[{"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-255":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},2264468,4419,"Chapter 255: The Billionaire","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-255",255,"\u003Cp>On the afternoon of the next day, Gao Wei left Beijing, taking with him a share transfer agreement; from that day forward, Senlian Capital officially became the majority shareholder of ByteDance Technology, holding a 60% stake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the evening, Lingxi Browser appeared on the homepage spotlight of the Orange App Store, with hourly downloads easily surpassing 100,000.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, content resources from Tencent, NetEase, Sohu, and Sina could now be used freely; after signing the copyright contracts post-holiday, Lingxi Browser could skip the scraping step entirely and access news platform data directly via API interfaces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, Lingxi was revived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difference between having a boss’s backing and not having one is truly immense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Zhang Yiming no longer fixated on equity share or control; after reflection, he understood one truth: the tighter you grasp something, the faster you lose it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On April 30, the first batch of 50,000 units of the 360 G800 Pro Shiny arrived smoothly at Yunsu Express’s North China, East China, and South China distribution centers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After receiving the news, Zhou Hongyi set the official launch date for May 1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The failure of the Haier W910 had left him with deep psychological trauma; he urgently needed a new model to prove that 360 could make phones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If sales were strong enough to snatch away some orders from Xiaomi, he would be even happier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last battle at Chaoyang Park, where Lei Yi Jun shattered his glasses, still rankled him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after, news that the 360 phone was about to launch surged to the hot search list.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?! 360 phone? As a victim of the Haier W910, I just want to say: anyone who buys this is a brave soul!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“System crash warning! Auto-restart warning! Black screen warning!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In the domestic smartphone market, only the Haier W910 can rival Xiaomi in terms of heat generation!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Last time I bought a Haier W910, President Zhou pre-installed twelve unremovable 360 suite apps; the lag was so bad I questioned life itself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The comment section flooded with “positive reviews,” leaving Zhou Hongyi stunned; he quickly clarified: “This time, apart from 360 Mobile Guard, all pre-installed apps can be uninstalled.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look! Unrepentant! Friends who love ads, go ahead and buy—this is an ad player worth owning.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Netizens immediately fired back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you notice? The design company for the 360 G800 Pro Shiny is Huawei, and the manufacturer is Orange—quality control probably won’t be bad!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn! The 360 phone runs Orange Tech’s latest AuroraOS 1.3 OS—how much money did President Zhou slip to Chen Yan?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To be fair, a 4.3-inch touchscreen, 1GHz dual-core processor, 1GB+4GB RAM, and an 8-megapixel rear camera—all for 1,299 yuan? That’s actually a steal!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Should we give President Zhou one more chance?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some netizens who had previously shunned the 360 Mall, upon learning the specs, price, design firm, and manufacturer of the 360 G800 Pro Shiny, regained some interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If it doesn’t work, you can return it within seven days for any reason—even if opened!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Zhou Hongyi gritted his teeth and promised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“President Zhou, I’m a Haier W910 user—can I get a refund? My phone keeps blacking out, and after-sales won’t fix it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One netizen seized the opportunity and quickly pressed Zhou Hongyi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Refund! Refund! Refund!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Refund your damn chicken feathers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Hongyi spat inwardly but, to avoid harming sales of the 360 G800 Pro Shiny, he ordered 360 staff to contact the user, verify the order, and process a refund.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Curious netizens compared the 360 G800 Pro Shiny with Xiaomi phones, pointing out that the 360 phone had a larger screen, identical memory specs, and was 700 yuan cheaper—clearly offering better value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This instantly ignited Xiaomi users, who flooded replies: “You can’t judge a phone by hardware alone—quality varies by supplier.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The implication: the 360 G800 Pro Shiny likely cut corners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Hongyi immediately replied: “This 360 phone is a premium product, using the same supply chain as Orange phones—performance obliterates that Xiaomi.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Old Zhou selectively revealed only part of the truth, shamelessly riding Orange Tech’s popularity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten minutes later, Lei Yi Jun posted a Weibo: “If your product is truly solid, you won’t need to spend every day screaming insults to survive—sales come from making things, not from yelling.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though unnamed, everyone knew Lei Yi Jun was targeting Zhou Hongyi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within thirty seconds, a screenshot of Lei Yi Jun’s Weibo appeared in Zhou Hongyi’s comment section—clearly meant to ensure he couldn’t miss it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Hongyi’s temper flared instantly; he fired back without restraint: “So no one dares touch your cheese? You’re just a bully—monopolizing the market! Same specs, 360 sells for 1,299 yuan, Xiaomi for 1,999—do you think I’m hurting your profits?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Netizens erupted with excitement, eager for the two to rematch at Chaoyang Park.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If 360 wants to make phones, make them properly—stop always seeking shortcuts. Does the G800 Pro Shiny have anything to do with 360? Be a normal merchant—let your product speak, don’t drown in illusions of invincibility.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Yi Jun, no longer polite, sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, he was right—aside from pre-installing a dozen custom pop-up apps, the G800 Pro Shiny’s design and production had nothing to do with 360.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Wanqiang followed closely, attacking Zhou Hongyi: “Everyone knows 360 loves special edition phones—appearing high-value but actually stripped-down, crippled devices.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heated exchange turned foul, eventually dragging Huawei into the fray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Chendong, seeing this, felt regret—he’d always known Zhou Hongyi was unpredictable, and Lei Yi Jun was a marketing master at seizing attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not responding made netizens call the G800 Pro Shiny’s design garbage and trash Huawei too; responding made him feel Huawei only earned design fees and sales commissions, with little real connection to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once he jumped in, the heat would only grow hotter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After careful thought, Yu Chendong forcibly suppressed his urge to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Hongyi and Lei Yi Jun argued from morning till night, delighting netizens—billionaire CEOs, ignoring their status, putting on such a raw, intense show, demanded full attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before leaving work, Chen Yan glanced at the battle and shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Weibo environment of 2012 was astonishingly tolerant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Hongyi clearly couldn’t match Lei Yi Jun; once Lin Bing joined, it became three-on-one—tech-savvy people always delivered the most cutting insults.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tomorrow, I’ll subsidize 100 yuan per unit—I’ll make Lei Yi Jun see that making phones requires zero technical skill—anyone can do it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having argued with Lei Yi Jun all day online, Zhou Hongyi, eyes bloodshot, ordered his subordinates:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsidize 100 yuan?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s another five million yuan in losses!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 360 Mall manager glanced at his boss, nodded firmly, and agreed immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five million yuan? The company could afford it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For each G800 Pro Shiny sold, Huawei took a 40-yuan commission, while Orange’s manufacturing cost—including SMT mounting, testing, assembly, and packaging—was 60 yuan per unit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Add the patent licensing fees for AuroraOS and battery management, and 360’s hardware profit was nearly zero.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Hongyi, determined to vent his rage, had gone all in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At 10 a.m. the next day, the 360 G800 Pro Shiny launched on schedule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yesterday’s brawl had generated tens of millions of extra exposures for the 360 phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Netizens who previously dismissed the 360 phone, upon seeing the price drop another 100 yuan, rushed to place orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even those who’d been arguing online knew better—compared to other brands, the G800 Pro Shiny’s price of 1,199 yuan, ignoring performance, offered unmatched value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Zhou Hongyi had promised: if there were quality issues, seven-day return and exchange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the first hour online, sales hit 23,000 units!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This stunned onlookers—wait, you guys actually bought it?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Yi Jun sat at his computer, staring fixedly at the sales figures, muttering: “These numbers must be fake!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the Haier W910 had barely sold 2,000 units in a week—how could the 360 G800 Pro Shiny sell 23,000 in one hour? Impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lei Yi Jun hadn’t expected that by noon, the 360 phone was already sold out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five minutes later, the product relisted—price returned to 1,299 yuan, now as a pre-order link.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn! I was still deciding whether to submit my order—and it’s already sold out!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn't everyone say yesterday they wouldn't buy? Who's rushing to take mine?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Three days from now, I’ll be in President Zhou’s comment section—I’ll see how many regret it and want to curse their mothers!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to the Haier W910’s failure, most netizens doubted the 360 phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing all 50,000 units sold out, Zhou Hongyi finally breathed easy and called Chen Yan, laughing: “Chen Zong, I’ve posted the pre-order link.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Congratulations. How many units do you need this time?” Chen Yan asked casually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Manufacturing one 360 G800 Pro Shiny cost 60 yuan for manufacturing, 55 yuan for component price difference, and 45 yuan for patent licensing—totaling 160 yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Hongyi was effectively working for him again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the more 360 phones sold, the better—Chen Yan made the profit, Zhou Hongyi bore the blame—a perfect win-win.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll give you a definite answer tomorrow,” Zhou Hongyi replied, not rushing to decide—he wanted to see today’s pre-order sales first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine, no problem,” Chen Yan said, then hung up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He estimated total sales of the 360 G800 Pro Shiny would reach around two million units.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because in 2012, smartphone buyers were easily fooled—large screens, large memory, high-megapixel cameras, stacked specs, and affordable prices made selling effortless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as years later, 360 fully entered the phone industry, shipping at least five to six million units annually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minutes later, Lei Yi Jun called: “Chen Zong, you’re manufacturing the 360 phone—aren’t you afraid of being roasted by netizens?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“President Lei, my workers need to eat. Zhou Hongyi’s price is high—understand.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan smiled faintly, speaking calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, he thought: It’s only because you didn’t work hard enough to absorb Orange’s factory capacity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s your sales estimate for the 360 G800 Pro Shiny?” Lei Yi Jun asked bluntly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No less than one million units—two million is possible,” Chen Yan answered honestly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d spoken with Yu Chendong; Huawei planned to revise the G800 Pro Shiny’s design and promote it as a flagship model for the second half of the year, targeting the mid-to-low-end market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, Huawei hadn’t cheated Zhou Hongyi in hardware or industrial design.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as 360’s pre-installed apps could be uninstalled smoothly, selling two million units a year posed no problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re that confident in this product?” Lei Yi Jun was stunned—he trusted Chen Yan’s judgment, making him even more surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The G800 Pro Shine is equipped with the AuroraOS 1.3 system,\" Chen Yansen stated calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sounded boastful, but Lei Yi understood that AuroraOS truly had that capability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a few fleeting seconds, he even considered abandoning MIUI and switching to AuroraOS, but he forcibly held himself back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he gave up MIUI, what else was left that was truly his own in Xiaomi phones?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You give Zhou Hongyi a chance, but he may not appreciate it—watch out he turns and bites you one day,\" Lei Yi warned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have plenty of experience training dogs. Lei Zong, better think about how to handle the threat from 360 phones.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen replied with a light laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The competition between 360 and Xiaomi was, in fact, a competition between Huawei, OrangeTech, and Xiaomi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, Xiaomi held no advantage in either its system or hardware.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Yi knew well that the first-generation Xiaomi phone had reached the end of its vitality; to weaken 360 phones’ impact, Xiaomi must quickly launch a budget phone with comparable specs but superior performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing with Lei Yi, Chen Yansen glanced at the time, opened the door, went downstairs, and drove toward Xu Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the price of the 360 G800 Pro Shine had risen back to 1299 yuan, customer interest in placing orders showed no sign of decline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially in parts of Shanghai, Yancheng, and Jin Ling, buyers received their phones by afternoon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After testing, most buyers found the 360 G800 Pro Shine’s performance unexpectedly strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps because expectations had been so low, most users were highly satisfied with 360’s first phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, 360 Mall and Zhou Hongyi’s comment sections were flooded with positive reviews.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even tech bloggers published hardcore review reports on the 360 phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This had a major positive effect on the pre-sale sales of the 360 phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By midnight, pre-sale sales of the 360 G800 Pro Shine reached 86,000 units, plus 50,000 in stock, bringing the total first-day sales to 136,000.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This figure reignited Ding Lei’s interest in making phones, despite his earlier decision to abandon the project.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Zhou Hongyi could succeed, there was no reason he couldn’t!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2106,"2026-06-19T19:17:19.606Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","e5b8504aaa3fbe74b2ac488c955ca3f00fd28c18c19ae40df6d4d51d748dfe3a","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-256","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-254",387,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-cover.jpg"]