Stronger by Paying Salaries and I Have 1 Billion Employees

Chen Yansen had no idea how much psychological damage Orange Technology’s branding department’s move would inflict on their competitors.

After all, the total smartphone shipments in Hua Country in 2012 were just over 200 million units, and the Qingcheng D2, with just a single model, had accounted for 10% of last year’s total sales.

So what about the Orange C3S and the Yaocheng X1?

Orange Technology hadn’t announced the numbers, clearly wanting to wait until they broke the 10 or 20 million unit mark before releasing a battle report.

Outsiders didn’t know, but Chen Yansen knew the exact figures.

The Orange C3S had sold 4.109 million units and the Yaocheng X1 had sold 1.171 million. Including other models like the Orange C3, Orange C2, and the Qingcheng D1, they had sold a cumulative 5.417 million units, bringing in 33.94 billion Hua Yuan in revenue.

This detailed data report was sitting on his desk right now.

Judging by the data, both the Orange C3S and the Yaocheng X1 showed significant sales growth, but their market performance could only be described as average, or even subpar.

This indicated that phones priced above 2,500 Hua Yuan were, in the end, a bit too expensive for consumers.

This was also the main reason why phones from Ni Cai, Da Kele, and Blue Demon could survive.

Some users had extremely low requirements for a phone; as long as it could make calls, send texts, and chat on WeChat, that was enough. As for apps for gaming, entertainment, or work, those weren’t even a consideration.

On the way back, Chen Yansen pondered for a long while and decided to develop a new low-to-mid-range model priced around 1,500 Hua Yuan to fill the product gap in that price segment.

He had originally planned to use the Orange C1 as a substitute, but with advancements in chip, camera, screen, and battery technology, the Orange C1’s specs were no longer up to the important task of capturing the thousand-yuan phone market.

Anyway, he just needed to make a few tweaks to the Orange C1’s base design. It wouldn’t require too much time or energy.

Apple, Mountain Star, Huawei, ZTE, and Xiaomi—which one of them didn’t do the same thing?

Milking the product line... he could do that too!

Back at the Delta Villa, Chen Yansen summoned the system panel.

He synthesized 290,028 strands of Human Dao Fire into 29 strands of Immortal Dao Fire, then allocated them all to his Spirit, raising the value to 101.05.

Although it was only a 1% increase, Chen Yansen discovered after some testing that the diameter of his Divine Sense’s detection range had grown by three meters. Compared to the original thirty meters, that was a full 10% increase.

The weight limit of his telekinesis also increased from over 330 pounds to around 375 pounds.

The activation duration of his [Planck Clock] talent extended from three seconds to four.

The circular hash marks in his eyes seemed to have widened slightly, emitting a cold, metallic luster. Mixed in with his dark brown irises, one would never notice them without looking very closely.

’It’s not just three seconds anymore!’

Chen Yansen let out a long sigh and nodded in satisfaction. He stood before a mirror, studying the faint circular hash marks, and had a strange feeling that even though a smile was on his face, his expression was utterly cold.

’This damn system doesn’t even come with a manual!’

After mulling it over for a short while, Chen Yansen couldn’t help but curse softly.

But President Chen’s moods came and went quickly. He immediately pulled out his phone and sent a text message.

’Consider it a celebration for the Qingcheng D2 selling 20 million units!’

「Meanwhile.」

Far away in the Shencheng City R&D lab, Lin Qingbai sat at his computer, finishing the final adjustments on the Orange wristband. He muttered to himself, ”I hope the boss stops tormenting me. This is the seventh version already. If he’s still not satisfied, I’m gonna pack my bags and quit tomorrow.”

Lin Qingbai couldn’t help but recall his work experience at Foxconn. Although he worked more overtime there, it was nowhere near as mentally exhausting as working at Orange Technology.

If it weren’t for the money, he really wanted to chew out Chen Yansen in an email.

Of course, that was just a thought.

From the huge success of the Moss (Alexa) Smart Speaker, the Orange Bluetooth headset, the Orange Pad 1, and the Orange MagicBook, every product demonstrated that his boss possessed a unique aesthetic sense and a forward-thinking market vision when it came to industrial design.