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

Chapter 300 Price Increase: Cloud Speed ​​Enters the Profit Era! Her audacity is growing!

Xucheng, Zhuxianzhuang Science and Technology Park, Building 9.

As dusk deepened, a crescent moon, barely visible, climbed high into the sky. A cool evening breeze rustled the branches of the camphor trees.

Chen Yansen stood by the window, looking at the brightly lit Building No. 6 across the street, and pressed the answer button on his phone.

"Mr. Chen, we've got the new 360 phone sorted out. It has a MediaTek MT6577 dual-core 1.2GHz processor, a 4.5-inch IPS LCD touchscreen, 2GB RAM and 16GB ROM, an 800MP Sony IMX145 rear camera, and runs Aurora OS 1.3. It's only 1699 yuan. Do you think it'll sell like hotcakes?"

Zhou Hongyi asked in a loud voice, reciting all the core components in one breath.

"Are you trying to sabotage Lei Yijun because you're afraid the Xiaomi MI2 will sell too well?"

Chen Yansen smiled faintly, a slight upturn at the corners of his mouth, and teased him playfully.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see Zhou Hongyi's ulterior motives: he chose to avoid the price range of the Orange C3 and Qingcheng D1S, and instead directly compete with the Xiaomi MI2.

However, it is priced 300 yuan cheaper than the Xiaomi MI2!
Of course, Zhou Hongyi reduced the specifications in terms of chips, screens, casings and batteries. With the addition of components such as motherboards, radio frequency, sensors and interfaces, Orange Technology's supply chain strength can reduce the material cost to around 900 yuan.

Even if it only sells for 1699 yuan, after deducting a series of costs such as marketing, production, after-sales service and transportation, there is still a 10% hardware profit.

"Mr. Chen, this isn't my fault. It's because 360 ​​and Haier made a special edition phone that Lei Buqun hired online trolls to smear me. As a result, Haier W910 only sold 2000 units, and the remaining 8000 units are still piled up in 360's warehouse. Xiaomi can make phones, so why can't 360? That's too domineering!"

Zhou Hongyi snorted coldly and took the initiative to reveal the truth behind his falling out with Lei Yijun.

Haier W910?

Chen Yansen chuckled to himself, thinking: Does Lei Yijun really need to smear you?
The Haier W910 has poor battery life, high system memory usage, and a black screen rate of over 10%. Before the 360 ​​G800 Pro was launched, there were so many users online criticizing you. Did you not see them?
A businessman needs to be thick-skinned and ruthless, and Zhou Hongyi clearly understands this well. You can tell from his tone of voice that he even dares to deceive himself.

Chen Yansen couldn't be bothered with his past grievances with Lei Yijun, so he changed the subject and asked, "Are the parts the ones Cao Dahua gave you?"

He only cared about how much money Orange Technology could make from 360's mobile phone project. In addition to assembly service fees, the profits from component distribution price differences, after-sales repair services, and patent licensing fees were also considerable.

"Yes, that's right."

Zhou Hongyi nodded in response.

He knew that even if he bypassed Orange Technology and purchased electronic components directly from suppliers, the final cost would not be much lower given 360's purchasing scale.

Because of its scale advantage, Orange Technology has long been a leading purchaser in the domestic smartphone industry.

Although he knew that Chen Yansen was making a lot of money from the price difference of parts, he was helpless.

Unless 360 Mobile's annual sales reach tens of millions of units, suppliers such as Qualcomm, MediaTek, Sony, PTW, and Sharp will still offer high prices.

"Send the information to Cai Jingming at the Luzhou factory, and you can contact him to discuss the details of the OEM order," Chen Yansen said casually.

“Mr. Chen, 360 wants to join Pinduoduo,” Zhou Hongyi continued.

Selling it only through the 360 ​​Mall will inevitably affect overall sales. The 360 ​​Shining didn't make any money, but the 360 ​​N1 was intended to be profitable, hence the idea of ​​expanding into third-party sales channels.

"I'll create a group later and have someone from Pinduoduo handle the coordination." Chen Yansen readily agreed without hesitation.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Chen. When the Internet Conference is held in Yanjing, I will thank you properly."

Zhou Hongyi said with a broad smile.

In his view, the battle for access to the mobile internet is essentially a battle for market share of smartphones. The higher the sales volume of 360 phones, the greater its influence in the mobile era.

"no problem."

Chen Yansen smiled, dealt with Lao Zhou, and then hung up the phone.

The other party wanted to use mobile phones to increase user stickiness of 360 products and seize mobile traffic, while he wanted to create more jobs and obtain more humanitarian benefits. The two parties hit it off and everyone had a bright future.

"Knock knock knock—!" A knock sounded at the door.

Chen Yansen snapped out of his daze and replied softly, "Go in!"

The door was slowly pushed open, and Ye Qiuping stepped in, holding a document against her chest.

She wore a V-neck long-sleeved shirt on top and a black midi skirt on the bottom. Her makeup was bright and beautiful, and she exuded the fragrance of ripe fruit.

"Boss, this is the brand department's September marketing budget. Please take a look." Ye Qiuping bent down and handed the document to Chen Yansen.

Chen Yansen kept his eyes fixed on Ye Qiuping the whole time. A glimpse of snow-white skin came into view, and her little thoughts were obvious. She even deliberately sprayed his favorite Parma Misty Lily of the Valley, and the sweet fragrance gradually spread.

"Come here, get down!"

Chen Yansen glanced at the contents of the document, signed his name, casually tossed it on the table, and gave an order to Ye Qiuping.

Ye Qiuping smiled faintly, a blush rising on her pretty face. Her eyes, like water, flashed with a hint of secret joy. Then she obediently lay on the desk, her back to Chen Yansen.

With a wave of his hand, Chen Yansen caused the curtains to fall, completely obscuring the view inside the room.

Hearing the noise, Ye Qiuping instinctively tried to turn around.

"Don't look back."

Chen Yansen lowered his voice and placed his hand on Ye Qiuping's waist. It wasn't particularly thin, but it was plump and shapely, and felt wonderful to the touch.

The pen holder on the table wobbled, and several pens collided together, making a rustling sound.

Two hours later, the moon hung high in the sky, the night was as dark as ink, and everything returned to calm.

Chen Yansen plopped down in a chair and let out a long sigh of relief.

He leaned back in his chair, a smile on his face, watching Ye Qiuping clean up the mess, as if he had returned to the scene of the two of them in his previous life.

"I made some sugar water."

Three minutes later, Ye Qiuping, dressed neatly, spoke softly.

"Next time."

Chen Yansen waved his hand, indicating that Master Ye could leave.

Ye Qiuping's expression froze, and she couldn't help but spit inwardly: "Turning your back on me as soon as you're done, you're worse than an animal."

“Yes, boss,” Ye Qiuping replied.

"I like Sichuan pickled vegetables." Just as she was about to leave the office, a light, airy voice came from behind her.

"I can make kimchi too," Ye Qiuping said with a smile, turning to Chen Yansen.

Chen Yansen didn't speak, but nodded slightly.

Ye Qiuping was in a great mood. She held her head high and walked toward the elevator, leaving behind a series of 'tap tap tap' footsteps.

"Mom, this is the third one already. You still haven't come to me in a dream to tell me which one I'm most satisfied with. It seems I still have to try harder."

Chen Yansen lowered his eyelids and muttered to himself.

After a moment of reflection, he rubbed his stomach, pushed open the door, and walked out, intending to go to the cafeteria for a bowl of beef noodles to replenish his energy.

I took the elevator to the first floor and strolled leisurely toward the cafeteria.

It was well past lunchtime, and the noodle chef in the cafeteria was just about to leave when he saw his boss strolling over. "Mr. Chen, haven't you eaten yet? I'll make you a bowl of thin noodles."

The master quickly stopped what he was doing and greeted him with a smile.

He used to work in the kitchen of a hotel in the city, where he was exhausted every day and his salary was so-so. By chance, he came across a job posting for the cafeteria at Orange Technology.

I originally just wanted to come and take a look, but during the interview, the HR person listed a whole bunch of benefits, including but not limited to base salary, overtime pay, quarterly bonus, housing allowance, meal allowance, transportation allowance, five social insurances and one housing fund, holiday bonuses and travel fund, and more than a dozen other benefits.

He asked, dumbfounded, "Even chefs have travel funds?"

To everyone's surprise, the HR person laughed and said, "It's just a reason for the boss to give us money. It's like a housing subsidy; whether you rent a house or not, you still get the money, and everyone gets a share."

Finally, he signed the employment contract on the spot, afraid of missing out on a dream job.

"Chive leaves, I guess. They're too thin and not satisfying to eat," Chen Yansen replied.

After saying that, he found a seat and sat down.

"Okay, almost done!" the ramen chef replied immediately.

Chen Yansen took out a 64GB Orange C3 phone, opened Toutiao (a Chinese news aggregator app), and started browsing trending news.

"iPhone 5 is coming! Orange C3 sales may be affected!"

A roundup of bloopers in "iPartment 3"!

Behind-the-scenes footage of the filming of "Lost in Thailand" has been leaked!

"Dangdang CEO Li Guoqing slams JD.com: Funds are only enough to burn until September!"

"The disappearance of the 'Three Tongs and One Da': Shentong and Yuantong Express will follow in the footsteps of Yunda and Zhongtong and be merged into Yunsu Express!"

"JD.com cancels CPS rebates, confirming rumors of financial difficulties!"

Is Handsome Dong out of money?

After a moment's thought, Chen Yansen dismissed Li Guoqing's unfounded speculation. If it weren't for introducing OTPP fund investment to Dongguan, would Zhao Yingchun have been able to become the vice president?
Ma Wenteng told him this news personally. Li Guoqing was either unaware of it or trying to disgust Liu Qiangdong by using public opinion to negatively impact him.

Chen Yansen continued reading, which revealed the latest developments in the group-buying and food delivery industries. At 10 a.m., Qiandu announced that it would soon launch Qiandu Waimai, officially joining the food delivery war.

Meituan and Dianping closely followed the marketing policies of Kuaipao and Lashou.com, desperately issuing coupons to users in order to maintain their market share.

A cup of bubble tea from a Shanghai auntie usually costs 7.9 yuan with group buying, but with coupons, the final price is 2.9 yuan. It sells seven or eight thousand orders a day, and there are long queues outside the bubble tea shop, all of them waiting to redeem their coupons.

Pei Yi went even further, holding four 1-yuan flash sales every day, covering most milk tea brands, such as Happy Lemon, Coco, and Typhoon Shelter.

In addition, there are a large number of group-buying deals priced at 9.9 yuan, including services such as haircuts, karaoke, teeth cleaning, billiards, and internet cafes.

Even after acquiring resources from Nuomi.com, Kuaipao started focusing on the hotel and movie categories, lowering prices to rock bottom.

Pei Yi would target whichever category had the higher gross profit margin between Meituan and Dianping.

Wang Xin and Zhang Tao were so angry that they cursed and cursed, but they had no choice but to lower the price as well.

When everyone is operating at a loss, the one with the best fulfillment service and the strongest after-sales capabilities will win over customers.

Chen Yansen had instructed Pei Yi that if any of the merchants or group-buying products under the responsibility of the ground promotion staff resulted in three instances where users were unable to redeem their group-buying vouchers, they would be immediately dismissed!
The less money you make, the more important it is to improve the user experience!

"Mr. Chen, here's your noodles."

At this moment, the ramen chef gently placed a steaming bowl of noodles down, with a thick layer of beef floating on the broth.

Chen Yansen picked up a pair of chopsticks and began to eat heartily.

at the same time.

At Ali's headquarters in Hangzhou, Ma Liyun paced back and forth anxiously in her office.

"That's impossible! There's no reason for Chen Yansen to offer such a high price; it's completely inconsistent with his usual style."

"It's all Chen Dejun and Yu Weijiao's fault. If they had come together, I would have definitely bought Shentong and Yuantong."

What about Cainiao Logistics?

Ma Liyun frowned and muttered to himself. Due to his misjudgment, he had personally pushed Shentong and Yuantong Express to Yunsu.

Currently, only courier companies such as SF Express, Best Express, Tiantian Express, and Guofeng Express have verbally agreed to join Cainiao Logistics. Apart from SF Express and Best Express, which rank among the top ten in the industry in terms of parcel volume, the rest are all unknown small players.

Their industry standing and delivery efficiency have fallen to the point where buyers despise them: "If they dare to ship to Tiantian or Guofeng, I'll give them a bad review!"

“Mr. Ma, actually this matter is beneficial to both Rookie and Best Logistics?” Lu Zhaoxi, who was sitting next to him, suddenly said.

"Perhaps so. The delivery war is finally over."

Ma Liyun sighed deeply and said with a wry smile.

The reason he didn't invest in Shentong and Yuantong was twofold: firstly, he wanted to lower prices, and secondly, he was indeed short of funds.

To help its own "Best Express" survive this price war, Ali has invested a lot of money.

In terms of shareholding ratio, Alibaba has long been the largest shareholder of Best Express.

In fact, Ma Liyun and Lu Zhaoxi's guess was correct.

Three days earlier, Liao Wei had received instructions from Chen Yansen that the pricing standard for Yunsu E-commerce parcels would be increased from a minimum of 1.5 yuan to 3.5 yuan, depending on the region and the distance of transportation.

For merchants with fewer than 2000 shipments per month, the lowest price is 5 yuan.

In short, the express delivery price war, which lasted for nearly a year, has temporarily come to an end.

With Yunsu Express about to turn from a loss-making to a profitable model, everyone can breathe a sigh of relief.

Of course, Yunsu has also launched corresponding preferential policies for merchants on Pinbei, especially those supported by the agricultural assistance program: parcels weighing less than one kilogram are priced between 2.5 and 3 yuan per shipment.

Upon learning this news, Taobao and JD.com merchants flocked to open stores on Pinduoduo, regarding it as their second most important online sales channel.

Upon hearing the news of Yunsu Express's price increase, the owner of Tiantian and Guofeng felt a sense of relief, as if he had escaped a disaster.

At least they survived. More than 20 private express delivery companies, such as Sufeng, Guotong, Kuaijie, Suer, and Feibao, died silently, without even making a ripple.

the other side.

After finishing dinner, Chen Yansen drove back to the school. Along the way, he saw many students carrying suitcases walking towards the school.

September is just around the corner, and it's that time of year again for the new school year!

The contract phone packages for Orange C3 and Green Orange D1S were finalized with Zhao Maolin last week. Unlike outside the province, the prices in Huian Province are lower and the package offers are more attractive.

A Bentley drove into the campus.

A minute later, Chen Yansen parked his car and went upstairs. As soon as he reached the fourth floor, he saw a familiar figure and couldn't help but think: She's getting bolder and bolder.

(End of this chapter)