Chapter 283: The Essence of Tourism is Work

In fact, what Su Nai and the others discussed in the QQ group last night was not off at all. The purpose of Jiang Qin taking them out this time was indeed not just for fun, but to investigate the environment for subsequent promotion.

After leaving Linchuan, Jiang Qin’s first choice was naturally first-tier cities with more resources.

By setting up in first-tier cities, Jiang Qin could access more useful information and seek more solid cooperative relationships. Then he could quickly sink into second and third-tier cities to gain more support.

However, cross-city promotion cannot be done by imagination alone. Where to start, what entry point to use, how to adapt strategies to the local market, and the differences in the commercial atmosphere and business model around university towns all require on-site experience.

Although the promotion tasks are carried out by the business and publicity departments, and in theory, they just need to be sent over, it’s actually the few leaders of Room 208 who are in charge of the direction.

As the leader of the small team, Jiang Qin didn’t want everyone to walk with their eyes closed.

Working people have plenty of time to stay in the promotion location for a long time, but college students have no chance to come at all once school starts, so summer vacation is a good time to investigate the market.

This is a time management master.

To be more precise, it should be called an employee time management master!

As a good boss, of course you have to learn to efficiently manage your employees’ spare time, otherwise when will you ever get rich.

Jiang Qin walked into the hotel room, put down his luggage, then turned around to the next room, planning to report to their families together with Feng Nanshu.

“Brother, hug.”

Feng Nanshu took out her phone to find the contact list while pushing Jiang Qin onto the bed. With a light kick of her little leather shoes, she crawled into Jiang Qin’s arms without a second word.

This seamless action was so smooth and swift that Jiang Qin only reacted when Feng Nanshu’s round little butt sat on his legs.

“How come you don’t let me hug you when you’re at home?”

“Shy.”

Feng Nanshu said with a puffed face, then reached out to dial the phone: “Hello, Auntie, we’ve arrived.”

Yuan Youqin was just worrying about their safety. Hearing this, she immediately felt relieved: “Since you’re going out to play, have fun. Let Jiang Qin take you wherever you want to go. If he doesn’t take you, call me to complain.”

“Okay!”

“Alright, you guys hurry up and rest. Auntie is going to work.”

After hanging up the phone, Feng Nanshu refused to get up from Jiang Qin’s arms. She casually turned on the TV in the room and kept changing channels. It seemed that she had no intention of moving for a while.

Jiang Qin had to hold her and circle this fragrant and soft girl in his arms to prevent her from falling. He smelled her elegant orchid-like fragrance and silently watched TV shows for about an hour.

Putting aside the facts, such solid and strong friendship throughout history can probably only be compared to the story of Yu Boya smashing his zither to thank his bosom friend.

Jiang Qin was lost in thought when he suddenly felt a little hand touching the gap between them, which had now reached a position slightly below the lower abdomen. Frightened, he immediately grabbed that restless little hand.

“Feng Nanshu, what do you want to do?”

“I want to see your second phone.”

“That phone is full of trade secrets, no one can look at it.”

“Brother, look.”

“This is absolutely not allowed. Don’t even call me brother, even if you call me dad I can’t give it to you!”

“…”

In the afternoon after 5 o’clock, the last to arrive, Lu Feiyu, successfully checked in. After resting for half an hour, he was summoned to Jiang Qin’s room by Wei Lanlan.

However, before coming, everyone held a small meeting in the corridor to analyze what tricks the boss was going to play.

In this travel called tourism, what percentage of time can they really spend touring?

Based on everyone’s understanding of the boss and analysis of the boss’s daily behavior patterns, they all felt that in these three days, they might not even have the chance to walk around outside the Forbidden City. Damn boss, too much of a dog!

“Huh? Why are you standing at the door and not coming in?”

At this time, Jiang Qin came out of Feng Nanshu’s room and looked at them in confusion.

Dong Wenhao coughed and said, “We were afraid the boss’s wife was inside, so we were going to knock first. We didn’t expect you to be in the boss’s wife’s room.”

Jiang Qin nodded and counted the number of people with his eyes: “Everyone’s here, right? You’ve been waiting for a whole afternoon. I see you’re all hungry. Let’s find a place to eat first, and I’ll tell you about the follow-up travel plan and enjoyment strategy while we eat.”

“Let’s eat roast duck!”

“There are too many of us. Eating roast duck will require several tables. Besides, there are plenty of opportunities to eat this. Today, let’s go for a copper pot meat fondue.”

Roast duck is too troublesome to eat. You have to clip and roll it. It’s not satisfying and wastes time. It also lacks enough atmosphere and is not suitable for assigning tasks while eating.

It has to be a steaming hot copper pot meat fondue. Dip it in sesame sauce with a special fried chili oil. Listen to the task assignment while picking up meat with chopsticks. Two birds with one stone.

So, when Feng Nanshu finished changing clothes, more than a dozen people walked out of the hotel towards the glittering direction. Following the route they found online earlier, they arrived at an old capital’s copper pot meat fondue shop called Front and Back Rows.

Traveling and eating at public expense, Su Nai and Lu Feiyu were not polite to the boss at all and were extremely vicious.

Soon, the copper pot was boiled by the charcoal fire and various slices of meat were put into the pot. Jiang Qin also seized the opportunity when everyone started eating and unhurriedly began to assign travel tasks.

“There are two nationally renowned universities near us, coincidentally facing each other. Tomorrow’s travel action will be divided into two groups. Me, Su Nai, and Wei Lanlan are one group; Tan Qing and Dong Wenhao are another group. The rest of the people can divide themselves.”

“The purpose of our trip this time is to figure out the on-campus commercial streets of these two universities and to study the entry points for later promotion.”

“You must remember that this entry point is not just for the promotion of Zhihu, but can also be analyzed from the perspective of group buying, because group buying will also follow Zhihu’s steps for ground promotion in the later stage, so you need to make two records.”

“In addition, you need to understand the prices, rents and profits on campus, and have more conversations with merchants.”

“There’s one more thing, which is to do a questionnaire survey for the merchant group. The questionnaire includes their views on online consumption and door-to-door delivery. I have already made the questionnaire. Print it out and distribute it tomorrow.”

Hearing this, everyone couldn’t help but hold their breath.

Boss, oh boss, you call this tourism? What kind of damn tourism is this?

With so much work to do in three days, even if Camel Xiangzi came, he couldn’t handle it.

“Boss, do you have any morals?”

“Whether I have morals or not is not important, as long as you have them. Come, let me get a piece of meat for our treasure female programmer.”

Jiang Qin put a piece of meat in Su Nai’s bowl: “Eat more so you’ll have energy to travel tomorrow.”

Lu Feiyu brought his bowl over: “Boss, I want some too!”

“Okay, I’ll get a piece of meat for you too. Anyone else want some?”

Feng Nanshu tugged on Jiang Qin’s sleeve: “Me too, I also want some.”

Jiang Qin also picked a slice of meat for her: “Let’s try to improve our efficiency tomorrow. Once the work is done, the rest of the time will be for playing. Just thinking about it is exciting. By then, I can take you to watch the flag-raising ceremony, take a stroll in the Forbidden City, and we can also go to Wangfujing. If there’s still time, we might even be able to go to the Badaling Great Wall for a hike!”

Dong Wenhao pursed his lips: “Climbing the Great Wall seems to require taking a long-distance bus. Boss, let’s change it to the Olympic Park. I want to see the Bird’s Nest and Water Cube.”

“Okay, as long as the work completion is high, you can go wherever you want. Come on comrades, I’ll scoop up a ladle of dried meat here first. Help yourselves.”

As Jiang Qin spoke, he picked up the skimmer and scooped up all the cooked meat slices. Seeing this, Room 208’s excellent core employees immediately reached out with their chopsticks to grab them, leaving only a few slices of ginger and a bunch of peppercorns.

More than an hour later, everyone had eaten their fill, so they turned back to the hotel to prepare for tomorrow’s “tourism”.

Wei Lanlan and Tan Qing went to borrow the hotel’s printer to print the survey questionnaires, while the others were each assigned their own work and began planning the action arrangements for tomorrow.

“I think very few people are willing to take the time to fill out survey questionnaires. If they fill it out carelessly, it may affect our judgment. Should we give some money as a reward?” Lu Feiyu raised his hand to speak.

After hearing this, Jiang Qin nodded: “Mm, Feiyu’s idea is very good. Money is the primary motivation.”

Dong Wenhao couldn’t help but speak up: “Boss, I also have an idea. The areas of these two schools are too large. We’re new here and unfamiliar with the place. It’s easy to waste time. Why don’t we hire a student who stays on campus to be our guide?”

“Okay, I’ll leave this matter to you.”

“Alright, I’ll go check out their school’s bulletin board right now.”

Jiang Qin looked at these two young men with endless inspiration, and the corners of his mouth couldn’t help but curl up slightly.

Why did he like to use college students as core employees? It’s because when they go on business trips and have dinner, they won’t clamor to find a place to get a foot massage. What a simple quality, truly touching.

Soon, Wei Lanlan and Tan Qing came back with a bunch of survey questionnaires. Jiang Qin arranged for them to do it once first to familiarize themselves with the questions, and then announced the meeting adjourned.

Tomorrow, time is tight and tasks are heavy. Resting well is the way to go.

So, everyone left Jiang Qin’s room one after another until the room was empty except for him and Feng Nanshu.

“Little rich girl, it’s time to go back to sleep.”

“I want to watch TV here for a little longer.”

“And then accidentally fall asleep while watching, right?”

Feng Nanshu’s eyelashes fluttered slightly. She thought that the big silly bear was getting smarter and didn’t seem to be easily fooled anymore, so she put down the remote control and got off the bed: “Then I’ll go back to sleep first.”

Jiang Qin sighed, thinking that Feng Nanshu seemed to be getting smarter and even a bit naughty.