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

Chapter 388: Single-day sales of 50.7 billion! BUG incident: Fulfill the contract or cancel the order?
It's 10:30 p.m. at Zhuxianzhuang Science and Technology Park.

Apart from Buildings 5 ​​and 6, which were still brightly lit, the employees of Orange Technology, Today Technology, and Orange Payment had already left work, and the buildings were pitch black inside and out.

"Those bastards! They're trying to scam me out of my overtime pay again!"

Chen Yansen sat on a rattan chair on the rooftop balcony, a smile playing on his lips, and muttered a curse under his breath.

Does Mr. Chen care about that little bit of overtime pay?
Of course I don't care!
Pinbei's monthly gross profit is as high as 3 billion yuan. Even if everyone works 24 hours a day, the salary expenditure is just a drop in the ocean for the company.

Today is the '38 Shopping Festival', which, although not as big as 618, Double Eleven, or Double Twelve, is still the most important e-commerce event in Q1.

Pinduoduo's big promotion has always featured: barbecue, hot pot, beer, fried chicken, braised food, and Chen Yansen.

It's like a mascot!
Chen Yansen muttered to himself.

As the boss, he naturally had to stay in the company to oversee things.

Otherwise, he would have gone back to the Delta to study Meng Jie or Song Yuncheng's lock cylinder structure, or gone to Master Ye's house for a bowl of authentic Sichuan-style sweet soup.

Smelling the aroma of barbecue wafting up from the first floor, Chen Yansen patted his belly. Just as he was about to go downstairs for a late-night snack, his phone on the table vibrated.

"Boss, you're still awake?" Liao Wei asked cautiously.

"What's up? Want me to tell you a bedtime story?" Chen Yansen joked.

After hearing this, Liao Wei grinned and said, "If the boss needs it, I'm not unwilling to do it."

"Alright, enough nonsense, let's get down to business," Chen Yansen said.

"Air China's 13 second-hand passenger planes have just been delivered. Just like before, they will be taken to Temasek for modification and are expected to be put into use in July," Liao Wei explained unhurriedly.

After reporting on the important matters, he got to the point: "Air China has a brand new Gulfstream G550 business jet, priced at only 4600 million US dollars."

"The same style as Ma Liyun's?" Chen Yansen asked rhetorically.

At the beginning of the year, Old Ma also bought a Gulfstream G550 for a package price of US$4970 million.

Zhang Chaoyang told him this news.

Liao Wei chuckled and said, "That's right! This plane was originally commissioned by the CEO of Suntech Group to be purchased by Air China, but their company ran into cash flow problems last year and now urgently needs money, so they want to sell it to raise cash."

Shangde?

Chen Yansen remembered the general situation of the company in less than a second, because the packaging factories that Yunsu Express had acquired were subsidiaries of the other party.

“4600 million US dollars isn’t too expensive. I’ll have Lao Gao contact you later,” Chen Yansen said after thinking for a moment.

A Gulfstream G550 costs approximately $5000 million new and $3000 million used.

The company will then purchase the aircraft under the name of Senlian Capital and attach it to Yunsu Express's fleet, which will save on some management and maintenance costs.

With business activities becoming increasingly frequent, purchasing a private jet is perfectly reasonable.

As for second-hand aircraft, Mr. Chen would not even consider them.

Whether it's a car or an airplane, Mr. Chen never uses second-hand goods.

“Okay, boss, then you should get some rest.” Liao Wei replied.

Chen Yansen put away his phone, got up and walked towards the elevator, planning to take a walk around before going home after get off work.

With a "ding," the elevator doors slowly opened.

"boss!"

"Brother Sen!"

Several employees from the business development and operations department quickly greeted them.

Chen Yansen nodded slightly and spotted Zhang Yifeng, Chen Xu, Li Hui, and Yuan Wei in the distance, who were eating skewers and drinking together.

In fact, this is basically the case for major e-commerce promotions. If the preparations are done well in advance, there's not much to do on the day itself.

"Brother Sen!" Upon seeing Chen Yansen, Li Hui quickly put down his beer and skewers, brought him a chair, and placed it directly in front of them.

Chen Yansen didn't stand on ceremony. He plopped down, took the beer Zhang Yifeng handed him, took a big gulp, and then asked, "Has the 30 billion arrived yet?"

Zhang Yifeng and Yuan Wei exchanged a smile, then shook their heads.

“Brother Sen, our daily sales are already 12 billion yuan. Shouldn’t they multiply several times over during the big promotion? Boss Huang said that if we don’t reach the sales target of 40 billion yuan, our Q1 performance bonus will be reduced,” Chen Xu said.

"Brother Sen, it's already 48.3 billion, and I estimate it will be around 50 billion." Li Hui, being the most honest, didn't dare to keep his boss in suspense and truthfully reported the information.

Chen Yansen was slightly surprised, thinking to himself: the golden age of the e-commerce industry is getting closer and closer.

"If we achieve the 50 billion target, we'll increase your Q1 bonus coefficient by 0.2," Chen Yansen said casually.

"Thank you, Brother Sen."

Upon hearing this, the group responded with broad smiles in unison.

With just over an hour left until midnight, two hundred million is nothing to worry about.

They knew in their hearts that this was just the boss's excuse for a 'raise'.

Although Pinbei offers a 12-month salary per year, with the addition of four quarterly bonuses each year, the minimum salary is 16 months and the maximum is 24 months.

There are also additional reward mechanisms during major sales events.

For example, Zhang Yifeng received 26 months' salary last year.

"It's getting late, I'm going home now, I can't stay up with you guys any longer."

Chen Yansen only sat for a few minutes before waving his hand and turning to leave.

at the same time.

Although Liu Qiangdong is in the United States, he still can't let go of his concern for JD.com's sales performance.

In a high-end apartment, he leaned back on the sofa, his eyes fixed on the computer screen.

The data backend page clearly displays JD.com's total transaction volume for the "38 Mega Sale": 22.7 billion yuan.

Nothing particularly exciting or disappointing; it wasn't great, but it wasn't bad either.

Liu Qiangdong breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at the kitchen, where a slender figure came into view.

Her high ponytail and innocent, cute appearance made him feel as if he had returned to twenty years ago, reliving the beauty of his youth.

One cannot possess youth forever, but one can capture the essence of youth in a young body.

Handsome Dong is enjoying his life lately.

"Old Liu, get me a bottle of red wine, I need to make some soup." The girl's clear and melodious voice rang out.

Handsome Dong snapped out of his daze and headed straight for the wine cabinet.

At this time, it was just past midnight in China, and Pinduoduo's final sales figure was 50.6 billion yuan.

In a rented room in Jinling, Li Chang rushed to the event just before it ended and finally bought the ukulele he had longed for for 390 yuan.

I was about to turn off my computer and go to sleep when I discovered a new group-buying activity page on JD.com's homepage.

JD.com is now doing group buying?
Driven by curiosity, Li Chang clicked into JD.com's group-buying channel. The UI style of the webpage was very similar to Kuai Pao.

The product categories are mainly hotels and tourism.

He dragged the mouse and flipped through a few pages at random.

Suddenly, Li Chang stopped what he was doing, quickly wiped his eyes, and looked at the screen.

"A romantic trip to the ancient city with cherry blossoms, staying in a five-star hotel, a three-day, two-night independent trip."

The group-buying package includes attraction tickets and hotel accommodation.

Most importantly, it only costs 1 yuan!

Has Dong gone mad?

Without much thought, he clicked to buy, entered his phone number, submitted the order, and finally paid – the whole process was completed in one go.

Soon, I received a group-buying coupon message from JD.com on my phone.

Not a flash sale?

It's a bug!

Li Chang immediately realized that the platform staff must have set the price incorrectly. With that thought, he didn't hesitate to change the order quantity to 999 pieces.

To his great surprise, he also successfully completed the payment process.

Originally priced at 999 yuan, now it's only 1 yuan.

Even if you can't use it all yourself, you can sell it online. Two nights in a five-star hotel for 500 yuan, and it will definitely be snapped up.

1000 copies would amount to 50!
Li Chang was breathing heavily, his face flushed, and he was too excited to sleep.

"Didi-di-!"

The constant notification sounds from his phone interrupted his thoughts.

Because for every product purchased, JD.com would send a group-buying coupon to the person who placed the order, and he just bought 999 coupons in one go.

In other words, there are still hundreds of text messages on the way.

My phone is getting hotter and hotter!

Li Chang was afraid the thing would explode, so he quickly removed the back cover and took out the battery.

Afterwards, seeing that he could still place an order for the group-buying items, he bought another 2000.

At the same time, he was not the only user who discovered the JD.com bug; users all over the country began placing orders like crazy.

In just half an hour, 5 units of the group-buying product were sold.

Only after the stock was sold out did the customers regret their decision, slapping their thighs and saying: "Why didn't I buy more?"

Many users who managed to snag the deals were worried that JD.com wouldn't be able to afford them, so they immediately listed their items on Taobao Secondhand Marketplace (the predecessor of Xiaohuangyu).

Prices range from a maximum of 600 yuan to a minimum of 10 yuan.

"Idiot! Don't you have a brain? Selling it so low!"

李畅本想挂500元的价格，但在看到一堆10元、50元、100元的价格后，他索性把价格改成了88元。

Two nights in a five-star hotel, plus a ticket to the Cherry Blossom Ancient Town, all for just 88 yuan, and dozens of packages sold out instantly.

This night was a celebration for the "wool party" (those who exploit loopholes for personal gain), but Dong was still unaware.

Li Chang didn't sleep all night. Looking at the estimated income of more than 30,000 yuan, his mouth stretched from ear to ear.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Sun Yang, who was in charge of operations for JD.com's group-buying channel and travel category, was overjoyed as soon as he opened the data backend.

On the first day of the campaign, the best-selling product sold 50,000 units.

My performance this month is solid!

When he caught a glimpse of the transaction amount column out of the corner of his eye, he was completely stunned.

Why only 50000 yuan?
Looking at the average order price, it's a mere 1 yuan!

Fuck!
what's the situation!
Sun Yang's hands trembled uncontrollably, and he couldn't even hold the mouse.

He understood that there was a bug, and it was a very serious matter!

In no time, he sorted out his thoughts and found the person in charge of the accident in the operation log.

A newly hired intern in the testing team accidentally configured product links from the testing environment in the production environment.

The losses amounted to as much as 5000 million!
Fortunately, it has nothing to do with him!

But he knew in his heart that his performance this month was in jeopardy!
"Damn, that's some serious talent!"

Sun Yang was both amused and exasperated. He compressed the organized information and sent it directly to his supervisor.

"What is this? The data from the first day of the group-buying channel?" the manager asked, looking puzzled.

"Boss, Zhang Jianhao from the testing team has placed the test product in the production environment," Sun Yang explained.

"Damn! Is he an idiot?! Take the product off the shelves right now!" The supervisor instantly snapped to attention.

“Sold out,” Sun Yang replied.

"What? Sold out! How much stock was left?" the manager pressed.

“Fifty thousand,” Sun Yang replied immediately.

"..." The supervisor was heartbroken and wanted to grab a knife and kill someone on the spot.

He stormed out of the office, ran to the testing team's work area, and shouted, "How can you guys treat people like this?"

Although the testing team bears the majority of the responsibility for the incident, shouldn't the operations staff also bear some responsibility for failing to discover the buggy product in a timely manner?
The bosses upstairs don't care about all that!

The news quickly reached Xu Lei's ears. His face turned cold, his eyes blazed with anger, his right hand clenched so tightly it cracked, and his teeth were clenched together.

The boss went to the United States to learn, and in less than a month, he caused a huge mess.

How should he explain this to Liu Qiangdong?

Is the group-buying channel going to become a laughing stock in the industry on its very first day?

Xu Lei felt a chill run down his spine, as if he were being electrocuted. After a moment of thought, he called over the heads of the technical and customer service departments.

"Cancel all orders. If there are any customer complaints, compensate each person with a 10 yuan no-minimum-spend coupon. If the complaint is strongly voiced, give 20 yuan," Xu Lei coldly ordered.

"Cancel them all? I've looked at the data; it involves 2.3 users. If this causes a large-scale customer complaint, the Market Supervision Association will be calling me in for a chat," the customer service manager said with a dark face.

"Not cancel? Are you suggesting we fulfill all the obligations? Do you know how much we'll lose?" Xu Lei retorted.

If it were 500 million, he would grit his teeth and accept it!
But a loss of 5000 million is really hard to swallow; it could choke him.

“Call the boss to get a heads-up. I don’t approve of making decisions on my own,” the head of the technical department said in a deep voice.

“I agree,” the customer service manager echoed.

This has little to do with him.

The testing and operations teams of the group-buying channel are the ones who should take the blame.

If he accepts Xu Lei's proposed solution, and the big boss holds him accountable later, he will be implicated and might even get scolded.

"The boss has delegated all authority to me to handle the company's daily operations," Xu Lei said with displeasure.

"Mr. Xu, what if you disagree with the boss?" the customer service manager advised.

“This matter has a significant impact, and I suggest that Mr. Xu communicate with the boss first,” the head of the technology department added.

Xu Lei was both angry and furious when he saw that the two were unwilling to follow his orders.

After the two left the office, he took out his phone, hesitated for a moment, and then called Liu Qiangdong.

the other side.

Liu Qiangdong was fast asleep, holding a soft, cuddly girl in his arms. He felt as if he had returned to twenty years ago, but his physical condition could never be the same again.

The phone on the table rang for several seconds, waking up the girl in his arms, while the handsome Dong was still fast asleep.

"Old Liu, Old Liu, Old Liu!" The girl knew who he was and shook his shoulders vigorously, worried that he might miss an important call.

Liu Qiangdong groggily opened his eyes, feeling a sudden weakness in his lower back. Looking at the innocent-looking girl in front of him, he subconsciously asked, "Xiao Tian, ​​what's wrong?"

"Your phone rang three times in a row," Zhang Jintian whispered a reminder.

Handsome Dong cursed under his breath, picked up the phone on the bedside table, and pressed the answer button after seeing the caller ID.

"5 orders of goods worth 1000 yuan each?" After hearing Xu Lei's report, Liu Qiangdong's mind suddenly sharpened, and he was no longer sleepy.

To fulfill or cancel the order?

Liu Qiangdong frowned deeply, caught in a dilemma.

……

……

"Has Di Dong entered the group buying market?"

Chen Yansen was lying on the soft couch by the pool when he received a call from Huang Zheng and learned about the bug in the 1-yuan item.

(End of this chapter)