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

Chapter 302 Chen Yansen: You mean, you want me to mediate?
August 31, the day before the start of the semester at the Virtual College.

Baidu proposed the "Mobile Cloud" strategy and officially established the LBS Business Unit, taking map business as the core and starting to lay out O2O services.

Kuai Pao launched a "5 yuan breakfast, 6 yuan lunch, 7 yuan dinner" program in the Yanjing area, offering meals that originally cost 20 to 30 yuan at a fixed price with free delivery for a limited time and quantity, leaving Meituan Waimai with no chance to fight back.

Because most Meituan delivery riders are part-time, there are far more riders than available riders, and often only three or four orders can be delivered during a single lunch rush.

We're here to earn money, not to starve.

After becoming familiar with the routes in nearby residential and commercial areas, some Meituan delivery riders switched to Kuaipao delivery without hesitation.

For a time, Meituan Waimai became a "testing ground" for riders, and riders with a little experience used this as leverage to quickly switch to Kuaipao Delivery Department.

Many netizens in Beijing complained that although Meituan Waimai is cheap, the deliverymen have poor service attitudes and often just throw the food on the ground without calling.

Ordering takeout feels like begging.

Little did they know that a few days later, those smiling deliverymen who personally handed out meals were actually the same Meituan delivery riders from just a few days earlier.

He simply changed into a work uniform and became a full-time rider for Kuaipao.

With a base salary, five social insurances and one housing fund, sales bonuses, quarterly bonuses, and other benefits, plus comprehensive protection from accident insurance, medical insurance, and third-party liability insurance, riders can earn three to four hundred yuan a day and easily exceed ten thousand yuan a month.

Even in Beijing, a monthly income of 10,000 yuan in 2012 was definitely among the top earners.

The principle of "you get what you pay for" is perfectly embodied in the delivery riders.

Meituan continuously supplies high-quality delivery capacity to Kuaipao, leaving behind riders who are either inefficient or have bad tempers.

As long as users dare to complain, delivery riders will dare to go to their homes to "argue".

At 9:30, WeChat version 4.3 was released, adding features such as shake to transfer images, voice search, and video chat.

Half an hour later, Suning announced that it would spend US$6600 million to acquire Redbaby, a maternal and infant e-commerce platform, to further accelerate its category expansion.

JD.com, Suning, and Gome, the three largest online digital home appliance giants, after successively winning the "418 Home Appliance Festival" and "815 Home Appliance Festival" battles, are simultaneously expanding their business boundaries and launching an attack on Alibaba.

This huge e-commerce market, with annual sales exceeding one trillion yuan, has seen 70% of its market share snatched up by Alibaba. Who wouldn't be envious?
During the period of rapid development of e-commerce, Toutiao and Lingxi Browser gradually became important advertising channels for major e-commerce platforms. Taobao, Tmall, and JD.com, among others, became key account (KA) advertising clients of Toutiao and ByteDance.

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At 10 a.m., Chen Yansen left the teachers' apartment at a leisurely pace.

He walked towards Xuelin Road, not intending to go to the company, so he didn't even drive.

Sophomores and juniors have returned to school and are busy with dorm room dinners, student union dinners, and club dinners. Seniors went straight to the library as soon as they got back to school, mostly to prepare for graduate school entrance exams. The rest continued to drift along, staying in their dorm rooms playing games and studying biology.

In second-tier universities like the School of Entrance Examination, every year there are both graduate students who get into 985 universities and those who can't even get a diploma.

It may seem magical, but it's actually not contradictory at all.

The forest is big and there are all kinds of birds.

Recently, a rumor has been circulating that schools will not issue graduation certificates to students who do not obtain a Level 4 English certificate.

Zhu Xiaopeng, Song Yang, and Tang Zhenzhe, the three most patriotic students in Class 8302, were so scared that they carried a Level 4 vocabulary book with them every day, and would take it out to memorize a few words whether they were eating or squatting on the toilet.

Chen Yansen originally wanted to remind the three of them that the source was correct and Tang Qingshan had indeed spoken.

However, the 'intimidation' effect was not obvious in the end, and the pass rate of the English Level 4 in the 10th Journalism class was only about 80%.

Looking across the entire school, there are as many as seven or eight hundred students who haven't passed the CET-4 (College English Test Band 4). We can't really not give them their graduation certificates, can we?

However, seeing how diligently Zhu Xiaopeng, Song Yang, and Tang Zhenzhe were learning, Chen Yansen didn't want to interrupt their enthusiasm.

Even at the end of August, the weather in the virtual city was still hot.

Chen Yansen glanced around casually, his vision filled with tank tops, miniskirts, and long, fair legs.

Most of the students here are sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Freshmen who have just enrolled don't have such bold clothing styles yet.

Of course, those with exceptional talent are another matter.

Before long, Chen Yansen saw the China Telecom campus card sales point, with a banner hanging on the awning: "Qingcheng D1S, as low as 399 yuan!"

Clearly, this is a contract phone package offered by China Telecom and Orange Technology.

Chen Yansen stepped forward and saw Tang Zhenzhe and Song Yang sitting side by side, holding up a promotional poster and introducing the campus card service to their juniors.

"Hey junior, how about the Orange C3 for 999 yuan? Buy the phone and get a 129 yuan monthly plan – don't think it's too expensive! I'll even give you a 70 yuan rebate, making the monthly fee only 59 yuan, super cost-effective!"

Song Yang spoke fluently, a shrewd look flashing in his eyes, a stark contrast to his socially awkward self two years ago.

Having worked as a campus courier agent for two years, I've seen all sorts of people and am already quite adept at handling interpersonal relationships.

"Too expensive? Why don't you switch to the Qingcheng D1S? It's cheaper, only 399 yuan! Get a 46 yuan package, and you'll get 23 yuan back every month, plus 500MB of data and 200 minutes of calls."

Upon hearing that the other party thought it was too expensive, Song Yang immediately changed to another poster.

"399 yuan? Senior, you're not kidding me, are you?" The bewildered junior girl asked with a tempting expression, still uneasy.

"Do you know the boss of Orange Technology?" Song Yang asked mysteriously.

"Are you talking about senior Chen Yansen? I enrolled in Xucheng Academy because of Chen Yansen."

The junior smiled faintly, and her face unconsciously turned red as she spoke.

"Chen Yansen and I are roommates," Song Yang said, puffing out his chest and raising his head.

"Wow! Senior, can I add you on WeChat? Please send me Senior Chen's WeChat ID," the junior girl pleaded sweetly.

"No problem, how about this phone card?"

"I'll take care of it! Senior, this is my ID card."

Five minutes later, the junior student left the telecom card issuing point with a big smile.

"This kid has become increasingly unrestrained since the breakup," Chen Yansen shook his head and muttered to himself.

Seeing that no one was around, Chen Yansen walked over and asked with a dark face, "Are you selling SIM cards or my WeChat account?"

"Ah!? Brother Sen, what brings you here?" Song Yang scratched his head and said with an awkward smile.

"Just passing by." Chen Yansen looked at him with a half-smile.

"Brother Sen, don't misunderstand, I created a secondary account..." Song Yang smiled shyly and explained in a low voice.

"..." Chen Yansen was both amused and exasperated. The beginning of a man going astray often starts with having a fake account.

"abandon, a, b, a, n, d, o, n, to give up, discard, stop..."

Taking advantage of the break, Tang Zhenzhe pulled out his vocabulary book and began memorizing words.

"Mr. Chen, it's been a long time." Meng Yaqin, the lobby manager of the telecommunications business hall, walked forward slowly and greeted him with a smile.

She never imagined that the former general agent for the telecommunications campus card would transform into a billionaire.

Privately, many people say that once Orange Technology, Pinbei Technology, or Yunsu Express go public, Chen Yansen's net worth could easily exceed 100 billion yuan.

A 20-year-old billionaire!

If someone had told Meng Yaqin two years ago that the current class of the School of Virtual Education would produce a billionaire, she would have scoffed at it.

Now that the facts are clear, she has no choice but to admit it.

I had underestimated Chen Yansen's abilities. That freshman who stole Zhou Zekai's campus card agency rights was a dragon among men, capable of rising with the tide and soaring with the wind.

"The science park and the virtual college are not far apart, so Manager Meng can come over for tea anytime."

Chen Yansen smiled faintly.

"Hey! Brother Sen, you're here. You didn't go to the company today?" Tang Zhenzhe looked up at Chen Yansen and asked.

"You guys go ahead with your work, I'm going to the library." Chen Yansen didn't linger and headed towards the library.

Meng Yaqin smiled as she watched Chen Yansen leave.

When she looked away, her gaze couldn't help but sweep over Tang Zhenzhe and Song Yang, secretly envying their incredible luck. With this connection, anyone who wasn't stupid would have a good future.

Chen Yansen paced back and forth, his mind racing with thoughts on building Orange Technology's offline channels.

Although the importance of online channels has steadily increased with the rapid development of e-commerce and the express delivery industry, offline channels should not be underestimated.

Users who don't shop online or don't own smartphones still make up the majority in 2012, and even more than a decade later, the proportion of offline channels has never fallen below 50%.

Currently, Orange Mobile's offline sales network relies entirely on China Telecom's more than 10,000 stores nationwide.

The problem is that these 10,000+ stores sell a wide variety of brands and models, and the managers of both directly operated and franchised outlets will also promote mobile phones to users based on gross profit margins.

The offline sales potential of Orange phones has yet to be fully realized.

"Once Lin Qingbai finishes the design work for the tablet and laptop, we will immediately start the process of building Orange Technology's offline sales network."

As Chen Yansen stepped into the library, he silently made plans in his mind.

at the same time.

The 360 ​​N1 phone is available for purchase simultaneously on 360 Mall and Pinduoduo, with an initial price of 1699 yuan. The first 10000 customers on each platform will also receive a free 10,000 mAh Orange Power Bank.

At first glance, the 360 ​​N1 and Xiaomi MI2 seem to have similar configurations, but the 360 ​​N1 is 300 yuan cheaper, which greatly increases users' willingness to place an order.

The sale started promptly at 10:00 AM, and within just 47 minutes, all 20,000 360 N1 phones, including free gifts, were sold out.

An hour later, the total online sales of the 360 ​​N1 reached 2.6 units.

Zhou Hongyi proudly announced this on Weibo, which greatly provoked Lei Yijun.

The 360 ​​N1 is basically being snapped up by Xiaomi users!
Lei Yijun originally didn't want to pay any attention to Zhou Hongyi, but Zhou Hongyi didn't want to let Lei Yijun go.

Not satisfied with just releasing the battle report, he then launched into a sarcastic attack on Xiaomi. Although he didn't name names, it was clear to everyone that Master Zhou was once again trying to discredit Lei Buqun.

"A certain low-end mobile phone brand spends hours hyping up every time it releases a new phone, but it doesn't even sell 20,000 units in the first hour on launch day. This shows that users aren't stupid. 360 N1 will never make a single penny of profit from hardware!"

Before Lei Yijun could even begin to criticize Zhou Hongyi after reading his Weibo post, Li Wanqiang couldn't hold back any longer and directly tagged Zhou Hongyi, saying, "Master Zhou, do you dare to reveal the memory brand, battery supplier, and screen brand of the 360 ​​N1? When making phones, you should be down-to-earth, not fool users."

Lin Bing from Xiaomi followed suit, analyzing the material costs of the 360 ​​N1 one by one, and finally concluded that the BOM cost was less than 900 yuan, indicating serious cost-cutting.

Zhou Hongyi, whose true feelings had been exposed, immediately jumped up and revealed the material costs of the Xiaomi MI2, implying that Zhou should stop pretending to be a good person.

The two sides went back and forth, engaging in a never-ending war of words!

Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo, Coolpad and other mobile phone manufacturers were immediately unhappy when they saw this. They said, "You can criticize all you want, but don't break the industry rules."

Why do people constantly compare each other's BOM costs?
Even in business warfare, there's no such tactic; it's purely a case of killing a thousand enemies while losing eight hundred of your own.

Yu Chendong called Lao Zhou and asked him to delete the Weibo post, but Lao Zhou ignored him.

He then called Lei Yijun.

“If he deletes it, I’ll delete it too!” Lei Yijun said irritably.

Left with no other option, Yu Chendong called Chen Yansen again.

"You mean, you want me to mediate?" Chen Yansen walked out of the reading room and into the library corridor, asking with a light laugh.

Zhou Hongyi and Lei Yijun may have had a grudge, but more likely they just wanted to generate buzz and grab some traffic.

This tactic is exactly the same as Liu Qiangdong and Zhang Jindong's "815 e-commerce war"—all talk and no action, with users not feeling any real benefits.

I heard that the bigwigs at the Price Development Association are preparing to issue a fine to both JD.com and Suning for false advertising as a form of punishment.

"At least get them to delete the list of material costs," Yu Chendong said with a wry smile.

(End of this chapter)