Rebirth of the King of Waves

Chapter 175: Live Hard (Part 2)

"Imagine you have a relative whose son has been spoiled since childhood, is lazy and good-for-nothing, and barely managed to get into a junior college."

"After arriving at school, he didn't study much, but he got along well with his classmates. Then one day, a weight loss advertisement appeared in front of him, but he didn't take it too seriously at first."

"But gradually, as he discovers that more and more people around him are using this weight loss app, and even using it to hook up, will he think, 'Should I get one too? After all, if I fail to lose weight, I can get a full refund!'"

"But then, he suddenly realized that he had run out of living expenses. By the end of the month, he couldn't even come up with 66 yuan, let alone 666 yuan. His family's financial situation was also average, and they only gave him 1500 yuan a month for living expenses. With 50 yuan a day, after eating and buying some daily necessities, there was basically nothing left."

"But he couldn't not download that app, because more than half of the students in his class started sharing how much weight they had lost on their social media every day, and most importantly, his name wasn't on the class leaderboard!"

"What are these young people most afraid of? They are most afraid of being ignored."

"At that moment, we, as the owners of the platform, suddenly extended a helping hand to him."

“We told him, ‘Kid, it’s okay. Not having money is no big deal, right? We’ll lend you some! It’s 666 yuan a year, you don’t have to pay it, Uncle will pay it for you. And if you fail to lose weight after paying this money, you don’t have to pay it back a single penny, isn’t that great?’”

"Damn, borrowing money and not having to pay it back is awesome! What young person can resist the temptation of something for free?"

"But the money is still borrowed. The money your uncle borrowed from you came from somewhere else. So here's the problem: I lent you 666 yuan, shouldn't you pay me some interest?"

"No need for much, just one cent a day, one dollar for ten days, ten dollars for one hundred days. Thirty dollars a year, that's all!"

"Okay, if we get ten million users like this, our daily gross profit will be... one million."

Ning Bishu looked around at the people at the table.

Shen Junzhe couldn't help but smile and nodded repeatedly: "President Ning, this is the flavor, the flavor of Internet+."

Others nodded in agreement.

Lu Chengxuan said, "That's a really good idea."

"Yes." Xu Ruojin's gaze towards Ning Bishu was noticeably more sincere than her previous fake smile.

A gleam appeared in Mu Shanming's eyes as he touched Ning Bishu's leg under the table.

Ning Bishu turned to look at her, then stubbed out the cigarette he had only taken a few puffs of.

He continued, "Charging users interest directly is one source of income. The interest from deposits taken from users is another source of income. Selling our specialized weighing scales and related products also generates some profit."

Additionally, we provide offline services, organizing competitions on a regular basis and charging registration fees. For some users, we offer a so-called customized VIP service, charging a small membership fee each quarter.

Ning Bishu's few words, each time he opened his mouth, seemed to be a way of earning millions in a single day.

The people at the table became more and more excited as they listened.

Ning Bishu paused slightly at this point, then added, "There's one more thing."

He looked around the room and stood up.

"Everyone," Ning Bishu said solemnly, placing his hands on the table, "when our funds reach a certain level, we will no longer be a simple health service company; at that point, we will be a financial company."

“From a financial perspective, we can offer customized weight loss services to a segment of users. These services are non-refundable. For example, someone wants to lose 30 pounds, which is inherently difficult. But what if they can't afford it?”

Ning Bishu's gaze swept across the faces of everyone in the room.

No one answered.

Only Ning Bishu answered his own question loudly, "Of course we'll continue to serve him! But! Since he can't pay, yet he's enjoyed our services, then he owes us real money!"

"Out of humanitarian considerations, we won't charge him a single penny of interest on this portion of real money! But since he already owes us and will have to repay it sooner or later, shouldn't we find a way to get this money out in advance?"

"How about we give the debt to the bank and discount it?"

"A terribly chubby kid who wanted to lose 30 pounds owed us 2000 yuan in interest-free debt in pursuit of a better life. We gave this debt to the bank, asking them to give us only 1900 yuan."

"A year later, the debt relationship between the chubby boy and us became a debt relationship between him and the bank. He directly paid back the 2000 yuan to the bank. We received 1900 yuan a year ahead of schedule, which relieved our financial pressure, and the bank made a profit of 100 yuan. The chubby boy successfully lost weight from 180 jin to 175 jin. Although he did not complete the task, he gained something from the process."

The cost is only 2000 yuan, with no interest and no compounding. From a life perspective, he suffers no loss. And if he really loses 30 pounds, then we are his benefactors. 2000 yuan buys him a new life. What kind of project is this? And what kind of company created this kind of project?

"Comrades! This is beneficial to the country and the people!"

"If we get a million of these fat people, our profits will skyrocket to 19 billion!"

"Zero risk! Huge profits with no investment!"

"Holy crap..." Shen Junzhe was truly impressed when he heard this. "President Ning, that's enough. If you keep talking, it will be a business leak."

"It doesn't matter!"

Ning Bishu said, "What's there to be afraid of about leaks? Now it's all about who can be faster! We have all the manpower, technology and funds in place. As long as we can get things going within a month, even if someone catches up, they won't be able to take over our market."

Mu Shanming muttered, "No wonder you were in such a hurry..."

Ning Bishu turned his head, looked down at her, and smiled, "The business world is like a battlefield; speed is of the essence." Shen Junzhe suddenly asked, "President Ning, can I be the CEO?"

“Of course.” Ning Bishu said without hesitation, “You will be in charge of the three departments for the time being: Marketing Planning, Marketing Management, and Technology. If you don’t do a good job, I will replace you.”

Turning to Zhou Yanzhe, he said, "President Zhou, administration, human resources, and finance are nominally under your jurisdiction. If you don't do a good job, I'll let someone else take over. No objections, right?"

Zhou Yanzhe immediately replied, "No objection, I'll listen to you."

"Who else hasn't been assigned a job yet?" Ning Bishu asked again.

Zhan Zhao and Ye Chaotong raised their hands with smiles.

Ning Bishu first asked Ye Chaotong, "This... is President Ye? What's your major?"

Ye Chaotong said, "Programmer."

"A female programmer?" Ning Bishu smiled. "How's her technical skill?"

"I graduated from MIT, but failed to get a management position at Tencent and was just laid off."

"Technical Director. Tomorrow I'll introduce you to two kids from XX University, and my uncle."

"what?"

"My uncle is a professor of computer applications at XX University. His name is Huang Daoxian."

Ye Chaotong immediately smiled and said, "I know Teacher Huang; we've worked together before."

Ning Bishu was taken aback, "Alright..."

It just goes to show how small the world is.

Turning back to Zhan Zhao, he said, "President Zhan, you recruited all these classmates, so I'll hand them over to you. You'll be the company president from now on, so you'll be directly responsible to me for anything."

"Me...me...? Me, the CEO??" Zhan Zhao exclaimed in surprise.

Others were also stunned.

Is this the worst student you can get?
Ning Bishu said, "If you can do it, then do it; if you can't, then replace you."

"I'll do it! I'll do it! This is fucking awesome... I've never done anything this badass in my life!"

Zhan Zhao nodded repeatedly, overjoyed.

After Ning Bishu finished his long list of troops and generals, his throat was dry from talking, and he finally sat down.

Mu Shanming was visibly excited and immediately grabbed his hand tightly.

The admiration in his eyes was palpable.

He thought to himself that Zhang Junjun was no match for Ning Bishu.

Looking at Ning Bishu's oily face, everyone felt that he seemed to have become more handsome.

……

The group ate for about forty minutes before quickly parting ways.

Ning Bishu assigned a lot of tasks, and everyone will have to get busy starting tomorrow.

With the office situation still unresolved, Ning Bishu asked Zhou Yanzhe and Gu Qingxuan to come up with a solution.

Around 7 p.m., Ning Bishu, basking in Zhan Zhao's sincere and heartfelt flattery, got back into his Mercedes.

Under the watchful eyes of a crowd of people behind him, Zhao Hu slowly drove up.

In the back seat of the car, Mu Shanming nestled in Ning Bishu's arms like a cat, showing no trace of his former aloofness.

"Honey, how did you come up with the idea of ​​doing this project?"

"It's just a simple methodology..." Ning Bishu said. "These days, to make money, you either provide essential services, relying on real productivity to earn a small profit margin in the upstream and downstream of the industry chain; or you trick people into spending money, making them addicted and obsessed, like games, blind boxes, and slot machines. Or you create demand where there is none, coaxing people to spend unnecessary money. So what kind of money is easiest to be coaxed out?"

"What?" Mu Shanming asked.

"Three words."

Ning Bishu smiled and said:

"For your own good."

(End of this chapter)