MC Bookstore Chapter 24 App Promotion
Chapter 24 App Promotion
In the golden autumn of October, the air is filled with the fragrance of osmanthus.
Unfortunately, this is Nanjing, and the school is filled with the fragrance of photinia flowers.
The first ten days of October flew by during the National Day holiday. Those who were supposed to return to school returned to school, and those who were supposed to return to work returned to work. University life had only just begun for a month, and the freshmen were still full of enthusiasm for everything on campus.
For example, for the upcoming club recruitment, small flags for promotion have already been hung on the streetlights along Qinxue Road.
However, Chen Chezhong had lost interest in university life and seemed rather unenthusiastic. After all, Xu Zhen had been using the "Zhengdian Fries" app for a while now, and apart from fixing some minor bugs, the user experience was pretty good.
I need to spend all my time promoting the app.
Chen Che found Xu Zhen and asked him about his actual experience.
Unexpectedly, Xu Zhen looked distressed and said, "It's too painful."
"What's going on? Is there something I didn't consider?" Chen Che was a little unsure when he saw Xu Zhen's expression. After all, no matter how well prepared you are, you can never completely avoid the occurrence of accidents.
Xu Zhen shook his head: "No, I did the math, and the turnover actually increased by 10%."
"Then why do you still sound so half-dead?"
"Sigh, normally with the QQ group model, I could just pretend I didn't see some orders because I was too lazy or didn't want to deliver them. But now they're all in the background, and I don't even have the chance to play dumb anymore," Xu Zhen sighed.
"Damn! I thought something had happened." Chen Che slapped him on the shoulder.
"In that case, you can first communicate online with the owners of the other buildings you know and get them to use it as well. Then give me a list and I'll go and do some research in the other buildings."
"Okay," Xu Zhen nodded, then asked, "But junior, are we just going to let them use this app for free? How are we going to recoup our costs?"
"We're not in a hurry to make up for these costs. Our primary goal right now is to get everyone using our platform. Only when we have a large user base will we have the opportunity to tell other stories."
"All right."
When it got dark, Chen Che went to the boys' dormitory building 12. It was a typical boys' dormitory scene, with the main door wide open and the shouts of people playing games echoing in the hallway.
Chen Che walked into one of the dorm rooms, leaned against the door as if he knew the place well, and saw a guy with glasses playing League of Legends.
I was playing a card game and I was about to use my ultimate to stun and initiate a team fight with the gold card when I landed and a blue card flew out. I just heard a "Holy crap!" and the invincibility skill activated instantly. And that was it.
Five votes were cast instantly, without any hesitation.
"Bro, your teammates are terrible, they couldn't protect you at all." Chen Che completely ignored the facts and shifted the blame to his teammates.
The bespectacled guy glanced at Chen Che. Although he didn't know him, it wasn't unusual for guys to visit each other's dorm rooms and watch over someone playing games.
"Bro, don't try to comfort me, I'm totally terrible at this." The bespectacled guy was kind-hearted and admitted it was his fault.
"It's okay, just play a few more rounds and you'll get used to it," Chen Che comforted her. "I'll buy you a can of Coke. What's the group number for our dorm's snack chat group again?"
"Snack pack? What's that?" The bespectacled brother scratched his head in confusion.
"So, this is the kind of group?" Chen Che showed him his phone, and the other person said "Oh," then added, "We don't have this kind of group in our building."
"Oh, okay, then I can't buy you a Coke."
"..."
Chen Che came out of dormitory building 12. No one in this building was doing this business. It was like a white city in a strategy simulation game. Once you moved in, it was your own place. So he noted this down in his memo.
One building further ahead, number 11, Chen Che found the boss's dormitory at a glance. The door was wide open, but only he lived in the dormitory. Various instant noodles and snacks were piled up in the dormitory without any restraint, and no one cared.
A skinny, dark-skinned boy with a buzz cut sat in the dormitory, directing two other people to deliver goods, acting like a boss.
Seeing that they had calmed down a bit, Chen Che stepped forward to greet them: "Hello, classmate, my name is Chen Che, what's your name?"
The boy with the buzz cut gave him a wary look and said, "My name is Zheng Long. What do you want?"
Chen Che thought for a moment. Both of their time was precious. He had to deliver the goods, and he needed to visit as many buildings as possible to check the situation. Without any unnecessary formalities, he got straight to the point and said, "We do the same business, but we are from the 17th building at the back. We have developed our own app to make it easier for students to place orders. Our boss also handles inventory and registration. Take a look."
Chen Che took out his phone, opened "Fries at the Hour," and was about to show it off when Zheng Long waved his hand impatiently: "I'm not interested. Why do you guys make such a high-tech app? I don't want to. I'm fine as I am."
Chen Che remained calm and composed, a trait he displayed compared to many construction site owners and contractors. He patiently explained, "This is free. We've found that it has indeed increased our revenue, and it makes calculating inventory much faster and more convenient. You can install it and take a look; you don't need to start using it right away..."
However, his words had no effect. Zheng Long frowned, and his tone became a little fiercer: "I said, I don't need it!"
Some people are like that; they think the whole world is full of bad people who want to harm them.
Continuing to argue with him would only backfire, so I decided not to linger and quickly made my escape after saying "goodbye."
Although this exchange was a major failure, I didn't have time to stop there. Xu Zhen had to communicate with far fewer buildings than I had imagined. I had to visit at least half of the boys' dormitories before I could even communicate with them all.
For the next few nights, Chen Che would wait until the dormitory lights were out for a while before returning, and together with Xu Zhen, they managed to visit all the boys' dormitories.
That evening, the two sat on the steps outside the dormitory, catching up on their work over the past few days.
On Chen Che's side, although he went to every building, only one senior was reasonable and willing to give it a try.
Xu Zhen's situation is a bit better. He's been doing this business for a while now, and a few student agents he knows are reluctant to give it a try, but there aren't many of them.
The coloring game being promoted in the boys' dormitory seems to be progressing much slower than I expected.
"Junior, I don't think things are looking very optimistic about us," Xu Zhen said, sounding a bit dejected.
"Senior, our grand ambition has only just begun. What are these obstacles? Even if it's an HRB400, we should have the confidence to grind it into a fine needle."
Chen Che smiled and continued, "To accomplish anything, the most important things are perseverance, confidence, and momentum."
"With these few things, one man can charge in and out seven times, shouting until the enemy is defeated, and eight hundred men are enough to repel an army of one hundred thousand."
"Hmph, I can't stand you, you're really good at bragging." Xu Zhen smiled, feeling a bit better.
"What about the rest? Should we just keep pestering them?" Xu Zhen asked.
"What do you think?" Chen Che didn't answer directly, but asked instead.
"It feels like... there's no other way, right?" Xu Zhen scratched his head. "Anyway, I think the clumsy way isn't necessarily the fastest way, but it's still a way to solve the problem."
"That's not bad. Sometimes, the simplest solution is the only way to solve a problem." Chen Che agreed with this point.
However, time waits for no one. Now that we've been reborn, we have to resort to some unorthodox methods to quickly promote the platform.
After a moment of silence, Xu Zhen was about to leave when he heard Chen Che ask, "Senior, how do you usually source your goods?"
"Oh, there's a woman named Hong Lu, we usually call her Sister Lu, we all get our goods from her."
Chen Che frowned, noticing something odd: "Us? Do we all get our goods from her?"
"Well, there used to be a few companies that did this earlier, but we had to go to a place quite far from the school to pick up the goods ourselves, which was quite troublesome."
Later, Sister Lu came and delivered the goods directly to the school gate, which made things much more convenient, and everyone started getting their goods from her.
"Wow, Sister Lu's service is amazing," Chen Che commented.
The service industry is, after all, the service industry. It's a cutthroat competition where everyone tries to outdo each other in terms of service attitude, convenience, and emotional value.
"Right? Later, the other companies also figured it out, but everyone had already gotten used to going to Sister Lu, so they didn't have much of a chance to salvage the situation."
"When are you going to buy supplies? Take me with you," Chen Che said after thinking for a moment.
"Okay, it'll be about the same time tomorrow, but she's already delivering the goods to the school gate."
"No, let's go directly to her storefront." Chen Che shook his head and made a decision.