Reborn in 08, Public Enemy of Competitors

"Beep beep beep!"

Du Manqing's attention was quickly drawn back to the computer screen.

[Silence is golden: I promised you a tutorial, I'll take a look when I have time, and feel free to ask me if there's anything I don't understand.]

After glancing at "Taobao Store Opening from Zero to Crown: A Beginner's Guide to Avoiding Pitfalls," Du Manqing clicked "Accept."

The Word document, once opened, has a neat layout and a clear table of contents.

Chapter 1: Preparations Before Opening a Store - Choosing the Right Category to Avoid Detours.

Chapter Two: Store Decoration - First Impressions Determine Conversion Rates.

Chapter 3: Choosing a Source of Goods - Comparison of Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Sources.

Chapter 4: Traffic Acquisition - No traffic, no sales.

Chapter Five: Quickly Improve Your Credit...

It consists of five chapters, about 10,000 words, and includes illustrations.

Du Manqing casually flipped through the pages to Chapter 5, which detailed the judgment rules of Taobao's auditing system.

These are things that she had never read in any e-commerce books. They are not the kind of low-quality products that are just copied and pasted from the internet, but rather practical operation guides full of useful information.

However, when it came to "how to quickly improve reputation," it abruptly ended, like a broken chapter in an online article.

Damn it, what's next!

Du Manqing felt an itch in her heart, and her finger stopped on the mouse wheel.

【半夏微凉: Received, thank you (thank you.gif)】

[Silence is golden: I'm glad I could help.]

[Half-Summer Breeze: Regarding Liu Xin, I'm sorry, you were right. I shouldn't have advised you to reconcile; I was just being wishful.]

[Silence is golden: No need to apologize. You meant well, but sometimes good intentions can backfire. Stay away from Liu Xin in the future.]

[Half-Summer Breeze: Don't be like this. Although Liu Xin isn't the one you're waiting for, you'll meet the one worth waiting for sooner or later.]

[Silence is golden: No need, I've already sealed it with cement, reinforced it with steel bars, painted it with anti-corrosion coating, and frozen it with liquid nitrogen.]

Shen Mo pursed his lips. Dating has many troubles, but not dating only has the trouble of wanting to be in a relationship.

Du Manqing paused for a moment, then typed on the keyboard, "What does 'sealing the heart with cement' mean?"

Shen Mo replied: "I just don't believe in love. I think dating is all nonsense. Instead of loving others, I should love myself and my family first."

Du Manqing pursed her lips, her brows furrowing slightly.

To say something like "cement seals the heart," how much psychological damage must have been inflicted?

So he quickly tried to comfort her, saying, "But what if you meet another girl who makes your heart flutter? Won't your 'cement' collapse then?"

"Even if the building collapses, the concrete won't collapse!"

"A man will only be love-struck once in his life, and he will never be love-struck a second time!"

Shen Mo's lips twitched slightly. "Let's not talk about that. I'd rather we talk about online stores, clothing, tutorials, and credit."

.....................

Just as the two were chatting enthusiastically, Lu Wenbin came over with a lunchbox in his hand.

"Brother Mo, what are you and Du Manqing talking about?"

"Of course we're talking about Taobao."

Shen Mo shrunk the chat box and changed the subject without changing his expression.

"Once the vulnerabilities and bugs on the handshake network are mostly fixed, we will enter the cold start phase."

"Brother Mo, when are you planning to go live on Handshake.com?"

Lu Wenbin, Yuan Hua, and the others immediately became serious and stopped joking around.

"The 22nd or 23rd, depending on the progress of the safety reinforcement."

Shen Mo glanced around, "How's the recruitment of 'brushers' and merchants going?"

A cold start is when a platform starts from scratch and accumulates its first batch of core users, thus getting through the most difficult "infancy" period.

WeChat doesn't have this problem at all. With QQ's data usage, it can not only fill up the page, but even overflow.

"I followed your instructions, Brother Mo, and posted 'GG' in the alumni group, part-time job group, and school forum."

"Earn money easily from your dorm room. All you need is to know how to shop on Taobao. You get paid per order, and can earn tens of dollars a day."

Yuan Hua truthfully reported, "I have already received 41 QQ friend requests."

"It's similar on my end. Everyone in our class is vying to join our group because they heard that it's so easy to make money."

Qin Feng took out his phone, opened QQ, and saw that the group member list of "Woshouwang Group 1" showed 86 people.

"Not enough."

Shen Mo shook his head.

"Brother Mo, we didn't dare to go all out."

Yuan Hua said, "What if there are too many people trying to get free samples and too few shops, resulting in too many applicants and not enough food to go around?"

"The fact that you can think this way shows that you have made progress."

Shen Mo smiled. The problems Woshou.com encountered were the same as those faced by ride-hailing apps like Didi and Kuaidi when they first started out.

The supply side lacks drivers, and the demand side lacks passengers, resulting in a vicious cycle of "no orders to accept and no cars to ride in," turning a single-minded approach into a double bind.

He then tapped the table with his hand, "But your worries are unnecessary; Taobao's reputation system has regulations."

"If the same buyer purchases more than 6 items from the same store within a month, the highest positive review score they can give is 6 stars."

"If the same buyer purchases the same item from the same store within 14 days, regardless of the quantity purchased, only one positive review will be valid."

"Now, do you still think there aren't enough shops to go around?"

"If that's the case, the demand for 'brushers' would be dozens, or even hundreds of times greater than that of stores."

Lu Wenbin gasped.

"Therefore, we need to seize the opportunity in the mobile order-brushing business and upgrade it from an individual workshop to an industrialized assembly line on campus."

Shen Mo took out a piece of white paper and drew a diagram of a pyramid structure.

"We can start with dormitories and classes, with each person responsible for recruiting three to five people from their own social circle."

"For example, some of my junior high and high school classmates wanted to earn extra money."

"By leveraging the connections of the student union and clubs, we can penetrate the entire school. Even with a 10% conversion rate, that's still thousands of fake users."

"Then it expanded from within the university to other universities. There are so many universities in Xiasha University Town, such as the University of Business and Technology, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Beijing Institute of Metrology, University of Finance and Economics..."

"If a school can have thousands of people who use fake reviews, then 14 schools can form an army of more than 10,000 people who use fake reviews."

"Brother Mo, this isn't just fake orders, it's clearly a scam..."

Everyone was shocked and swallowed hard.

"How can you talk like that? This is called social media viral marketing."

Shen Mo rolled his eyes. Pinduoduo doesn't even count as fraud if you cut a price, but at least Woshou.com actually paid out money to those who "brushed" (paid for services).

Yuan Hua asked somewhat uneasily, "Brother Mo, if it's really like you said, with tens of thousands of people, can we manage them all?"

"Management comes later; right now, the most important thing is training."

Shen Mo said, "We'll start with the people in this group. We'll build a reliable team of account boosters and teach them how to avoid being banned."

Lu Wenbin was astonished. "Anti-account banning?"

"That's right, I'll write a guide for those who use fake accounts."

Shen Mo recited the details with great familiarity: "It includes how to register a Taobao secondary account, how to simulate a real purchase process, how to send empty packages, how to write five-star reviews, and how to avoid being detected by Taobao's risk control system..."

"No, Brother Mo, with your brain, I think you're lucky you even came to school."

Yuan Hua's eyes widened. "It seems like you're doing something else that doesn't benefit society at all."

"Stop talking nonsense."

"We need to train the brushers and develop the businesses; we must do both well."

Shen Mo turned his head: "Wenbin, how's it going on your end?"

"Brother Mo, I might have to disappoint you."

Lu Wenbin said embarrassedly, "I posted the tutorials on forums, online communities, and groups, but only 48 companies were willing to give Woshou.com a try."

"That's normal!"

"After all, Woshou.com hasn't launched yet, and a deposit is required, so most people will choose to wait and see."

Shen Mo said, "But as long as the website is up and running and there are more and more success stories, we won't have to worry about them not coming."

Lu Wenbin's tone carried a hint of guilt. "So what do we do now?"

"We need to continue our efforts online."

Shen Mo patted his shoulder, "But now, we need to shift our focus offline and bring the students who run online stores into Handshake.com."

Qin Feng's eyes lit up. "Want to go door-to-door handing out flyers? That's something I'm good at!"

"Flyers definitely need to be distributed, but that alone won't do."

Shen Mo said, "If we want to make a big splash in the school's e-commerce circle, we need to adopt a more aggressive approach."

Yuan Hua scratched his head anxiously. "Brother Mo, just tell us what we should do?"

"I've inquired, and the meeting rooms in the student activity center are open to students."

Shen Mo smiled and said, "I plan to apply for a place to hold a few lectures on e-commerce entrepreneurship and attract students who want to open online stores."

"Oh, a lecture? Who's going to give it?"

Lu Wenbin noticed that he was staring at him and suddenly felt a chill.

"Brother Mo, you know me. My Taobao store is a Diamond III store, but I got it by faking it. I'm really not good at it."

"Brother Mo, you know me."

Seeing Shen Mo looking at him, Qin Feng said awkwardly, "I'm an honest person and don't talk much."

Shen Mo finally turned his gaze to Yuan Hua, who touched his nose. "Don't look at me, Brother Mo, you know me."

"If I were to give a presentation, the students would definitely not think of it as an entrepreneurship lecture."

"They'll just think we're here to scam people, and they'll call the police (110) any minute and arrest us all."

"Pfft!"

Lu Wenbin and Qin Feng suppressed their laughter, unable to bear watching.

"I can see that you are all highly skilled, the only problem is that you are not good at speaking."

"You should definitely practice more when you have the chance, but for now, leave it to me."

Shen Mo shook his head and chuckled, "Wenbin, lend me your online store later to fool people. That way, people will be more likely to believe what you say."

"Okay, no problem." Lu Wenbin hesitated for a moment, "But Brother Mo, is this really going to work?"

"One Diamond III online store is definitely not enough."

Shen Mo counted on his fingers and said, "I need to add more titles to my resume, such as a three-diamond seller on Taobao, a senior e-commerce operator, and an outstanding e-commerce representative at the Alibaba E-commerce Conference..."

"You...you can do that?"

Lu Wenbin, Yuan Hua, and others wore expressions of utter disbelief.

"When you're traveling, you give yourself your own identity."

Shen Mo shrugged. They were really too young and naive.