Reborn in America, I'm serious about making money.

"Congratulations to Stephen Realty for winning the 2003 Best Realty Developer award. Now, please welcome the CEO of Stephen Realty to the stage to accept the award."

A video is going viral on the Chinese internet. It shows Stephen Realty receiving an award for Best Realty Builder from the North American Real Estate Association.

"Huh!? We Chinese have opened real estate companies in North America, that's really impressive."

"What? Real estate speculation has spread to America? That's impressive."

"Mainland real estate speculators have conquered North America, causing North American housing prices to skyrocket."

"This Stephen Zhang is a ruthless guy who's both awesome and mediocre. Thanks to him, North Americans can also experience the joy of real estate speculation."

"You don't understand, Stephen Realty is a high-end real estate developer."

"High-end real estate? Just a scam targeting the rich? Isn't this robbing the rich to help the poor? Amazing!!!"

"Impressive, that's really impressive."

Online, netizens in mainland China know a bit about Zhang San because he is so famous, famous all over the world.

In his early twenties, he started from scratch and founded NT-MS company. Then... he made reckless investments and went bankrupt. After bankruptcy, he started another business, founding Stephen Real Estate Company to develop real estate, and then he succeeded in both ventures.

Such a remarkable person naturally becomes known, and many of his deeds are clearly remembered. Therefore, when this video was exposed, it immediately attracted countless onlookers.

They also thought Zhang San was awesome. Moreover, when people talked about Zhang San and Li Si, they wondered if there was a Li Si as awesome as Zhang San. However, they were probably disappointed. There are many rich people like Li, but there is only one awesome person like Zhang San, namely Boss Shi, who made a comeback after going bankrupt.

Zhang San also admired Boss Shi, but unfortunately, he was prepared for bankruptcy, while the other party was truly bankrupt.

"Is that award real?" Amy was very curious. When did a real estate association appear in North America?

Zhang San said confidently, "Of course it's true. My villa won over the hearts of my guests within just one year of opening; haha..."

After a while, he explained, "The award is real, and the association is real too, but I paid to register it. So, if this award isn't given to me, who should it be given to?"

This is quite normal. There are not only real estate associations, but also all sorts of other associations. As long as you spend a little money, you can successfully register.

This can be done not only in North America, but also in mainland China.

His actions are merely to increase his fame and enhance his own image, making it easier for him to operate in mainland China. As for other aspects, they are not recognized in North America, and in mainland China... he doesn't have any direct real estate projects, so this... is of little use.

However, what he didn't know was that others had followed suit and copied this practice.

"You're saying someone contacted you, offering to pay for this award?" Zhang San was somewhat stunned when he received the call. He said, "Is it true?"

"It's true, boss."

"OMG, is this even possible? Then let's sell it to them. Hmm, we can't sell it. We should donate. Let them donate." Zhang San felt this was quite amazing and thought it would be better to donate.

He thought of another thing, such as someone from mainland China going to North America, registering an association, winning an award, and then going back to mainland China to promote themselves, saying that they have won many North American awards.

As for its authenticity, some people even went to North America to check?

Thinking about this, he felt that it was better for him to earn the money himself than for others to earn it. Moreover, he could donate the money to charity and help those children in mainland China live a better life.

Soon after, many strange associations appeared in North America. What were these associations for? To sell awards, of course. And to whom?

For example, if you're included in the World's Most Promising Business Directory, you'll have to pay extra, right? And printing it is free, isn't it? Besides, you don't want to buy a few copies just to show off, do you?

For example, in the ranking of the world's most influential entrepreneurs, you have to pay more, but you can't be ranked at the top. For the sake of authenticity, do you have to be ranked at the bottom?

There are many such tactics, mainly targeting these new-era entrepreneurs in mainland China; you see, even a foreigner has figured out the mainland's tactics.

However, that list created by foreigners has another name: the "Pig Slaughtering List." This dangerous list has people who want to be on it and people who don't want to be on it. Whether you want to be on it or not, you have to spend money. If you want to be on it, you have to spend money to get publicity. If you don't want to be on it, you have to spend money. You can't not be on it. The wealth is there. If you don't be on it, you can't be on it. The people behind you have all been on it. Why shouldn't you be on it?

So what can we do? We still have to spend money to put you at the back of the queue.

But the list that Zhang San created is called the Lihua Supermarket Best Supplier List. Suppliers who are not on this list will not be included in Lihua's supply chain. The authority of this list means that your products must at least meet the requirements, otherwise you will not be allowed to enter.

Compared to the rich list, this list is closer to people's lives.

You create your rich list, I'll create my best supplier list. To rank high on this list, you need to go through several steps. One is meeting quality standards, which is the minimum requirement to get on the list. If you don't meet them, there's no way to get on the list, but it won't be published.

In Zhang San's view, no matter how rich or capable you are, or how many rich lists you can make it onto, I won't put you on my list.

Moreover, those who make it onto the rich list have only two purposes: one is to increase their visibility and then raise funds, and what they will use the funds for is unknown; the other is to sell products. If the products don't sell, what's the point of being on the list?

Besides this list, there's also the Lihua Most Popular Products List, and so on...

For two reasons, Zhang San wanted Lihua Supermarket to stay in mainland China for a long time, and also wanted to create more jobs. In the internet age, and with the advent of the mobile internet age, the demand for employment will decrease. The more advanced the technology, the faster the actual employment will decline.

Why are there fewer and fewer physical stores? Online products aren't necessarily cheaper than offline ones. Why are there more and more order cancellations in online sales? Because of intense competition; everyone is focused on profit. Consumers want to buy cheap things, so the quality naturally declines.

While this may not be entirely accurate, it was like this in Zhang San's previous life: the streets were becoming increasingly deserted, and the employment situation was getting worse and worse.

He didn't know if the more than ten million new graduates who entered society after him had found jobs, but he had already worked 007 and exhausted his body. Having been reborn, he didn't want to be too tired.