rebirth from small pockets

Chapter 450 New progress of the mission

"Sure enough~ the system is actually not omnipotent!"

After spending more than an hour with Deng Weimin talking about the future plans for Shennong Beer, Chen Li sighed with emotion alone in the hotel room.

Yes~ The biggest feeling that happened to Chen Li this time was that even though he was reborn and had double system BUFFs in hand, the world was not decided by him.

It's not that he redeemed something from the system, this thing would have been sought after in 1999.

Especially for products like beer, this kind of thing is not something that will only exist in the future. The emergence of Shennong Beer is actually just a relatively high-quality product.

But in addition to the product itself, many other factors have an impact on the product, even more than the product itself.

Just like Shennong Beer’s expansion into the German market this time, the quality of Shennong Beer is indeed very good, otherwise it would not be so popular in overseas markets in the future.

But no matter how good the quality of beer is, people still won’t accept it.

In particular, the Shennong beer that Chen Li exchanged is not strictly speaking the best-selling Shennong beer in the future.

In order to slap Lucas in the face, Chen Li specially exchanged it for this one with a high alcohol content.

But although this kind of beer is very popular among beer lovers, in terms of sales volume, it will definitely not be able to sell those beers with low alcohol content.

The reason is simple, not everyone can drink.

Like the Shennong beer exchanged by Chen Li, let’s not talk about whether everyone can accept such a high alcohol concentration beer. Even if they can accept it, customers will suffer from reduced sales due to the excessive alcohol concentration.

I used to drink ten bottles of beer, but with this Shennong beer, I drank two bottles. It’s crazy if the sales volume can increase.

This is why the price of this beer is so high!

But Chen Li was also helpless, because he had never thought about starting a brewery in the first place. He only exchanged this formula because Lucas felt that Huaxia's beer was too weak. Chen Li was a little angry at the time and wanted to slap him in the face.

Later, the reason why he wanted to start a brewery was because it cost a lot of mall currency to exchange beer recipes, and Chen Li felt that he was at a loss.

It just so happened that Chen Li was a little dissatisfied with the watery beer in his previous life due to his previous career, so he wanted to start a brewery of his own.

But he never thought that products that were too advanced might not be feasible for this era.

No, to be precise, he had actually thought about it, but he believed too much in the fact that products produced by the system must be high-quality products, thus ignoring that the importance of the product itself in business can only occupy a part.

To put it bluntly, the product itself can be regarded as the basis of business behavior, because if the quality of the product is not good, problems will occur sooner or later.

But just having products is not enough, especially in this era of increasingly rapid informationization. No matter how good your products are, they will still be submerged in the ocean due to various factors.

This is just like Chen Li was curious about a question in his previous life.

That's why some big brands that have long been nationally or even globally famous spend a huge amount of money on advertising every year.

According to Chen Li's thinking at that time, the brand had already been deeply ingrained in the hearts of users, and there was no need to continue to invest so much money in advertising.

If you have that little money, instead of improving employee benefits, even if the brand boss puts it in his pocket, it would be a better choice!

Of course, Chen Li later understood the reasoning and realized that his own ideas were somewhat naive.

To put it bluntly, except for companies that are almost monopolistic, no one dares to give up spending on this area.

Once you give up, you will most likely be left behind by competitors in the same industry.

What~ You said the problem with product quality is that your company’s products are not the only ones that have quality assurance.

If a company's products are of high quality and it conducts publicity and activities every day, then the user group will naturally choose the more "familiar" brand.

And this understanding is achieved by spending a lot of money on "publicity and promotion".

Of course ~ all of this is based on the "foundation" of the product itself. If the foundation is not solid, then no matter how high the brand value is, it will be an illusion ~ the final outcome can only be the collapse of the building.

So~ what Chen Li should do most now is actually to lay a stronger foundation for Shennong Beer.

But for a new beer company, the original formula was not suitable.

Originally, the audience for this Shennong beer was quite limited, so Chen Li planned to go to the system space to select one or two more recipes.

Fortunately, there are more and more branches of Ideal Fried Chicken, and Chen Li has obtained more and more mall currency. Even though Chen Li is now carrying a lot of "foreign debt", the mall currency is still growing rapidly.

Although the growth rate is still far away from the "big items" that Chen Li wants to redeem, if it's just one or two formulas, Chen Li can still afford it.

But just when Chen Li entered the system space and was about to ask Xiaomeng to inquire about the situation and redeem the beer formula, he was suddenly stunned.

Because at this moment, Chen Li suddenly discovered that his promotion mission seemed to have changed!

It's not the task of upgrading the system, but the task of upgrading the system elf Xiaomeng, which is "the world is so big"!

Originally, this task had been stuck, and Chen Li had no idea how to complete it.

Based on his understanding of the "world is so big" in his previous life, Chen Li estimated that this thing must be completed by going out and "walking".

When I went to Western Xinjiang before, there was no movement at all on this mission. Chen Li estimated that this thing would probably have to go abroad.

This is one of the reasons why Chen Li came to Germany this time!

However, after arriving in Frankfurt, Chen Li did not receive a system prompt. He thought he had gone wrong.

But Chen Li had been busy before and didn't even enter the system space to check, so he didn't find out until now. Although this task has not been completed, there have been new changes!

"Mission: The world is so big~ I want to see it!"

"Task description: The world is so big~ The host should go and take a look."

"Task Reward: Advanced Skill Book X1"

"Current progress: 1/3"

When seeing this scene, Chen Li suddenly realized!

He never quite understood how to do this task before, but now he knows.

Since he arrived in Germany, the progress has become one-third, but after Chen Li switched cities, the progress did not increase.

So this progress is definitely not determined by the city, but by the country!

And it’s a country other than China where Chen Li is located!

Now that he has arrived in Germany, one-third of the mission is completed, which means that Chen Li only needs to go to any two more countries to complete the mission.

"Well!"

Suddenly, Chen Li felt a little regretful because this time when he came to Germany, he took a direct flight from Yanjing to Frankfurt.

If Chen Li changes to a flight that is not a direct flight but requires a transfer to another country, wouldn't this task be completed directly?

Hmm~ I just don’t know the progress of this mission. Is it just a matter of setting foot on the territory of other countries?

If that's the case, then this task doesn't seem to be difficult.

Of course, now that Chen Li knows how to complete the task, this task is no longer a problem for him.

Although in 1999, going abroad was indeed not an easy task.

But for Chen Li, who has already arrived in Germany, this problem has become a minor problem.

The reason is simple, because Germany is a member of the Schengen Convention!

The member states of the Schengen Convention are called Schengen countries, and the entire group of member states is also called the Schengen area.

The purpose of the Schengen Convention is to eliminate border checkpoints between Schengen countries and coordinate border controls outside the Schengen area.

To put it bluntly, border controls are eliminated among Schengen member states, and people holding valid ID cards or visas from any member state can move freely within all member states.

According to this agreement, tourists from any Schengen member country can legally visit and travel to all other Schengen countries if they hold a valid visa from one of the countries.

And Germany happens to be one of the member states of the Schengen Convention.

In other words, Chen Li can definitely travel to other Schengen member states with a German visa.

At present, there are fifteen member states of the Schengen Convention. Although some countries have joined but have not yet officially implemented it, there are currently double digits of countries and associated countries that recognize the Schengen Convention.

This so-called associated country refers to some countries that, although they have not joined the Schengen Convention, have no border inspections with the member states of the Schengen Convention.

Therefore, Chen Li is confident that he can complete even one-tenth of the task progress as long as Chen Lili makes it, let alone one-third.

Of course, the premise is that the system tasks are really completed according to the country.

If there is something wrong with the system, for example, the entire Schengen area is only counted as one progress, it will be a bit troublesome.

You must know that the reason why Chen Li was able to obtain a German visa so easily was that in addition to his own good financial situation, Lucas also contributed a little bit.

To put it bluntly, it’s easy to get things done if you have acquaintances.

But in other countries, Chen Li doesn't know any energetic people. Even if Chen Li's financial situation is good and he even knows multiple languages, he still has to get a visa. Chen Li can't guarantee it.

There's no way~ This is 1999, not 2019.

Twenty years later, countries all over the world will basically not refuse tourists from China, and many countries will even come up with various preferential conditions and arrangements in order to attract tourists from China.

But in 1999, many countries suspected that you had other purposes for applying for a visa.

But it doesn't matter, as long as you understand how to complete the task, the time to complete the task has already entered the countdown.

After all, there are always more solutions than difficulties.

After all, Chen Li attended the University of Foreign Studies. Others had great difficulty in going abroad. For Chen Li, a top student at the University of Foreign Studies, it was definitely not a problem.

Thinking of this, Chen Li asked:

"Xiao Meng~ Do I only need to go to other countries for this mission?"

Chen Li also asked Xiaomeng this question before, but Xiaomeng refused because Chen Li lacked authority.

But now the task has basically been clarified, and Chen Li thinks, okay~ Chen Li thinks it is wrong.

"Insufficient host permissions!"

"I'm fine!"

Chen Li was speechless~ He thought that since the mission was so clear, this little cute guy should be able to reveal some information, but in the end.

Well~ I guess Xiaomeng’s AI level is not high enough. According to Xiaomeng’s own description, the higher her AI level is, the more information she can provide to Chen Li.

But to be honest ~ Chen Li is no longer so passionate about system promotion.

He knows that this system is not simple, and it is estimated that if it is improved, it may have other more powerful functions.

But Chen Li is already very satisfied!

In fact, with the functions provided by the current system, Chen Li is completely sufficient.

It can even be said that Chen Li Qiongji is unlikely to fully utilize the current system to its fullest potential in his lifetime.

Chen Li doesn't think it makes much sense to move up a level further.

Although he estimated that after the system is upgraded, there might be something great, but people should know how to be satisfied.

Therefore, in the past six months, Chen Li has not taken system tasks, even system promotion tasks, so seriously.

Before this, Chen Li had already tried every means to complete the task.

There's no way~ People can't always aim high and take it one step at a time. In fact, that's not bad.

"Xiaomeng~ I need to exchange for two beers, please see which one suits you best."

Just when Chen Lili asked Xiaomeng to recommend a beer suitable for this time in 1999, Xiaomeng suddenly reminded him that someone was coming outside.

Chen Li exited the system space and happened to hear someone knocking on the door outside the room.

When he opened the door, he saw that it was Lucas.

At this moment, Lucas changed his outfit and put on a somewhat slutty red suit.

"Holy shit~ What are you going to do?"

Seeing such a coquettish Lucas, Chen Li even started speaking Northeast dialect.

You know it's night time, is this guy dressed like this just to do something?

"My brother, let's go, let me show you our Munich nightlife."

I saw Lucas raised his eyebrows at Chen Li, and the expression on his face suddenly became a little...

It can be seen that after Chen Li accepted his apology, Lucas' temper started to get out of control again.

This guy had this kind of character when he was in China, but this time because he quit Shennong Beer, this guy has been more restrained before.

"Duck oh~!"

"You look like this~ You're probably not going to take me to a gay bar!"

Chen Li used these two sentences in Chinese, so Lucas naturally couldn't understand them. Just when he was about to continue persuading Chen Li, Chen Li nodded again.

"Okay~ Just wait while I change my clothes."

"Bang~!"

This time Chen Li spoke in German, and after he finished speaking, he closed the door.

Chen Li muttered while changing clothes.

“Nightlife in Germany.”

"I remember something here that seems to fit."

(End of chapter)