Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 351 Big move

Cheng Yi downloaded the malicious plugin, which he had tested multiple times, to a USB drive and went to Lin Qingyin's side.

He didn't want too many people to click on this malicious plugin, so hiding it in the computer section was a good idea.

Cheng Yi first found an old post in the forum of a junior moderator, then disguised the malicious plugin as an MP3 player and embedded it in the old post. The player would only be triggered when the mouse clicked on that location. Given its hidden location and the fact that it was an old post, it would be very difficult to find the post unless someone searched for it and deliberately clicked on it.

After editing the post, Cheng Yi immediately logged out of the junior moderator's account.

Now, it's time to witness a miracle.

In recent days, the market share of game equipment trading websites has begun to decline, while the market share of Momo virtual item trading website has begun to rise.

In Momo internet cafes across the country, it is common to see queues of people waiting to complete transactions.

Meanwhile, the internet cafes that partner with the game equipment trading website are often deserted.

It is now the 51st day of the trial operation of the game equipment trading website. Luo Shengyi looked at the work report in his hand and fell into deep thought.

There are just too many problems.

Just as Su Yao said, cooperating with these internet cafe owners simply cannot be done according to a normal business model.

The current situation is that internet cafes that have received payment for player equipment are unwilling to pay, while those that haven't received payment are eagerly awaiting their money.

Although Shengda Group always advances their commissions, as the saying goes, there's no harm in comparison.

Some internet cafes see other internet cafes enjoying themselves with hundreds of thousands of yuan in equipment funds, while they can only wait for Shengda's relief of a few thousand yuan in service fees.

The more I think about it, the angrier and more frustrated I feel.

This isn't a service fee; it's practically a humiliation fee.

More and more internet cafe owners are starting to hope that players can buy equipment from them, rather than hoping that players can sell equipment, which indirectly leads to players who want to sell equipment being unpopular.

They often have to face the cold shoulder of internet cafe owners or managers, and some customers who sell at low prices are simply dismissed.

Selling gold coins for ten or twenty yuan?

That's not enough of my time and effort.

In this vicious cycle, many players started going to Momo Internet Cafes to sell their equipment.

Momo Internet Cafe is a chain after all, and the managers of these internet cafes have all received training before taking office, so their attitude towards customers is completely different from that of internet cafe owners.

There's a reason why it's 10% more expensive.

Isn't the point of selling things to have a good time? Just thinking about the stern faces of those internet cafe owners makes these teenagers, who only know how to roam the virtual world, feel a little guilty.

After reading through all the work reports, Luo Shengyi gained a clearer understanding of the current situation of the game equipment trading website.

Change is necessary!
Otherwise, it will be difficult to proceed.

After thinking it over for a while, Luo Shengyi decided to cancel the pre-sale privileges for game cards granted to the partner internet cafes.

We'll revert to the previous model of buying and selling cards: you get as many cards as you buy.

If you don't have the money to buy the goods, then you can just go cool off somewhere else.

After that, we found a partner internet cafe and arranged a small room there, where Shengda sent someone to handle the guarantee for game equipment transactions.

We can give the partner internet cafes an extra 10% commission on game cards as rent.

After finishing writing the proposal, Luo Shengyi pondered it for a long time before quickly arriving at Chen Tianqiao's office.

To be honest, Luo Shengyi was really fortunate to be working with such a sensible and discreet boss. Chen Tianqiao was extremely quick to understand, and he could grasp things immediately without much prompting from his subordinates.

This made it very easy for his subordinates to do their jobs.

Upon seeing Luo Shengyi enter the office, Chen Tianqiao put down his pen and said, "I heard that the game equipment trading website is having problems?"

Luo Shengyi sighed, "Yes, the results of practice show that if we want to run this game equipment trading website well, we must set up physical locations."

"Set up physical locations," Chen Tianqiao hesitated.

This requires a lot of manpower!

If we calculate based on 2000 districts and counties, then they would need to recruit 2000 employees, which is a terrifying number.

Their headquarters are in Zhonghai City, and considering the average wage in Zhonghai City, this is an extremely terrifying expense.

Seeing that Chen Tianqiao remained silent, Luo Shengyi quickly said, "Chairman Chen, the prospects for this game equipment trading website are still very good. The people we sent out will not let us lose money. This is the proposal I wrote. Please take a look."

Chen Tianqiao took Luo Shengyi's proposal, read it carefully, and said, "Have you considered how our original partner internet cafes will react if we change our operating strategy? The internet cafes we selected are all well-known in the local area. If we suddenly withdraw their partnership and then find another internet cafe to set up shop, what do you think they will do?"

Luo Shengyi hadn't thought about it that thoroughly, but after Chen Tianqiao reminded him, he immediately understood.

This kind of offline promotion is definitely not just about showing up.

The level of cooperation from the local community, and whether there is any sabotage behind the scenes, will be key factors in whether or not success is achieved.

Given the nature of those local bullies, if they cancel the cooperation and choose someone else, they will definitely try every means to cause trouble.

This group of people may not be good at accomplishing anything, but they are more than capable of ruining things.

Luo Shengyi said, "In that case, it can only be done in the original partner internet cafe."

Chen Tianqiao said, "Yes, let them get a permanent computer for our people in an internet cafe. They can get 1% of the profit from the sale of our people."

"Isn't this a bit too much?" Luo Shengyi was a little uncomfortable.

Previously, internet cafe owners received 2%, but now they're getting 1% just for providing a computer? Isn't that a bit outrageous?
Chen Tianqiao said, "Special methods are needed in special times, and we still need them to help us establish a foothold in the local area."

Luo Shengyi nodded slowly and said, "Okay, but what about the funds that were advanced?"

Chen Tianqiao said, "Get it from the internet cafe owner."

"Huh?" Luo Shengyi wondered if he had misheard.

Asking the internet cafe owner for it? Isn't that a bit too outrageous?

Chen Tianqiao smiled and said, "For internet cafe owners who are willing to advance the cost of our equipment, their advance payment can be considered as a prepayment for the purchase of game cards. When they purchase the game cards, we can give them an additional 10% discount on top of the original amount."

Luo Shengyi's eyes suddenly lit up. Could it be an investment tycoon from Zhonghai City? This method of raising funds without any investment is simply masterful.

This resulted in the internet cafe owners demanding payment from them.

Just thinking about it is kind of awesome.

A 10% discount on game cards is enough to entice many internet cafe owners to provide funding.

Chen Tianqiao said, "Go and tell Ye Fang to recruit people quickly. Each round will last three days, with 500 people per round. Recruit one day, train one day, and have them start working one day."

"Okay, I'll go inform them now." Luo Shengyi nodded and quickly left Chen Tianqiao's office.

He suddenly realized that working for a boss who was too smart wasn't a good thing; it made them, his subordinates, seem a bit too foolish.

Shengda Group's big move has caused quite a stir in the industry.

Recruiting 2000 employees suddenly is considered a large-scale undertaking in Zhonghai City.

Even large construction groups have no precedent for recruiting 2000 employees; they all hire temporary workers.

Shengda Group was openly recruiting contract workers, clearly indicating they were planning a major undertaking. The internet cafe owners, who hadn't wanted to put in the effort to earn that 2%, were naturally overjoyed to hear they could get 1% income without any work, and immediately offered Shengda's equipment guarantors the best positions in their cafes.

The 10% discount on game cards offered by Shengda Group has attracted many internet cafe owners in the districts and counties. Whenever someone sells equipment, they are eager to pay for it in advance.

They wished they could snatch all the advance payments into their hands.

"Awesome! I can sell all the gold coins on my account and earn enough for seven days of internet fees!" In a cybercafé in Quancheng City, Shandong Province, a young man walked into the Haven Cybercafé with great excitement.

He arrived at the computer where the equipment was guaranteed and found that there were already three people in line.

The young man at the front of the group spoke with a slight stutter, which made people anxious.

The equipment guarantor asked, "Don't you remember your password?"

“I remember, I remember, I do,” the young man said. “J, J, JH, H…”

"How many Js is it exactly?" the equipment guarantor asked anxiously.

The young man said, "One, one, one..."

"..." The equipment guarantor was rendered speechless by the stuttering young man.

He stood up and said, "You lose, hurry up, there are still several people in line behind you."

"Yes, yes, yes, I'm sorry." The stuttering young man blushed and quickly sat down in front of the computer.

He opened the game and quickly entered his account and password.

Press Enter.

wrong password.

The stuttering youth quickly produced another one.

The result was the same: wrong password.

"Brother, are you sure you're not just messing with me?" The equipment guarantor, disregarding the "customer is king" mentality, directly questioned him.

He looked at the equipment guarantor and said, "I, I, I..."

The equipment guarantor quickly opened a document for him and said, "Just type what you want to say. Damn it, if I keep listening to you stutter, I'm going to become a stutterer too."

The stuttering youth hurriedly typed into the document: "My password is in the forum. Can I open the Legend forum and copy it?"

"Of course, no problem. Hurry up!" the equipment guarantor urged.

"Okay, okay, okay." The stuttering youth skillfully opened the Shengda official website and found the forum entrance on the website.

After entering the forum, he quickly opened his personal user center and found the replies to the posts.

One of the posts, from the computer section, was titled "On the pros and cons of the Great White Shark 16X DVD drive".

He opened the post, refreshed the page, and then clicked on the link to the second-floor moderator's post. As soon as the link popped up, he quickly closed it. Afterward, he fumbled around to the bottom of the post, copied a string of text, and entered it into the Legend login page.

With a series of clicking sounds as the door opened, his account logged into the game.

"Is that all the gold coins you have?" The equipment guarantor was almost laughing in exasperation at not being able to see the gold coins on the stuttering youth.

All these gold coins combined aren't even worth 15 yuan.

The equipment guarantor said, "You've made contact with the buyer."

"We've made contact, we've made contact," the stuttering young man replied hastily.

The equipment guarantor nodded and said, "Then let's hurry up and complete the transaction."

It took them a full 20 minutes to process a 14.5 yuan order.

After the transaction of 14.5 yuan in gold coins was completed, the equipment guarantor took out 14.5 yuan from his bag and handed it to the stuttering young man.

The stuttering young man quickly thanked them and left the internet cafe under the disdainful gazes of several other players in line.

“Is it my turn? I want to sell a bone jade scepter!” Another young man walked over.

The equipment guarantor perked up immediately upon hearing that it was a bone jade scepter.

After completing this order, he can earn at least a few dozen yuan in commission.

The transaction of the bone jade scepter was quick. The buyer was from Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. As one of the wealthiest provinces in China, Guangdong has always been known for its high spending power in the internet sector.

It was both straightforward and generous.

The equipment guarantor simply made a phone call, and the deal was closed.

He contacted an internet cafe owner and had the owner bring 2700 yuan to the seller.

He can earn more than 30 yuan out of that 2700 yuan.

More than 30 yuan, that's definitely a considerable sum of money.

Now that they've made money, the equipment guarantor's attitude has improved, and he's even chatting and laughing with the people in line.

These people had three sellers and one buyer. By completing all the transactions for these people, he made a net profit of 81 yuan.

If he could earn this much every day, he wouldn't even want a civil service job.

He earns a little over 2000 yuan a month, and he hasn't even figured out how to spend it.

The young man who sold the ancient jade scepter rode his bicycle home and turned on his computer again.

He skillfully logged into the game with his account and password. As soon as he entered the game, he saw his account standing naked in Bichon City.

"Could it be stuck?" The guy immediately quit the game and logged back in.

It's still the same.

His number was displayed, and he stood naked and alone in the safe zone.

The guy hurriedly controlled his character to get to the warehouse.

The warehouse is empty!

The guy opened his equipment inventory again.

Equipment slots are empty!
With a nervous heart, he opened the backpack again.

Besides some medicine and junk equipment, the few pieces of equipment in my backpack that were worth something had also disappeared.

The guy felt like his head had exploded.

His account was hacked?
How could his account have been hacked?
Since he started playing Legend of Mir, he hasn't studied adult literature for a long time.

He also had Rising Antivirus installed on his computer.

The little lion never woke up, which means his computer was safe.

"Guaranteed transaction!" The young man stood up abruptly, his eyes flashing with intense anger, and rushed out of the study.

What kind of rubbish guarantee is that? They even hacked my account?
The guy quickly rode his motorcycle to the entrance of the Haven Internet Cafe. He locked the bike and rushed inside. As soon as he saw the equipment guarantor, he grabbed the man by the collar and yelled, "You son of a bitch, how dare you steal my account?"

(End of this chapter)