Stronger by Paying Salaries and I Have 1 Billion Employees

From August to early October, the factory’s total shipments were about 1 million units, but total pre-sales were 3.5 million. 70% of the orders had yet to be produced.

Although Chen Yansen was very popular, some impatient customers were still flooding his comment section, demanding he ship their orders. A good number of them were even cursing him out.

”What about the brand department? How’s the online sentiment and user feedback?” Chen Yansen looked at Ye Qiuping, sighing internally. ’This woman is truly resilient.’

Even knowing she’d been investigated from top to bottom, she could still remain calmly at Orange Technology and was now sitting across from him, eating at ease.

Wang Xueting looked nervous and reserved, but she was as relaxed and comfortable as if she were at home.

”Aside from the insufficient production capacity and the poor signal caused by the aluminum alloy back cover, user feedback shows that the Orange Mobile Phone’s positive review rate is much higher than the Xiaomi Mobile Phone’s. The data department’s sales model predicts that if we solve the production issues, monthly sales could increase by more than threefold.”

Ye Qiuping looked up and spoke slowly when Chen Yansen addressed her.

”Just one more month. Wait for Shencheng City to complete its hiring and equipment calibration.”

Chen Yansen’s tone was calm.

While the aluminum alloy back cover affected signal reception, it improved the phone’s structural integrity and heat dissipation.

Compared to the Xiaomi Mobile Phone, the Orange Mobile Phone’s smoothness and user experience were clearly a level above.

As a result, after Xiaomi’s pre-sales exceeded 700,000 units, they were flooded with negative reviews online. Many people joked that it got hot enough to fry an egg.

If the Orange Mobile Phone didn’t exist, users might have tolerated Xiaomi’s overheating and lagging for the sake of its extreme cost-effectiveness.

But with more choices available, who would be willing to settle?

After lunch, Gao Weilin, Ye Qiuping, and Wang Xueting left the office.

Chen Yansen propped his feet up on his desk, took out his phone, and started scrolling through the news.

Ah Li had increased the annual technical service fees and store default deposits on Taobao Mall, angering small and medium-sized sellers.

These sellers were retaliating by going to larger merchants’ stores to place orders, then immediately cancel them, and spamming them with negative reviews to vent their frustration.

To put it bluntly, Ma Liyun felt the sheep had gotten fat, and it was time for the harvest.

But the small and medium-sized sellers didn’t see it that way. Last year, Ah Li had quietly adjusted its search algorithm, directing all the traffic to large and branded merchants. Their income had plummeted, and they had been stewing in resentment ever since.

This unilateral price hike had thoroughly enraged them. Hundreds of sellers even went to protest outside the Ali Headquarters.

”Go ahead and cause a scene! The more chaotic the market, the better!”

Chen Yansen thought to himself, muttering under his breath.

What kind of person was Ma Liyun?

Even if he compromised temporarily, he would definitely come back to deal with this group later.

He, like Zhang Yong, believed that as e-commerce developed and the economy grew, user demand for product quality would continuously increase, and so would the average customer transaction value.

Thus, they had abandoned the six-trillion-yuan sinking market.

But three years later, Pinduoduo would burst onto the scene, completely upending the e-commerce landscape. It would force Ah Li to launch Tao Te and Peach Factory, and Jingdong would be tricked into launching Jingxi and Jingxi Sale.

But by then, the tide had turned. Pinduoduo would play its trump card—”refund only”—firmly capturing the hearts of users. It would then advance triumphantly, breaking into the top three e-commerce platforms.

Chen Yansen’s Pinbei was based on Pinduoduo’s business model. His goal was to take over the small and medium-sized sellers abandoned by Ah Li and Jingdong.

Take the mobile phone industry, for example. A 1,999 yuan phone was just a mid-range smartphone for many, but there were still plenty of people who couldn’t afford it.

Feature phones and knockoff phones priced at 299, 499, and 699 yuan never lacked for customers.

Whatever exists is reasonable!

It was perfectly normal for a multi-trillion-yuan sinking market to give birth to an e-commerce behemoth.

Chen Yansen just needed to go with the flow!