Stronger by Paying Salaries and I Have 1 Billion Employees

Wang Teng naturally couldn’t see the comments in the live stream. He paused and said, ”I think it’s expensive too. I can’t afford it either. So after careful consideration, I’ve decided to drop the price to 2,699 yuan!”

The audience at the conference and in the live stream were stunned for a moment. They never expected him to pull a move like dropping the price.

The move was so wild it threw both competitors and fans for a loop, catching them completely off guard.

Even Lei Yijun hadn’t expected such a maneuver at a new product launch.

’That’s a good move. I’ll have to remember that,’ Lei Yijun thought to himself.

From 3,999 yuan down to 2,699 yuan—slashing 1,300 yuan in one fell swoop.

The atmosphere in the venue immediately erupted, and many potential customers started seriously considering an upgrade.

Once the discussions in the audience died down, Wang Teng announced the price for the 32GB version was 2,999 yuan, and the 64GB version was 3,499 yuan.

Huang Zhang, who had been composed until now, started to panic. The Meizu MX, which had launched on New Year’s Day, was priced higher than the Orange C2 but had lower specs. How was he supposed to compete?

Xu Zhenhui and his secretary sat in the front row. Although he didn’t understand phones or business, judging by the crowd’s reaction, the Orange C2’s future sales were bound to be strong.

On Weibo, countless users flocked to the comment sections of the official Orange Mobile Phone and Chen Yansen accounts, intensely debating the specs, prices, and other details of the Orange D1 and Orange C2.

At the same time, the press conference was coming to an end.

On the Orange Mall homepage, a banner for the Orange D1 and Orange C2 engineering models finally popped up.

Sales would begin at 12:00 PM sharp.

There were only 300 units of each phone in stock. Even with restrictions on user level, IP address, and shipping address, they still sold out in minutes.

Finally, Wang Teng announced that the official release date for the Orange D1 and Orange C2 was set for January 14th, and they would be delivered to customers’ doors by Cloud Speed Express.

In a single press conference, Wang Teng had promoted three of Senlian’s subsidiary companies.

To Chen Yansen’s surprise, on the list of trending topics, the keywords related to Orange’s new products were completely buried under the topic of ”wages and benefits at the Orange Phone Factory.”

”Seriously? 7,000 yuan a month? These phone companies do nothing but brag all day long.”

”My cousin works on the assembly line at the Orange Phone Factory. He makes over 6,000-7,000 a month. In October, he made almost 8,000. But to be fair, that’s all from working overtime.”

”See? I knew it. There’s no such thing as some magical, perfect factory!”

But as workers from the Orange Phone Factory appeared in the comment section to share their work experiences, netizens slowly learned the truth.

The Orange Phone Factory had a six-hour workday.

They provide free room and board!

Overtime pay is 1.5 times the normal rate on weekdays, 2 times on weekends, and 3 times on public holidays!

Employees who were literate and quick-witted even had the opportunity to train in the maintenance department. Once they completed the training and became official, they could become after-sales service engineers, earning over 10,000 yuan a month for much less strenuous work.

This made netizens cry out, ”Only 10 hours a day?! I’m stuck doing 12 hours a day with no overtime pay!”

Many people started clamoring to go to Shencheng City to work on the assembly line; some were joking, but others were dead serious.

After the press conference came a thank-you luncheon for the guests.

It wasn’t until three in the afternoon that the invited guests began to leave one after another.

After seeing off Lei Yijun and the others, Chen Yansen turned and went back into the hotel, walking into a private room on the top floor with Ye Qiuping.