I can become stronger by paying salaries. I have one billion employees!

Chapter 242 100,000 Fire Points, a Spiritual Illusion! User base surpasses 10 million!
Early morning of April 1st, Teachers' Apartment 0418.

Chen Yansen sat on the sofa and brought up the system panel. There was a quarterly bonus in March, and the Humanitarian Salary was as much as 100,000.

After acquiring Quanfeng Express, Yunsu has been aggressively recruiting, and its total number of employees has surged from 4.3 to 5.7.

The total number of employees across all subsidiaries of Senlian is as high as 8.3!
There are 101170 strands of humane flame, which can be combined into 1011 strands of divine flame!
"add a bit!"

As Chen Yansen focused his mind, the 100,000 strands of humanitarian flame instantly transformed into more than 1,000 strands of divine flame.

Golden mist appeared out of thin air, enveloping his body before suddenly entering between his brows.

Chen Yansen was already used to the strengthening process. After a few breaths, everything returned to calm. The divine flame was completely consumed, and there were still 70 strands of human flame left.

The Spirit stat has increased from 24.83 to 34.94!

The area covered by the 'divine sense' expanded again, extending from a radius of twelve meters to a radius of more than thirteen meters.

The books on the coffee table, whose fonts were originally just a blob of ink in size four and five, can now be clearly distinguished.

Even if the pages are stacked together, the 'divine sense' can clearly 'see' the contents of each page.

In his perceived world, the things around him become clearly visible, like a person who cannot see colors, possessing a perceptive ability beyond the reach of the senses.

Chen Yansen smiled faintly. If he were to make a trip to Macau, the gambling king would probably have to change his surname to Chen tomorrow.

With this 'divine sense' perception talent, if the range is further expanded, given his reaction speed, he will be able to dodge bullets.

"Perhaps, we don't even need to hide!"

Chen Yansen stared at the hundreds of toothpicks floating in mid-air and muttered to himself.

Although his mental stat only increased by 10.11, the weight he could lift increased by more than ten times.

Each toothpick weighs 0.5 grams. His previous limit was 6 toothpicks, and now he has 103, which is equivalent to the weight of an egg.

Chen Yansen tried to control only one toothpick, using his mental power to fling it out.

There was a "bang" sound!
It barely penetrated the doorway by a millimeter, managing to pierce the wooden board.

Is the control method incorrect, or is this the maximum power it can unleash?
Chen Yansen frowned slightly, pondering the matter repeatedly.

He thought for a moment, then imagined his mental energy as a palm-sized recurve bow, with the handle, limbs, and string gradually solidifying from nothingness.

He flicked the toothpick stuck in the wooden board and placed it on the bowstring, which was conjured by his mental energy.

"Boom——!"

This time the force was several times stronger, and the toothpick pierced the wooden door panel, penetrating three or four millimeters deep.

Chen Yansen was secretly alarmed. He knew it was illogical that hundreds of thousands of threads of humanitarian spirit would be thrown in without any surprise.

It turns out he hadn't found the right method!
With that in mind, he immediately turned on his computer, found an engineering drawing of the Glock 17, and began to contemplate it carefully.

He conjured up the slide, the handle, and the magazine, including the bullets.

Want to try firing a shot?
Chen Yansen hesitated. This thing was purely a spiritual entity, with no physical form and no primer or gunpowder. How could it possibly make a sound?
But he dared not gamble; if something happened, it would be difficult to explain.

Chen Yansen pushed open the door and went downstairs. He drove to the northeast corner of the courtyard and found an empty rapeseed field.

Then, he used his mental power to pull the trigger, squeezing the firing pin against the tail of the bullet. To his surprise, the bullet shot out with a whoosh.

But after flying more than ten meters away, the bullet instantly transformed into pure spiritual energy and returned to his body.

After a moment's thought, Chen Yansen fired several shots at the ground. To his surprise, the expected effect did not occur. The places where the bullets hit were as if blown by the wind, with only a few grains of sand scattered.

What if it hits a person?

Chen Yansen raised his arm to look at it, then lowered it and used his divine sense to search the vicinity, quickly finding a frog.

Brother Frog, I'm so sorry!
Without hesitation, Chen Yansen pulled the trigger, and the frog kicked its legs and fainted.

So, this is a psychological attack?

Chen Yansen quickly realized what was happening, but he didn't dare to test it on people.

He knew in his heart that even if it didn't work on people now, when his mental strength broke through 100, 1000, or 10000 in the future, not to mention ordinary people, even an elephant wouldn't be able to withstand it.

Chen Yansen gasped, finally realizing the terrifying nature of divine consciousness.

He stood there pondering for a while, then turned around, got into his car, and drove towards the science park.

At least, I guess I can still be considered human, right?

Chen Yansen thought to himself silently.

Ten minutes later, he parked his car on the first floor and walked into Building 9.

Today's Headlines has been launched, and he needs to know the download, installation, and registration data.

As soon as I stepped out of the elevator, I saw Liang Bo standing in front of the screen, staring intently at the data with a tense expression.

"How much longer will it take for the creator backend to be developed?" Chen Yansen asked as he stepped forward.

Upon seeing his boss, Liang Bo immediately stood up to report: "We expect to launch it at the end of April. The main issues are the complex data, revenue, and fan management modules. I was worried about making mistakes in the rush, so I gave the R&D and testing teams ample time."

"137 million downloads, 128 million installs, and 91 registered users. There's been a significant drop-off during the registration phase. We'll try to simplify the registration process, reduce the amount of information required, and add a unified login option using QQ, WeChat, Orange Pay, and Pinduoduo..."

Chen Yansen warned.

“Okay, boss. I’ve made three versions of the login interface: A, B, and C. I’ll have the product team adjust them after the data comes out tomorrow,” Liang Bo nodded in agreement. “Pay more attention to user retention. If Toutiao’s new customer retention rate is lower than that of the three major portal websites, it means that there’s a problem with our recommendation engine technology and user stickiness isn’t strong enough.”

Chen Yansen added.

"Yes, I understand," Liang Bo replied, nodding emphatically.

Half an hour ago, Zhang Yiming called him, and the two had a big fight, completely breaking up.

For him, Toutiao can only succeed.

Otherwise, once he loses the support and trust of the big boss, his situation will become awkward.

Chen Yansen was unaware of this, but even if he had, he wouldn't have cared about Zhang Yiming's opinion.

There are quite a few R&D engineers in China who are proficient in algorithms and big data. Companies like Ali, Baidu, and Tencent have long had technical reserves in this area.

The only difference is that everyone's research and development direction is different. Ali wants to create personalized product recommendations for each user, optimize traffic utilization efficiency, and further increase platform sales.

Therefore, regardless of whether Liang Bo agrees to join Toutiao, Chen Yansen will launch the project.

The only difference is that the product manager will become Zhou Bo, Zhao Bo, Wang Bo, and so on.

at the same time.

Users in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Nanjing, and other cities spend hours scrolling through their phones after installing the Toutiao app.

When they came to their senses, they found the software to be incredibly useful and eagerly shared it with their colleagues, classmates, and relatives.

Because Toutiao has obtained news API interfaces from Sohu, Sina, Tencent, and NetEase, it has no shortage of content. Many users become addicted to the app as soon as they open it.

However, some people were surprised to find that the app was analyzing their browsing preferences. For those who love reading digital technology news, eight out of ten articles would be related to that content; the same applies to users who like entertainment news, sports news, novels, or pictures.

Although Toutiao and Lingxi Browser are similar in their core technologies, they started from very different points.

In just three days, Toutiao's cumulative downloads exceeded ten million, and the proportion of organic traffic is also increasing.

Back in 2012, when the number of applications wasn't yet so abundant, users were still happy to share and recommend a good application to their friends.

Xiaomi's MIUI system and Orange Technology's Aurora OS system have gradually grown in such a relaxed network environment.

the other side.

Zhang Yifeng led his team to the AUX headquarters building in Ningbo.

Chairman Zheng Jianjiang personally greeted him downstairs. Logically speaking, given his wealth, there was no need for him to do this; the head of the wireless business unit could have simply received him.

However, in the past six months, Pinduoduo has become AUX's most important online sales channel.

Compared to Gree and Midea, AUX has a weaker brand power and used to get very little free traffic during Taobao and JD.com's big promotions.

Unless you pay for ad placements and various paid promotional products, you can't get enough exposure.

It's different from just using pinyin.

As long as the price is low and the sales volume is high, the platform's algorithm system will continuously upgrade AUX's products in the traffic pool.

Zheng Jianjiang only gave Zhang Yifeng such face because Zhang Yifeng was promoted to director of Pinbei's merchant operations department.

"Mr. Zheng, I'm so sorry to trouble you to come down here in person! I brought a lot of brand-new cooperation proposals with me this time, and I hope to have in-depth discussions with you."

Zhang Yifeng exchanged polite greetings and shook Zheng Jianjiang's hand.

Although AUX cannot compare with Gree, Midea, and Haier, it is still a major home appliance brand with annual sales of over 40 billion yuan and 20,000 employees.

"Mr. Zhang, you're too kind. Let me show you around first. I've made all the arrangements for tonight, and I'll make sure you feel right at home."

Zheng Jianjiang smiled knowingly and pulled Zhang Yifeng toward the elevator.

This guy is Oakes's cash cow, of course he has to treat him like royalty.

Zhang Yifeng quickly refused, but Zheng Jianjiang didn't care. For a big shot like him who made his fortune in the electronics industry in the late 80s, manipulating people's hearts was a piece of cake.

In his view, it would be a piece of cake for a greenhorn like Zhang Yifeng.

Zhang Yifeng was indeed inexperienced in business and interpersonal relationships compared to Zheng Jianjiang, but he was young, quick-witted, and held his own in negotiations.

For this 418 home appliance festival, although Pinduoduo needed the support and assistance of AUX, AUX also needed Pinduoduo's traffic resources, so the two parties hit it off immediately.

Communication went exceptionally smoothly!
Zheng Jianjiang couldn't openly favor Pinbei in terms of pricing strategy, but the contract stipulated that AUX would give Pinbei a rebate of 5% to 10% if Pinbei achieved a fixed sales target within a fixed time.

This means that AUX is giving up 5% to 10% of its gross profit on top of the 10 billion yuan subsidy.

On the surface, Zhang Yifeng was grateful, but in his heart he couldn't help but think: This guy, does he apply the same policy to every platform?

But since the other party didn't say, he couldn't be sure.

The next day, Zhang Yifeng led his team to the headquarters of Sacon in the same city and arranged to meet with the head of Fotile's online business the following day.

Yuan Wei, Li Hui, and others are also traveling all over the country, making final preparations for the Pinduoduo 418 Home Appliance Festival.

Zhang Jindong, who was far away in Nanjing, started a store visit program and notified the 4000 employees at Suning headquarters that they would work overtime until the price war ended.

For a while, shouts of "idiot!", "a piece of trash!", and "two-stringed idiot!" echoed through the office. It was unclear whether they were cursing Liu Qiangdong or their own boss.

(End of this chapter)