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

Chapter 398 NFC payment function in preparation! The budding of Pinduoduo's paid membership system!

The next day, spring was in full bloom, and a gentle breeze was blowing.

The early cherry blossoms downstairs in the science park are sprouting tender green buds, stretching their limbs in the warm sunshine and enjoying the gentle spring breeze.

Chen Yansen stood in front of the glass window, holding a cup of green tea. He took a small sip, his mind filled with the core businesses of his dozen or so holding subsidiaries, which were like spider webs, tightly intertwined.

The Aurora Future Store and Tiangong Chip Project have been officially launched, but in the eyes of European and American semiconductor companies, Orange Technology is just an IC design company.

That's good, let's just lay low for now and focus on development!
Mr. Chen's lips curled slightly as he thought to himself.

at the same time.

"Ding-dong--!"

"Dear passengers, the train is about to arrive at Xucheng East Station. Passengers who are getting off at Xucheng East Station, please take your luggage and watch your step."

Upon hearing the announcement, Zhang Peng seemed to snap out of his daze. He sighed slightly, took his suitcase from the rack, and silently followed the crowd out of the high-speed rail station.

After the Spring Festival, under the guidance of his boss and girlfriend, he successfully landed a research and development job at Orange Payment.

What's really frustrating is that just one month after he started working there, he was notified that he would be transferred to the Virtual City headquarters at the end of the month to participate in the development of the NFC payment function.

Zhang Peng had no desire to come to Xucheng!
Staying in Shanghai is so comfortable. During the day, I clock in at a top internet company, and in the evening, I return to my cozy one-bedroom apartment and spend time with my former supervisor doing things we love.

"Going to headquarters will give you faster promotion opportunities and be more beneficial to your career prospects."

"What about you?"

“I’m living a normal life. If you miss me, just take the high-speed train back to Shanghai this weekend.”

"Sister Ling, but I can't bear to part with you."

"I'm ten years older than you, do you really want to marry me?"

"miss you!"

Do your parents know?

As Zhang Peng walked, he thought about his conversation with his girlfriend.

He is 24 years old this year, and Chen Fengling is 34 years old. Although she is well-maintained and looks like a 28 or 29-year-old girl, will his parents agree?
That evening, he called home and explained the situation.

"Have you ruined your brain from studying too much? You're such a wimp! She's already thirty-four! Whether she can even have children is another matter. By the time you're thirty-four, she'll be forty-four. You'll definitely regret it then."

His father neither objected nor supported him; he simply explained the pros and cons to him.

As a man, he understands the allure of a thirty-year-old woman, and he is also well aware of the realities his son will face ten years from now.

Chen Fengling happened to overhear this.

Zhang Peng saw the bitter smile on his girlfriend's face, but he didn't say anything.

"We need one person at the East Campus of the Virtual Academy. It's 10 yuan, 10 yuan. Boss, do you want to take a ride?"

"Zhuxianzhuang Science and Technology Park, eight yuan per person, get on the bus and we're leaving, just one more person needed!"

As soon as I stepped out of the high-speed rail station, several unlicensed taxi drivers greeted me warmly.

Zhang Peng waved his hand. In this unfamiliar place, he dared not take an unlicensed taxi, so he took out his phone and called a ride-hailing car through Kuaidi Dache.

Less than three minutes later, the driver arrived, helped him put the suitcase in the trunk, and then stepped on the gas and drove towards the science park.

"Hey bro, you're all dressed up in a suit, you're probably heading to the tech park for your first job, right? Orange Pay or Pinduoduo?"

The driver was a young man in his early twenties, wearing a floral shirt and exuding a carefree and irresponsible air.

In his view, Zhang Peng even brought his suitcase, so he must have passed the interview.

"You can tell?" Zhang Peng replied casually, his face expressionless.

"Oh my! You have no idea, Senlian Capital has recently recruited a bunch of new people, and I have to pick up several every day," the driver said with a grin.

"Oh," Zhang Peng said dejectedly.

"Brother, Senlian Capital offers high salaries and great benefits, are you still not satisfied? Why did you look so long-faced the whole time?" The driver asked, full of doubt.

He had recruited dozens of employees from Senlian Capital, but this was the first time he had encountered someone as strange as Zhang Peng.

While everyone else looked smug and triumphant, he was sighing and complaining.

"I'll forget it, you don't understand." Zhang Peng hesitated before continuing.

"Break up with your boyfriend? Want me to recommend a few foot massage parlors? The girls there are amazing. Let me tell you, young people should get their feet massaged more often so they can understand the true meaning of life sooner. There's no such thing as love. Just get your feet massaged a few more times and you'll see through it all."

The driver frowned slightly, first giving Zhang Peng a look of disdain, then enthusiastically began to persuade him.

"Excuse me, how old are you this year?" Zhang Peng asked in return.

"Twenty-one, what's wrong?" the driver asked, puzzled.

"Why not save the money you'd make from washing feet to buy a car, a house, and get married?" Zhang Peng tried to convey his values ​​to the other person.

He noticed that the driver was three years younger than him and couldn't bear to see him go astray.

No, judging from this guy's tone, he might have been working in a foot massage parlor since he was eighteen. He should turn over a new leaf as soon as possible.

The driver opened his mouth, but swallowed it back down.

He couldn't be bothered to argue with Zhang Peng. The other man was clearly an intellectual; their values ​​clashed, they weren't on the same wavelength, and there was nothing to talk about. He remained silent, and Zhang Peng didn't initiate conversation either.

Before long, the outline of Zhuxianzhuang Science and Technology Park came into view.

All around were fields of rapeseed, green and yellow, and there was nothing else but desolation.

"OrangePay's headquarters are actually in a place like this," Zhang Peng muttered to himself.

"Hey! What do you mean by 'this kind of place'? Xucheng is great, beautiful people, great scenery, and low prices," the driver said with dissatisfaction.

Zhang Peng looked out the window and chuckled to himself, too exhausted to even argue.

Three minutes later, he pushed his suitcase, said goodbye to the taxi driver who loved foot massages, registered his information at the gate, and walked straight into the office building where Orange Payment was located.

"Hello sir, what's your name? Are you a new employee here today?" The receptionist picked up a list, looked up at Zhang Peng, and asked.

“Zhang Peng, Zhang as in bow and Zhang as in friend, is a member of the NFC payment R&D team, and was transferred from Shanghai,” Zhang Peng replied.

"Welcome, welcome! The company has rented apartments for you in advance. There are one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments available. Of course, if you don't like those, you can find your own place."

The receptionist handed Zhang Peng a form, gesturing for him to choose one.

Zhang Peng looked down and saw that, depending on the decoration and location, the price of a one-bedroom apartment was between 600 and 800 yuan, while the price of a two-bedroom apartment was between 1000 and 1600 yuan.

His base salary is 18,000 yuan, and his monthly housing allowance is 3,600 yuan. Even if he rents a two-bedroom apartment, he can still save more than 2,000 yuan.

It seems the driver wasn't wrong; prices in the virtual city are indeed low.

Zhang Peng wasn't going to take it lying down; he directly chose a one-bedroom apartment that cost 800 yuan.

"Just a moment." The receptionist took the form, muttering to herself: Chenguang Apartment, Building 16, Room 201.

"Here you go, there are three keys in total." She quickly found the key to room 201 in the drawer.

"Thank you," Zhang Peng said.

"Your team's office area is on the third floor. I've already notified the HR department. Please rest here for a bit, and other colleagues will take you upstairs to check in shortly," the receptionist explained.

Zhang Peng nodded, pulled his suitcase, and walked to the rest area to sit down.

He looked around and found that although the surrounding facilities of Orange Payment's headquarters were not as good as those of the Shanghai branch, the decoration standards were by no means inferior.

The reception room, interview room, and tea room on the first floor look very high-end. From the design style and decoration materials to the tables and chairs, they are clearly not cheap.

the other side.

The first 100,000 units of the Shiny Orange X1 have been delivered to customers. Many people's first reaction upon receiving the phone was to shake the box, hoping to see if there were any gold bars inside.

"Sir, the gold bars aren't in the phone box," the Yunsu deliveryman said with a smile.

In the past few days, the first reaction of all users who received the Yao Cheng X1 has been to shake the phone box vigorously.

"Ah! Where is it?" The customer smiled awkwardly and asked curiously.

"You need to activate your phone first and log in to the Aurora Future Store. There's a new customer lucky draw event there, limited to the first 100,000 device IDs that purchase the device," the deliveryman replied.

"Does anyone actually win gold bars?" the customer pressed.

"Of course! Gold bars are also within our delivery range. I delivered one order yesterday. Even if you don't win a gold bar, it's okay. You purchased the Yao Cheng X1, and you'll receive a 50 yuan Pinduoduo shopping credit upon activation. You'll also receive another 50 yuan after checking in for seven consecutive days."

The deliveryman added.

This is a hidden perk of Aurora Future OS: the Qingcheng D2 comes with a 20 RMB Pinduoduo shopping credit, and the Chengzi C3S comes with a 60 RMB Pinduoduo shopping credit.

"A 100 yuan shopping voucher? That's another 100 yuan discount, that's great." The customer thanked him and closed the door.

Ten minutes later, a joyful cheer erupted from the room.

In the very center of the phone screen, a gleaming gold bar stands out brilliantly.

For a time, Weibo and Toutiao were flooded with posts sharing (or rather, fake) stories of people who had won gold bars.

The news that the Qingcheng D2, Orange C3S, and Yaocheng X1 included shopping credits was also leaked, and driven by the discounts, sales of the three new models all saw a slight increase.

Simultaneously.

After communicating with Huang Zheng, Chen Yansen planned to build a paid membership system for Pinbei, mainly offering benefits such as coupons, member-exclusive discounts, and points, in order to increase user stickiness and repeat purchase frequency.

"We could consider a joint membership model, using group purchasing to incorporate the rights and interests of video websites into the Pinduoduo membership system."

Chen Yansen reminded.

"The kind of Tencent membership?" Huang Zheng confirmed.

“That’s right,” Chen Yansen replied.

It's difficult to attract users to Pinbei's paid membership through conventional means alone, but adding benefits such as videos, music, grocery shopping, and ride-hailing services can enhance the overall value of the membership.

Furthermore, it can bring additional traffic and orders to businesses such as Kuaidi Dache, OFO Bike, etc., forming a complementary business model.

"Okay, boss, I'll go back and optimize the plan," Huang Zheng said.

"Leave work early, we can be busy tomorrow."

Chen Yansen glanced at his phone; it was almost 9:30. He then patted Huang Zheng on the shoulder and said...

(End of this chapter)