Stronger by Paying Salaries and I Have 1 Billion Employees

Chen Yansen tossed Cloud Speed Express directly to Liao Wei to run.

With ample funding and no pressure to turn a profit, if Liao Wei still couldn’t get Cloud Speed off the ground, Chen Yansen would kick him out without a second thought.

Before leaving the office.

Chen Yansen opened the data dashboard to check Pinbei’s sales figures.

There were nearly 3 million orders for the day, generating 230 million in sales. However, the growth trend was already showing signs of slowing.

After all, Pinbei had few merchants at the moment, giving users limited choices. They needed to speed up the onboarding of both branded and white-label merchants to scale up.

Next, he logged into the merchant CRM database to check the new brands that had recently joined: GXG, Koukoufu, Lins Wood, Supor, Vatti, OPPO, KANS, etc.

The newly onboarded brands were concentrated in niche categories like apparel, nuts, and small home appliances.

Seeing Lins Wood, OPPO, and Vatti on the list surprised Chen Yansen a little. When he checked who had brought them in, he saw it was, as expected, Song Yuncheng.

These were all merchant contacts she had accumulated at FoxTao. Bringing them over to Pinbei was a testament to her ability, but it was also because Pinbei’s sales performance had impressed the brands.

Chen Yansen thought for a moment, then called Song Yuncheng and asked her to contact Li Wanqiang of Xiaomi and invite them to join Pinbei.

”I’ve spoken with Li Wanqiang before. He said Xiaomi has a direct-to-consumer online sales model and doesn’t join third-party platforms.”

Song Yuncheng explained.

In reality, at that time, besides selling on the Xiaomi Mall, Xiaomi had no other third-party sales channels. They weren’t even on Taobao or Jingdong.

”Oh, is that right? Forget it, then,” Chen Yansen replied.

In his view, Xiaomi wasn’t indispensable.

From the perspective of the platform’s positioning, the low-to-mid-range models from OPPO, Meizu, Coolpad, and ZTE were a better fit for Pinbei’s vibe.

”Have you had dinner yet? I’d like to treat you to dinner,” Song Yuncheng asked quickly, sensing that Chen Yansen was about to hang up.

”Win the lottery?” Chen Yansen was taken aback for a second, then chuckled and asked back.

Song Yuncheng had indeed treated him to meals before, but only because he had forced her to. This was the first time she had offered on her own.

”No, I just wanted to thank you.” Song Yuncheng stood on the balcony, phone in hand, and looked toward the fifth-floor office across the way.

After becoming Pinbei’s Director of Key Accounts and interacting with subordinates from Taobao, Jingdong, and Yihaodian, she finally realized that everything Chen Yansen had taught her was invaluable, practical knowledge about the industry and the workplace.

She had initially thought she wouldn’t be able to handle the director position, but she discovered that the negotiation skills and problem-solving abilities of these elites from major e-commerce companies couldn’t even hold a candle to her own from six months ago.

Only then did Song Yuncheng realize that the methodologies Chen Yansen seemed to mention offhandedly were, in fact, incredibly precious.

”Didn’t you already thank me last night in 0418?” Chen Yansen walked to the window, gave Song Yuncheng a wave, and teased her with a wicked smile.

”Chen Yansen, you have the nerve to bring that up? You’re a man who doesn’t keep his word!” Song Yuncheng’s cheeks flushed as she retorted angrily.

”I’ll meet you on the first floor.”

Chen Yansen hung up with a smile and walked out of his office.

As he passed the finance department, he saw Meng Jie still at her desk, focused on organizing data. He didn’t go over to disturb her and went straight to the elevators.

When he reached the first floor, Chen Yansen got into the driver’s seat of his Aston Martin Rapide. Just as he was about to urge Song Yuncheng to come down, he saw her walking over furtively.

CLICK—!

Song Yuncheng pulled open the car door and quickly got in.

”You look as guilty as a thief. Be honest, did you steal something from the company?”

Chen Yansen watched her, teasing her playfully.

”No way! I’m just treating my boss to dinner, that’s all. I have nothing to feel guilty about,” Song Yuncheng said stubbornly, lifting her chin.

A few minutes passed, and Chen Yansen still hadn’t started the car. Song Yuncheng grew anxious. ”Let’s go! It wouldn’t be good if someone saw us.”

BONK!