Back to the prime of life

Chapter 132
Since March 2008, Lu Changge has become very busy.

First of all, the time on the class schedule from Monday to Friday is fixed and occupied, especially when it comes to professional courses. He never skips a class and wants to learn all the knowledge related to computers.

The saying that knowledge is valuable has been embodied in his experience.

On one side are free classes at the university.

On one side is a private teacher hired at a high price.

In this comparison, how could he not be serious about learning knowledge for free? So it is not just the programming language and development tools needed for software development.
He was very serious about courses like database management, compiler theory, operating systems, and even programming language courses like Python and JavaScript that other teachers would teach.

If you have any doubts, you should ask the teacher.

In addition to his school courses, he also has to take care of Chi Yongsheng in his spare time, and his Saturdays and Sundays are basically occupied by this matter.

The rest is when Chi Yongsheng has something to do and he has no classes, which is his free time.

In such a small amount of time, he also has to take care of the decoration of the swimming pool.

It was only at this time that he realized that it was a wise move for him to meet Zuo Shuya during the Chinese New Year and let her join.

His sister-in-law Lu Xiaohui was very helpful in keeping an eye on the details of the decoration, but Zuo Shuya still had to do things like registering the business license, formulating a recruitment plan, and proposing specific and practical operating methods.

And she was learning as she went along.

But fortunately, she has practical experience in the most important aspects of course setting, pricing, and recruiting trainers.

Her vocational course training institution in Shanghai also needs to recruit people, otherwise she would not be able to take care of it by running between two places alone.

Overall, it has been a somewhat chaotic and busy spring.

The only consolation was that Lu Baiwan’s Taobao store no longer gave him any worries.

Li Ming and Qin Jun have already gotten started, and they just need to follow the previous path honestly. Of course, the decline in profits is an irreversible process.

By March, monthly income had fallen below 3 yuan.

But Lu Changge didn't care. If he could make money, he would make money. If he couldn't, then forget it. Now if he searched for stores similar to his on Taobao, he would find more than 30 stores. He didn't have any good way to ask them to close down, and he didn't want to waste his energy on this.

In early April, he went to Jiangzhou Bank and found Gong Chunxue. From January to now, the Taobao store has brought him a total income of 4 yuan, and also brought some performance to Gong Chunxue.

In exchange, Gong Chunxue has been helping him attract customers after learning that his swimming pool is about to open.

In Lu Changge's car, she said, "My brother-in-law is the vice-president of Jiangzhou Foreign Language School, the best private school in the area. Apart from the children of faculty and staff who get in through connections, most of the other students come from well-off families. I've been trying to convince my brother-in-law that if necessary, the school and the swimming pool can collaborate on some activities. The swimming pool only needs to offer a small discount to students from this school."

Lu Changge asked, "Does he agree? Does the school have a need to encourage students to swim?"

"Private schools have this motivation. Because tuition is so expensive, to make parents feel their money is well spent, schools like Jiangwai go to great lengths every year to organize various activities to demonstrate quality education. Sports are one of the best activities, and this year is the Olympic year."

This is an explanation to parents.

Otherwise, what is your basis for defrauding people of hundreds of thousands of yuan in tuition fees every year?
Otherwise, you would really think that there are a lot of top educators hidden in private schools.

"Can your brother-in-law decide this?"

Gong Chunxue was the last person to dare lie to him. "I can only do my best to make it happen. I also have to convince the school principal, but that's not difficult. If you agree, Mr. Lu, I'll tell my brother-in-law."

Lu Changge generally agreed. Jiangzhou Foreign Language School had a great reputation in the local area. Even more than ten years later, when people heard that someone was studying in this school, their first reaction would be that this school was very rich.

Its model is also different from that of ordinary middle schools. Summer camps abroad, classes specifically for studying abroad, etc., are all very expensive.

Sometimes he'd drive past the school gate and see nothing but nice cars. Then, with the rise of domestically produced smart cars, some models were incredibly expensive, drawing widespread ridicule online. But if you waited a few days at the gate, you'd see that some people were actually driving them.

Talking about this involves a concept called "social consensus". When applied to commercial brands, it is the so-called sense of face.

For example, being able to study abroad in Jiangwai, even if not necessarily having status, at least makes you look wealthy.

Naturally, if we seize this opportunity to cooperate with Jiangwai, it will be very helpful to build social consensus on the high-end brand of the swimming pool.

"This is a pretty serious matter. If there's a chance, I'll meet with your brother-in-law and we can discuss it face to face. I have someone in charge of operations here, so we need to sit down and discuss it in detail."

Gong Chunxue said happily: "Okay, I'll do my brother-in-law's work."

Initially, Gong Chunxue relied on her uncle to maintain this relationship and provided some information about Wu Yiming. But now that Lu Changge and President Wu are in frequent contact, her presence has become increasingly invisible.

This society is so realistic. It is definitely not possible to save someone's millions of savings just by saying a few polite words every time you meet them.

As for the rebate benefits, she couldn't afford it if it was too expensive, but Lu Changge didn't care if it was too cheap.

Gong Chunxue had put a lot of thought into this aspect. For a while, she spent all day studying Lu Changge like she was studying her fiancé. As salespeople say, you have to understand your customers.

Later, she discovered that money was being withdrawn from Lu Changge's account on a large scale, so she inquired about it when she contacted him. Later, she learned that he was planning to open a swimming pool.

As for the cooperation between the school and the swimming pool, it was something her sister helped to think of.

If we throw it out now, you don’t have to think about it to know that it will definitely work.

"By the way, Mr. Lu, let me ask first, do you have any requests?"

Lu Changge said, "It's too early to discuss requirements now. We'll discuss the specific details after the framework is finalized."

"it is good."

"Thank you, it's rare that you're so thoughtful."

Gong Chunxue couldn't help but laugh, "Don't thank me, I should thank you for always taking care of me."

"We're friends, that's as it should be. Don't keep calling me Mr. Lu. I'm not your boss, so just call me Changge."

People are working so hard, Lu Changge can't just sit there and say nothing.

But this kind of expression does not necessarily mean immediate benefits, because they have known each other for a long time, and have said so many hypocritical polite words to each other, and they are all decent people.

In this case, being too realistic is not necessarily a good idea; it would be more appropriate to build closer relationships and play the emotional card.

There is no standard or absolute correct way to judge people. It is just a summary of Lu Changge's personal social experience.

As for the effect, Gong Chunxue was very happy when she got off the car and waved to her enthusiastically outside the car.

(End of this chapter)