[{"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-274":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},2264487,4419,"Chapter 274: Little Ma","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-274",274,"\u003Cp>On July 16, Tencent announced that WeChat’s user base had surpassed 200 million for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Has Ma Wenteng hit the jackpot? Tencent controlled the PC-era traffic gateway—now is the mobile traffic gateway about to fall into his hands again?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Hongyi, at 360’s Beijing headquarters, was furious, muttering under his breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought of suing Tencent, only to be countersued and forced to pay them five million, filled him with rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this reasonable?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this even fair?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What hurt him most was that WeChat experienced explosive growth in the second half of the year, showing clear signs of becoming the dominant mobile social app.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lei Yiqun is a waste—Milo launched before WeChat, yet Ma Wenteng overtook him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Hongyi had just finished cursing Ma Wenteng when he turned his anger toward Lei Yijun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the cumulative sales of the 360 G800 Pro smartphone surpassed three million units, his disdain for Xiaomi and Lei Yijun grew even stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s just making phones—how hard can it be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Full of confidence, after the victory banquet, Zhou Hongyi assembled a 360 smartphone R&D team, planning to bypass Huawei and develop a truly proprietary product.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fuck you, Ma Wenteng—you think I’m going to pay you compensation? Not a chance!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Zhou Hongyi pulled out his phone, quickly typed a message to Ma Wenteng’s friends and family, and sent it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One minute later, Ma Wenteng replied with just one word: “joker.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Hongyi immediately shot back, only to find he’d been blocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, no industry insider failed to marvel at Ma Wenteng’s luck, though some believed the real winner was Pinduoduo, which had secured WeChat’s top-tier traffic entry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without lifting a finger, he could simply rely on WeChat to reap the benefits of the mobile internet boom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many inside Tencent held this view, including Zhang Xiaolong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So you mean, after Tencent’s contract with Pinduoduo expires, we won’t renew with Chen Yan?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Tencent’s Shenzhen headquarters, Ma Wenteng scanned the room from left to right and asked with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Renewing is fine, but I suggest we use this opportunity to sell our stakes in Paipai, QQ Group Buying, and Yixun to Senlian Capital—first, to shed these underperforming assets, and second, to exchange them for Pinduoduo’s high-quality equity.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Tencent Group director adjusted his glasses and proposed the plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether Paipai, QQ Group Buying, or Yixun, acquired earlier this year, all had underperformed—earning nothing and failing to plug Tencent’s e-commerce gap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Wenteng frowned slightly, wondering: Would Chen Yan really take over a pile of garbage projects just for QQ and WeChat’s top-tier traffic entry?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I oppose this!” Liu Zhiping was the first to stand up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had interacted most with Chen Yan and understood his temperament best.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, Pinduoduo isn’t a startup anymore—it now has 350 million registered users and a daily sales volume consistently around 800 million, comparable to JD.com.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, its daily active users and average daily orders have already surpassed JD.com.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Provoking Chen Yan now would only bring losses with no gains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting in the corner, Zheng Chunbin’s face flushed red and pale by turns—he never imagined that in just two years, his status relative to Chen Yan had been completely reversed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, he was general manager of Paipai’s business unit, looking down at Chen Yan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Chen Yan’s wealth and industry influence had reached parity with Little Ma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he? Now he was just the manager of a garbage project in the boss’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I agree with President Liu—our company holds 15% of Pinduoduo’s equity, which could one day generate hundreds of billions in returns for the group. There’s no need to make trouble over the renewal.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another director spoke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xiaolong, what do you think?” Ma Wenteng showed no clear preference, turning instead to Zhang Xiaolong, head of WeChat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“President Ma, WeChat shouldn’t be commercialized too early, but I know Pinduoduo carries the group’s e-commerce mission and generates substantial investment returns—I don’t oppose it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thoughtful consideration, Zhang Xiaolong looked up and replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, he didn’t support it, but wouldn’t block it either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Martin, when Kuai’s ride-hailing starts its Series B financing, take a trip over and finalize Pinduoduo’s cooperation terms.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Wenteng did a quick calculation—over half the directors supported betting big on Pinduoduo. Satisfied, he turned to Liu Zhiping with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No problem!” Liu Zhiping gave a thumbs-up and replied cheerfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after, the office erupted again with lively discussion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Careful listening revealed the topics centered on Kuai’s Series B valuation, the future of ride-hailing markets, and when the subsidy war would end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Shanghai, Longcao Road, No. 200, Yi Yuan Office Building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the second floor of Building A, the large conference room was packed with a sea of people—mostly new hires.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The core of expanding the food delivery market has three points: first, meet user needs—expand menu options, ensure delivery efficiency and quality, and prioritize user experience...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yuan stood on stage, training the newcomers as head of Kuai’s market department.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d heard similar training sessions were being held in Lucheng, Jinling, Hangcheng, and elsewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Pei Yi’s “Thousand People, Hundred Cities” plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply put: pre-train two thousand expansion staff—including operations, business, marketing, and delivery roles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the timing is right, deploy them directly to one hundred target cities to accelerate expansion and seize more market share.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Catch competitors off guard and raise industry barriers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss Wang, what if we clash with Meituan’s field staff during offline outreach?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A recent college graduate raised his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kuai strictly adheres to legal and compliant operations—we explicitly forbid any form of violent communication. But ‘stay calm when trouble arises, and don’t fear consequences’ is also our Kuai principle: if you can’t win, run. Your Kuai delivery team, Yunsu Express, Kuai’s drivers, and the group’s legal team are always your solid backing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yuan spoke calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first two sentences were normal, but soon the tone went completely off-track.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laughter erupted in the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone knew Senlian’s subsidiaries were famously united and tough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the summer battle with Ele.me, the frontline employees weren’t punished—they were rewarded. The company paid for lost wages and nutrition, plus a ten-thousand-yuan bonus per person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an office on the sixth floor, Pei Yi ended his conversation with Kang Guodong and put down his phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In another half month, the ‘Thousand People, Hundred Cities’ plan goes live—can’t let Cheng Wei star outpace Kuai’s expansion.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Yi thought to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He and Cheng Wei worked for the same boss; though they fought side by side with Kuai in Beijing, Shijiazhuang, Tianjin, Anci, and Tangshan, privately they were also competing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far away in Beijing, Wang Xin personally monitored Meituan Food Delivery’s R&D progress, driving the engineers to exhaustion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They worked until eleven or twelve every night, and worst of all—no overtime pay. Who could take that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People work for money, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The order system UI must be finalized today—I need to see results before you leave. @R&D @Design @Operations @Testing, thanks for your hard work!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Ling, project manager for the order module, sent the message at 11 p.m., still nagging department heads in the group chat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fuck! Is she a dog? She doesn’t leave, so she forces us to stay!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A developer from the tech department jumped up, slammed his desk, and spoke loudly enough for Tang Ling to hear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The designers, testers, and operations staff exchanged glances, their faces lighting up with satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who the hell doesn’t want to leave early?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wanted to stand up and curse too—just lacked the courage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bao, lower your voice, everyone heard you,” someone whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m saying it for her to hear—this workaholic idiot, this dumbass. If you didn’t know better, you’d think she was Wang Xin’s biological mother, scheming to exploit us.” Zhu Qingbao cursed as he packed his things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a senior backend developer, years of experience told him not to act so impulsively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after a week of nonstop overtime, he couldn’t hold back anymore—fuck it, let’s enjoy this first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bao’s got guts!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Too bad I’ve got parents and kids—I can’t afford to be as free as Bao.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahaha, Tang Ling, you workaholic dog, you deserve it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though no one spoke, they all communicated silently with their eyes, mentally screaming insults, watching Tang Ling with mocking amusement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhu Qingbao? What’s your meaning? Food delivery is our S-level strategic project this half-year—do you have any sense of the bigger picture? Are you even a Meituan person?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Ling’s face flushed red as she stormed over, shrilling her accusation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Big picture? I’ll big your whole family! I quit! Pay me my salary tomorrow, or I’ll stand outside the Labor Association every day with a banner—see if Wang Xin dies!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Qingbao knew full well: as soon as dawn broke, the company would fire him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aren’t you afraid of being blacklisted and banned from the whole industry?” Tang Ling sneered, openly threatening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who the hell are you? Think you’re such a big deal? Acting like you speak for the entire industry?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Qingbao sneered, slung his laptop bag over his shoulder, and walked out without looking back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Ling fumed, pointing at his retreating back and screaming curses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go home and sleep! I’m human, not livestock! Even a donkey pulling a mill doesn’t suffer this much.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment of silence, a young operations staffer suddenly yelled out in frustration, slammed his computer shut, and stormed out of the office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Ling froze—she didn’t understand why Zhu Qingbao had suddenly snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The incident quickly reached Wang Xin’s ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seven or eight hours later, dawn began to break.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Zhu Qingbao arrived at the office, HR called him in—the conversation was exactly as he’d expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pay the compensation of n+1 and get out right now!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Qingbao stayed silent, signed the resignation agreement, and didn’t mention overtime pay at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be blunt, he claimed he wasn’t afraid, but deep down he worried that when he joined his next company, Meituan’s HR would sabotage him during the background check.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he left Meituan’s headquarters, Zhu Qingbao felt a sudden sense of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back at his rented apartment, he began submitting his resume.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a graduate from Yanjing University of Science and Technology posted on Zhihu asking: “How’s Meituan’s compensation? Should I accept the offer?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Qingbao grinned and typed on his keyboard: “Bro, listen to me: run! Getting off at 10 p.m. is early—you often work until midnight. Pay is low, benefits are scarce, and the only thing available 24\u002F7 is boiled water. My two years at Meituan were the six hardest years of my life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The poster instantly understood and abandoned any thought of joining Meituan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Zhu Qingbao’s reply was witty and amusing, the Q&A received over a thousand comments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nickname “Boiled Water Team” for Meituan spread rapidly through the industry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few days later, Zhu Qingbao’s face darkened after being rejected by three companies—he finally realized Meituan must have pulled some behind-the-scenes tricks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Qingbao decided to go all in: he tagged Wang Xin on Weibo, launched a scathing rant, and posted his clock-in records, listing every way Meituan exploited its employees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, there was little traffic, but when Chen Yan saw it, he immediately tagged back:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Welcome to KuaiPao for an interview! All subsidiaries of Senlian Capital strictly follow labor laws and pay full overtime wages. We don’t offer compensatory time off—refusing overtime pay is shameful!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan had over 30 million Weibo followers; with his push, Zhu Qingbao’s post quickly trended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, Boss Chen. I’m sending you my resume,” Zhu Qingbao replied promptly—he was no fool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wow! The boss is interviewing online!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Real or fake? I don’t believe KuaiPao delivery guys get overtime pay!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chen Zong isn’t lying—my brother works for KuaiPao. The daily online requirement is eight hours, but any time beyond that is paid as overtime.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone replied in the comments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In reality, KuaiPao delivery guys’ base salary was generally 1,400–1,600 yuan—the overtime pay cost almost nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m a courier for YunSu Express—we get overtime pay too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m an operator at the Luzhou Orange Phone Factory—I can vouch for Chen Zong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait, what? There are companies that don’t pay overtime? Lucky me—I work for Pinbei Tech.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan’s move struck a blow to Meituan’s morale while boosting KuaiPao’s industry influence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then a netizen said: “I absolutely refuse to use products from a company like this—it profits from workers’ labor and sucks their blood.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This line instantly resonated with tens of millions of netizens!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meituan’s order volume plummeted immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Xin panicked and rushed into damage control, confusing the concepts of compensatory time off and overtime pay, claiming employees could choose freely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This clumsy cover-up made netizens realize: Meituan really didn’t pay overtime at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Meituan and KuaiPao had even officially begun competing, Wang Xin had already lost the public relations battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could only try to retain customers by issuing discount coupons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But netizens mocked: “See? They’d rather spend money on promotions than pay overtime.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Wang Xin was caught between a rock and a hard place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2192,"2026-06-19T19:17:19.606Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","8ceaf773219ff8e9e69953a2e0461b270db58c0d9d60cfe3b63416b6fbde636f","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-275","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-273",387,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-cover.jpg"]