I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

Among the group of people watching Shen Kang perform his ritual were Kang Zhengyang, He Qiuzhu, and Li Su.

Li Su is already on holiday.

After the holiday, Li Su and a group of brothers spent a week completing the first phase of the website, which passed Xiao Bonian's inspection. Then they came here to help Shen Kang set up the website on the IDC server.

It was during this process that Li Su saw He Qiuzhu, a girl who was frighteningly beautiful. This girl was always hanging around Shen Kang, which made Li Su sigh, "A Casanova is a Casanova!"

Besides He Qiuzhu, the second prettiest girl in the shop is Li Xiangjun.

To be honest, when Li Su first saw Li Xiangjun, he was a little moved—He Qiuzhu was too beautiful and too distant, it was just admiring beauty, while Li Xiangjun was more real and made his heart flutter.

So Li Su has been coming here every day for the past few days, and the opening day was no exception.

Just then, someone tugged at Li Su's arm. He turned around and saw it was Li Xiangjun.

This delighted Li Su, but he remained outwardly calm, pretending to be a cool and expert—he had created the persona of an IT expert, which he found more appealing.

"What is he doing?" Li Xiangjun asked in a low voice.

The two were now quite close, and Li Su was secretly pleased. He said, "He's performing a ritual on the maintenance computer to bless the company website and prevent any accidents. He originally wanted to go directly to the IDC service provider to have the ritual done, but they wouldn't allow it, so he settled for doing it here on the maintenance computer."

The company website is hosted at the IDC, but Shen Kang and his team still handle routine maintenance and updates themselves. So they set up this maintenance computer, with the IDC service provider binding the physical information to it.

Only by using this computer, along with the account and password, can one connect to the IDC's server for remote maintenance and updates; this is more secure. Currently, only Shen Kang and Li Su know the account and password.

"practice?"

Li Xiangjun was both amused and exasperated. "He actually believes in this?"

Li Su said, "I've actually heard of some things like this. Some IT people really do this, performing rituals and burning incense in front of servers."

Li Xiangjun was shocked.

In her mind, Li Su and his IT colleagues were all elites, so why would they believe in this?

"You believe in this too?"

Li Su muttered mysteriously, "It's hard to say. It's like when we modify code. We might fix a bug, but the program crashes. That's why we have a saying, 'If the code can run, don't touch it.' And then there are some people who write rubbish, but hey, it still runs! It's a bit mysterious, so I think doing something is always better than doing nothing..."

While the two were whispering to each other, Shen Kang had already finished his ritual and finally pasted a yellow talisman he had drawn himself onto the mainframe of the maintenance computer.

Shen Kang let out a long breath and sheathed his sword. "Computer viruses are also evil spirits. With this Purifying Mantra, our company should be able to operate peacefully. Teacher Kang, please use some transparent tape to seal this talisman."

Kang Zhengyang stood to the side, his face twitching slightly, but he still replied, "Okay." Then he actually went to get a large roll of transparent tape and carefully sealed the talisman onto the main unit, back and forth.

It's strange.

Kang Zhengyang was initially very nervous: over the past ten days, he had diligently studied and learned about various aspects of the domestic service market. As a result, he had noticed the uniqueness of Shen Kang's company, which made him both expectant and nervous today, unable to calm down for a long time.

But after watching Shen Kang finish the ritual and then sealing the talisman with transparent tape, Kang Zhengyang miraculously found that he seemed to calm down a lot.

Psychological comfort? Kang Zhengyang looked thoughtfully at Shen Kang, who was taking off his Taoist robe.

Meanwhile, Shen Kang had already taken off his Taoist robe and led everyone to the doorway. He pulled down the red cloth on the signboard, revealing the words "Anjia Household Services" underneath.

Anjia is the name Shen Kang gave to the company.

Amidst applause, Anjia officially opened for business.

Shen Kang didn't engage in any formalistic dragon or lion dances to bring good luck; he felt those were superstitions and not as scientific as performing rituals.

Then he told everyone to go back to their workstations and do their jobs, while he himself toured the company.

Anjia's store is about 70 square meters and is deep. There is a reception area at the entrance and 6 desks further in.

The two desks at the very back are for the CEO, Shen Kang, and for operations and maintenance.

There are two desks in the middle. One is for Kang Zhengyang, the store manager, and the other is for Li Xiangjun. However, Li Xiangjun is not here at the moment. After the opening ceremony, she went to the training base.

The two desks in front, one of which belongs to Song Xiaoyu, a recent college graduate recruited from the job market, is currently in a daze, with nothing to do for the time being.

The other one is currently unclaimed.

The store also hired two inspectors, but they have nothing to do for the time being and are just sitting in the meeting area in a daze.

Yes, very good, everything is thriving!

Shen Kang was very satisfied, then strolled over to his desk, pulled up a chair and sat down—his seat was occupied by He Qiuzhu, who was looking at the photos she had just taken on her computer.

This unofficial employee of the company, the "historical photographer," was quite dedicated, capturing the scene of what he had just done in a way that gave the impression of a weasel stealing a chicken.

A good photo is one where you don't shoot right up to his nose!

Shen Kang leaned closer to look, offering his expert opinion, pointing and commenting, "Edit this one, add some filters, we need that ethereal, otherworldly feel..."

Kang Zhengyang, who was in front, turned around and asked casually, "President Shen, when do you think our first order will come?"

At first, Kang Zhengyang's impression of Shen Kang was just that of a very wealthy and mysterious rich young man. However, after more than ten days of preparation, seeing Shen Kang's many unique and ingenious ideas, he became more and more impressed and started calling him "President Shen" more and more naturally.

Upon hearing Kang Zhengyang's words, Shen Kang also looked away from the computer screen.

He looked at Kang Zhengyang and said lazily, "I don't know when the first order will come, but we can make a bet to see which sales channel it comes from. It was your suggestion to hand out flyers at the mall entrance. If it comes from mall flyers, you win. It was my suggestion to take a photo with the property management of the residential complex. If it comes from the property management, I win. The stake is a bread machine."

Regarding how to acquire new customers for Anjia, Shen Kang held a meeting with Kang Zhengyang and the others, and determined three customer acquisition channels.

First, Kang Zhengyang suggested hiring people to hand out flyers in crowded places like shopping mall entrances.

Second, we bought Baidu's paid search ranking for the keyword "housekeeping" and targeted it to Yangcheng High-tech Zone. We also bought local GG from 58.com. This was suggested by Li Xiangjun and supplemented by Shen Kang.

Thirdly, they partnered with the property management companies of several residential communities, paying them 50 yuan for each new customer they referred. This was Shen Kang's suggestion.

Promotion is being carried out simultaneously through three channels, employing a three-pronged approach...

"Why a bread machine?" Kang Zhengyang asked, puzzled. "Can't we gamble on something else?"

Shen Kang: "Can't I like eating bread?"

He Qiuzhu stopped editing the photos and stood there eagerly, her eyes sparkling. "I want to bet too!"

"Okay, then you win. Sister Jun isn't here right now, so hers counts as yours. If your first customer comes from online promotion, then you win, and Teacher Kang will give you a bread machine."

"good!"

"No, Mr. Shen, the three of us bet together, how come I'm the only one who lost? What about you?"

"I don't think it'll make a difference if she wants two bread machines. Why don't you ask her yourself, 'Is it pointless for her to want two bread machines?'"

"Yes, Shen Kang is right. I don't need two bread machines; one is enough."

……

While a few people were chatting idly, at the other end of Tianfuyuan, next to the security post at the east gate, there was a large sign with Anjia's boyfriend on it, along with some of Anjia's unique characteristics.

The largest and most eye-catching text in the middle reads "New users get 50 off their first order!" This 50 off first order is a new user acquisition promotion for Anjia. In fact, each of the three channels has this promotion, but the way the discount is distributed is different. This is used to distinguish and judge the new user acquisition efficiency of each channel.

As for the referral bonuses given to the property management company, they are distributed separately and privately, so there is no conflict.

The property management company for Tianfuyuan is one of the property management companies that Anjia is cooperating with this time.

Shen Kang doesn't cooperate with just any residential property management company.

In the context of 2008, many residents in the community did not have a demand for domestic services.

Therefore, he focused on cooperating with the property management companies of three residential communities: Tianfuyuan, Dong'an Garden, and Zhongbang City.

These three residential communities are all mid-to-high-end communities. In the context of 2008, they were the main customer groups for domestic services. In modern terms, they were high-net-worth individuals. Shen Kang did domestic services, but he never intended to make money off poor people. He would work for whoever had money.

Anjia's store location was also specifically chosen to be in the center of these three communities.

At that moment, a slightly overweight man in a suit was standing next to the guard post, chatting with the security guard.

He is Fan Cheng, the property manager of this residential community.