Rebirth of the Rich Second Generation's Growth Diary

Chapter 165 Don’t be anxious, watch your moves carefully

Li Xu's life returned to normal and became generally leisurely.

The company has been running very smoothly, and its name has become more and more well-known as it is recognized by more and more people along with smart campus supporting products such as smart express lockers and campus cards.

There has always been no shortage of influential figures in top prestigious universities like Peking University and Tsinghua University.

After all, this is already the best university in the country, and it has produced too many people who will leave their names in history.

So even though the commotion Li Xu caused was far from consistent with his identity as a college student, the waves it caused were not as big as imagined.

Occasionally, someone would discuss the topic, usually with a sigh: "Is that Li Xu from the School of Management? I heard he was specially recruited. I wonder if he has a girlfriend?"

There is never a shortage of busybodies and gossipers on campus, and there are also some discussions about campus male gods in the forums.

Some people uploaded some information and photos of Li Xu to the forum. The handsome candid photos, information about his college, and related achievements were all amazing, and he was naturally included in the discussion of male gods.

But in general, the majority of girls at Peking University and Tsinghua University are rational, and although there are some crazy girls, they won't do anything strange.

The extent of this was that occasionally when Li Xu was strolling around school, a girl from the community would stop him, say hello, and exclaim in surprise, "Wow, you are Li Xu! You are much more handsome in person than in the photo!"

Such a little episode certainly cannot be considered a nuisance. In a sense, it made Li Xu feel the kindness of this world.

There is a saying that goes like this: People who are good-looking have more kindness in their world.

But after getting used to the busy life, the pace slowed down, which made Li Xu feel a little uncomfortable.

I go to the company as a routine every day to check the daily operating data.

It has been a while since that hacker attack, and since Liu Yunfei upgraded the protection system, such an incident has not happened again.

The tracing of the source was stuck at a certain point and could not continue.

According to the technical attack tracing conducted by Ye Ruida and his team, it was finally determined that the source of the attack came from abroad, and the IP address displayed was in Po County.

The relevant materials have been reported to the police. If we really want to investigate the specific hacker and break down the barrier between virtual and reality, it is far beyond the ability of a few students from Peking University and Tsinghua University.

It involves the comparison of physical machines, which is technically feasible, but cross-border case handling is extremely difficult and the investigation has come to a standstill.

Li Xu had no choice but to learn from the lesson and ask his friends to strengthen their protection.

Fortunately, there are now targeted protections, so such problems can be largely eliminated.

It is a sunny day today. With the arrival of summer, it is still cool in the early morning, but it is quite hot by noon.

In the morning, Li Xu took advantage of the relatively low temperature to play a hearty game of basketball, took a shower, and then prepared to go around the company.

Just then, An Duoduo called and said, "There are some anomalies in the data. Come over and take a look."

Hearing the words "data anomaly", Li Xu instinctively became serious. He quickly changed his clothes and hurried out.

In May, the locust flowers gathered on the branches like snow waterfalls, and the chirping of cicadas in the ivy bushes on the outer wall of the library stirred into the chaos unique to summer.

When they reached the fork in the road, An Duoduo was already waiting for him there.

Seeing Li Xu jogging over, An Duoduo stared at his collar and blinked, then helped him straighten it up, and said gently: "My boss, you will look more handsome if you tidy it up a little next time you go out."

An Duoduo's fingers slid into Li Xu's collar. Intentionally or unintentionally, her fingers brushed across his neck. Li Xu only felt tingling and a little cold.

When her fingertips brushed against Li Xu's skin, they were covered with a thin layer of sweat, which sparkled in the sunlight as if it were sprinkled with icing sugar.

Li Xu coughed and said, "Okay, I'll do it myself."

An Duoduo chuckled, and when she pulled her hand back, she gently scratched his neck.

Li Xu asked: "Why is the data abnormal?"

When An Duoduo heard that they were talking about serious matters, she also became serious. She said in a deep voice: "Yesterday's package throughput dropped by 20%."

Li Xu touched his chin and smelled a strange smell.

Logically speaking, the package throughput should definitely increase. After all, the past two years have been a period of rapid development of e-commerce, and it is also a period when marketing activities such as Double 11 and Double 12 have entered the historical stage.

There haven't been any natural disasters recently, so there's no reason for students to reduce online shopping.

Li Xu nodded and said, "Okay, let's go take a look."

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Li Xu and An Duoduo arrived at the company. At this time, Shen Mobai was doing the accounting for this month.

After the two arrived, he stood up and asked directly, "You want to see the operational data, right?"

Li Xu nodded and asked, "Has anything happened recently?"

Shen Mobai thought about it, and suddenly remembered something, and said: "The day before yesterday, when I was at the South Gate, I saw a dozen temporary tents. They seemed to be set up by the Cainiao Station, but I was a little busy recently, so I didn't go over to take a closer look."

Li Xu's eyes flashed, Cainiao Station?

Suddenly Li Xu realized something.

Many major events are about to happen, or are already happening, this year. Besides the launch of WeChat Pay by Penguin Factory at the beginning of the year, there is also the expansion of Alipay, and Cainiao Station is undoubtedly a very important part of this process.

Li Xu had thought before that smart express lockers would take away some of Cainiao Express Station’s business.

After all, Cainiao Express Station is used to receive express deliveries for various express delivery companies in order to earn service fees. The business of smart express lockers and Cainiao Express Station happens to overlap, and they are undoubtedly in a competitive relationship.

Li Xu fell silent, and then began to carefully review the business situation in the recent period. Indeed, there have been some fluctuations since the day before yesterday.

An Duoduo looked at Li Xu solemnly and asked, "Do you know something?"

Li Xu looked at An Duoduo, smiled casually and said, "Don't be so nervous." He asked, "Do you know Cainiao Station?"

An Duoduo blinked, looking confused.

Li Xu understood that Cainiao Express Station had not yet been rolled out as comprehensively as it would be later, and many people had not even come into contact with Cainiao Express Station.

Now is the early stage of the full deployment of Cainiao Express Station. If I remember correctly, this year Cainiao Express Station will officially enter universities and set up express delivery stations in universities.

Li Xu briefly explained the main business of Cainiao Station to An Duoduo and Shen Mobai. After listening, An Duoduo's expression became more solemn.

If Cainiao Express Station really comes into direct competition with campus smart express lockers, it is undoubtedly not good news.

After all, Cainiao Station is backed by Alibaba. Unlike all the competitors it has encountered before, it is a very mature and national-level giant enterprise.

Seeing An Duoduo's serious expression, Li Xu smiled leisurely, blew on his hand, and then tapped An Duoduo's forehead, knocking her out of her thoughts.

An Duoduo pinched Li Xu's waist in an angry manner.

Shen Mobai, who was standing next to him, widened his eyes at this scene.

Li Xu said, "Don't be so nervous. The number of packages in the express delivery business is increasing year by year. A single Cainiao Express Station can't handle all of them. But let's go and see what's going on first."

Li Xu took An Duoduo and Shen Mobai to the South Gate.

That's what happens when a school is big, there's a certain area of the school that you don't go to for a long time.

The South Gate is a bit far from their dormitory, so they don’t go through that side unless they pass by.

When the three of them arrived at the south gate, they happened to see the dozen or so small orange tents that Shen Mobai had mentioned before.

Li Xu walked over slowly.

At this time, the staff here saw that Li Xu seemed very interested in Cainiao Station and immediately came forward to greet him enthusiastically.

He handed me a flyer and said with a smile, "Student, our Cainiao Station is having a promotion. We have free storage for the first order and a chance to win free headphones. Check it out."

Li Xu carefully picked up the bed sheet and looked at it, then asked, "Where are your Cainiao Stations located?"

The other party said proudly: "It's very close to your accommodation area, and we have more than one location. Basically, there is a Cainiao Station near every accommodation area."

Shen Mobai deliberately asked, "But we have smart express lockers, why do we still have to go to your Cainiao Express Station to pick up the package?"

The other party seemed to have anticipated their question and explained confidently, "You're right, classmate. Smart express lockers do seem more convenient, but our express delivery station is also on campus. When you're in class, you can just pick up your packages at the express delivery station on your way back to the dormitory. It's not much different than picking up packages downstairs. But our express delivery station has a closer partnership with the express delivery companies, and anything purchased on Taobao is subsidized, with cheaper storage fees and no overtime fees."

Shen Mobai glanced at Li Xu, who simply smiled faintly and said, "Then I'll take this flyer."

Li Xu and the others walked away slowly. Shen Mobai asked, "Li Xu, what should we do next?"

Li Xu said with a relaxed look, "Don't overthink it. Staying at Cainiao Station isn't necessarily a bad thing."

When they were going back, they happened to see the newly opened Cainiao Express Station near the dormitory.

The cargo throughput at this time was not large, but one could already see sporadic students going in to pick up express packages.

At this stage, the Cainiao Express Station was not unattended like in later generations, and people who wanted to pick up the express had to find it themselves.

At this time, there were two young girls in the station. I don’t know if they were part-time workers. They were using a barcode scanner to search for the students’ pickup codes.

Shen Mobai looked at Li Xu with some worry and said, "Is there really no problem?"

Li Xu patted her shoulder gently, squeezed it, and said, "Honestly, do you think it's the students' own decision whether to use Cainiao Express Station or smart express lockers?"

After hearing this, An Duoduo showed a thoughtful expression, and Shen Mobai also reacted. Yes, when they picked up the express delivery, they received a text message, which told him where to pick it up and where to pick it up.

An Duoduo said, "You mean it depends on where the courier company delivers it?"

Li Xu nodded.

Then Li Xu said to Shen Mobai, "When you go back, check which express delivery companies we've been working with these past two days. They haven't delivered anything to our lockers at all."

Shen Mobai was extremely efficient. Soon, he called Li Xu and said, "Li Xu, you're absolutely right. Since the day before yesterday, none of the two 'tong' express deliveries have been delivered."

Then Shen Mobai said, "But if it's just these two 'connections', then it doesn't really matter."

Li Xu sighed and said, "Mo Bai, you're good at finance, but you don't really understand business logic. They won't just sign a cooperation agreement with the two 'tong' companies. It won't be long before other express delivery companies will also deliver at Cainiao Station."

Shen Mobai was stunned for a moment, then quickly asked, "What should we do? And how did they do it?"

Li Xu smiled easily. "It's very simple. It's just a subsidy. For example, we give the courier a few cents per order. People like that will definitely be willing to send their packages to Cainiao Station."

Shen Mobai couldn't help but ask, "How come your opponent is so calm even though he's doing this?"

Li Xu said earnestly, "Of course I'm anxious, but being anxious is useless. Before you come up with a strategy to deal with it, you must first understand how your opponent is attacking and what moves they are making. Only then can you respond appropriately. Don't panic."

Unlike others, Shen Mobai's main job is finance, and because the company's current staff is streamlined, he also does some operational work part-time.

So in a sense, Shen Mobai has been in charge of the express box business, which is the module that can directly bring in cash flow.

He is extremely sensitive to numbers. How could he not be anxious when his cash flow suddenly plummeted by 20%?

But since Li Xu had said so, Shen Mobai had no choice but to suppress his inner emotions and said, "Then what should we do next?"

Li Xu pondered for a moment and said, "Don't worry, I'll go get some information."

The weather was still sunny in the afternoon. After 2 o'clock, the long-term scorching heat made the ground extremely hot.

Li Xu was wearing a short-sleeved shirt and would occasionally open his collar to let in some cool air.

He squinted his eyes and looked at the blue sky, feeling somewhat helpless. It was still early summer, so why was it so hot? This weather was truly abnormal.

Soon he arrived at the south gate of the school, where several orange tents were filled with express deliveries.

At 2:30 in the afternoon, the asphalt road was steaming with heat waves, and the rusty cast iron railings of the south gate were shining with the unique white light of metal under the scorching sun.

Three "double-channel" couriers squatted in the shadow of a faded orange tent, and the mapo tofu in the aluminum lunch box was shiny with oil.

As Li Xu walked over amidst the broken shadows of the plane trees, he saw the oldest courier placing an empty bottle of iced black tea upside down on a makeshift wooden courier rack, with dark red liquid dripping down along the stacked delivery orders.

The round-faced courier squatting on the outermost side suddenly looked up, and the ice towel hanging around his neck slipped off, leaving dark water marks on the plastic basket full of Yunda parcels.

"Brother, can you lend me a light?" The man poked the chili peel in the lunch box with the tip of his chopsticks. The unopened express delivery label in the basket of the tricycle behind him was rustling in the hot wind.

Li Xu took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and walked slowly towards the couriers.

(End of this chapter)