Stronger by Paying Salaries and I Have 1 Billion Employees

When Ye Qiuping received the call from *Time* magazine, she was stunned for a moment, then a look of delight appeared on her face.

In her view, the more hype Chen Yansen generated, the more it would help the Orange Mobile Phone break into the Eastern European, Western European, and North American markets.

With this in mind, she immediately took the elevator to Chen Yansen’s office and knocked on the door.

The vast majority of ordinary people are drawn to the powerful. This was true for the people in the Lighthouse Country fawning over the fake ’Chen Yansen’ account, and Ye Qiuping was no exception.

The more capable Chen Yansen proved to be, the more infatuated she became.

”Come in!”

A familiar, deep voice came from inside the room.

Only then did Ye Qiuping turn the doorknob, push the door open, and walk inside. ”Boss,” she said as she entered, ”*Time* magazine wants to do an in-depth interview with you.”

”The Asian edition?” Chen Yansen looked up, leaned back in his chair, and asked noncommittally.

”The American edition.” Ye Qiuping smiled faintly, her gaze fixed intently on Chen Yansen, a flash of admiration in her eyes.

”Zhou Shouzhi just called me. He said someone in the Lighthouse Country used my information to register a Facebook account. Judging by the engagement, the effect isn’t bad. We really should build a social media promotional matrix on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram before we enter the North American mobile phone market. You’ll be in charge of it.”

Chen Yansen frowned slightly and gave the order directly.

”Okay, Boss. Also, the people from *Time* magazine are on their way. They’re expected to arrive at the company around three this afternoon.”

Ye Qiuping reminded him softly.

”I know. The photo studio on the first floor hasn’t been dismantled yet, has it? We can put it to good use.”

Chen Yansen nodded slightly.

The reason he agreed to the *Time* interview wasn’t to show off; it was purely to pave the way for the Alexa Smart Speaker and the Orange Mobile Phone.

’Why turn down free publicity?!’

”Yes, I understand.” Ye Qiuping smiled softly and excused herself from the office.

She then returned to the brand department and registered accounts in Chen Yansen’s name on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. With a mischievous streak, she announced that in partnership with the Amazon, eBay, and Walmart online stores, they would be giving away five thousand Alexa Smart Speakers to followers on each of the three platforms as a thank you for following.

The drawing was set for 8 p.m. on Halloween, October 31st—the same time as the imposter’s planned giveaway.

Netizens in the Lighthouse Country at first thought it was another imposter, but when they saw that Chen Yansen had registered accounts on all three platforms, they followed him, albeit with some skepticism.

Their doubts were completely dispelled after someone contacted Twitter customer service and received a confirmation.

Logically speaking, Orange Technology only had one product in Europe and America—the Smart Speaker—with total sales of just 4 million units. As the company’s boss, even with some popularity, Chen Yansen shouldn’t have been able to attract that many followers.

But the imposter ’Chen Yansen’ had managed to gain 1.9 million followers in a single day by offering just 1,000 Alexa Smart Speakers, let alone a giveaway of 5,000 units.

In less than 24 hours, Chen Yansen’s cumulative follower count across Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram reached 7.4 million.

Unexpectedly, not many of the new followers were there for the prizes. Over seventy percent of them were curious about his entrepreneurial journey.

This was because a YouTuber, when introducing his background, had made it very clear to viewers that this multi-billionaire from Asia was born in a small, remote city in Hua Country, his father was a bookstore owner, and the school he attended was only a step above a community college in the Lighthouse Country.

In summary: no money, no prestigious education, no connections. In just two years, he had completely turned his life around.

’It gave people the illusion that ’If he can do it, so can I!’’

The people of the Lighthouse Country admire the strong, but they admire self-made heroes even more.

The next day, Chen Yansen’s overseas follower count broke the 10 million mark. Thanks to the giveaway, his follower count was increasing by two to three million every day.

「October 29th, Monday.」