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    The next morning dawned sunny and clear.

    Everyone departed the hotel and met up with their hired campus tour guides, entering the two universities in a grand procession.

    Since it was summer break, there were countless high school tour groups from all over the country visiting Tsinghua and Peking University, making the entire campus exceptionally lively. There were even stalls selling snacks, drinks, bottled water, and various cultural creative products along both sides of the bridge, stretching out like a bustling market with a strong commercial atmosphere.

    Perhaps every parent asked their child when they were young, “When you grow up, do you want to go to Tsinghua University or Peking University?” And these children seriously agonized over it, not knowing which one to choose.

    In the end, whether they got in or not, this saying spread by word of mouth successfully turned these two universities into incredibly popular tourist attractions.

    “There are so many people even during summer vacation?”

    “Looks like we came at the right time.”

    Jiang Qin set foot in the Tsinghua campus and stood at the entrance, waving his hand to let everyone split up and move freely to save time.

    Wei Lanlan took Wen Jinrui to investigate the vendors and get a clear picture of the consumption situation here. Meanwhile, Su Nai and Shi Miaomiao went together to connect with campus clubs and distribute survey questionnaires. Jiang Qin took Feng Nanshu for a stroll around the campus.

    Mid-July was the hottest period of the entire year, with temperatures reaching around 37°C. Just walking a few steps made you feel like you were sweating buckets, but even without stopping for a moment, it would take a day’s effort to roughly tour this massive university campus.

    Boss Jiang and his lady boss were just taking a cursory glance, following the direction of the visiting crowds and moving forward.

    In this unfamiliar city and campus, Feng Nanshu was full of curiosity about everything before her eyes. She walked forward without stopping, her eyes sparkling and her steps graceful.

    Jiang Qin initially walked in front with his chest out and head held high, his strides full of power, but before long, he was pulled along by his little rich wife.

    Tsinghua and Peking University were probably the wealthiest schools in the country. Despite being so rich, they were still too stingy to install outdoor air conditioning. So damn cheap.

    Jiang Qin wiped his sweat and pulled her to a stop when they encountered the next vendor location.

    At that moment, there was a basketball court enclosed by an iron fence in front of them. Quite a few shirtless students who stayed on campus for the break were playing basketball, their abs rising and falling as sweat glistened in the sun. Sexy as hell.

    “No looking. They’re all no good. Look too much and it’ll hurt your eyes.”

    Jiang Qin covered the little rich wife’s eyes with a stern expression, then reached out and grabbed a fan hat from a nearby stall.

    This product had been popular on campuses since the turn of the millennium. It seemed to be made entirely of plastic, with a hole cut out at the front of the hat and something like a small motor from a remote control car installed, with fan blades attached at the front.

    More advanced upgraded versions not only had a motor fan but also included sunglasses that could be pushed up or pulled down.

    Jiang Qin thought for a moment, picked up a pink hat from the stall, turned on the fan, and put it on his little rich wife’s head.

    Since putting on the hat required both hands, when Jiang Qin moved his hand away from covering her eyes, the little rich wife very obediently raised her hand and covered her own eyes.

    She was wearing a black long dress today, revealing her crystal-like collarbones. From a distance, she looked cold and alluring, her entire aura cool and silly. Wearing a pink hat on top of that, it looked strange no matter how you looked at it.

    Great, this makes her look uglier.

    Jiang Qin grinned, discovering that the gazes staring fixedly at the little rich wife had indeed shifted.

    “Is it cool?”

    “It’s cool.”

    Jiang Qin took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to the stall owner. “Boss, big business is here. Help me get thirteen more, brand new ones.”

    The stall owner smiled and took the cigarette, tucking it behind his ear. “Don’t worry, brother. Everything here is newly stocked. We don’t have enough to sell every day.”

    “Are you a vendor from the school?”

    “Yes, I have a shop on campus. Seeing that it’s summer vacation and high school students from all over the country are coming to visit, I set up a stall here.”

    Jiang Qin tore open the hat’s outer packaging and carefully inspected them one by one, muttering to the stall owner for half an hour and extracting a lot of useful information.

    For example, the areas with the highest foot traffic on campus, the places where students loved to gather, and which campus gate had the highest frequency of students entering and exiting. This information might be difficult for outsiders to figure out in a short time, but it was indeed the simplest thing for people from the school.

    Just like that, the two of them walked and stopped, all the way until noon.

    According to last night’s agreement, the group from Room 208 met at a steamed bun shop outside the school. Jiang Qin distributed the hats to everyone while listening to their reports.

    After a morning of investigation, they had visited many crowded spots and had a vague idea of the entry points and methods for promotion. However, without a computer on hand, they couldn’t immediately form written documents and could only jot down notes first.

    Additionally, the survey questionnaires had all been distributed, and they planned to collect them the following afternoon. The vendors who received the questionnaires would receive a commission as long as they filled them out carefully and submitted them on time.

    Moreover, Dong Wenhao had mixed into a QQ group full of university vendors, intending to keep track of the latest business dynamics in this place in real-time.

    Overall, the work in the first half of the day was undoubtedly successful and smooth.

    They had already identified many suitable points for on-the-ground promotion that also had the bonus of foot traffic, and had even casually scoped out a location for Xitian’s shop.

    “Everyone has worked hard. Let’s go to Four Seasons Min Fu later and have thirty or fifty roast ducks.”

    “Let’s not rush to the roast duck issue. Boss, why is my hat Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf? This is too childish.” Lu Feiyu held his fan hat with a look of disdain.

    Jiang Qin crumpled up the plastic packaging and threw it into the trash can before speaking, “The stall owner said they were out of solid colors and only had these kinds.”

    “How can a mighty man like me wear this kind of cartoon thing out?”

    Dong Wenhao glanced at him. “Just make do with it. Didn’t you see that mine is also pink?”

    After eating lunch at the steamed bun shop, the group split up again to continue market research and promotion analysis.

    Jiang Qin took Feng Nanshu to Peking University to see Unnamed Lake and the Boya Pagoda.

    Needless to say, these two universities were indeed worthy of being neighbors. The commercial atmosphere was almost the same. As soon as they entered, there were also various stalls, and there were even small stalls selling stones.

    Child, your parents bought you a stone engraved with your name here. You have to rely on your own efforts to get in and find this stone.

    A father wearing a floral shirt with the hem tucked into suit pants said earnestly to his pair of children.

    Jiang Qin was a business fanatic. Seeing that even stones could be sold for money, he couldn’t help exclaiming how awesome it was and quickly pulled Feng Nanshu to ask about the price.

    “You want to buy a stone?” The stall owner was a bit surprised.

    Jiang Qin nodded. “Yes, how much is this?”

    “Are you high school students here for a visit?”

    “We’re university students.”

    The stall owner couldn’t help but size them up. “Then isn’t it a bit early for you to buy now? Even if you’re about to have a child, you still have to wait eighteen years. Will you still remember where the stone is buried after eighteen years?”

    Jiang Qin: “?????”

    Feng Nanshu spoke with confidence and aloofness, “It’s fine. I can remember.”

    “What do you remember?” Jiang Qin looked at her with a straight face.

    Feng Nanshu narrowed her eyes and said earnestly, “Even after eighteen years, I can still remember where the stone is.”

    “Do you know how to have a baby?”

    A hint of bewilderment flashed through the little rich wife’s eyes, and she stood there in a daze.

    Jiang Qin clicked his tongue, thinking to himself that he had to have a child just to buy a stone? Heh, he wasn’t that stupid. So he pulled the little rich wife and went to the other side.

    In the end, they didn’t know which gate they had walked out of wrong, and they strolled right onto the main road.

    “Working for a day really exhausted me to death.”

    Jiang Qin held his waist and sighed, looking at the little rich wife beside him.

    At dusk, everyone returned to the hotel, huddled with their computers in Jiang Qin’s suite, and began to sort out the information and organize it. Along with some of the photos they had casually taken, they selected some and finally compiled them into a document, presenting a relatively detailed record.

    Boss Jiang scrolled the mouse while reading carefully, and in the end, gave the group’s work results a very high evaluation.

    As a mature capitalist, you must learn how to effectively motivate employees to work efficiently.

    Take this time for example. Jiang Qin, after precise analysis, determined the duration of stay in each city to be three days.

    Why three days? Because within three days, if you work with all your might, you will definitely have surplus time, but if you work passively, three days is also enough.

    Under these circumstances, the employees will have two choices. Either use all three days for work, or work hard for one day and enjoy the remaining two days to the fullest.

    So, everyone maintained a high level of enthusiasm today, hoping to complete the work as soon as possible, and the efficiency was naturally much higher.

    This is a technique!

    “Let’s go, out to eat roast duck!”

    Jiang Qin took the large group to Four Seasons Min Fu and ordered three tables, with two ducks per table.

    Lifting a lotus leaf pancake, adding two slices of duck meat, and sprinkling scallions and sweet bean sauce, taking a bite, the date-red skin had a fragrant layer of fat, and the subsequently soft and tender meat was juicy and moist.

    The people from Room 208 had rushed around all day and were already starving. They wolfed down the meal with gusto.

    “It seems that dinner after a day of labor is indeed exceptionally delicious.”

    Jiang Qin rolled up a wrap and fed it to Feng Nanshu. “You’re not allowed to eat only half.”

    Feng Nanshu gently opened her mouth and happily took a big bite. “Not eating anymore.”

    “Didn’t I say you’re not allowed to eat only half?”

    “I ate two-thirds.”

    Everyone at the table raised their heads upon hearing this, thinking that the boss’s wife indeed understood math.

    Jiang Qin fell silent for a moment, realizing that he indeed had nothing to refute, so he tossed the remaining one-third into his mouth, solving the leftover bit that his good friend couldn’t finish for her.

    Chapter Summary

    Jiang Qin and his Room 208 team visit Tsinghua and Peking University to conduct market research and promotion analysis for their business. They investigate vendors, distribute questionnaires, and identify suitable promotion points. Jiang Qin and Feng Nanshu explore the campuses, encountering humorous situations. Despite the exhausting work, they remain enthusiastic. The chapter ends with the group enjoying a satisfying roast duck dinner together.

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