do it or not?” Zhang Yifeng pressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine, I’ll say it upfront—I’ll only do 100,000 orders at 5.9 yuan. If gross profit doesn’t rise, I won’t continue.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Yucheng thought it over and gave his reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fruit itself wouldn’t lose much—it was the labor cost that hurt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yifeng sighed in relief and lowered the price of 6–7 cm oranges by another yuan, and cut all other tiers by two yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he hadn’t met Chen Yansen’s demand, he’d done his best.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That evening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen received Zhang Yifeng’s message; after a few seconds of thought, he agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he had navel oranges of all diameters, he could just let users choose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If navel oranges became a hit on Pinbei, he could later expand into vegetables and fruits, then the entire food category.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Add clothing, general merchandise, small appliances, cosmetics—and Chen Yansen was confident he could complete all major popular categories before Pinbei launched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His starting point differed from Huang Zheng’s—he had no shortage of capital, traffic, or merchant resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just twenty days since launch, over 400 merchants had joined, nearly 90 percent factories and brands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you couldn’t offer competitive prices, you had no right to join.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew well—if Pinbei could make money, merchants would swarm in the moment they smelled profit; he wouldn’t need to shout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like when he founded FoxTaobao—he had to build a benchmark so the industry knew: you could make money on Pinbei!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meite was a backup; the fruit merchants of Western Guangdong were the top priority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because fruit and vegetable categories had low unit prices and high order volumes, Yunsu Express could expand rapidly alongside them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With 4,300 couriers now, each month they contributed over 2,000 strands of Ren Dao Xinhuo to him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that number rose to 100,000, he’d gain 600,000 strands of Ren Dao Xinhuo per year!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In less than two years, he could raise his physical and spiritual stats above 100!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After replying to Zhang Yifeng, Chen Yansen left the tech park.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>DST Capital was visiting tomorrow—officially for a tour, actually for investment evaluation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as he retained controlling stakes, Chen Yansen wasn’t opposed to financing partnerships, especially with investors like DST that controlled vast supply chain resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, DST had partnerships with Qualcomm and Microsoft, offering more room to negotiate licensing fees for communication patents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Chen Yansen’s view, the value of the Orange Phone factory far exceeded that of Orange Tech—trading partial equity for rich supply chain and patent resources was absolutely worth it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1703,"2026-06-19T19:17:18.227Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","2eb2ec505f46ce0ab65a714fd22f3919a1934a0af549975176a4a01ba1c2c44d","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-161","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-159",387,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-cover.jpg"]