Chapter 12: Life continues to improve steadily
I talked with Lin Wanzhou about the issue of having children for a long time, so much so that I misunderstood what He Ying was saying.
"Promotion! Mom has secured the position of regional manager this time!"
Looking at He Ying's excited face, Xu Cheng felt sincerely happy in his heart. After all, all his hard work was worth it.
Alas, I have paid too much for this family!
He Ying naturally would not tell Xu Cheng the specific process. It was Xu Cheng who heard it from his parents' conversation at the dinner table.
"Last time, when Xu Cheng was making trouble in the kindergarten, he copied a price list from the toy store owner. I thought it was interesting, so I applied it to my sales plan."
"The price of the electronic version is A, the price of the paper version is B, and the price of the electronic and paper versions is B."
"We submitted this plan to Director Gao for review. Guess what, Old Xu? He thought it was very well done!" He Ying clapped her hands and swayed back and forth with laughter. "That's what Director Gao said, cough cough cough."
He Ying imitated Gao Manman's expression and tone, sitting upright in a chair. "Under the current environment, promoting the upgrading of the publishing industry's marketing strategy is a necessary means for the long-term development of the paper book industry. On the other side of the ocean, the Nasdaq index is about to break through the 2,000-point mark. How to reconcile the impact of the unprecedentedly prosperous Internet on our traditional cultural publishing industry? He Ying's sales plan provides us with a direction for thinking..."
Upon hearing this, Xu Cheng secretly pondered in his heart that although He Ying's promotion was due to his own manipulation, the reason why it went so smoothly was probably also due to Gao Manman's efforts behind the scenes.
Is it because you appreciate your mother's organizational skills and marketing thinking?
It seems that Lin Wanzhou's mother wants to win over my mother to be her own person. If this is the case, then my mother will probably not be far from being the deputy director!
"Wife, congratulations on making it one step further." Xu Jianghe raised his cup filled with Coke, and Xu Cheng also raised his cup, her mouth much sweeter than her father, a straight man, "Congratulations, Manager He!"
He Ying was in a good mood after hearing Xu Cheng say that Manager He was so beautiful, and she said to Xu Cheng.
"I confiscated the 45 yuan from you before. Since you earned it yourself, I will return it to you first, but you must not spend it recklessly!"
Xu Cheng was overjoyed and called out "Manager He" a few more times, and the price rose from 45 yuan to 50 yuan.
He Ying drank a sip of Coke and excitedly said to Xu Jianghe, "Old Xu, I heard from Director Li that the regional managers can probably get up to four figures every month, excluding performance bonuses!"
For sales management positions like regional managers, part of the salary is linked to sales performance. As long as you don't get sick, it is normal to get a monthly salary of thousands of yuan.
"I can take care of the family expenses by myself now. If you want to try what you said before, just go ahead and do it. I absolutely support you! Don't leave any regrets."
He Ying had naturally seen all of Xu Jianghe's struggles during this period. She wanted to fight for this position this time, perhaps with the intention of letting her husband work with peace of mind.
"Dad, I support you too!"
Xu Cheng was much more excited inside than he appeared. It would have been fine if he didn't know about this, but he knew. It was just like drawing cards in a certain game. You knew that you could win the game if you drew it, but you just didn't draw it. Tell me, how uncomfortable it is.
"Well, there's no need to rush. Let me think about it carefully. This is not a small amount of money." Xu Jianghe did not agree immediately.
"Oh, there's one more thing." He Ying said, "My company wants to buy me a computer, but I don't know if they will reimburse half or all of it. Old Xu, do you want a desktop or a laptop ?"
"A notebook! Mom, you must have a notebook. Look at today's business people, who doesn't use an IBM notebook? A notebook can be carried with you, and it is very convenient whether you are on a business trip or in a meeting." Xu Cheng hurriedly persuaded.
He had planned to have his parents get a computer at home, but with the current conditions at home, it would be difficult to accomplish this small goal. After all, a good machine would cost at least five figures, so he never mentioned it.
But now that there is such a good opportunity, he must strive for it. If it is a desktop, He Ying will definitely keep it at the company, but if it is a laptop, Xu Cheng will try to get it when the time comes, and He Ying can use it at home after get off work.
"You kid... where did you know all this?" Both parents looked at Xu Cheng, feeling very strange. "You also know IBM?"
"I... I saw it on TV. That's what people said in the commercials." Xu Cheng knew that he had spoken too quickly and regretted it deeply. Fortunately, He Ying and Xu Jianghe didn't dwell on this issue too much and were just being affectionate with each other.
Xu Cheng hid back in the bedroom and took a deep breath. "Fortunately, I didn't directly say the model of the ThinkPad just now, otherwise I wouldn't be able to explain how I learned English."
With a yearning for high-tech products, Xu Cheng and his family went to the computer mall one weekend and bought an IBM ThinkPad 600E, which is the most classic notebook in IBM's history. Its sales volume exceeded 2 million that year, and the price was as high as 13,000 yuan, which is almost enough to buy an RTX4090!
What made Xu Cheng feel a little embarrassed was that when he reminded the store owner to install the win98 system, the store owner said with a confused look on his face that he had never heard of it. When he went back and searched carefully, he found that win98 was still not online.
He Ying's enthusiasm for this computer lasted less than ten minutes. She felt that it was clumsy and heavy, and very difficult to carry in her hands. It was completely different from the elegance , so she let Xu Cheng play with it.
Xu Cheng got the hang of it quickly. The functions of the old system were very clumsy, but he could understand them after a little thought.
Computers are a necessity for Xu Cheng. For so long since his rebirth, he has been thinking about what opportunities of the times he can seize. He has a lot of ideas, but his six-year-old body has given him too many limitations.
After much thought, the best place to enter is the Internet. After all, a carrier like the Internet can provide a layer of protection for his identity.
The Internet was just emerging in Longguo at that time. In those early days, Sina, Sohu, and NetEase, known as the three giants of portal websites, had not figured out how to play the game themselves. They did not have the monopoly power like BAT in later generations. There was almost no threshold, and it was very easy for Xu Cheng to enter this world.
However, today's Internet still follows the same old rules that came from America: proposing concepts, attracting venture capital, and burning money to expand. This is roughly the model. This is invisibly discouraging Xu Cheng. A child who hasn't even finished elementary school is going to venture capital to discuss financing. It's simply laughable!
In desperation, Xu Cheng thought of a person: the most successful network administrator in history - Li Xingping.
His situation is extremely similar to Xu Cheng's, both of them are small characters who are ignored by venture capitalists.
So it is entirely possible to replicate his path to success!
Many people have heard of the legendary story of Li Xingping, a network administrator with only a junior high school education, who casually created the navigation website hao123, which was eventually acquired by Baidu and sold for tens of millions of yuan, as well as tens of thousands of Baidu's original shares.
Although many people have come forward to say that the price was inflated by marketing accounts and was not actually that much, even if it shrunk ten or a hundred times, it would still be a considerable amount of money for the young Xu Cheng.
How old is he? There are still so many opportunities and trends waiting for him to participate in the future, such as the World Cup, Bitcoin, and the stock market. Even if he cannot participate in the 519 artificial bull market next year, there will be so many bull markets in A-shares in the future, and he will always be able to reap the dividends one by one.
There is still a long way to go, just keep improving steadily.
