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

Chapter 338 1 Billion in 10 Hour, the Most Crucial Day of Q4! Chang Wei: Is the Internet This Easy to Make Money?

Hu Weiyi and Wang Zihao led their team from East China to North China and South China, visiting twelve bicycle factories in just six days.

Only Fujida and Phoenix met OFO's procurement requirements in terms of price, production capacity, and yield rate, with a total cost of 390 yuan per vehicle.

After the two returned to Hangzhou, Wang Zihao rested briefly before continuing his search for smart lock suppliers.

at the same time.

A list of Didi Bike license plate numbers and passwords has quietly circulated in the Yanjing area. The table contains the passwords for 1600 bikes, all collected and compiled by netizens.

Didi Bike's daily revenue plummeted from 10,000 yuan to 7,000 yuan, a sharp decrease of 30%.

Cheng Wei was helpless upon learning this, which only strengthened his resolve to replace the lock with a smart lock.

"Mr. Cheng, the maintenance department employees are demanding a raise." At that moment, the heads of the human resources department and the operations and maintenance department knocked on the door and came in together.

A raise?
Cheng Wei frowned slightly. He remembered clearly that the salary for maintenance personnel was 6000 yuan, which was not low in Beijing in 2012, and the company also paid social security for them.

What right do these people have to be dissatisfied?
"The steel frame, pneumatic tires, and chains used in Didi Bikes are of extremely ordinary quality, resulting in a very high failure rate."

The head of the operations and maintenance department explained slowly.

After all, the first generation of Didi bikes only cost 190 yuan to manufacture, so how good could the quality be?

After half a month of exposure to wind and sun, the handlebars were damaged at a rate as high as one-third.

There was also obvious rust at the frame connection points, and problems such as the bell not working, tire blowouts, and chain falling off occurred frequently.

Upon hearing this, Cheng Wei's expression softened slightly, and he immediately realized that there was a problem with the design of the maintenance personnel's salary.

After thinking for a moment, he said to the head of the operations and maintenance department: "The bottom line is changed to 3000 yuan. There should be a basic maintenance workload of 500 vehicles per month. If it exceeds this number, it will be charged per piece, at 5 yuan per vehicle."

The change from fixed wages to "more work, more pay" not only resolved the conflict but also increased employees' enthusiasm for work.

The heads of the HR and operations departments looked at each other in bewilderment. After receiving the boss's reassuring policy, they immediately left the office and announced the news.

Although the base salary was reduced, most maintenance workers accepted the new plan and signed new labor contracts with the company.

Cheng Wei's operational style in project management has become increasingly sophisticated, and he easily resolved a minor incident.

This incident reminded him that the lifespan of shared bikes parked outdoors is greatly reduced. If you only care about the price, you may feel good in the early stages, but the maintenance work in the later stages will generate more costs.

Thinking of this, he quickly called the bicycle factory in Tianjin to suspend the production of the first generation of Didi bikes.

Suddenly, both Didi Bike and OFO Bike raised their overall bike manufacturing cost to around 400 yuan.

At that moment, a senior student from Peking University's Guanghua School of Management had just gotten on a Didi bike at the subway entrance. When he was crossing an intersection, the red light came on, and he was about to apply the brakes.

Unfortunately, the car's brakes malfunctioned, causing it to veer off the crosswalk and be struck by a speeding electric scooter, which then threw it two or three meters away.

Chang Wei's mind was buzzing, and it took him a while to come to his senses. His whole body ached. Before he could even check his injuries, the old man on the electric scooter angrily pointed at him and cursed, "Hey! You little brat, are you colorblind? You dare to run a red light?"

"The brakes are broken."

Chang Wei was seething with anger, but he didn't know who to turn to, even though he knew the person who was criticizing him was right.

"Alright, stop lying on the ground. I'm not going to pay your medical bills, and I won't hold it against you for running the red light. That's it."

After the old man finished speaking, he rode off on his electric scooter.

Although Chang Wei was primarily responsible, or even fully responsible, he was seriously injured in the fall. The old man was afraid that Chang Wei would try to extort money from him, so he disappeared in a flash.

"Damn it, do you think I'd try to extort you?"

Seeing this, Chang Wei was both amused and exasperated. He couldn't help but mutter a curse under his breath. Then, enduring the pain, he moved the car to the side and plopped down on the curb.

His palms, arms, and thighs were all scraped and bleeding.

"Didi Bike? This piece of junk can raise 3 million yuan and be valued at 20 billion yuan? Have the investors gone mad?"

Chang Wei smiled. He had heard from his classmates that Didi Bikes, which had recently appeared on the streets of Yanjing, had just raised 3 million yuan and had a valuation of 20 billion yuan. Intrigued, he decided to try out the product.

Who would have thought that less than ten minutes later, he would fall flat on his face.

"Is it really that easy to make money on the internet? You can just put a few bicycles on the street and swindle hundreds of millions of dollars?"

Chang Wei narrowed his eyes slightly, pondering to himself.

He was also from Hui'an, and he had heard the name Chen Yansen so many times that he was sick of it.

As peers, who would admit to being inferior to others?

Although he could have made a fortune without going into business, given his family background, he wanted to compete with Chen Yansen in the business world.

What a load of bull! The new king of the internet!

It's nothing more than catching a few industry trends!

Chang Wei leaned against the roadside, staring fiercely at Didi Bikes. He quickly gave up his idea of ​​going to Northwest China to teach and instead developed a strong interest in shared bikes.

Cheng Wei had no idea that by desperately cutting costs, he had created a competitor for himself.

the other side.

Although it was already 10:30 p.m., Building No. 6, where Pinbei's headquarters is located, was still brightly lit in Zhuxianzhuang Science and Technology Park.

Tomorrow marks the first time Pinbei Mall will participate in the Double Eleven promotion!

During the pre-sale period from October 14 to November 9, which lasted 27 days, the total transaction volume reached RMB 294.3 billion, with a peak daily sales volume of RMB 20.6 billion and an average daily sales volume of RMB 10.9 billion, representing a 26.7% increase compared to the previous period.

In terms of output, Pinbei's daily sales fluctuate greatly, with highs of up to 20.6 billion and lows of 5-6 million per day.

11月4日到11月9日的业绩，更是跌到谷底，每日销售额不足4个亿。

Users are suppressing their purchasing desires, all waiting for Singles' Day to arrive.

Everyone knows that prices are lowest on the day of a major sales event, a stark contrast to e-commerce sales events a decade or so later.

Chen Yansen walked out of Building 9 and went straight into Building 6.

On the giant LED screen on the first floor, information such as Pinbei's daily active users, order volume, average order value, conversion rate, and sales volume are displayed in real time.

With an hour and a half left until midnight, the cumulative sales were a paltry 3.4 million yuan, less than half of the usual daily sales. Unfortunately, this is quite normal during a major sales event.

Whether it's merchants or e-commerce platforms, everyone's mindset is: November depends on tomorrow!
"Squad leader, want some barbecue? I'll get it for you." Xu Xingxing greeted Chen Yansen with a smile as soon as she saw him.

"Beef, bean curd rolls with cilantro, medium spicy, please bring them to the second floor." Chen Yansen ordered the food from Xu Xingxing without any hesitation.

"How about another beer?" Xu Xingxing suggested.

"You'll take me home if I get drunk?" Chen Yansen raised an eyebrow and asked with a smile.

“Sure, but I’m afraid Mr. Chen won’t agree,” Xu Xingxing said, raising her head.

"It's good that you know." Chen Yansen changed the subject and turned to walk upstairs.

"Mr. Chen!"

"Brother Sen!"

"boss!"

As soon as I arrived on the second floor, I was greeted by a chorus of greetings.

Preparations were already complete, and the employees of the Investment Promotion and Operations Department and the Major Account Investment Promotion Department were basically eating barbecue and drinking beer, openly and legitimately taking advantage of the company's overtime pay.

Chen Yansen lifted his foot and walked towards Zhang Yifeng and the others.

Li Hui immediately brought over a chair and placed it in front of the boss.

Chen Yansen sat down and took a bottle of beer from Zhang Yifeng. He took a small sip and said, "This beer doesn't taste like much normally, but during big sales, you can taste the malty aroma. Isn't that strange?"

"Brother Sen, does the higher our sales performance, the stronger the aroma of wheat becomes?" Yuan Wei, a veteran employee personally recruited by Chen Yansen, called out to Brother Sen like Zhang Yifeng and Li Hui, and boldly made a joke.

"Yifeng, how many do you think we can sell tomorrow?"

Chen Yansen asked casually.

"We sold 27.9 billion yuan in two days during 618, let's double that for Double Eleven!" Zhang Yifeng chuckled.

“Ali sold over 60 billion yuan worth of goods during last year’s Double Eleven, let’s aim for that number,” Li Hui interjected.

"Get out of here! The boss and I set a target of 50 billion. If we don't reach it, you guys will have to make up the difference."

Huang Zheng happened to be patrolling the second floor when he saw the boss there, so he quickly came over.

Upon hearing Zhang Yifeng, Li Hui, and others' slogan of 60 billion, he immediately interrupted them.

The sales volume of Singles' Day is related to everyone's Q4 performance bonus. The target can be ambitious, but it cannot be outrageous.

"Yifeng and Li Hui were just joking. Don't worry, Mr. Huang, I'm not the kind of person who changes my mind easily."

Chen Yansen saw through Huang Zheng's deliberate act and said with a light laugh.

Li Hui didn't say anything, but silently walked to the side and helped Huang Zheng move a chair.

"Boss, you've misunderstood me. I didn't mean it that way." Huang Zheng blushed and explained as he sat down.

"Really? Then let's make a bet. If the final sales volume of Singles' Day reaches 50 billion, Pinduoduo's Q4 quarterly bonus coefficient will be multiplied by 1.2. For every additional 10 billion, the coefficient will increase by 0.1, with no upper limit."

Chen Yansen said slowly.

"No problem." Huang Zheng breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, because the reward for the 50 billion target was already a 1.2 times quarterly bonus coefficient.

Zhang Yifeng, Yuan Wei, Li Hui, and the others were excited, but there was nothing they could do at the moment.

The schedule for the major promotion has been set; we just need to wait for the results.

Not long after, Xu Xingxing brought over a plate of barbecue.

Time passed by second by second, and before we knew it, it was already dawn.

The Double Eleven shopping festival has officially begun!
Today happens to be Sunday, and users stayed up late into the night just to wait for the final payment moment.

More than a dozen venues, including those for snacks, women's clothing, cosmetics, 3C digital products, home appliances, and department stores, saw tens of millions of buyers flood in at once, placing orders simultaneously.

With millions of submissions every second, this poses a severe test for both Pinduoduo and Orange Pay.

Fortunately, due to thorough preparation, the server did not crash, but page lag and slow loading still occurred.

Everyone at Pinbei was in a state of excitement, their eyes glued to the data backend, their fingers constantly refreshing the F5 key.

1000 million!
6000 million!
9000 million!
In less than a minute, the platform's sales exceeded 100 million!
One hour later, the cumulative sales reached one billion!

Chen Yansen glanced at his watch and signaled to the administration department to send people away. Fifteen minutes later, any department that hadn't finished leaving would have their Q4 bonus canceled.

Hundreds of buses were parked outside the park, responsible for safely transporting employees back to their hotels or residential areas in the city.

Chen Yansen and Song Yuncheng then entered the guest room section of the Sky Garden one after the other.

"I bought you a new gift." As soon as he entered the room, Mr. Chen couldn't wait to take out a light blue onesie cosplay outfit.

"You just love teasing me." Song Yuncheng blushed, fiddling with the tail on her cosplay costume, and gave Chen Yansen a playful glare.

"Okay, put it on!" Chen Yansen said, staring intently at Song Yuncheng.

Song Yuncheng picked up her cosplay outfit and obediently went into the bathroom.

……

……

In Yanjing, at the headquarters building of Dongfang Electric, the night outside the window was as dark as night, but the office area was as bright as day.

Liu Qiangdong, holding a wine glass, clinked glasses with the heads of the purchasing and sales departments for each product category one by one.

"Brothers! Raise your glasses, let's win Singles' Day, and double our year-end bonuses!"

Liu Qiangdong laughed heartily and raised his glass in invitation.

On the large screen behind him, JD.com's cumulative sales in the first hour were displayed at 3.1 million yuan!
(End of this chapter)