Chapter 388 Wow, Golden Legend
Seeing that Lu Yiming's refusal was so wrong, Wang Huaian couldn't help but frown.
This time, he sincerely wanted to make concessions and tie Lu Yiming to his chariot of interests, but Lu Yiming did not appreciate it, which made him feel indignant from the bottom of his heart.
"Why did Mr. Lu refuse so straightforwardly? Is there any misunderstanding between us?"
"Misunderstanding? No, even if there was one before, it's gone now."
Lu Yiming shook his head and ignored the conversation.
But when Wang Huaian heard this, he just felt that Lu Yiming was being perfunctory and not serious.
"Mr. Lu, I am really sincere."
Lu Yiming sighed heavily and said sincerely, "Alas, investment is not a matter of sincerity. I am mainly too busy."
What Lu Yiming said could be said to be completely true, or half true and half false.
He is really busy. After all, he is determined to get into university. There is only one semester left, so he has to make a sprint.
Another thing is that the Internet wave is about to come , and instead of preparing to make money now, he is going to engage in real estate, an industry that is harmful to ordinary people and has endless troubles. This is not Lu Yiming's style at all.
What's more, isn't it crazy to spend time, energy and a lot of money to develop Ludao and contribute to Wang Huaian's career?
As for Wang Huaian's various hints that he would give him policy benefits and various care, let's not talk about whether such things can be believed. Even if they can, you, Wang Huaian, were parachuted in. Why do you think you can deal with everyone on the entire Lu Island?
When the time comes, won’t I have to discuss the specific business one by one?
And is this kind of "care" all legal?
If it is illegal, will I be caught by others and threatened, and unable to control my own affairs?
Lu Yiming is not a masochist. If he really agreed to invest in Ludao just because of a few words from Wang Huaian, he would be asking for trouble.
There was no point in talking, so Lu Yiming put down his teacup, stood up and said goodbye: "Forget about the investment, let's have tea when we are free, I will treat you next time."
After saying that, he stood up and left, leaving Wang Huaian, with a sullen face, sitting there without saying a word.
Tang Huan angrily scolded: "This Lu Yiming really doesn't know what's good for him."
Wang Huaian was also in a bad mood. He had already lowered his posture enough and even showed full sincerity, but the olive branch he extended was still swept to the ground by Lu Yiming.
Tang Huan sat down next to Wang Huaian and said indignantly: "Should we teach him a lesson?"
If Wang Huaian had been like that before, he would have definitely hit Lu Yiming hard, but today he held back and said softly, "Don't do unnecessary things. I'll be taking office soon, so it's not appropriate to make trouble at this time. What's more, Lu Yiming is on the Hurun Rich List and is exposed to the public. This is both a bad thing and a good thing for him. We can't do anything."
Originally, he was counting on using Lu Yiming's identity to boost the local economy of Ludao and add luster to his resume.
However, Lu Yiming didn't fall into the trap at all, and his plan once again failed.
For this, he had to pay a higher price and find someone else to replace Lu Yiming. After all, as a shepherd, he had to make some achievements in people's livelihood and the economy.
A few days later, Lin Shuyi ran into Lu Yiming in the community and talked about him and Wang Huaian.
"I heard that Wang Huaian came to you to negotiate peace, but you rejected him?"
Lu Yiming flatly denied it: "I have always been kind to others, please don't talk nonsense."
Lin Shuyi snorted and said, "It's all spreading outside, do you still want to deny it?"
Lu Yiming glanced at Lin Shuyi with a strange look: "It is said that rumors stop at wise people, you don't look stupid..."
These words immediately caused Lin Shuyi's beautiful eyes to narrow and she glared at him fiercely.
Then, Lin Shuyi said leisurely: "If you refuse just to vent my anger, then there is no need to do so."
Her impression was still on the last time Wang Huaian went to see Lu Yiming, and she thought that Lu Yiming rejected Wang Huaian in order to stand on her side.
“…”
Lu Yiming almost didn't understand for a moment.
God has mercy on him. He rejected Wang Huaian’s proposal purely from the perspective of profit and did not want to invest in Ludao.
However , in the eyes of others, there seems to be no other explanation for not making money that is delivered to the door except for being willful. And it just so happens that many people in the circle are well aware of the grievances between Lin Shuyi and Wang Huaian, so naturally all kinds of gossip spread, saying that Lu Yiming is young and hot-tempered, and he is angry for his beloved.
"Ah what? Isn't it?"
Lu Yiming said: "You misunderstood."
"Sure?"
"Sure."
"Why don't I believe it?"
"Believe it or not."
"Is there anyone in this world who doesn't want to make money?"
"I have enough money."
“Is there anyone who thinks he has a lot of money?”
"Yes, I am easily satisfied."
"I don't trust you."
"If you don't believe it, forget it."
Lu Yiming waved his hand, too lazy to continue arguing with Wang Shuyi.
"I went to class."
After school in the afternoon, Lu Yiming received a call from Su Yunjin.
"Xiao Ming, now that our 'Millionaire Painter' program has come to an end, should we move on to the next step?"
Xin Yongsheng has now become a national idol, and using his identity for publicity and promotion will definitely be twice the result with half the effort for Shijinji.
Lu Yiming thought for a moment and said, "Yes, the New Year is coming soon, and it's time to launch our card products. I wrote a plan before, and I'll bring it to you now."
Shi Jin Ji’s main product, instant noodles, is aimed at children. Children receive a lot of lucky money during the Chinese New Year. If the company does not let them experience the dangers of the world at this time, it would be unworthy of its identity as a capitalist.
"Okay, I'll prepare dinner for you here."
More than ten minutes later, Lu Yiming arrived at Shijin Ji, and Su Yunjin had already served Lu Yiming a steaming hot meal.
"Come on, don't be hungry, eat first."
When Shi Qingxue, who came along with them, saw this, she pouted and said coquettishly, "Mom, I haven't eaten either."
Su Yunjin smiled and said, "Go to the cafeteria and see if there is still some food. If not, go to the canteen downstairs and buy some snacks."
Lu Yiming smiled and brought the food to Shi Qingxue, saying, "You eat first. Auntie, let me tell you about my plan first."
He took out a piece of homework paper with dense writing on it and said, "My plan is this. The cards in the instant noodles are divided into three categories. The first type is ordinary cards, which are the most numerous. One card will appear in ten packs of instant noodles. The second type is rare cards, which are less numerous. Basically, you have to open a hundred packs of instant noodles to get a rare card. They are made more exquisitely than ordinary cards."
"And this third type of card, I call it the 'Golden Legend' card. This type of card is made more exquisitely. A layer of laser film is applied on top of an ordinary card to make it a sparkling laser film. The probability of a Golden Legend card appearing is one in a thousand."
In other words, if you buy a thousand packs of Shi Jin Ji's instant noodles, theoretically, you will get one golden legendary card, ten rare cards, and one hundred common cards.
As long as you are lucky enough and don't buy duplicates of the 108 cards, you can buy a set of ordinary cards of Heroes of the Water Margin by buying more than a thousand packs.
Similarly, assuming you are lucky enough, you can get a set of rare cards by buying more than 10,000 packs.
To collect a set of golden legends, you only need to buy 100,000 packs.
Su Yunjin was a little puzzled. The cards themselves were just toys. Was there any need to grade them? And we just painted them gold. Even if they were flash cards, the cost was not much higher. What was the point?
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Why is it useless? Aunt Su, everyone has a hobby of collecting. When you own a product, you will want to own a set. When you own a set, you will want to own a series. To put it bluntly, instant noodles are just a snack. No matter how delicious they are, how many packs can a naughty child eat? Not to mention that slightly older junior high school and high school students may not like to eat them. At this time, collecting cards becomes their reason to continue buying instant noodles."
"On the other hand, this also gives the cards social attributes. By grading the cards, friends will compare with each other. If I have something you don't have, or I have something you have but mine is better than yours, then my vanity will be greatly satisfied. The one who doesn't have it will find ways to buy instant noodles."
"Although theoretically, hundreds of thousands of packs of instant noodles can be used to collect a complete set of gold legendary cards, there is a chance that even 100,000 packs may not produce a single card, or duplicate cards may appear. Therefore, almost no one can collect a complete set."
"At this time, many people will think, I have two A cards, you have two B cards, then we can exchange one, then everyone has A and B cards, right? So the social attribute comes out. A person may not buy our product just to eat instant noodles, but he needs to get recognition and acceptance from others by participating in it, so as to find a sense of belonging."
Although Su Yunjin didn't understand Lu Yiming's words, she was greatly shocked.
However, Su Yunjin quickly thought of another question: "What if our cards are pirated?"
According to what Lu Yiming said just now, it is impossible for one person to collect a complete set of cards. So, will someone take advantage of the business opportunities here and directly pirate rare cards to make a profit?
After all, this thing can be made by any printing factory, and there is no technical difficulty at all.
Once a large number of counterfeit cards appear on the market, Lu Yiming's theory will become invalid.
Lu Yiming said: "We can add an anti-counterfeiting code to each card, and use encryption technology to give each card a unique number. And we can start a recycling mechanism. Whoever collects a complete set of cards can come to our company to exchange for a super prize. For example, a complete set of ordinary cards can be directly exchanged for 10,800 yuan in cash, a set of rare cards can be exchanged for 108,000 yuan in cash, and a set of golden legendary cards can be directly exchanged for 1.08 million yuan in cash. In this way, we don't even need to call on those who collect cards to consciously resist pirated cards."
Su Yunjin looked at Lu Yiming in shock.
This young man's understanding of human nature is so profound!
Just thinking about it, Su Yunjin felt that, not to mention children who have weak self-control, even she might go crazy buying instant noodles products just to complete a set of cards!
In the following days, Shijinji became busy again. After several months of production testing, the instant noodles production line can now finally be officially put into operation.
A printing factory that Su Yunwei had previously acquired also completed personnel adjustments. The roar of machines once again resounded throughout the workshop and began production activities.
Finally, with about ten days left before the winter vacation, Shijinji instant noodles packed with Water Margin hero cards were launched on the market on time!
Prior to this, related advertisements had already been launched in an overwhelming manner to create momentum. With the help of the talent show "Million Painters", whose popularity has not completely faded, the instant noodles advertisement of Shijinji caused a huge sensation as soon as it was launched.
On the night of the commercial's premiere, Su Yunjin called to remind Lu Yiming: "It's 8:30 tonight, the prime time commercial on Pearl Channel."
It was the weekend, and Lu Yiming was at home watching "Return of the Condor Heroes" with his parents. He just received a call from Su Yunjin, and saw the TV screen jump to a commercial.
King Liu was seen wearing ancient armor, waving a spear, doing a few handsome moves, and then shouting out the advertising slogan in a sonorous tone: "Collect the Water Margin hero cards and dominate the world with me!"
This scene gives me the feeling of Zha Zha Hui saying, "If you are a brother, come and chop me up."
Ning Xuehua had long known that Lu Yiming had invited Andy Lau to shoot an ad, but now when she saw the ad, she felt extremely embarrassed and said with a look of disgust, "What is this? You guys have ruined the King of Pop Andy Lau like this. And those cards are all so fancy, are you sure you can really sell them?"
The older generation obviously doesn't like these distracting things.
After all, in that era of material scarcity, being able to have enough food was the biggest pursuit in many people’s lives.
So when acquaintances meet, they usually greet each other warmly, such as “Have you eaten?”
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Young people like it, especially children. Shijinji's instant noodles are originally positioned as snacks. Adults are basically not our target customers."
Lu Yiming had actually expected this situation.
As expected, after the ad aired, the feedback was mixed.
Young people like Xin Yongsheng's oriental aesthetic style of painting very much. The launch of Water Margin hero cards has also attracted great interest from young people under the age of 20.
Adults over 30 years old, however, have completely opposite views on this matter. They think that Xin Yongsheng, the "millionaire painter", is not worthy of his title and his paintings have no artistic value at all.
In particular, Ji Wenze, the president of the Baiyun City Calligraphers and Painters Association, who had not won the award before, clearly stated that Xin Yongsheng was just trying to attract attention, and that the things he painted were not worth even a hundred yuan, let alone a million yuan. He also said that Shijinji would definitely regret choosing such a person as the champion. It was overwhelming, with verbal and written criticisms and a huge momentum.
