[{"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-162":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},2264375,4419,"Chapter 162: Monthly Capacity of 3 Million Units: Orange Phone","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-162",162,"\u003Cp>Tang Qingshan heard the news and, accompanied by several senior officials from the Xu School, specially went to Zhuxianzhuang Technology Park.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the guise of a visit, he kept bringing up this year’s final-year students in conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen understood his implication and smiled, saying, “Our technology and product departments can take on 200 interns; as long as they meet the standards, they’ll all have a chance for full-time employment after graduation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Qingshan nodded in satisfaction and added, “This year’s financial aid slots are tight—there are only limited part-time positions available in the cafeteria, dormitories, and library. As a senior…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pinbei Tech is short on customer service staff—I’ll tell HR to hire 50 part-timers right away. Just send me the list, Teacher Tang. Thanks for helping me solve an urgent problem.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Tang Qingshan could finish, Chen Yansen readily agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been Tang Qingshan coming to ask for a favor, but after Chen Yansen’s words, it sounded as if Tang Qingshan had helped him solve a staffing shortage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Qingshan silently thought: This kid gets it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>College students are cheap and useful—Chen Yansen had no reason to refuse, and it would also earn him a good reputation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, when Orange Tech applied for its CCC certification, network access license, and radio transmission equipment model approval, Tang Qingshan had used his connections to speed up the process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Favor must be exchanged to deepen relationships.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen’s attitude pleased Tang Qingshan, and before leaving, he invited him to speak at the freshman welcome banquet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen had no interest in such empty, self-promoting gestures and made an excuse to decline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing he wasn’t interested, Tang Qingshan didn’t press further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After seeing off Tang Qingshan and the others, Chen Yansen returned to his office and received a call from Cao Dahua.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Remember Wang Hongde from Uppu Battery?” Cao Dahua’s tone betrayed clear amusement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course. I heard they can only take orders from knockoff phone manufacturers. You’re so happy—did Wang Hongde get hit by a car?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen sat back in his chair and teased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, but it’s close—Uppu’s batteries ruined Transound. This month, four phone explosions occurred in Abyssinia, all traced back to Uppu-supplied batteries.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Dahua explained slowly, then added, “The news spread through Shenzhen’s circles. Now no one dares use Uppu’s products—everyone’s demanding contract refunds. Yesterday, authorities shut down Uppu and seized both personnel and inventory.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you and Lao Zuo orchestrate this?” Chen Yansen asked suspiciously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come on, I’m a good man—a teacher! How could I do something like that? The fault lies entirely with Wang Hongde’s greed—he cut costs recklessly, exploited workers, neglected quality control, and sold off massive quantities of substandard goods.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Dahua quickly denied it and explained the circumstances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I see. I was planning to deal with him myself, but it seems unnecessary. By the way, Zhou Jinling went to Abyssinia—does this affect our market expansion plan?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen frowned and pressed seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I spoke with Xiao Zhou. They opened an Orange Phone exclusive store there. Before the incident, the Orange F1 sold dozens per day—but these past two days, sales have dropped to single digits.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Dahua sighed, his smile gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything has two sides—Wang Hongde didn’t just ruin Transound, he ruined Orange Phone too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Locals now have zero trust in Chinese-made smartphones—who wants to buy a phone that might explode?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Internally, Orange Tech named its first-generation phone Orange C1; the version specifically developed for the African market is the Orange F1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shenzhen factory produced only one batch: 50,000 units, priced at $99.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seventeen African market expansion teams sold nearly three months and moved only 40,000 units—10,000 remain in inventory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this incident, future sales will be even harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If they can’t handle it, pull them all back and send a new team. Tell Zhou Jinling—I’m giving him one more month.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen believed Zhou Jinling lacked execution and warned Cao Dahua.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you can’t do the job, replace you!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Got it. I’ll tell Zhou Jinling. Also, production lines at the other factories started today—tomorrow, Orange Phone shipments will reach 100,000 units.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Dahua replied, then delivered good news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The production plants in zones A1, A2, A4, and A5 have completed their preliminary preparations—materials, staff, and production equipment are all in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Monthly capacity reaches 3 million units!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By mid-December, we’ll clear the remaining 3.7 million pre-orders for Orange Phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, the Orange Phone factory had already shipped 1.2 million units.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pinbei is also about to launch. Once the JD flagship store goes live, monthly sales are projected to hit 1.8 million units.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen responded directly—he understood Cao Dahua’s implication.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply put: Orange Phone’s production capacity is rising too fast, but the product line is too narrow, and sales can’t keep up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, I’ll get to work.” Cao Dahua, seeing Chen Yansen understood, stopped talking and hung up with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen leaned back, lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His next assignment for Zhang Cong and Zhou Ze was to design a 1,000-yuan budget phone and a flagship model priced around 4,000 yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To capture a larger share of the smartphone market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from Apple, which of Shanxing, HTC, or Nokia didn’t reach the top ten in shipments by selling multiple models?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three million units per month didn’t feel like too much—it felt too little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Wang Hongde of Uppu, Chen Yansen found it amusing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t even moved yet, and Wang Hongde had already fallen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Cao Dahua, Wang Hongde would spend at least two years behind bars—selling substandard batteries and causing international scandals was exactly the kind of case the authorities cracked down on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen couldn’t help laughing, then called Zuo Hongyu and gave him Zhou Shouzhi’s contact information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, Orange Tech needed to adjust its suppliers to avoid repeating Transound’s mistakes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>DST’s supplier resources must now be handled by Zuo Hongyu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once DST’s funding arrives, Chen Yansen planned to have Gao Weilin negotiate with China’s top screen and battery suppliers, taking equity stakes while their valuations were still low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To accelerate domestic sourcing of Orange Phone’s core components.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After receiving the factory capacity update, the e-commerce department immediately shortened the user order wait time from six months to one month, drastically reducing delays.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shanghai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a bright, clean office building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yanan, while her supervisor wasn’t looking, quietly logged into Orange Mall to check her order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The original estimated delivery date was April 7, 2012—now it had changed to November 28, 2011!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five months earlier!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could she get her Orange Phone by month’s end?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had Orange Phone’s production capacity increased?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had often posted in Chen Yansen’s Weibo comments demanding delivery, even threatening to send every Orange Tech employee to the assembly line to make phones for impatient customers like her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, everyone had paid real money to support Orange Phone—waiting half a year for delivery was unbearable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yanan felt a surge of joy and was about to share the news on the Orange Community, but found many buyers had already noticed the early delivery date.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was buzzing about it on the community.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did Orange Phone have a change of heart? Stopping its scarcity marketing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My cousin works at the Shenzhen factory—he heard Orange Phone built four new mid-sized production bases; after December, all phones will be in stock!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn! The scalpers are gonna be stunned!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re not a scalper yourself, are you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Scalpers deserve to die! The official price is 1,999 yuan—they dare sell for 2,500, making more profit than Chen Yansen!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yanan stopped reading there—the later replies had devolved into nothing but rants against scalpers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, Orange Phone shipped only 500,000 units per month—against a global smartphone market of hundreds of millions annually, it was a drop in the ocean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although everyone could eventually buy an Orange Phone, delivery times varied, and scalpers exploited the delay, reselling each phone for 300–500 yuan extra.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Orange Tech’s e-commerce department required users to submit ID information and limited orders per IP, scalpers still slipped through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many eager buyers actually paid extra to scalpers, driving up the secondary market price of Orange Phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Yi Army sat in his office, yelling at the head of battery procurement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never imagined he’d walk into the same trap Orange Phone had stepped in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Xiaomi users constantly complained about overheating, Lei Yi Army wanted to switch battery suppliers and fix the charging power design flaw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even copied Orange Tech, replacing the phone back cover with better heat-dissipating material.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when the first batch of batteries arrived, he discovered their dimensions didn’t match production specs—the automated assembly equipment couldn’t use them, forcing workers to manually insert each battery into its slot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, what should we do with this 20,000-unit batch—return it or…?” Li Wanqiang asked quietly, watching the procurement manager, now pale and shaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have the factory assign workers to install them by hand.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Yi Army said weakly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shanxing blocked Xiaomi’s screen supply, the contract manufacturer complained about the small order volume, and now the batteries were broken—delivery kept getting pushed back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Users cursed him daily for playing tricks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Yi Army decided shipping was the priority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, he finally understood why Chen Yansen had spent enormous sums to build his own factory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least on production capacity, he simply couldn’t coordinate effectively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had long known about DST’s shift to Orange Tech and its $9 billion valuation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The market is big, but every bite Orange Tech takes means one less bite for Xiaomi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Yi Army finally realized—he had underestimated this opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three days later, Singles’ Day arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orange Phone, on Taobao’s Digital Electronics section, surpassed the iPhone 4 in sales within just three hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the China-market iPhone 4S had not yet launched; the iPhone 4’s specs were already outdated, and since the iPhone 4S was already available overseas, few were willing to buy last year’s model.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At 23:58 that day, total sales of Orange Phone reached 490,000 units!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just 3,000 units short of breaking the 500,000-sales mark!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yong promptly hinted to the General Manager of Digital Products, instructing his team to generate 3,000 fake orders for Orange Phone, boosting the sales figure to 500,000.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next morning, Alibaba made an official announcement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taobao’s third annual Singles’ Day promotion achieved a cumulative sales total of 6.13 billion!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This represented a more than tenfold increase compared to 2010.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, JD.com’s sales totaled only 1.06 billion!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Qiangdong had hoped to use Singles’ Day to counter Taobao, but ended up eating dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t even reached one-fifth of Taobao’s sales!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, upon learning that Orange Phone had contributed 1 billion in sales to Taobao, Liu Qiangdong immediately called Chen Yan and proposed an exclusive partnership agreement with Orange Tech.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Double Twelve, JD.com was willing to grant Orange Phone prime real estate: boot screen, pop-up ads, and the main promotional homepage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Chen Yan remained unmoved—he was willing to open a flagship store on JD.com, but an exclusive deal was out of the question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were friends, but when money was involved, boundaries had to be clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With no other option, Liu Qiangdong hung up and personally pushed to accelerate coordination with Orange Tech.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even wanted JD.com’s design team to handle Orange Phone’s store UI.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan knew this was their final honeymoon period with Taobao and JD.com.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Pinbei launched, everyone would likely fight until blood flowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“More people mean more excitement!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan stood in his office, gazing at the darkening sky outside, and smiled softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the navel oranges shipped by Zhang Yifeng from Guangdong finally arrived on the first floor of the tech park.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over twenty boxes, packed in various sizes, were stacked high—partly for category teams to review product quality, partly to check whether current packaging methods had any flaws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1978,"2026-06-19T19:17:18.227Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","605bac49b5791991d8eb12ec51fdec7e48ae5499b2d85b98e30a4d515e15af80","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-163","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-161",387,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-cover.jpg"]