[{"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-183":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},2264396,4419,"Chapter 183: Boss Chen, if you keep doing this, nobody will make money","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-183",183,"\u003Cp>\"Dragon Scale Horse! This Kuaipao app is great—it actually gave me a free Kawan K milk tea.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Baozuan Tower, Zhou Yi returned to her desk with the milk tea, experiencing for the first time the convenience and charm of food delivery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Order through the app, wait half an hour, and a delivery rider in Kuaipao uniform will ride an electric scooter to deliver the milk tea to your building’s entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Free? Sister Zhou, are you talking about Kuaipao delivery?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A colleague beside her asked curiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, have you used it too?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yi nodded and asked in return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I registered yesterday, ordered a batch of Zhan’s Peach Crisps, and used my boyfriend’s account to order a pineapple bun from Caidiexuan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The colleague replied with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yi immediately realized: right, I can use my boyfriend’s account to place another order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of it, she acted at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sat at her computer and sent her boyfriend an invitation link; once the invited user completes their first delivery, Zhou Yi would receive another 5 yuan no-conditions cash bonus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Baby, I want to eat Caidiexuan’s egg tarts—buy me some.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yi cooed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s this link? I’ll buy it for you after work.” Wu Lei, her boyfriend, didn’t hesitate and agreed immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hehe, I want it for free—it’s Kuaipao’s registration link. Download it fast; new users get 12 yuan off their first order, and the rider will deliver it to me in 30 minutes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yi explained to her boyfriend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kuaipao?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Delivery rider?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Lei was puzzled but, since his girlfriend asked, he obediently followed through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He entered his phone number, set a login password, filled in the verification code, and logged into the Kuaipao app.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The splash screen showed a running cartoon figure with the slogan: “Use Kuaipao, On-Time Delivery.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It then switched to the homepage, with a cartoon UI design; at the top was the New User Zone, where all stores and items offered the 12-yuan instant discount.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Lei quickly found Caidiexuan near Zhou Yi’s company, added egg tarts, baked cheese, and chicken buns to his cart, and after the new-user discount, paid only 3.5 yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after paying did he realize this app was actually quite handy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides food, it offered fruit, milk tea, and flowers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the number of merchants was still small; after a few swipes, the page was empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Lei thought for a moment, then ordered a bouquet of eleven champagne roses and had them delivered to Zhou Yi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Less than half an hour later, Zhou Yi received a call from the courier; she ran downstairs and found two couriers—one holding a Caidiexuan bag, the other cradling a bouquet of roses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ms. Zhou, enjoy your meal!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ms. Zhou, here are your flowers!” the courier smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yi paused, then recognized the last digits of the ordering phone number—it was her boyfriend’s doing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She smiled, took the bread and flowers, and walked back into the building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After over a month of preparation, Kang Guodong and Pei Yi established eight delivery stations in Luyang, Shushan, and Yaohai, and built a team of over ninety delivery riders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Including R&D, marketing, business, and customer service staff at the Luyang district headquarters, total staff reached 140.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lao Pei! How’s today’s data?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing the tech department meeting, Kang Guodong walked behind Pei Yi and tapped his shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“1,839 new users, 3,578 orders, 7% late deliveries—our smart delivery system still needs optimization; delivery staff reported many recommended routes are flawed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Yi didn’t look up, switching through reports slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kuaipao delivery riders signed employment contracts directly under Kuaipao Technology, not third-party outsourcing firms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Base salary: 1,500 yuan; five insurances and one housing fund plus supplemental medical insurance; delivery commissions, surge bonuses, bad-weather allowances; overtime pay for any work beyond six hours per day, per labor law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, most riders earned around 6,000 yuan monthly, while many university graduates in Luzhou started with only 3,000–4,000 yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The worst-off made barely over 2,000 yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, have the delivery team submit better routes—I’ll update the data.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kang Guodong nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Comrade Kang, Comrade Pei, got a moment for a quick meeting?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, business head Kou Zhen approached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was personally recruited by Chen Yan and assigned to Kuaipao; formerly a ground promotion manager at Lashou.com, he had rich merchant resources and team management experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to Kang Guodong and Pei Yi, Kou Zhen, with years of work experience, was far more mature and steady in the workplace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Free time? Sure, Lao Pei—let’s go!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kang Guodong agreed immediately, pulling Pei Yi along, and the three entered the meeting room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sitting down, Kou Zhen said: “Having business staff come to headquarters daily wastes time and hurts efficiency. I suggest dispersing them—set up satellite offices near core commercial zones so they can focus more on merchant acquisition.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kang Guodong frowned, worried this would hurt team management and make it hard to monitor laziness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I agree!” Pei Yi spoke first, then added: “Business staff have low base pay—performance is key. Don’t worry if they slack off; just hold a weekly meeting at headquarters.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine, do it your way.” Kang Guodong thought for a moment and agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the team expanded, Kang Guodong finally felt the hardship of entrepreneurship—what came before was just child’s play.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Expanding Kuaipao’s service from university districts to within the first ring road required balancing delivery efficiency with server capacity, preventing website lag or app crashes during traffic spikes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially after finance, legal, marketing, and business staff joined, Kang Guodong felt his control over Kuaipao weakening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of them were sent by Senlian Capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Officially he was still Kuaipao’s CEO, but managing it now felt overwhelming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His talent and gifts lay solely in computer programming; whenever marketing, finance, or sales issues arose, his head swam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In management, he was even worse than Pei Yi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though unwilling to admit it, Kang Guodong knew he was better suited to product development.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, Comrade Kang, the marketing department has prepared the online campaign: on New Year’s Day, we’ll team up with Luyang Tieba, Luyang Online, and Luyang Forum for ‘Kuaipao Treats You to Your First New Year Milk Tea.’ I think we should hire more part-time riders to avoid delivery delays during the event.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kou Zhen reminded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No problem, I’ll handle it.” Kang Guodong agreed—it made sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With current conditions, even offline promotion and internal referrals had already pushed late deliveries to 7%; once the online campaign launched, orders would surge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To preserve user experience, preparation must come first!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Yi clenched his fist, thrilled to see his own creation about to take flight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced secretly at Kang Guodong, thinking silently: Brother Gang, don’t blame me—this CEO seat suits me better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the meeting, the three went their separate ways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At midnight that day, Kuaipao hit 5,674 orders, with 38% from new users’ first orders; cumulative registered users exceeded 30,000—nearly half of Ele.me’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the difference: Kuaipao had Chen Yan’s 30 million yuan funding, gaining 2,000–4,000 new users daily, while Ele.me had hit a growth plateau.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The initial 1 million USD from Jinsha Venture had long been spent; not even first-order subsidies remained—Zhang Xuhao couldn’t even afford delivery subsidies now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Kuaipao’s current pace, it would surpass Ele.me’s user base in ten days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this speed came at a cost: new-user subsidies alone cost 30,000–60,000 yuan daily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As user acquisition scaled, Kuaipao’s account balance dropped rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kang Guodong and Pei Yi didn’t know this was part of Chen Yan’s plan—he intended to gradually dilute their equity by continuously injecting fresh capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The e-commerce and courier industries exploded upon hearing Yunsu’s new policy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 1.5 yuan minimum order threshold threw every courier company into a life-or-death battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Typically, courier pricing included transportation, labor, materials, facility rent, equipment depreciation, and management costs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The larger the market share, the lower the per-package cost due to economies of scale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Yunsu’s policy targeting only warehouse clients, it was clear Chen Yan’s move aimed to seize market share from S.F., STO, ZTO, and YTO.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Weilin and Yunsu’s finance department calculated: a station needed 3,000 daily pickups to break even.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hard to achieve with individual customers, but large sellers using warehouse contracts could easily send hundreds daily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just sign a few clients of similar scale, and Yunsu could compete long-term with the Big Four.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To retain big clients, the Big Four were forced to slash prices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some small and medium sellers, seeking to save on courier fees, teamed up with Yunsu to sign warehouse contracts, pre-storing their best-selling products in Yunsu warehouses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each afternoon, sellers simply synced order data to Yunsu, stuck on shipping labels, and shipped immediately—greatly improving efficiency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xucheng, Zhuxianzhu Technology Park.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan sat in his office, glancing at Pei Yi’s work report, smiling faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combined with feedback from Kou Zhen and others, it confirmed Kang Guodong lacked the managerial ability to lead Kuaipao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan did not oppose Pei Yi’s actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Entrepreneurship was about making money—not betrayal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Kang Guodong couldn’t handle it, let someone capable take over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like Zhang Wenbo and Xiang Pengfei—they’d followed him since FoxTao—but Chen Yan gave them only team leader roles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Business is business; personal ties are personal ties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen gave the two a chance; after the probation period, if their performance didn’t meet the director’s requirements, they’d remain group leaders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Kang Guodong had even less privilege here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Chen Yansen wasn’t ready to act yet—Kuai Run was still small, and Kang Guodong had personally built its core technical structure; acting now would risk destabilizing Kuai Run’s operations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Kuai Run received its second round of funding, Kang Guodong’s influence and voice would diminish; then, moving him from CEO to CTO would ensure a smoother transition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ding ling ling—!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The desk phone rang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss Chen, why not sit down and talk? If you keep this up, no one will make money!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Dejun of Shentong suppressed his anger and pleaded helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1663,"2026-06-19T19:17:18.227Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","aa8af0b55943786e814dc2be0803a679ba37a30099ce2319fb1fc2ec1acac5d1","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-184","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-182",387,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-cover.jpg"]