Stronger by Paying Salaries and I Have 1 Billion Employees

Especially in the food and beverage category, you could find Group Buy deals for 10% off, or even 20% off.

A KFC fried chicken combo, originally 79 Hua Yuan, was driven down to a mere 59 Hua Yuan by the intense competition!

「At the same time.」

The competition between DiDi and Kuaidi Taxi grew increasingly fierce. During the holiday, both ramped up their subsidies for existing users to a 12 Hua Yuan discount per ride, up to three times a day.

Combined, they were burning through more than 80 million a day!

If you converted that into 100-Hua Yuan bills and fed them into a furnace one by one, you could keep the fire burning for ten days straight.

Li Yanhong stood before his office window, too antsy to even sit down. Every six hours, Xiang Hailong would come to him with another application to approve marketing and promotion expenses.

Each request was for as much as 10 million!

He gazed at the endless stream of traffic below, thinking to himself, ’At this burn rate, the 1.2 billion Hua Yuan I invested in DiDi will be gone in less than a month.’

At this thought, Li Yanhong felt his breath catch in his throat and his scalp tingle with dread.

This was 1.2 billion Hua Yuan, not 120,000, not even 12.

99% of the listed companies in Hua Country didn’t even have a market cap of 1.2 billion.

Li Yanhong was panicking!

The terrifying speed at which they were burning money sent a chill down his spine.

Meanwhile, Cheng Weixing, holding down the fort at his headquarters in Hang City, was also seeing red. Over 40 million a day in subsidies—in the past, he couldn’t have even imagined he was capable of spending money at such a rate.

The investment firms backing both companies fell silent when they heard the figure ”40 million a day,” but none of them stepped in to intervene.

For one, they didn’t have the authority.

For another, they knew the ride-hailing war had reached a critical juncture.

Whoever buckled under the losses first would be the first one out!

Winner take all!

The entire ride-hailing market of Hua Country would be theirs for the taking!

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「Kirkenes, Norway.」

A crab boat sailed on the Barents Sea, its surface dark, deep, and constantly shifting. Chen Yansen stood on deck, lifting a piece of king crab leg meat to his mouth. It was succulent and rich.

Across from him, Song Yuncheng was bundled up in thick winter clothes and a windproof hat. She also held a piece of crab meat, which she was eating slowly and deliberately.

Nearby, a chef was turning the fresh catch of king crab, haddock, and Atlantic redfish into one delicious dish after another.

Though there was no exquisite plating or a wide array of seasonings, the freshness of the ingredients made everything taste exceptionally good.

While Chen Yansen was vacationing in Northern Europe, Li Yanhong, Wang Xin, Zhang Tao, and the others were having sleepless nights because of him.

The wind howled and the waves crashed against the boat. The sail overhead whipped loudly in the wind.

”Boss, when are we going to Spotify headquarters to discuss our partnership?”

Song Yuncheng asked.

Norway was fun, but she hadn’t forgotten the real reason they were here.

”No rush. We haven’t been to the Sognefjord yet. Sweden and Norway are close to each other; we’ll have plenty of time even if we go on our last day.”

Chen Yansen said, shaking his head.

He understood what Song Yuncheng was thinking. Like most people from Hua Country, she started to feel guilty if she went two days without working.

’But you have to live a little. If you don’t, what’s the point of being alive?’