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Chapter 106 Help
"These are new slippers, please put them on." Han Jiayi said to him while standing at the door.

Lu Changge saw that she had opened the shoe cabinet at the door and there were three layers of shoes inside. "Why did you buy so many slippers?"

"I didn't buy them, they were given to me by someone else. I just didn't expect anyone to come over at the time, so they are still new."

“It only makes sense that no one came.”

He muttered this. Han Jiayi is an introvert and doesn't seem to be able to get along with others.

Just like now, facing his complaints, she just glanced at him without any response.

After entering, he found that the house she rented was symmetrical to his own. The living room faced the door, the kitchen and dining room were on the left, and his place was on the right.

"Sit down, what would you like to drink?" She ran towards the refrigerator.

I guess I was too lazy to pour the water.

"Mineral water, please."

"Okay. All I know is that you're in the School of Computer Science, but I haven't asked you what your major is."

“Software Engineering.”

“I studied e-commerce.”

Lu Changge was a little surprised. "Jiangnan University of Science and Technology has this major so early?"

"What do you mean, it's so early? Who are you comparing it to?"

"Nothing." He covered it up. "So, what do you want me to do for you?"

"As you know, I'm a senior now. They said I still have a year left, but in fact, many people went out for internships in the second semester of their senior year. Now it seems like I haven't even had half a year. Recently, our homeroom teacher came to us and asked us to start preparing our graduation thesis."

Lu Changge asked: "So where did you write to?"

"We are selecting topics."

Lu Changge: “…”

"I'm only a sophomore. I don't know how to write a paper."

"But don't you have your own Taobao store? You're the only one I know who has one online. If you agree, I'd like to use yours as an example. It would be much easier to write that way."

It was a good way to cheat. I copied the text from the Internet and found the numbers from him. If the text and numbers didn't match, I changed the numbers. Once they matched, I had a paper.

Unfortunately, Lu Changge still shook his head without hesitation.

"No, opening a store is a serious matter. Operational methods, marketing methods, monthly sales, operating income, etc., are all critical information. Moreover, my store is easy to imitate. I am just starting out now. I can't ask you to write it into a paper and make it public."

Not to mention, vocational training is a slightly sensitive matter, so it is even more impossible to let her do this.

Han Jiayi didn't know much about this at first, and she knew she was being abrupt, so she explained, "I didn't intend to write down your business data. I just wanted to see what real e-commerce practices were like."

Lu Changge still couldn't agree. He scratched his forehead with his thumb and said, "I can't give you any numbers. I can only talk to you about my practical experience, if that's helpful."

"That's fine." Han Jiayi thought for a moment and said, "Why did you choose to open an online store?"

"So this is the beginning?"

"It might be useful."

Lu Changge was still willing to help with this small favor that only required talking. After all, they knew each other. He originally thought that she wanted him to accompany her to write the paper, which made him think that Han Jiayi was not smart.

"The reason for choosing an online store is simple: it's the trend. In the past, if an average person wanted to do business, they would have to either set up a stall or rent a small shop, which was quite expensive. But Taobao stores don't require that, so there are more and more of them."

Han Jiayi bit her index finger and said, "So, in the next few years, China's e-commerce will develop at an extremely fast pace." "It's true that the small details can reveal the big picture."

"So, how about I write about the positive impact of e-commerce on the Chinese economy, such as the birth of many small businesses? How about that topic?"

Lu Changge said, "If you want to innovate, I think you could write about the impact of e-commerce on traditional industries, such as store rents. Predicting an increase in the number of online stores isn't difficult; you can tell even by looking at the data from the past two years. But if you want to save effort, it's best to choose something a little more creative."

"Imagination?"

"It's all about innovation. As I said, because the cost of renting a store is high, small and micro businesses are forced to use online stores to reduce costs and risks. If this happens on a large scale, it will have a huge impact on urban store rentals, especially those that are not competitive.

By extension, offline physical stores will also polarize in the future, with consumers either shopping online or in large shopping malls. This trend has not yet appeared, but it will appear in the future."

"But some people say that the offline shopping experience is hard to replace with online shopping. For example, how can you try on clothes when you buy them online?"

Lu Changge remembered that there had indeed been debate on this issue in recent years.

Should traditional giants embrace e-commerce? Can e-commerce really leverage traditional giants? The struggle between the two sides has extended to the Internet, with various voices emerging one after another.

He still remembers watching the news that a Russian company had invented an online try-on system that put clothes on you virtually.

This is how the technology enthusiasts in e-commerce respond to some social voices’ doubts through technology.

"Consumption, whether online or offline, can take on a thousand forms, but ultimately, consumers care about three factors." Lu Changge slowly held up three fingers. "Price, quality, and service. Which do our consumers care about more?"

Han Jiayi frowned and said, "Different people should have different feelings."

"You're quite right, but it's useless. Let me be frank. Domestic consumers care most about price, because ordinary people don't have much money, and Jiangzhou is far from representing the entire country.

For example, some people say that young people who move to Beijing eat instant noodles every day, which is bad for their health. This is a modern version of "why not eat meat?" If anyone has fallen to the point where they can only afford instant noodles, why would they still care about their health? It's better than going hungry, right?
So I don't think the offline shopping experience can hinder e-commerce. Because e-commerce eliminates the need for distributors and distributors, it's naturally cheaper. Unless…"

Unless the dragon slayer turns into a dragon, the cost of opening an online store will also increase significantly.

"Unless what?"

"Nothing. Anyway, I think this is an idea, and it's not difficult to analyze."

Han Jiayi thought about it and felt that she had gained something. At least she had a direction.

Undergraduate students are confused when they first encounter the task of writing a paper, especially those from less prestigious universities like Jiangzhou Institute of Technology. The teacher assigns this task, and then you ask him after a month, "What are your thoughts?"

Most students have no idea what the paper is about, and even their understanding of the paper writing itself is very superficial, and they don’t know what it is for.

Lu Changge knew without asking that Han Jiayi had been stuck on choosing a topic for quite some time.

As for Han Jiayi, she used to think that Lu Changge was lucky, as he somehow got lucky by opening an online store. Now it seems that no success is accidental.

"I'll have to read some more articles recently, otherwise my mind will be very empty. I'll discuss this with you later."

"also."

"Thank you." She said it sincerely, then she quickly went to the kitchen and brought out two killed carp.

This made Lu Changge dumbfounded, "What are you going to do?"

Han Jiayi said, "There's nothing much to thank you for. How about I give you two fish?"

"It's a very... simple expression."

Why do I feel that this girl is quite clumsy?

(End of this chapter)