As soon as Eldest Uncle heard this, he also got anxious and started scolding over the phone:
"This bastard, this ungrateful wretch, he's truly despicable!"
"Second Brother, don't sleep tonight, let's go find him now and break his legs!"
Third Uncle was constantly hiding from debts, without a fixed residence, but Eldest Uncle and the others knew a few places he frequented.
Moreover, Third Uncle had just ransacked Grandpa's house a few days ago, indicating he hadn't run far.
It was really possible to find him!
"Okay, Eldest Brother, we'll go find him! It's bad enough that Third Brother has harmed us two, but he's also harming Mom and Dad, we must teach him a lesson!"
With that, Wang Qingzhi was about to leave.
Wang Yi quickly stopped him:
"Dad, it's late at night, where are you going? It's already ten o'clock!"
"Xiao Yi, your Third Uncle's matter must be dealt with!"
Wang Qingzhi said with a serious expression.
Wang Yi had never seen Wang Qingzhi so angry; it could only be said that Third Uncle's actions were so detrimental to his father that they touched his dad's bottom line.
"Deal with it, yes, but not in this way."
Wang Yi sighed:
"Dad, even if you and Eldest Uncle search all night and find him, what then? Really break his legs? Then wouldn't the two of you have to take care of him every day? Not go to work?"
"I..."
Wang Qingzhi fell silent.
"You don't have time to take care of him, so you'll let Grandpa and Grandma take care of him?"
"This..."
He was just furious, but now Wang Qingzhi calmed down.
Eldest Uncle on the phone also understood:
"Xiao Yi, you're right, but if this continues, it's not a solution! Third Brother will harm your Grandpa and Grandma again. They are so old, and your dad and I both have to work, we can't go back and watch over them every day."
"It's alright, Eldest Uncle, you can just go back and visit them more often when you have time. As for Third Uncle, I'll handle him. I estimate he'll come looking for me soon, so don't worry." Wang Yi said.
"This..."
Eldest Uncle was a little worried:
"Xiao Yi, if he comes looking for you, he'll cause you a lot of trouble too. Your career has just started, don't let him ruin it. What do you plan to do?"
Wang Yi didn't hide anything:
"Isn't Third Uncle after money? I'm planning to expand international business next, let Third Uncle go explore the African market!"
A moment of silence followed on the phone.
Wang Yi spoke euphemistically, but Eldest Uncle understood.
Explore the African market? He might be sent out and never return!
If it were before, Eldest Uncle and Dad would have been soft-hearted and wouldn't have wanted to do this, after all, they were brothers, blood is thicker than water.
But now, Third Uncle had even scammed their parents, so the two of them were no longer soft-hearted.
Otherwise, their parents would have their lifespans shortened out of anger!
Given the current situation, sending Third Brother abroad was undoubtedly better.
Unexpectedly, Eldest Uncle suddenly became serious:
"That's a bad idea, Xiao Yi, don't ever bring it up again!"
Wang Yi: "..."
"Don't worry about this, Eldest Uncle will handle it. I'll think of a better way, you all don't have to worry!"
With that, Eldest Uncle directly hung up the phone.
Wang Yi and Wang Qingzhi exchanged glances, both a little puzzled.
Both of them thought Eldest Uncle would agree to this idea, but unexpectedly, he opposed it.
"Xiao Yi..."
Wang Qingzhi didn't know what to say either.
As an older brother, Eldest Uncle had always taken great care of Wang Qingzhi since childhood, and Wang Qingzhi also highly respected him.
"It's alright, Dad, tomorrow I have to go to Panda Province, we'll talk about other things when I get back. If Eldest Uncle can come up with a better solution, that's fine too. As for Grandpa, I'll have Song Yang and the others look after him more."
"Okay. When I have time, I'll also go back and visit more often."
Wang Qingzhi nodded, then frowned:
"Wait, my car is still at your company, it's inconvenient to go back!"
He had two cars, one Mercedes V-Class that Wang Yi drove and was smashed.
The other one was driven by Wang Yi to the Great East Suburb and wasn't driven back.
This son is a bit too filial!
Wang Yi: "..."
"It's alright, Dad, I'm on a business trip recently, you drive my car!"
Wang Yi took out the Porsche car key.
Wang Qingzhi shook his head:
"Forget it, your car is too high-profile, I'm not used to driving it. If my leaders see it, and it's better than their cars, someone might try to make things difficult for me!"
People, ah, all hope others live well, but don't want them to live better than themselves!
Jealousy is truly terrifying.
Especially in small state-owned enterprises in county towns, there are too, too many taboos.
No wonder the Mercedes V-Class was parked downstairs before, and Wang Qingzhi didn't drive it, but sold it instead!
"My own Santana is more comfortable to drive."
"Okay, Dad, I'll arrange someone to drive it back for you."
"Good!"
Then, Wang Yi called Wei Ming:
"Director Wei, the next time you return to the county town, could you please drive my Santana back for me?"
"Okay, boss, now I don't have to take the bus!"
Wei Ming beamed with joy.
Before knowing Wang Yi, Wei Ming was just a small manager.
He earned three thousand a month and was owed half a year's salary by Yin Zhixing, almost unable to make ends meet, and couldn't afford a car at all.
After meeting Wang Yi, he was promoted and given important responsibilities, now he's the factory director, his salary has gone up, and buying a car is just a matter of time.
Of course, if he saved money for buying a house in the city, that would be another story.
"However, the company should also acquire a few cars, so executives can save their money for buying houses!"
Wang Yi thought to himself, also hoping that the people who followed him would live better.
"Then next month, based on this month's performance review, high-performing executives will each get a car, which also counts as an incentive!"
With incentives comes motivation, those executives with poor performance and no outstanding contributions can only watch, and then they'll be motivated next month!
Wang Yi's actions were clear in reward and punishment!
After washing up, Wang Yi returned to his room and opened his laptop.
At ten o'clock this morning, the new Meiyou lipstick shades were launched and became a complete sell-out.
Wang Yi looked at the data: a total of 200,000 new Meiyou lipstick shades were sold, with revenue exceeding 20 million!
Why so little?
Because they were out of stock!
The first batch had a total of 200,000 units in stock, and Wang Yi thought it would definitely be enough to sell for three to five days without a problem.
But who would have thought that in less than a day, or to be precise, less than six hours, all 200,000 new shades were sold out!
Not even the gift sets were left.
Song Sining, startled, rushed to Xinya Lipstick Factory to supervise production.
Fortunately, Xinya Lipstick Factory still had 100,000 newly manufactured units, which could help for a while longer.
Coupled with the hot sales of other categories and the lingering impact of trending topics, Meiyou's revenue surged again today, with profits exceeding 30 million!
The number of new users also exceeded 900,000!
At this rate, the starting capital for making phones was getting much closer.
Wang Yi called Song Sining:
"Sining, how's the production capacity at Xinya Lipstick Factory currently?"
"Boss, all existing production lines are being used to produce new shades, reaching 50,000 units per day. The newly added production lines are still being debugged and will officially go into production in a few days, at which point capacity can reach 100,000 units per day!"
"Good, how much stock is currently available?"
"Currently, there are only 100,000 units, and another 50,000 units can be produced tomorrow. Should we continue selling tomorrow?"
Wang Yi shook his head:
"We won't sell tomorrow. We'll continue to open for pre-orders tomorrow, and then resume sales the day after tomorrow at ten in the morning, releasing another 200,000 units!"
"Boss, is this a hunger marketing strategy?"
Wang Yi smiled:
"That's part of the consideration, but we genuinely have insufficient capacity. We have no choice but to do this."
Wang Yi remembered that when Xiaomi first launched, they always did this, and everyone had to scramble to buy.
Each time, two or three hundred thousand phones would be released for pre-order and snatched up in minutes...
Back then, he tried to get a Xiaomi 2 several times but failed!
He then bought the more expensive Meizu MX2.
But the MX2 was also just launched, and Wang Yi waited a long time for it to ship...
At that time, high-value-for-money phones were all highly sought after and in short supply.
These past few years were the transition period between smartphones and feature phones; hundreds of millions of Nokia users, feature phone users, and counterfeit phone users in China were all waiting to switch to smartphones.
To put it plainly, these years were the worst era for smartphones, but also the best era for the market!
As long as the price-performance ratio was high, whether it was 1999, 2499, or even 2999, whatever stock was available, sold!
The market was severely undersupplied.
In another two years, phones with thousand-yuan configurations selling for 3999, 4000+, and with more advertising, could still sell very well!
But ten years later, it would be a different situation, with severe oversupply.
Still using hunger marketing to tease buyers?
Most domestic phones wouldn't sell without price reductions and a high enough price-performance ratio!
To survive, major domestic brands all adopted a 'sea of phones' strategy, releasing several, even more than ten new models a year, with crazy price cuts...
The reason for this was, first, in 2011, smartphones were just starting, there were too few domestic smartphone brands, supply couldn't meet demand, and foreign brands were expensive!
Therefore, Meizu, Xiaomi, and later Huawei, OV, etc., all sold very well.
Second, smartphone configurations in 2011 were low, and the systems weren't good.
Especially Android phones, they would lag after a year or two of use, and even frequent re-flashing wouldn't help; a new phone had to be bought!
But ten years later, it's different.
2021 Android phones are powerful and can be used for three to four years without problems.
With a new battery, a phone could even be used for four or five years!
From replacing phones every one to two years to every three to five years!
The frequency of phone replacement was halved, and phone demand was almost halved!
Therefore, 2011 was the golden age for making phones!
The previous hegemon, Nokia, had not yet completely fallen, and the new hegemons, Apple and Samsung, were just rising.
Domestic hegemons like Huawei and Xiaomi were also just starting to develop smartphones.
Meizu, the progenitor of domestic smartphones, experienced the glory of M8 and M9, and even Steve Jobs' personal lawsuit, but later went astray...
Ultimately, it started early but arrived late, which is regrettable.
One can only say that the era is crucial; seizing the right trend is half the battle won!
In his previous life, Lei Bus perfectly seized the smartphone trend.
This time, Wang Yi also wanted to seize it completely.
However, making phones required hundreds of millions in starting capital.
Wang Yi originally planned that Meiyou would only earn hundreds of millions next year, allowing him to enter the phone business.
But making phones is a very time-consuming endeavor.
For example, Xiaomi was established in March 2010, but the Xiaomi 1 was only launched on August 16, 2011, and that was just the announcement.
It wasn't until August 29 that 1,000 engineering units were released.
The official device didn't hit the market until December 18, 2011!
From Xiaomi's establishment in March 2010 to December 2011, it took a full year and nine months for the Xiaomi 1 to officially go on sale!
This doesn't even include the prior preparation time.
This shows the complexity of making phones in those days.
Similarly, if Wang Yi only started making phones next year, it would be the year after that when they were produced!
This wouldn't do, it was too slow!
Too late!
Moreover, Meiyou's recent profitability was astonishing, and capital accumulation was rapid.
The matter of making phones could be put on the agenda after school started.
School was about to start soon, so he could place the phone company in the Imperial Capital, making it convenient to recruit talent!
Then, he would race against Xiaomi, try to produce phones as early as possible, ideally launching them after the New Year to "snipe" the Xiaomi 1!
Lei Bus's expression at that time would surely be very entertaining.
The next development was clear!
Meiyou novels were all side businesses, just branches of Meiyou.
The library could be built slowly; no immediate profits were sought.
The main purpose was to increase user stickiness and keep users tied to Meiyou.
As for filming TV series and such, Wang Yi wasn't very interested.
At most, he would acquire copyrights first and invest a little, but wouldn't personally direct them; he didn't have the time.
Even the mini-game "Defend Grapefruit" was a side business, increasing Meiyou's user base and earning money to make phones...
Currently, Wang Yi's primary main business was still Meiyou E-commerce + Apparel + Beauty.
The second main business after school started — phone business!
This was a lengthy project!
The next day, at the Lin family.
"Mom, Xiao Yi came to find me, I'm going out to play."
Lin Shu said, her expression a bit unnatural.
Zheng Rou, who was browsing Meiyou posts, looked up and said kindly,
"Go, go."
"This boy, he's finally acting like a boyfriend, knowing to meet and date more often."
But what Zheng Rou didn't know was that this wasn't just a simple outing, nor was it a simple date!
"Okay, Mom, goodbye!"
Lin Shu waved her hand and left with a guilty conscience.
Downstairs, Lin Shu took out the suitcase she had already placed in the car, trotted to Wang Yi's car, her face red, and breath short as she said,
"Hurry, hurry! Let's go to the airport!"
She looked exactly like someone eloping!
"Okay!"
Wang Yi was amused, stepped on the gas, and the Porsche sped away.
It was clear that this was Lin Shu's first time eloping in her life!
But Wang Yi couldn't help but feel like he was seducing an innocent female college student.
They headed straight east, towards the airport.
After a quarter of an hour, Lin Shu finally breathed a sigh of relief, then looked around with curiosity:
"Xiao Yi, this feeling is so exciting."
Wang Yi smiled:
"The feeling of eloping?"
"No, it's the feeling of breaking free from my parents' control! It's truly too exciting."
"Haha, then let's do it again next time."
"Okay, okay."
Lin Shu beamed with joy.
Wang Yi was speechless:
"You're excited, but I hope Uncle and Auntie are also open-minded, otherwise the consequences could be disastrous!"
The two chatted and laughed, the roadside scenery constantly receding.
Wang Yi had already booked the flights and hotel yesterday.
It took more than an hour from Qingyun County to the airport.
And from the airport to Panda Province, it was only two and a half hours.
Wang Yi and Lin Shu landed and checked into the hotel, it was only a little past twelve noon.
But when Wang Yi opened the door and Lin Shu saw the large floor-to-ceiling windows and comfortable big bed, her expression changed slightly:
"Xiao Yi, you only booked one room!"
"Otherwise? Should we sleep separately?"
Wang Yi said with a smile.
I've already tricked you into coming out, how can I let you sleep alone?
"Ah... shouldn't we sleep separately?"
Lin Shu touched her fingers together nervously, saying timidly.
Wang Yi teased:
"If we sleep separately, I'll be scared."
"No, no, I'm not scared, I always sleep alone."
"I'm scared!"
Wang Yi said with a smile.
Lin Shu was speechless: "..."
"You stinky little brother, you planned this long ago, right, just like last time!"
Lin Shu came to her senses, how familiar this scene was!
"No, it's mainly because I'm afraid of the dark!"
Wang Yi blurted out, then hugged Lin Shu.
Before Lin Shu could refute, Wang Yi kissed her.
Immediately, her body felt a little soft.
The words about getting another room couldn't be said, so she simply closed her eyes...
Now Wang Yi had her completely under his thumb.
After a long time, the two separated.
"Let's go, time to eat!"
"Okay, okay."
The two walked out hand in hand.
It wasn't until they were downstairs that Lin Shu remembered the "another room" matter.
But saying it now would spoil the mood, so she could only let Wang Yi get his way again:
"You rascal! No funny business tonight!"
"Alright."
Wang Yi smiled, what's said during the day doesn't count for the night.
The hotel Wang Yi booked was in the city center, and the surroundings were very bustling.
They found an authentic hotpot restaurant, and the two ate, huffing and puffing from the spice.
It was truly spicy and delicious.
After hotpot, the two headed straight to the Panda Base in the afternoon!
"Wow, so many giant pandas, one, two, three... thirty... never mind, I won't count, there are too many!"
Lin Shu was very excited:
"Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi, look quickly, that giant panda is doing a somersault!"
Wang Yi looked up and saw a giant panda doing a somersault.
"Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi, on the tree! That giant panda is hanging upside down, will it fall?"
"It's alright, even if they fall, it's usually not a problem."
"Oh! How amazing!"
"Look, the way they eat bamboo, it's so cute. So charmingly naive."
Seeing Lin Shu's joyful expression, Wang Yi took out his camera from his backpack and took a side profile shot.
Wang Yi examined the finished photo:
"This, isn't it better looking than that Milk Tea Sister? And her figure is better too!"
Upon seeing this, Lin Shu gave Wang Yi a sweet smile, and Wang Yi took a few more photos.
But as he was taking pictures, Lin Shu held up a V-sign, which made Wang Yi chuckle.
After finishing their visit to the Panda Base, the two went to Jinli and Kuanzhai Alley, and explored the bustling market in the evening.
By the time they returned to the hotel, it was already past nine in the evening.
Lin Shu exported the photos, selected some, and posted them to QQ Space.
Meanwhile, Wang Yi opened his laptop and started processing work emails.
Mainly Song Sining's email:
"Boss, the author of "Nirvana in Fire" has been contacted, the location is XXX.
Can I schedule it for you tomorrow afternoon?"
Wang Yi replied:
"Good."
As for the cosmetics factory, Song Sining had looked at a few, and they were still under further investigation.
The operations of Meiyou E-commerce had no other issues, though without the trending topic boost today, profits were only around 17 million, but that was still very good.
Tomorrow, 200,000 lipsticks would be back online, and profits could increase to over 30 million.
Slowly but surely.
At the Lin family.
Lin Jianye looked at the time:
"Where's Xiao Shu? Not back yet."
Zheng Rou said carelessly:
"She went out to play with Wang Yi, she'll probably be back soon."
"Oh."
Lin Jianye nodded, also relaxing.
But after half an hour, his daughter still hadn't returned, and Lin Jianye became a little uneasy.
Zheng Rou, however, was still unconcerned:
"That child Xiao Yi is very reliable, he'll bring Xiao Shu back in ten minutes at most, don't you believe it?"
A quarter of an hour later, both of them became uneasy.
"This isn't right, it's already ten o'clock, why isn't she back yet?"
Zheng Rou's delicate eyebrows furrowed, feeling something was amiss!
(End of chapter)
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