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  Chapter 147: If the Ending is Bad

  TL: Etude

  The ohing that uies are never short of is people, and a rge popution signifies siderable purchasing power.

  Jiang Qin started with creating forums and tinually anizis to gather traffic. His primary goal was to build a massive pool of traffic.

  With traffiy business expansion bees infinitely possible.

  Now, he had the traffic pool.

  Thus, group buying became the final step in moizing this traffic.

  Traffic—Group Buying—Product Delivery—Payment.

  In an era where smartphones and online payments were not widespread, this was the best moization he could think of. Traditional group buying logic relies on suffit purchasing power to boost sales and, thereby, vert into profit.

  Previously, making money from forum advertising was just a way to fund the group buyiure.

  Whether this er model would be accepted by uy students, and how long it would take for them to embrace it, remained uain. The dists and promotions in the early stages were an invisible cost.

  For instance, dist coupons to new users or promotions for new products required financial support.

  Without these dists and promotions, it would be difficult froup buying to quickly absorb all the traffi Zhihu.

  So, res to various strategies was indeed a relut but necessary measure. After all, in Jiang Qin’s mind, group buying was the final on to be wielded. He was willing to save on other aspects as much as possible.

  And now, he and his makeshift team had finally persevered to this stage.

  Half an hour after returning from the Uy of Sd Teology, all the employees of Room 208 gradually returo the Entrepreneurship ter. Shi Miaomiao was carrying half a steamer of buns and a half cup of soy milk, seemingly having rushed back during lunch.

  Jiang Qin didn’t want to interrupt everyone’s lunch, so he quickly got them seated a straight to the point.

  “Group buying is about to unch, and we have a lot of work to do in a short time. I’ll assign the specific tasks now.”

  “Lu Feiyu, you’ll lead the teo shift our focus, initiating topics like product reendations and food sharing as a preliminary setup.”

  “Tan Qing and Su Nai, you’re in charge of liaising with merts, ensuring the accuracy of produformation and prig to avoid any errors after unch.”

  “Wenhao, since you’ve met Yue Zhu, you’ll be responsible for coordinating with Wanzhong Mall. Make it clear that they will handle all order deliveries.”

  “Lann, check with the part-time society again to firm the recruitment of campus delivery staff, and proceed with a simple training as pnned.”

  “And Xuemei, keep an eye on Shengshi, urging them to get the materials ready as soon as possible, and they must be in pce by the day after tomorrow at the test.”

  With their tasks assighe Room 208 team plunged bato a bustling work atmosphere.

  The tent team started ag like live-streaming sales hosts, writiailed promotional articles for the main products listed by merts in the first person.

  Dong Wenhao began unig with Yue Zhu about the logistics of product delivery times and frequency.

  Wei Lauro the East Campus to coordihe recruitment and training of delivery staff with the part-time society.

  Lu Xuemei went to Shengshi to firm the progress of billboard and poster produ.

  Everything began to move forward in an orderly fashion.

  Now, everything was ready, except for one final issue that needed resolving—pick-up.

  This depended on the subjective willingness of the ers, as it couldn’t be standardized. Some had csses iernoon, others in the m, leading t pick-up times.

  Jiang Qin’s team was short on manpower, and it was impossible to find part-timers who could stay in the dormitory buildings all day. So, they might have to trouble the dormitory aunts.

  The dormitory aunts were managed by the school’s logistics department, which fell uhe administratioment. The top leader should be Vice Principal Zhang Bo Qing, whom he had met a few days ago.

  Hmm.

  Principal Zhang was a good man, specializing in resolving issues for entrepreneurs and filling in the gaps in their ventures.

  After some thought, Jiang Qin decided to find an opportunity to meet with the vice principal to discuss the issue of re-employing the dormitory aunts.

  “Boss!”

  Shi Miaomiao suddenly looked up, “Don’t you have a css this afternoon? Why haven’t you left yet?”

  Jiang Qin was momentarily startled. “What css?”

  “English.”

  Jiang Qin smacked his lips, put on his coat, and prepared to head to css. He wasn’t going because he liked the css; rather, his absenteeism had reached a critical point. If he missed another css, he would fail without even taking the exam. Failing a course wasn’t a big deal, but he wasn’t skilled in many areas, and failing too many courses could lead to being advised to leave the uy.

  If only students didn’t have to attend csses.

  Driving to the Finance Department’s teag building, Jiang Qin, unsurprisingly, arrived te.

  To his surprise, Cao Guangyu was also te, c against the wall like a small chick, unmoving.

  “Old Cao, why aren’t you going into the ?”

  “I got caught for beihey made me stand as a mild punishment.”

  Jiang Qin’s mouth twitched, “Standing punishment in uy? Is there no w and order left?”

  Cao Guangyu, gesturing for him to lower his voice, expined, “Bad luck this time. Got caught by the student union. They’re dug a campaign to improve academic atmosphere. Absolutely no leniency.”

  “You better stand properly then. I’m leaving.”

  “Don’t go. They’re cheg attendan the right now. If you go now, you’ll be walking straight into trouble.”

  “Damn, I don’t know anyone iudent union. I’ll hide for now.” Jiang Qiantly retreated.

  Cao Guangyu ughed, “Were you also te because of a date? No, wait, where’s Feng Nanshu? Are you dating a ghost?”

  Jiang Qin gave him a sidelong gnce, “Is dating all you think about? I just came from the Entrepreneurship ter!”

  “Pot calling the kettle bck,” Cao retorted.

  As they were talking, the student union members, led by Zhu Feed the . Jiang Qin turo hide, ready to accept a dedu in his score but not the standing punishment. But before he could hide, Zhu Feng called out his name from behind.

  “Jiang Qin!”

  “I’m not afraid of poiion, but I refuse to stand as punishment,” Jiang Qin decred.

  Zhu Feng looked at him, “Who’s punishing you? Let me introduce you, this is Zhuang Siyu, the president of the student union.”

  The short-haired senior, Zhuang Siyu, smiled slightly, “Jiang, do you have a moment to talk?”

  “Taking notes for being te?”

  “It’s not about being te. I didn’t even record your name. Yirlfriend answered for you. We just turned a blind eye, pretending to know nothing.”

  Zhuang Siyu was surprised, “The super pretty girl earlier was his girlfriend?”

  “Of course,” Zhu Feng firmed. “Why else would a girl foolishly answer fuy? You think we ’t tell?”

  “ we not discuss my love life? Just deduct the points.”

  “Actually, we need a little help from you. Could you e to the office for a moment?”

  Cao Guangyu’s eyes bulged, thinking to himself, “Wasn’t this about enf academic discipline? So, you targeted me specifically?”

  Jiang Qin sternly instructed Cao to stand properly and then followed Zhu Feng and Zhuang Siyu to the office.

  “We’re hoping to get some sponsorship from you,” said Zhu Feng.

  Jiang Qin raised an eyebrow, surprised that someone would try to fleece him: “onsorship?”

  Zhuang Siyu coughed, “Did you know about the debate petitianized by the four major uies?”

  “I heard something about it from Yao, the sister ierature Club.”

  “We need funds for the trip, and making team uniforms and fgs costs money. Could you help out a bit?”

  Zhuang Siyu took out a form from her bag, passing it to Jiang Qin. It tained some information about the debate petition and the required sponsorship amount.

  Jiang Qin initially didn’t want to agree. He was used to fleeg others, not being fleeced himself. But his i iqued when he saw the list of judges, particurly the name of the chief judge: Zhang Bo Qing.

  “Principal Zhang is a judge?”

  “Yes, Principal Zhang asked me to e here and inquire if you’d be willing to sponsor.”

  Jiang Qin’s mouth twitched, feeling that Zhang Bo Qing probably thought he had been over-supported with the entrepreneurship funding and was trying to recoup some of it. However, he did want to meet with Principal Zhang to discuss the re-employment issue of the dormitory aunts, and this seemed like an opportunity presented on a silver ptter.

  Meeting a principal who managed school affairs wasn’t easy; one couldn’t just see him whehey wished. With the group buying about to unch, setting up another meeting time seemed impractical. It would be better to discuss the matter while uhe banner of his sponsorship during the debate petition.

  Moreover, discussing this uhe banner of his sponsorship, Principal Zhang would certainly have to sider his tribution, increasing the likelihood of a favorable response.

  “I could sider sp, but what’s in it for me?”

  Zhuang Siyu immediately replied, “romote your forum. After all, it’s a joint petitioween four major uies, with high attention.”

  Jiang Qin picked up the form to take a look. “How far has the petitiressed?”

  “We’re still at the intra-school stage. The finals are ing up soon, and the winning team will represent Lin Uy against the other three uies in the final debate,” Zhuang Siyu answered every question.

  “Has the topic for the school finals been chosen?”

  “Whether individual fate is in one’s own hands or trolled by society.”

  Jiang Qin paused for a moment. “I sponsor, but I attend the debate?”

  Zhuang Siyu hesitated briefly, “Are you ied iing? Of course, you .”

  “But I hope you ge the topic. The one you mentioned doesn’t quite resonate.”

  “To what?”

  “If the ending is bad, there’s no point in starting, versus if the ending is bad, one should still enjoy the process.”

  Zhuang Siyu frowned in thought. “This topic… it’s iing…”

  Jiang Qin pursed his lips. “I want to know how people view this issue. If it’s ve, let’s use this for the finals.”

  “I’ll o discuss it with the judges.”

  “Then I want two seats, as close to the front as possible, preferably near Principal Zhang.”

  After finalizing the sponsorship details, Jiang Qin privately requested Zhuang Siyu to remove Cao Guangyu’s name from the teers’ list, and then they waved goodbye.

  “Old Cao, you owe me a meal,” Jiang Qin demanded as soon as he returo the corridor.

  “Why should I?” Cao Guangyu grinned.

  Jiang Qin spat, “I sacrificed my charm to ask the student union president to scratch your name off the list. Don’t you think you should treat me to a meal?”

  Cao Guangyu’s mouth twitched, “Do you think I’m an idiot?”

  “Do you not believe in my charm, or that your removed?”

  “Heh, I don’t believe either.”

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