Perhaps they were really bored, so without any hesitation, Comrade Lao Du and his friends decided to go on a trip without any hesitation. This initiative made the young Du Chen feel ashamed of himself.
"Mom and Dad, you guys go out and play, what about me?"
Should this be the case? Du Chen asked before Comrade Lao Du and his companions left.
"You can stay at home if you want, or go out and play if you want. You're already such a grown-up, why do you still need to ask us?"
Comrade Lao Du hurried out and said this to Du Chen before leaving.
“…”
Du Chen blinked and suddenly felt very bored.
"Ring, ring, ring..."
At this time, the cell phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Brother Chen, it's me, what the hell!"
There was a sound of Xiami from the other end of the line.
"What's wrong?"
Du Chen continued to lean on the sofa and asked lazily.
"Brother Chen, are you busy? Come out for lunch!"
"Sure, no problem!"
Du Chen agreed without thinking. He had nothing to do anyway, and there was no one at home. He had no idea where to have lunch, so it would be great if someone could treat him to a meal.
"Okay, Brother Chen, see you at noon!"
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"Brother Chen, hurry up and sit down, we're waiting for you!"
At noon, Du Chen arrived at the appointment on time.
"Xiami, Brother Li, good afternoon!"
Du Chen greeted the two of them with a smile.
"Why did you remember to invite me to dinner?"
Du Chen asked Li Dewen and Xiami as soon as he sat down.
Now Li Dewen and Xiami have let themselves go. They don't have to worry about the company and spend their days either fishing or drinking tea. Although they are not much older than Du Chen, their hobbies are gradually becoming similar to those of Lao Du and Lao Ding. The demeanor of the blind drifters at the drinking table in the past is no longer there.
"Isn't this just idle time..."
"Isn't this because I'm afraid you'll be lonely..."
The two gave completely different answers.
Li Dewen and Xiami looked at each other, their eyes wide open.
Du Chen didn't say anything, just looked at the two of them with a smile. It was obvious that the two of them were hiding something from him.
"Okay, I'll tell you!"
Li Dewen sighed. It was his own fault for letting the secret slip.
"I had nothing to do this morning, so I called Du Ge and Ding Ge to ask them to go fishing. But your dad said they were going on a trip, and then I asked about you. Your dad said they were the only adults going. I thought, you're the only one left, and I was worried you'd be bored, so I called you to ask you out for dinner."
Li Dewen explained directly to Du Chen.
"You scared me! I thought you had something to ask me!"
Du Chen was relieved after hearing Li Dewen's explanation. The main reason was that Li Dewen and Xiami usually wouldn't ask him out unless there was something important. The most important thing was that he had no interest in fishing or drinking tea, so they usually wouldn't ask him out.
"Actually, there's still something I need to discuss with you."
Xiami thought about it and then spoke.
"What's going on? The company's?"
Du Chen took a sip of Jianlibao, then frowned and asked Xiami, after so many years, his taste has not changed, and he still likes Jianlibao so much. Although the current Jianlibao is different from what he drank when he was a child, he still loves this brand very much.
"Well, it's a problem with the agent in Beijing."
"What's the problem?"
Hearing about his cash bag, Du Chen was also a little worried.
"The main reason is that the competition is too fierce now. More and more people are joining this industry, and now our business is really affected."
“Have the number of properties decreased?”
Du Chen asked directly.
"Well, it's much less than before. Fortunately, after your reminder, we are still working as a new home sales team, so the impact is not big. But if the situation continues like this, I'm afraid the impact will become greater in the future."
Xiami expressed his concerns. Although the current changes in the situation are still within their acceptable range, he is still worried about future changes.
"What about the sales team for the new house? How is it doing?"
Du Chen paused, then asked what was going on.
"New home sales haven't been affected much, but at the moment, there haven't been many changes. Developers nowadays all have their own sales teams, and there aren't many people like us who hire external sales teams, so the business has been stagnant."
Speaking of this, Xiami couldn't help but feel a little headache.
Du Chen thought about it for a while, wondering whether he should try the Internet channel.
"How about it, Brother Chen, do you have any good ideas?"
"Yeah, Du Chen, do you have any good ideas?"
Li Dewen also looked at Du Chen hopefully.
"I have an idea now, that the initial investment will be a bit large, and there is no guarantee of the later results."
Du Chen couldn't help but feel a little confused. Although he was quite rich now, he was nothing compared to real capital. Moreover, in the field of the Internet, he hadn't heard of many people who invested their own money. Most of them found venture capital and then passed the parcel to see whether it would burst out in the end.
"Du Chen, what's the solution? Tell me!"
Li Dewen has a mysterious confidence in Du Chen. He believes that Du Chen will always come up with a good idea.
"That's right, Brother Chen, please tell us about it and let's discuss it together!"
Xiami was also looking at Du Chen expectantly.
"That's right. Aren't there a lot of real estate agents these days? Everyone's vying for client resources, right?"
“Yeah, that’s right!”
"What about the fees everyone charges?"
"Originally, you were taking a cut of both ends, charging fees to both the buyer and seller. Then you suggested charging only the seller, which worked well for a while. Now everyone's following your lead, and it's becoming difficult again!"
Xiami said to Du Chen in distress.
"Fundamentally, the reason is that we're not well-known enough. Many sellers won't come to us directly! They still don't trust us!"
"Yes, that's one aspect. Do we also need to advertise?"
Xiami thought about it and admitted that what Du Chen said made sense.
"Advertising is only one aspect, but if you can advertise, so can everyone else. The barrier to entry is too low! Also, we don't have many properties available, so buyers have fewer options to choose from, and people are more willing to shop around!"
"That's right, so what should we do?"
"Internet! We can build our own website and create a database. We can input all the properties we have in Beijing into the database. Then we can give everyone more choices. Our offline team will also need to continue to market and get more sellers to add their properties to our database! Most importantly, this data is completely free! No fees!"
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