[{"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-309":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},2264522,4419,"Chapter 309: First Meeting with Li Yanhong","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-309",309,"\u003Cp>As the door opened, Chen Yansen, Ma Wenteng, and Liu Zhiping entered, followed by Zhou Shouzhi, Huang Zheng, and Gao Weilin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Chen!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Ma!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Liu!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Zhaoyang, Lei Yijun, and others immediately stood up, shaking hands and greeting with smiles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t you have meetings tomorrow?” Chen Yansen glanced at the coffee table, where beer, red wine, and whiskey were piled high, and smirked teasingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve attended ten Internet conferences; none ever bring anything new. We drink tonight, then sleep through the venue tomorrow—perfect.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Zhaoyang said with a laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...” Chen Yansen chuckled silently; that was exactly the kind of thing Zhang Zhaoyang would do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for face-saving concerns, he probably wouldn’t have come at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The private room was spacious enough to hold forty or fifty people, yet still felt empty after they entered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone took their seats in turn. As soon as Chen Yansen sat down, Zhang Zhaoyang leaned over, filled his glass, then poured a whiskey for Ma Wenteng beside him and said, “Long time no see.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, it’s been a while since we drank together,” Ma Wenteng raised his glass in response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re too busy,” Zhang Zhaoyang swirled his glass, speaking casually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Wenteng smiled but said nothing; unlike Zhang Zhaoyang, Penguin was still in its growth phase—he couldn’t afford to slack off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they missed the mobile internet wave, Penguin risked decline and could become the next Sohu—he had to be cautious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Chen, I heard Orange Phone plans to enter the Eastern European market?” Ding Lei asked curiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This question was meant for Zhang Zhaoyang, but since the man himself was right here, there was no need to go far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re considering it. We’re currently negotiating revenue-sharing terms with Eastern European telecom operators, and also coordinating improvements in hardware and network standards—likely not until Q4 for launch.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen didn’t hide anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just Eastern Europe—not Western Europe!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Xiaomi or NetEase wanted to enter, he wouldn’t stop them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, both companies’ manufacturing orders were in his hands; the more phones Xiaomi and NetEase sold, the more jobs and livelihoods Orange Phone’s factory could provide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Yijun listened closely. After Chen Yansen finished, he interjected: “Xiaomi and Apple are strong mainly because of their overseas markets. Though China’s smartphone market is large, globally it’s only 30%. Entering overseas markets is the right choice.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take Xiaomi: it sells only about ten million smartphones per quarter in China, yet its global shipment volume exceeds fifty million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How far along is Xiaomi’s voice interaction engine development?” Chen Yansen asked casually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After obtaining the patent license for the speech analysis development tools, Lei Yijun had founded Xiaomi’s AI Lab—over two months had passed; there should be some results by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Miaoxiao is developing a voice interaction engine?” Before Lei Yijun could respond, Ding Lei’s face showed surprise and he blurted out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, I purchased the patent technology for the development tools from Mr. Chen. We’ve just started and are still researching algorithm models.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Yijun answered honestly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since even the development tools came from Orange Tech, he had no reason to hide anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding Lei nodded; he had no interest in voice interaction engines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group drank and discussed cooperation until one a.m., when the second drinking session finally ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen waved goodbye to Ma Huateng, Zhang Zhaoyang, and others, then boarded a Maybach 62S back to the hotel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The evening’s gathering wasn’t without gain—he’d secured next year’s Pinbei advertising business with Ding Lei and He Xiaopeng, plus pre-installation cooperation for UC Browser and NetEase clients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the night sky, Beijing’s neon lights shimmered brilliantly, serene and still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he returned to the Marco Polo Hotel, it was nearly one-thirty; he had two room cards in his pocket and pulled out the second one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He swiped to unlock and stepped inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Yuncheng lay on the bed, cheeks flushed, eyes closed—she had waited too long and fallen asleep early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen took off his coat and shirt, washed up briefly in the bathroom, then slipped into bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After breakfast, everyone boarded a car and headed for the International Convention Center. Turning right onto North Fourth Ring Road along Anli Road, they drove four hundred meters straight ahead and arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen stepped out of the car, looked up at the International Convention Center, and saw a sea of media reporters standing on the outdoor grounds. Even from hundreds of meters away, he could hear the constant clicking of camera shutters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Internet Conference, besides domestic Internet firms, also invited overseas investment institutions like Goldman Sachs, Temasek, and IDG, as well as international giants like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, this was one way the organizers attracted domestic entrepreneurs—most invitees came to seek partnerships and funding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen walked into the conference hall, followed by Zhou Shouzhi, Huang Zheng, Xiao Jun, Pei Yi, and Cheng Weixing; Senlian Capital’s delegation was nothing short of stellar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From smartphone R&D and manufacturing to social e-commerce, food delivery, group buying, ride-hailing, information services, express delivery, browsers, and electronic navigation maps, Senlian Capital operated across multiple sectors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Chen Yansen’s group even reached the hall, reporters had already surrounded the entrance, blocking all passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Liyun, Ma Wenteng, and Li Yanhong were regulars at the Internet Conference; their news angles had long been exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Chen Yansen was different: at just twenty, he’d extended his business reach into every industry, with a net worth in the tens of billions—far more valuable to interview than the BAT giants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Chen, how do you balance studies and entrepreneurship? What’s the core logic of your time management?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Chen, your company has entered multiple sectors—food delivery, group buying, ride-hailing—how do you avoid resource dispersion? Besides burning cash to capture market share, what other core advantages do KuaiPao and KuaiDi Taxi have?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Chen, as a twenty-year-old student entrepreneur, have you faced trust barriers due to your age? How do you break such prejudice?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Chen...” Dozens of microphones instantly thrust forward. Chen Yansen stepped back, scanned the labels on the mics, and chose seven or eight influential media outlets, answering each question in turn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he pushed Zhou Shouzhi and the others forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accepting media interviews, increasing company and product exposure, and enhancing industry influence—these were key purposes of attending the Internet Conference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Chen Yansen had come, he had no objection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group delayed at the entrance for over half an hour; with less than twenty minutes until the opening ceremony, Chen Yansen and the others were escorted by security directly into the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen, Huang Zheng, and Zhou Shouzhi sat in the front row; others were scattered in the second and third rows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen glanced around; most were familiar faces. Ma Liyun, upon seeing him, forced out a faint smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The formation of YunSu Express Alliance had caught him off guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Wenteng wore a crisp suit, sitting upright, but his eyes were half-lidded, as if dozing—he’d clearly drunk too much the night before and hadn’t sobered up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Yongjin, managing director of Goldman Sachs Asia, waved at him with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Entrepreneurs in the front row mostly returned polite smiles upon seeing Chen Yansen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Li Yanhong of Baidu had a tense face and a hostile gaze fixed on Chen Yansen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their competition in group buying, food delivery, and ride-hailing was fierce, with daily losses reaching 15 million yuan. Last time he proposed pausing subsidy wars, Chen Yansen gave him no face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Li, long time no see!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen spoke first, looking at Li Yanhong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Chen, pleasure to meet you!” Li Yanhong instinctively extended his right hand, eyes blazing as he stared at Chen Yansen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his view, though Chen Yansen was young, his threat to Baidu was significant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Baidu’s LBS division to advance its planned O2O strategy, it first had to clear away Senlian Capital as a mountain blocking its path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Li, how long can Didi Taxi hold out?” Chen Yansen gripped Li Yanhong’s hand and asked with a light smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How long can KuaiDi Taxi last?” Li Yanhong shot back without backing down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My funding for KuaiDi Taxi has no upper limit,” Chen Yansen’s smile vanished, his tone turning serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Funny—I’m the same,” Li Yanhong unconsciously tightened his grip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen felt it, and applied slight pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yanhong’s mouth twitched, his palm throbbing with pain—he silently cursed: This guy’s got insane strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen smiled faintly, only releasing his grip once Li Yanhong’s facial expression was nearly out of control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yanhong had initiated the move; Chen Yansen was merely responding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Xin of Meituan sat in the fourth row, squinting, staring fixedly at Chen Yansen’s back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Tao of Dianping leaned forward, sneaking glances at Chen Yansen, his expression complex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen sensed their gazes but didn’t turn—he thought: Senlian Capital has many friends, but also many enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he dared attend an electronics manufacturing forum in Shenzhen, he’d truly understand what it felt like to be surrounded by enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of Orange Phone’s factory, labor rates in Huaqiangbei had been raised by five yuan per hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without higher pay, you couldn’t find workers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many electronics factory owners wanted to shove him and Cao Dahua into the stamping machines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Wenteng had been dozing, but the sound of Chen Yansen and Li Yanhong’s exchange woke him. Seeing Chen Yansen there, he decided to chat with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Zhaoyang sat in the second row, head bowed, fast asleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, whether by design or accident, the organizers had seated Lei Yijun and Zhou Hongyi together, with only one seat between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Hongyi had arrived first and now sat back, head tilted, resting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sleeping posture was even more brazen than Zhang Zhaoyang’s—he didn’t notice Lei Yijun glaring at him from beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of Zhou Hongyi’s online teasing, Lei Yijun clenched his fists, eager to challenge him to another boxing match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KuaiPao’s group-buying codes had become universally adopted, bringing convenience to merchants and users.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Shanghai, at the Ri Yue Guang subway station, there is a Happy Lemon milk tea shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A long line formed at the door, mostly young people, each holding a smartphone displaying KuaiPao’s group-buying order page.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the top was the group-buying item title: “Yuan Yuan Xiao Wa Zi Milk Tea,” with a group-buying price of 6.9 yuan beside it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below were the group-buying voucher number and QR code voucher number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Happy Lemon’s staff had clear roles; during peak orders, they assigned one employee solely to verify vouchers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, verification required manual input; now, opening the merchant backend and scanning with a phone took one second—efficiency improved tenfold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meituan, Lashou, and Dazhong Dianping, which lacked the group-buy QR code feature, were rejected by both merchants and users.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Kuaipao launched its group-buy QR code feature, although Meituan, Lashou, and Dazhong Dianping’s development teams worked overtime to create similar functions, they still required some time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this period, Kuaipao enabled milk tea shops, restaurants, KTVs, and movie theaters to experience explosive order volumes through its ultra-low commission rates, commission-free periods, and various marketing campaigns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, Kuaipao’s group-buy business grew its market share at an extremely rapid pace; within just a few days, its daily transaction volume caught up to Lashou’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, as long as it could maintain this momentum, Kuaipao would firmly secure the third position in the group-buy market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1906,"2026-06-19T19:17:19.606Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","7ad6c4a85a882d04cb403fed93a7d20640bc847b035dfdea16459460ed0bd77e","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-310","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-308",387,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-cover.jpg"]