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

Chapter 369 Wang Xin? He's dead in one blow! Over 2000 million registered users, 800 million daily active users!
At the end of January, the north wind was like a knife, swirling snowflakes across the sky.

The copper bells on the corner towers wailed in the cold wind, and neon lights meandered among the skyscrapers, turning Yanjing into a kaleidoscope of colors.

A black Maybach 62S sped along Songyu Avenue, the street scenes outside the window constantly flashing past.

Chen Yansen looked up and saw a magnificent golden signboard with only two simple words on it: "YunKu".

"I've been thinking about it, and it seems that every time Zhang Chaoyang invites you, it's to a bar," Song Yuncheng said softly from the side.

“He asked me to go hiking, fishing at sea, and playing golf, but I wasn’t interested,” Chen Yansen replied.

It's not that he's not interested, but rather that Mr. Chen only likes to do these activities with pretty girls who have good figures.

Together with Lao Zhang?
forget it!
Upon seeing the Maybach 62S and the leopard license plate, the bar staff immediately directed the driver to park the car in a spacious parking space.

Xiao Li got out of the car first and then opened the car door for Chen Yansen.

"Chen Yansen of Senlian Capital?"

The staff member was slightly taken aback, but immediately recognized Chen Yansen's identity, though he didn't say anything.

The reason why Yunku has become increasingly popular in Chaoyang District and is favored by internet giants and celebrities is that its training is in place and its service staff are very perceptive.

Regardless of whether the guest is Ma Liyun or Li Yanhong, they will not disturb them rashly.

Just as the staff member was about to step forward, someone pushed him aside from behind.

The bar's marketing manager, dressed in a suit and with slicked-back hair, greeted him with a smile: "Good evening, Mr. Chen. Mr. Zhang is waiting for you upstairs. I'll take you there."

Chen Yansen nodded slightly, signaling the other party to lead the way.

Song Yuncheng walked to his right, while Xiao Li lagged half a step behind, his role changing from driver to temporary bodyguard.

After bypassing the brightly lit dance floor and bar, we took the elevator to a private room on the top floor.

As the marketing manager pushed open the door, a song with a strong Beihu accent drifted into Chen Yansen's ears.

Run forward, facing the cold stares and ridicule.

How can one truly appreciate the vastness of life without experiencing hardship…

Lei Yijun, wearing a blue striped shirt, sat on a leather sofa, holding a wireless microphone, singing with great enthusiasm.

Chen Yansen frowned, looking disgusted.

Zhang Chaoyang, Ding Lei, and Liu Qiangdong were drinking with their heads down. Next to them sat a young man in his thirties, wearing a white shirt and a polka-dot black tie. He neither drank nor sang, making him seem somewhat out of place.

Upon hearing the commotion, Lei Yijun caught a glimpse of Chen Yansen out of the corner of his eye. He immediately dropped the microphone, stopped singing, and greeted him with a broad smile, "President Chen!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chaoyang put down his wine glass, got up, walked to the door, and pulled Chen Yansen inside.

"Let me introduce you to a younger brother, Wang Xiaochuan, the CEO of Sogou, who is also my right-hand man."

Zhang Chaoyang pointed at Wang Xiaochuan and said with a smile.

"Mr. Chen, hello, it's a pleasure to meet you!" Wang Xiaochuan leaned forward slightly and greeted him respectfully.

"Don't call me President Chen, call me Brother Sen!" Zhang Chaoyang said with a laugh.

Wang Xiaochuan is thirty-five years old this year. Looking at Chen Yansen, who is fourteen years younger than him, he didn't hesitate or act coy. He simply added, "Brother Sen."

His eyes held a hint of admiration.

After all, Chen Yansen is far ahead of other young entrepreneurs. Not to mention those born in the 1990s, even a group of entrepreneurs born in the 1980s and 1970s do not have his wealth and industry influence.

"Sogou's search, input method and website navigation are all very good. If it weren't for Lao Zhang's opinion, I would have poached you a long time ago."

Chen Yansen grasped the other person's right hand and joked.

"If you poach Xiao Chuan, our friendship will be over."

Zhang Chaoyang deliberately kept a straight face and continued speaking in accordance with Chen Yansen's words.

"Brother Sen, you flatter me. Compared to your achievements, Sogou's accomplishments are insignificant," Wang Xiaochuan said modestly.

"Alright, don't be shy, let's drink." Zhang Chaoyang patted Wang Xiaochuan on the shoulder and pulled him down to sit.

Song Yuncheng was no stranger to Zhang Chaoyang, Lei Yijun and others. After a brief greeting, he also took a seat.

"Mr. Chen, what is Orange Technology's sales target for next year?" Ding Lei picked up a bottle of whiskey, poured a third of it for Chen Yansen, and then casually asked.

"One hundred million." Chen Yansen took the wine glass and took a small sip.

"Mobile phone sales?" Before Ding Lei could react, Lei Yijun's eyes widened, and he asked in surprise.

"Could it be sales figures?" Chen Yansen joked.

"Double it in a year? I think it's no problem!" Ding Lei said confidently.

In his view, even NetEase phones can sell four to five million units in six months, and Orange phones sold 50 million last year. Even if they don't sell 100 million this year, they can still sell 70 to 80 million units.

"Mr. Chen, let me toast you. I wish Orange Mobile phones sales will exceed 100 million units." Liu Qiangdong interjected, holding up his wine glass.

Since Orange Technology rejoined JD.com, its daily transaction volume has increased by 60 to 70 million yuan, and its valuation has also risen.

Therefore, despite being in the same industry, Liu Qiangdong had a complicated attitude towards Chen Yansen, wanting to befriend him while remaining wary of him at all times.

"Thank you. I heard that JD.com's transaction volume exceeded 1000 billion in 2012. Congratulations." Chen Yansen clinked glasses with Handsome Dong and replied with a smile.

Liu Qiangdong's face stiffened, and he felt extremely bitter.

Pinduoduo's annual sales reached over 3000 billion yuan, far exceeding JD.com's.

Given the current landscape of the e-commerce industry, the boastful claim of surpassing Alibaba in three years has become a joke, and even Pinduoduo has become a major obstacle for JD.com.

I really should learn more and improve myself!
Liu Qiangdong sighed inwardly.

"By the way, Wang Xin called me during dinner this evening and asked me to pass on a message: he wants to sell Meituan to you."

Zhang Chaoyang suddenly said.

Chen Yansen shook his head dismissively, saying, "Why would I buy Meituan? Wang Xin is too naive!"

According to the December group-buying industry report, Meituan has fallen to fourth place in the industry, even lagging behind Dianping and Lashou.com, making the acquisition of Meituan pointless.

Without Shan Jiawei, Meituan has become unremarkable again.

Moreover, Pei Yi had spent three months preparing to overthrow Meituan Waimai and Qiandu Waimai, so how could Chen Yansen possibly leave Wang Xin a way out?
Just kill him with one blow!

Wang Xin wanted to cash out and leave, but it's not that easy!

"As far as I know, Neil Shen of Sequoia Capital has been pushing for the merger of Meituan and Dianping, attempting to reshape the industry landscape of local life services through capital integration," Liu Qiangdong added.

He had heard Xu Xin from Capital Today mention this matter, but neither Wang Xin nor Zhang Tao was willing to admit defeat, and neither was willing to be the subordinate, so the matter was put on hold.

"They're probably trying to band together for mutual support, right? The subsidy war in the group-buying industry burned from 2010 to 2012, a full two years. The venture capital firms behind it had long lost patience. If Baidu hadn't jumped in and stirred things up, it would have ended long ago," Chen Yansen said casually.

Ding Lei was both amused and exasperated, thinking to himself: You're really shameless and ruthless, as if Kuaipao didn't do any group-buying business.

"If you're willing to spend money to buy Dianping and Meituan, or acquire them through a share swap, I estimate that Alibaba, Sequoia Capital, Google, and Capital Today would all be more than happy to support it."

Zhang Chaoyang squinted as he spoke. The implication was that if Chen Yansen wanted to quickly seize the group-buying market, acquiring it was a wise choice.

“I don’t want to foot the bill for the failed investments of Ma Liyun, Shen Nanpeng and others.” Chen Yansen rejected the offer.

There's no need to waste money. Besides Dianping and Meituan, there's also Lashou.com.

Anyway, whether you attack one family or three families, it's all the same; it's just a convenient thing to do.

When competing with Lashou, Dianping and Meituan will naturally be unable to compete and will be eliminated, thus saving a sum of money.

“Just drinking isn’t fun, how about I call up a few female celebrities?” Zhang Chaoyang leaned back and suggested in a low voice.

After he finished speaking, he turned his gaze to Chen Yansen with a questioning look.

Last year, Sohu invested in several movies and participated in the "The Voice of China" project. With his status, he could easily summon several young actresses from the entertainment industry.

Chen Yansen waved his hand, saying it was dirty.

Seeing this, Zhang Chaoyang had no choice but to give up, and the group continued drinking and chatting.

Chen Yansen then mentioned the Aurora Future OS system. After hearing his description, Lei Yijun, Ding Lei, Liu Qiangdong, and Wang Xiaochuan readily agreed to launch an AFOS version of the product software to supplement Orange Technology's application ecosystem.

After a few rounds of drinks, Zhang Chaoyang, his face flushed, pulled up a chair, sat down in front of the microphone, and began to sing his signature song.

"The organ in the classroom, tinkling and tinkling."
Like the sound of your confession, your movements were always so gentle…

Liu Qiangdong grinned and brought up his plan to go to the United States to study and rest for a while.

Chen Yansen opened his mouth, wanting to remind him to record audio and take photos before doing things, so as not to have trouble explaining himself later.

But he swallowed his words. Handsome Dong was also a seasoned womanizer, no less experienced than him. He was caught off guard, so it was normal for him to stumble.

I wish him the best of luck!
"Ogawa."

"Brother Sen, please speak."

"I wasn't joking just now. Are you interested in joining Senlian Capital?" Chen Yansen asked with a grin, his arm around Wang Xiaochuan's shoulder.

Wang Xiaochuan glanced at Zhang Chaoyang subconsciously, chuckled, and said, "Brother Sen, stop testing me. I'm quite comfortable at Sogou. Charles has given me plenty of trust and good treatment."

"At thirty-five, you're not young anymore. It's a pity to keep you at Sogou. Lao Zhang is a good older brother and a good boss, but he can't give you a bigger stage."

Chen Yansen said slowly.

"Contentment brings happiness, let's not talk about this anymore, Brother Sen, I'll toast you! The recommendation engine technology of Lingxi Browser and Lingxi Search is fantastic, what algorithmic logic does it use?"

Wang Xiaochuan smiled and quickly changed the subject.

With the boss right in front of him, Chen Yansen's invitation made him feel like he was cheating on his wife.

After Zhang Chaoyang finished singing, scattered applause rang out in the private room.

"Old Zhang!"

Chen Yansen waved to him.

Zhang Chaoyang walked over with a beaming smile, plopped down, took a sip of his drink, and then asked, "What's up?"

“You sang well,” Chen Yansen replied.

"Of course, I've practiced," Zhang Chaoyang said smugly.

"It's getting late, I'll head back to the hotel now," Chen Yansen continued.

"It's only 9:30, what's the rush?" Zhang Chaoyang glanced at the time and immediately became displeased.

"I have to give another interview tomorrow," Chen Yansen said casually.

"Don't try to fool me. The interview is scheduled for the afternoon. Don't you think just drinking is boring? I'm thinking the same thing. How about we take my private jet to Australia for a spin?" Zhang Chaoyang said enthusiastically.

"Forget it, it'll be dawn by the time we get there and back. I brought you a few cases of wine, I had the driver store them at the bar for you, drink them slowly," Chen Yansen said.

"How about going out to sea for fishing? This is the perfect time." Zhang Chaoyang was in high spirits at the moment, and seeing that Chen Yansen was not interested in gambling, he changed his tune.

Nighttime is the most active time for large fish, especially large sea fish, which are most likely to bite.

"Alright then." Chen Yansen said helplessly. Just as he and Song Yuncheng had said, Zhang Chaoyang was practically a friend to him, and it wouldn't be right to refuse him repeatedly.

"How about we go sea fishing somewhere else?" Zhang Chaoyang turned around and tried to persuade the other four.

Ten minutes later, the group filed out, took a car to the airport, flew to Tianjin, and then took a boat out to sea.

In less than an hour, the group traveled from the bustling city center of Beijing to the Bohai Bay.

Chen Yansen picked up a lure rod and taught Song Yuncheng how to fish for sea bass and sea bream.

It doesn't matter if the fish in the water don't take the hook. With his mental power, any fish that swims past him will have to obediently bite the hook.

Zhang Chaoyang watched as Chen Yansen embraced a girl and caught fish one after another. He had intended to show off his sea fishing skills, but he was immediately dumbfounded.

Lei Yijun, Liu Qiangdong, Ding Lei, and Wang Xiaochuan have all tried sea fishing, but they have never seen such a fast catch rate.

Chen Yansen and Song Yuncheng did not return to the hotel until 3 a.m.

Song Yuncheng lay down on the bed, her eyelids drooping as she dozed off.

"Let's take a shower first," Chen Yansen said, shaking her head.

"I can't take it anymore, I'm too sleepy," Song Yuncheng mumbled sleepily.

Chen Yansen wasn't going to indulge her. In no time, he peeled the eggshells clean and carried them into the bathroom.

A short while later, thumping sounds came from the empty luxury suite.

The next day at dawn, the sky was overcast.

Chen Yansen picked up his phone from the bedside table and saw that he had only slept for an hour and a half, his sleep duration had been shortened again.

Song Yuncheng was exhausted and lay limply on the bed.

He threw back the covers, put on his slippers, walked out of the bedroom, and went straight to his desk to sit down.

Turn on your computer and log in to the data backend.

Orange Pay's daily active users have surged to 3900 million!
The total number of users who have collected all five lucky cards has reached 1941, with each person receiving an average of 4.3 yuan.

The price of the "Jingyefu" card has been declining, dropping from 6000 yuan to 2700 yuan per card.

As a result of this event, the daily active user data of OFO bikes, Pinduoduo, Kuaipao, Toutiao, and other products have all seen significant growth.

Yu'ebao's fund size has remained stable at 2300 billion yuan!
Then, Chen Yansen opened his email and checked the work report sent by Mao Chaorong. Mimo short video had accumulated more than 2000 million registered users, with about 800 million daily active users, and advertising revenue of 460 million US dollars in January.

Mimo's development went even more smoothly than he had imagined.

Despite Twitter's heavy investment in acquiring new users for Vine, retention rates and product experience have consistently lagged behind Mimo.

Vine has just over 100 million daily active users, making it a relatively niche short video app in comparison.

(End of this chapter)