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Chapter 224 Zheng Shengyu intervenes to mediate! Pinduoduo employee arrested! (Seeking monthly votes)
That afternoon, after learning that Fan Junyan had already gone to Hangzhou, Chen Yansen simply nodded slightly and said nothing more.

Pinbei and Orange Technology are already operating smoothly with mature and stable management mechanisms. Even without his intervention, the two companies can maintain a good development trend.

However, as Pinbei's performance grew rapidly, its cooperative relationship with JD.com gradually became more delicate.

Liu Qiangdong discovered that most of JD.com's key account (KA) suppliers had gone to Pinduoduo to join its platform.

There seems to be no problem, but 3C digital products and large appliances are categories with extremely low repurchase rates. If Pinduoduo sells one more item, JD.com will sell one less item.

If this continues, the moat surrounding the city of Jingdong will be at risk of breaching.

However, the two platforms had just passed their three-month honeymoon period, with Pinduoduo contributing over 10 billion yuan in sales to JD.com every month, and Zhang Jindong keeping a close eye on them.

For a moment, Liu Qiangdong really didn't want to break ties with Chen Yansen.

Otherwise, if Pinduoduo fully supports Suning, and it becomes a two-on-one situation, he'll be a little nervous.

In addition, he was preparing for the JD.com 618 e-commerce festival and planned to launch a surprise attack on Suning and Gome. Naturally, he did not want to make more enemies, so he forcibly suppressed his dissatisfaction.

Chen Yansen was unaware of Liu Qiangdong's thoughts. Pinbei's current performance focus is still mainly on fast-moving consumer goods. Excluding Orange Technology, the remaining 3C and large home appliances account for less than 5%.

So even if he knew, he wouldn't take it to heart.

Around 5 p.m., Xiong Li from Pinbei's HR department urgently sent him an investigation document and asked for his opinion: "Boss, what should we do with these two people?"

Lin Jiaming, who is in charge of merchant recruitment for the food group, and Zhou Yang, who is in charge of operations for the category department, have merchant resources and control the product sorting authority on the secondary category pages.

Between December 2011 and February 2012, a total of 193 million yuan in "slot fees" was collected from merchants. The matter was only discovered by the risk control department after an anonymous tip-off.

Chen Yansen opened the investigation document, which detailed Lin Jiaming and Zhou Yang's methods of making money, including the specific amount of each transfer.

In just two months, they made nearly 200 million.

"If the rules for the 10 billion yuan subsidy hadn't been adjusted this month, and the authority to adjust resource slots and products hadn't been centralized in the event operations department, we probably wouldn't have discovered it."

Chen Yansen chuckled and muttered to himself.

In his previous life, he earned his first capital for starting a business using a similar method, but his approach was far more sophisticated than that of Lin Jiaming and the other man.

In short, Lin Jiaming and Zhou Yang used their product sorting authority on secondary category pages to forcibly drive traffic to merchants who paid bribes and charge them a "queue-jumping fee" for billions of yuan in subsidies.

Because the 10 Billion Yuan Subsidy Channel has a large volume of traffic, high output, and many participating products, many merchants are waiting for the review results for a long time after registering.

The first thing they said was that there were too many products and you had to queue.

There are quite a few shrewd people in the business, secretly thinking: since there's a queue, it means you can cut in line; you just have to pay extra.

As long as your products are included in the 10 Billion Yuan Subsidy Channel, you are guaranteed a minimum sales volume of 200,000 yuan per day. For merchants, compared with the potential benefits, spending 100,000 or 200,000 yuan is not much at all.

Lin Jiaming and his partner were unlucky, as they happened to be caught in a subsidy program that raised the daily output requirement for a single pit from 20 to 30.

There is a crispy noodle factory whose sales just barely reach the passing mark of 20.

Once the policy is adjusted, this factory's products will no longer be eligible for subsidies of up to 10 billion yuan.

But the factory owner didn't think so. He felt that since Lin Jiaming and Zhou Yang had taken the money, they had to do things for him, otherwise the 100,000 yuan would have been wasted.

However, Zhou Yang's authority was taken away, and the two sides argued and eventually broke off relations.

Therefore, the identity of this anonymous whistleblower is worth investigating.

In short, it couldn't be the businesses involved, because if Lin Jiaming and Zhou Yang were reported, they would also have to go in and work as umbrella makers and sewing machine operators.

There are only two possible outcomes: either a report from Pinduoduo's employees or a report from a competitor.

"Call the police and hand over the list of businesses involved to the inspection station."

After a moment's thought, Chen Yansen decided to act in accordance with the company's articles of association.

If he lets Lin Jiaming and Zhou Yang go, every business development and operations team will be tempted to take a chance: make a quick buck first, since the big boss won't hold it against them anyway.

If this continues, even those who originally upheld the bottom line will be swept up in it, leading to a vicious cycle where bad money drives out good.

“Okay, boss, I’ll notify the legal department right away,” Xiong Li replied.

After Chen Yansen finished speaking, he sent a message to Chen Peng, the director of the risk control department: "Submit a merchant onboarding process and data auditing rules tomorrow. If Pinduoduo's staff are taking money, and we can only find out through anonymous reports, what's the point of having your risk control department?"

"Yes, boss."

On the other side, Chen Peng, who received the message, turned ashen-faced and wished he could kick Lin Jiaming and Zhou Yang to death.

He knew in his heart that his Q1 bonus was in jeopardy!

While the unreasonable allocation of resources certainly played a role, the fact that the risk control department was completely unaware of it also makes them equally culpable.

Chen Peng led his team members into a conference room.

at the same time.

The patrol station in Xuyuan City also received a call from the legal department of Pinbei Company. If it were another company, they might not have paid much attention to it.

But this is a gamble!
They belong to Senlian Capital and are merely nominal associates of Xu Zhenhui!
The amount involved is as high as 200 million!
Not long after, three patrol vehicles drove into Zhuxianzhuang Science and Technology Park.

At this moment, Lin Jiaming and Zhou Yang were still sitting at their workstations, communicating with merchants about matters related to joining the platform, as well as information such as the scale of the promotion and inventory required for participating in the 10 billion yuan subsidy program.

At this moment, a dozen or so uniformed inspectors, holding their badges, walked into the business operations department's office area and loudly asked, "Who is Lin Jiaming? Who is Zhou Yang? Please come with us."

Zhang Yifeng, Yuan Wei, Chen Xu, and the others looked at each other, still unaware of what had happened.

"Could they have gone to buy and sell love together?"

Li Hui muttered softly.

"It shouldn't be. If you're caught buying and selling love, you'll usually be summoned by phone and then have to pay a 5,000 yuan fine."

Zhang Yifeng shook his head.

Yuan Wei and Chen Xu exchanged a glance, then squinted and asked, "Yifeng, you're quite experienced."

"I saw it all online, don't misunderstand," Zhang Yifeng said hastily, blushing for once.

"Oh, really?" Chen Xu said with a teasing smile. Lin Jiaming and Zhou Yang trembled as soon as they saw the inspector and heard him call their names.

Cold sweat instantly soaked through his shirt, and his eyes were filled with undisguised panic.

The joy of receiving money each time instantly turned into endless fear.

The lead inspector smiled faintly, followed everyone's gaze, walked to Lin Jiaming's side, and asked in a deep voice, "Are you Lin Jiaming or Zhou Yang?"

"Lin Jiaming." Lin Jiaming said, his words trembling.

"You are suspected of accepting a huge amount of bribes. We are now detaining you in accordance with the law. Come with us."

The inspector announced it directly.

bribery?

These words immediately caused an uproar throughout the entire merchant operations department!

"They accepted bribes? They took money from the merchants?" Yuan Wei exclaimed in shock.

"A huge sum of money, for more than three years but less than ten years, damn! How much money did they actually take?" Li Hui suddenly stood up, secretly astonished.

Zhang Yifeng gave Yuan Wei and Li Hui a deep look. As top business partners, the three of them had encountered at least 80 to 100 merchants who tried to bribe them.

However, their income at the time was not low, so they did not dare to accept a single penny. Even gifts worth more than 100 yuan were reported to the company on their own initiative.

Minimum three years, maximum ten years!
After Lin Jiaming and Zhou Yang were taken away by the inspectors, the remaining business operators finally came to their senses. Many of those who had harbored ulterior motives couldn't help but feel a sense of lingering fear.

There was only joy in making money, but after witnessing the serious consequences, everyone fell silent.

You might be alive to make money, but you might not be alive to spend it!

"Lin Jiaming and his girlfriend's wedding seems to be scheduled for May Day."

Suddenly, someone in the crowd said something.

"Girlfriend? By the time he gets out, she'll already be someone else's mother."

Another person sneered and added insult to injury.

"If you ask me, they deserve it! The company offers us good benefits, including a base salary, housing allowance, meal allowance, transportation allowance, and quarterly bonuses. How can they do this to General Manager Chen?"

Li Hui started cursing.

Those around him immediately agreed with him.

That night, all departments of Pinduoduo were discussing this matter.

The inspectors' actions of coming to arrest people severely deterred the group.

……

……

On the stone bench beside the Willow Creek in the Xuyuan Courtyard.

Song Yuncheng, carrying beer and snacks, sat obediently to the side, staring intently at Chen Yansen.

"Are you alright?" Song Yuncheng asked with concern.

She had heard that Lin Jiaming and Zhou Yang had embezzled 200 million yuan together.

In her view, Chen Yansen treats his employees so well, yet his business development and product categories dare to make a fortune behind the company's back. As the boss, Chen Yansen must be in a bad mood.

"What could be wrong with me? I called you out mainly so you could keep me company and get some fresh air."

Chen Yansen shrugged; he wouldn't have any negative emotions because of Lin Jiaming and Zhou Yang's situation.

As someone who has been through it all, he just recalled his experience of making money. He only regrets that he didn't make enough back then, which resulted in a low equity stake when he founded Feiyu Technology. After several rounds of financing, his shareholding ratio was only 28%.

If he could do it all over again, he would definitely make a fortune!

“But it’s so cold outside.” Song Yuncheng shrank her neck and saw that Chen Yansen was only wearing a turtleneck sweater and a suit jacket. She secretly thought to herself: This bastard is really resistant to the cold.

"Then let's go home."

Chen Yansen said with a wicked smile.

Come back home?

Song Yuncheng quickly realized that Chen Yansen was referring to 0418. She put down her beer and snacks, waved her hand, and said, "I'm not going."

She was mainly afraid of being seen by Mengjie.

"By the way, come with me to Shanghai on a business trip tomorrow," Chen Yansen turned around and called out to Song Yuncheng.

"Delivering takeout again?" Song Yuncheng stopped and asked with a light laugh.

Chen Yansen smiled but didn't say anything.

This business trip had little to do with Kuaipao; it was mainly due to a shady operation by the four bosses of the Tongda Group that forced Zheng Shengyu of the Postal Association to intervene.

I spearheaded a small exchange meeting for the express delivery industry in Shanghai.

The core objective is to stop the express delivery war between STO Express, YTO Express, ZTO Express, Yunsu Express, and Yunsu Express!
The next morning.

Xiao Li drove, carrying Chen Yansen and Song Yuncheng, speeding towards Shanghai.

Lao Gao was too busy with the acquisition of Gaode Maps to handle it, so he didn't bring him along this time.

When they passed through Nanjing, they took a short rest. By the time Chen Yansen arrived in Shanghai, the sky outside the car window had completely darkened.

"Go to the headquarters of Kuaipao first, No. 200 Longcao Road."

After exiting the highway toll station, Chen Yansen gave instructions to Xiao Li.

Xiao Li nodded, entered his destination on Gaode Map, and continued on his way.

　Godfathers, wishing you all a happy holiday in advance! Orz
　　
　
(End of this chapter)