Those Years When I Was Forced to Top the Forbes List

Chapter 52 Six Words

The next day.

A day of skipping school.

Chongqing Digital Electronics Technology Co., Ltd. has been revived.

Ake really didn't offer him a discount. A new link appeared under the "December Special Offers >>>" section of the main information panel on the Taobao homepage: Mobile Phone Supermarket.

Upon opening, the page is very simple.

The store name is separated by a line, and below that is the product model; there isn't even a photo.

It's not just his store, but the first store you see when you open the link is theirs, followed by links to more than a dozen phone models.

Moreover, the ranking of mobile phone stores below seems to rotate, with only Chen Xuebing's store consistently ranking first.

The massive traffic on the homepage was completely different from the "newbie promotions" they had previously received.

Last night's orders started ringing non-stop from 8 a.m. this morning, with orders suddenly pouring in.

Smartda Internet Cafe had dozens more customers than usual.

Holy crap! 8310!

"Fuck, 6230!"

"Holy crap, an E360!"

"Holy crap! ZTE V777!"

"...Sold a PHS phone, what the hell?"

"Then why did you sell that PHS phone a few days ago? Holy crap!"

"I was 'holy shit' a few days ago, but not today!"

At 11 a.m., when another new order arrived, Chen Xuebing took off his headphones and waved to Gou Hongyi next to him:
"You come and chat! Have a good chat. If anyone asks if we're a new store, just tell them the address of the old store and they can place an order there! From now on, you'll take turns monitoring this store, and you can't go offline on Taobao! I'll give you five percent of the store's profits as a bonus, and you can also run your own stores at the same time!"

"Okay, bro!" Gou Hongyi eagerly took the computer.

Chen Xuebing walked out of the internet cafe and dialed Huo Xiaowen's number.

As soon as the call connected, Chen Xuebing said:
"Starting today, we'll be shipping three times a day, at noon, in the afternoon, and in the evening. We have 15 orders right now, and I'll send them to you via QQ soon! When you pick up the goods later, go to the warehouse and see if you can discuss with General Manager Zhao about keeping some more stock! Also, our monthly orders have exceeded 100, right? Shouldn't we adjust the purchase price?"

The person on the other end immediately yelled, "Holy crap! 15 units? Didn't we just ship them out last night? This is an order from this morning?! Is your online business that popular? I might as well just follow your lead and order online!"

The fact that he was selling goods online couldn't be kept secret from Huo Xiaowen for more than a few days.

Huo Xiaowen didn't ask proactively, but the phone number left for shipping was his. One buyer received the goods but couldn't charge them for half a day, so he called to ask. Huo Xiaowen then understood everything and immediately called Chen Xuebing to ask if this channel for payment was reliable.

Chen Xuebing stopped hiding anything and just said it was safe. Huo Xiaowen then stopped paying attention to Chen Xuebing's sales channels.

Actually, he always thought that selling at a physical stall was pretty good, especially when he didn't have enough money, as receiving payment in person was really reliable. He even mocked Chen Xuebing: "I made several thousand with 3000 yuan of capital, while you have all the capital with you and have to ask Lao Zhao to delay payment. You didn't earn much more than me, and the payment is incredibly slow. Why don't you come and work with me?"

Chen Xuebing replied with a dark expression, "You son of a bitch."

But now, Chen Xuebing's order volume is getting more and more outrageous, and his average profit is 20% higher than his, which makes Huo Xiaowen a little envious.

Chen Xuebing couldn't help but smile: "Even if I gave it to you, you couldn't manage it! Just take your 10%, whatever we earn, you'll get a share! Taobao has given me a surge in traffic lately, so I'm sure I'll have a lot of orders and not enough money. Lend me the money you earn to buy inventory, and as usual, keep 3,000 on hand. Let's make money together, both online and offline!"

Huo Xiaowen didn't understand anything about traffic or anything like that.

But with so many orders, he understood.

The reply was also quite confident: "Don't worry, I'll talk to Lao Zhao! Hey, if your order volume is stable, I'll find SF Express to sign a contract. Sending 100 packages can save us several hundred yuan. The more we send, the cheaper it is. They can also arrange for someone to come and collect our packages and help us copy the addresses. But if we send less than 100 packages, we'll lose out because they'll charge a service fee."

The shipping costs these days are outrageous. A single SF Express package can easily cost over ten yuan, and the base price is only for the first 200 grams. For every additional 200 grams, an extra five yuan is charged.

Huo Xiaowen always complains that the phone weighs about 100 grams, but with the box, it weighs just over 200 grams, and he has to pay an extra five yuan every time. He really wants to throw the box away and wrap it twice in an oil paper bag before sending it!
Chen Xuebing felt that these days of careful budgeting were about to end, and couldn't help but smile:

"Okay, sign it. It'll save you money. When I have more money, I'll invest in a counter for you, so you won't have to set up a stall to sell your wares anymore."

"Sure! If you rent me a counter, I'll really work for you! Damn it, I've been running all over the surrounding cities lately trying to sell some goods, my feet are killing me!"

Chen Xuebing pondered for a while, then nodded.

"Thanks for your hard work."

……

……

forty thousand.

Sixty thousand.

One hundred thousand.

One hundred and thirty thousand.

Wealth is accumulating at an alarming rate.

By the time Ake called at 10:00 AM on the 29th, Chen Xuebing's nine Taobao stores had sold a total of 148,000 yuan worth of goods, a total of 102 mobile phones.

Not a single order was delayed; Chen Xuebing accepted them all. For those closer to Guangdong, the goods were received in four or five days, and payments were already being made the day before yesterday.

He only had 300 yuan left, and he still had 8 mobile phones to send out. He also owed Zhao Wanping 35,000 yuan for goods, and Huo Xiaowen had also borrowed 8000 yuan.

The outstanding amount on Alipay, plus the balance released today, has exceeded 13 yuan.

Excluding outstanding payments, pending shipments, and profit sharing, approximately 75,000 yuan belongs to Chen Xuebing.

In just one week, he made 36,000 yuan by leveraging his wealth, almost doubling his assets.

Chen Xuebing is confident that with this wave of positive feedback and the arrival of Taobao's golden age next year, his store's sales may be even higher.

However, Taobao's homepage cannot be occupied by him indefinitely, and Chen Xuebing has also seen the peak of this business's profits.

Even if you become the top store in the industry, the profit will only be three to five million.

Not enough, definitely not enough.

Besides, I wouldn't dare to go that far, earning millions. How many pirated phones would I have to sell in a year?
Over 10,000!

Selling goods on Taobao isn't discreet at all; they even display the total sales volume.

If those manufacturers unite to fight counterfeits, I, as an individual business owner, will probably have to take the blame for those counterfeit competitors and suburban factories.

Once he succeeds, selling pirated goods might be considered a minor sin of capitalism, but before he succeeds, it's a sin.

Once you've earned enough start-up capital, quickly diversify your operations.

“Z…”

The table box vibrated.

Ake's call came at just the right time; she had just finished doing her eye exercises during the long break between classes.

Chen Xuebing looked around and saw that there were quite a few people in the corridor and on the outer balcony, so he simply started the call right there in his seat.

"Hey."

"Mr. Chen, how were the sales this week?"

Ake's voice was much calmer than last time, as if she had gained some confidence.

"Not bad," Chen Xuebing said in a low voice. "I think we can discuss the next business deal."

Yang Qingyue, who was next to him, looked up from the sea of ​​questions and glanced at him.

Chen Xuebing smiled at her, took out a piece of chewing gum from his pocket, and handed it to her.

Yang Qingyue smiled broadly, took out a piece, tore it open, and put it in her mouth.

The lemon-flavored Wrigley's can still be felt warm from being in Chen Xuebing's pocket when you chew it.

At the same time, someone spoke in Chen Xuebing's ear: "So, let's talk? Which words?"

"I need traffic. As for how much I can give you, you can decide for yourselves based on the results," Chen Xuebing said succinctly.

There was a moment of silence on the other end, as if someone had covered the microphone, and the slight static from before completely disappeared.

The noise reappeared.

"no problem."

"If you dare to pay, I dare to compensate."

"what?"

“I said, just six words: If you dare to pay, I dare to compensate. Make these six words into an announcement and post it on your Alipay and Taobao homepage, promising that if users suffer losses due to fraud while using Alipay to purchase online goods, Alipay will fully compensate them.”

"what??"

Upon hearing this surprised exclamation, Chen Xuebing suddenly remembered something, patted his head, and laughed.

"I was just thinking of ideas when I realized you don't seem to have the authority to make that decision. Shouldn't you report to your supervisor first, and then we can continue our conversation?"

Suddenly a man's voice rang out from the other side.

"Let him continue!"

"Hmm...it's okay, please continue?" Ake's voice came slowly.

Chen Xuebing was indeed taken aback.

That voice just now sounded somewhat familiar.

"Mr. Ma?"

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(End of this chapter)