Lin Chen noticed An Rou's unusual behavior and thought of the background he had inquired about with the counselor before. However, with Fatty present, Lin Chen said nothing.
"Then I'll ask Shen Yue and Su Xiaowan if they want to ride back in my car together."
Lin Chen took out his phone and sent a message to the Shanghai quartet.
"When does everyone start winter break? Want to ride home with me?"
Su Xiaowan: "Okay, hehe."
Shen Yue: "I won't go back with you guys. Our school starts on the 5th. My dad happens to be in Shanghai on a business trip that day, so he'll take me back with him."
"Miss, remember to tell Uncle Shen about the legal department."
"I know, humph. I already told my dad about it on the phone last time. My dad said you're a typical capitalist."
"Nonsense, I am clearly a people's entrepreneur."
After finishing their conversation, Lin Chen took several bags of milk tea and returned to the company with An Rou.
"So, boss, you called me here just to trick me into being a laborer carrying milk tea?"
"This is originally the logistics department's job, but I'm doing this for you for free, okay?"
"You capitalists have such sharp tongues; you can make black seem white."
Take the elevator to the 26th floor.
"Come on, everyone, come and have some milk tea! Anrou brought this back with great effort."
"Thank you, Anrou!"
"Thank you, Vice President An!"
"You're welcome, you're welcome, haha."
After everyone had their milk tea, Lin Chen continued, "Everyone, our company will be on holiday starting on the 5th. However, since we have a Spring Festival shopping event with Taobao starting next week, we need someone to be on duty. Of course, it's not required to be at the company; working from home is also fine. Each department should arrange its own duty roster and submit it to An Rou."
After Lin Chen made the announcement, no one at Xingchen Technology had any objections. They never dared to imagine that the company could give them a holiday so early. Looking at other students' internships, they worked until the day before Lunar New Year's Eve before getting a holiday, and some unlucky ones were even assigned to work on Lunar New Year's Eve. Now the company only requires working from home, and moreover, there are real things to do, not the kind of duty where there is nothing to do.
Back in his office, Lin Chen dialed Su Xiaowan's number.
"Xiao Wan, take a couple of days to calculate the company's profit for this year. I'm planning to hold the annual meeting on the evening of the 4th and distribute year-end bonuses."
"Okay, I'll give it to you tomorrow."
The next afternoon, Su Xiaowan presented Lin Chen with a company profit report. The results were astonishing. Lin Chen had only founded Xingchen Technology in September. Excluding the over 700 million yuan profit from "Fruit Ninja" (since that had little to do with Xingchen Technology), the remaining profits from Huasuan.com and "FlyMe2theMoon" totaled approximately 550 million yuan. Investments in Ele.me and the acquisition of 99fang only cost a little over 30 million yuan, and the purchase of office buildings cost 10 million yuan.
After thinking for a moment, Lin Chen wrote down a list of year-end bonuses and handed it to Su Xiaowan.
Su Xiaowan glanced at it and exclaimed in surprise, "This... so many?"
Lin Chen laughed and said, "Shouldn't we give our employees more bonuses if we make money? Otherwise, wouldn't I be an unscrupulous boss?"
"Okay, I'll go prepare it."
Later, Lin Chen sent a message in the Xingchen Technology employee group: "The annual meeting will be held on the evening of the 4th, and year-end bonuses will be distributed. An Rou, come to my office."
"(＾－＾)V Yay~"
"Long live the boss!"
"Boss, I love you, muah!"
Not long after, An Rou walked in.
"Boss, what do you need me for?"
"Senior, could you book a hotel for our annual meeting? We need a high-end one, and then prepare some New Year's goods?"
"Okay, boss, can I ask secretly how much my year-end bonus is?"
"You eat my food and live in my house, and you still want a year-end bonus?"
"snort!"
"Ring ring..."
Lin Chen's phone rang.
"Hey, Brother Lin, this is Zhang Yong."
"Brother Yong, I thought you had forgotten about the New Year's shopping festival."
"Huh, the New Year's Shopping Festival? That's a good name, I'll just use it. I called to ask if you have any good marketing ideas. Don't worry, I know the rules."
As he spoke, Lin Chen's phone chimed. Without even looking, Lin Chen knew that another five million yuan in consulting fees had probably been deposited into his account.
"Brother Yong, you've already given me such a big New Year's red envelope before the New Year is even here. How can I accept this? Besides, where would I get so many ideas? Do you think I'd let you give red envelopes to everyone?"
A brilliant idea flashed through Zhang Yong's mind: "That's right, send red envelopes! Bro, you're really awesome, thanks!"
Lin Chen stared blankly at the phone that had already been hung up. He really hadn't given Zhang Yong any advice this time, so why did the call end so quickly? Should he return the five million?
But then I thought, this is a New Year's red envelope, not a consultation fee, so why would I refund it?
The next day, Taobao released the details of its New Year's Shopping Festival activities. Taobao was giving out red envelopes to all users. There were no tricks. You could get 100 yuan back by topping up 100 yuan with Alipay, but you couldn't withdraw the money.
The internet immediately erupted in discussion.
"Wow, Taobao is so generous! Top up 100 and get 100 free, that's amazing!"
"Yes, this unpretentious event really made people feel the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year."
"As expected of a shopping app made by Chinese people."
"Brothers, let's charge! Charge! Charge! Charge!"
Huasuan.com quickly followed up with its own promotional plan. In addition to subsidizing return shipping costs as always, it also offered a cashback bonus: for every valid order over 200 yuan placed through Huasuan.com and redirected to Taobao, customers would receive a 20 yuan Taobao Mall unlimited recharge card.
After seeing the announcement from Huasuan.com, Zhang Yong immediately had someone transfer two million yuan worth of Taobao Mall recharge cards to Huasuan.com.
"Brother, I'll sponsor your activity expenses."
"Oh, thank you, Brother Yong. You're so generous."
Zhang Yong also had his own ulterior motives. With the current influence of Huasuan.com, it could make a fortune by cooperating with any of the major shopping festivals next year. By spending a little money to build good relationships, it might be able to reap even greater rewards later.
Sure enough, the reward came immediately.
Huasuan.com immediately posted a screenshot of the two million yuan recharge card sent by Zhang Yong on Weibo.
"Dear loyal users of Huasuan.com, your Chinese New Year red envelope has arrived. Please check your account. This event was sponsored by Taobao. Let's all shout 'Taobao 666'! [image.jpg]"
When netizens saw that the recharge cards were already prepared, what was there to hesitate about? Go for it! The worst thing about participating in online activities is that the organizers delay paying out the prize money. Now that Huasuan.com has already prepared the recharge cards, what is there to be afraid of?
Subsequently, the phrase "Taobao 666" unexpectedly became a trending topic, and Zhang Yong was all smiles. The two million yuan was well spent; he not only gained a wave of fans but also earned a free trending topic.
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