After only two good days, returning to school, Chen Pingjiang resumed his early-to-rise and late-to-bed life of an office drone.
The delivery platform officially spun off from Renren.com and registered a new company called "Renren Waimai."
Renren Waimai was set to officially launch on December 1st, and the entire Renren.com team was making intensive preparations for the launch.
To achieve immediate success, Chen Pingjiang spared no expense, first placing ground advertisements in all universities within Xianlin University Town.
Posters everywhere, with a blue background and "Order online, Renren delivers." written in artistic font, created full coverage and a visual bombardment within the universities.
Moreover, Renren.com also carried out a series of warm-up activities, including but not limited to widely distributing discount coupons, free meals through reply lotteries, and so on.
Regardless of whether university students used Renren.com or not, there was always an advertising plan that could reach them.
Suddenly, Renren Waimai garnered significant attention even before its launch.
"This is good, this is good, it's perfect for lazy people like me."
"The colder it gets, the less I want to go downstairs."
"Wow, every time I want to drink the milk tea outside the Normal University, I have to walk so far. From now on, I can just order delivery and have them deliver it to my door!"
"Chen Pingjiang, I want to have your babies!"
"Where's the delivery point, where's the bottom line, where's the contact information for the delivery personnel? I just purely want to go work, money doesn't matter."
"..."
On the evening of November 31st, the next day was the launch day for Renren Waimai.
To everyone's surprise, the first snow of 2006 came surprisingly early.
Affected by a cold front from the north, a blizzard began even before December, which was rare in Dongjiang's history.
Miao Bingwei watched the snow outside the window grow heavier and heavier, his eyes revealing concern.
During this period, he and his colleagues in the technical department had worked overtime, devoting a significant amount of time and effort to Renren Waimai, never expecting to encounter an unexpected event just as their efforts were about to bear fruit.
"Such bad luck, encountering a blizzard at such a critical moment for the launch. I wonder if it will delay tomorrow's deliveries."
Wan Yuqian also frowned:
"If it stops soon, it'll be fine, but I'm afraid it might snow all night."
In the conference room, Chen Pingjiang silently kept rotating his cup.
Anxiety permeated the entire conference room.
They had done so much work in the early stages, and the thought that a blizzard could potentially undo all their efforts made them furious.
Shu Mang scribbled on her notebook, and then said:
"Do we need to call all student part-time delivery drivers to confirm if they will be working tomorrow as usual? I'm worried that some might temporarily give up due to the severe weather, fearing the cold and hardship, and coupled with difficult driving conditions, our delivery capacity would be severely reduced."
"Hmm, Senior Wan, please follow up on this diligently."
Chen Pingjiang tapped on the table, drawing everyone's attention back to him.
"What's happened has happened; we should face it proactively, and there's no need for everyone to be anxious. Strictly speaking, this blizzard isn't a bad thing for Renren Waimai.
Our first-day performance, which we previously worried about, will definitely be better than before. The only thing we need to ensure is our delivery capacity. This is a major test for Renren Waimai; if we do well, we'll take off. If not, there's always next time, right?"
Chen Pingjiang's words finally cleared some of the anxiety in the conference room.
"Shu Mang, tomorrow, give each part-time delivery driver a severe weather delivery fee. In the future, for any severe weather like strong winds, heavy rain, or blizzards, the increased delivery fee will be covered by the consumers.
Tomorrow, other departments can't just sit idly either. The content department should go out and photograph our delivery staff braving the severe cold to ensure everyone's daily necessities are delivered, and put these photos on the homepage. The ground promotion team and sales team, if they have nothing else to do, should do whatever they can.
How could a mere blizzard defeat us? The more extreme the weather, the more it will make users and merchants feel our strength."
Gao Songbin also nodded:
"The boss is right. When it's cold, students don't want to go out, and severe weather will force them to use Renren Waimai. Merchants will also face a lack of in-store customers, making them better understand the value of Renren Waimai. After this blizzard, I predict our partners will experience a surge in business."
"Our sales team won't be able to visit clients tomorrow, so let's go help out downstairs at the dormitories of the surrounding universities."
After the meeting, everyone began to implement the arrangements made during the meeting.
Only Chen Pingjiang stood by the bed, watching the blizzard in the moonlight.
"Actually, I want to understand you more. It's not to hold you tight..."
His phone rang.
Chen Pingjiang looked at the caller ID, somewhat surprised.
"Senior, what made you think of calling me?"
The call was from Yan Yan, which greatly surprised Chen Pingjiang.
Yan Yan's voice came from the other end of the line:
"Oh, I heard when I was in the countryside that your delivery platform is launching tomorrow. Will the blizzard affect you?"
"There are pros and cons, but overall, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages."
"Oh, okay, then I'll hang up. Hey..."
Yan Yan hung up so quickly that Chen Pingjiang didn't even react, and he heard another girl call out 'Hey' at the very end.
...
While Yan Yan was on the phone, her peripheral vision unintentionally caught Cao Jie hiding nearby and eavesdropping, and she quickly hung up in fright.
"Hey, why did you hang up? You barely said anything!"
Yan Yan wrinkled her cute little nose, looking at Cao Jie:
"I hung up because I was done talking."
Cao Jie angrily put her hands on her hips, expressing her dissatisfaction:
"Sis, I've noticed you've changed. You've become someone who values male friends over girlfriends. Also, when you came back to the dorm last Sunday night, I asked you, but you wouldn't tell me. Do you not love me anymore?"
"No, it's just that you keep asking every time."
"I was just concerned about you, afraid you'd be fooled. And you're my best friend, what's wrong with me caring about your life's big matters?"
Cao Jie was very self-righteous.
"I have to say, our Yan Yan has excellent taste. She just randomly picked a young man from the crowd, and in just two months, he transformed into a big boss. It's said that Chen Pingjiang's net worth now exceeds ten million yuan."
Once Cao Jie's gossip soul ignited, it was hard to extinguish.
She increasingly found this pair to be more and more 'ship-worthy'.
Overbearing CEO, aloof campus beauty, tsk tsk, even web novels don't have material as good as what's right in front of her.
Yan Yan opened her mouth, wanting to explain that Chen Pingjiang wasn't her boyfriend yet, but swallowed the words back.
Facing a 'shipper' like Cao Jie, the more she explained, the more she'd be questioned.
Yan Yan, who had never read romance novels or been in a relationship, didn't know what kind of relationship she and Chen Pingjiang currently had.
Everyone around them thought they were together.
They had been in the same room overnight twice, Chen Pingjiang had even secretly kissed her and pushed against her with that thing...
Every time Yan Yan faced Chen Pingjiang, she was happy, but they weren't truly together.
It was like there was a layer of window paper that had never been pierced.
(End of this chapter)
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