Chapter 225: Can We Not Make This Money?
by xennovel“We agreed once Christmas Eve was over we’d both forget about that thing.”
“Jiang Qin I can’t control my dreams.” Feng Nanshu said pitifully.
Hearing this Jiang Qin paused unable to find any reason to refute this point after racking his brain.
She didn’t mention it on purpose it was in a dream can people actively choose the content of their dreams?
Damn it.
Eating things I shouldn’t have was indeed unwise.
But for Feng Nanshu to stump me with one sentence is this stupidity? This isn’t stupid at all is it?
Jiang Qin grew wary and turned to observe the little rich girl only to see her blowing bubbles into her straw eyes looking dumb.
“…”
“If you bring it up again next time I’ll bite you until you cry.”
Feng Nanshu panicked her little feet involuntarily shrinking back.
Right then Jiang Qin’s phone in his pocket rang taking it out he saw it was his mom calling.
His thumb hovered over the answer button his expression hesitant.
He seemed to have been busy with promotion activities at Normal University and University of Technology since school started completely forgetting to call home his mom’s complaints must be piling up.
Jiang Qin held the phone a bit further away and pressed the answer button.
“You little brat you really lost contact as soon as school started? It’s been over a month not a single call home?”
“Also why is there another 20000 yuan in my account is your entrepreneurship making that much money?”
“Jiang Qin don’t blame Mom for nagging I just hope you study well there will be plenty of opportunities to make money in the future you absolutely mustn’t do bad things out there.”
“…”
Jiang Qin covered the microphone and looked at Feng Nanshu “It’s my mom do you want to answer?”
“I do.”
Feng Nanshu’s eyes sparkled remembering the scene of Yuan Youqin doting on her made her happy.
Jiang Qin pursed the corner of his mouth “Then I’ll give you my favorite parent-child interaction time in exchange from now on you can’t bring up Christmas Eve anymore.”
“What if I can’t help it?” Feng Nanshu wrinkled her delicate nose.
“Try your best to hold it in.”
Jiang Qin handed over the phone at this time Yuan Youqin not hearing her son’s response was about to get angry but hearing a soft “Auntie” was instantly stunned.
“Nanshu? Why are you only calling Auntie now Auntie misses you.”
“I don’t have your phone number Jiang Qin won’t give it to me.”
“Wait until summer break come to our house Auntie will scold him in front of you.”
Jiang Qin listening to Yuan Youqin’s 180 degree change in tone was rendered speechless thinking Mom really likes the little rich girl that much one “Auntie” made all her anger dissipate?
But Mom indeed has some skill with two sentences she’s already invited the little rich girl over to play during summer break she really lives up to being my mom!
At the same time Gao Wenhui behind the counter smelling the scent rushed over eyes suddenly shining nestling close to Feng Nanshu to eavesdrop.
“What are you eavesdropping for?”
“I love listening!”
Jiang Qin looked at Gao Wenhui thinking people who ship anything are really damn scary then he sauntered to the shop door looking at the sunset glow stretching lazily.
From Tuesday to Thursday Jiang Qin gave himself a three-day vacation which was now nearing its end.
Of course many things were also nearing their end.
For example the campus beauty contest at Normal University and University of Technology and also the group-buy promotion activities.
Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner on the path it should take.
…
Early April the sun gentle spring in full bloom.
The University of Science and Technology team withdrew from the University of Technology handing over operations to the part-time student team at the University of Technology.
At the same time the Linchuan University team also withdrew from Normal University handing over operations to Normal University’s part-time students.
All the bustle and clamor began to calm down.
How to put it.
It’s like you went to a very lively banquet singing and dancing having a blast but after returning home you’re still alone only having a headache from a hangover the next morning.
Many students who had been voting feverishly without the daily task of voting felt extremely empty and began pondering life.
What does it have to do with me who is the top campus beauty?
No matter how many votes the goddess gets she won’t spare me an extra glance so why was I so worked up?
Did my life change because of it?
No the goddess is still the goddess losers are still losers the hopeless are still hopeless the single are still single everything seems to have not changed at all.
But for Jiang Qin after running the four campus beauty contests many things had turned into the shape he wanted.
For example college students’ consumption habits had changed from offline to online.
From September 2008 to April 2009 from Zhihu to the contests to the launch of group-buying Jiang Qin step by step devoured the four universities finally completely tying together the consumption power of Linchuan University students forging group-buying.
How terrifying is this power?
The students at the four universities didn’t know the merchants on the pedestrian street didn’t know even the employees at 208 weren’t too clear.
But there was one person who knew very clearly that was the manager of the shipping department at Wanzhong Mall.
You should know regardless if it’s Linchuan University University of Science and Technology University of Technology or Normal University they all have their own pedestrian streets all with pretty much the same fruit shops hair salons supermarkets…
But there is only one mall channel for group-buying Wanzhong.
In other words if students from the four universities want to buy some high-end expensive items as long as they choose the online channel they are all Wanzhong’s orders.
The combined consumption power of the four schools really made the shipping department manager’s ass burn directly opening his eyes.
On the morning of Tomb-Sweeping Day rain falling He Yijun sat in his office listening to Yue Zhu report on the mall’s reformation situation.
“The renovation progress of the underground first floor is 85% complete the supermarket has begun trial operation.”
“The renovation progress of the first floor is 54% complete Chow Tai Fook and Lao Feng Xiang are in talks.”
“The renovation progress of the second floor is 32%.”
“The renovation progress of the third floor is 76% the hotpot and milk tea shops have started business.”
“The fourth floor…”
He Yijun frowned “Wait why is the progress of the second floor so slow? Who is in charge of this floor?”
“It’s the shipping department manager Luo Dawei.” Yue Zhu said.
“Tell him to come see me!”
Three minutes later the shipping department’s Luo Dawei arrived at the top floor office and was immediately criticized by He Yijun.
In order to reform the mall he had borrowed a large sum from the bank and wined and dined all sorts of partners seeing everything getting on track but having a manager dragging his feet who could tolerate that.
But as he was scolding him Luo Dawei suddenly took out a group-buying sales report stunning He Yijun.
“What is this?”
“The group-buying sales report from last month.”
“What are the sales?”
“2.48 million…”
He Yijun was dazed for a moment “Are you muddled? I’m asking about group-buying’s individual sales.”
Luo Dawei swallowed “I am talking about group-buying’s individual sales.”
“You mean to say group-buying helped us sell 2.5 million in goods? Are you crazy before we reformed our offline sales were only about that much!”
Luo Dawei directly opened up the sales data spreading it on the table “Those college students’ consumption power is really too strong they really spend if they have money I know the renovation progress of my floor is slow but are we not earning this money?”
“…”
He Yijun carefully looked over the sales report shocked speechless for a long time.
Wanzhong is the largest pure sales mall in all of Linchuan!
Why can one group-buying channel be equivalent to my entire mall’s marketing sales? Isn’t this joke too much?
“Boss boss are you alright?”
He Yijun blanked for a while before coming back to his senses “This money indeed can’t be not earned but even if the shipment volume increases your progress shouldn’t be this slow right?”
Luo Dawei sighed “It’s not just shipments boss in order to change our business model our wholesale business has basically been cut reducing our purchase volume by 80% the warehouse stock has long been unable to keep up with group-buying’s demand volume besides shipping I also have to coordinate purchasing I really don’t have the energy.”
“Then… then how about this Old Zhao’s side is almost done have him be responsible for your floor and you independently handle group-buying’s purchasing and shipping!”
“Okay boss!”
He Yijun pursed the corner of his mouth suddenly having a very curious question “Say Jiang Qin how much can he make in a month?”
Luo Dawei shook his head “I don’t know but I can make a wild guess.”
“How do you wildly guess?”
“The four universities have about 200000 college students even if only half use group-buying that’s still 100000 people boss you should know Jiang Qin’s group-buying has signed all the merchants around the university district besides eating in the cafeteria no matter what you buy you can group-buy each college student’s living expenses are 500 yuan if we calculate online consumption as 150 yuan and take a 15% commission his monthly gross profit will probably be over 1 million.”
He Yijun actually didn’t listen carefully but involuntarily imagined a scene.
In the sky above Linchuan University district there was a giant meatball with the words “group-buying” written on it.
It extended countless blood vessels connecting to the surrounding merchants and also connecting to Wanzhong.
Whenever a student consumed online no matter what they bought a portion of the nutrients would flow into the meatball through the blood vessels.
The lazier the students the more online consumption the fatter the meatball.
“First make a forum that can become popular among students then use the campus beauty contest to cultivate a huge traffic pool then use group-buying to monetize the traffic finally it actually turned into a huge gold-sucking machine able to eat and excrete.”
The corner of Luo Dawei’s mouth twitched “Boss able to eat and excrete is very vivid!”
He Yijun’s scalp went numb.
When he first met Jiang Qin it was purely to put up an advertisement in the university district he never thought this college student who spouted slick words could create such a thing.
Linchuan University’s study star truly lives up to the name!
“Alright Manager Luo you can go back first.”
“Okay boss.”
Luo Dawei left the office taking the elevator to the warehouse on the underground first floor seeing the workers busy preparing the night’s shipments the entire warehouse entrance bustling with activity.
Among them was a bald man named Ma Liang nicknamed Little Ma.
He had been arranging workers to pick goods since noon busy until now already sweating profusely then sat in the corner to chug some water.
Little Ma was a grassroots worker he didn’t understand what was called reform.
His world was only about making money to support his family eating his fill and not going hungry.
But after returning from the New Year holiday the shipping department experienced a major round of layoffs
First the people responsible for the home appliance and furniture mall were laid off then the clothing factory workers were laid off…
He was really anxious at that time spending a lot of money on two bottles of alcohol to ask Director Zhang for information afraid he would be laid off
Director Zhang told him the mall was changing its business model and wouldn’t need so many cargo truck drivers in the future but also told him not to worry saying he definitely wouldn’t be laid off
Why?
Director Zhang said it was because he had taken on the group-buying shipping work luckily stepping into the safety zone
The mall will still need you because group-buying requires truck drivers
Little Ma immediately thought of that college student who had tricked him with the two banners so he rushed home and gave his son who was about to drop out of school a severe beating
For no other reason than he realized knowledge is damn power!