A hundred flavors of life

Chapter 1399 Chen Xun, courting death, and an unexpected visitor! (Please subscribe!)
The capital city was full of festive spirit during the first month of the lunar calendar, with the faint smell of smoke from firecrackers and the hustle and bustle of visiting relatives and friends filling the air.

However, Hua Twelve's business expansion will not stop for a moment because of traditional festivals.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, while most people were still enjoying the leisurely holiday and the warmth of family reunion, Hua Shier had already left the gentle embrace of love, said goodbye to Fang Hui and Lin Jiamo, and boarded a flight to Nanjing with a core team carefully selected from Weibo.

This team is small, with only a dozen or so members, but it includes key talents from core departments such as technology, operations, marketing, and finance.

They are the heroes who helped Weibo grow from nothing to something, from small to large, with rich practical experience and a deep understanding of Huawei's strategic intentions.

This time, they will act as a spark, igniting a prairie fire for the upcoming 'Jingnan Mall' on this new battlefield of Jinling.

Outside the airplane window, the sea of ​​clouds churned. Hua Shier closed his eyes to rest, but his mind was rapidly sketching out the future blueprint of Jingnan Mall.

B2C, self-operated logistics, and genuine product guarantee—these concepts, which seem somewhat advanced nowadays, already have a clear path in his mind.

He knew that this path would not be easy, especially logistics, which would be the biggest moat and the heaviest burden in the future.

But once built, it becomes an impregnable fortress, impossible for anyone to easily replicate.

Upon arriving in Nanjing, the team immediately went into high-speed operation.

The office space I rented in the Jinluan Building was already renovated before the Lunar New Year.

With Hua Shier personally overseeing the operation, he commanded with composure, ensuring that equipment installation, network setup, personnel recruitment, and system construction were all carried out in an orderly and synchronized manner.

His visionary foresight and decisive methods earned him the admiration of the key personnel he brought, and also instilled unprecedented pressure and passion in the newly recruited local employees.

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival.

On this day of family reunion, 'Jingnan Mall' officially opened for business.

There wasn't an overly grand celebration, but the atmosphere was lively enough.

Hua Shier delivered a brief speech in the plaza below the office building, thanking the team for their hard work and looking forward to the future of e-commerce. The red silk cloth was unveiled, and the four gilded characters "Jingnan Mall" shone brightly in the sunlight.

Friends all came to help. Xu Kaiyang and Zhang Kai naturally ran around doing everything. Zheng Wei, Ruan Wan, Zhu Xiaobei, Li Weijuan and other female dormitory members also came to visit the newly established e-commerce company with curiosity and blessings.

Li Weijuan, dressed in fashionable new spring clothes, was looking around the company with Zheng Wei when she suddenly saw Li Youcai moving office desks and chairs with the workers.

Li Youcai, dressed in simple work clothes, had beads of sweat on his forehead and was working very hard.

Li Weijuan's eyes widened in surprise, then her brows furrowed immediately. She strode over in her high heels, her tone revealing undisguised astonishment and a hint of nervousness:
"Li Youcai? Didn't I tell you to go back? What are you doing here?"

When Li Youcai saw her, he paused, a hint of embarrassment flashing across his face, but he still answered honestly:
"I'm just here to work. I'm working for Mr. Hua now."

Hua Shier happened to walk over, overheard the conversation, and replied with a smile:
"Yes, Youcai is reliable and hardworking. My business has just opened and I need someone like him."

Li Weijuan pursed her lips and didn't say anything more, but she clearly still didn't think highly of Li Youcai.

Li Youcai lowered his head and continued to silently move tables and chairs, but his grip on the edges of the furniture tightened slightly.

Hua Shier saw all of this, patted Li Youcai on the shoulder, and didn't say anything more.

Some people need time and achievements to prove themselves.

On the opening day, Jingnan Mall did not immediately open to ordinary consumers, but instead conducted internal testing and supplier coordination.

However, its debut has already attracted considerable attention within the industry.

More importantly, Huawei's two major traffic drivers—Tencent and Weibo—have both begun to exert their influence.

Both Tencent and Weibo have advertising businesses and close partnerships with many suppliers. These suppliers have already joined Jingnan Mall ahead of schedule through the connections made by the two companies.

In addition, Tencent pushed the news of the launch and recruitment of Jingnan Mall to hundreds of millions of registered users through pop-up news, QQ Space promotion and other means.

Weibo went all out, with all registered users receiving a notification to follow the official Weibo account of "Jingnan Mall". A series of combined efforts, including homepage splash screen ads, trending topic recommendations, and lucky draws by influential figures, made the name of Jingnan Mall and its slogan "Genuine Products at Low Prices, Lightning Delivery" go viral online.

Unlike the e-commerce B2C business launched by JingD in January, JingNan has the strong support of Tencent and Weibo, which can be said to be a direct launch.

It is said that JingD's B2C platform only completed one transaction on its first day of operation. Hua Shier is confident that Jingnan will definitely create a miracle in the industry.

The massive influx of traffic to the still-testing website, while putting some pressure on the team, also greatly boosted team morale.

Twenty-four hours later, the technical staff provided data showing that 15236 orders were placed within 24 hours of the platform's launch.

Compared to other e-commerce platforms, this data is definitely a great start.

All the employees cheered, and Zhang Kai and his classmates joined in the fun. Only Hua Shier, who had witnessed the scale of e-commerce in later generations, smiled but sighed in his heart, "The revolution is not yet successful, comrades still need to work hard."

However, although the transaction volume was only so low, the number of page views continued to increase.

Hua Shier calmly directed operations, with the technical team working overnight to optimize servers and the operations team working diligently to list products and improve web pages.

With the help of two major traffic-driving tools, Tencent and Weibo, daily orders doubled in the following period. Jingnan Mall was entering the fast lane at an astonishing speed and quickly got on the right track.

The rapid development of the business has brought with it enormous logistical pressure.

In the first few days, the outsourced logistics company already showed signs of fatigue, with complaints of delivery delays and damaged goods beginning to emerge.

Hua12 understands that logistics is the lifeline of the e-commerce experience and must not be subject to others' control.

He made a decisive move and formally proposed the plan to establish 'Jingnan Logistics' at the company's first strategic meeting.

Actually, the best time to set up a logistics company would have been after the company started raising funds, but Hua Shier considered another issue: the ever-increasing housing prices.

Hua Shier believes that we should start planning for the future now. If we set up a logistics company now, we can take advantage of the low housing prices and buy properties all over the country. This will definitely save us a lot of money in the future, and the properties we buy will become a huge fortune as housing prices across the country skyrocket.

"We want to build our own warehousing, sorting centers and delivery teams."

In the conference room, Hua Shier stood in front of the projection screen, his tone resolute:

"The initial investment will be very large, and we may even incur losses for a long time. But only in this way can we control and improve the final service quality and user experience, and have our own trump card to ensure we remain invincible in the fierce competition of the future!"

Drawing on his memory of the development model of Beijing D Logistics, he proposed the concept of "Asia No. 1" large-scale intelligent warehouse, emphasizing that the future goal is to achieve "same-day delivery" and "next-day delivery" service standards.

This forward-thinking strategy left all the employees present, including key personnel brought from Weibo, deeply impressed.

A grand blueprint needs people to execute it. When considering candidates for the initial leadership of the logistics system, Hua Shier thought of Li Youcai.

Although this young man was not highly educated, after observing him for a period of time, I found that he was hardworking, simple-minded, and had strong execution ability. Moreover, he came from a rural area and had a natural affinity for grassroots work.

Hua Shier felt that this person was worth cultivating. If he were to start from the most basic level, he might be able to hone his skills.

So, Hua Shier called Li Youcai to his office. "Youcai, I want you to go there to help with the establishment of Jingnan Logistics, starting from the bottom."

Hua Twelve gets straight to the point:
"Logistics is physically demanding, but it's also meticulous, and it's the core of our future. Are you willing to endure some hardship and learn it from scratch?"

Li Youcai nodded heavily, almost without hesitation:
"Mr. Hua, I'm willing! I have a low level of education, and you're letting me start from scratch, which is training me and giving me an opportunity. I will definitely do my best!"

Hua Shier laughed. Although this kid didn't get into university, he did finish high school. He's not stupid; he knows right from wrong!
And so, Li Youcai was assigned to Jingnan Logistics, which had just been set up. He started as a regular warehouse manager, moving goods, sorting them, and learning to use a simple warehouse management system.

He doesn't talk much, but he's quick-witted and efficient. He asks questions whenever he doesn't understand something. Even after everyone else has left work, he's still in the warehouse familiarizing himself with the product categories and storage locations by referring to the documents.

Two months later, with the continuous investment of funds from Hua Twelve, Jingnan Logistics had covered the entire province.

Li Youcai performed exceptionally well, especially when dealing with a sudden surge in orders. He led a temporary team, working through the night, to categorize and accurately place all the goods, ensuring smooth delivery the next day.

Upon learning of this, Hua Shier immediately promoted him to the position of department manager of the local warehouse department in Jinling, making an exception for him.

After his promotion, Li Youcai specially invited Li Weijuan to dinner, as she was the only person he could think of who would celebrate with him.

Upon learning that Li Youcai had become a department manager, Li Weijuan exclaimed:

"You really got lucky! But a warehouse manager isn't really a leader, and besides, you only have a high school diploma, so there probably isn't much room for advancement in the future. Anyway, congratulations!"

Li Youcai's smile froze on his face. His ex-girlfriend's words were like a bucket of cold water poured over his head, killing all his joy. But he still stubbornly said:

"I believe that as long as I am willing to work hard and do my job well, President Hua will not treat me unfairly!"

Li Weijuan smiled dismissively, remaining noncommittal.

April arrived quietly, and spring was in full bloom in Nanjing.

After the initial busy period, Hua Shier returned to school and resumed his campus life, handing over the company's affairs to Shi Jie for management.

Speaking of which, I should mention that Shi Jie studied management, majoring in accounting, and was two years ahead of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. She has already started her internship this year.

Since she was his woman, Hua Shier planned to cultivate her with special attention. He decided to send her to Jingnan for an internship, placing her directly in a management position, and strive to make her a capable and independent woman.

That afternoon, Hua Shier was on his way to the library to look up information when he suddenly received a call from Lin Jiamo.

Lin Jiamo told him some unexpected news: "Twelve, Zhao Ye and Chen Xun got into a fight!"

"How did their relationship lead to a fight? Tell me slowly."

Zhao Ye and Chen Xun have been best friends since high school, and Hua Shier couldn't think of any reason why the two would turn against each other.

Lin Jiamo recounted what had happened in a very fast-paced manner.

It turns out that after a period of silence, Chen Xun has started pursuing Fang Hui again.

Fang Hui said directly to him, "Chen Xun, could you please stay away from me? I'm afraid Twelve will misunderstand!"

Chen Xun's face turned black, but he was shameless and insisted on going up to her.

During that time, Hua Shier was busy with company matters, so Fang Hui didn't tell him about it. Instead, she thought that Zhao Ye and Chen Xun had a good relationship and wanted Zhao Ye to talk to Chen Xun and make him give up on the idea.

Zhao Ye readily agreed and invited Chen Xun for drinks that very day. During the meeting, he directly stated that Fang Hui and Hua Shier were in a romantic relationship, and that Chen Xun's entanglement was not only pointless but also bad for everyone, since they were still classmates!
But Chen Xun wouldn't listen. Instead, he said that Hua Shier was a scumbag who was cheating on Fang Hui and was not worthy of her at all. He also said a lot of other hurtful things.

"They're both happy together, so how is he a scumbag!"

Zhao Ye's most admired person since high school was Hua Shier. When his good friend told him about his older brother's mischievousness, they immediately started arguing, which turned into a fight that became more and more intense.

Chen Xun's words were harsh, and Zhao Ye eventually lost his temper and struck first.

"and then?"

Hua Shier's voice turned cold.

"Chen Xun was beaten and immediately called 110 (police). Since Zhao Ye did indeed start the fight, and Chen Xun wouldn't let it go, Zhao Ye was detained for five days!"

Lin Jiamo sighed:
"Zhao Ye didn't tell anyone at first; I only just found out myself!"

"I see."

Hua Shier's voice was devoid of emotion: "Don't worry, I'll handle this."

After hanging up the phone, a cold glint flashed in Hua Shier's eyes. It seemed that he hadn't been too lenient with Chen Xun last time. Originally, he hadn't gone all out for Chen Xun because of their classmate relationship and Zhao Ye's sake, but he didn't expect this guy to be so shameless.

Now, not only has she reverted to her old ways, but she also dares to stab him in the back, and has even dragged Zhao Ye into the police station.

Hua Shier felt that she had been too kind before.

It's time to go back to the capital and let Chen Xun figure out that there are some people he should never provoke.

Just as Hua Shier was about to have his assistant book a plane ticket, an unexpected visitor appeared in front of him.

The person who came was Xiao Pang's ex-girlfriend, the girl who was overweight and was called "Fatty" by Zhang Kai and Lao Xu.

She went to the boys' dormitory and specifically asked to see Hua Shier.

When Hua Shier received Xu Kaiyang's call, he didn't go to the library and turned to walk towards the dormitory building.

As soon as I got back to the dorm, before I even entered, I heard people arguing inside. Judging from the voices, it was Xiao Pang and Pang Niu. I guessed that Pang Niu had come to the boys' dorm and Xiao Pang had spotted her, so he followed her here.

Little Fatty was clearly still upset about being cheated on, and was arguing with Fatty Girl:

"You're a girl, why do you come to the boys' dormitory for no reason? Have you no shame? No wonder you cheated on your boyfriend!"

The chubby girl retorted:

"None of your business! Are you still thinking about me? Just give up! I'd rather find a cucumber than be with you!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Kai and Xu Kaiyang burst into laughter in the dormitory, clearly enjoying the spectacle.

Hua Shier couldn't help but laugh, and with a smile, he pushed open the door and went inside.

As soon as the chubby girl saw him, she stood up immediately, and the first thing she said made everyone's jaws drop.

"Hua Twelve, I'm pregnant!"

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