I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

Zheng Changhao learned about Shen Kang's new move this morning.

At that time, he was leisurely walking on the campus of Yangcheng Business School.

……

The December sun was rather pale, and it only felt warm on the skin. Many students were already dressed in thick clothes, looking slightly bulky and a bit like big bears.

In contrast, Zheng Changhao, dressed in a black woolen overcoat, looked rather dashing as he walked alone on a main road within the Yangcheng Business School campus.

As a prominent figure in the mall's business school, he would occasionally run into people who recognized him and greeted him.

"Senior Zheng."

"Good morning, Senior Zheng."

Jung Chang-ho responded with a smile and a "Good morning" to each of them, and sometimes he would say a few more words.

Take this person for example.

This is a round-faced female student walking with a female companion. Both of them are carrying breakfast bags, and they look like they just came out of the cafeteria and are going to the classroom to eat breakfast.

As the two approached, the round-faced girl mustered her courage and greeted Zheng Changhao, "Good morning, senior Zheng."

Jung Chang-ho smiled and replied, "Good morning, Lin Xiaomeng."

Lin Xiaomeng, a girl with a round face, was very surprised: "Senior Zheng still remembers me?" She was even prepared to take this opportunity to introduce herself.

"Of course I remember. In those long lectures on the history of Western philosophy, didn't you always sit by the window? I also remember that once when it suddenly started raining heavily, you were the one who went to close the window..."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Zheng Changhao said goodbye to the two men and left.

After walking a few steps, I could still faintly hear Lin Xiaomeng's excited voice behind me.

"He still remembers me! He even remembers where I sat!..."

Jung Chang-ho deliberately slowed his pace, a smile playing on his lips.

He was only halfway through hooking the hook when he heard another girl's voice behind him, which made him pause.

"I remember that sudden downpour too, but wasn't it Liu Jie who went to close the windows?" "That's not important."...

"..."

Jung Chang-ho's lips twitched for a moment, but he immediately continued sketching.

This is a small detail, nothing to worry about, it's not important.

Most importantly, that familiar taste, that familiar feeling, is back!

During this time, he was tormented by Shen Kang so much that he had no mind to enjoy the feeling of being the center of attention as a popular figure on campus.

But things are different now.

With Lan Qin's financial injection, everything was developing in a positive direction, and he seemed to have returned to being the popular and omnipotent senior Zheng, with all the gloom swept away.

"Overcome obstacles and pave the way to greatness."

Jung Chang-ho even started humming a little tune, clearly in a good mood.

Afterwards, they walked all the way to the startup base 305 to inspect their territory.

When you arrive at the door of 305 and push the door open, you can see that there are several more people in this office space.

These are all newly recruited employees of Zheng Changhao.

Some of these people were responsible for the new business that Yangbei Forum had added, while others were responsible for Zheng Changhao's other second-hand textbook trading platform that was about to be launched.

Zheng Changhao strolled around 305 and was quite satisfied to see everyone working so hard.

It is this feeling.

Back when I first founded the Yangbei Forum, it was this same feeling of everyone working together, busy and fulfilled. It's back, everything is back! Excellent, wonderful.

Just as he was about to go next door to 306 to have some tea and rest.

Li Xian called out to him.

"Boss, Shen Kang has a new plan!"

Zheng Changhao's heart skipped a beat.

Now, just hearing the name "Shen Kang" gives him a headache.

Zheng Changhao quickly came up behind Li Xian and looked at the screen of the laptop in front of Li Xian.

"I just discovered that they've added a new link in the Beiming Community. Clicking on it leads to 'Huanhuan.com,' a second-hand trading website that Shen Kang just created..."

Looking at the official website of Huanhuan.com on the screen, Zheng Changhao breathed a sigh of relief.

He thought it was something serious, but it turned out to be just this?

Zheng Changhao was not surprised at all that Shen Kang had created another second-hand trading website.

After all, the concept of a C2B2C secondhand textbook trading platform was proposed by Shen Kang at the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition. It's perfectly normal for Shen Kang to be doing this himself.

Of course, Shen Kang's secondhand textbook trading website is already online, which is indeed a bit earlier than mine, but that doesn't matter.

"Don't panic."

Zheng Changhao remained calm and even reassured Li Xian, "Our website is almost ready and should be launched before the end of the semester."

"The semester isn't over yet, final exams haven't been taken, and nobody's selling books. His rush to go online now is useless. By the time final exams are over, our website will be online too, and with our larger scale, we'll have a much bigger presence. He's just getting a head start on nothing..."

Jung Chang-ho was very confident and calm.

Li Xian turned to look at Zheng Changhao, and had a strange sense of déjà vu: he seemed to see Cao Cao laughing heartily on Huarong Road, laughing at Zhou Yu's lack of strategy and Zhuge Liang's lack of wisdom.

Then, Li Xian pointed to the screen and said, "Boss, this website seems to be more than just a secondhand textbook trading site. Look, they also sell electronic dictionaries, MP3 players, and even laptops! But they don't sell any textbooks."

?

Zheng Changhao hadn't looked closely just now, and subconsciously assumed that this Huanhuan.com was the second-hand textbook trading website that Shen Kang mentioned at the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition.

Now that Li Xian has said this, he finally took a closer look.

That's when I realized that, just as Li Xian had said, there were only a few items for sale on the website, including electronic dictionaries, MP3 players, and laptops, but damn it, there were no textbooks!

"..."

Jung Chang-ho remained silent.

Wait, what does this mean? At the innovation and entrepreneurship competition, you said you wanted to create a C2B2C secondhand textbook trading website, but you turned around and created a secondhand trading website that has nothing to do with textbooks at all?

What you said at the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition was all a smokescreen.

After a moment of silence, Zheng Changhao suddenly laughed again, "This kid said he was making secondhand teaching materials, but it turned out to be a smokescreen, right? But it doesn't matter."

"He already had a spare website, Xianyu.com. If he had actually started another website specifically for selling secondhand textbooks, it would have made sense. But instead, he started this website that sells everything. Isn't this completely overlapping with Xianyu.com? I'm afraid he was just trying to create a smokescreen, but ended up setting himself up for failure."

Zheng Changhao shook his head as he spoke.

He used to think Shen Kang was quite shrewd and cunning, so why did he make such a foolish move this time? Opening two websites with overlapping target audiences?

Even if it were Lee Heon doing the job, let alone Jung Chang-ho, he wouldn't make such a basic mistake.

When Li Xian was mentioned, he arrived.

Li Xian's voice rang out again.

"It seems a bit different from Xianyu.com."

Li Xian stared at the new website for a while, clicked the mouse for a bit, and then said, "Boss, it says here that everything on this exchange website has been officially inspected by them and comes with a warranty."

Official inspection? A secondhand item, and they still offer a warranty?

After a moment of surprise, Zheng Changhao burst into laughter and shook his head repeatedly.

"Haha, he actually did it. That's a dead end!"

Jung Chang-ho said this with great confidence.

When he was researching the C2B2C second-hand textbook trading website that Shen Kang mentioned, he actually had some divergent thinking and came up with this idea—why not just focus on second-hand textbooks, but expand to all categories?

But then a new problem arose.

The reason C2B2C gained traction in the secondary market (often referred to as "second-hand textbooks") is because it solved a time-related problem. However, what are the advantages of C2B2C compared to C2C in other product categories? How can people accept the existence of an additional intermediary merchant profiting from the difference?

That would necessarily mean that merchants need to provide a different kind of value that C2C does not offer.

Then Zheng Changhao thought of something—trust.

For items like small tables, small lamps, small furniture, and ordinary clothes and shoes, when people trade in person, they can tell whether the item is good or not and whether there are any problems just by touching and looking at it.

In this case, C2B2C is no match for C2C.

However, when it comes to high-tech items like mobile phones and computers, people often lack professional knowledge and have limited contact time when making face-to-face transactions offline. They can't really tell if there are any hidden problems with the product, and it's all about luck when making a purchase.

In this situation, C2B2C is better than C2C.

The 'b' in the middle can help with the inspection work and provide credit guarantees, earning a "trust" fee in the process!

When Zheng Changhao figured out this logic, he was very excited.

He felt that he had discovered a much broader new business field!

But as he continued to think more deeply, he discovered new problems.

Zheng Changhao's territory is located in the university town, and all his users are university students.

It's quite possible to get these college students to buy an inexpensive, quality-assured laptop; there would be many consumers. However, if they were to provide the supply, the quantity would likely be very small.

After all, Zheng Changhao himself was a college student, and he knew all too well what kind of people college students were like.

Take laptops for example.

The vast majority of college students use the same computer from the time they enroll until graduation, and they never replace it or buy a new one.

Therefore, a contradiction arises – if this model is implemented in a university town, there will be a situation where there are many consumers willing to buy, but the supply is very limited, resulting in a supply shortage.

At that time, the situation on this website will probably be that only one new item is uploaded every few days or even more than ten days, and then it will be quickly snapped up.

Most of the time, the website is empty.

With such a high vacancy rate and such low transaction volume, the cost of running such a website is not even recovered.

Faced with this new problem, Zheng Changhao pondered for several days but couldn't come up with a solution. He finally concluded that while the model was feasible, it wouldn't work within universities. Only by expanding beyond universities and reaching urban residents could it potentially succeed.

If I have more money in the future and expand my business beyond the university town, I can try to do it, but I can't do it now.

Zheng Changhao thought to himself that Shen Kang probably thought of this as well, so he only mentioned the second-hand textbook transaction under the C2B2C model.

Unexpectedly, Shen Kangzhen had thought of this, but he didn't delve as deeply as I had. Instead, he enthusiastically started doing it first!

"Ha ha."

After laughing, Jung Chang-ho explained to Lee Heon, "Actually, I thought of what he's doing a long time ago. But there's a practical problem that can't be solved, so I didn't do it..."

Zheng Changhao explained the difficulties of "scarcity of college student supplies" to Li Xian in detail.

Finally, a concluding speech was given.

"...I can't believe he actually implemented this model. Don't be fooled by the few items they have on their website today, their first day of business. I bet Shen Kang put them up there himself! Just you wait, once these few items sell out, they'll be in a long period of inactivity. They might only receive one item every few days, maybe even ten days, to put up for sale, and that item will be snapped up immediately. Then, for several more days, the website will be completely empty, with nothing at all. Hahahaha, a secondhand website with absolutely nothing to sell, what a joke, hahahaha..."

Jung Chang-ho was very happy.

Looking at his boss's expression, Li Xian felt a sense of déjà vu, as if he were seeing Cao Cao laughing heartily at Huarong Road, mocking Zhou Yu's lack of strategy and Zhuge Liang's lack of wisdom.

Then, Li Xian pointed to the computer screen.

"Boss, take a look at this."

"What is it?"

As Zheng Changhao casually mentioned it, his gaze followed the direction Li Xian was pointing and he saw that on the homepage of Huanhuan.com, a large area in the upper middle section featured a description in large font.

After reading it, Zheng Changhao found that the text simply described the characteristics of Huanhuan.com: it was the same C2B2C full-category model that Zheng Changhao had previously envisioned, with official verification and trust guarantees.

In this way, even if people who come to the website have never heard of this model before, they will understand this brand-new second-hand website after taking a look.

But that's not all.

Further information following this text states that Huanhuan.com and Anjia Home Services have established a strategic partnership.

In case some college students don't know what Anjia Home Services is, the above also provides a simple description of Anjia Home Services. In general, it tells everyone that Anjia Home Services' customer base consists of urban middle and high-end families.

A large portion of Huanhuan.com's inventory comes from Anjia Home Services' mid-to-high-end customer base. Therefore, it's not uncommon to find high-end products like Apple MP3 players, MP4 players, and Alienware laptops on Huanhuan.com.

With such high-quality sources and official verification and guarantee from Huanhuan.com, buyers can naturally feel more at ease trying this brand-new second-hand model.

"..."

Zheng Changhao, who was just laughing heartily, fell silent upon seeing this, like a chicken with its neck being choked.

A chill ran from his cervical spine all the way to the top of his head.

Anjia Housekeeping!?

Zheng Changhao knew about Anjia Household Services, but he had been eliminated from the provincial competition of the last "Three Creations Competition" and did not participate. He had also heard about Shen Kang's appearance on television, but he certainly wouldn't watch Shen Kang showing off and flaunting his power on TV, so he didn't watch it. Lan Qin knew about the relationship between Anjia Household Services and Shen Kang, but this matter had nothing to do with Zheng Changhao's affairs, so she didn't tell him.

Therefore, Zheng Changhao still doesn't know what the relationship is between Anjia Household Services and Shen Kang.

How did Anjia Household Services come to establish a strategic partnership with Shen Kang's Huanhuan.com?

With Anjia Home Services' customers as suppliers, wouldn't it be possible for Shen Kang to successfully operate a full-category C2B2C business?