Today is January 5th, a full month before the Spring Festival.
COLI announced three notices.
The first one is the exchange notice to Hong Kong.
At the invitation of the President of HKU, the school will organize a team to go to Hong Kong for a 23-day exchange on February 26 this year.
The exchange team to Hong Kong consists of three people from each grade of the undergraduate department, totaling 12 people. The team is led by eight professors and four staff from the Academic Affairs Office. The team leader is Mr. Hu and Hu Bingwen.
The ones selected in the freshman year were Xu Yiyang, Shen Lele, and Ning Ruolin.
As for the names of the sophomores, juniors and seniors, Xu Yiyang didn't recognize them.
Xu Yiyang and Shen Lele were not surprised by this incident, because Mr. Hu had already mentioned it to them when they went to Mr. Hu's house for dinner a few months ago.
However, the whole class was surprised and envious. There are not as many exchange opportunities at China Overseas College as there are at Fudan and Tongji, so being able to go to Hong Kong for exchange is also a very rare opportunity.
Xu Yiyang didn't feel much about Hong Kong, but what really interested him was that he had the opportunity to open an account and speculate in U.S. stocks when he arrived in Hong Kong.
After all, the Internet bubble is about to collapse starting in March. Going long before the crash and going short after the crash are great opportunities to make money.
It is too difficult to operate U.S. stocks in the mainland. If you go to Hong Kong, the situation will be completely different.
However, there is a serious problem, that is, I don’t have US dollars.
If shorting U.S. stocks is a good opportunity to hunt countless wild boars, then a U.S. stock account is the necessary firearm to participate in this hunt.
And money is the bullet that hunts prey.
RMB is equivalent to different types of ammunition. There are countless wild boars in front of you, and you can kill a large area with a gun. Then you have tens of thousands of rounds of 7.62 bullets, but in the hunting grounds, you must use 5.56 guns.
No matter how powerful you are, you can't put a 7.62 bullet into a 5.56 gun and then kill your prey.
The only way is to get a lot of 5.56 bullets.
The gun problem is easy to deal with. It can be solved by a trip to Hong Kong.
Therefore, the only problem is to obtain a large number of 5.56 bullets.
The current exchange rate is 8.279, but with foreign exchange controls, a person can only exchange one or two thousand US dollars a year, which is a drop in the bucket.
If you want to get enough U.S. dollars, you can only think of other ways. If you really can't get U.S. dollars, you can only miss out on this feast of looting American capital.
In addition to announcing the candidates and itinerary for exchange programs in Hong Kong, COLI also announced the arrangements for the final exams and the time for this year’s winter vacation.
The final exam starts this week, and the total time span is two weeks. After the exam is over, the winter vacation basically begins.
The university has a relatively long holiday. China Overseas has decided to start classes from January 15, the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, to February 20, the sixteenth day of the first lunar month. Classes will officially start on the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, with a total of 37 days of holiday.
37 days may seem like a long time, but it is said that there are many colleges and universities in China Overseas that have more than 40 days of winter vacation, but the students at China Overseas are already very satisfied.
Because of SuperX and Jiayang Education, Xu Yiyang decided to leave Zhonghai later, at least until the twenties of the twelfth lunar month before going back.
The other roommates in the dormitory have to take care of the Internet cafe and forum, so they are also planning to go back later.
After all, there is an industry to operate, and we cannot delay things just because we go home to enjoy the vacation.
So the five people who slept together discussed the time among themselves and decided to take the holidays in two batches.
For example, Zhao Xin, Gu Peng, and Shen Lele stayed until the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, and then came back on the second day of the lunar new year to rest for seven days;
Chen Meng, Zhang Junnan, and Li Yiming stayed until the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, and then returned on the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, also resting for seven days.
From the 29th of the twelfth lunar month to the first day of the Lunar New Year, no one will be left in Zhonghai. The network management has already determined the people on duty during the Spring Festival. Overtime during the seven-day Spring Festival holiday will be paid three salaries, so most people are rushing to get it. Stay and work overtime.
But there is one more troublesome thing. The dormitory at China Overseas College will only be available for one more week. The dormitory will be locked on January 24th and will not be opened until the tenth day of the first lunar month.
This means that everyone will have no place to live by then.
Xu Yiyang didn't say that he had a house nearby, because he felt that he had to be cautious, otherwise the gap between him and everyone else would suddenly widen, which might not be a good thing.
So Xu Yiyang proposed to everyone that the public account of the Internet cafe would be used to pay for it. First, find a hotel with good conditions near the school, and then rent a few rooms for everyone to stay during the winter vacation.
Everyone told their parents about the plan here, and the parents were very understanding. After all, their children now make a lot of money running Internet cafes, and the importance of their career has long surpassed going home during the holidays.
Shen Lele's mother heard that Shen Lele was going back to Zhonghai on the second day of the Lunar New Year, so she simply discussed it with her husband and agreed that the family of three would come to Zhonghai together on the second day of the Lunar New Year.
It just so happened that the three elderly people in the family, Shen Lele's grandparents and grandfather knew that Shen Lele had a house in Zhonghai, and they all wanted to come to Zhonghai to have a look.
The couple decided that after the Chinese New Year, they would take the three elderly people to Zhonghai to stay for a few days, wander around, and then take them back when it was time to go to work.
After all, Shen Lele is now a homeowner in Zhonghai. The house is big enough and can be divided into three bedrooms. Grandpa and grandmother share a room, grandfather and father share a room, and Shen Lele and mother share a room. It's just right.
Shen Lele was also looking forward to this arrangement. After buying this house, she actually didn't feel particularly excited. Instead, she felt a lot of pressure from Xu Yiyang for a long time.
However, when I thought that my grandparents and grandpa could come here, and that I could provide them with a very good place to live, my sense of accomplishment suddenly became much stronger.
After Xu Yiyang heard about this, he made a small plan to give his car to Shen Lele and his family.
Anyway, she went home to celebrate the New Year, and she definitely couldn't come back on the second day of the new year. The car was sitting idle in the basement. If her parents wanted to take the old man around Zhonghai, it would be much more convenient to have a car.
Moreover, cars are not checked for overloading now, and the space of the Audi A6 is large enough, so it is not a big problem to squeeze six people into it.
Because he was afraid that Shen Lele would be unreasonably polite to him and that she would have some psychological burden, Xu Yiyang never mentioned this matter and planned to give the car keys to Shen Lele's father directly after he returned.
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On January 6, the exam officially started.
Fortunately for Xu Yiyang, although he didn't study the professional courses seriously, he did have a good foundation. The other five bedmates were a bit worse.
Recently, I have been making money, doing business, and participating in competitions, but I haven't been able to keep up with my homework, so everyone has been cramming, even if they go to the toilet to squat, they have to bring their textbooks with them.
In the afternoon, 22,000 pairs of SuperX jeans arrived at Zhonghai from Ningcheng.
The jeans that arrived this time include the 101 and 102 series in multiple colors, different high and low waists, and a small number of tapered versions of the 103 series.
As soon as the jeans arrived, Lin Tianyi worked hard with six clerks to start loading the goods and at the same time arranging the visual materials in the store.
Now, the decoration of the entire store has been completely completed. When the SuperX logo lights up, it is the most conspicuous door on Jinling Road.
Moreover, a large number of photo posters taken by Li Xuan with foreign models have been made into giant inkjet prints for display in the store.
Eastern European models are generally thin and very tall, so they have a better visual effect wearing SuperX.
In the window, mannequins wearing SuperX jeans are already in place. These mannequins are all posing like T-stage models to show off their slender legs.
Xu Yiyang came to the store at night and was filled with emotion when he looked at the brightly lit and fashionable store outside.
Apart from anything else, all the visual elements of the SuperX store are the aesthetic standards of twenty years from now.
Therefore, it is simply an anomaly on this street.
He is an alien who traveled through time twenty years later.
The glass door of the store was closed tightly, and it could be seen that it was locked from the inside. Many girls stood outside the door and watched with golden eyes. There were even people knocking on the door, begging the clerk who was busy inside to sell her a pair of pants.
Lin Tianyi had no choice but to patiently say to her: "Beauty, the notice has been posted. We will officially open at ten o'clock in the morning on January 8th, this Saturday. You can come here early then."
The girl asked pitifully: "Can't you sell me one now? I've been here several times..."
"It's really not possible." Lin Tianyi said apologetically: "Our company has strict regulations and we cannot sell goods before the opening time."
"Okay..." The girl nodded with regret, looking at those jeans through the window, her eyes full of longing.
How to describe the appeal of SuperX jeans to girls
This is just like when boys used to treat the low-end Tetris handheld console that cost more than ten yuan as a treasure, and suddenly saw the imported GBA with a color screen, high-end, expensive and more than a hundred times more playability. The impact and desire for game consoles are similar to the desire of girls now for SuperX.
To use a metaphor that is closer to girls, it is as if young girls suddenly saw the idol drama "Meteor Garden" that came out of nowhere.
At that time, almost every young girl who watched this TV series was almost crazy about and obsessed with this TV series and its starring actors.
Xu Yiyang waited outside the door for a long time. After everyone at the door was persuaded to leave, he went over and knocked on the door.
Seeing him coming, Lin Tianyi hurriedly opened the door from the inside and said with a smile: "Mr. Xu, welcome to come and inspect the work."
Xu Yiyang looked at the store that was already full of goods and smiled: "You guys are very efficient. You got it all done so quickly."
Lin Tianyi nodded and said: "There are about 600 pairs of jeans on display in the store. Among them, 50 pairs are displayed on various models and hanging on the display booths. The remaining 550 pairs are displayed according to your requirements. According to the requirements, the same styles and colors are stacked and displayed together. There are 900 items in stock in the small warehouse of the store, and the remaining 20,500 items are all stored in the warehouse."
Xu Yiyang said: "After we open on the 8th, I expect there will be a large number of customers coming. You'd better hire a few security guards in advance to limit the flow of people at the door."
"Limit the flow?" This was the first time Lin Tianyi heard that a clothing store had to limit the flow, and she was very surprised.
Xu Yiyang explained: "Our store cannot be like a vegetable market. It is crowded with people, chattering, noisy and noisy, so we cannot let too many people in at one time. If there are more than 30 people in the store, they will be temporarily blocked outside. Don’t let people in, wait until there are fewer people inside, and then let in another batch. This will ensure that the store is always orderly.”
Lin Tianyi suddenly understood, nodded slightly and said: "I understand, Mr. Xu, I will make arrangements tomorrow."
Xu Yiyang added: "By the way, after the opening, everyone is limited to purchasing one pair of jeans at a time. In addition to the fifty pairs on the models and display booths, another 1,500 pairs will be prepared while supplies last."
Lin Tianyi smiled and said: "Is this what you call hunger marketing?"
"Yes." Xu Yiyang nodded and said: "In the early stage, we must do hunger marketing, 1,500 items a day. Even if they are sold out in the morning, they will never be replenished in the afternoon. The store will still be open. If anyone comes in and asks, they will just say it is out of stock. If someone wants to buy a display sample, we will definitely not sell it; if someone wants to pay and make a reservation first, we will not accept it. We can only buy it in the store during business hours."
"In this case, I guess in a few days, female college students will come and line up early in the morning to grab a pair of jeans. The scalper market will soon become popular. We sell the 1 series of pants for 198, and scalpers may sell them. to more than two hundred or even higher.”
Lin Tianyi smiled and said: "If scalpers come to speculate, the effect of hunger marketing you mentioned will be stronger, right?"
Xu Yiyang said: "Yes, if scalpers get involved, they will make SuperX more popular. The more popular SuperX is and the harder it is to buy, the faster its fame will spread. This is actually a good thing for us. "
(End of chapter)