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Chapter 168 Do you guys have male gods like this? They're truly godlike, both male and male!

Some people saw the new information about the trial vouchers online during their free time, while others saw them offline.

Chu Min, Dong Xiufang, and Ji Feiyan came out of the house and laundry room, each carrying a washbasin.

"We need to come earlier next time. It's only three o'clock now, and we're already full. If we come any later, we probably won't be able to get a bath—"

Chu Min kept talking.

Behind them, two more students came out of their homes and laundry rooms, each carrying a washbasin filled with unwashed dirty clothes.

The two students arrived late; the house and laundry room were already full for the day, so they had to take their dirty clothes back with them.

It was only when they overheard the conversation between the cashier and the two students that Chu Min and her friends learned that Jiahe Laundry was fully booked for the day and that they were the lucky last customers.

This made the three of them quite fortunate.

The three women weren't surprised that Shen Kang's laundry business was booming, because they knew why:

After the National Day holiday ended and they returned, influenced by the increasing hype surrounding experience vouchers, the three of them also joined in the hype, acquiring and hoarding some vouchers.

Therefore, it's common knowledge that Jiahe's laundry service has now become more than just washing clothes; it's become a form of "gambling"—it costs 3 yuan to wash clothes once, and if you win a free trial voucher from the laundry, you can get at least 5 yuan. In that case, you not only don't spend money, but you actually make money.

This arrangement naturally led to a significant increase in the number of people coming to do laundry.

"—How does Shen Kang's brain work?" Chu Min said with some emotion at the end, but then immediately became worried about Shen Kang. "The way he's doing it, giving out trial vouchers to people who come to do laundry, isn't that basically gambling? Won't the school be in trouble?"

Dong Xiufang didn't take it seriously. "What could be the problem? There are plenty of stores that give out coupons."

Chu Min thought about it and said, "That's true. Come to think of it, it's really great that he set up this laundry room. After using it so much, I can't even imagine university life without it now."

Her tone was full of admiration, but it was just admiration—Chu Min's feelings for Shen Kang went through three stages: The first stage was when Shen Kang was still seen as a "phoenix man" (a man from a poor background who achieves success) among girls. At that time, she felt that Shen Kang was okay, but she also had many complaints. If he pursued her intensely, she wouldn't rule out considering it. The second stage was after Shen Kang gradually showed his "male god demeanor," and Chu Min was greatly moved. She felt that she might try to pursue Shen Kang intensely.

Maybe it will work out?; The third stage is now. I feel that Shen Kang's brilliance is too dazzling, he is a complete god-like figure, and I have lost the desire to pursue him. Anyway, the god-like figure would never be interested in me, so all I can do is admire him.

As Chu Min was speaking, Dong Xiufang suddenly shouted.

Chu Min and Ji Feiyan's attention were immediately drawn to it. "What's wrong?"

They saw Dong Xiufang stop and stare intently at the door of study room 302.

The two of them subconsciously looked over and saw the new notice posted on the door of study room 302, which announced the official price of study room 302: five yuan per hour.

Chu Min and Ji Feiyan were both startled.

They all joined the hype surrounding the experience vouchers only recently, after the National Day holiday. As a result, the cost of collecting the vouchers is not low; some were collected for five yuan, while others were collected for five yuan one or five yuan two.

Before this, they thought it didn't matter if they bought the experience vouchers for 5.3 yuan, since the vouchers would eventually reach more than 6 yuan. As long as they bought them for less than 6 yuan, they could make a profit.

As a result, the official price announced by Room 302 is now only five yuan per hour!

This means they lost money.

"Damn Shen Kang!"

Chu Min, who had just been full of admiration for Shen Kang, suddenly started cursing through gritted teeth.

Make her pay up, not even if she's a male god!

Ji Feiyan then spoke up for Shen Kang, saying, "This is a matter of mutual consent; you should have thought of this before you started hoarding it."

Although she herself had stockpiled a lot and was now losing money, Ji Feiyan didn't really care. On the contrary, she thought Shen Kang was really nice, setting the price at only five yuan an hour, which wasn't high. This way, more students could afford 302.

The study room is a benefit to the students.

Hearing Ji Feiyan say that, Chu Min gave her a pained look.

Dong Xiufang, who saw the announcement first, noticed something more: "There's more explanation below!"

The two looked over again and noticed that the announcement did indeed contain more information. It said that students with trial vouchers could log in to the Beiming Forum and exchange them for Beiming Forum points. One trial voucher could be exchanged for points worth 5.5 yuan, which could then be used for normal purchases in Study Room 302.

The link to the Beiming Forum was also provided. Additionally, a note stated that the trial vouchers would no longer be usable directly in Study Room 302; they would need to be converted into points on the Beiming Forum before they could be used.

As the three of them were looking around, employees from the nearby home and laundry room also came out and started posting notices on the doors.

This drew the three people's attention back to that side.

When I went over to take a look, I found that it was also about this Beiming Forum.

The text states that registered users of the Beiming Forum can use their Beiming Forum points to book laundry services at home or in a laundry room, and even skip the queue!

For specific details, please log in to the Beiming Forum to view the rules. The website address for the Beiming Forum is also provided.

After reading the report, the three women were overjoyed. Previously, they had arranged their laundry time according to their own schedules, but as the laundry business grew, they now had to schedule their laundry time according to the needs of the laundry service. Sometimes, even if they didn't have classes in the morning, they still had to go out and deliver their laundry to the laundry service in order to be able to do laundry.

If they could make an appointment or even skip the line, they wouldn't have to go through all this trouble!

Then, the three of them looked at each other.

"He's set up another website?" Chu Min was the first to speak.

They all knew that the house, the laundry room, the 302 study room, and the Xianyu website were all run by Shen Kang. Now, with this level of collaboration on the Beiming Forum, it was clearly also run by Shen Kang.

"Let's go back and take a look."

After Ji Feiyan said this, the three of them didn't linger and went straight back to their dormitory.

Sitting at her desk, turning on her computer, and logging into the Beiming Forum, Ji Feiyan's first impression was that the forum's page was very unique. Subconsciously, she also compared it with the Yangbei Forum.

Yangbei Forum still uses the traditional forum layout of this era, with rows of square grids densely packed together, each labeled with a different section name. The remaining space is filled with all sorts of guys.

This Beiming Forum looks very simple. At the top left is a rounded grid labeled "Interest Community." Below that is a red "HOT" logo, and further down are several popular community sections, such as "Anime & Comics" and "Photography."

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In the middle is a vertical grid that runs from top to bottom, with rounded corners. At the very top of this grid are the words "Square," and the vast majority of the area below displays individual posts.

On the right side, there is also a vertical grid that runs from top to bottom. However, most of the grid that Ji Feiyan sees is blank, with only a "Personal Homepage" logo at the top, a login box in the middle, and "Register" and other functions in the lower right corner.

All the squares on this homepage have rounded corners, which looks very comfortable. Simplicity and comfort were Ji Feiyan's first impressions upon seeing this homepage.

Then she clicked "Register" to become a member of the Beiming Forum, to see how to exchange the trial vouchers for points, which was their main purpose for coming back.

After registering, Ji Feiyan logged into her account, and the content in the right-hand pane changed. Because it was a newly registered account, most of the content was blank, but the "Points System" was quite eye-catching. Ji Feiyan clicked on it, took a few more trial vouchers, tried them out, and successfully converted them into points in her account following the instructions.

One trial voucher can be converted into 55 points. She used four vouchers and had a total of 220 points.

As for how to use these points, the points system also provides detailed instructions:

Every user with 10 points or more can apply for a free "Beiming Card" offline. This Beiming Card will be linked to the user's Beiming Forum account, allowing them to use their points simply by swiping the card offline.

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The uses of these Beiming Forum points have been explained above.

Currently, Beiming Forum points can be used in three ways:

First, you can schedule laundry services at home or in the laundry room, and then skip the queue. Each schedule appointment costs 5 points. Each queue skipping costs 20 points.

Second, it can be used in the 302 study room, where you can purchase study time.

Third, it can be used in the Misty Rain Tea Princess game to purchase milk tea.

The method for obtaining points is explained above.

Currently, there are three ways to obtain points on the Beiming Forum:

First, there's a specially marked limited-time event that ends on December 1, 2008: You can earn 2 points for logging into the Beiming Forum daily. You can also earn 2 points for your first post on the Beiming Forum each day.

Second, it's an activity without any restrictions. As long as users post on the Beiming Forum and receive a certain number of replies and popularity, they will be awarded points based on the popularity.

Third, the simplest and most direct way is to go directly to an offline store to recharge.

After reading for a while, Ji Feiyan also saw some supplementary information: the first application for the Beiming One-Card is free, but if...

If you lose your card and need to replace it, you can bring the ID you used when applying for the card to a physical store to report the loss, cancel the lost card, and then apply for a new card. A 10 yuan material fee will be charged for each replacement card.

"So, each of these Beiming prepaid cards costs 10 yuan to produce?"

Just as Ji Feiyan was thinking this, Chu Min over there started shouting.

Chu Min also noticed the cost of the Beiming One-Card program—if two thousand students applied, wouldn't Shen Kang have to give away twenty thousand yuan all at once?!

Hearing the number "twenty thousand", Chu Min herself felt a little dizzy.

She had previously only seen that Shen Kang owned so many stores and thought he was very impressive, but she didn't have a clear understanding of his financial situation. Now, seeing Shen Kang suddenly giving away tens of thousands of yuan, Chu Min finally had a preliminary and concrete impression of Shen Kang's economic strength.

Compared to her own monthly living expenses of 800 yuan, one can only say that the gap between people is greater than that between people and dogs.

The male god is indeed a male god; he is definitely not someone a mortal like her can covet.

After a moment of reflection, Chu Min cheered again: "I just tried it, and those anti-counterfeiting numbers on the trial vouchers really do convert them into points. According to what's on it, 1 point on the Beiming Forum is equivalent to 10 cents in real life, and one trial voucher can be exchanged for 55 points. That means the Beiming Forum is basically buying up all the trial vouchers for 5.5 yuan each!"

She bought all her trial vouchers for between five and five and forty yuan. She initially thought she was going to lose money, but...

The Beiming Forum pulled off this stunt, and not only did she not lose money, she actually made a small profit!

If it were Chu Min who was hoping the trial voucher would cost more than six yuan, she would be somewhat dissatisfied with the price of five yuan and fifty cents.

However, after the psychological shock of "we're going to lose money," Chu Min is now quite satisfied that she can still sell these experience vouchers for 5.5 yuan.

I've grown even more fond of Shen Kang, this male god. He's not only good at making money, but also incredibly kind. Knowing they might lose money, he was willing to lose it himself to support them!

This is a male god! Does your school have a male god like this? He's so handsome, it's almost divine. Chu Min couldn't help but sigh.

Dong Xiufang, who wasn't in this dormitory, stood behind Chu Min and sighed, "I thought we were going to lose money, but we still made a profit."

Ji Feiyan thought to herself that Shen Kang was indeed much more thoughtful than she was. He not only considered making the 302 study room affordable for more students, but also took into account their desire to buy experience vouchers. He was so considerate and mature, far beyond what his peers could match.

Thinking this, she felt a little warm and wanted to snuggle into Shen Kang's arms and wriggle around—

Next, Chu Min and Ji Feiyan converted some of the experience vouchers into points on the Beiming Forum.

At this point, Dong Xiufang suggested that since those experience vouchers could be converted into Beiming Forum points at any time, why not not convert them for now, but apply for a Beiming All-in-One Card first, and see what the specific situation is?

The two thought it over and agreed, so they filled out an application form according to the instructions in the points system and submitted it. The information mainly included their names, student IDs, and national ID numbers.

Then, the three of them went out again and arrived at Room 302—according to the information on the forum, this was the place to apply for the Beiming All-in-One Card offline.

Upon arriving, the three looked at each other in bewilderment: the entrance to study room 302 was bustling with activity, with many students gathered there, creating a noisy scene reminiscent of a large market.

These people are all here to collect their Beiming prepaid cards.

There is only one window to collect the Beiming One-Card, which is the counter of Yanyu Chaji.

Inside the Yanyu Tea Table counter, the area was temporarily divided: the right side belonged to Yanyu Tea Princess, while the left side was the new Beiming One-Card offline window.

At this moment, sitting at the offline window of Beiming All-in-One Card is a young woman in her early twenties, Li Chunxia, ​​the cashier of Jiahe Laundry.

Just a few days ago, Li Chunxia was called in for a talk by Shen Kang, who said that she was doing a very good job and now had a new job, similar to a cashier, but with a higher salary of two thousand yuan a month, and asked if she would like to do it.

Li Chunxia was naturally willing, so she accepted Shen Kang's training and spent a few days mastering some of the procedures for the Beiming One-Card system before starting her job.

As for the original home and laundry room, a new cashier was hired to replace Li Chunxia.

The laundry room employees naturally knew about this. Some even found out about her new salary from Li Chunxia.

This made the laundry room employees think about other things too: in just one month, Qian Jun was promoted to assistant manager, and Yang Yunhan went to the neighboring 302 study room to become manager. If these two were college graduates and had an advantage, then Li Chunxia was just an ordinary employee, but now she has also gone next door to get a new position and her salary has increased.

Shen Kang has proven with his actions that as long as you do a good job and work hard, there is a real chance of promotion and a raise, both at home and in the laundry room! This has given the laundry room employees even more hope, and they are working even harder.

Li Chunxia, ​​the person involved, was naturally very happy. She's now working diligently, processing Beiming prepaid cards for these customers quickly.

In front of Li Chunxia was a computer, and next to it was another machine.

She took the customer's student ID and national ID card, entered the student ID number, and the application information that the student had filled out in the dormitory popped up on the computer.

After verifying that the information on the documents and application was correct, Li Chunxia inserted a blank IC card into the machine next to the computer, clicked on the computer, and it automatically started writing information.

Soon, the information was filled out, and Li Chunxia gave the IC card and other documents to the student.

Then another student came to Li Chunxia.

"Hello," Li Chunxia greeted him, then quickly got to the point: "Have you filled out any information on the website before?"

The student replied, "No."

Li Chunxia then took out a sheet of paper from a stack of papers next to her and handed it to him, saying, "Please go and fill out this form over there first."

The student then went to fill out a form, while Li Chunxia continued to process the next person.

After the student finished filling out the form, they came back. At this time, there was another student applying for a Beiming All-in-One Card in front of Li Chunxia. After processing that student's application, Li Chunxia took the student's form, verified the student ID and national ID card information, and then entered the relevant information into the computer according to the form, thus processing the Beiming All-in-One Card for the student.

On the other side of the partition, in the cabinet belonging to Yanyu Chaji, Shen Kang glanced at Li Chunxia's work process a few times before continuing to work diligently with Zhu Jingdong to make milk tea.

Because Li Chunxia's work speed was limited and there were many students applying for Beiming One-Card, many students temporarily crowded at Yanyu Chaji's window.

Some students, having nothing better to do, ordered milk tea. Of course, because Yanyu Chaji is too expensive, such students were in the minority.

However, among the students who completed the Beiming One-Card program, a high percentage wanted to order milk tea.

For example, the student who had just completed the Beiming student ID card application didn't leave immediately. After thinking for a moment, he came over and asked, "Can I redeem milk tea with points?"

Shen Kang looked up and replied, "Yes. 120 points per cup."

The student handed over the newly issued Beiming IC card and said, "Here, have a drink."

Shen Kang took the card, swiped it on the simple POS terminal that Yan Yu Cha Ji had added, made a receipt, and then returned the card and the receipt to the student, saying, "Please keep your card and receipt safe."

This simple POS terminal, along with the IC cards and the machine for writing data to the IC cards, were all custom-made by Yiyang Electronics Factory. He ordered three POS terminals in total, each costing 3 yuan, and the data entry machine cost 0 yuan. As for the IC cards, he initially ordered 0 blank cards, which were relatively inexpensive because they only needed the Beiming Yikatong logo and serial number printed on them—five yuan each. The total cost was 0 yuan.

The student who bought the milk tea didn't feel any remorse for spending 12 yuan on a cup of milk tea after getting his card back.

This is probably because, subconsciously, he felt that it was just points, just a string of numbers.

This is also why many people are more willing to spend money after entering the era of digital currency. For the same reason, they do not see the actual transaction of currency, but only the reduction of some numbers, which greatly lowers their psychological threshold for consumption.

In later generations, some people, in order to save money, even deliberately avoided electronic payments and stubbornly insisted on using cash.

Easy, indeed, can achieve the purpose of saving.

Of course, the student was unaware of all this. He only knew that while he was queuing, he saw some people who were bored and bought a cup of milk tea. Many of them were surprised and said that the milk tea was quite unique and delicious.

So he just bought a cup.

Like this student, many students, after getting their Beiming IC card, would out of curiosity buy a cup of milk tea at Yanyu Chaji.

This has led to a surge in orders for Yanyu Chaji today.

Shen Kang and Zhu Jingdong were working almost nonstop.

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