The Pentium Era - South to North

Zhang Chen arrived at the office upstairs in the dynamic zone and turned on his computer. He saw on MSN that Zheng Huihong had sent him a message, which read: "Mr. Zhang, how are you now?"

The message was sent two days ago, and Zhang Chen immediately replied: "Okay, I just came back from a business trip to Beijing and saw it."

After pressing Enter and sending out, Zhang Chen was about to stand up and pour himself a glass of water. Unexpectedly, Zheng Huihong replied right away: "That's great. We just have to look forward. Come on, Mr. Zhang!"

Zhang Chen said: "Thank you! How are you and Lao Wan now?"

Zhang Chen saw them more than two months ago at Xiao Zhao's funeral.

"Yeah, that's good." Zheng Huihong said, and then immediately sent a link to the website.

Zhang Chen asked: "What is this?"

"Our company has a new website. During the epidemic, many people in our company were quarantined, so we built this website for online shopping. Mr. Zhang, have you ever bought anything online?"

"I have bought it," Zhang Chen said, "I have bought books at Dangdang Online Bookstore. Are you the same as them?"

"It's different. Dangdang only sells books. Ours sells them to everyone else. Moreover, they sell them to you. Ours can be sold to anyone."

"What do you mean?" Zhang Chen asked.

"That is, you can not only buy things on it, but also sell things on it. Mr. Zhang, I think you can also try selling clothes on it." Zheng Huihong said.

"How to sell it?" Zhang Chen asked.

"Mr. Zhang, are you there at noon? I'll come over and help you get it done."

"Okay, come over to my place for dinner." Zhang Chen said.

"Okay, hehe, your food is better than ours." Zheng Huihong also added a laughing image.

Zhang Chen replied with a laughing image and asked: "Do you want Xiao Sheng to pick you up?"

"No, no, we have moved to Qingchun Road now. I can get there in ten minutes by bike." Zheng Huihong said.

Zhang Chen stood up, went to pour himself a glass of water, came back and sat down, and clicked on the link sent by Zheng Huihong. He found that it turned out to be a website called "Dabao.com". He clicked on it and took a look. Most of them sold second-hand goods. , that is, you can sell your idle things on it. They are all individual sellers. There are no units selling goods, and there are not many things, mostly plush toys and books.

Zhang Chen took a look and found that except for a folding Pearl River 120 camera, he was not interested in anything else. He was interested in this camera because Zhang Chen had used Seagull cameras before, which were very bulky and looked like a To see the standing bread, you need to lower your head and look down from the viewfinder on the top of the camera. This one is a cassette type, and it opens up to reveal an accordion-style lens.

The biggest advantage is that it is the same as Zhang Chen's current Minolta camera. When you lift the camera, you can aim directly with one eye and take pictures from a small viewfinder on the camera. This is better than looking at it from the top of the camera. Look, it’s much more convenient.

Zhang Chen was curious that this Zhujiang brand camera, like the Seagull camera, was a product of the 1970s. The design of this camera was obviously much more convenient and reasonable than the Seagull, but why was it not as famous as the Seagull at the time?

Zhang Chen saw the price of this camera. The base price was 30 yuan. Now it is 35 yuan. Four or five people have already raised the price. They can raise the price by one yuan at a time. They said it will be until 12 o'clock tonight. At the final deadline, the person with the highest bid can get it. Zhang Chen registered as a member, and then directly paid out two hundred yuan, and ignored it.

Zhang Chen took a book of "Accounting" on the table and started reading it. After reading two pages, he felt dizzy, but he still insisted on reading. When Xiao Zhao was here, he never needed to take care of financial matters. Now Xiao Zhao Zhao is gone. He doesn't understand finance and hates numbers, but he still has to learn no matter how much he hates it. Fortunately, with the help of Tan Shuzhen and Zhao Jingjing, he has no problem reading the statements now.

Zhang Chen originally had a bit of a phobia of numbers and felt that numbers were annoying. They drained away all the concrete, colorful and warm things and turned them into these cold, earthworm-like symbols, each of which looked abominable.

Now that he has seen more numbers, he really feels that this thing is harmful to people, especially to him. When he wanted to design a piece of clothing, the first thing that came to his mind was an image. At the earliest, , is the picture of Xiao Zhao wearing it.

When Tan Shuzhen was in charge of their store, he thought of how Tan Shuzhen would look wearing this dress. When designing clothing for Target, he thought of how Jessica would look wearing it. When doing a fashion show, he thought of how it would look. The way Ma Yanli wore it, more often than not, he thought of the way their fitting models looked wearing it.

But now, the first thing that comes to mind is actually numbers, such as the length of clothes, the length of sleeves, and the width of shoulders. Zhang Chen never thought about these things before. This is what the printmaker considers. Now, naturally, it will be these. Zhang Chen was troubled by the mess of numbers. He had to eliminate them all before he could think about the style properly.

At noon, Zheng Huihong arrived. Zhang Chen called down to the canteen and brought some dishes. The two of them sat at the conference table and chatted while eating. Zhang Chen and Zheng Huihong said:

"I took a look at that website of yours. Where did your art come from? The web page is so ugly."

"Don't worry about this. Ours is a commercial website. Its functions come first, and its opening speed comes first. It needs to be made like your website. Anyone who has the interest and patience to browse on it will leave after reading two pages." Zheng Huihong explain.

Zhang Chen smiled and said: "This makes sense, but your teacher Ma's aesthetics is just plain old, including your original website, which is so awesome and ugly."

"I told you not to worry about this, so just tell me, what do you think after reading this website?" Zheng Huihong asked.

"It's not that good." Zhang Chen said, "It's okay to buy things online. For example, I can buy books. Why is Amazon so big? It's just because it sells books. There is no comparison for books. I read this If you want a book, just buy it. They are all from the publishing house. The quality will definitely not be bad, and there will be no problems with color or size.

"On the Internet, how do you sell clothes? How do you sell food? Our company's website has no orders yet. It's not unreasonable. You have never sold clothes. I have, and you have sold clothes. You know how difficult it is to sell clothes.

"When I'm in a store, I have to pick and choose a piece of clothing. She won't buy it if it's a little tighter here or a little fatter there. She has to try them all on. After trying them on, the size is right. If she likes the style, she has to worry about the color and the style. The price is very annoying. How do you try it when you are facing the computer?

"If they sell more food, who would buy food? Why don't you taste it first, taste it in front of the computer, and eat it out of the computer?"

Zhang Chen kept talking, and Zheng Huihong kept shaking her head. When Zhang Chen finished speaking, she asked:

"Mr. Zhang, when you go to the supermarket to buy something, do you have to open it and taste it before buying it?"

Zhang Chen was stunned for a moment and said, "How can that be opened?"

"Isn't that the same thing? What's the difference between what you see on the supermarket shelves and what you see on the computer?"

Zheng Huihong asked, Zhang Chen was stunned by the question.

"Also, Mr. Zhang, you must have bought clothes for Sister Xiao Zhao before, right?" Zheng Huihong said, "When you buy clothes for Sister Xiao Zhao, do you try them on yourself? Or do you want someone who looks like Sister Xiao Zhao to help you? You try? No, what’s the difference between this and buying clothes online? Besides, if you buy clothes in a store and ask questions, the boss will be annoying you to death if the business is good, right?

"Are you embarrassed to ask more questions yourself? When I go to a big shopping mall to buy things, I don't dare to ask around. I have no choice. People who come from small places are just timid. But on the Internet, no matter how you ask, there is nothing you can ask. Relationship, this experience is different.”

Zhang Chen smiled and said, okay, it makes sense. Zheng Huihong, you are a bit like your teacher Ma now, you are very good at deceiving.

Zheng Huihong also laughed. She said there was no way. The company was developing too fast. New people came every week. I had to train them and give them lessons. I couldn’t tell them how to do it.

"This, Mr. Zhang, online shopping is just a matter of habit. If you don't buy it now, it doesn't mean you won't buy it in the future. You didn't buy books online before, right, so don't you buy them now? And this online shopping, It's addictive. Once you experience the convenience of online shopping, you will never buy things in real life again," Zheng Huihong said.

Zhang Chen remembered that since he bought books at Dangdang Online Bookstore, he had indeed gone to Xinhua Bookstore less often. The main reason for going there was to take him south to north. It is really convenient to buy books online. After placing the order, Wait for them to call and confirm the order, then deliver it to your door a few days later, and you pay the delivery person.

As for the shortcomings, it is that you cannot buy books that you need urgently or want to read immediately, otherwise you will be anxious to death.

"What you said makes sense." Zhang Chen said.

"Furthermore, the biggest advantage of selling things online is that the profit is high. For example, for our clothing, I remember giving agents a 3.6 discount, right? On the Internet, you can get a 12% discount on the direct retail price. , you don’t need to have a store first, and you can sell it directly. If you sell one piece, you can still make two pieces, how cost-effective it is?" Zheng Huihong said.

"Then someone has to buy it." Zhang Chen said.

"Yes, there are a lot of idiots online."

Zheng Huihong blurted out the word "idiot". She was stunned for a moment, stuck out her tongue, and then said:

"Really, Mr. Zhang, just this morning, my colleague put an old camera online, and someone directly ordered it for 200 yuan. Haha, let me tell you, a new camera doesn't even cost 200 yuan."

Zhang Chen stared at Zheng Huihong, and Zheng Huihong asked: "What's wrong, Mr. Zhang?"

Zhang Chen said: "I am that idiot."

Zheng Huihong almost spat out her rice in one mouthful. She quickly turned sideways and smiled so hard that her face hit the table. After she finished laughing, she turned around to look at Zhang Chen and laughed again:

"Why didn't you tell me earlier? If I had known this, I would have brought you the camera. Don't wait until 12 o'clock at night. Wait until next year. No one will sell a camera higher than 200 yuan. Some people are selling brand new ones. , it’s only one hundred and sixteen, didn’t you see?”

"How could I see so many things?" Zhang Chen said with a smile, "I'm in your office now, am I famous for being a fool?"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Zheng Huihong kept nodding.

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