[{"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-268":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},2264481,4419,"Chapter 268: Finally, a Fish Bit the Hook! The Downmarket, Begins","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-268",268,"\u003Cp>The next morning, JD, Pinduoduo, and Taobao released their 618 sales reports, followed closely by Suning, Gome, and YiXun; dazzling performance figures made online shopping a trending phenomenon in 2012.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The explosive growth of smartphones, electronic payments, and the express delivery industry provided abundant fuel for the expansion of the e-commerce market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although 618 was not Taobao’s core promotional event, Ma Liyun still poured massive marketing funds and traffic resources into it to counter JD, achieving a GMV of 6.73 billion yuan, far ahead of others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pinduoduo ranked second, publicly reporting 3.04 billion yuan in sales.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>JD fell to third place in the industry; its 2.07 billion yuan in sales looked impressive but was nearly a billion yuan behind Pinduoduo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was a thirteen-year-old B2C e-commerce veteran; the other, a one-year-old social e-commerce newcomer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The news stunned many e-commerce professionals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They knew Pinduoduo was growing fast, but never imagined it would surpass JD in just one year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can’t beat Pinduoduo? Liu Qiangdong lost because he built his own logistics—JD is dragging eight thousand couriers behind it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“JD is no longer number two!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Top young entrepreneur of the 90s: Chen Yan only used three moves to defeat JD!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Qiangdong stared at the news headline on his screen, growing angrier, then called his assistant Zhang Yong and ordered her to notify the Legal Department to send a lawyer’s notice to this unscrupulous media outlet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fuck, you’re the one who’s no longer number two!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, boss,” Zhang Yong replied quickly, seeing her boss’s furious expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can Pinduoduo really make 3 billion yuan in one day? Probably included June 17’s sales and added some fake numbers.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Qiangdong guessed correctly, silently cursing Chen Yan for being slippery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some thought, he quickly decided: during Double Eleven, he must move the launch time up by two days and use the total sales over three days as the official report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t just a trick—he realized a major promotion required a month of preparation, and one day of sales was clearly insufficient to fully unleash consumer demand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this, Liu Qiangdong opened Pinduoduo’s PC link to study his competitor’s product strategy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“618 Limited-Time Return! Our Low Prices Are Real!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Liu Qiangdong saw Pinduoduo’s promotional copy, he froze—what the hell is this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn’t 618 end already?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Qiangdong chuckled, deeply impressed by Chen Yan’s tactics—even the timing of a promotion could be turned into something entirely new.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Early access, main festival stage, 618 comeback—this rhythm chained together, holding buyers captive for three straight days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good ideas must be copied!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Qiangdong casually copied the link and pasted it into the group chat for the group’s senior executives, adding: “JD’s Double Eleven promotion rhythm can’t just copy last year’s formula—we need innovation, creativity, better conversion, and retention.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Hangcheng, Ali’s headquarters, Taohuadao Office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Liyun gently pushed a third-party industry report onto Zhang Yong’s desk and said calmly, “It seems Pinduoduo is a serious threat to Ali—Chen Yan is far harder to deal with than Liu Qiangdong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“3 billion? No fake numbers?” Zhang Yong scanned the document, frowning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whether or not there’s fake data, Pinduoduo’s real 618 sales likely won’t be below 2.5 billion,” Ma Liyun said, lips downturned, brow slightly furrowed—Pinduoduo’s promotional report had raised his guard sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Ali had invested in Kuai Di Taxi and Kuai Pao and partnered with Senlian Capital, Pinduoduo remained Taobao’s direct competitor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His view of Chen Yan was complex—he saw him as a gifted, exceptionally talented young man, but he had failed to bring him into his fold at the start of his venture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“From brand and product perspective, Taobao and Pinduoduo have only 13% overlap; moreover, Taobao’s average order value is far higher than Pinduoduo’s, so Taobao’s main rival is still JD.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I suggest strengthening management of top-tier KA brands, offering annual fee rebates and commission discounts, restricting Pinduoduo’s merchants to B-tier or below, and widening the gap in brand positioning and price range.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yong paused briefly, then spoke slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, this was a long-standing strategic consensus between him and Ma Liyun: use 80% of small and medium sellers to support 20% of large sellers, enabling Taobao’s smooth transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re right—Liu Qiangdong, that tiger from Subei, keeps shouting he’ll surpass Taobao in three years. If he succeeds, he’ll threaten Ali even more.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Liyun smiled faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unbeknownst to him, the dog that barks doesn’t bite; the one that bites doesn’t bark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for now, he had no intention of falling out with Chen Yan—Cainiao Network needed Yunsu Express’s support to move forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After swallowing Yunda and Zhongtong Express, Yunsu now handled half the private express delivery market’s daily volume; without Yunsu, Cainiao would become nothing but a self-indulgent product.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, his view of express logistics had already changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Liyun was more strategic than Liu Qiangdong—he didn’t plan to invest heavily in warehousing early on, but instead wanted to use Taobao and Tmall’s business resources to “borrow a hen to lay eggs” with logistics firms like Yunsu, SF Express, Shentong , and Yuantong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Ali went public and capital became abundant, he would further strengthen control over the express industry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sounded reasonable—but how could Chen Yan let him succeed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Chunshen, Bagongshan Township.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Across the hills, peach orchards overflowed with plump, juicy peaches; amid green trees, over a hundred farmers bent over, picking fruit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it was midsummer, all wore smiles and worked with extra vigor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These 4,000 mu of peach groves used to yield only 5,000 yuan per mu annually—but this year was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Tang Lixin’s organization, Bagongshan farmers sold oil peaches and yellow apricots on Pinduoduo in May, watermelons in June.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next came yellow peaches and grapes in July, and in autumn, crisp pears and crunchy jujubes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The work didn’t increase, but income multiplied several times over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take watermelons: previously, each mu yielded 3,000 jin, sold to fruit traders at 1.5–1.8 yuan per jin; after deducting tools, fertilizer, and pesticide costs, profit was only 3,000 yuan per mu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the Bagongshan Fruit Association opened an online store on Pinduoduo, six-peach packs sold for 39.9 yuan, twelve-peach packs for 69.9 yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though packaging, corrugated boxes, foam padding, net sleeves, insulated boxes, dry ice bags, and Yunsu cold-chain logistics added costs, net profit per jin reached 6–8 yuan, earning over 20,000 yuan per mu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two Yunsu couriers stood by the roadside, helping farmers load fresh watermelons into trucks, stacking them neatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sister Juan, your dozen mu of orchards will probably earn you hundreds of thousands,” one courier waved, signaling a short break.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was sweltering summer—after only an hour’s work, their uniforms were soaked in sweat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nah, not that much—maybe just a few ten thousand,” farmer Zhou Lijuan grinned, instinctively downplaying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her hometown, relatives and friends envied the poor and feared the rich; she feared news of her 200,000–300,000 yuan earnings would bring loan requests—should she pay or not?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The courier smiled—he knew the exact Pinduoduo price; after deducting cold-chain, packaging, and labor costs, earning five yuan per jin was as easy as playing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if she didn’t want to say, he wouldn’t press.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took the mineral water Zhou Lijuan offered, handed one to his colleague, then tilted his head and drank deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bagongshan farmers earned more; these two couriers earned even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, someone shouted from afar: “Mr. Tang is here!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Lijuan and the others hurried to the roadside, peering out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A middle-aged man with half-gray hair stepped out of a black Audi—mid-forties, nearing fifty—with a young man in his thirties beside him, demeanor like a secretary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Tang Lixin and his secretary Zhao Siyuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind them trailed over a dozen Bagongshan Township staff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Tang, this is Bagongshan’s watermelon planting base—annual output is 12 million jin, farm value around 18 million yuan,” said a man in short-sleeved shirt and glasses, wiping sweat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“18 million? I’d say it’s 100 million!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Lixin corrected him sternly, yet his smile was unmistakable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four months ago, he had shamelessly clung to Chen Yan’s leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Senlian Capital hadn’t built a factory in Chunshen to directly create jobs, it had given him a far greater opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pinduoduo’s rural support program had surged across Chunshen in the past three months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over fifty agricultural online stores now exceeded one million yuan in monthly sales.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shaobei Grain and Oil Processing Plant outside town had sold 16 million yuan worth of rice and rapeseed oil during 618, becoming Chunshen County’s star enterprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A livestock farm in Sanjiao Town now sold tens of thousands of ducks and geese daily online—its breeding couldn’t keep up with sales, so it had to buy from neighboring villages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Chunshen’s ducks, geese, and chickens were suffering—just out of the pen, straight to slaughter, never enjoying a single day of adulthood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, yes, it should be 100 million,” the Bagongshan Township official laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Lixin strolled slowly until he stood before Zhou Lijuan and asked casually, “Is selling online hard?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Tang, the township held online store training—computers were too hard, but my husband learned fast; he was the first in our village to open his own store,” Zhou Lijuan replied with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selling through the fruit association meant paying a technical service fee; opening your own store saved that cost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About 30% of Bagongshan farmers opened independent stores; 70% handed goods to the association for unified operation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Lixin nodded in satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chunshen had over five thousand fruit farmers; previously, after harvest, they sold to wholesalers or county supermarkets—low prices, low margins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, selling online to users nationwide, prices and profits rose together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just this one change had made all Bagongshan farmers rich.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Lixin heard that nearby villages’ cucumbers, eggplants, tomatoes, string beans, sweet potatoes, and corn now sold tens of thousands of orders monthly on Pinduoduo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Impossible to imagine before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recently, whenever he attended city meetings, county officials from neighboring areas all tried to beg for a share—he flatly refused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eating alone is sweet for a while; eating alone forever is sweeter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Share with other counties and townships?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Lixin tightly guarded Pinduoduo’s rural support slots, offering them only to local businesses and farmers—if you want them, move your company to Chunshen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprisingly, two tofu and starch sheet factories from Zhoulai actually relocated to Chunshen and hired over a hundred local workers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Lixin didn’t hesitate—he immediately honored his promise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, thanks to Pinduoduo’s channel appeal, Chunshen had truly made “investment attraction” a vibrant success.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn’t know that Zhou Lai had already set its sights on him; after learning Tang Lixin’s hand, Zhou Lai immediately dispatched a team to Xu City to seek Chen Yansen’s traffic support.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guobin Bookstore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Guobin sat under the air conditioning, holding a copy of the Ming History, reading it with great interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opposite him sat several old geese, two crates of yellow apricots, and two crates of watermelons; in the corner were stacked silver fish, mung bean noodles, stinky tofu, and other local specialties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All these items were sent by beneficiaries of the Chunshen Rural Assistance Program.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, Chen Guobin reluctantly refused them, but then these people would drop off the gifts and run off—he couldn’t catch up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Occasionally, a few shameless individuals, all over fifty, would insist on calling him “Uncle Chen” or “Brother Bin” right to his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes Chen Guobin felt utterly helpless, but he knew that because of the Rural Assistance Program, his own son had become these people’s god of wealth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Tang Lixin and Zhao Siyuan occasionally came by to pay their respects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huizhen, our son has grown up—he’s accomplished now, and even has a girlfriend. If only you could see it with your own eyes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Guobin sighed, thinking silently to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, two hundred kilometers away, at Zhuxianzhuang Technology Park.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen finished his nap when the front desk called to say several men claiming to be from Zhou Lai’s Central Office were downstairs and asked if he wished to see them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Finally, a fish has taken the bait!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen smiled faintly and walked toward the elevator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2027,"2026-06-19T19:17:19.606Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","db51afc42557f2070db353566a4740c8c92fa3d63eda9e90c746f57a396f81b0","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-269","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-267",387,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-cover.jpg"]