My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 485 From Unprepared Fists to Master

Ten brand-new 212s were parked outside.

This is currently the only option for purely domestically produced "private cars," while in the vast majority of grassroots areas, only county-level leaders are qualified to be equipped with official vehicles.

You can see it through the floor-to-ceiling windows inside the factory.

These past few days, it has become a popular tourist attraction that sales teams from all over the country flock to.

The dark blue body and black roof definitely break away from the impression of military-grade equipment.

It really is extremely beautiful... if you don't look at those imported cars in the second-floor warehouse showroom.

But Pingqi previously used this as an example of "innovation" by joint venture car manufacturers learning from international advanced levels. Who are they trying to fool?

Even the vice president didn't bother to mention it: "I can tell you all very clearly that, throughout five thousand years of history, there has only been this short period of time, a golden age in which all ordinary people have the opportunity to achieve financial freedom!"

Aside from the mature and prudent Lao Geng and Lao Yao, who are also deeply influenced by the system, they would look at each other with a knowing look in their eyes, as if to say, "Is this something that can be said?"
Everyone else perked up and became extremely focused. Even Lao Zhang, who had returned to Jiangzhou with the foreign trade company members, took notes in his notebook even more diligently.

The debate over social capital hasn't even started yet. There's no official recognition of the private economy or privately-owned economy. They've only vaguely used the term "individual business" to indicate that individuals can do business.

But to my surprise, Wei Dong only attributed it to such a short period of time. Wouldn't things get better and better in the future?

Wei Dong was well aware: "If there were any history students here, they would know that there is such a thing as a cycle law. In ancient times, the change of dynasties would always eliminate the old nobles and powerful families, and give some new nobles the opportunity to rise. This process would definitely come at a huge cost of bloodshed. Once these people have firmly established themselves as nobles and powerful families, those below cannot rise up, and the cycle would repeat itself. Each time, it would be accompanied by huge upheavals or wars."

The entire huge factory was extremely quiet. Apart from the nearly three thousand sales staff, the computer R&D unit, the auto repair shop, the transportation company, the construction unit, and all the employees and technicians who didn't feel that the sales conference was irrelevant to them and actively participated in assisting were all crowded at the main entrance and against the wall, listening with admiration.

Many people from the food court upstairs also took the opportunity to crowd around the stairs.

Wei Dong was conveying this opportunity: "Right now, in the early stages of society where buying and selling are just beginning, we are almost on the same starting line as everyone else in the country. Through hard work and diligence, everyone has an equal opportunity to get rich. Please don't waste this extremely rare time, because once some people have grown strong, will it be easy for you to start a new shampoo business, or a camera business? It will be very difficult to start a sanitary napkin business, because we have already established a first-mover advantage and have a strong industrial scale. So, competitors should seize the opportunity to occupy other untapped areas."

This analogy, which doesn't hesitate to put oneself on the opposite side, made everyone instantly understand what a blank area is.

Everyone was focused on sales, so they were naturally very clear about the competitors in their product categories. Shampoo, on the other hand, had virtually none, let alone the huge effect of "brand endorsement".

Cameras were basically wiped out by the flood, leaving nothing but barren land; other cameras simply couldn't be sold.

There are virtually no similar products for sanitary napkins. I've heard of imported ones in a very few major cities, but there's no market competition.

In reality, the difficulty in promoting the products is not that great; the challenge now is to develop more sales outlets.

Because supply and marketing cooperatives have already occupied the grassroots level in rural areas, Dongsheng Trade now mainly targets universities, factories and mines in big cities, as well as department stores and individual shops at all levels.

As a result, there was basically no competition from other companies.

It's not that there are competing products, but rather that there are no sales representatives to compete with.

Wei Dong pinpointed the key point precisely: "Right now, all enterprises, industries, brands, and products are undergoing transformation, shifting from centralized purchasing and sales to free trade. Everyone is adapting to the new situation. Only we, whose sales network was gradually built up after the Spring Festival two years ago, have been on the right track from the very beginning. I have given everyone a period of time to take the lead and thrive. If you don't seize the time to expand and forge ahead in various places, perhaps ten years from now you will be ashamed to face this gathering, not daring to sit next to your comrades, because all you will feel in your heart is envy, jealousy, and hatred!"

Decades from now, this will only be seen as a ridiculous pep talk.

But at this moment, it was Wei Dong who guided the way with his prophetic touch.

Because if these people were workers, they might at most feel that they were doing the same work, but instead of getting 40 or 50 yuan, they were now getting 200 or 300 yuan by following the boss. They thought that the high salary and the prospect of wealth were promising, so they should just work hard for the boss.

Most of the people around here are in sales.

They travel to the forefront of the commodity economy across the country.

I can clearly feel that the whole society is undergoing tremendous changes.

However, without a "sky eye," most people are unable to perceive the overall situation they are in and where they should go from here.

They will only feel anxious and uneasy, and the more educated and knowledgeable they are, the stronger this sense of insecurity will be.

How can I find a safe haven amidst the turbulent waves and steadily continue this idyllic life where I earn a few hundred yuan a month and thousands in sales commissions?

The result allowed Wei Dong to clearly articulate: "Most of you here are college graduates. You dare to choose to join me in conquering the business world when college graduates are incredibly valuable and have stable jobs to repay ten years of hard work. I'm telling you, this will be the most important decision of your lives. Listen up, applause!"

Wei Dong's original intention was definitely to express that there is a future only by following me. At this time, you should not hesitate or be half-hearted. Follow me and make money. Only by making money can you have a voice. Then you can pursue this or that dream, hobby, or even love like your mother selling fried dough twists.

But to everyone else, it just sounds like he's emphasizing that sticking to him is the only right thing to do.

It involves the repeated, religious advocacy of faith.

Especially the last round of applause, which even he himself seemed to understand. I initially thought it was a joke.

Little did they know that there was a reason for this.

It's a bit of a compliance test. If I tell you to clap, will you clap? If you do, it means you agree. If you don't, you'll definitely feel out of place when everyone else is clapping.

Most people already trusted the boss a lot. The money he had made in the past year or so, and the smooth business development, made everyone feel like they were attending a success seminar, and they couldn't help but shout, "Yes!"

“Thanks, Boss!”

"Boss, you tell us what to do, and we'll do it!"

"Don't hesitate, don't be indecisive!"

The atmosphere was instantly made fantastic.

A very small number of self-important individuals were caught up in the atmosphere and joined in the shouting and clapping.

While clapping, Qin Yuye secretly asked Shen Laosan next to him, "When we went to Pingjing in September, he rallied everyone in that hotel restaurant and easily created this kind of fervent atmosphere by speaking to them. Let me tell you, this is a method of some Taoist spiritualism on the Right Bank. How could he know it? Lawson told him?"

She really has good taste.

The reason why people like Wei Dong, who are a mix of motivational rhetoric and success philosophy, can understand applause is because of the tactics that originated on the right bank of the Taiwan Strait. In reality, it is a combination of the same old tricks and marketing theories from Japan.

It is completely different from Hong Kong, which follows the British model and emphasizes the business management model of the East India Company.

It wasn't until the mid-to-late 1990s that the core concept of "sales are king" gradually spread to the mainland, leading to the emergence of a series of marketing gurus.

Now, Wei Dong has inadvertently brought him along.

Moreover, he truly possessed the third eye, which is why he appeared exceptionally expansive and unrestrained.

After the motivational rhetoric and self-help platitudes, he then impartially stated: "Alright, so who's really impressive? It's not me, but rather everyone who's fortunate enough to be standing at the forefront of this historical tide. Individual effort must always be linked to the development of the times. Do you understand?!"

Honestly, if you were to explain this to workers, most of them might not understand.

These are college students, a rare breed of college students produced annually in the 1980s, numbering 300,000 nationwide. These two thousand-plus are basically graduates from the last year or two, representing nearly one percent of the national total!

They are truly exceptional individuals.

They all felt that what was said resonated with them, and that it was absolutely right!

This phrase, which later became widely known online, sounded particularly accurate in the 1980s.

Only when the situation changes to a stage that allows individuals to express themselves will efforts receive some response.

Even the "big shots" sitting by the wall applauded and cheered with admiration and unwavering approval.

In turn, this will encourage even more people to believe it.

That's what fanatical faith is like.

It requires repeated strengthening, repeated tempering, and constant quenching; the resulting combat power is therefore considerable.

Whether this belief itself is right or wrong is another matter.

A sales conference is simply a gathering and reorganization of everyone.

Rang Weidong's methods weren't actually that complicated; he just wanted to convey the right direction as much as possible and, more importantly, to ensure a steady path forward.

Just when things were getting really heated, a glass of ice water was poured on top: "So what should we pay the most attention to during this lucky time?"

Anyway, when many big shots from the Dong Sheng faction later recalled this initial conference, they focused on this moment, remembering the leader in the uniform denim outfit standing in the center of the seated crowd.

Raising his hand, he spoke eloquently as if performing a miracle: "Every gift bestowed by fate has a price tag attached to it. Among us, there will inevitably be economic criminals, fraudsters, embezzlers, tax evaders, and those who take risks to commit job-related crimes. After making money, they will gamble, indulge in debauchery, and become corrupt and decadent, because these people simply cannot earn money beyond their understanding!"

Seriously, those few inspirational quotes or proverbs that became familiar later on really captured everyone's hearts at that moment.

Because the proportion of wealthy individuals who emerged from this group was too high.

(End of this chapter)