Chapter 136
With the help of his roommates, Meng Dong started promoting the product in the computer room of the university town.
They paid to download the chat software on the desktop of the computer room and explained to the boss how to use it. After using it, the boss of the computer room thought that this software was really good and could add friends from all over China on the Internet.
"It's really amazing. Look, this good friend of mine is from Shenzhen, this one is from Harbin, and this one is from Suzhou. I can't even imagine that I can chat with so many friends from other places in Beijing."
When the boss became interested in the chat software, he would recommend it to his online customers. Word of mouth spread, and thanks to the computer room boss's influence, the number of downloads of Mengdong software increased significantly.
Meng Dong then set his sights on white-collar workers in office buildings.
White-collar workers have high incomes and work with computers, so they will quickly understand the advantages of chat software.
"After our colleagues download it, everyone in the company can chat together? No need to go upstairs and downstairs to find them to sign?"
"That's what I mean!" Meng Dong explained, "People in the same company can open their own chat rooms, add each other as friends, and make pagers."
“Is this software free?”
“It’s free for now!”
Many white-collar workers are very interested in chat software, and using Nintendo's chat software has become a fashion among white-collar workers.
Meng Nan sent messages to Meng Dong several times, but Meng Dong was doing ground promotion.
The download volume of Meng Dong's software was too low. Meng Nan wanted to help her brother, so she discussed the matter with Si Ya.
"We spend money to advertise the software? Don't let Meng Dong know."
Si Ya shook her head, thinking that software advertising was not very useful.
"Sister, think about it. This is not like your sanitary napkin commercial. After the commercial aired, people could go to the store and buy sanitary napkins. Most people these days don't have computers. Even if they are interested in software, they don't have the conditions to operate it. Besides, people who watch TV are not the target customers of software."
Meng Nan thought she had a point. "Using chat software is a trend. We need to target these young people who like to follow the trend."
Si Ya touched her chin and said, "How about I write a novel to promote Panda Chat?"
"What a great idea! You write an online love story. The heroine meets the hero through a chat app, and the story goes from the internet to reality. With your fame, once you finish writing it, it will sell millions of copies! By then, at least a million people will know about Sanwa's software, and if one person tells ten people, ten people tell a hundred people, that's about 100 million people will know about it! Sanwa's download volume is guaranteed!"
Si Ya thinks her sister’s math skills are really good!
Meng Nan stroked his chin again: "How can I help promote my sanitary napkins? Can I print chat software on the sanitary napkin packaging?"
"Don't force yourself, just watch me!"
Si Ya took out a piece of paper and started writing. She had long wanted to write a novel in which the hero and heroine became pen pals.
However, there are many such literary works in the Chinese market, so she has never started writing.
Meng Nan's words reminded her that she could just rely on the chat software.
The heroine met a boy named "Fei Yang" on a chat app. They fell in love and agreed to meet in Shanghai. They watched movies together, drank Coke and ate French fries together, and ran and walked in the rain. They had a happy time together, but who would have thought that after they parted, Fei Yang's profile picture would never light up again. The heroine flew to Fei Yang's city, only to learn that Fei Yang had passed away three days ago.
Such a heartbreaking story, written by the pioneer of romance novels, Si Ya, has an indescribable tragic romance.
After reading it, Meng Nan burst into tears, "Why did he die? Can't you write a happy ending?"
"No, regret is also a kind of beauty."
Meng Nan couldn't help but sigh that with a computer, typing speed is much faster.
In the past, Si Ya's novels were all written on paper, and it would take several months to write a book.
Now, Si Ya can write a novel of 100,000 words in a month.
"I have to say, your novel is the best promotion for Sanwa Chat App."
Si Ya handed the novel to the publishing house, and the publishing house arranged for printing as soon as possible.
Si Ya also inserted a leaflet in the book to introduce how to download the chat software.
"Sister, do you think this novel can be adapted into a TV series?"
"Sure! You can also make movies! I told my grandma a few days ago that if you become a screenwriter and director, you will definitely be no worse than others."
"Yes, online romance is a very new topic. Bringing this story to the big screen will surely create a whirlwind of online chatting among young people."
After the novel of the young talented writer Si Ya was released, it quickly became a best-selling item in major bookstores. Students rushed to pass it around, bookstores quickly arranged for borrowing, and pirated copies were also sold on major street stalls. In just less than a month, more than 400,000 copies were sold.
The publishing house sent Si Ya a few sample books. Zhen Zhen took one and sat on the rocking chair, reading in the sun.
The first part was hilarious, but the second part was hilarious, and I burst into tears at the end.
Zhen Zhen went to find Si Ya crying, "Why didn't you tell grandma that this was a tragedy? Uh, uh, uh, can't you write a happy ending?"
Si Ya looked at her grandmother who was reading romance novels, and consoled her with a smile:
"Grandma, love doesn't last forever."
"Bullshit! If you love each other, you should be together. I don't care. I feel bad seeing this."
"Okay, okay, it's not sad anymore! The next book will definitely have a happy ending, okay?"
Zhen Zhen thinks that the novel is suitable for making a movie. With her support, Si Ya begins to work on the script and goes to Beijing to look for actors. She plans to finish the project within half a year and have the movie released on Valentine's Day next year.
When Zhen Zhen heard about the BE movie on Valentine's Day, he said that Si Ya was a bad person.
After Si Ya's book came out on the market, the biggest beneficiary was San Wa's software.
Many fans of the book had never heard of this chat software. After downloading it in the computer room, they found that this software is really like what is described in the novel, and can make friends from all over the world.
The software quickly became popular among young people, and many people immediately started to think:
"Do you have a Panda number? Add me one!"
"What, you don't know what a Panda is? Shrimp, you're out of date!"
"Who still goes to chat rooms? We young people have our own software, which is the Panda account used by Feiyang. After downloading it, we can chat."
"The Panda can also send pages. Anyone who uses it knows it."
With the joint efforts of Sanwa and Siya, Panda became gradually popular.
In early 1995, the number of downloads of Panda Phone exceeded one million, becoming a phenomenal product of the year.
Sanwa's company also recruited more than 30 employees and initially established its own team.
At the beginning of the year, Panda Account was upgraded again and launched the online dressing function in cooperation with Focus Women's Wear.
Online dress-up is to design the focus women's clothes into comic Q version images.
If you are a girl with short hair, you can buy long golden hair, a waist-hugging polka-dot maxi skirt, high heels, and sunglasses!
These items are all new products of Focus Women's Wear, and are launched simultaneously with the chain clothing stores.
In this way, users of Focus Women's Wear and Panda Account can convert to each other, killing two birds with one stone.
Nowadays, many netizens are well-educated office ladies. They are real high-quality customers and the target group of Focus Women's Wear.
Just like that, Focus Women's Wear reached its peak in daily sales.
In early 1995, due to macroeconomic regulation in China's market, many companies had poor profitability and their annual reports were disappointing.
Under such market conditions, Focus Women's Wear's profit growth rate reached 30%, a figure that successfully attracted the attention of investors.
Focus Group plans to go public in Hong Kong, and Jiao Huilan and Meng Daguo plan to go to Hong Kong.
Nowadays, there are not many mainland companies listed in Hong Kong, and even if there are, they are all red chip stocks.
Focus Women's Wear is the first private enterprise to be listed.
Neither Meng Daguo nor Jiao Huilan could control the situation, especially Jiao Huilan. She was very anxious and afraid that she would mess things up.
It was late at night and Zhen Zhen woke up in a daze, and saw a woman with disheveled hair sitting beside her bed, staring at her with pity on her face.
Zhen Zhen was almost frightened to death. He looked carefully and asked:
"Huilan?"
"Mom, are you scared?"
Jiao Huilan put a down jacket on her mother-in-law to make her more comfortable. She also filled an infusion bottle with hot water and wrapped her hands with soft cotton cloth to keep them warm.
Zhen Zhen laughed and said:
"It's the middle of the night, why aren't you sleeping? Is it about the launch of Focus Women's Wear?"
Jiao Huilan nodded honestly, "Mom, I've never participated in such an event before, and I'm afraid I won't do well."
Zhen Zhen smiled. Jiao Huilan has been making progress over the years.
After work every day, she would study late into the night. If she didn't know how to design clothes, she would go and learn it. If she didn't know how to manage a company, she would go and learn management. If she didn't understand the ins and outs of going public, she would go and ask the CEOs of listed companies for advice.
She already possesses the qualities of a successful grassroots entrepreneur.
Zhen Zhen recalled that more than 20 years ago, when she had just traveled through time, Jiao Huilan was still a bullied young wife who took pregnancy-preserving pills in order to have a boy. She was timid all day long, and her eyes were full of flattery and lack of confidence.
Today, Jiao Huilan walks with a breeze and looks at people with a firm brow, which is very different from before.
This daughter-in-law was brought up by Zhen Zhen, and she looked at Jiao Huilan with admiration, just like she was appreciating her own work.
"Huilan, you have to have confidence in yourself. You are already very good to be able to fight your way out of a group of male bosses and carve out a niche for yourself!"
"Mom, I don't know how to lead a public company."
"How many years have we been in reform and opening up? How many domestic companies are listed? Many times, you don't have to understand before you can move forward. You can learn as you go, and if you go the wrong way, we can adjust. It's no big deal."
The weather was cold and Jiao Huilan was shivering all over. Zhen Zhen opened the quilt and let Jiao Huilan in.
Jiao Huilan crawled into her mother-in-law's quilt and put her hand on the thermos. Only then did she feel the warmth flowing through her palms and into every part of her body.
"Mom, there will be many leaders from Hong Kong to receive us tomorrow. I heard that the Hong Kong Stock Exchange is fully computerized, and all the employees are graduates from prestigious universities and like to speak English. I don't have a high level of education, my English is not good, and I come from a rural background. If I don't understand what they say, I will be laughed at, right?"
Zhen Zhen understands Jiao Huilan's inferiority complex. Rather than saying that she is inferior because of her academic qualifications, it is better to say that she is inferior because of the social values that have tamed her.
She is already very good, but she is not fully awake yet.
Zhen Zhen said earnestly:
"Huilan, I can't follow you forever. This time I'm not following you so that you can be truly independent."
"Mom?" Jiao Huilan understood her mother-in-law's good intentions, but she was like a child tied to her mother-in-law. If she left the womb, the uneasiness in her heart would instantly magnify.
"If someone has a higher education than you or speaks better English than you, you can sincerely praise and admire them, but you don't have to look down on yourself. You have your strengths. You are kind, gentle, tolerant, and willing to endure hardships. For someone like you, others can't even admire you enough, so how can they look down on you?"
"Can……"
"Do you intend to live with low self-esteem for the rest of your life?"
Jiao Huilan seemed to be thinking about something.
"Listen to your mother and bring some nice clothes to Hong Kong. On the day you go to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, wear a red waist suit, black high heels, let your hair down with half curls, and put on some light makeup. When someone talks to you, answer as best you can. It doesn't matter if you don't know how to answer, as long as you are neither humble nor arrogant. As long as you don't look flattering, others won't dare to look down on you."
A sense of pleasing others? Jiao Huilan finally understood that she was often bullied and looked down upon by male bosses in the business world because she had a sense of pleasing others.
She wants everyone to like her and praise her.
She hopes her male boss will take her seriously.
Unconsciously, she tried to please everyone except herself.
Jiao Huilan finally found the crux of the problem and felt relieved.
She crawled into the quilt, and the heat and light fragrance from the quilt hit her, and she felt sleepy instantly.
Jiao Huilan said vaguely:
"Thank you, Mom. I know what to do. I will hold my head high and praise myself in my heart."
"Well, you are a good and obedient child."
Zhen Zhen covered her with the quilt and crawled into the quilt himself.
It was the first time she slept in the same bed with Jiao Huilan. Maybe she really treated Jiao Huilan as a family member, or maybe she had slept with children too much, so she didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
She slept all night and got up the next day to match several sets of clothes for Jiao Huilan.
She has a good taste. From accessories to shoes to clothes, the clothes she matches are both stylish and dignified. When she goes out, she looks like she is going to a fashion show.
Even though Jiao Huilan is the boss of a clothing company, she can't help but admire her mother-in-law's good vision.
How is this not considered family support?
Jiao Huilan felt more confident, and she smiled as bright as the sun:
"Mom, please wait for my good news."
"good!"
Meng Daguo was influenced by his mother and felt that this trip to Hong Kong was no different from an ordinary business trip.
Meng Nan was quite worried, "Grandma, can my mother make it? I think she really needs you!"
"Don't worry, your mother is not the same mother she was twenty years ago, so why not?" Zhen Zhen was full of confidence.
Meng Nan nodded and talked to Zhen Zhen about making pads.
Two years ago, protective pad products appeared on the Chinese market. Foreign brand protective pads were well made and had strong water absorption, but they were not very suitable for the Chinese people's physique.
Anleshui has recently developed new products, and Meng Nan wants to develop several types of cushions.
The water absorption capacity of the pad is not as good as that of sanitary napkins, but it is thin and breathable, suitable for when the menstrual flow is light, and also suitable for when the secretion is heavy before and after the period.
"Some of our customers have told us that they need scented sanitary napkins and pads, but scent can easily cause allergies. Our R&D team is currently researching to see if we can overcome this problem."
Zhen Zhen nodded, "If the fragrance is not okay, then what about the Chinese medicine pads? They can be divided into scented and unscented types, so that customers can choose for themselves. Customers who are prone to allergies will definitely not choose scented ones."
"Okay, grandma, I got your suggestion."
Mannon also wants to print some safety tips comics on the back of the pads.
Let women know that they can learn more about physiology when they buy pads.
This year, many small houses have been built on the roadside of Xinyao County, with colorful signs hanging on the doors. These signs are similar, all of which have the words "XX woolen sweater" written on them.
With the success of local sheep farming, Xinyao County has gained a national reputation for both its wool and woolen sweaters.
Xu Weilai discussed with Zhen Zhen that the county wanted to set up a wool trading market.
"Ordinary people put trolleys outside their homes to sell wool sweaters, but the market is not big enough. The county has decided to set up a unified wool market, and the county will promote it to the outside world to attract tourists from other places to come and buy goods. In this way, all the people in the county can benefit."
"You are truly a good official who works hard for the people."
Xu Wei was embarrassed by her praise. "I have to thank you for suggesting that Xinyao raise sheep. This year, every family can earn thousands of dollars by selling sheep wool! Some large families can earn tens of thousands! Hundreds of thousands!"
Zhen Zhen thinks it's good that everyone can make money.
Otherwise, the Meng family would be the only one in power, while others would not be able to make ends meet, and others would only be jealous of them.
If the people have no food to eat, society will be unstable and there will be many cases of robbery and kidnapping.
Now that everyone is making money, who has time to do something illegal?
Therefore, the public security in Xinyao County in recent years is also the best among nearby cities.
Xu Wei suddenly hesitated to speak, Zhen Zhen glanced at him, "What's wrong?"
"I have some news, but I can't reveal it yet. It's just a possibility."
Zhen Zhen thought about it for a moment and understood what he meant.
"Is that really possible?"
Xu Wei nodded, "It will be next year or the year after next."
"Congratulations, then."
When Meng Nan came in, he heard the two men talking in a daze and felt confused.
"Grandma, my mom called and said that Focus Women's Wear was successfully listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange! Hong Kong people responded enthusiastically, and the subscription rate exceeded 100 times! The stock price has been rising again and again, and it has increased by nearly 30% compared to the issue price."
Xu Wei congratulated Zhen Zhen in return, "Old sister, you are such a lucky star! Whether it's Xinyao County or our farmers, you Meng family, as long as you have something to do with them, life will definitely be better!"
That evening, the launch of the Focus women's clothing was reported on CCTV's news broadcast.
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