[{"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-39":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},2264252,4419,"Chapter 39: 0418, Tonight I","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-39",39,"\u003Cp>Since 2008, when the authorities launched the slogan of university student entrepreneurship, numerous undergraduate institutions in Huian Province responded enthusiastically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, Xucheng College built a two-story building on the vacant land between the Yinyuexue Academy and the basketball court, each floor over six hundred square meters, divided into sixteen private rooms to support student entrepreneurship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the department leaders never expected that very few students at Xucheng College had any interest in starting businesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two years passed, and more than half of the entrepreneurial spaces upstairs remained empty, while downstairs was filled with fruit shops, bubble tea stalls, digital stores, and small gift shops—like a night market—with not a trace of an innovation park.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the president repeatedly tried to evict all the bubble tea and snack vendors, he knew deep down that without them, the innovation park would become a ghost town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over time, the innovation park became a neglected project at Xucheng College, and the assigned mentors turned into “gatekeepers,” occasionally gathering a group of “night market vendors” to read aloud from PowerPoint slides they themselves didn’t believe in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If entrepreneurship were this easy, why would I still be a teacher?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Dahua sneered inwardly, sitting in his office sipping tea, humming a tune, enjoying the air conditioning, his salary deposited on time—what a ridiculous idea to start a business!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he hummed lazily, a sharp knocking sound suddenly rang out, followed by a sharply defined face appearing on the glass door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The visitor flashed a bright smile and asked, “Teacher, hello, may I ask how to rent an office space in the innovation park?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Dahua quickly lowered his feet from the desk—before students, he had to maintain some semblance of a teacher’s dignity—and cleared his throat, asking, “What do you plan to do if you rent an office?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“E-commerce.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan answered crisply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“E-commerce?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Dahua froze, his face clouded with confusion, then muttered aloud, “You mean opening an online store?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh, something like that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan frowned, a flicker of disdain in his eyes—he thought: Is this what the innovation park’s teachers are like? Even if you know nothing, you shouldn’t equate e-commerce with opening an online store.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earlier, seeing the man lounging with his legs crossed, looking utterly idle, Chen Yan had already labeled Cao Dahua as a “connection kid.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who else but a connection kid could land such an easy job?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm, as long as you’re not selling snacks, that’s fine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Dahua mumbled, pulled out a form from his drawer, and tossed it to Chen Yan: “Fill this out first. Once the innovation park’s supervisor approves it, you can pick your office. By the way, rent is two hundred yuan per month, payable in three-month installments.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two hundred yuan didn’t sound like much, but this was 2010—nine out of ten students had monthly living expenses under a thousand yuan; who had spare cash for entrepreneurship?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Teacher, how long will the approval take?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan picked up a ballpoint pen and swiftly filled out the form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It only asked for basic information and entrepreneurial vision—simple as “1+1=2” to him—and he finished in under two minutes, handing it back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Very fast!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Dahua took the form without even glancing at it, blew hard on the stamp, stamped it with a loud “thump,” then tilted his head up and asked, “Fast enough?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Teacher, what’s your surname? How should I address you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan nearly laughed, but forced himself to stay serious, smiling politely as he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d assumed the man was just a powerless bureaucrat—turns out he was the innovation park’s supervisor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d need to deal with him often in the future; better to build rapport now—could he afford to not even know the man’s name next time they met?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m Cao, ‘Da’ as in ‘those who excel lead,’ ‘Hua’ as in ‘flowers of autumn moon.’ Call me Director Cao.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Dahua crossed his arms, speaking coolly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Director Cao, here’s twelve hundred yuan. Please count it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan pulled out his wallet, took out twelve bills, and placed them on the desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You, student, how’s your hearing so poor? Didn’t I say? Pay for three months minimum—that’s six hundred yuan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Dahua’s face darkened, annoyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Director Cao, I’m renting two rooms.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan smiled faintly, holding up two fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Two rooms? Fine, no problem.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Dahua’s words died mid-sentence—he’d never seen anyone rent two rooms at once in the entire innovation park.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took another look at Chen Yan, noticing his well-tailored clothes, obviously expensive fabric, and a high-end phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he’s a rich kid!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Probably won’t last six months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Dahua sneered inwardly—entrepreneurship isn’t just about money. Xucheng College had plenty of wealthy students; after three months, their enthusiasm faded, they had no sustainable income model, and they all gave up eventually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Paid the rent, picked the room, got the keys!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan politely bid farewell to Cao Dahua, went downstairs, and printed a hundred job postings at the print shop by the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bro, is this real?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The student helping him glanced at the content, eyes widening, mouth hanging open, then turned to ask urgently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do I look like I’m joking?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan shook the two keys in his hand, smiled, and retorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Awesome!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The student gave a thumbs-up, but internally cursed: “Idiot.” He thought: Another spoiled rich kid who doesn’t care about his parents’ money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In under three minutes, the hundred job postings were printed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan dropped ten yuan, turned to leave, then came back to buy two rolls of double-sided tape before slowly walking to the entrance of the innovation park and pasting a row of job postings on the notice board.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The act was brazen, but Chen Yan felt the effect would be undeniable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sinhai Technology Co., Ltd. Job Recruitment Notice”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Frontend Developer (2 positions): Responsible for page layout and user interaction implementation (HTML\u002FCSS\u002FJavaScript), compatible with IE and other mainstream browsers; salary: 2,000–4,000 yuan…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Backend Developer (2 positions): Develop core functions using PHP or Java, implement user registration\u002Flogin, rebate calculations, order processing, merchant management interfaces, and database interaction; salary: 2,500–4,000 yuan…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Backend Developer (1 position): Design MySQL database structure, optimize query performance, manage user data, order records, merchant information; salary: 2,000–4,000 yuan…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“UI Designer (1 position): …; salary: 2,000–4,000 yuan…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“QA Engineer (1 position): …; salary: 2,000–4,000 yuan…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Project Manager (1 position): …; salary: 2,500–4,000 yuan…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These salaries would be mocked as “slave wages” in internet giants of a decade later, but in 2010 at Xucheng College, they instantly became the entire campus’s talking point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, as soon as Chen Yan left, someone posted the job notice on the campus BBS, and it was soon reposted to Baidu Tieba.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sinhai Technology? Address: Innovation Park, 2nd floor, rooms 206 and 208?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Anyone on campus? Go check if it’s real.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I went up and looked—rooms 206 and 208 are still empty. Probably some no-joke idiot pulling a prank.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Forget it, just a farce!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But some who had saved Chen Yan’s number recognized the digits—they pulled out their phones and gasped: “It’s Senior Chen!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The news spread quickly; soon, the dean of the School of Literature and Communication heard of it, and then the president of Xucheng College received the report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Teacher Cao, big news from the innovation park—why didn’t you report it to me earlier?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The president called, and Cao Dahua jolted upright from his chair in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you mean?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Dahua looked bewildered, wondering what “big news” could possibly exist—the innovation park had been quiet today, except for one wastrel renting two offices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, Teacher Cao, it seems you don’t fully understand your duties. There’s a freshman named Chen Yan who posted a job notice at the innovation park entrance, reportedly hiring ten part-time students…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The president spoke slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, yes, I understand! I know what to do, rest assured.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Dahua patted his chest in assurance, hung up, wiped sweat from his forehead, and exhaled deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Chen Yan’s project was still in its infancy, his reckless spending had genuinely startled many.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a bit of research, department leaders developed a sliver of hope for this freshman who had secured the campus-wide telecom agency and pushed telecom sales to first place with second- and third-year students.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Chen Yan’s project showed even slight promise, the president could proudly boast about it at provincial university meetings, gaining face and conversation material.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s this kid’s background? Even the president knows him?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Dahua wondered. The president told him to fully support Chen Yan’s project—but he had no funds, no resources—how could he support him with a feather?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After pondering, he summoned a few students, dug out several dusty office sets from storage, and piled them outside rooms 206 and 208.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh, now no one can complain.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Dahua felt satisfied, then turned and went back to his office to slack off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After leaving the innovation park, Chen Yan called Wang Zihao to return the rented car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sure! I’ll come down for the keys.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Zihao agreed immediately, came downstairs in under two minutes, drove Chen Yan, and dropped him off at the KTV entrance outside campus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Chen Yan was about to enter the private room, he received a familiar call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m very proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, and CorelDRAW—do I meet the UI designer requirements?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice was soft, almost coquettish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan had never heard her speak like this—he muttered inwardly, “Such a money-grubber,” then replied: “At 8 p.m. tonight, Teacher’s Apartment 0418. I’ll interview you in person.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1586,"2026-06-19T19:17:18.227Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","2379c59f652e0da1b843aa20d7d986d3ece31500d7a2ab016c12aa6d8311f193","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-40","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-38",387,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-cover.jpg"]