[{"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-201":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},2264414,4419,"Chapter 201: First Launch: 1.36 Million Units, 21.2 Billion in Sales—Initial Battle Against Apple","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-201",201,"\u003Cp>When Zhang Liaoyuan left Xucheng with 2 million in funding, his joy far outweighed his concerns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although his equity stake decreased by 40%, he secured Chen Yansen’s promise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This week, Sanzhisong’s flagship model will appear on the Billion Subsidy channel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Know that today, Pinduoduo’s Billion Subsidy channel leads in exposure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a typical C-tier brand, getting selected for the Billion Subsidy channel is as hard as climbing to heaven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once selected, even if placed on the last screen of the product pool, daily guaranteed sales won’t fall below 200,000 yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fly slowly, or ride alongside Pinduoduo’s airborne speedboat?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, Zhang Liaoyuan chose the latter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reporting on Sanzhisong’s funding case, Gao Weilin shifted the topic to Zhang Yiming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, in his view, a mere 2-million-yuan investment was a trivial case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had Chen Yansen not spoken up, he wouldn’t have bothered to handle it himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“From what you’re saying, Zhang Yiming still wants to build a mobile browser.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen found this amusing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he understood Zhang Yiming’s thinking—Even Tencent had set its sights on mobile browsers, proving such products held great potential.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for competitive pressure?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What business doesn’t have competitors?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, but this kid’s slippery—he returned to Yanjing and immediately reached out to several VC firms, including Cao Yi from Source Code Capital, Liu Jun from Today Capital, and Zhou Zijing from Ethereum Capital.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Weilin spoke slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From a founder’s perspective, Zhang Yiming’s actions were perfectly reasonable—after all, even buying clothes requires comparing three options, let alone raising funds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Keep following up. He’s still processing his new company’s business registration—no rush. Just do your best.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen granted full authority, giving Gao Weilin tremendous freedom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How much to spend, how much equity to buy—he didn’t interfere, as long as the money was spent reasonably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, I’ll go get to work,” Gao Weilin rose to take his leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell Wang Xueting and Xiong Li to collect vehicle demands from all department directors—unified procurement for Q1. Director-level limit: one million yuan; manager-level limit: five hundred thousand yuan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen thought for a moment and instructed Gao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Pinduoduo and Orange Tech’s business engagements increased, it became common for directors and general managers to drive ten-thousand-yuan commuter cars—or even take taxis to meet clients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the year-end approaching, this was a perfect chance to give them a bonus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it could offset taxes—Chen Yansen didn’t lose out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Got it, Boss,” Gao Weilin grinned broadly—he caught Chen Yansen’s meaning. Though the car was registered under the company, he had full usage rights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A free million-yuan luxury car? He was over the moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, HR, hire me a driver. I can’t keep having General Gao chauffeur me—it’s unbecoming.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, I actually enjoy driving for you,” Gao Weilin grinned and flattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Really? Then tomorrow you transfer positions—monthly salary: ten thousand yuan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen teased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, I’ll stay as your money bag. Next life, I’ll be your driver.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Weilin knew Chen Yansen was joking and replied with a bold grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Get lost!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes sir!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Weilin dashed out of the office, and as he passed the Brand Department, he shouted to Ye Qiuping: “Ye Zong, the Boss just handed out another perk—go pick a car! Up to one million yuan, company reimburses!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wow! Ye Zong, congratulations!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qiuping-jie, buy a Mercedes AMG!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Audi A7 is great too!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several people in the Brand Department chattered excitedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Zhenzhe sat in the corner, a flicker of envy in his eyes—a million-yuan luxury car in 2012? Back home, he’d be unstoppable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after, cheers erupted from Building 6 and Building 8.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Directors and general managers could pick any car under one million yuan; managers could choose any under five hundred thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Zihao messaged Chen Yansen saying he was fine with his BMW 750 and didn’t need a new car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you have more cars, rotate them—just like girlfriends—you always need a backup.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sen-ge, you’re so ruthless,” Wang Zihao couldn’t help but vent in the chat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When you were freeloading at Galaxy Star, why didn’t you call yourself ruthless? Pfft! Next business dinner, I’m bringing Wang Teng.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen shot back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No! Sen-ge!” Wang Zihao immediately retracted his message and surrendered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen closed the chat window and shook his head with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>JD and Suning’s competition intensified. Liu Qiangdong established the “Anti-Suning Command Center” in Yanjing, personally leading it, and publicly announced: “Big appliances at zero margin—10% cheaper than Suning.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing this blatant provocation, Zhang Jindong wouldn’t tolerate it—he immediately ordered his marketing department to issue a declaration: “Suning’s prices will always be lower than JD’s—double the price difference as compensation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after, Gome and Dangdang joined the fray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last year, during the book war, Liu Qiangdong had tormented Li Guoqing—now Li Guoqing naturally wanted to return the favor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just before Spring Festival, digital and big appliance products should’ve been the perfect time to raise prices—but in this brawl, prices kept falling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Zhang Jindong and Liu Qiangdong were subsidizing out of their own pockets, they shattered brand pricing controls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In 2012, for most digital and big appliance brands, online sales were an important channel, not the core one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>JD, Suning, and Gome had completely disrupted pricing controls, undermining the interests of over a hundred thousand offline distributors nationwide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Representatives from Gree, Haier, Hisense, TCL, Skyworth, Huawei, and ZTE stepped forward, first urging Zhang Jindong and Liu Qiangdong to sit down and negotiate—but these two countrymen were already bloodied and blind with rage, unwilling to talk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Qiangdong thought JD’s position as the #2 appliance seller might be lost—it was about to overtake #1!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jindong thought: if he couldn’t crush this brat Liu Qiangdong, had he spent all these years for nothing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only on January 14 did the Association for Economic Development forcibly halt the chaos between JD, Suning, Gome, and Dangdang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the feud between Zhang Jindong and Liu Qiangdong was now settled—price wars stopped, but verbal battles never ceased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen watched their online brawls on Weibo and thought the Weibo environment of over a decade ago was truly wild and free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t posting to a Moments feed—it was like using a chat box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They dared say anything!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Orange Tech emerged as the biggest winner in this price war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On January 11, JD slashed the Orange C1’s price to 1,959 yuan—on its own dime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suning immediately followed, dropping it to 1,949 yuan ten minutes later!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>JD didn’t flinch—dropped it again, straight to 1,929 yuan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suning countered, raising it to 1,919 yuan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By 11 p.m., the Orange C1’s price had plunged to just 1,839 yuan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Users would order on Suning, cancel shortly after, then order on JD, then return to Suning again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many spent the whole day juggling orders—placing dozens, then canceling them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two days later, Suning’s own Orange C1 sold for only 1,799 yuan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>JD dropped to 1,789 yuan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how low Suning went, JD insisted on being cheaper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, the Orange C1’s daily online sales had dropped to 60,000 units after the launches of the Orange D1 and Orange C2.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after this chaos, it sold 160,000 extra units!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsidies alone cost over 300 million yuan in losses!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An average of one hundred million yuan per day!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, ordinary online shoppers realized how brutally simple e-commerce competition could be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many bought digital and big appliance products at rock-bottom prices during these days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some netizens even fanned the flames in Liu Qiangdong’s Weibo comments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother Dong, we support you! Orange C2 is launching soon—can you drop the price to 1,999 yuan?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother Dong, Suning looks down on JD—drop the price again and show them who’s boss!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Qiangdong didn’t know whether to reply or not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what caught his attention was that after a week of preheating and optimization, the Orange D1 and Orange C2 finally reached their launch date.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>January 14, 10 a.m.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Six channels—Orange Mall, Pinduoduo Billion Subsidy, JD, Suning, Taobao, and China Telecom’s online store—launched simultaneously online and offline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just one hour, the Orange D1 sold a staggering 94,000 units!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And China Telecom’s offline contract and retail outlet sales were not included.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orange C2 sales reached 47,000 units!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The day before, Apple’s iPhone 4S domestic version also officially launched, with pre-orders surpassing one million units.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Can Orange Tech break Apple’s record?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only netizens cared about this question, but even competitors within the industry were using connections to inquire about Orange Phone’s real-time sales figures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two hours later, the total online sales of Orange C2 reached 105,000 units, and Orange D1 reached 182,000 units!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the current growth rate, total sales might surpass the iPhone 4S, but the flagship Orange C2 would barely reach under 400,000 units.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By 24:00 that day, Orange D1 sales reached 730,000 units!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Total sales of Orange C2 reached 371,000 units!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combined, they exceeded 1.1 million units!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although still far behind the iPhone 4S’s pre-order volume, this result placed Orange among the top performers domestically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take the Meizu MX as an example—it sold fewer than 10,000 units on its launch day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shanxing Galaxy SII also sold under 50,000 units on its first day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Orange C2’s price was much lower, its staggering sales of 371,000 units made competitors like OPPO, Meizu, Coolpad, Xiaomi, and Huawei realize the strategic value of multi-channel distribution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen sat on the fifth floor of the tech park and didn’t receive Zhao Maolin’s summary of offline channel sales until 1 a.m.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply adding them up, Orange C2’s first-day sales became 470,000 units!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orange D1’s sales exceeded expectations, reaching 890,000 units!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn! No wonder everyone wants to make phones!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen suddenly stood up, feeling a bit incredulous—while Orange phones outperformed Xiaomi, Meizu, and OPPO in product specs, the gap wasn’t enormous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from system fluidity, it was essentially extreme component stacking paired with a price point users could accept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cumulative sales: 1.36 million units, total revenue: 2.12 billion!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the media’s reporting, Orange Tech’s 1.36 million sales naturally surpassed the iPhone 4S’s first-day pre-order volume of 1 million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After seeing the trending news, Chen Yansen smiled, but he wouldn’t let the branding department issue any clarification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was fully capitalizing on this wave of traffic!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, on January 14, besides Orange phones selling massively, another news story was drowned out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In first-tier metropolises like Yan, Hu, Yue, and Shen, tens of thousands of people received their new phones on the day they placed orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The combination of pre-warehousing and express delivery quietly reshaped users’ shopping habits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1759,"2026-06-19T19:17:19.606Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","6aee5b3e8b2a439f41bbd827ef4f0221921ad54c8525d68ce9697561bc2a073b","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-202","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-200",387,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-cover.jpg"]