Stronger by Paying Salaries and I Have 1 Billion Employees

Of course, his enthusiasm wasn’t free. For every phone card he sold, he received a commission.

”Holy shit! For real?” Old Zhang looked astonished.

”Now I don’t like the sound of that!” Wu Lei said with a straight face, snatching the flyer back.

”Hey, don’t do that! I’ll get it, I’ll get it!” Old Zhang said with a laugh.

Wu Lei’s tactic of feigning retreat to advance worked every time.

Everyone has their guard up. Being too enthusiastic can make people feel like you have ulterior motives. But if you take a strategic step back, they’ll chase after you.

Hu Peng suppressed a laugh, got a Star Shining Card for Old Zhang, and showed him how to activate it over the phone.

A short while later, Old Zhang headed home, delighted with his ultra-thin, large-screen Qingcheng D2.

”Brother Lei, another sale!” Hu Peng said with a smile.

”The Qingcheng D2 sells so well. Customers in the townships don’t care at all whether the phone’s operating system is Aurora Future or Android.”

Wu Lei couldn’t help but sigh with emotion.

”The commission is higher for the Qingcheng D2 with Aurora Future, so who would bother selling the Android version?” Hu Peng said with a pout.

「Meanwhile.」

In a conference room in Office Building No. 9 at the Zhuxianzhuang Science and Technology Park.

Chen Yansen leaned back in his chair, staring silently at the PPT on the screen.

Zhou Shouzhi sat to his left.

To his right, Yan Peng looked down at his laptop screen and slowly reported, ”As of April 21st, our three new products have been on the market for 35 days, with a cumulative total of 13.64 million units sold. This includes 11.6 million units of the Qingcheng D2, 1.507 million units of the Orange C3S, and 533,000 units of the Yaocheng X1.”

He paused for a moment before continuing, ”It’s worth noting that the sales share from Yunsu Express Service Stations has grown extremely quickly, now reaching 19.3%. The Qingcheng D2 accounts for a staggering 82.6% of those sales, and of those, 91.7% are the version equipped with the Aurora Future System.”

Chen Yansen nodded slightly and looked at Zhou Shouzhi. ”It seems that promoting the Aurora Future System will have to rely on the rural market.”

”Liao Wei has reported that when users currently encounter after-sales issues, they either have to mail their device to a nearby flagship store or send it back to the Shencheng City or Luzhou factories. All that back and forth takes too much time.”

”Boss, are you saying we should select a batch of authorized dealers?” Zhou Shouzhi asked.

”I’m more inclined to open our own stores. Smaller scale, but they can handle both sales and after-sales service.”

Chen Yansen gave his answer directly.

Mountain Star, Coolpad, OPPO, and VIVO have been living too comfortably on their offline sales networks, enjoying high gross margins with few problems.

President Chen couldn’t stand to see his competitors having such an easy time!

”Yes, I understand,” Zhou Shouzhi immediately replied.

”Where have we decided for the first stop in the Western European market?” Chen Yansen asked.

”Germany. We’ve coordinated with the local carriers. The launch will be around mid-May, initially focusing on the Qingcheng D2 and the Orange C3S,” Zhou Shouzhi answered.

”Good. Continue,” Chen Yansen said with a wave of his hand.

Next, the newly appointed Director of the Brand Department, Wang Shixiang, began his report.

Ye Qiuping was now in charge of the Senlian Star Shining Card project, so she couldn’t hold her old position long-term. A capable supervisor had been selected from within the company and promoted.

He was a former member of Nokia’s Asian Region brand department, so he had been tempered at a top-tier international company. His fundamentals were solid, he spoke in a structured manner, and he was willing to think on his feet.

Chen Yansen listened with satisfaction and didn’t raise any questions.

Seeing this, Wang Shixiang was delighted and breathed a secret sigh of relief.

An hour later, the weekly meeting ended. Chen Yansen had Lao Zhou stay behind, and they discussed the construction of the offline channel network for another ten-plus minutes before he let Zhou Shouzhi leave.

The Orange Intelligent Life Halls currently numbered 270 stores, located mainly in tier-one, -two, -three, and -four cities, with limited influence in the sinking market.

If they could achieve a full rollout of company-owned stores in townships, perhaps Orange Mobile Phone’s sales could reach the next level.