Rebirth of the Rich Second Generation's Growth Diary

Chapter 147 The product is so strong that no marketing is needed!

Recently, the School of Management has become popular again, just because of a card.

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Ye Ruida was holding a basketball in his hand, which was totally incompatible with his temperament.

It's hard to describe Ye Ruida's temperament at this moment. His hairstyle, a bun that would seem somewhat abstract even for an art student, and he possesses the rigor of someone who has studied mathematics and computer algorithms for many years.

But that doesn't stop him from playing basketball at least twice a week.

His ball skills are even worse than Li Xu's.

However, the School of Computer Science has a very high level of basketball in the school and can always get third place every year.

The eternal third.

But don’t underestimate the value of this third place. After all, Peking University and Tsinghua University have many high-level basketball players, and the strength of those top high-level basketball players is fully up to the professional level.

One is the School of Management and the other is the School of Arts. These two schools have the most high-level athletes.

The fact that the School of Computer Science was able to get third place is enough to demonstrate their strength.

This is due to the good basketball atmosphere in their college.

Ye Ruida was holding a basketball and about to go downstairs when he heard two buddies complaining about the School of Management in the corridor.

Ye Ruida was curious, so he leaned over to listen.

At this time, the two buddies were talking about this: "This is really unfair. A college that specializes in finance treats the School of Management like its own son. Whenever there is something good happening, it always thinks of the School of Management first."

Another buddy added, "They think they're so great, but they don't produce any real value at all. Industry is the key to a nation's prosperity. I think the resources should be allocated to the School of Management last."

The two chatted for a while and noticed Ye Ruida next to them.

Ye Ruida tossed the basketball and asked with a smile, "What are you talking about?"

One of the buddies said indignantly: "Brother, you don't know that a big thing happened recently."

Ye Ruida asked curiously: "What's the big deal?"

Another buddy pulled out his campus card and said, "The School of Management's campus card has been upgraded. Damn, I'm so pissed! I have a friend in the club who's also from the School of Management, and his campus card can be topped up online. Also, the access lock at the school gate has been renovated recently, with an electromagnetic lock that opens with a card."

Then he revealed an angry expression and said, "But you know what? That lock can be opened with the School of Management card!"

Another buddy sighed and said, "That's not the most heartbreaking thing. What's even more abominable is that I saw an incredible scene in the library yesterday. A junior or senior student was holding a book. When she wanted to borrow it, she just swiped her card and the book. And Aunt Zhao at the library directly listed two queues. One was for those who used our current student cards or student ID cards to borrow books. They still had to queue up with her to register. The other line was empty, and they just put a card reader and a book barcode scanner. I was wondering why they could just swipe the card, but they still made us go through manual registration. But after asking, I found out that after all the fuss, only the student cards of the School of Management had this function."

Ye Ruida blinked and remained silent for a moment.

At this moment, the two buddies angrily asked Ruida: "Do you think this is fair?"

Ye Ruida coughed and said, "Then do you know who made that campus card?"

"Who else could it be? Of course it's the school. And if nothing unexpected happens, the management college will use it first. Once it's popularized, it will be gradually rolled out to other colleges. Alas, we will always be able to pick up the leftovers of the management college."

Ye Ruida touched his nose and whispered, "Well, how about I let our School of Computer Science, no, let our grade, our class, use this campus card first?"

The two buddies immediately showed a suspicious expression, looked at Ye Ruida, and said in a doubtful tone: "Can you do it?"

They both knew that Ye Ruida did have a very high status in the School of Computer Science. After all, he was a genius favored by several teachers. It was even heard that one professor wanted him to join his research project as an exception. However, it would be unlikely to discuss this matter with the people in the School of Management.

Ye Ruida laughed and said, "Is there a possibility that this campus card is not officially issued by the school?"

The two guys showed an expression of disbelief and said, "How is this possible? Could it be that a student did this?"

Ye Ruida then slowly took out a campus card from his pocket.

When they both saw the campus card in Ye Ruida's hand, their eyes widened at the same time: "How come you have one too?"

Ye Ruida weighed the basketball in his hand and said, "Well, you two can play basketball with me for a while. I'll tell you more about it when I'm happy."

……

Li Xu was swimming in the swimming pool. An Duoduo was very busy these two days and was preparing for a competition, so he was not with An Duoduo.

The swimming pool was filled with a faint smell of disinfectant. The surrounding walls were painted a refreshing blue. The huge glass windows let in ample sunlight, which sprinkled on the shimmering water, sparkling with tiny rays of light.

An Duoduo's idea is to quit the sports team after the competition and concentrate on her studies and career with Li Xu.

Now that the most important period of the One Card project has passed, An Duoduo can indeed take a break. Most things have been sorted out and the architecture has been built.

Today is Xia Xiaohe's first day of swimming lessons. She is lucky enough to have managed to secure an elective swimming course.

In order to ensure that she can pass the swimming elective course, she plans to study hard in her spare time.

At this time, Xia Xiaohe's swimming level was still at the stage where he could hold his breath and splash in the water for more than ten meters, but he had to drink water every time he took a breath.

Li Xu was lying on a bench on the shore. There was a glass of ice cola on the small table next to him, and fine water droplets condensed on the wall of the cola cup.

He leisurely watched Xia Xiaohe splashing around in the diving area, with small splashes of water appearing on the surface from time to time.

Xia Xiaohe's movements looked a little clumsy, but she was very serious.

She was wearing a pink swimsuit. Xia Xiaohe, who was relatively conservative, did not wear a bikini-style swimsuit. The dress-style swimsuit made her look more youthful.

She has fair skin and wears a tight swimming cap on her head. A few strands of hair fall out from under the brim of the cap, making her cheeks look more delicate.

After struggling for a while, Xia Xiaohe was indeed a little tired. She climbed up the shore exhausted, her wet hair sticking to her cheeks, and water droplets kept dripping down her hair. She came to Li Xu's side, sighed and said, "I'm so tired."

Li Xu smiled and said, "Very good, very good. I feel like you're almost there."

Xia Xiaohe asked curiously, "When did you learn to swim?"

Li Xu blinked, thinking of the scene when An Duoduo taught him to swim, and he didn't hide it and said, "It wasn't long ago that I learned to swim. An Duoduo taught me when I was in high school."

An unpredictable look flashed across Xia Xiaohe's eyes, and she lowered her head and murmured, "Oh, she taught you? Sister An is a very nice person, right?"

Li Xu nodded and said, "Yeah, he has a carefree personality and seems to not care about anything, but in fact, he can see and imagine everything."

Li Xu constructed the outline of An Duoduo in his mind, and then said with a smile: "She gives me a feeling of great wisdom and foolishness."

Xia Xiaohe nodded, suddenly put on her goggles, took a deep breath and said, "I'll go swim a few more laps."

Li Xu blinked his eyes. "Are you so anxious? You're really full of energy."

Xia Xiaohe was seen jogging all the way to the edge of the swimming pool and jumped in. With a "splash", a huge wave exploded on the water surface, and the surrounding water splashed everywhere.

Li Xu was speechless watching this scene. At this moment, the phone rang again. Li Xu picked it up and saw that it was Ye Ruida calling.

Li Xu answered the phone. Ye Ruida didn't waste any words and said directly, "Where are you now? Come to the basketball court. I have something important to discuss with you."

Li Xu said angrily: "What's the hurry? I'm in the swimming pool now."

Ye Ruida said: "It's okay, I'll wait for you, even for two more hours. Two hours is enough for you to see enough beauties."

Li Xu laughed and scolded: "What nonsense are you talking about? Then wait, I will come to you after I change my clothes."

Li Xu walked slowly to the edge of the swimming pool and said to Xia Xiaohe in the water, "Xiaohe, I'm going to find Ruida. You swim by yourself for a while. We'll have dinner together tonight."

Xia Xiaohe took off her goggles, looked at Li Xu and nodded slightly, then put on her goggles again, flipped over and dived into the water. Just this moment, her body became light and she suddenly felt like a mermaid, drawing a graceful arc in the water.

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When Li Xu arrived at the basketball hall, Ye Ruida had been playing basketball for a long time.

Inside the basketball hall, the lights were bright, and the polished floor reflected the light. Posters of the school basketball team participating in the game were hung on the walls, and the air was filled with the faint smell of sweat and rubber.

At this moment, Ye Ruida was panting, his face covered in sweat, and his bangs were soaked with sweat and stuck to his forehead.

Li Xu saw several teams playing pickup basketball on the court, with shouts and the sound of balls bouncing coming one after another.

Ye Ruida pulled Li Xu aside and said with a smile: "Brother, I want to discuss something with you."

Li Xu nodded and said, "Tell me what happened first, and I'll think about it."

Ye Ruida took out his campus card from his pocket and said, "After all the campus cards from the School of Management are rolled out, we'll give priority to the School of Computer Science."

After hearing what Ye Ruida said, Li Xu's expression became a little strange. He thought for a moment and asked, "Have any students in your School of Computer Science heard about this?"

Ye Ruida nodded, and then briefly told Li Xu about his conversation with two buddies in the corridor today.

Li Xu listened and a smile appeared on his face. This was indeed the effect he wanted.

After deciding to introduce the campus card to the school, he immediately rushed to produce a batch and gave them to his classmates first. In his opinion, neither Xia Xiaohe's plan nor An Duoduo's or Xue Xue's was as effective as word-of-mouth recommendations from those around him.

However, the emotions brought about by recommending are not as direct as showing off.

Think back to how Apple phones quickly captured the market in China. Wasn’t it because the first batch of users became the objects of envy and jealousy of others?

Of course, no matter what kind of marketing method is used, the core must be the high quality of the product. At present, their campus card has an advantage over the old campus cards of this era, and can naturally crush them.

After the students in the School of Management started using it, people from other schools saw it through various channels and naturally understood it.

The School of Management is labeled as tall, rich and handsome, fair, rich and beautiful, and otherworldly, and is the object of envy of most students in the school. There are quite a few people who criticize the School of Management, but if you ask them whether they are willing to enjoy the same treatment as the School of Management, they will definitely be willing.

Because of this label attribute, when students from the School of Management began to use the new version of the campus card, students from other colleges naturally associated the new version of the campus card with high-end.

Li Xu came up with this idea unintentionally. After all, he always needed the first batch of users, and starting with his own class would be the easiest. However, he did not expect that this unintentional move would have such a good effect.

Li Xu smiled, patted Ye Ruida on the shoulder, and said, "Okay, okay. How about this? Isn't your college's weekend party next week? Then you can use the opportunity of the weekend party to announce the good news. You can say that thanks to your unremitting efforts, you finally got it, making the School of Computer Science the second college to promote the new campus card. You will get both the face and the money."

Ye Ruida chuckled a few times, put his arm around Li Xu's shoulder and said, "We're friends, so let's talk it over. Then it's settled."

Li Xu nodded, then asked, "You called me here, wasn't it just for this?"

In Li Xu's opinion, this is really not something worth discussing. After all, Ye Ruida is the algorithm boss in their team. If he doesn't even have this little authority, then what's the point of him?

However, Li Xu obviously did not realize that this way of thinking was normal for him, a veteran who had lived two lives, but for Ye Ruida, he really couldn't think of it that way.

Ye Ruida nodded and said, "It's just for this matter."

Li Xu sighed slightly and said, "Next time, just explain this kind of thing directly over the phone."

Seeing Li Xu about to leave, Ye Ruida asked, "Where are you going?"

Li Xu said angrily: "Go to the swimming pool to see the beauties, isn't that what you just said? I haven't even finished looking at all the beauties, and you called me over. Next time, don't delay me from looking at the beauties for such unimportant things."

Ye Ruida burst into laughter.

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Today's meeting was proposed by Xia Xiaohe, and the main purpose was to discuss the card opening issue.

Their conference room is located in a corner of the entrepreneurship center. After some time of preparation, a lot of equipment has been added.

A brand new projector is installed under the ceiling, and the screen next to it is hung neatly, looking quite professional.

The walls are covered with various sticky notes and project progress charts, recording everyone's efforts.

The tables and chairs were neatly arranged, and there was a notebook and a pen in front of each seat, making it look much more formal.

It has been more than a week since their campus card was officially launched.

Although everyone worked overtime during this period, after a week, we only managed to complete the card opening for the School of Management.

Xia Xiaohe stood up and reported to everyone.

She said, "Because of limited equipment, we've asked three part-time students to help us open the cards, but we're still not able to keep up."

She hesitated for a moment, glanced at Li Xu, and then said, "Today I want to discuss with everyone if there is any way to speed up our card opening process."

Li Xu looked at Xia Xiaohe with some relief.

I have to say that although only a few months have passed since the start of school, Xia Xiaohe's growth is visible to the naked eye.

Since the campus card was officially introduced to the school, Xia Xiaohe's negotiation progress with merchants has also advanced a lot.

Although the campus card itself has its advantages, it must be said that Xia Xiaohe played a very crucial role in it.

At present, more than half of the merchants have signed agreements with them. In another week or two, when the equipment is in place, the consumption function of the campus card can be officially used.

In terms of marketing, Xia Xiaohe was originally responsible for distributing flyers, but due to the demonstration effect of the School of Management, the new version of the campus card unexpectedly became popular among students.

Now even the marketing work can be saved, so Xia Xiaohe took the initiative to volunteer to participate in the card opening work.

After hearing Xia Xiaohe's proposal, everyone fell into deep thought.

Li Xu took over and said, "Xiao He is right. We must strike while the iron is hot and speed up the card issuance process so that all students can access the campus card as soon as possible."

"Only after the campus card system is fully rolled out will we have further room to discuss upgrading the door locks with the school. The entrepreneurship competition is getting closer, and although we're making good progress, once we actually enter the entrepreneurship competition, let alone the school competition, starting with the city-level competition, we'll face many truly experienced entrepreneurs. Our current project is far from ready to win in one fell swoop."

After hearing Li Xu's words, everyone fell silent.

After a moment, Lei Yinbing spoke up, "It's not impossible to issue cards in bulk. We can directly import the data of all students in the school and issue cards in batches. But there's a problem. Tsinghua University and Peking University require that cards must be authenticated by the academic affairs system. This means that only students who meet the requirements of your university can open cards. If we issue cards in bulk, there's no way to authenticate them, and your school might not agree."

Li Xu listened to Lei Yinbing's words, thought about it seriously, and suddenly his eyes lit up. He said, "If there is no way to verify when opening the card, then we can change the idea and work backwards. How about opening the card first and then verifying it?"

After hearing what Li Xu said, Ye Ruida's eyes lit up, and Xue Xue also had a flash of inspiration.

Xue Xue said excitedly, "I understand what you mean. You mean we should first import the data to issue the cards in batches, then send them to each student and let them activate and authenticate themselves?"

Li Xu nodded, then looked at Ye Ruida and said, "From a technical point of view, is it easy to achieve?"

Before Ye Ruida could speak, Xue Xue nodded and said, "Easy to do, easy to do! What's so difficult about it? The simplest authentication method is to set an encryption lock when opening the card, locking all functions. Then, have them go to the designated place of the Academic Affairs Office to verify their information and activate it in person. After activation is complete, unlock it. This way, we can ensure that everyone who has a campus card is a student of this school."

Ye Ruida nodded and said, "I think this is okay."

Li Xu thought of this method that banks used when opening social security cards for ordinary people.

It's a good idea.

Li Xu smiled and said, "Since everyone agrees with this method, let's go to the school and discuss this matter. For the school, this will also reduce their workload and system pressure. After all, this authentication method only requires a computer that can connect to the academic affairs system."

After the matter was finalized, Li Xu asked, "Does anyone have anything else to discuss?"

At this moment, Tang Qiaoning said, "I have reached agreements with eleven banks in the capital, which basically covers the major banks. The only ones that haven't reached further agreements yet are the local commercial banks."

She hesitated for a moment and said, "Li Xu, do we need to continue negotiating with those local commercial banks one by one?"

Li Xu thought for a moment and asked, "Does the local commercial bank you mentioned include Capital Rural Commercial Bank?"

Tang Qiaoning said, "Don't worry, I've definitely already taken care of the Capital Rural Commercial Bank."

Li Xu nodded and said, "If we have Capital Rural Commercial Bank, then other local commercial banks can be put aside for the time being. Thank you for your hard work during this period."

Of course, Li Xu's words were not just polite talk. Tang Qiaoning had indeed been very busy during this period. After all, she was dealing with institutions outside the school, especially banks, where negotiations were extremely difficult. She had to run around, exposed to wind and rain... Of course, these were just Li Xu's imaginations.

But to be honest, Li Xu was a little surprised that she was able to negotiate with those eleven banks. He said thank you for your hard work very sincerely.

Tang Qiaoning's face lit up with a contented smile as she said modestly, "It's not hard at all. Compared to Ye Ruida and the others, I'm just sharpening my tongue and gaining some knowledge."

Li Xu said seriously, "We are a team. Every position is important, whether it's product development, front-end sales, or mid-level operations management. I sincerely hope that this atmosphere of ours can continue."

Everyone looked at each other and nodded silently and sincerely.

Liu Yunfei thought for a moment and then said, "By the way, Li Xu, there's one thing I'd like to bring up. It's about the consumption function. It's something I just thought of on the spur of the moment. If we don't take precautions in advance, it might cause some unnecessary trouble."

After hearing Liu Yunfei's words, Li Xu immediately looked at him and nodded: "Tell me."

Liu Yunfei then carefully described the problem he discovered.

After listening to Liu Yunfei's words, Li Xu nodded seriously and said, "The problem you mentioned is indeed very critical. Since you already have a solution, you should work hard during this period and develop it as soon as possible. If one person is too busy, Ruida will also help Yunfei."

Afterwards, Li Xu began to prepare his concluding remarks: "Okay, if everyone has nothing else to do, then let's stop here for today and go have dinner together later."

At this moment, Xia Xiaohe suddenly hesitated and raised his hand silently.

Li Xu smiled dumbly: "Xiaohe, what else do you want?"

Xia Xiaohe was silent for a moment before mustering the courage to look at Li Xu and say, "Didn't you say you still needed to discuss the certification with the school? You didn't say who would go."

Xia Xiaohe took a deep breath and said, "I'll go!"

Li Xu blinked his eyes. He had originally planned to go to the Academic Affairs Office and the Information Center to discuss the matter in person, so he did not assign this task to everyone. He did not expect Xia Xiaohe to take the initiative to bring it up at this time.

Li Xu was silent for a moment. He noticed that there was a kind of stubbornness in Xia Xiaohe's eyes that he had never seen before.

After a moment, Li Xu nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, go ahead if you want to. There's no need to look at me so fiercely."

Xia Xiaohe's gaze suddenly became distracted, and her face suddenly turned red. She looked at the others with a guilty look, and then stammered, "How am I mean?"

Everyone couldn't help laughing for a moment, and the conference room was filled with a happy atmosphere. Only Tang Qiaoning and An Duoduo had some other feelings when they looked at Xia Xiaohe.

(End of this chapter)