[{"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-253":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},2264466,4419,"Chapter 253","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-253",253,"\u003Cp>\"Orange has two syllables, Alexa has three; from the perspective of simplicity and ease of use, orange has an advantage, but Alexa has a broader overseas audience—have the Legal team register the trademark first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen instructed Zhou Chuangxi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Implicitly, he had accepted Daniel’s suggestion and was willing to name the intelligent voice assistant developed by Orange Tech as Alexa in overseas markets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the copyright holder of Star Trek had long registered the trademark for Alexa, its scope was limited only to film, television, and related merchandise—not including intelligent voice assistant products.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, in Europe and America, Alexa is just an ordinary name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoever registers first owns it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, we could pay a token royalty fee and ride hard on Star Trek’s traffic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel grinned; being recognized by his personal “godfather of AI” made him happier than receiving a million-dollar-a-year job offer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss, should we use Alexa as the product name in the domestic market too?\" Zhou Chuangxi asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually, the name doesn’t matter much—what matters is adding customizable wake-word functionality to better match user habits.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen shrugged dismissively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t think too rigidly; while a uniform wake word helps optimize and train speech recognition algorithms, it also removes a lot of fun and user experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, change the wake word to your girlfriend’s name, your dog’s name, or Makabaka, Sun Wukong, Pikachu, or the Seven Little Gourds—guaranteed to attract a flood of organic traffic the moment it launches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Customizable? Personalized wake words? Why didn’t I think of that!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Chuangxi’s eyes lit up, and he smacked his thigh hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We still need a domestic product name—call it Moss, or moss.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Moss?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Moss? As in moss?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Chuangxi and Daniel exchanged glances; they couldn’t fathom what this name meant—it seemed unrelated to an intelligent voice assistant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s simple to pronounce, easy to recognize, has high wake accuracy, and according to Chinese language habits, 'moss' is rarely used in daily speech, effectively reducing accidental wake-ups.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen said seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The movie The Wandering Earth, which would become a huge hit five years later, hadn’t been released yet, and Moss (moss) wasn’t Liu Cixin’s original character, so no explanation was necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Understood,\" Zhou Chuangxi nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moss was fine—far better than names like Yuxi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right after the meeting ended, Daniel rushed back to work, eager to add customizable wake-word functionality to Moss as soon as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen stood at the elevator entrance, scanning the office area; the entire floor was packed with R&D engineers—over two hundred in total.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just a few months, Zhou Chuangxi and Daniel had poached numerous senior engineers in algorithms, natural language processing, and speech recognition from UIUC, Johns Hopkins, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and labs at Microsoft and Google.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they’d hired headhunters, the efficiency wouldn’t have been nearly this high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Zhou Chuangxi and Daniel used the excuse of catching up and reminiscing—poaching mentors, junior classmates, even colleagues and friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When these people heard that a tech company across the ocean had spent a fortune building a server cluster capable of 1.5 quintillion floating-point operations per second,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they almost without hesitation boarded planes for Xu City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The few who couldn’t be persuaded—once Chen Yansen spoke with them for ten minutes, seven or eight out of ten would agree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Chuangxi and Daniel believed these people were moved by Chen Yansen’s sincerity, his superb programming skills, and his generous compensation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In reality, Chen Yansen didn’t bother with effort—he simply deployed his spiritual power, weaving it into his voice; fewer than two or three in ten could resist it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moss was about to launch; the products featuring Moss should follow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Orange Tech’s autumn new products still needed more time—after all, the market potential of Orange C2 and Orange D1 hadn’t been exhausted yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Releasing products too frequently would only cause unnecessary losses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in his office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen called Lin Qingbai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss, you mean combining speakers with an intelligent voice assistant to create a smart speaker using natural language processing, cloud computing, and IoT technology?\" Lin Qingbai paused slightly, confirming instinctively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are the issues on the system and hardware levels?\" Chen Yansen asked in return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It can be built, but the BOM cost per unit might exceed 600 yuan—even if we replace all components with domestic ones, it’ll still be over 400 yuan. From a commercial standpoint, the price must be set at least at 800 yuan,\" Lin Qingbai gently reminded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Implicitly, sales volume for this smart speaker wouldn’t be high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t worry about profitability—Moss Smart Speaker’s core market isn’t domestic.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen replied with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before making the call, he’d already planned this—he intended to treat the overseas market as the main battlefield for promotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remember, in 2012, there wasn’t a single AI speech recognition chip—only generic processors combined with DSP chips and speech recognition tech were available, so component costs were naturally high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But high cost doesn’t mean low sales or narrow audience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two years later, Amazon’s Echo smart speaker sold for $199 and still moved three million units in a year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earlier Moss Smart Speaker launches, the greater the shock it delivers to the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps in ten or twenty years, no one will find intelligent voice assistants novel anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But launching now is like handing someone who’s used a feature phone their entire life a smartphone outright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen estimated a minimum annual market potential of one billion U.S. dollars—this wasn’t small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High cost? Then set a high price!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qingbai grunted, then probed deeper into Chen Yansen’s design needs to help him formulate the product plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An hour later, Chen Yansen hung up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What’s the point of selling cheap goods?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d already planned it—he’d bring in Paramount Pictures, the copyright holder of Star Trek, and sell the smart speaker as a movie merchandise item, all of them cashing in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The overseas product name was already ready: Alexa Smart Speaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That dreamlike feeling of a movie becoming reality was hard to refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At three in the afternoon, Pinduoduo’s main conference room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CEO Huang Zheng chaired the meeting; all department directors were present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen sat to the side, listening; since Huang Zheng took over, his workload had lightened considerably—Pinduoduo’s affairs were all handed over to Old Huang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After May, Pinduoduo will undergo its first UI redesign—no major changes, just fixing the homepage icon area to permanently display KuaiPao and KuaiDi Taxi entrances. Also, the product team will launch two new features: Group Buy and Pinduoduo Orchard. Zhuang Rui will detail the product plans.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After May, Pianbei will undergo its first UI redesign; the overall direction remains unchanged, with the main focus on the homepage icon area, permanently displaying the Kuai Pao and Kuai Di ride-hailing entry points. Additionally, the product team will launch two new features: Group Pin  and Pianbei Orchard, and Zhuang Rui will introduce the specific product plans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone who built a company from nothing to a trillion-dollar scale wasn’t simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At thirty-two, Huang Zheng was already emerging as a force on Pinduoduo’s stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Zheng was instrumental in Pinduoduo’s victory in the 418 E-commerce Battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He orchestrated the early start and delayed end of the event, distributed massive red packet subsidies, partnered with WeChat, and threw JD, Suning, and Gome into chaos—all his doing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even selling Suning’s shares and stoking the fury between Zhang Jindong and Liu Qiangdong were his behind-the-scenes moves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all this, Pinduoduo’s mid-to-senior management understood one truth: Huang Zheng was truly ruthless, shameless, and heartless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, Boss Huang, I’ll start by explaining the design concept of Pinduoduo Orchard. Considering some bottom-tier merchants have paid promotion needs, and new user traffic is nearing its limit, the focus of product, operations, and advertising teams must shift from acquisition to retention...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Understood, Huang Zong. I’ll first introduce the design philosophy of Pianbei Orchard. Considering that some bottom-tier merchants have paid promotion needs, and new user traffic is about to hit a floor, the product, operations, and advertising teams must now shift their focus from acquisition to retention…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pinduoduo’s cumulative user base had reached 300 million, but the problem was, acquisition costs kept rising and difficulty increased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>China’s total internet users were under 600 million; excluding those uninterested in online shopping, Pinduoduo’s 2012 traffic ceiling was at most 500 million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, retention mattered far more than acquisition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen listened for a while, then pulled out his phone and scrolled through news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jike.com and WoWoTuan reached a strategic partnership, jointly operating group-buying services; WoWo Mall joined Jike.com as one of its channels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One lacked traffic, the other lacked monetization—deeply binding together to survive was a smart move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>IT Times Weekly published \"Exposing Tao Xiaoer’s Lavish Life After Work,\" revealing the dark side of e-commerce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Taobao’s headquarters, luxury cars lined up; nearby bars were packed every night; merchants treated Tao Xiaoer like their father to get featured in promotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Comments flooded in with personal stories describing Tao Xiaoer’s arrogant behavior—secretly demanding bidding fees for ranking placement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ali responded immediately: starting today, we will launch internal audits and improve inspection systems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen smiled faintly; unless the rights to review and allocate resources were handed over to artificial intelligence, such situations could never be eradicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn’t Pinduoduo have people lining their pockets?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course they did!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third news item was about Lingxi Browser: after two months online, cumulative users surpassed one million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to Today’s Headlines, it was ten times smaller.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tencent must be preparing by now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen squinted, murmuring softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yiming was too aggressive—he needed tempering before he could be used properly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yiming is too sharp—he needs to be tempered before he can be used effectively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Beijing Copyright Association received a joint complaint from Tencent, Sohu, NetEase, Sina, and five other companies, accusing Lingxi Browser of unauthorized scraping of their news content.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to the complainants’ special status and influence, the Copyright Association immediately decided to open an investigation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yiming had made no effort to conceal his data scraping—the homepage of his product was filled with news content from major portals; the infringement intent was obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although ByteDance was now a web tech company with a million users, compared to giants like Tencent and NetEase, it was like a gnat trying to shake a tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Copyright Association immediately notified the Cyberspace Administration and Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and alerted the Police Inspector’s office, requesting the company’s responsible person come in for questioning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At 7:15 p.m., Zhang Yiming received a call from the Police Inspector’s office at ByteDance headquarters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tencent, NetEase, and others are accusing ByteDance of copyright infringement? Should I go to the Police Inspector’s office now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are companies like Penguin and NetEase filing complaints that ByteDance is infringing their copyright? Should we go to the Police Inspector’s office now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yiming’s face paled as he asked nervously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had assumed that by the time companies like Penguin, NetEase took notice of ByteDance, he would have already completed his initial accumulation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that point, he could simply delete the infringing content, make active corrections, and pay a fine to resolve it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he hadn’t expected that just two months after the product launched, ByteDance was already targeted by Penguin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is trouble!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, he quickly agreed, then immediately called Chen Yansen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew well that Senlian Capital had good relations with Penguin; if Chen Yansen was willing to intervene, this matter could be smoothed over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chen Zong, Penguin has teamed up with NetEase, Sina, Sohu, and others to file a complaint with the Copyright Association’s headquarters accusing ByteDance of infringement. Can you help mediate?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the call connected, Zhang Yiming got straight to the point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1948,"2026-06-19T19:17:19.606Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","2dbced8742f8bfe948b4fc952e93f0a4ba3c8666fa08615c5f8981af2db3fe9c","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-254","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-252",387,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-cover.jpg"]