Chapter 981 SARS Strikes

"Well, I only know that Lao Qin's family is not well-off. I didn't expect to be so poor. To be honest, I admire Lao Qin more and more now. I spent 500 yuan in my pocket to come to the capital. It has only been more than a year, and now It must be worth tens of millions."

Xu Lin clicked his tongue in surprise.

"Yeah, I can't even imagine what it would be like to give me five hundred yuan to stay in the capital for a semester." Xie Qiao agreed.

Xiao Qianxi said quietly: "That's why he works so hard. Even now, he doesn't dare to slack off for a moment. He works overtime and doesn't come back until very late every day."

"Children from ordinary families like us have no other choice but to work hard if they want to change their destiny."

Wang Ying did not participate in this topic throughout the whole process. She had everything since she was born, but she also lost the motivation to fight.

In fact, the main reason why she invested in Qin Hao was that she wanted to see what ordinary people could achieve with their best efforts.

Today Qin Hao's achievements have far exceeded her expectations, which is the main reason why she has a good impression of Qin Hao. There are some things she cannot do. Watching Qin Hao achieve them step by step, it is as if she has also participated.

Just as Wang Ying was deep in thought, a phone ringing interrupted her thoughts.

"Hey, oh, I'm over here in the auditorium."

Wang Ying glanced at Xie Qiao subconsciously, paused and said, "No, I'll come find you."

After hanging up the phone, Wang Ying said to Xiao Qianxi and the others: "I have something to do, so I'll leave first."

"Oh, miss, walk slowly."

Faced with Xu Lin's obviously teasing tone, Wang Ying gave her a big roll of her eyes.

After Wang Ying walked away, Xu Lin said with a gossipy face: "Guess who called the eldest lady just now."

"How do we know this?" Xie Qiao and Xiao Qianxi both shook their heads in confusion.

Xu Lin chuckled: "I guess it must be Yang Cheng."

Xie Qiao's mood dimmed obviously when she heard Yang Cheng's name. Xiao Qianxi glared at Xu Lin. Xu Lin scratched his head: "I'm sorry, I forgot about it..."

Xie Qiao forced a smile: "It's okay. In fact, I have figured it out. The reason why I was with Yang Cheng in the first place was mainly because my confession to brother Xiaozhou failed and he happened to show up."

"Looking back now, I actually don't like him that much, not to mention that he has two things to do."

…

On the other side, in a high-end restaurant near Beiqing.

Yang Cheng handed a gift box to Wang Ying: "I bought it for you when I went to Japan this time. Let's see if you like it."

Wang Ying casually put the gift box at her feet: "You've been here for so long this time, aren't you alone?"

"It's so boring to be alone. Jiang Xiyue went with me." Yang Cheng said casually.

Wang Ying frowned: "That's Ren Siyu's best friend? When did you get together?"

"What does it mean to get together? We just get what we need." Yang Cheng said with an indifferent expression.

Wang Ying paused with the knife and fork in her hand, and suddenly said in an extremely serious tone: "Are you going to hang out like this all the time?"

Yang Cheng was startled for a moment, then looked at Wang Ying with a surprised look: "Wang Ying, are you stupid with those poor students?"

"We are born in such a family, do we still need to struggle? Enjoying life and having fun in time is the right thing to do."

In the past, Wang Ying recognized Yang Cheng's values, otherwise she would not have become a child with Yang Cheng. But with the example of Qin Hao, she felt that there seemed to be other possibilities in life.

"Then if one day your family falls into decline, have you ever thought about how you can make a comeback?"

Yang Cheng sneered: "There is no such possibility. To put it another way, even if that day comes, my mother will prepare a retreat for me, so I don't need to worry about it at all."

Wang Ying fell silent. Yang Cheng's words once again exposed the fact that he was just a little kid without the protection of his parents.

Yang Cheng noticed that Wang Ying's mood was not right: "Wang Ying, you weren't brainwashed by that Qin Hao, were you? Don't look at him making some money now, so what, give him thirty years and you won't be able to reach it. To the height of our home.”

"You should avoid hanging out with him in the future. The most annoying thing is this kind of poor guy who refuses to accept his fate and tries to change his fate through hard work. He is childish."

Wang Ying directly put the knife and fork in her hand on the plate: "Yang Cheng, you are the one who is childish, right? Hiding under the wings of your parents, eating and waiting to die, that is your value. I admit it, and I agree with you too." I still live under the protection of my parents, but I don’t think that the efforts of the poor are worthless.”

"Besides, why do you think Qin Hao can't change his destiny? Maybe it won't be long before his achievements will far exceed your imagination. I believe that day will not be too far away."

After saying that, Wang Ying stood up and left directly.

"Hey, I didn't get the gift."

"Give it to your messy girlfriends."

Yang Cheng looked at Wang Ying's back and wondered: "Why is this young lady so angry today? She is so angry."

…

After the opening ceremony, the freshmen in Beiqing either formed groups with dormitories and classmates to get familiar with the Beiqing campus, or they just traveled around the campus alone.

Soon they discovered a very interesting phenomenon. Whenever they passed a Tesco store, there was always a long queue. One queue was to enter the store, and the other was directly outside the store.

Moreover, they also found that most of the people entering the store were freshmen, and those queuing up outside the store to get goods were mostly seniors.

It was not until a staff member of Yiguo handed out small cards to them that they knew they could place orders online directly.

However, most freshmen still queued up to enter the store out of curiosity.

After finally entering the store, they found that Yiguo was indeed different from other supermarkets. The goods on display were all single and could not be purchased directly. They could only place orders online. According to the staff, these goods were samples to let them know what they were buying so that they would not find that the goods were not the same as the ones on the shelf after receiving them, which would result in a bad shopping experience.

This novel way of shopping made many freshmen feel like a new door was opened. It turned out that shopping could be done this way.

And the staff also specifically informed that all goods purchased from Yiguo could enjoy a seven-day unconditional return service.

"So, what if I bought a bag of potato chips and found that the chips were not crispy?" a freshman deliberately asked.

"You can also return the product within seven days without giving any reason in this case."

"Will there be no deduction?"

"No."

The freshman asked curiously: "Won't you lose money in this case? What if someone deliberately takes advantage of this rule of no reason return within seven days and doesn't pay?"

"What you said is an extreme case. It does happen, but it is only a very small number. Most users are still very well-mannered. Our boss said that he believes that the overall quality of the college user group is still very high and they will not do such things for no reason."

"If there is a reason, such as the family is really poor, then he will pay a little money. , just treat it as student aid. "

"Our boss often says that he is also a child from a poor family. He has been caught in the rain himself. Now that he has the ability, he also hopes to hold an umbrella for others."

After listening to the waiter, the freshman stood in awe: "Your boss is Qin Hao, who gave a speech on behalf of the students at the opening ceremony. I have heard of his story. Now it seems that he deserves to be successful. From now on, I will be a loyal user of Yiguo."

Such things not only happen in Peking University and Tsinghua University, but also in other universities. The reason why these waiters admire Qin Hao so much is not that Qin Hao forced them to say so.

It is because these waiters are basically poor students from various universities.

The reason why Qin Hao did this is that on the one hand, he really wanted to help these poor students, and on the other hand, it was to make Yiguo's basic base in major universities more solid.

From the back-end data of Yiguo a week after the start of school, this step was right. The number of new registered users soared, and the school had just started. Whether it was old students or new students, they purchased a lot of items, and the average customer price was significantly increased compared with the previous semester.

However, this growth gradually slowed down one month after the start of school, and the number of orders per day also tended to stabilize. This is the characteristic of the student market. The upper limit ceiling can be seen at a glance, but except for the winter and summer vacations, there will be no cliff-like decline, highlighting stability.

After more than half a year of operation, Yiguo has basically occupied the well-known universities in Beijing. The next step is to expand comprehensively and complete the coverage of all universities in Beijing.

In addition, in the white-collar market, Yiguo is also stepping up its efforts to set up "showrooms" in some office buildings with dense corporate clusters.

Compared with the stores in universities, these "showrooms" are more exquisitely decorated, with floor-to-ceiling glass windows, and the "samples" inside are as exquisite as the exhibits in the window.

The computer area for placing orders is also decorated like an Internet cafe, with not only free tea and water, but also coffee, although it is instant.

Of course, the funds consumed are also huge, thanks to the income support from the commission of the card. If it was completely dependent on financing in the early stage like Jack Ma, it would have been unable to support it long ago.

After all, after 9/11, the US stock market Internet bubble burst, and it was difficult for Internet companies to raise large sums of money.

At the same time, Liu Qiangdong was also vigorously developing his own logistics company. Although Yiguo was developing very fast, it still could not fully meet Liu Qiangdong's needs.

For this reason, Liu Qiangdong also proposed to Qin Hao to accept logistics orders from other companies.

Qin Hao did not object. After all, he only had 30% of the shares of JD Logistics, and Liu Qiangdong held 70% of the shares. He was the major shareholder, and the faster JD Logistics expanded, the greater the financial pressure on Liu Qiangdong. Once the funds were insufficient, he would inevitably raise funds from outside...

Busy time always passed quickly, and it was already the winter of 2002 without knowing it. Qin Hao remembered that SARS seemed to have broken out at this time.

"Don't go to crowded places these days. I heard that there was a strange disease in Guangdong Province. It is highly contagious and lethal."

Qin Hao said to Xiao Qianxi in a serious tone.

Seeing Qin Hao's serious words, Xiao Qianxi couldn't help but worry: "Then you are in the company every day..."

"Don't worry, the company has made arrangements. By the way, you can give these medical masks and disinfectants to Xie Qiao and others. Remember to wear medical masks when going out, wash hands frequently, and disinfect frequently."

"Okay, I will remind them to pay attention."

In dormitory 213, Xie Qiao and Xu Lin were chatting in the dormitory about how to spend the winter vacation, and suddenly Xu Lin's phone rang.

"Hello, Qianxi, oh, okay, I'll be down right away."

After hanging up the phone, before Xie Qiao asked, Xu Lin greeted: "Qianxi said he brought us some things and asked me to help move them down."

"What? A lot? Could it be snacks?" Xie Qiao's eyes lit up.

"It's possible."

Xu Lin was also very excited when Xie Qiao said this.

However, when they helped Xiao Qianxi move the things up and unpacked them, they found them boring.

"Qianxi, is this because the warehouse rented by Lao Qin is not enough, so he asked you to put it in our dormitory? What is this?"

Facing Xu Lin's complaint, Xiao Qianxi told the story with a serious face.

"No way? It's so serious, how come there's no news about it?" Xu Lin frowned and expressed doubt.

Xie Qiao also echoed: "Yes, if it's so serious, why didn't the news break out?"

Before Xiao Qianxi explained, Wang Ying suddenly said: "If it breaks out, it will not have any effect except causing social panic. It is because it hasn't been broken out that the credibility of this matter is higher."

Xu Lin was nervous when he saw Wang Ying say this.

"Then how about we not go to class during the holidays and review in the dormitory?"

Xie Qiao hesitated: "There is no need to do this. Besides, we can not go to the classroom, but what about eating? We can't always eat instant noodles, right?"

Xiao Qianxi quickly told the three people how to use medical masks, disinfectants, and antipyretics.

"Isn't this a bit too strange?" Xu Lin wore a medical mask and his voice changed.

However, seeing that Wang Ying, who was always particular, wore it, he didn't say anything.

In the next few days, Wang Ying and her friends appeared in school wearing medical masks, and they received many strange looks from others. The daily mopping of the dormitory with disinfectant also caused dissatisfaction in the next dormitory.

But as time went on, news about SARS was gradually disclosed, and a tense atmosphere spread in the school.

Especially after the start of the school next year, the Peking University and Tsinghua University conducted a questionnaire survey on all teachers and students on campus. All teachers, students and school staff who had been to Guangdong Province were all under key surveillance.

Some students found that masks, disinfectants, cold medicines, and isatis root in all supermarkets around the school were either sold out or the prices soared by more than ten times or even dozens of times.

Even this is something that can be bought with money.

"These profiteers are simply making money from the national crisis."

The students were indignant but helpless until one of the students suddenly found that an announcement appeared on Yiguo's official website: All Yiguo users can go to offline stores to receive a set of epidemic prevention supplies every day.

"Damn it, profiteers, go to hell, I will buy popsicles from Yiguo in the future, even if it melts into water, I have to say it's really cool."

"It's worthy of being a company run by our Peking University and Tsinghua University seniors. They really care about us." (End of this chapter)