Chapter 52: Next Goal: Ten Million Monthly Sales! (33k for Follows)

Near noon, Chen Yansen signaled everyone to look at him.

"Our next goal: break ten thousand daily orders, exceed ten million in monthly sales, and push daily active users to one hundred thousand before the end of the year."

Leaning against the table, Chen Yansen made no impassioned slogans nor drew any tempting pie charts; he simply stated it calmly, his eyes full of unmistakable confidence.

Song Yuncheng stood in the corner, secretly watching Chen Yansen with unblinking eyes, only coming to her senses after a while and joining the others in applause.

Xu Xingxing saw this scene. Seeing Song Yuncheng's plain clothes, devoid of brands and made of ordinary fabric, she immediately thought Chen Yansen was truly unscrupulous: she wore a shirt costing several hundred, yet her girlfriend's entire outfit was worth less than two hundred.

"Wenbo, Pengfei, prioritize the development requirements for the zero-yuan bargaining feature, keep the core functions, and launch ASAP!"

Chen Yansen assigned the tasks by name.

Zhang Wenbo and Xiang Pengfei nodded, making an 'OK' gesture.

"Hu Li, report the user data."

Chen Yansen asked next.

"Brother Sen, as of 11:08 AM on October 7, Fox Tao has accumulated 142,000 registered users, 17,000 daily active users yesterday, and a weekly retention rate of 11.9%."

Hu Li from the data team responded, holding a computer to report.

"Zhuang Rui, figure out a way to improve the retention rate; this task is yours." Chen Yansen patted Zhuang Rui's shoulder, his tone serious.

"Alright, Brother Sen." Zhuang Rui took a deep breath, instantly feeling considerable pressure, but still agreed readily.

For young people in their late teens, the word 'coward' does not exist in their dictionary.

"Zihao, you and the two new students are responsible for Fox Tao's SEO optimization starting today. Additionally, advertising accounts for Qindu and the three major portals have been opened; spend the daily budget of 4,000 as required!"

Chen Yansen looked at Wang Zihao and instructed him with a solemn expression.

Four thousand yuan a day; unlike the previous voting event, this consumed real money. Over a month, 120,000 would be thrown in, so it naturally required careful handling.

"No problem!" Wang Zihao felt considerable pressure; being asked to spend 120,000 in a month was, truthfully, more money than he had ever possessed in his life.

Chen Yansen would naturally supervise personally and not let go, leaving it entirely to Wang Zihao. Perhaps in the future Wang Zihao could manage advertising placements worth hundreds of thousands monthly, but for now, he was not mature enough.

"Song Yuncheng, you will temporarily be in charge of the UI and customer service teams; your base salary increases by 1,000."

When Chen Yansen's gaze swept to Song Yuncheng, a fire instantly surged in his heart: I pay you a monthly salary of 2,000, and you come to see me dressed in this rags?

"N-no need, I think the current salary is quite enough." Song Yuncheng shook her head, instinctively refusing.

"Stop talking nonsense! Speak again and I'll deduct your salary!"

Chen Yansen glared at her fiercely, giving her no chance to refuse.

"Chen Xu, Hu Li, you two will first follow Song Yuncheng to familiarize yourselves with backend operations and basic product selection logic; afterwards, I will lead you personally."

Chen Yansen said to the two newly hired product selection operators.

"Okay, Brother Sen." Chen Xu and Hu Li said in unison.

One was a junior and the other a senior, yet they called him 'Brother Sen' as willingly as Zhang Wenbo and the others.

On one hand, Chen Yansen offered generous salaries; on the other, he wore shirts and trousers daily with a neat side-parted hairstyle, and standing among the crowd, he looked more like everyone's senior student.

"Come on! Achieve the goals, and everyone gets a raise!" Chen Yansen smiled faintly, offering a sweetener at the right moment.

A cheer erupted; everyone looked delighted. For them, Fox Tao was merely a part-time job; as for the future, no one had considered it.

They joined Fox Tao mainly to gain an extra internship opportunity and a chance for growth.

Chen Yansen picked up his phone and was about to turn and go downstairs when he saw Meng Jie walking towards him. He stepped forward to pat her head, and then the two walked further away, chatting and laughing.

"Senior Wenbo, who is that girl beside Monitor Chen?"

Xu Xingxing, full of confusion, turned to look at Song Yuncheng. Seeing that Song Yuncheng paid no attention to Chen Yansen hugging another Miss, she tugged Zhang Wenbo's sleeve and asked curiously.

"Hey, that's naturally Brother Sen's girlfriend." Zhang Wenbo looked as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

Girlfriend?

How many girlfriends does that bastard actually have!

Besides, how could Song Yuncheng pretend not to see it? How did she manage that?

Xu Xingxing's brain seemed to crash; she had only seen such an outrageous scene in Qiong Yao's old-fashioned romance dramas.

"Brother Sen is handsome and rich; isn't it quite normal for him to have a girlfriend?" Zhang Wenbo looked at the dazed Xu Xingxing and asked in confusion.

"But isn't he already dating Senior Song Yuncheng?" Xu Xingxing widened her eyes and, after a while, couldn't help but ask.

"Who told you that? That's spreading rumors!" Zhang Wenbo's face darkened, and he asked somewhat displeased.

Xu Xingxing opened her mouth, intending to say Chen Yansen's name, but then thought better of it and asked instead: "Senior Wenbo, could it be that you don't know enough?"

"I am Fox Tao's number two employee; if there was really something between them, I would have known long ago." Sherlock Zhang Wenbo pouted and smiled with full confidence.

Seeing his expression was not like someone lying, Xu Xingxing immediately realized: Chen Yansen was playing with her!

After lunch, Chen Yansen, having taken a nap, held a bottle of AD Calcium Milk, drinking as he walked, and leisurely went up to the second floor.

His senses were sharp; he immediately noticed Xu Xingxing's death glare. Seeing her grit her teeth as if she wanted to swallow him alive, Chen Yansen couldn't help but chuckle.

He walked straight to the seats of Chen Xu and Hu Li, sat down, and immediately started discussing brands, e-commerce platforms, and product selection methods with them, paying no attention to Xu Xingxing at all.

Occasionally, he would walk over to where Wang Zihao and the other two were, joining them in researching SEO optimization directions and advertising placement strategies across various platforms.

Meanwhile, Zhu Xiaopeng and Meng Xibo, who had spent the afternoon doing customer service in room 208, finally realized the gap between themselves and Chen Yansen.

They simply did not understand specialized terms like 'CPM' and 'CPA' that Chen Yansen mentioned. Originally, they thought Chen Yansen assigning them to customer service was a waste of talent, but now they instantly woke up.

Apart from customer service, the two of them probably couldn't do anything else.

Not until the sky outside grew dark did Chen Yansen call Zhu Xiaopeng and Meng Xibo to walk together to Shuangqing Restaurant outside the school.

When they arrived, Tang Zhenzhe, Song Yang, and Wang Zhengqiang had already ordered dishes and were waiting for the three of them.

The ground pot chicken on the charcoal stove bubbled gurglingly; as soon as they entered the private room, the rich aroma could be smelled.

"Brother Sen!" Song Yang hurriedly stood up and greeted with a smile.

"Sit down quickly! Haven't seen each other for a few days and you're so distant? Punishment: drink a bottle." Chen Yansen rolled his eyes and handed over a bottle of Big Green Stick.

"Brother Sen, that amount is too much." Song Yang took the beer and smiled awkwardly.

"Then have a drink."

Chen Yansen smiled; it was just a joke, and no one would take it seriously.

The group passed beer back and forth, and in the blink of an eye, the beer on the table was gone.

They were all teenagers; the canteen food lacked oil and grease, and with the stifling heat, each of them was like a wolf that hadn't eaten in days, devouring the dishes fiercely and drinking the alcohol just as fiercely.

"Brother Sen, I asked my family for some pocket money and plan to rent a restaurant at the school gate; what do you think of this business?"

Just as the group was slightly tipsy, Song Yang suddenly spoke up and asked.

Pocket money?

Renting a restaurant?

The words were understandable, but the meaning behind them left them scratching their heads!

Tang Zhenzhe and the others were stunned; they hadn't noticed Song Yang was a hidden second-generation rich kid, and his sudden outburst truly startled them.

"Yangyang, you call the money to rent a restaurant pocket money?" Meng Xibo said, half laughing, half crying.

He had originally thought Song Yang's family background was similar to theirs; after all, the other party didn't wear designer brands, and the phone he used was just a two-thousand-plus Noahji, slightly better than theirs but not by a huge margin.

Now the other party was openly saying he wanted to rent a restaurant, which clearly meant he wasn't pretending anymore, was showing his hand, and declaring, "I am a second-generation rich kid!"

Chen Yansen looked up at Song Yang, thinking: This guy spent four years at school in his past life, and I never saw him start a business; it wasn't until a few years after graduation that I found out you were the young master of a chain hotel making tens of thousands daily just by lying down.

In this life, university has only passed one month, and you're already dropping the act?

Song Yang let out a dry laugh; he had originally intended to keep a low profile, but encountering Chen Yansen, this 'King of Forced Flexing', made him feel it was unnecessary.

Plus, having witnessed Chen Yansen's small but successful startup venture and seeing how popular he was with the girls at school, he too felt the urge to try his hand at something.

Everyone exchanged glances and looked at Chen Yansen in unison.

As for starting a business, they couldn't offer any reliable advice.

"Do you know today's beef price? Do you know the cost of melamine tableware? Do you know how to prevent chefs and cashiers from colluding to cheat you out of your money?"

Chen Yansen shook his head and fired off three questions in a row.

He knew Song Yang's capabilities; even after graduation, he relied on family support to develop in the familiar chain hotel industry, never venturing into fields he didn't understand.

Even as powerful as Jingdong boss Liu Qiangdong, didn't he stumble in the realm of human nature?

Chen Yansen didn't think Song Yang could be more capable than Liu Qiangdong.

Song Yang's face turned red from his questions; Chen Yansen's questions were like three slaps, hitting him hard in the face. Perhaps out of youthful stubbornness, he still said defiantly, "I can learn these things."

"By the time you've learned them, the pocket money your father gave you will probably have been cheated away completely."

Chen Yansen spoke in a flat tone, with no intention of mocking Song Yang.

Song Yang stared straight at Chen Yansen; seeing his calm expression, he understood the other party was sincerely advising him and had no intention of looking down on him.

He let out a long sigh, raised his glass, and downed it in one gulp: "Actually, my father disagrees too; to put it plainly, he thinks I'm stupid, only managed to get into a second-tier university, and will definitely get cheated if I do business."

"What I mean is, you can't handle the catering industry, but within Xucheng Academy, there is actually a money-making opportunity hidden."

Chen Yansen paused and said with a light smile.

"Brother Sen, what opportunity?" Song Yang's face lit up with joy, and he hurriedly asked.

He had taken 200,000 from home; if he accomplished nothing, it would be too embarrassing.

"Campus express delivery agency."

Chen Yansen said, word by word.

2010 was at an awkward turning point; online shopping was just taking off and hadn't reached its golden age; for a university like Xucheng Academy with fewer than twenty thousand students, for just five thousand yuan, one could secure the agency rights for Huitong, Guofeng, Yunda, and Yuantong, these four express delivery companies.

If it were more than ten years later, even if the price was ten times higher, you wouldn't be able to get the agency rights for any single one of them.

Chen Yansen knew in his heart that entering the industry at this time, even if he did nothing, he could multiply the agency fee by ten in four years and then transfer it.

He naturally looked down on such small money; it was only because Song Yang brought it up that he mentioned it offhand.

Additionally, the Fox Tao's zero-yuan bargaining model was about to launch; initially, there were no reliable suppliers, so they had to purchase goods themselves and then distribute the prizes to users.

In terms of logistics, having someone familiar and trustworthy would allow him to feel more at ease.

Gentlemen, please support! Two chapters of 6,600 words sent; I'm writing with more and more pleasure today, wanting to push one chapter to 4,000 words.

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