The cold noodles coated in sesame sauce are chewy and bouncy. Paired with gluten chunks and cucumber shreds, one bite made the starving Lin Yifeng feel that life is just like this.
"Boss, do you have Coca-Cola?"
Eating liangpi (cold skin noodles) without a drink always feels like something's missing.
After shouting "bastard boss" all day, Lin Yifeng decided to splurge and ask for a bottle of Coca-Cola, which is considered "affordable luxury" in this era.
"Yes, in bottles or cans?"
"Do you have bottled ones, chilled ones?"
Bottled Coke costs 1.5 yuan, and canned Coke costs 3 yuan. In this day and age, most people can't afford canned Coke.
"have!"
The shopkeeper handed over a bottle of chilled cola. Lin Yifeng opened it and asked Ye Yuqing, who was sitting opposite him, "Would you like a cola?"
"No!"
Ye Yuqing shook her head, paused for a few seconds, and then added, "I don't like using foreign products."
"profound!"
Lin Yifeng responded to Ye Yuqing's question with Ye Yuqing's habitual reply. He did not ask why, but simply called out to the shopkeeper again, "Boss, what other drinks do you have here?"
"There's Tianfu Cola, Wu Zheng Soda, Wahaha, and Jianlibao."
The shopkeeper named four different drinks in a row, which surprised Lin Yifeng slightly.
Wahaha and Jianlibao are very common in later generations, but Tianfu Cola and Wu Zheng Soda surprised Lin Yifeng a little.
Wu Zheng Soft Drinks is a local company. It is not a large company, and its beverages are mainly sold locally. More than 30 years later, Lin Yifeng can still often see Wu Zheng Soft Drinks in stores.
And Tianfu Cola...
Lin Yifeng sighed deeply when he thought about the state of Tianfu Cola.
In 1992, the domestic brand Tianfu Cola was extremely successful. It not only stood on equal footing with Pepsi and Coca-Cola in China, but it was also exported to Sakura and the United States, the home of Coca-Cola.
In 1992, the brands Wahaha and Jianlibao were far inferior to Tianfu Cola.
But this domestically produced cola was acquired by PepsiCo two years later, and was quietly strangled by PepsiCo.
Although more than 20 years later, Tianfu Cola regained its brand from Pepsi, by then Tianfu Cola had long since lost its place in the cola market.
"Tianfu Cola, what a pity..."
Lin Yifeng shook his head and asked Ye Yuqing, who was eating cold noodles, "Do you want Tianfu Cola? It's a domestic brand."
"Um."
Would you mind if I shared a drink with you?
"I don't mind."
Tianfu Cola has a refreshing taste with a slight sweetness, and it's not as stimulating as Coca-Cola after a sip.
"The taste is completely different from Coca-Cola and Pepsi, but it's surprisingly delicious."
"To be able to stand alongside Coca-Cola and Pepsi in this era, they truly have the strength."
Lin Yifeng savored the Tianfu Cola, and some ideas began to form in his mind.
"Tianfu Cola will be acquired by Pepsi in two years. Make a note of this and see if there is any room for maneuver in two years."
Lin Yifeng didn't have much capital left, so he could only make a note of the matter.
...
The meal was paid for by Veronica Yip.
Lam Yat-fung was supposed to pay, but Yip Yuk-hing said she came to learn from Lam Yat-fung how to rip off foreigners, and as an apprentice, how could she let her master treat her to a meal?
Seeing that he couldn't avoid the topic of ripping off foreigners, Lin Yifeng could only sigh.
"Do you really want to learn?"
"think!"
Veronica Yip's eyes were very serious; she was afraid that Lam Yat-fung would just brush her off again, so she emphasized very earnestly:
"If you don't teach me, I'll cause trouble. I'll tell those foreigners that you're ripping them off!"
"Hiss~~~"
"Teaching is a must, but I have one request!"
Lin Yifeng didn't mince words: "As you know, doing business inevitably involves encountering things like tonight, so I need your armed protection!"
"make a deal!"
For Veronica Yip, as long as she can scam foreigners, everything else is a minor matter.
She readily agreed to protect Lin Yifeng.
"Okay, then I'll start with the simplest one."
"Get on the tricycle!"
Lin Yifeng got on his tricycle and started his journey back to Hebei Vocational University.
How to rip off foreigners.
Lin Yifeng is very qualified to speak on this matter.
In his previous life, he was able to amass a fortune of hundreds of millions in a foreign land, which naturally involved some underhanded methods.
After his rebirth, Lin Yifeng, now holding a trump card, would certainly no longer resort to underhanded methods. Even though his first pot of gold was supposedly earned by swindling foreigners, it was actually just legitimate business.
The fact that a Jianzhan teacup that costs one cent is sold for $2 to $9.90 is a matter of mutual consent; Lin Yifeng didn't force foreigners to pay $2 in protection money when they passed by his stall.
"So, your grandfather's judgment was wrong."
“I’m doing business legitimately.”
Lin Yifeng first explained that he hadn't actually cheated the foreigners, but after hearing Lin Yifeng's explanation, Ye Yuqing's eyes were as bright as the moon:
"You sell a Jianzhan teacup worth 1 cent to a foreigner for 55 yuan. Isn't that ripping off a foreigner?"
"What kind of trap is this? If I really wanted to rip off a foreigner, I could have cut their kidneys off!"
With a smile on his face, Lin Yifeng explained in a low voice the scams such as "honey trap", "seeking a child with a large sum of money" and "high salary in northern Myanmar".
"You have so many ways to scam people?"
Ye Yuqing was shocked. She never expected that such a seemingly sunny and righteous young man would be so treacherous inside.
"Let me tell you, these are the most basic and least technically sophisticated methods."
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