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

Chapter 420 Wang Xin: I Want to Sell Myself! Apple A7 is Born, Qualcomm Bows Down!
The azure sea was surging with dark currents, and the sunlight, like scattered gold, danced between the waves. The sea breeze, carrying a salty and fishy smell, rushed towards us.

Song Yuncheng stood on the right side of the ship's side, holding a rock fishing rod with great skill, fishing for black sea bream or sea bass in the reef area.

Gao Weilin sat in the rest area, holding a glass of whiskey with ice and lemon slices, sipping it slowly.

As Chen Yansen's new assistant, Meng Yun also boarded Zhang Chaoyang's yacht, remaining silent and having a very low profile.

"From early May to late May, Baidu's market value evaporated by 60 billion US dollars. Fortunately, Robin Li did not attend the Mobile Internet Conference, otherwise you would have needed to bring at least a few more bodyguards."

Zhang Chaoyang leaned back in his chair, wearing sunglasses, and chuckled lightly as he joked.

"Qiandu Search's market share can't even hold 50%, how can he be in the mood for meetings? However, Zhou Hongyi is even more ruthless than me, frantically poaching Qiandu's agents in North China, East China, and South China. Judging from the current situation, Qiandu's advertising revenue in Q2 will probably lose more than 15%."

Chen Yansen shrugged and said calmly.

He swirled the wine glass and raised it high into the air.

In an instant, the blue sky and white clouds were tinged with a champagne-colored halo.

"Robin is still too naive. He's always thinking about expanding the business boundaries. Doesn't he understand that the bigger the business, the more enemies it has?"

Zhang Chaoyang took a sip of his drink, smiled, and shook his head.

He paused, looked at Chen Yansen, and said, "Except for you, you're a star in whatever industry you do."

"Doing business is like rowing against the current; if you don't move forward, you fall behind! Qiandu has a large business and seems to know everything, but he's actually bad at everything."

Chen Yansen pursed his lips.

"Only you would dare to say that. In the fields of search, long video, app distribution, and big data, isn't Baidu a leader in the industry?"

Zhang Chaoyang put down his wine glass and expressed his disagreement with Chen Yansen's viewpoint.

"Besides search and cloud services, what does long-form video have to do with Baidu? They acquired iQiyi one day and PPS the next, but the business wasn't built by Robin Li."

As for app distribution, they rely entirely on 91 Assistant. Spending $19 billion to buy an Android app store is truly a case of 'having money to burn.'

Chen Yansen said with a mocking smile.

“Every industry is like a mountain to climb. Most entrepreneurs are destined to succeed only in their own area of ​​expertise. Do you think everyone is like you?” Zhang Chaoyang grinned, his tone carrying a hint of praise despite his rebuttal.

"What is Sogou Search's current market share?" Chen Yansen asked casually.

"8.6%, I'm already very satisfied." Zhang Chaoyang picked up the wine bottle, filled his glass, and said lightly.

He didn't even bother to ask about Lingxi Search's market share.

CNZZ will release the relevant data sooner or later!
This "3SB" battle in the Chinese internet has long attracted attention from Asia and even Europe and the United States. Google and others are also paying close attention to the changes in the market value share of the top search engines.

With the help of the 'Moss' plugin, Lingxi Search increased its market share to 17.1%, almost exceeding the combined market share of 360 and Sogou Search.

"Where's the Fox Card?" Chen Yansen asked again.

"74 cards were sold in half a month, with an activation rate of 93%. I'm puzzled. Sohu has corresponding products in the fields of video, news, social networking, and games, so why are the sales of phone cards not as good as those of the Star Card?"

Zhang Chaoyang said with a frown.

Sohu recently launched a social chat app called "Fox Friends," but it hasn't been very popular, with only 70,000 to 80,000 registered users and less than 10,000 daily active users.

“You can totally go and play with Ali Poka and Kirby the Penguin.”

Chen Yansen replied.

The implication is that we're not on the same level and there's no comparison.

"Cough cough—!" Upon hearing this, Zhang Chaoyang choked and coughed violently, his face turning red.

It took her a while to recover, and she said irritably, "I really want to throw you into the sea to feed the fish. Your little mouth is as sweet as honey."

Chen Yansen smiled but didn't say anything, then used his divine sense to scan the sea.

A large black sea bream weighing over three kilograms happened to swim by nearby.

To its bewilderment, its body suddenly went out of control, and then, with its mouth slightly open, it took the bait.

Upon seeing this, Song Yuncheng immediately raised his fishing rod.

"Wow! Mr. Song's skills are getting better and better. This black sea bream probably weighs four pounds."

Zhang Chaoyang put down his wine glass, leaned forward, and said.

"We can add a steamed fish dish for dinner," Chen Yansen added.

After saying that, he raised his hand to look at his watch and said, "It's getting late, let's go back to the port first."

"We haven't finished our drinks yet." Zhang Chaoyang was clearly still having a great time.

He has many friends, but few like Chen Yansen.

"Save it for later tonight," Chen Yansen said.

"Okay, let's play for another hour. Let me try casting a couple of times," Zhang Chaoyang chuckled.

Chen Yansen nodded slightly and did not object further.

Next, out of boredom and with the aim of exercising his mental strength, he took turns hanging fish for Lao Zhang and Song Yuncheng.

"Quick! This sea bass is incredibly strong!"

"Holy crap! I've caught another fish!"

Zhang Chaoyang felt something was off; the fish kept biting, and before long, the tank was full of sea bream, sea bass, and mackerel.

Song Yuncheng held on for thirty minutes, then quickly put down his fishing rod, rubbed his sore and swollen arms, and dared not fish anymore.

Zhang Chaoyang, however, looked excited, not at all like someone who was almost fifty years old.

He didn't collapse on the deck, panting heavily, until the sky was ablaze with clouds and the sun disappeared below the horizon.

Chen Yansen wanted to return to Yanjing as soon as possible, but Song Yuncheng whispered that he wanted to see the sunset, so Zhang Chaoyang was forcibly detained for another hour and a half.

The group returned to the dock for a short rest before boarding a private plane back to Yanjing.

The catch from the sea fishing trip had already been handed over to the kitchen of Jingzhaoyin by Zhang Chaoyang's assistant for processing. Just as Chen Yansen was about to enter the private room, he heard someone call out behind him, "President Chen!"

Chen Yansen turned around upon hearing this.

It turns out to be Neil Shen of Sequoia Capital and Wang Xin, the founder of Meituan.

"Mr. Chen, Mr. Zhang, what a coincidence." Shen Nanpeng greeted them with a smile as he jogged over.

"Mr. Shen, nice to meet you."

Chen Yansen extended his right hand and greeted him.

This was his first meeting with Shen Nanpeng, who had invested in OFO's Series A funding round and had a cooperative relationship with Senlian Capital.

Zhang Chaoyang originally wanted to suggest having a meal together, but he immediately shut his mouth after seeing Wang Xin.

Wang Xin stared intently at Chen Yansen, his eyes blazing with anger.

After a few seconds of hesitation, he took a deep breath, forced a smile, and politely greeted, "President Chen, President Zhang."

"Mr. Shen wants to invest in Meituan?" Chen Yansen ignored Wang Xin and turned to Shen Nanpeng to ask.

Do you think I'm stupid?
I don't know what's going on with Meituan.
What's the difference between investing more now and throwing money down the drain?
Shen Nanpeng chuckled and said, "It's just a meal with President Wang, we're not talking business."

These words, however, made Wang Xin feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

With only four days left until the end of May, Meituan's transaction volume has just exceeded 3 million yuan, with e-commerce accounting for 39%.

In other words, the monthly transaction volume of the group-buying business is now less than 200 million yuan.

Based on the current trend, Meituan will be renamed 'Meituan E-commerce' in a few months.

Chen Yansen and Shen Nanpeng chatted for a few minutes, then ended their conversation and walked deeper into the courtyard.

After everyone left, Wang Xin could no longer hold back, and his face instantly darkened.

"Mr. Wang, stop thinking about it. The best thing for Meituan is to find a buyer who is willing to take over while its performance is stable for the next two months."

Shen Nanpeng advised.

He invested a lot of money in Meituan and naturally wanted to recoup some of it.

No need for follow-up investments!
General Atlantic's $100 million only kept Meituan afloat for three more months; it was like a bottomless pit. "Mr. Shen, thank you for your help," Wang Xin replied.

He needed to leverage Sequoia Capital's connections and network, and even though he harbored resentment towards Shen Nanpeng, he dared not show it in the slightest.

The two, harboring ulterior motives, returned to the private room with smiles on their faces.

the other side.

Chen Yansen and Zhang Chaoyang sat facing each other, with the table full of exquisite dishes.

“I suspect Wang Xin wants to sell the company,” Zhang Chaoyang said confidently.

"Who cares? Whether Wang Xin sells or not won't have much impact on Kuaipao."

Chen Yansen poured himself a cup of warm tea and said nonchalantly.

“That’s right! Kuaipao’s biggest rival is Thousand Degrees.” Zhang Chaoyang waved his hand, and his assistant quickly brought over two bottles of fine wine.

……

……

At dawn the next day, the sky was just beginning to lighten.

Chen Yansen slowly opened his eyes, brushed Song Yuncheng's hair away from his face, then lifted the corner of the blanket, picked up the pajamas at the foot of the bed, and put them on.

He glanced out the window; everything was gray and gloomy. Without even checking the time, he knew it was definitely no later than five o'clock.

I sat down at my desk, turned on my computer, logged into the data backend, and checked the business and financial status of products such as Pinbei, Kuaidi Dache, and others as usual.

After surpassing JD.com, Pinbei's daily sales soared, taking three months to go from 10 billion to 12 billion, and only two months to go from 12 billion to 15 billion.

Huang Zheng set a target of 100 billion yuan for the 618 shopping festival, which is 30 billion yuan higher than the transaction volume of last year's Double Eleven.

Kuaidi Dache and Kuaidi Dache's business has stabilized. Although Baidu has taken away some market share through price wars, Li Yanhong has also paid a heavy price.

Furthermore, due to differences in user experience, after-sales service, and fulfillment, the retention rates of Qiandu Group Buying and Qiandu Takeout are also very poor.

More and more merchants are engaging in fraudulent order practices to obtain subsidies.

Li Yanhong has high standards and pushes hard, so the operations managers below simply turn a blind eye.

After all, the higher the sales volume of merchants, the higher their commission.

Some audacious city operations managers directly "open fake stores" to fraudulently obtain promotional subsidies; everything from products to customers and orders is fake.

How much is your monthly salary?

Nothing beats taking advantage of company benefits!

The daily income ranges from seven or eight hundred to five or six thousand.

Once discovered by colleagues, all that's needed is to drag one more person down with them.

Although this group represents a small percentage of the population, they have caused significant damage to the platform.

For every 100 million yuan Li Yanhong spends, 30 yuan is embezzled by merchants and insiders, 30 yuan is embezzled by bargain hunters, and of the 40 yuan spent on acquiring users, less than one-tenth remains.

In fact, similar phenomena also occur with chopsticks, only at a lower rate.

Throughout 2012, hundreds of merchants had their stores shut down for fraudulent activities such as order padding and subsidy fraud. The risk control department submitted a list of as many as 47 internal employees to the inspection office.

It's human nature; there's no way to completely eliminate it.

Chen Yansen could only instruct Pei Yi to strengthen risk control mechanisms and anti-fraud detection. Anyone who dared to misbehave would be dismissed at best, and sent to work on a sewing machine at worst.

After finishing his work, he crawled back into bed and took a nap.

At 1:30 p.m., Chen Yansen got into a black Maybach 62S and sped off toward the 798 Art Center.

Although Xiaomi is not as prestigious as top-tier brands like Orange, Huawei, and ZTE in the mobile phone industry, it is still considered a leader among second-tier manufacturers.

With the addition of loyal users accumulated over three years, a huge fan base can be seen as soon as you enter the conference hall.

They were all wearing matching printed T-shirts with the words "Born for Fever" printed on the chest, the font of which was particularly eye-catching.

As soon as Chen Yansen got out of the car, he bumped into Yu Chendong from Huawei.

In 2013, Lei Yijun and Yu Chendong were still able to maintain a respectable relationship as business partners, often praising each other on Weibo.

The big mouth praised Xiaomi's products for their conviction, and also praised Xiaomi's marketing and channel building capabilities.

Lei Yijun regards Ren Zhongfei as his idol and takes Huawei as a role model for learning.

In short, I loved.

"Mr. Chen, give me a heads-up, how many new products does Lei Yijun have today?" Yu Chendong asked in a low voice.

“Three mobile phones and one speaker,” Chen Yansen said with a smile.

It wouldn't hurt to tell Yu Chendong, since he would know in an hour anyway.

"What about the price?" Yu Chendong pressed.

"Mr. Yu, don't panic! It won't have much impact on Huawei."

Chen Yansen thought for a moment and said.

The Xiaomi 2A and Xiaomi 2S target the mid-to-low-end market, while the Redmi 1 targets the budget phone market.

The price range of its products does not overlap significantly with that of Huawei products.

"Actually, I'm not scared," Yu Chendong said, though his words didn't reflect his true feelings.

In the past two years, with the rise of Orange, 360 and Xiaomi, as well as the restrictions imposed by carriers on contract phones, Huawei, ZTE, Coolpad and Lenovo have all had a tough time.

“I believe you,” Chen Yansen nodded in agreement.

His expression and demeanor were fine, but Yu Chendong felt that he was just going through the motions.

"Mr. Chen, Mr. Yu, hello both of you! I am Luo Yonghao from Smartisan Technology..."

Just then, a familiar voice rang in my ears.

Chen Yansen turned his head and, sure enough, saw Luo Yonghao wearing a stand-up collar polo shirt.

"Lei Yijun seems to really enjoy inviting Luo Yonghao."

Chen Yansen thought to himself.

He met Luo Yonghao at last year's new product launch, and he didn't expect him to come again this year.

"You guys chat, I'll head out first."

Chen Yansen nodded slightly and spoke to Yu Chendong and Luo Yonghao.

Mr. Chen dislikes getting too close to unlucky people, fearing he might catch their bad luck.

What do I have to talk about with him?

Yu Chendong muttered to himself, gave a few perfunctory replies, and then chased after them.

Smartisan Technology?

Would a respectable person name their own product like that?
After working for half a year to finally produce a deeply customized Android system, and without even assembling a complete supply chain, this is the kind of thing they want to make phones?
Yu Chendong believes that he and Luo Yonghao cannot find common ground.

"..." Luo Yonghao stared at the backs of the two men, his lips twitching. He thought to himself: I'm not a plague god, why do I need to run so fast?
at the same time.

Based on the Orange Z1 instruction set and utilizing its self-developed CPU architecture patents, Apple has finally completed the design of the A7 chip.

To Chen Yansen's surprise, Apple beat him to it!
After testing the energy efficiency and computing efficiency on simulation tools, Apple immediately abandoned the ARM instruction set architecture.

In the eyes of businessmen, whoever offers the lowest price and the best product will buy their patented technology.

Although Orange Technology is a Chinese technology company, Cook doesn't care at all.

Even if ARM lowers its prices, he won't turn back unless ARM can come up with a patent for a more advanced instruction set. Otherwise, he would rather use the Orange Z1 instruction set.

Soon, semiconductor companies such as Qualcomm and Broadcom also learned of this news. Excluding the possibility that Cook had gone mad, there was only one answer left: the superiority of the Orange Z1 instruction set exceeded their imagination.

Qualcomm, which had previously maintained an arrogant attitude, immediately humbled itself and made a phone call to the head of the Greater China region.

(End of this chapter)