[{"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-348":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},2264561,4419,"Chapter 348: The Origin of Chen","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-348",348,"\u003Cp>On Double Twelve promotion day at 9 a.m., Orange Pay released version 2.1, adding contact list, chat interface, and red packet features on top of version 2.0.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The marketing team deployed a batch of online shills to post numerous promotional articles on Weibo, Renren, and Toutiao, such as “My husband sent me a 1,314-yuan red packet—what should I buy?” “The Story Behind the 666-Yuan Love Packet” and “After graduating, I sent my mom a 520-yuan red packet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stories appeared heartwarming but subtly highlighted Orange Pay’s red packet feature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tactics were crude, yet highly effective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wave of long-distance couples began exchanging red packets, then posted screenshots on Weibo and Moments to show off, drawing more people into the red packet craze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an hour later, Chen Yansen posted on Weibo: starting at 10 a.m., Orange Pay would release 10,000 password red packets every hour, ranging from 8.8 yuan to 888 yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each red packet session totaled no less than 200,000 yuan, totaling 3 million yuan per day, to be distributed continuously from December 12 to December 14.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, 33 winners of 10,000-yuan prizes would be drawn daily from his followers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Total marketing expenditure: 9.99 million yuan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with Chen Yansen’s 47 million followers, it instantly surged to the trending list.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though internet giants were wealthy, Chen Yansen was the first to ever hand money directly to users.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In under ten minutes, his Weibo post surpassed 300,000 likes, comments, and shares.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an hour later, shares broke 10 million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As 10 a.m. approached, netizens frantically refreshed Chen Yansen’s Weibo homepage by pressing F5.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“57!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“58!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“59!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Server’s tired—needs a breather!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Millions watching the screen froze, then kept refreshing anyway—the page now read “Loading failed, please retry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did Weibo’s server just crash again?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only were netizens stunned, even Chen Yansen was taken aback; he muttered under his breath: “Weibo’s monetization is weak, but Cao Weiguo shouldn’t be so stingy with server resources!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After venting, he casually posted the 10 a.m. red packet password on his Toutiao account: “PineBao Double Twelve, waiting for you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While others waited for Weibo to recover, some quick-witted users swiftly opened Toutiao and found the password on Chen Yansen’s account.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They copied it, switched to Orange Pay, entered the red packet page, and pasted the password.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, a golden, crimson red packet popped up—tap it, and you’d receive 8.8 to 888 yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten thousand packets were few; they were all snatched up in under three minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen knew that if Weibo hadn’t crashed, posting the password on Toutiao would’ve seen them gone in under thirty seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Weiguo, learning his product had been crashed again by Chen Yansen, sighed and muttered: “This bastard—could’ve warned me so I could’ve prepared the tech team!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only at 10:37 a.m. did Weibo’s server recover, but when netizens checked the comment section screenshots, they felt the world had collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did Chen Zong post the password on Toutiao?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were the red packets already gone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chen Zong, I haven’t even gotten on the train yet!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chen Baba, give me one more chance, pwease! I don’t care if I get the packet—just put my name on the 10,000-yuan prize list!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chen Zong is twenty! Why are you calling him Baba? Is that reasonable? I don’t want you as my weird stepbrothers!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who can tell me—should I wait on Weibo or Toutiao for the next one?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve never even downloaded Toutiao!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Netizens chattered endlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen leaned back on his office sofa, glanced quickly at the comments, then replied: “Future passwords will be posted simultaneously on Toutiao and Weibo. To compensate users who missed the first round, I’ll draw 33 winners of 10,000-yuan prizes daily from my Toutiao followers.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he posted, Weibo’s page lagged again—but didn’t crash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chen Zong has only 5.7 million followers on Toutiao—his win rate is eight times higher than Weibo’s! Rush there!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Baba, love me again! Whether I get the packet doesn’t matter—I need my name on that 10,000-yuan list!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chen Baba is so generous—he just dropped 10.88 million yuan!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Toutiao’s downloads skyrocketed; normally gaining 1 million daily, it added 1.7 million in just half an hour after Chen Yansen announced the password. At noon, the new password appeared: “I’m waiting for you on Toutiao.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unexpectedly, it lasted less than three seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each session had 100 packets of 888 yuan, scattered among tens of millions of participants—tiny odds—but dozens of lucky users posting screenshots created the illusion that winning was easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the 1 p.m. session, sharp-eyed netizens noticed Toutiao’s password appeared two seconds earlier than Weibo’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Consequently, Toutiao’s downloads exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liang Bo watched the backend data: from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., user growth surged by 7 million, with total downloads reaching 7.4 million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Customer acquisition cost: just 1.56 yuan per user!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With over two days left in the red packet campaign, adding 20 million more users would further reduce acquisition cost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By 10:30 p.m., Chen Yansen’s Toutiao followers exceeded 15 million; his Weibo followers hit 50 million, leading the second-place competitor by a landslide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At twenty, worth fifty billion U.S. dollars, with striking looks and physique, plus features on CCTV’s Celebrity Interviews and Time Magazine’s Asia edition, Chen Yansen became an internet sensation in 2012.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the comments, crowds chased him, calling him Baba.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In my past life, only achievements ever called me that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen chuckled softly to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using password red packets to promote Orange Pay was a three-in-one win—Toutiao and PineBao Mall both gained massive traffic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Chen Yansen stepped out, took the elevator to the first floor, and walked straight into Building Six.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The LED screen on the first floor displayed PineBao’s Double Twelve real-time sales: 3.74 billion Huayuan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With only an hour and a half left until midnight, final sales might reach 4 billion Huayuan—down 43% compared to Double Eleven’s daily output.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was normal—the gap between Double Eleven and Double Twelve was only one month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Consumer demand had its limits!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, Mr. Huang and the others are on the second floor,” Xu Xingxing said, smiling as she paused her report to remind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell old Huang—same as always, we’re done at midnight. I won’t come up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen stopped, glanced at the data, then spoke to Xu Xingxing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Got it,” Xu Xingxing smiled, nodding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen turned, pulled out his phone, sent a message to Meng Jie, picked a Bentley, and got in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Meng Jie ran out of the building like a thief, sneaking into the passenger seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chen Yansen, let’s go!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Jie waved her arm, grinning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her view, the villa he bought near Sanjiaozhou Park was his first home—he had to see it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Won’t Uncle Meng call tonight?” Chen Yansen held the steering wheel with one hand, slowly driving out of the tech park, teasing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll turn my phone off,” Meng Jie blinked, deciding instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen ruffled her hair, smiled lightly, and sped toward the villa district.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, JD’s headquarters remained brightly lit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, you’re going to study in Lighthouse Country?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Lei stared in shock after hearing Liu Qiangdong’s decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“JD has existed for fourteen years. I trust your management, and JD’s organizational structure and cohesion. Consider this a test for you and JD.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Qiangdong spoke calmly, a faint smile on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Studying at Harvard Business School was both rest and a test of JD’s mid-to-senior management performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Double Twelve, e-commerce entered its slow season anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His presence or absence made little difference!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“For about two months, JD is yours. Don’t disappoint me,” Liu Qiangdong patted Xu Lei’s shoulder, then swept his gaze over the twenty-plus executives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the start of the year, Ma Liyun replaced the CEOs of Taobao and Tmall with Zhang Yong; JD, as one of the three e-commerce giants, was due to groom successors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In competing with Chen Yansen and Zhang Yong, he felt his own limitations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, rest assured,” Xu Lei quickly promised as Liu Qiangdong’s resolve was clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Qiangdong nodded, his gaze falling on the nearby screen: JD’s final Double Twelve sales: 1.39 billion Huayuan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1352,"2026-06-19T19:17:19.606Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","21a2a83c2c2d02e92569fbf761828df2aebef3b4dc05418f6590c0637af000af","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-349","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-347",387,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-cover.jpg"]