[{"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-272":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},2264485,4419,"Chapter 272","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-272",272,"\u003Cp>Ten minutes later, Lei Yi reluctantly agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If it’s too much trouble for Brother Lei, we can skip cooperation,” Chen Yansen joked with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not trouble at all—I trust Orange Tech’s R&D strength. Purchasing the speech analysis platform’s patent license is absolutely worth every penny.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Yi rolled his eyes and replied with a pained expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Logically, with Xiaomi Tech’s financial and technical reserves, plus recruiting a batch of engineers from Baidu, Google, and Microsoft labs, they could build their own speech system within a year or two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But doing so would mean missing the golden window of the smart voice market, and the performance of a self-developed voice system remains uncertain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most crucially, in 2012, algorithmic theory was still immature, and talent in speech recognition, natural language processing, and speech synthesis was scarce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen succeeded first because of his own ability, and second because he “convinced” over a hundred top-tier programmers from Europe and America.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, Zhou Chuangxi, trained under the father of computer vision in the Lantern Nation, excels in speech recognition and algorithmic modeling; Daniel is a legendary god of future AI voice tech, mastering everything from speech recognition tools to intelligent voice system development.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Glad Brother Lei is satisfied,” Chen Yansen said lightly with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two then set the contract signing date and hung up quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Yi believed that while self-development was difficult and time-consuming, he secretly decided to first establish a framework for an AI lab—launching smart voice development while accumulating machine learning algorithmic expertise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After handling Lei Yi, Chen Yansen stood up and walked out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sen-ge!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he passed through the first-floor lobby, people kept greeting him—June’s salary and quarterly bonus had just landed, and everyone wore satisfied smiles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? Sen-ge, you heading back to school?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just outside the door, he ran into Wang Zihao, who was walking in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside him stood a tall, fair-skinned girl with a pure, lovely face, wearing a red crew-neck short T-shirt and tight jeans that accentuated her slender, straight legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On her feet were sandals, revealing plump, rounded toes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah? Why is she here?” Chen Yansen frowned, glaring at Wang Zian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zian’s on summer break—Mom and Dad sent her to visit Xu City for a few days,” Wang Zihao grinned, answering honestly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll give you extra days off—take her to Shanghai or Beijing. What’s even fun in Xu City?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen shook his head, speaking casually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, he was about to get in the car and leave, his gaze barely resting on Wang Ziyuan the whole time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chen Yansen, aren’t you going to hang out with me?” Wang Zian grabbed his arm, pouting in annoyance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kid, I’m busy,” Chen Yansen shrugged off her grip, slipped into the Bentley’s driver’s seat, and sped out of the tech park.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bro, Chen Yansen is such a jerk!” Wang Zian muttered under her breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sen-ge is just busy—you’re not kids anymore. Come on, I’ll treat you to some cold drinks,” Wang Zihao explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He led Wang Zian to the tea room in Pinbei Mall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room spanned over eighty square meters, lined with refrigerators packed full of ice cream and drinks, every kind of snack available, and even a barista standing behind the counter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Zian’s eyes flickered with surprise—she planned to eat several ice creams to get back at Chen Yansen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I heard from Dad you’re skipping grades?” Wang Zihao asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, high school material’s simple and limited—no need to waste three years,” Wang Zian replied as if it were obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simple? Limited?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, Wang Zihao—the dropout who barely scraped into a second-tier university—was hit with a tidal wave of shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, have you decided which school to apply to?” Wang Zihao laughed awkwardly, changing the subject.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shanghai Jiao Tong or Huazhong U—I haven’t decided yet, but definitely not Tsinghua or Peking—too dry, too far from home,” Wang Zian answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sounded like showing off, but with her consistent top ranking, it was just stating facts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn, we’re both from the same mom—why such a huge gap in intelligence!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Zihao sighed inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bro, didn’t you say Chen Yansen has a girlfriend? Can I meet her?” Wang Zian suddenly asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which one do you mean?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Zihao froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen returned to Room 0418, dropped onto the sofa, and called up the system panel—June’s Human Dao Flame had hit a new high: 177,049 strands, enough to synthesize 1,770 strands of Divine Dao Flame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KuaiSu Express, after absorbing YunDa and ZhongTong staff, now had 107,000 employees, with labor costs at 1.18 billion;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orange Phone Factory employed 23,000 people, labor costs at 220 million;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KuaiPao had 11,000 employees, labor costs at 140 million;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining companies—Pinbei, GaoDe Maps, Orange Tech, Today Tech, Orange Pay, KuaiDi Taxi, ByteDance—combined had 9,274 employees, labor costs at 230 million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The total workforce under Senlian Capital had reached 150,000!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Express delivery, food delivery, and ride-hailing—no surprise they’re the top job creators. Had KuaiPao and KuaiDi Taxi not yet fully ramped up, employee numbers would’ve surged another 100,000.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Synthesize! Add points!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen focused his mind, converting 177,049 strands of Human Dao Flame into 1,770 strands of Divine Dao Flame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A vast, majestic golden mist materialized out of nowhere and shot into his third eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen was already accustomed to the subtle changes during point-adding—his mind felt like soaking in a hot spring, utterly blissful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he absorbed and digested the golden mist, the black hole visualization above his head grew increasingly eerie, as if it were pulling in surrounding light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But upon closer inspection, he decided it was just an illusion from his surging mental power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In mere seconds, his mental stat jumped from 55.64 to 73.34!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His spiritual sense expanded further—from fifteen meters to over seventeen meters—now controlling every movement within three hundred square meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen waved his hand—the fridge opened automatically, and a dozen drinks floated midair; he estimated his object-control limit at around fourteen jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A significant leap from May.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thought, the drinks flew back into the fridge, which snapped shut with a *click*.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, he thought: “In three months at most, my mental power will break 100—what kind of talent will this damn system grant me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Telepathy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mind control?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or mental creation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen narrowed his eyes, quietly anticipating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Wang Zihao called, asking if he wanted lunch together—with Wang Zian and Meng Jie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shuangqing Restaurant? Too low-end! Go to Sky Garden. Wait for me at Dongmen,” Chen Yansen replied immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Zian? Just a kid—no need to avoid her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shuangqing Restaurant? Too low-end!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Zihao blinked, muttering inwardly: Damn Chen Yansen—has a girl, loses his soul. When we eat together, you never complained about the place being low-end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beijing, Baidu HQ.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Out of money again? How did Cheng Wei pull this off?” Li Yanhong showed surprise for the first time regarding the DiDi project.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From late May to early July—less than forty days—Cheng Wei had burned through 200 million in Series C funding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet DiDi’s operational coverage still only included Beijing, Changshan, and Jinmen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peak daily orders: just 500,000!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this expansion rate, Baidu would need to invest billions more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If DiDi raised another round, Baidu would become the largest shareholder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, ride-hailing is insanely cash-burning. I heard KuaiDi’s marketing spend is even worse—now it’s just a race to see who cracks first,” said Liang Zhixiang, Baidu’s Vice President of Online Services.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yanhong winced in pain and demanded: “Where’s Cheng Wei’s operational strategy? Just throwing money?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liang Zhixiang sighed, silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>True internet giants fighting are no different from elementary school kids brawling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without burning cash, without price wars—would users follow you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tencent vs. 360, JD vs. Dangdang, Suning, Gome, and Pinbei gang-up on JD, KuaiSu vs. SanTong YiDa—all prove price wars are the most effective business tactic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yanhong’s spending pace had clearly slowed—he paused, then called Ma Wenteng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pony, let’s sit down and talk,” Li Yanhong proposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Wenteng adjusted his glasses, smirking inwardly—he didn’t even want to respond to Li Yanhong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last month, Liu Zhiping tried to pause the subsidy war between DiDi and KuaiDi, but Li Yanhong insisted: “Keep fighting!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, just a month later, he’s already giving up?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Wenteng sneered: “Robin, you wanted to fight—and now you want to stop? Tencent holds little KuaiDi equity—I’m not in a hurry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Wenteng smirked and replied with a smile, “Robin, you’re the one who wanted to fight, and you’re the one who wants to end it—Penguin holds very little of the ride-hailing equity; I’m not in a hurry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>DiDi’s current equity structure: Cheng Wei 40.3%, Baidu 40%. For every 10 million lost, Baidu pays 4 million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Cheng Wei’s financials, DiDi’s daily subsidy cost has spiked to 8 million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baidu has money—but Li Yanhong refuses to be a sucker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing this, Li Yanhong’s face stiffened, but for his own interests, he persisted: “Pony, investments are meant to make money. Ride-hailing has razor-thin margins—every 10 million lost takes months of profit to recover. Keep fighting, and you’ll both be ruined.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Li Yanhong’s desperate tone, Ma Wenteng smiled faintly: “I can approach Chen Yansen to mediate—but I can’t guarantee he’ll agree.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Wenteng heard the other’s urgent tone seeking reconciliation and smiled slightly. “I can approach Chen Yansen on your behalf, but I can’t guarantee he’ll agree.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Chen Yansen’s net worth didn’t match his and Li Yan’s, the other party held two money-printing machines—Pine and Orange Tech—and thus wasn’t short of cash, naturally possessing the capital to keep fighting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“OK, Pony, thanks for your effort,” Li Yan said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From a business perspective, Ma Wenteng also hoped Chen Yansen would sit down with Cheng Wei—whether through acquisition and integration, or by ending the vicious competition in ground promotion and subsidies—would benefit everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Li Yan said, investment is for substantial returns, not for fighting others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an hour later, Chen Yansen received a call from Ma Wenteng in a private room of the sky garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Peace talks? Pony brother, I think the timing isn’t ripe. DiDi and KuaiDi’s operational coverage doesn’t even reach 5% of the national market. What if another Tada Taxi emerges tomorrow—do we have to talk peace again?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen stepped out of the room and rejected Ma Wenteng’s suggestion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least wait until DiDi and KuaiDi control one-third—or even half—of the national market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone will always crack first!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to Li Yan, Chen Yansen wasn’t afraid of losing money; compared to the flame of the Dao, this money meant nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Wenteng frowned slightly; he hadn’t expected Chen Yansen to refuse, but after a brief pause, he understood Chen Yansen’s intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The market is too vast; DiDi and KuaiDi have captured too small a share. Even if they paused the subsidy war, peace would last at most a month—then one side would inevitably crack and reignite the conflict.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, I understand. When KuaiDi starts its Series B funding, let me know,” Ma Wenteng replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, Tencent chose to back him fully—even if Chen Yansen kept burning cash to capture territory, Ma Wenteng was willing to invest more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thanks, Pony brother,” Chen Yansen replied politely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yan quickly learned the news: Senlian Capital had rejected peace talks; the ride-hailing war would continue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Cheng Wei felt deeply conflicted, but the intense competition left him no time to dwell—he turned right back to drafting marketing plans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On July 4th, KuaiDi expanded into Anci and Tangcheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But DiDi, due to insufficient funds, could no longer curb KuaiDi’s expansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Baidu, Hillhouse Capital, Today Capital, and Sequoia China faced a dilemma: abandon DiDi or invest more?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, Li Yan hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Junlian Capital’s head, Zhu Nanli, proactively approached Cheng Wei and proposed leading DiDi’s Series D funding round.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This move instantly eased the pressure on Li Yan, Zhang Lei, and others; they all sighed in relief and agreed to follow on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Wei understood that DiDi had survived another crisis—but his equity stake had shrunk dramatically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, KuaiDi, leveraging markets in Hangcheng, Jin Ling, Luzhou, and Yanjing, reached 1.5 million daily orders, surging to the top of the ride-hailing market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On July 9th, DiDi publicly announced it would complete its Series D funding by mid-July, led by Junlian Capital, with Baidu, Hillhouse Capital, Today Capital, and Sequoia China following, aiming to raise 600 million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The news sent black-market studios into euphoria; Hui Ge’s milk-cow short-selling software sold six more copies that day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That afternoon, KuaiPao launched a “Group Buying” channel on both PC and app platforms, officially entering the group-buying sector.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meituan, Dazhong Dianping, and Lashou.com were instantly panicked!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2112,"2026-06-19T19:17:19.606Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","02e968f192982497ba015e77dec3cb0cc507859a3386af121a014ef1f047e4cd","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-273","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-271",387,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-cover.jpg"]