In a market economy, the quality of a product's value for money can be judged through consumers' purchasing experience. However, once public power intervenes and products form a monopoly, it becomes difficult to determine their quality.
There is a paradox here.
Good wine needs no bush, but good wine also needs a good bush.
Good wine needs people to appreciate it. If a winery remains unknown for too long due to its remote location, it may go out of business. If you advertise good wine, you won't have to worry about it being in a remote location. However, advertising costs will cause the price of the wine to rise, losing the support of its cost-effectiveness. In that case, the good wine may no longer be the good wine in the previous sense.
Cost theory applies universally in the business world.
Placing such a machine in the school, and possibly more than one, and then having the school implement a rule prohibiting snacks, is no cheap solution.
With high costs, affordable prices, and the fact that the product is genuine, how does Master Liu make a profit?
"I suddenly remembered that I left something in the dorm, so I'll go back to the dorm first."
"ah?"
Zhou Mi was completely taken aback when Li Lechen turned to go downstairs.
"Ah! I also left something in the dorm."
The person who said the same thing as Li Lechen was Liu Yu, who was following behind them. Just as Li Lechen turned to go downstairs, he also stopped and muttered to himself.
Li Lechen had no idea when Liu Yu had caught up with him. When he turned around, he was startled.
"Sorry, I just went upstairs while you were looking at this machine so intently." Liu Yu explained frankly, and then unabashedly started inserting an advertisement, "This machine is made by our family's beverage factory. It makes freshly squeezed orange juice. It tastes pretty good, doesn't it?"
"......"
"It's just okay, a bit bitter, and the taste is rather bland. Plus, there's too much of it, so it's not good value for money."
Because Li Lechen was preoccupied with something, he didn't respond to Liu Yu's words for a moment. Zhou Mi, on the other hand, who hadn't commented on the orange juice before, suddenly listed three or four problems in one sentence.
However, Liu Yu was not annoyed and calmly asked, "You probably haven't had freshly squeezed orange juice before, have you? Only diluted orange juice is sweet and rich. As for the amount, three oranges are just enough to meet a person's daily vitamin C requirement. If you stick to it, it can help fight off colds and also beautify your skin."
With the phrase "It can also beautify and nourish the skin," Zhou Mi had no chance to refute it. Besides, this was indeed the first time Zhou Mi had ever drunk freshly squeezed orange juice in her life.
After explaining, Liu Yu didn't stand on ceremony and said directly to Li Lechen, "Let's go back to the dormitory together."
Li Lechen really disliked Liu Yu; he was like a leech and also cunning. But since they were now sharing a dorm room, and he had just said he was going back to his dorm, he couldn't possibly change his mind immediately.
It seems we can only wait and see.
So Zhou Mi went to the classroom, while Li Lechen and Liu Yu headed to the dormitory.
The two remained silent the entire way. Li Lechen kept a distance of more than a meter from Liu Yu, while Liu Yu made no attempt to hide his constant staring at Li Lechen.
Feeling uncomfortable being watched while eating, but not wanting to talk to him, Li Lechen could only awkwardly walk along, holding the orange juice in one hand and the now-invisible cherry tomato in the other.
However, Liu Yu, who was already suspicious, noticed something amiss with this strange way of walking and swinging his arms. When they arrived at the dormitory building, Liu Yu quickly walked up to the dormitory supervisor and said, "Auntie, do I have a package? Liu Yu from room 403."
The dormitory manager checked the register and found that there was indeed one, which was a rather large package. He then took it out and handed it to Liu Yu.
The process was so quick that Li Lechen, who thought he could shake off Liu Yu, was caught up by him in just a few steps.
The two continued upstairs in silence.
If it was normal for Li Lechen to hold an orange juice in one hand and have the other hand hanging stiffly at his sides while walking on flat ground, then it was very abnormal for that hand to still be hanging stiffly at his sides while going upstairs.
Li Lechen was still oblivious, because he was preoccupied with finding a reason to dump Liu Yu, and he still needed to go to the mall to buy a super-powerful food purifier.
“My dear master…”
The smart assistant noticed the situation because there were very strong brainwaves surrounding Li Lechen at that moment. This level of attention meant that it was no longer just about going back to the dormitory together.
Li Lechen was taken aback and subconsciously slowed his pace.
"Master, I have detected that the brainwaves monitoring you have reached an extremely high density. This means that even your slightest movement is being observed. Big data analysis indicates that this situation is a sign that a dangerous event is about to occur. Please take this seriously."
"......"
Now that Liu Yu is the only person around me, why is he so concerned about what I want to do?
Immediately, Li Lechen realized why his arm was stiff from carrying the bag of invisible cherry tomatoes.
The two were about to reach the fourth floor, and after that, they would be at the dormitory entrance.
Looking at Liu Yu, he was carrying a huge package that had just been received, almost up to his nose. It seemed very heavy, and he probably wouldn't be able to take out his keys to open the door.
Oh no! It's not that he can't take out his key to open the door, it's that he absolutely will not take out his key to open the door.
But the problem is that neither of my hands was idle either.
It's not that I can't pass the keys to someone to free up some space, but since Liu Yu is watching me closely, any movement of passing the keys will definitely be discovered, and then I'll inevitably be questioned thoroughly.
Compared to Zhou Mi's purely curious and inquisitive approach, Liu Yu's inquisitiveness was clearly more dangerous.
It seems it's time to test their acting skills.
Continue to slow down.
At the same time, Liu Yu also noticed and slowed down as well.
Li Lechen appeared deep in thought, clearly preoccupied.
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