Stronger by Paying Salaries and I Have 1 Billion Employees

Chen Yansen could perceive the rough outlines of objects within a ten-meter radius, even through thick floorboards and brick walls.

The range seemed to have increased compared to last time, but the change was almost imperceptible.

Previously, the sensory image in his mind had been like a simple stick figure drawing. Now, it had a few more lines, and he could just barely distinguish between men and women.

Teacher Wang, his next-door neighbor, was taking a shower.

Her silhouette appeared in his mind, moving about under the spray of the showerhead.

’They’re drooping that much? They’re pretty big, though.’

Chen Yansen commented with a smirk.

’This beginner-level Divine Sense really is fucking basic!’

’I dumped over twenty thousand wisps of Human Dao Fire into it for just a few extra lines. It barely even made a ripple.’

Chen Yansen summoned the system panel, squinting his eyes in thought.

[Host: Chen Yansen]

[Constitution: 10.1]

[Spirit: 14.78]

[Skills: Driving (Three-Star Professional 47/100), Guitar (One-Star Beginner 89/100), Eight Vajra Skills (Two-Star Beginner 19/100), Swimming (Three-Star Professional 24/100)]

[Talents: Photographic Memory, Hide of a Rhino and Bones of a Tiger]

[Human Dao Fire: 73]

[Divine Dao Fire: 0]

’At my current point allocation speed, it will take at least three months for my Spirit score to break 20.’

’To break 100, it would take three years!’

’Kuai Pao, the Orange Phone Factory, and Cloud Speed Express have to expand even faster.’

’The last time Liu Zhiping called, I deliberately steered the conversation toward food delivery. I need to drag Penguin into this.’

’It’s hard for me to heat up this market sector on my own, but if Penguin gets involved, things will move much faster.’

「Meanwhile.」

「New Year’s Day.」

At Penguin Headquarters, Liu Zhiping sat across from Ma Wenteng, sipping a cup of black tea.

Ma Wenteng held a research report, his brows furrowed as he carefully scanned its pages.

”Grubhub in the Lighthouse Country gets 100,000 orders a day, with a monthly revenue of 10 million US dollars. Just Eat in the United Kingdom gets 80,000 orders a day, with a monthly revenue of 9 million British pounds. Germany’s Delivery Hero was just founded, so their order and revenue numbers are unknown.”

”Martin, do you think this project is viable?”

Ma Wenteng put down the file, took a sip of his hot tea to wet his throat, and asked.

”I think the prospects are quite promising. The work schedules at private domestic companies and the nature of Chinese cuisine mean that over ninety percent of white-collar workers have a strong, inherent need for a food delivery market. Not every company has its own cafeteria.”

Liu Zhiping set down his teacup and replied with a smile.

Especially in the tech industry, a 996 schedule is the norm. Very few office workers still have the energy to buy groceries and cook after they finally get off work.

”So we’re giving up on Group Buy?” Ma Wenteng asked, a sense of frustration welling up inside him.

After a year of the ”War of a Thousand Groupons,” Gaopeng Network was out, and QQ Group Buy had fallen out of the top five.

He just didn’t get it.

How had Lashou, WoWo Group, Meituan, and Nuomi Network—all with less traffic and funding than Penguin—managed to completely suppress QQ Group Buy?

”Of course we’ll do both,” Liu Zhiping said calmly. ”Since it’s not clear which model has more potential, we’ll just invest in both sectors.”

Liu Zhiping lifted the teapot, refilled Ma Wenteng’s cup, and then poured one for himself before replying at a leisurely pace.

Penguin had made two investments in Chen Yansen, and neither had lost a single cent.

Their first investment in FoxTao had been cashed out for 2 billion.

Their second investment was in Pinbei, which, in less than two months, had nearly matched the results of Jingdong’s years of hard work.

Although Chen Yansen hadn’t even started his Series A funding round, firms like Digital Sky Technology, Gao Ling, Redwood Capital, and Tiger Fund were all valuing Pinbei at over 5 billion US dollars.

To put it simply, in just a month and a half, Chen Yansen had not only justified Pinbei’s supposedly inflated 2 billion US dollar valuation but had also increased it by another 1.5 times.

It was no wonder the bigwigs in investment banking jokingly called Chen Yansen the God of Wealth. They weren’t wrong.