Stronger by Paying Salaries and I Have 1 Billion Employees

This was tantamount to giving the factory and Cao Dahua a protective talisman.

The major associations in Shencheng City also handed out a slew of awards, such as ”National-Level Green Factory,” the ”2012 ESG Model Enterprise Award,” the ”Outstanding Contribution to Asia’s Electronics Industry Award,” and ”Lighthouse Factory.”

After all, Orange Mobile Phone was the top brand for smartphone shipments in Hua Country and the sixth-largest globally in 2012. If Shencheng City couldn’t protect it, plenty of other first- and second-tier cities were willing to offer preferential policies like free land and low-interest loans.

Still, Cao Dahua worried about running into some reckless hothead. ’I should buy a bulletproof Mercedes and have the boss reimburse me for it,’ he thought to himself.

”Another raise and we’ll hit thirty, right?”

”That means a base salary of four thousand a month!”

”The boss totally deserves to be making bank!”

Over twenty thousand employees were ecstatic, joy written all over their faces. They wanted to build a shrine to Chen Yansen and worship him as the God of Wealth.

Five minutes later, Chen Yansen ended the video call.

He had no choice. The group had too many holding subsidiaries. If he attended one party a day like last year, he probably wouldn’t be finished by the Lantern Festival.

「At nine in the morning」, a black-and-white Gusteau rolled into the Zhuxianzhuang Science and Technology Park.

Chen Yansen opened the car door and stepped out, heading into Building Six.

”Class Rep, Happy New Year!” Xu Xingxing, wearing a bright red Ming-style New Year’s outfit, grinned and handed him a red envelope.

”Supervisor Xu, Happy New Year!” Chen Yansen said teasingly as he took the red envelope.

Xu Xingxing had been with him since the FoxTao project. After two and a half years of honing her skills, she was finally promoted from team lead to supervisor in January. While she hadn’t risen as quickly as people like Zhang Yifeng or Xiang Pengfei, her progress was still outstanding.

”Class Rep, Mr. Huang is in the second-floor conference room,” Xu Xingxing reminded him.

Chen Yansen nodded and slipped the red envelope into his pocket.

On the last day before the holiday, the administration department had organized a red envelope giveaway in every office building.

The amounts weren’t huge—fifty, a hundred, two hundred, up to eight hundred yuan at most. It was just a gesture for good luck.

He went to his top-floor office, boiled some water, and made tea.

Chen Yansen leaned back on the sofa, pulled out his phone, fired up his VPN, logged into Mimo, and started scrolling through short videos.

The weather in the North American Region was warm, so even in winter, most of the girls wore revealing clothes. He scrolled past more than a dozen videos in a row featuring busty women.

’I’ve trained this algorithm well.’

A slight smile touched Chen Yansen’s lips.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!

”Come in.”

Chen Yansen quietly put his phone away and called out.

Huang Zheng, fresh from a meeting with the Investment Attraction and Operations Department, pushed the door open and came in. ”Happy New Year, Boss,” he said with a smile.

”Here, this is for you.”

Chen Yansen grabbed a folder and tossed it to him.

Pinbei Technology Stock Option Transfer Agreement!

Huang Zheng took one look and felt his hard work over the past few months had paid off.

He’d come from Hang City to Xucheng, working from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. every single day. He wasn’t here to suffer; he was here to get paid.

”Thank you, Boss,” Huang Zheng said, grinning.

A total of 1 million shares, worth 11 million US Dollars. That was a huge step up from his annual income when he had his own startup, and this was on top of his salary and bonuses.

”What time does the annual party start tonight?” Chen Yansen asked.

”Six o’clock,” Huang Zheng replied. ”Some of the staff have to catch their trains right after the prize drawing.”

”Thanks for your hard work,” Chen Yansen said encouragingly. He paused, then continued, ”Pinbei did 317.4 billion in sales last year. I want to double that in 2013 and break a trillion in 2014. Whether or not we surpass Ah Li isn’t important. We just need to focus on being our best.”

”Yes, Boss. I understand,” Huang Zheng quickly replied.

”I was just looking around. The workstations in Building Six are too crowded. Let’s move the Customer Service Department, the Investment Attraction and Operations Department, and the Events Department to Building Five.”

Chen Yansen added after a moment of thought.