Stronger by Paying Salaries and I Have 1 Billion Employees

Although Chang Wei was primarily, if not fully, at fault, he had taken a nasty fall. The old man was afraid Chang Wei would try to extort him, so he vanished in a flash.

”Damn it, as if I’d try to extort you,” Chang Wei muttered, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. Then, fighting through the pain, he moved the bike to the side and plopped down on the curb.

The skin on his palms, arms, and thighs was scraped raw, with dark red blood seeping out.

”DiDi Bike? This piece of junk raised 300 million and is valued at 2 billion? Are the investors insane?”

Chang Wei laughed in anger. He had heard from a classmate that DiDi Bike, which had recently appeared on the streets of Yanjing, had just raised 300 million with a valuation as high as 2 billion. His interest piqued, he had decided to try the product out.

Who would have thought that less than ten minutes later, he’d end up eating dirt?

”Is it really this easy to make money in the internet industry? You can just put a few bikes on the street and trick people out of hundreds of millions?”

Chang Wei’s eyes narrowed as he pondered this.

He was also one of the Huian People, and he was sick and tired of hearing the name Chen Yansen.

’As someone of the same generation, who would be willing to admit they’re inferior?’

Although his family background meant he could have a successful career without going into business, he wanted to compete with Chen Yansen in the commercial world.

’What a load of bullshit about some new king of the internet!’

’He just got lucky and caught a few industry trends!’

Chang Wei leaned against the roadside, glaring viciously at the DiDi Bike. He quickly abandoned his plan to volunteer as a teacher in the Northwest and instead developed a keen interest in shared bikes.

Cheng Wei had no idea that his desperate cost-cutting measures had just created a new competitor for himself, born from a fall.

「On the other side.」

At Zhuxianzhuang Science and Technology Park, even though it was already 10:30 PM, Building 6, where Pinbei’s headquarters was located, was still brightly lit.

Tomorrow was Pinbei Mall’s first time participating in the Double Eleven grand promotion!

During the 27-day presale period from October 14th to November 9th, the total transaction volume reached 29.43 billion Hua Yuan. The highest single-day sales hit 2.06 billion, with a daily average of 1.09 billion, representing a month-over-month growth of 26.7%.

Looking at the output, Pinbei’s daily sales fluctuated wildly, with highlight moments of 2.06 billion and troughs of 500 or 600 million a day.

From November 4th to November 9th, performance hit rock bottom, with daily sales under 400 million.

Users were suppressing their purchasing urges, all waiting for Double Eleven to arrive.

Everyone knew that prices would be lowest on the day of the grand promotion, a stark contrast to the e-commerce sales events a dozen or so years later.

Chen Yansen walked out of Building 9 and went straight into Building 6.

On the giant LED screen on the first floor, real-time information such as Pinbei’s daily active users, order volume, average order value, conversion rate, and sales figures scrolled by.

With an hour and a half left until midnight, the cumulative sales were a paltry 340 million, not even half of a normal day’s sales.

There was nothing to be done; this kind of situation was extremely normal right before a major promotion.

Whether it was the merchants or the e-commerce platform, everyone’s mentality was the same: ’November is all riding on tomorrow!’

”Class President, want some barbecue? I’ll go get you some.” The moment Xu Xingxing saw Chen Yansen, she approached with a grin.

”Beef, tofu skin rolls with cilantro, medium spicy. Bring it to me on the second floor.” Chen Yansen didn’t stand on ceremony, ordering directly from Xu Xingxing.

”How about a bottle of beer, too?” Xu Xingxing suggested.

”If I get drunk, will you take me home?” Chen Yansen raised an eyebrow and asked with a smile.

”Sure, I’m just afraid President Chen wouldn’t be willing,” Xu Xingxing said, tilting her head up.

”Good that you know.” Chen Yansen changed the subject and turned to head upstairs.

”President Chen!”

”Brother Sen!”

”Boss!”

The moment he reached the second floor, a chorus of greetings rose to meet him.