Stronger by Paying Salaries and I Have 1 Billion Employees

Now that the new policy was out, he didn’t think twice before dumping this whole mess onto Cloud Speed headquarters.

”Brother Sheng, does this mean my and Xiaozhan’s salaries will be paid by headquarters from now on?” a man in his thirties wearing a Cloud Speed Express uniform asked curiously from inside the station.

”That’s right! I hear the new boss is loaded,” Wang Sheng explained casually with a cigarette dangling from his lips. ”Once we sign the new contracts, your and Xiaozhan’s base salary will increase to 3,000 yuan. Plus, there’s a monthly housing subsidy of 20% of your salary, which comes out to around 3,600 yuan total. The commission for deliveries and pickups will be the same as before.”

His own base salary as the station manager would change to 4,500 yuan. It seemed like less, but it was a great relief to him.

Under Cloud Speed’s new policy, he could still earn six or seven thousand a month, but with easier work and a lot less pressure.

”This new boss is really great. He gave us a 1,200 yuan raise right off the bat,” the other delivery driver, Xiaozhan, said with a smile.

”I also heard there will be high-temperature and cold-weather subsidies, plus performance bonuses. We’ll know the details in a few days. The pay has gone up, but the standards are higher now too.”

Wang Sheng glanced at the two of them, exhaled a puff of smoke, and said in a serious tone, ”From now on, all packages must be delivered to the customer’s door. If we get a customer complaint, it’s a fine for a minor offense and termination for a serious one. So you two better watch yourselves.”

Wang Sheng knew all too well what Cloud Speed Express used to be like.

They’d call once, and if no one answered, they’d just dump the package at the entrance to the residential complex or the company’s front desk. They took no responsibility for lost packages.

Delivery to the door? It was out of the question.

”Huh? We have to deliver to the door? I always just left them with the security guard,” the older delivery driver said, looking troubled. He felt that while his pay had increased, so had his workload.

Wang Sheng just smiled and said nothing.

「On the other side.」

Liao Wei began the restructuring while simultaneously using the 500 million yuan injected by Senlian Capital to expand aggressively in the East China Market.

He rented transfer warehouses, opened new express stations, and accelerated the recruitment of delivery drivers.

In truth, he didn’t have to worry much about recruitment.

Some delivery drivers from Tiantian, Guofeng, and Yunda immediately jumped ship when they heard Cloud Speed offered a guaranteed monthly pay of 3,600 yuan, social insurance and housing funds, red envelope subsidies, and order-rush bonuses.

They didn’t have a choice before, but now that there was a better option, they were quick to leave.

For a time, the ”Three Passes and One Reach” companies saw a steady drain of their delivery drivers. Resignations became commonplace.

When Chen Yansen heard about this, he was speechless. He hadn’t set a high base salary for Cloud Speed, and there wasn’t even any overtime pay, yet it was proving to be incredibly attractive.

’And here I thought *I* was the black-hearted one!’

’But compared to my competitors, I look like a damn saint!’

When the bosses of several other delivery companies heard about the changes at Cloud Speed, they were scornful. They privately cursed Chen Yansen, thinking that he’d made a little money and now didn’t know how to spend it.

’The express delivery industry isn’t something you can build just by throwing money at it!’

But Chen Yansen didn’t care.

For him, the delivery company was just a shortcut to obtaining Human Dao Fire. As long as it didn’t lose money, he could accept it.

This was similar to Jingdong’s strategy for its book category. Liu Qiangdong never expected to profit from books in the first place.

After all, Jingdong still had its core categories like 3C electronics, large home appliances, and home goods.

But this was disastrous for sites like Dangdang Network, whose core business was books. Jingdong’s no-profit approach could drive them straight into a corner.

Chen Yansen was employing a similar tactic.

Once Pinbei went live, he would also give Orange Technology’s orders to Cloud Speed and promote Cloud Speed’s services to his Key Account merchants. The first step would be to drive the starting price for deliveries down below three yuan.