[{"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-193":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},2264406,4419,"Chapter 193: Chen Yansen: I Want JD.com Equity!","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-193",193,"\u003Cp>At 10:30 p.m., inside a walled compound in Lucheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Yuanzhi had just prepared to rest when he received a reply from his secretary; after thinking for over ten seconds, he immediately decided to have the other party reach out to Orange Tech.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In 2012, Lucheng was not yet a new first-tier city; its core industries were concentrated in home appliances, automobiles, LCD panels, and food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than a decade later, netizens jokingly called Lucheng the “Gambling City.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, three years ago, he overruled all opposition and invested 80% of the municipal budget into JD.com; second, five years later, he co-founded Changxing Storage Technology, driving domestic production of memory chips—Lenovo and Xiaomi became its major clients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Meng Yuanzhi wanted to gamble again; his gaze turned to Orange Tech and Chen Yansen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Orange’s smartphone factory chose to locate in Lucheng, it would provide at least ten thousand jobs and spur the development of supporting industries—chips, batteries, cameras, and phone accessories—drawing in talent and adding over ten billion yuan in annual industrial output.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zhenhui could see the logic; Meng Yuanzhi understood it even more clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After decades of ups and downs, how could he fail to see the opportunity hidden behind this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Yuanzhi gazed deeply, stroking his teacup, muttering softly: “Zhenhui, Zhenhui, you’re still too narrow-minded. A 16-million-yuan factory? To Chen Yansen, that’s just the annual rent of his Shencheng plant—he’d never agree to you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, how could Xucheng match Lucheng’s transportation convenience?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would Xucheng dare compete for what he wanted?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next morning, Chen Yansen stepped into Building 8 and ran into Ye Qiuping as she was leaving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good morning, Boss!” Ye Qiuping’s face was flushed, radiating vitality; she greeted him with a smile, as if she’d already forgotten everything from last evening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good in bed, not clingy—that’s why Chen Yansen liked older women.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Morning.” Chen Yansen gave a slight nod, sidestepped Ye Qiuping, and walked straight into the elevator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This guy’s clearly planning to zip up and pretend he never met you. What a dog—absolute dog!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Qiuping took a deep breath and cursed inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elevator doors slid open slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen pushed open his office door, sat down heavily, turned on his computer, and checked the sales data for Pinbei and Orange Mall as usual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the release of Orange D1 and Orange C2, Orange C1’s sales inevitably took a hit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, daily online sales hovered between 82,000 and 85,000 units; yesterday, they dropped to just 71,000—a nearly 15% decline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the new models officially launched, Orange C1’s sales rate would likely continue to fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen then opened Cao Dahua’s work email, which mainly reported on production plans, the new factory zone, and after-sales operations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since mid-December last year, Orange C1 had shifted from pre-sale to spot sales; with Orange D1 and Orange C2 about to launch, Cao Dahua adjusted the production schedule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In simple terms, after January 14, Orange C1’s daily output would be reduced from 100,000 to 50,000 units.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Further adjustments would be made in real time based on sales performance of all three models.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the 50,000-square-meter factory Xu Zhenhui mentioned yesterday, it had only just been taken over, with only 3,000 employees hired so far—but the HR department guaranteed they’d complete the 6,000-worker recruitment plan before the Spring Festival holiday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Wang Teng’s publicity campaign, every manufacturing plant along the southeast coast now knew Orange’s smartphone factory by name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A regular assembly-line worker earned a monthly salary of 7,000 yuan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In smaller factories, only team leaders and supervisors could hope to earn that much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though base pay wasn’t high and overtime was mandatory, every overtime hour was paid strictly according to labor law—truly a paradise factory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jing from HR had just posted the job ad on the official website when the office phone lines exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just the email inbox received thousands of resumes daily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opening them, he saw applicants listing vocational high school or junior college degrees—even bachelor’s and master’s degrees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jing was baffled: she only needed experienced workers for assembly, testing, welding, quality control, and equipment maintenance—what use were these college grads?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No experience, and they were arrogant and hard to manage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Zhang Jing specifically suggested to Cao Dahua that the Boss decide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen paused for a few seconds, then decided to hire 30% of the high-education applicants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’d just picked the wrong major and struggled to find jobs—not because they were stupid; whether placed in maintenance or as management trainees, they had real potential.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orange Tech’s future competitors were Foxconn, Pegatron, and BYD.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Establishing an employee training system early would make future expansion easier; otherwise, relying solely on external hiring, it’d be nearly impossible to find management candidates satisfying Chen Yansen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing his work emails, Chen Yansen pulled out a copy of “Advanced Solid State Physics”—an original edition sent from overseas by Zhou Shouzhi, not yet available in China.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, his desk phone rang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen looked up, glanced at the screen—it was an unfamiliar landline, but the area code clearly indicated Lucheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hello, who’s calling?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief hesitation, he pressed answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Chen, this is Tao Jingwen from the Lucheng Central Office.” A calm middle-aged male voice came through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen frowned slightly, politely responded, and opened the Central Office’s website to find Tao Jingwen’s name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Yuanzhi’s personal secretary!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d heard from Tang Qingshan that Meng Yuanzhi wanted Orange Tech and Pinbei to relocate their headquarters to Lucheng—but Xu Zhenhui had blocked it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This direct outreach likely meant the same thing: either he still wanted the headquarters moved, or he wanted Chen Yansen to build a branch factory in Lucheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hello, Secretary Tao, how may I help you?” Chen Yansen asked, feigning ignorance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you have time, could you come to Lucheng? Boss Meng wants to meet you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tao Jingwen sounded as if he were asking, but his tone was declarative.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his view, given Meng Yuanzhi’s status in the province, few entrepreneurs would dare refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m sorry, Secretary Tao, I really can’t leave these next two days—final exams at school. I’ll visit Mr. Meng after exams are over.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen replied with a smile after a moment’s thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Final exams?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of excuse was that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tao Jingwen couldn’t help but chuckle inwardly—he’d already checked: since entering university, Chen Yansen had barely set foot in a classroom; if not for Tang Qingshan’s protection, he’d have failed and had to retake courses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He decided to cut to the chase: “Boss wants you to build a branch factory in Lucheng and has reserved a 100,000-square-meter factory for you. As long as Orange’s smartphone factory meets certain investment scale, tax per mu, and output targets, the land will be permanently granted to Orange Tech free of charge.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>100,000 square meters—for free?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder Lucheng’s big shot was so generous—far more generous than Xu Zhenhui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Yuanzhi didn’t care about the meager profit from selling land; he cared about the positive impact Orange’s smartphone factory would have on Lucheng’s digital industry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he definitely knew Xu Zhenhui had approached him—otherwise, he wouldn’t have had Tao Jingwen emphasize this was an already-built factory, not barren industrial land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen sighed. Orange Tech had truly become a hot commodity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder, years later, Leiyi Army’s Xiaomi car factory still chose Beijing’s suburbs—never dared leave Beijing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The big bosses above gave money, resources, policies—they wanted you to create value for their promotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Chen, if you have any concerns, speak freely—I’ll handle anything I can.” Tao Jingwen added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen smiled and replied calmly: “I want JD.com equity. Can you arrange that, Secretary Tao?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tao Jingwen froze, then realized—he’d heard before making this call that Senlian Capital had contacted JD.com.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But JD.com wasn’t an ordinary company; its shareholders were all big names from Beijing and Lucheng, plus venture capital firms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even combined, Lucheng Construction Investment and Xincheng International held less than 20% of JD.com’s equity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This demand was beyond Tao Jingwen’s authority—even Meng Yuanzhi would need to coordinate multiple parties to make it happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Any other requests, Mr. Chen?” Tao Jingwen asked calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew he couldn’t handle this himself—but the higher-ups would deal with it; all he needed was for Chen Yansen to agree to build the factory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other problems could always be solved later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“None.” Chen Yansen answered directly and firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Land use benefits, tax breaks, high-tech enterprise subsidies, talent policies—he didn’t need to ask; Tao Jingwen would handle them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he spelled them out outright, he’d appear shallow, inexperienced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, we’ll contact you later.” Tao Jingwen hung up, turned, and walked into his boss’s office to report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“JD.com equity? This kid’s got ambition—he’s been in the game less than a year and’s already positioning his supply chain. I heard Senlian Capital invested in Desai Battery.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Yuanzhi stood up, chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“True. Senlian Capital used Orange’s smartphone orders and 300 million yuan in cash to buy 5% of Desai Industry. Also, since last November, Senlian Capital has been buying JD.com Class A shares on the open market—current stake is 4.9%.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tao Jingwen nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Arrange a meeting this afternoon with the heads of Construction Investment and Xincheng International.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Yuanzhi thought for a moment and ordered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Boss, I’ll take care of it immediately.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tao Jingwen hurriedly replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he thought giving up JD.com equity for an Orange smartphone factory was a bad deal, he also understood one thing: never question your boss’s decisions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a secretary, you execute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1584,"2026-06-19T19:17:18.227Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","1ea8829976ce18223591cbb20ad1d8b4e8d3aeb37c29d3b4746c39011aaa5ff7","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-194","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-192",387,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-cover.jpg"]