What is the greatest joy of the Spring Festival holiday?
In Tan Jincheng's opinion, the greatest joy is not visiting relatives and friends, nor traveling around, much less eating and drinking.
Rather, it is being able to release all pressure during these days, return home, and immerse oneself in the feeling of not having to do anything or think about anything.
If he could wake up naturally every day, that would be even better.
Tan Jincheng was in this state on the sixth and seventh day of the Lunar New Year.
Even Xiao Jinyue, who usually slept during the day and cried at night, seemed to be cooperating with him, being much quieter these two days.
This child returned to her hometown, was surrounded and played with by various relatives, plus the stimulation of firecrackers during the day, her biological clock seemed to have changed slightly.
Although she still felt sleepy during the day, she didn't fuss as much at night.
Raising a child is not that easy.
Starting this year, Zhang Suzhi will be transferred to a leisure department, which is essentially equivalent to internal retirement, meaning she gave up the benefits she worked for most of her life.
When she gets old, her pension will be much less than others'.
Does she regret it?
To some extent, yes; but looking at her daughter sucking her hand in the crib, she felt it was all worth it.
Wasn't working hard for the family?
Now that her son basically doesn't need her care, raising her daughter to adulthood will instead make life more enjoyable.
This was Zhang Suzhi's greatest feeling after learning some details about her son's life in Yongcheng from Zhang Guolong and his wife tonight.
Unlike Zhang Xupeng's way of thinking, many points that seemed magical in Zhang Xupeng's eyes were relatively normal to Tan Jincheng.
So, when talking to his parents about how he did business and lived in Yongcheng, he naturally wasn't as detailed.
Conversely, Zhang Xupeng described in great detail to his parents how he was doing in Yongcheng, so Zhang Guolong and his wife knew more.
Not only in Yongcheng, but Zhang Guolong and his wife also knew more about the details of life on the ship.
Since Tan Lihua didn't drink, there was no lively atmosphere of clinking glasses at the dinner table, but the two families discussing their children made it exceptionally warm.
Liu Huiru proactively brought up that she shouldn't take half of the share from Jinshang Yidu, as her son didn't contribute much, which was unreasonable.
However, Tan Jincheng still refused.
In Tan Jincheng's opinion, this money wasn't much, and the good times wouldn't last for many years.
After Tmall officially launched, Taobao stores would decline, and small and medium-sized merchants would struggle even more.
In the post-Taobao era, Taobao stores, let alone competing with Adong, couldn't even beat Pinduoduo for the most part, requiring massive spending on traffic to sustain themselves, completely becoming "leeks" for the platform.
Therefore, Tan Jincheng didn't plan to seriously run the Taobao store business.
Instead of diligently managing a Taobao store, it would be better to open a few more Taobao stores now, raise their star ratings, preferably to crown level, and then sell them off in a few years, which would be much more profitable than diligently managing the stores.
At its peak, Tan Jincheng didn't know how much a crown Taobao store was worth, but like internet cafe licenses back then, it would certainly be very valuable.
This "wool" could be gathered.
He would go back and cultivate a few Taobao stores, covering various popular categories, and then sell them off, like cashing out high-priced stocks.
It would definitely be a considerable sum, right?
"Okay, okay. I'll register a few when I get back, using Dad's ID and putting them under his name."
As for what to sell, it would still be categories like women's clothing, men's clothing, luggage, and QQ underwear.
These types of stores are relatively easy to sell off.
Although electronic products also have good profit margins, on Taobao, they don't have the advantage that Adong's company has.
And Adong's company mainly focuses on direct sales; ordinary sellers simply can't compete with them, so the stores aren't as valuable.
Speaking of Adong, although it was founded in 1998, it only launched its e-commerce business in January last year, enabling a new domain name.
It is currently still called Chendong Multimedia Network's e-commerce website, processing fewer than 500 orders daily.
If Tan Jincheng hadn't carried memories from his previous life, he wouldn't have noticed this obscure little website at all.
What a pity, he had no chance to get on the "car" of such a big boss; without background resources, even if he came with money, they wouldn't take it.
Moreover, although Adong came from humble beginnings, his business wasn't entirely without background.
Truly starting from scratch is probably limited to imagination.
If Tan Jincheng wanted to expand his career, he would inevitably need to contact higher circles.
Tan Jincheng was not averse to this, especially since he was taking the industrial route.
Once developed to a certain extent, as long as he didn't self-destruct, solving most employment problems would make him almost invincible.
While the speed of making money in traditional industries is not as fast as the internet, with steady progress, the foundation will inevitably be more solid, and the head of the company will have higher social status and security.
There are many cases of "overtaking on a curve," but in unseen places, more cars crash and people die; only a solid foundation is the most real.
However, for Tan Jincheng, who is still in a state of primitive accumulation, this road is still long.
But at 20 years old, with 18 years of foresight, Tan Jincheng believes he can achieve it.
"Are there any other ways to 'gather wool'? Think about it."
Just gathering wool from Taobao stores seems a bit unsatisfying.
Apart from real estate, currently, he can't think of any other legitimate methods; illegitimate methods are definitely out of the question.
It was already ten o'clock at night.
Zhang Xupeng's family had long gone home.
Tan Jincheng, unable to sleep, sat in the living room, searching online and thinking about how to gather a little more "wool."
He certainly couldn't get a piece of the pie from the big investors, but gathering a little "wool" by following them was fine.
"Why are you still awake? It's past 10 o'clock. You have to drive for several hours tomorrow, go to bed early."
Just as Tan Jincheng was immersed in the joy of finding ways to "gather wool," Zhang Suzhi reappeared in the living room.
"I'll go to bed right away, you go to bed first. Don't worry, it won't be past 11."
Tan Jincheng replied while browsing webpages.
Zhang Suzhi, who had gotten a glass of water and was about to return to her bedroom, saw the TV was still on, but her son was still playing on the computer, not even looking at the TV.
She was furious.
This son told her and his dad nothing; what they knew wasn't even as detailed as what Zhang Guolong and his wife knew.
"You don't know how to save at all. Why is the TV on if you're not watching it? Does electricity not cost money?"
"Ah, okay, okay, I'll turn it off now."
Tan Jincheng hurriedly searched for the remote control.
Mom seemed a bit unhappy tonight.
It looked like many things weren't said, which angered her.
It was better not to provoke her.
Finding the remote control, just as he was about to turn it off, Tan Jincheng glanced at the TV screen.
At this moment, the TV picture was paused on the sports channel.
"Damn it, how could I forget this!"
Writing this plot has no other meaning than to try to capture the atmosphere of that era.
In those years, because there weren't many entertainment options, football and basketball were the hobbies of most men.
(End of chapter)
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