MMB Chapter 89 Going to Work
Chapter 89 Going to Work
Lin Mu thought to himself that he could have a good talk with the QQ Farm team after the New Year.
Speaking of which, the person in charge of QQ Farm is also a very interesting person. After the success of the farm project, he had a different experience in the business world and achieved a legendary status.
Closer to home.
Lin Mu took out a red envelope from his pocket and handed it to his cousin: "Here, cousin, this is a red envelope for you. Hide it well, don't let your mom take it away."
My cousin's eyes lit up, and he quickly accepted the gift. He touched it and felt its thickness, then said with a grin, "Thank you, cousin! Wishing you a prosperous Year of the Horse and that you find a beautiful wife soon!"
Lin Mu smiled and patted his head. This kid has a sweet tongue.
After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Lin Mu left his aunt's house with his mother.
As soon as they left, my aunt walked into my cousin's room, held out her hand and said, "Where's the red envelope your cousin gave you? Let me see it, I'll keep half for you."
My cousin pretended to be clueless: "What red envelope? My cousin didn't give me a red envelope."
My aunt rolled her eyes: "I heard everything in the kitchen just now, stop pretending."
My cousin got agitated and argued, "That was given to me by my older cousin, it's my money, why should I give it to you?"
The aunt sneered, "See? It's spilled over now. Hurry up and hand it over; you'll have to return the favor with this money later."
My cousin reluctantly took out his red envelope, which contained a full 500 yuan. My aunt took 400 yuan, leaving my cousin with only 100 yuan.
……
After visiting his aunt's house for the New Year, Lin Mu went with his parents to visit other relatives. The New Year's gift boxes he brought received unanimous praise.
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, my cousin Lin Wan'er came to our house with my parents to pay New Year's greetings.
She grew increasingly beautiful, standing aloof and independent to the side, listening to the greetings around her, as if she were in a different world from everyone else. Of course, the main reason was that she had poor hearing and could not hear many of the words clearly.
Lin Wan'er's parents held Lin Mu's mother's hand and thanked her, "Oh, thanks to Lin Mu, Wan'er has become much more cheerful lately and can even support herself now."
"Huh? What's going on?" The mother looked puzzled; Lin Mu had never mentioned this to her before.
Lin Mu casually made up a story: "I introduced my cousin to a customer service job, and she's doing a pretty good job."
"So that's how it is," the mother said repeatedly. "Your cousin has had a hard life. If you're able, you should help her out more."
"I understand, I understand," Lin Mu replied.
Time flies by, and the holiday is coming to an end.
Lin Mu packed his luggage and prepared to return to Hangzhou to resume work. Lin Wan'er was also going back to Hangzhou. The two were going the same way and could look after each other on the way.
They first took a bus, then transferred to a ferry.
On the bus, Lin Mu looked out the window at the street scenes rushing by and couldn't help but sigh: I wonder how long this scene from my memory can last.
Pingtan may seem remote and inconspicuous now, but it was later designated as a special economic zone due to its proximity to a certain city. With an average of 100 million yuan in construction funds per day, it has developed rapidly, and the entire small county town is changing day by day.
Later, the Strait Bridge opened to traffic, making transportation much more convenient, but ultimately, due to the lack of core industries, it failed to continue to rise.
Under the planning of the local leadership, it was eventually transformed into a tourist city.
Looking out the window at the unique scenery of the new millennium, and comparing it with the street scene in his mind twenty years later, Lin Mu suddenly felt a sense of profound change.
Suddenly, someone gently poked the soft flesh on his waist. Lin Mu turned his head and saw Lin Wan'er holding out a piece of ginger and pointing it at his nose. Lin Mu instantly understood that his cousin had mistakenly thought he was carsick.
There's a saying in my hometown that if you feel carsick, holding a slice of ginger under your nose and smelling it can effectively relieve the discomfort.
Lin Mu got playful and pretended not to understand, cluelessly stuffing ginger under Lin Wan'er's nose.
Lin Wan'er looked surprised and quickly pushed Sheng Jiang away, glaring at him angrily. Lin Mu laughed and waved his hand to indicate that he didn't need it. His cousin immediately felt annoyed. She could tell at a glance that she had been tricked by her cousin. She had even worried about him. It was really infuriating.
Soon after, the bus drove onto the ferry, and the passengers got off to go to the deck for some fresh air and to relieve their boredom.
A sea breeze blew in, carrying the strong, salty smell of the ocean, and the boat swayed gently with the waves. Lin Mu grabbed the handrail and looked back at Pingtan Island, just as the sun was setting. The orange-yellow sunlight draped the entire island in a honey-colored veil.
A strange sense of desolation arose, as if life had come to an end and only one day remained.
This feeling used to always come to Lin Mu when he saw the sunset a few days before the end of summer or winter vacation. But at this moment, Lin Mu wasn't thinking about the end of the vacation, but rather how much longer he could spend with his parents.
When parents are alive, we always find them nagging and disagreeable, but once they pass away, the strongest part of our lives suddenly collapses, and everything changes completely. Fortunately, I was given a second chance at life and was able to see my parents when they were young.
Lin Mu chewed on the Inner Mongolian beef jerky he carried with him, replenishing his energy while gazing at the distant sea view.
……
2 month 24 day.
Tmall Project Department.
Lin Mu suppressed his post-holiday laziness and stepped into the office. After clocking in, he had just reached his workstation when Sanfeng came over and said, "Dayan, that last event was a great success! Taobao Marketplace is adding tens of thousands of new orders every day, and Tmall is also adding hundreds of new orders. And the hair dryer you linked with before actually sold eight during the Spring Festival."
Lin Mu looked at him with some surprise: "Really? You're talking about work as soon as you get to work?"
Sanfeng handed me a cigarette and pointed to the corner where people smoked: "Want one?"
Lin Mu shrugged and took the cigarette: "Alright, let's talk about work then, it's time to get down to business."
The two went to the smoking corner and started puffing away.
Sanfeng said, "Dayan, if you have any good suggestions, just tell me directly. Don't go to Taobao first. Taobao Marketplace is a big company, while Tmall is still very small. If there are any new features, test them on a small scale on Tmall first. Once they are mature, then we can go to Taobao to promote them. This is also for the benefit of Taobao."
"Good heavens," Lin Mu thought to himself. "This is completely upside down in later generations. In later generations, Tmall is the absolute protagonist, and Taobao has long been relegated to the second place."
He thought for a moment and said, "I actually have an idea. When I was doing operations before, I encountered a pain point: on the Taobao platform, merchants don't have a dedicated channel to directly showcase their products to users. For example, if I want to launch a new product and put a lot of effort into refining the details, I can only share this information with customers who have already joined the Qianniu group. And the message is easily pushed down by other content, which is very inconvenient."
He paused for a moment, then continued, "I want to create a blog feature exclusive to Tmall, which only Taobao sellers can activate. It will allow them to publish information chronologically, such as new product launch announcements and interesting stories from store operations."