I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

Is it also an e-commerce platform?

Wu Jiahao was taken aback and looked carefully at the building in front of him.

It turned out to be a house with a yard, just like any other villager's house, except that it was much larger. There was also a sign that read "Huanhuan Storage and Quality Inspection Center" hanging at the entrance of the yard.

After following Shen Kang into the courtyard, you can see that the main house is a row of single-story houses facing south, with a large courtyard. The cement ground in the courtyard is a bit cracked, but it is quite clean.

In the corner of the yard, there was a self-built chicken coop, the kind commonly seen in rural areas, where several chickens were kept.

A chicken ran out and ran all over the yard, with a girl chasing after it.

It was quite chaotic.

"This fucking worthy of being called e-commerce?" Wu Jiahao thought to himself, and subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

Shen Kang's previous milk tea shops, laundromats, and the like were all traditional industries, red ocean industries, just the size of small street vendors, no different from those selling breakfast on the street. So, he didn't care.

But e-commerce is different.

Ma Yun is Wu Jiahao's most admired idol, and Wu Jiahao sees e-commerce as the most promising industry. Even Wu Jiahao himself is still in the "conceptualization" stage and hasn't officially entered the e-commerce industry yet.

He wouldn't accept it if Xiao Shen had entered the e-commerce industry first.

But looking at it now, Xiao Shen's "e-commerce" business, at first glance, really seems like a makeshift operation. If Xiao Shen hadn't told him, he would have thought it was just an ordinary villager's home, hahaha...

Shen Kang had no idea what Wu Jiahao was thinking. He simply quickened his pace, taking a few steps closer to the girl chasing the chicken, and asked cheerfully, "Chu Lan, are you walking the chicken?"

The girl chasing the chicken is Wen Chulan, the person in charge of Huanhuan.com's business.

Seeing Shen Kang arrive, Wen Chulan stopped in her tracks, looking quite helpless: "This chicken escaped, and I want to catch it and take it back."

Shen Kang laughed: "Then why did you just follow it around without catching it? I saw you catch it several times."

Wen Chulan felt a little embarrassed, and her voice became very soft, "I'm scared..."

She grew up in the city and didn't have many relatives in the countryside. She had eaten plenty of chickens, but she had never actually handled a live chicken before, let alone caught one.

"Alright."

Without saying a word, Shen Kang quickened his pace and chased after the chicken. He caught up with it in a few steps, grabbed the chicken's two wings in his hands, went to the chicken coop, opened the homemade wooden fence door, threw the chicken, which had somehow escaped, inside, and immediately closed the door.

Wen Chulan then returned to the chicken coop. Seeing this, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Shen Kang clapped his hands and casually asked, "You didn't dismantle this chicken coop?"

Wen Chulan said, "Originally, we were going to demolish it, but after discussing it, we thought it would be nice to keep a pet, so we decided to leave it. When we're free, we can come over and feed the chickens or something; it'll add some fun to our lives..."

At this moment, Wu Jiahao also walked over, a smile on his face.

He originally wanted to say to Shen Kang jokingly, "Little Shen, is this what you call e-commerce?"

But upon seeing Wen Chulan, his expression froze, and he immediately coughed, becoming much more serious.

I only saw the chaotic scene of the girl chasing the chicken, but now that I look closer, she's actually quite pretty.

Wen Chulan also looked over at Wu Jiahao.

Shen Kang gave them a brief introduction: "This is Wen Chulan, also from Yangke University, and the manager of Huanhuan.com. This is Wu Jiahao, a friend."

Wu Jiahao added, "I'm from Qianmin University of Finance and Economics." Qianmin University of Finance and Economics is a first-tier university, and he felt it was necessary for Wen Chulan to know this.

Wu Jiahao was usually quite reserved in front of girls, but after listening to Shen Kang's words at the milk tea shop, he felt that Shen Kang's words made a lot of sense - in front of girls, in addition to controlling the "drop rate", you also have to "show that this game is very fun".

Therefore, Wu Jiahao took the initiative to strike up a conversation with Wen Chulan.

"Actually, I've done quite a bit of research on business projects, and I'm about to start my own business. Wen, have you watched 'Win in China'?"

"Uh, no."

"This is an entrepreneurship program featuring business leaders, and I highly recommend watching it. The comments from some of these business leaders are quite insightful, especially from a judge named Ma Yun, you know? He's the founder of Ali (a Chinese e-commerce platform). He's incredibly incisive, and many entrepreneurs have been harshly criticized by him on the show. But if you think about it carefully, you'll find that what he says is all true..."

Wu Jiahao spoke fluently and at length.

Wen Chulan secretly glanced at Shen Kang.

Shen Kang gave her a look.

She understood, and listened without saying a word.

After listening for a while, seeing that Wu Jiahao still showed no signs of stopping, Wen Chulan looked at Shen Kang again, her eyes pleading for help.

Shen Kang then interrupted Wu Jiahao, asking, "Chu Lan, is Hu Xiaoxue here today?"

Wen Chulan quickly replied, "Yes, I am."

Shen Kang said, "Call her out."

Wen Chulan then quickly took the opportunity to run into the main house.

Still not finished, Wu Jiahao started chatting with Shen Kang again: "Little Shen, what exactly does your e-commerce business do?"

"An e-commerce business of recycling second-hand goods," Shen Kang said succinctly.

Upon hearing this, Wu Jiahao chuckled and blurted out, "Isn't this just a scrap metal recycling station?"

Shen Kang chuckled, "That's pretty much the gist of it."

He then added, "Now that Huanhuan.com is online, if you need to buy anything, you can check it out. Although everything is secondhand, all items have undergone our official quality inspection and come with after-sales service, so the quality is absolutely guaranteed. Most importantly, for the same quality, the price is about half! A P Nan 2, even though it's on sale now, would still cost 900 if you bought it new, but you can get it for only 400 here! It's practically the same as new, the only difference might be a few scratches on the casing. You can just say you bought it a long time ago and it's been sitting at home ever since, and no one will suspect anything..."

Wu Jiahao was a little confused.

Wait, wasn't I here to give Xiao Shen some pointers? Why is he trying to sell me his website?

However, Wu Jiahao was actually a little tempted.

He didn't own a P Nan 2, but one of his classmates did. That classmate always carried his P Nan 2 to class and parties, which was quite enviable. It was just that he couldn't bring himself to buy one, since it cost him over a thousand yuan. Even though they've released a new product, the P Nan 4, the P Nan 2 still costs nine hundred yuan. If he could really buy one for four hundred yuan, and like Shen Kang said, with all the functions working, after-sales service, and guaranteed quality, that would be really great; it would be very stylish to carry around.

What really appealed to Wu Jiahao was Shen Kang's terrible idea: "Just say you bought it a long time ago and have kept it at home. No one will suspect anything."

Indeed, no one else can verify that. Who can know that they bought a second-hand item?

Wu Jiahao wanted to ask Shen Kang for the details immediately.

However, he held back.

After all, he came here today to give Shen Kang pointers. If he were to reveal that he wanted to buy secondhand items, how embarrassing would that be? He'd never heard of Ma Yun buying secondhand items.

If Ma Yun doesn't buy it, then I won't buy it either.

At most, after returning to school, I'll secretly visit Shen Kang's website to check on things.

Wu Jiahao made up his mind.

Then, he exclaimed, "Xiao Shen, although I definitely won't buy anything from your website, your idea of ​​an e-commerce platform for recycling waste is quite clever."

Even I'm planning to sneak back and check out his website; Xiao Shen's scrap metal recycling e-commerce platform is really something...

Thinking of this, Wu Jiahao suddenly shuddered.

Wait a minute, why am I starting to admire Xiao Shen a little? This doesn't feel right. Hmm, I need to find a better angle...

Got it!

Wu Jiahao quickly found the right angle.

Xiao Shen does have some skills, but not many.

Wu Jiahao then offered further advice: "But you can only operate on a small scale; you can't grow it big. You can't just focus on secondhand goods; you need to think about retaining users. Ali started by connecting users; only later did it gain users and gradually grow bigger. You need to scale up first, and everything else will be easier later..."

Shen Kang gave him a thumbs up.

This senior student, Wu Jiahao, is truly impressive. From milk tea shops to board game social stores, to laundromats, and even online dating sites, he can apply the same rhetoric of "scale" and "users" to every single one of them. It seems that in Wu Jiahao's eyes, all businesses in the world look the same, which is quite remarkable.

"Hmm, that makes sense." Shen Kang continued with his previous strategy of pleasing the donkey.

Wu Jiahao was not as satisfied as he had been the previous times; instead, he frowned slightly.

He's not stupid.

Every time I give him some pointers, Shen Kang just says "Mmm, that makes sense," without changing the content of his words. At most, he just swaps a few words. It sounds like he's being a bit perfunctory.

Is this Xiao Shen just trying to fool me?

Wu Jiahao, being outspoken, said directly, "Xiao Shen, why do I feel like you're just giving me the runaround?"

Shen Kang was slightly taken aback and said, "How could that be? I really think it makes sense."

Wu Jiahao shook his head, opened his mouth as if to speak, hesitated, and finally said, "Someone once said that all my business suggestions sound pretty much the same, all the same. Even though that's nonsense, don't you feel that way?"

Shen Kang shook his head, his expression sincere: "Only someone who doesn't understand would say that. It's like this: things in the world exist in all sorts of forms, such as gold, silver, iron, humans, seawater, tigers, flies, and so on. But if you really explore to the very bottom, they are all just quark particles. In other words, all existence is just different combinations of quark particles."

"Senior Wu, what you said is essentially saying that everything, whether it's humans, seawater, gold, iron, flies, etc., is made up of quark particles. What's wrong with that? You're pointing directly to the essence of business; the greatest truths are the simplest! Of course I think it makes sense. Those who don't think it makes sense are the ones who truly don't understand."

Wu Jiahao was shocked.

Immediately, I was deeply moved: I had misunderstood Xiao Shen! ...No, it wasn't Xiao Shen.

Wu Jiahao felt that Shen Kang was quite a good person, possessing some real talent that far surpassed Guo Pinyan, who only knew how to run a coffee shop. Secondly, he was humble; when Wu Jiahao pointed out Shen Kang's shortcomings, Shen Kang accepted them with humility. This alone put him ahead of many others. Finally, he was talented, even uttering the phrase "the greatest truths are the simplest," something Wu Jiahao himself hadn't considered... uh, no, something Wu Jiahao had thought of.

Okay, from now on we won't call him Little Shen anymore, let's call him Old Shen. Even though he's only a freshman, calling him Old Shen isn't too much to ask.

As Wu Jiahao was thinking this, someone came out of the main house.

It's Hu Xiaoxue.

When Wen Chulan participated in the Creation Competition, Hu Xiaoxue was also a member of the team.

Later, Wen Chulan was "recruited" by Shen Kang. Some team members were not interested in this new project and quit. Two of them left, but Hu Xiaoxue still came with Wen Chulan and is now working at Huanhuan.com.

Hu Xiaoxue walked towards this side alone.

Seeing Hu Xiaoxue approaching, Shen Kang said to Wu Jiahao, "I need to go in and check on the storage inside. It's quite dirty, cluttered, and there's hardly any room to put my feet down. There's also a lot of dust; it's uncomfortable to stay there too long. Let her take you for a stroll around the streets. I'll be right back..."

Should I have her show me around? Just the two of us?

Wu Jiahao glanced at Hu Xiaoxue furtively.

Then he coughed lightly, "Okay, fine."

At this moment, Hu Xiaoxue also walked up to the two of them.

Shen Kang then said to her, "This is Wu Jiahao, a friend of mine. Xiaoxue, why don't you take him for a stroll in the backstreet and entertain him? I have something to discuss with Chu Lan."

As he spoke, he took out his wallet, pulled out a few hundred-yuan bills, and gave them to Hu Xiaoxue: "Reimbursement is based on actual expenses, with refunds for overpayments and additional payments for underpayments. That bookstore is quite nice, it has a great atmosphere, you can take Senior Wu there to have a look."

While inside, Wen Chulan had briefly explained the situation to Hu Xiaoxue, so Hu Xiaoxue roughly understood what was going on. She readily accepted the money and then took Wu Jiahao to stroll through the backstreet.

"Well, Lao Shen, we'll be going now."

After the two left, Shen Kang did not go to the main house immediately. Instead, he stared at Wu Jiahao's back for a while, feeling a little puzzled. He wondered how he had suddenly gone from being a young man to an old man.

They all call themselves old.

After watching for a while, Shen Kang stopped caring and went to the main house.

Wen Chulan was waiting for him right behind the main entrance.

Seeing him arrive, they opened the door, and Shen Kang went inside.

As you can see, the front half of the main house is a spacious area.

To the left of the entrance is a long stainless steel table, which is the "unloading and disinfection area". Next to it is a whiteboard with "Disinfected today" and the date written on it.

On the table were a plastic spray bottle, several boxes of industrial alcohol, several brand-new towels, and a high-powered hair dryer.

"All items recovered from Anjia must undergo surface cleaning and alcohol wiping before being put into storage..." Wen Chulan explained from the side.

Shen Kang nodded silently, and after she finished speaking, he asked, "Did the goods from the An family arrive yesterday?"

Wen Chulan said, "They were all delivered this morning and have been disinfected. Some have already been put into storage, while others are still undergoing quality inspection."

Shen Kang nodded and continued walking inside.

Further inside, there were several more long tables, which were "quality inspection stations." On the stations were various equipment such as multimeters, desktop computers, screwdriver sets, cotton pads, earphones, soft brushes, and rubber gloves. A large "Quality Inspection Process Checklist" was also posted on the station.

In addition, there were two laptops, several MP3 players, and electronic dictionaries, each with a label.

A boy was sitting behind a table, fiddling with a laptop in front of him.

Shen Kang walked over and stopped, standing to the side and watching for a while.

This is an in-depth quality inspection.

Huanhuan.com has a two-tiered quality inspection process for recycling second-hand items.

The first floor is for on-site quality inspection.

The core task of on-site quality inspection is not to disassemble second-hand items into parts for inspection, but to determine three things in the shortest amount of time:

First, is this the same thing you described? Does the model, configuration, etc., match the user's description?

Second, are there any fatal flaws: Is the screen intact? Is the casing obviously deformed? Has it been exposed to water, etc.?

Third, are the basic functions normal: Does the speaker produce sound? Can the camera take pictures? etc.

The trained on-site quality inspectors have a standardized evaluation form and corresponding testing tools, and ultimately give a suitable price based on the initial inspection results.

All of this, according to the designed process, is controlled within 10 to 15 minutes.

This layer cannot be designed to be too detailed.

Otherwise, if a detailed test were to take an hour, the customer would become impatient, creating a certain barrier to recycling. Therefore, we can only minimize the time required while ensuring the reliability of the test as much as possible.

This allows transactions to happen quickly and prevents customer churn.

The second layer of quality inspection is the in-depth quality inspection conducted after the product arrives at the quality inspection center.

This quality control process is designed to uncover all hidden problems. It often involves disassembling the device to check if the battery is original, whether the motherboard has been repaired, and so on.

The results of in-depth quality inspection will ultimately determine the grade and final price of this second-hand item.

In general,

The first layer of on-site quality inspection is for customers selling second-hand goods, aiming to lower the barrier for users to sell their second-hand goods, facilitate the completion of transactions, and prevent sellers from leaving.

The second layer of in-depth quality inspection is to take responsibility for consumers who buy these second-hand items, control the quality, and prevent buyers from making mistakes.

"...The quality inspectors are all students from the School of Electronic Engineering at Yangon Tech. They follow the in-depth testing process we commissioned them to develop, and there are process sheets posted on their desks in case they forget..."

Wen Chulan followed beside Shen Kang, introducing the man as they walked, her eyes filled with pride.

It can be said that she built Huanhuan.com's warehousing and quality inspection center single-handedly. Shen Kang also participated in the design discussions, but Wen Chulan handled most of the specific tasks, such as finding a site, a construction team, and recruiting staff, over the past two months. Shen Kang only provided the funds and made the final decision by visiting the site.

It can be said that this place is the culmination of Wen Chulan's hard work.

Now, seeing this warehousing and quality inspection center, which she considers quite "grand," officially completed and with the first batch of goods already in place and beginning to circulate, it would be impossible for her not to feel proud.