Chapter 466 Whoever has the money earns it
In the Fu Ri University staff dormitory, Lu Yiming knocked on the door of No. 312, carrying two bottles of wine and a carton of milk.
A middle-aged woman's voice came from inside: "Who is it?"
Then the door opened and an old lady wearing an apron appeared, preparing to cook.
Lu Yiming went up to greet him politely: "Hello, is Professor Long at home? I am his student, my name is Lu Yiming."
The aunt was quite enthusiastic. She smiled kindly and said, "He was called to the school for a meeting today. He will probably be back soon. Come in and sit down first."
"Thanks."
Lu Yiming handed over the things he bought and said, "This is my first time here, and I don't know what to buy. I hope Master's wife won't dislike it."
"Young people are really polite. Why are you being so polite? Just come over to my house when you have time. You don't need to buy anything."
"Your name is Lu Yiming, right? I think I heard Lao Long mention you. He said you were his favorite student."
"Really? Professor Long mentioned me. What an honor."
"Let me pour you a cup of tea...you drink tea, right?"
"drink."
"Then you sit down for a while and watch TV. I'll go wash some fruit."
"Don't bother me, Master's wife. I'll just have a cup of tea."
"Don't be so reserved, just treat yourself as if you're at home. Have dinner here, I just bought a fish."
"No thanks, Master's wife. You are so polite."
After a while, Long Qiquan came back. He saw Lu Yiming drinking tea in his living room. He was immediately furious and walked up to him without giving him a good look: "Lu Yiming, you are so bad. There is a big fuss outside, and you are hiding in my house to drink tea?"
Long Qiquan's shout startled Lu Yiming. He stood up hastily and put on an obedient attitude: "Ah, Professor Long, you're back."
Long Qiquan snorted, "If I don't come back, I'll be annoyed to death. You're such a jerk. You can't even let me worry about you on weekends."
Lu Yiming was very depressed: "Professor Long, what are you talking about? The school invited you to a meeting, is it a meeting to criticize me?"
"What else?"
Thinking of what happened today, Long Qiquan said angrily: "It is because of you that all those scientific research institutes have come to the school to make trouble, just like the six major sects besieging Guangmingding. This is the first time since the establishment of the school. You can be said to have created a precedent in the history of our school."
When Lu Yiming heard this, he realized that this was the case. Instead of feeling ashamed, he felt proud and said cheerfully, "Professor Long, you are so kind. You are so kind."
Long Qiquan rolled his eyes at Lu Yiming and said unhappily, "Do you think I'm praising you?"
Then, he sat down on the sofa and looked at Lu Yiming: "It's time to stop. If you keep digging like this, Principal Wang and I will not be able to bear it. Besides, your reputation in the academic circle has been ruined, you know that?"
Now, several prestigious universities in China are very dissatisfied, mainly because of the arrival of a guy like Lu Yiming who has no moral principles and uses money to test the "conscience" of intellectuals. He directly puts money and real estate in front of them. Which intellectual can withstand such a test?
Lu Yiming looked depressed: "They want the cows to run but don't give them grass to eat. I'll give them some grass..."
Before he could finish his words, Long Qiquan glared at him fiercely. He had no choice but to swallow the next words and said, "Okay, I won't poach any more for now, is that ok? I'll call the company and ask them to cancel all the recruitments."
When Long Qiquan heard this, he immediately felt a dull pain in his back teeth: "For now? In other words, there is a possibility that it will be dug out in the future?"
Lu Yiming said bluntly: "Who can predict the future? In fact, most of the people who should be poached have been poached, and I don't care about the remaining rotten fish and shrimp."
"You are so rude, kid."
Long Qiquan laughed and scolded: "Be careful if this gets out, you will be scolded by everyone."
Lu Yiming said calmly: "There are only two of us here now, I can't go out and tell them by myself, so..."
Long Qiquan couldn't help but glared at Lu Yiming again: "You are trying to trick me, aren't you?"
Lu Yiming didn't take Long Qiquan's worries and reminders to heart: "They don't like me, so how could they not like money? At most, they can donate a few more times. I don't make friends with fancy tricks, I just rely on billions to get close to people."
These words left Long Qiquan speechless.
Yes, how many people in this world dare to say with a clear conscience that they don’t like money?
The two then talked about some issues related to distributed cloud storage, such as the DPDK technology released by Intel. Outsiders found it obscure and difficult to understand, but Long Qiquan listened with great interest. Before they knew it, it was evening.
Seeing that it was almost dark, Lu Yiming stood up and said goodbye.
After returning to the dormitory, Lu Yiming saw Wang Dazhuang lying on the bed with a look of despair on his face. He was immediately surprised and looked at Ni Cong beside him: "Hey, Cong, what's wrong with Dazhuang? It's only a little after six o'clock now, he's not going to sleep, is he?"
Upon hearing this, Ni Cong, who was reading a book, immediately turned around and stuck half of his head out to answer the question for Wang Dazhuang: "This afternoon, I accompanied him to confess his love to Wu Mengmeng."
Upon hearing this, Lu Yiming immediately understood and said with a smile: "So this is someone giving you the nice guy card?"
"you do not say."
Ni Cong, who witnessed the whole process, felt the same way and rarely used his sharp tongue.
Lu Yiming laughed and said, "It's just a breakup, what's the big deal? Come on, I'll buy you a drink, let's get drunk and forget our sorrows!"
After saying that, he pulled Wang Dazhuang out of the bed, and then called Ni Cong and Chen Chusheng, and went to the barbecue street at the back door of the school.
At the barbecue stall, Lu Yiming ordered a lot of food and said, "Eating is the best way to relieve pain. It's normal for young people to encounter some setbacks. Come on, I won't say anything more. I'll go first."
Wang Dazhuang took the beer and gulped it down. In the blink of an eye, the whole bottle of beer was gone.
Lu Yiming quickly dissuaded him: "Don't just drink, eat some meat too."
Wang Dazhuang's eyes were red: "Don't worry about it, I feel bad now, I just want to get drunk!"
Lu Yiming shook his head: "Well, if you only drink alcohol and don't eat meat, wouldn't that mean you'll be half as happy? If you keep drinking like this, you'll feel uncomfortable in your heart, stomach, and liver... Why bother? Come, have some oysters to replenish your body."
Ni Cong took a chicken drumstick with a smile and said, "I think it's better to eat chicken drumsticks. Eating oysters will make it difficult to sleep at night."
With Lu Yiming and Ni Cong making jokes, Wang Dazhuang was not so anxious to drink. He slapped his thigh and said, "In fact, I have long seen that Wu Mengmeng doesn't like me, but I just can't accept it."
Lu Yiming smiled and put his arm around Wang Dazhuang's shoulders, with an expression that said, "I understand your pain." "I understand."
People like Wang Dazhuang are typical small town test-taker who fought his way out of the countryside through hard work and finally made it to the big city and even entered a top domestic university like Fu Ri University. It is impossible for him not to have a bit of pride in his heart.
But the cruelty of the world lies in the fact that the class gap will always stand in your way and defeat you in countless unexpected ways.
Just like Wang Dazhuang, he likes a city girl like Wu Mengmeng, why?
Because Wu Mengmeng is young and beautiful, she dresses fashionably, and every look and smile of hers has a unique charm.
For Wang Dazhuang, who came from a small place, girls like Wu Mengmeng have a fatal attraction and can satisfy all his fantasies of beauty.
It’s a pity for Wu Mengmeng that Wang Dazhuang was not within her range of choice for a partner from the very beginning.
There is no other reason, just because he is poor.
It seemed that because he had drunk, Wang Dazhuang dared to say what he couldn't say before: "She said we are not suitable... Haha, isn't it just that she thinks I don't have enough money?"
"My parents work in a township enterprise."
"The factory's performance is not very good, and the salary is only enough to eat."
“I don’t have money, but can you blame me?”
"My parents have done their best and given me everything they can."
"I am already an adult. If I do not bring them a better life, but continue to deepen their suffering, then I am unfilial..."
Wang Dazhuang is still very principled. He did not try to show off just to pick up girls and let his parents pay for his willfulness.
Ni Cong patted his back and comforted him, "Okay, we don't have much money now, but we may not be unable to make money in the future. Let her regret it then."
Chen Chusheng rarely spoke, and encouraged Wang Dazhuang: "Study hard now, and when you graduate, you will be able to find a good job, and then making money will be a natural thing."
However, at this moment, Lu Yiming said something shocking: "Don't you just want to make money? It's very simple. Why wait until after graduation? There are plenty of opportunities right now."
The people in the dormitory now know that Lu Yiming is rich, so they take his opinion of him seriously.
Wang Dazhuang raised his head and looked at Lu Yiming, and asked, "Do you have a solution?"
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "There must be a way. It just depends on whether you are willing to do it."
Wang Dazhuang said without hesitation: "As long as I can make money, I am willing to do any job!"
He had suffered enough from the hardships of life in poverty, and being rejected by Wu Mengmeng made him realize the meaning of money firsthand.
No matter what you have, don’t be sick; no matter what you have, don’t be poor!
Ni Cong couldn't hide his curiosity: "Lu Yiming, you really have a solution? What do you want Da Zhuang to do?"
Lu Yiming said calmly: "Selling lunch boxes!"
"What? Selling lunch boxes?"
Ni Cong was stunned: "We are top students at Fu Ri University, and you want us to sell lunch boxes? "
Even Chen Chusheng rarely expressed his objection: "Working part-time won't make you rich, and the time wasted is not worth it. The most important thing in college is learning. Whether it's learning skills or learning knowledge, they will definitely be useful in the future."
Seeing that they had such a big prejudice against selling boxed lunches, Lu Yiming immediately said, "You think selling boxed lunches is low-end? It's not worthy of your status? I tell you, if you can have such thoughts, it's no wonder you have no money, and you deserve it."
He pointed to the long street behind him and said, "Look at this street. There are dozens of barbecue stalls and dozens of small restaurants, but we are sitting in this one instead of the others. Have you ever thought about this? Why?"
Lu Yiming's words immediately left several people speechless.
Lu Yiming went on to say, "Because his food is delicious, because his store is in a good location, because he serves food quickly... any one of these factors could be the reason ."
"I'm talking about selling boxed lunches. There are so many people selling boxed lunches. How do you ensure that people only order yours? How do you make your boxed lunches the most cost-effective? How do you minimize the loss of raw materials? These are all very complex and not any easier than going to college."
"I still think that studying is the easiest thing in the world. Once you enter society, everything is a thousand times more difficult than studying. You don't think that you are high and mighty because you have studied at a key university, do you? No way, no way?"
Lu Yiming's words immediately made several people lower their heads in shame.
In fact, this is what they think in their hearts. If they get into a university, especially a key one, they are naturally superior to others.
However, the views raised by Lu Yiming made them understand that if you want to do anything in a meticulous and accurate manner, there is a lot of knowledge involved.
"Okay, let's sell lunch boxes! As long as we can make money!"
Wang Dazhuang said angrily: "Lu Yiming, as long as you can make me money, you can let me sell anything!"
Lu Yiming immediately smiled: "It is definitely possible to make money, but as for how much money you can make, it depends on how much effort you put in."
Wang Dazhuang immediately said: "As long as I can make money, I can work as hard as I want!"
With his perseverance in studying, Lu Yiming believed that he could do it.
Ni Cong also said excitedly: "Don't say anything, just take me with you on the money-making journey."
Lu Yiming looked at Chen Chusheng and asked, "What about you?"
Chen Chusheng said: "Not interested."
His family is not short of money, and he doesn't like dealing with others, so he certainly has no motivation to sell lunch boxes.
Lu Yiming did not force it, so he picked up a bottle of beer and said, "Come on, come on, we have said so much, let's go first. If you really agree with my plan, then I will take you two to prepare tomorrow. I told you, either don't do it, or if you do it, you must aim to become a leading enterprise in the industry, so don't give up after three days of fishing and two days of drying the net."
"Industry leader? Brother, are you so confident?"
Ni Cong was shocked by Lu Yiming's lofty ideals.
Lu Yiming said: "My time is so precious, I don't have time to play with you. Either don't do it, or do it well."
“Just do it!”
"Enough of the nonsense, come on, cheers to our new business!"
Things like drones and laboratories are still too high-end for today's freshmen, but selling boxed lunches is just right.
There is no distinction between high and low in business, because the purpose of doing business is to make money , and a business that can make money is a good business.
After having supper and returning home, Wang Dazhuang became less sad, perhaps because he saw the way forward.
But he was still drunk, and three people almost carried him to the dormitory.
On the way, he shouted: "Wu Mengmeng, wait for me..."
When Wang Dazhuang woke up the next day, he still had a severe headache, but Lu Yiming did not give him a chance to rest. Instead, he said, "Hurry up and get up and wash up."
Wang Dazhuang asked dazedly, "What are you doing?"
Lu Yiming said: "Of course we need to do market research. Since we are going to sell lunch boxes, we must investigate the market. You have to know what kind of lunch boxes we want to sell, where we want to sell them, and to whom we want to sell them. Otherwise, do you really think that doing business is so easy and you can succeed just by thinking about it?"
"Oh, okay, I'll wash up."
Although the hangover was uncomfortable, Wang Dazhuang's motivation immediately came up when he thought about making money and how Wu Mengmeng's eyes would be filled with envy when he became successful.
That's all a man can do.
It was 10am when I went out. There were not many people on the streets of Zhonghai at this time, but the office buildings were crowded . The CBD at the turn of the century, one of the most economically developed regions in China, is no different from what it was 20 years later.
Walking on the street, Lu Yiming said: "We sell lunch boxes just to make money."
Wang Dazhuang and Ni Cong said in unison: "That's right."
Lu Yiming continued: "Besides, I don't like making money from poor people."
Wang Dazhuang asked curiously, "Whose money are you going to make?"
Lu Yiming raised his head, looked at the tall office buildings on the roadside, and said, "I will make money from whoever has money."
"It's not easy for poor people to make money. They would rather spend every penny they have. You can't make two dollars from them no matter how hard . If we want to make money, we should make money from rich people. For example, white-collar workers in big companies. It's easy to make money from them."
Ni Cong asked: "Then how do we make money from them?"
Lu Yiming held up a finger and said, "Just three words, service!"
Wang Dazhuang was confused: "How many words are there?"
Lu Yiming said: "Don't worry about the words, our lunch boxes must be high-end and classy, worthy of the status of these white-collar workers."
Ni Cong felt a little unbelievable: "White-collar workers also eat boxed lunches?"
"If they don't eat the boxed lunches, will they starve to death? In fact, they are the group with the greatest demand for boxed lunches. You see, they have a lot of money and a great demand, so isn't this our opportunity?"
The three of them walked around outside and found a place with the most office buildings. They said, "We'll open our store here."
"Open here?"
Lu Yiming said confidently, "Yes, let's find a spacious store with convenient transportation and rent it as our kitchen. We don't do dine-in, but specialize in delivering meals to white-collar workers in high-end office buildings. We accept phone reservations and deliver the food to your door within half an hour. Remember, we want to do more than just taste the food, we also want to provide service."
This was Lu Yiming's decision, so Wang Dazhuang and Ni Cong naturally had no objection.
Wang Dazhuang asked: "And then?"
Lu Yiming said: "Then, let's start eating."
"ah?"
Lu Yiming said: "Eat all the restaurants within a radius of 500 meters and find out which ones are delicious and which ones are not, which ones are doing well and which ones are not, which ones are selling the best and which ones are the most popular. This is the market. You must first know what your customers need in order to provide the most considerate service."
In the next few days, Lu Yiming took Wang Dazhuang and Ni Cong on a eating journey.
After eating boxed lunches for a week in a row, both Wang Dazhuang and Ni Cong vomited.
A week later, Lu Yiming held a thick research notebook and asked, "Have you all remembered? Which one has the best business? What is the reason for its best business? What is its main flavor? What is the most popular dish? What is the price range of these dishes?..."
As question after question popped out of Lu Yiming's mouth, Wang Dazhuang and Ni Cong finally believed what Lu Yiming said - in this world, reading is the only thing that can be accomplished without any effort.
