Volume 3: Taking Roots 2016 Chapter 471: Linking the Past and the Future
The next day, Valley Town.
Ms. Liu Huaiying got up early as usual, even though Zhou Dongsheng had become successful and allowed her to live a leisurely life in retirement early.
But after being busy for most of my life, I am not used to having some free time, especially as I get older, I can’t sleep for long even if I want to.
It was just right that I could help Zhou Dongsheng take care of the Wulikanhua company. As a female textile factory worker with decades of experience, I could just make use of my remaining energy.
Liu Huaiying had just finished cooking a pot of porridge when Auntie Lan pushed the door open, carrying a plate of Chaozhou-style cooked fish, commonly known as "fish rice", which is a perfect match for breakfast with white porridge.
"Come on, the porridge is just cooked, eat it while it's hot." Liu Huaiying greeted with a smile. The two people were of similar age and had both spent most of their lives in the textile industry.
They already had common topics, and with Aunt Lan's frequent visits, they had already become old sisters.
"Sister Liu is so lucky. I didn't expect the boss to have such a big business outside that it was even on the news." Aunt Lan praised her as soon as she entered the door.
"Oh? I don't know what kind of business Dongsheng is doing outside, and why he is on the news? Sit down first, and tell me about it." Liu Huaiying was shocked and greeted him quickly.
Adhering to the idea that children and grandchildren have their own blessings, and seeing that he really could not help much, Liu Huaiying never asked much about Zhou Dongsheng's affairs and let him do whatever he wanted.
The communication between mother and son was mostly daily greetings. Liu Huaiying didn't understand what they were talking about business matters, but Liu Huaiying also knew that Zhou Dongsheng's business was quite big.
After all, there are indeed too many changes in life that are visible to the naked eye...
"This is what my kid showed me last night. It's a video sent by the boss..." Aunt Lan took out her Apple mobile phone attentively and opened the video to show Liu Huaiying.
Since getting a promotion and a pay raise, Aunt Lan's life has been getting better and better, and her status in the family has improved a lot, which also makes Aunt Lan very grateful to Zhou Dongsheng.
With no place to express this gratitude, he could only place it on Liu Huaiying, the "Old Buddha", so he naturally treated Liu Huaiying very attentively.
"This kid talks so ostentatiously. He gets so proud of himself after achieving some achievements. He doesn't know that there are always people better than you..." He said this but he couldn't hide .
Aunt Lan naturally knew the truth. "The boss is so capable at such a young age. What will happen in the future? He even held an award ceremony, the kind where big stars walk the red carpet on TV..."
The two of them obviously didn't quite understand the concept of these things, but that didn't stop them from praising each other and laughing, having a very happy chat.
The fact that these two people have learned about this matter is enough to prove the success of Zhou Dongsheng's self-marketing.
Not only did he become famous on the Internet, but the three words "Zhou Dongsheng" also spread quickly in the small town of Gu Town.
Especially for those who have had interactions with Zhou Dongsheng, the feeling of seeing a familiar person standing in the spotlight was particularly shocking.
Among them, Zhang Xuhui, one of the former partners, felt mixed emotions when he saw this message. He once had an extremely strong thigh in front of him, but he did not cherish it.
It is the most painful thing in the world to regret after losing something. If God can give me another chance...
The Deng Bin family, who are far away in Chuncheng, are approaching the end of the year, but their business at the end of the year is not satisfactory. They don’t know how to explain to their family, and their hair is almost turning white due to worry.
But I unexpectedly saw the video of Zhou Dongsheng, and my eyes widened. This shock was far greater than the feeling of seeing Zhou Dongsheng driving a Maserati in his hometown last year.
After all, there is still a certain gap between success and success.
Especially when Zhou Dongsheng mentioned the "World Cup", Deng Bin couldn't help but think of the shy Zhou Dongsheng and the 2,000 yuan salary advance he received...
Could it be that everything started from that time?
Thinking of this, Deng Bin couldn't help feeling a little disappointed, especially the huge gap between Zhou Dongsheng's glamorous appearance and his own declining business...
At this time, Deng Rong, who was getting fatter and fatter, walked into the store and said with a flattering face: "Brother, give me some money..."
Deng Bin was even more furious, and suddenly understood why Zhou Dongsheng had clashed with his brother...
Even he, as his elder brother, wanted to beat him up!
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. Deng Bin started to scold Deng Rong. Deng Rong was used to being shameless, so he sat down at the door of the store in a sullen manner, took out his mobile phone, and opened the TikTok short video he had just downloaded.
The endless stream of new things on the platform are really addictive, especially those pretty young ladies. Deng Rong is drooling over them. Recently, he has been addicted to this software and even plays less games.
I didn't expect that as soon as I opened it, I saw a face that was so familiar that it couldn't be more familiar.
After a while, an expression even more mixed than Deng Bin's appeared on Deng Rong's face, and the humiliating experience of being beaten and cried by Zhou Dongsheng came to his mind again.
Shit, on what basis? This guy beat me up, but not only did he not get any retribution, he's even living such a prosperous life?
Deng Rong looked calm, but he was envious. It was only then that he realized that this software that he loved so much was actually a project invested by Zhou Dongsheng...
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. Deng Rong quickly left a comment slandering Zhou Dongsheng, but it was easily drowned out by the massive amount of information and didn't make any waves.
After this video, a number of media interviews came out one after another, focusing on Zhou Dongsheng's grassroots nature of "starting from scratch", which further contributed to Zhou Dongsheng's rising fame.
And intentionally, the focus of several major investment projects was concentrated on Douyin short videos, while the other projects were just mentioned briefly and then forgotten.
When it comes to the future of short videos, Zhou Dongsheng simply carried out his youthful vigor to the end, ready to play the card of prophet and title the 2016 that has just begun as the "first year of mobile Internet."
Not only did he talk about the coming of the first year, but he also said that he was optimistic about not only short videos, but also live streaming, e-commerce and other fields, and the projects he invested in were also distributed in these industries.
Today, these words seem inconspicuous when scattered throughout the interviews. Only after time has passed can we understand their importance.
Compared to the simple and crude short video, this type of interview did not attract much attention from netizens. However, the saying of " the first year of " was heard by some interested people and attracted a lot of attention.
Different information dissemination channels naturally target different groups of people and produce completely different effects.
There is no doubt that the three words "Zhou Dongsheng" not only made him famous with this wave of public opinion storm, but also meant that he officially stepped out from behind the scenes and onto the stage.
While getting more attention, there will also be some subtle benefits. Fame and fortune have been inseparable since ancient times.
2016 has just begun.
