Translator: TNTG Editor: alteringviews
Shenanigan!
A shenanigan through and through!
There shouldn’t be anyone but him who could pull such shenanigan with a recruitment notice!
For quite some time, everyone couldn’t help staring at Dou Bin and admire his business savviness. Originally, all the applicants had thought Young Master had given them an impossible task but his level of difficulty is nothing when compared to Dou Bin’s story!
After Dou Bin’s misconduct had been exposed, he had only frozen for a moment before he brushed it off with a laugh and said, “Miss Yuan, I didn’t expect we are so fated with each other. It’s quite a coincidence I managed to interview you for both my start-up. This time round we even came to the same interview with Young Master Song. Since we hit it off, why doesn’t Miss Yuan help me out with Young Master Song’s test? If both of us ended up working for Young Master Song in the future, we can have each other’s back.”
“Don’t even try this ruse with me, you despicable profiteer!” Yuan Jia beautiful face was filled with killing intent as she equivocally expressed his contempt for both Dou Bin and Song Shi Cheng by saying, “I will definitely not consort with scoundrels.”
Song Shi Cheng naturally realised Yuan Jia had been besmirching him as well. It was just that he couldn’t care less. He started scrutinizing this profiteer again with interest.
Downright despicable and shameless! Crafty and shrewd! Very thick-skinned too!
This was Song Shi Cheng’s current impression of Dou Bin. Not only was he not disgusted, his interest in Dou Bin had grown even stronger. “Go and pick another girl for your business proposal. Let’s see how far your capability extends.”
“I’m sorry Young Master Song. It’s not the other girls won’t do. It’s just that this business proposal of mine is most suitable with Miss Yuan.” Dou Bin insisted.
“Stop dreaming!” Yuan Jia had wanted to crush the other’s intent but Song Shi Cheng’s threat was soon heard by her instead.
“You don’t get to decide here. I advise you to be aware of your current circumstances. Best not to cause everyone here become upset with you. Otherwise, I might as well settle your past account right now.”
Yuan Jia could only coldly look at Song Shi Cheng as she bit her lips and groan in frustration. Finally, under the persuasion of the other job applicants, she had still followed Dou Bin to the kennels area at the back.
“Bark! Bark! Bark!”
“Bark! Bark! Bark!”
“Bark! Bark! Bark!”
The dogs had barked for a while before stopping. Thus, Chui Zi who was been watching over Yuan Jia from the side said, “Young Master Song, this fella had some talent. Not only had he managed to pacify the dogs, he even got the dogs to play with the girl and took a picture with the tablet.”
Song Shi Cheng drank his tea without saying a word.
If this was the old him, he would have also snort in contempt at this profiteer. Now that his identity had changed, he would be at a disadvantage when facing the wily old fox if his subordinates don’t have sufficient IQ and EQ.
From the details of Dou Bin’s entrepreneurship journey, Song Shi Cheng judged this person would most likely meet his requirement.
In spite of everything, he should still witness first-hand his capability before deciding.
Both Dou Bin and Yuan Jian had returned after ten minutes had passed.
“Young Master Song, can you give me some time to organise what’s on the tablet?” Dou Bin respectfully asked.
Song Shi Cheng was rather satisfied with how Dou Bin had quickly behaved like one his subordinate and signalled for Dou Bin to sit opposite of him. It will also make it convenient for him to monitor Dou Bin’s next set of actions.
Although he had set a certain level of expectation, Song Shi Cheng was still surprised by the content Dou Bin was working on in the tablet.
In the presentation editor, the first thing he saw was Yuan Jia playing with the dogs. The warm and cosy looking photo had some paragraphs inserted into it. It was a heart-warming and touching story of companionship between the girl and the dogs.
Anyway, the key turning point in the story was actually on the last slide.
It was his Golden Retriever lying on the grass. He had no idea how Dou Bin had done it, but his dog looked rather languid. The slide gave off a sense of lost when he took another look at it.
At this time, Dou Bin had clearly displayed an excellent composition skill which was comparable to an author. The content of the paragraph was actually represented from the point of view of a dog. {I might not be your whole world, but to me, you’re my whole world. I would like to personally tell you my feelings.}
Song Shi Cheng got goosebumps when he saw the composition. As a professional author, he had a high standard when it came to composition. Even then, he felt his skill was still inferior to Dou Bin or at the very least, in the area of soul-touching story.
“It’s done.” Dou Bin reviewed his slides with a face full of satisfaction.
“So, how are you going to make money from this soul-touching story? Make it an online advertorials?” Song Shi Cheng asked with interest.
“Answering Young Master Song, what I have prepared here is an advertorial. What we need now is a product to be linked to this advertorial. Once done, we can start marketing it.” Dou Bin gave a money-grubbing smile and asked, “I wonder how much marketing budget Young Master Song is willing to provide?”
Song Shi Cheng lifted his index finger to imply a million dollars. However, Dou Bin had responded with alacrity, “A hundred thousand dollars is more than enough!”
Next, Dou Bin under the watchful eyes of everyone had login into his instant messenger and first contact someone on his contact list with a pet avatar. He had requested him to promote his advertorial and gave him fifty thousand dollars in advertising fees. [TN: For readers who are not aware of this, the instant messenger used in China goes beyond simple communication. It is e-wallet, social media and a whole list of other features wrap into one. You can watch this video to learn more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAesMQ6VtK8]
Someone had asked Dou Bin when he noticed the pet avatar, “This person, is he that very famous pet blogger?”
“That’s him. This fella is an old schoolmate of mine. He had a very large following and makes a living by making pets post on Weibo. Nowadays, he makes millions each month by posting advertorials.” Dou Bin revealed a shocking fact that astounded everyone present. No one had ever expected internet marketing could be so profitable.
Once he was done with the publicity side, he went to deal with the issue of a missing product. This time, he had contacted an electronic manufacturer and placed an urgent order for fifty thousand pieces of voice device that can be hanged on a dog’s collar. He had even labelled the device as {Pet Language Translator}!
“What follow next is straightforward. We just have to open up an online store and send the link to my old classmate so that he can attach the link to the advertorial. After that, we just need to wait for the profits to come in.”
Dou Bin quickly and neatly completed his presentation. He then pleasantly smiled and asked, “Young Master Song, I have met your requirement and used three items from this area to complete the business proposal. Are you satisfied?”
Song Shi Cheng had personally witness a potentially profitable business being conceived just from a tablet. He was greatly aroused and eventually just said two words. “Great talent!”
The other job applicants were also convinced with their own lost. A combination of a few photos, a soul-touching story and publicity by a famous pet blogger were transformed into a text-book case business proposal. How could they even begin to match this level of competency?!
As to the {Pet Language Translator}, they could guess without even using their brain it was just a simple smart voice player. The cost of device should very low since the manufacturer just need to find someone to record a few lines in a very cute tone setup to be played randomly. They could even make profits in the hundredfold since it was being sold online.
“What do you mean by great talent?! He is a scum without a doubt. Out despicable for taking advantage of a pet’s owner affection!” Yuan Jia was the only person singing a different tune. She finally understood why Dou Bin insisted on her cooperation. It was because she gave others a pure impression. Her playing with the dogs will help to enhance the pet’s owner desire to buy the device. Once again she had been foolishly exploited!
She angrily reached out to grab the tablet while saying, “More importantly, these photos are infringing on my privacy. It must be deleted!”
Unfortunately, she was still a step slower than Song Shi Cheng. After grabbing the tablet, he said in an even more arrogant tone then Yuan Jia, “I don’t care whether he’s a talent or a scum. What’s important is he’s useful. This young master doesn’t stick to convention. There was a saying, it doesn’t matter the dog is black or white, so long it bites people it’s a good dog!”1
1 This was a divergent quote. The original quote was “It doesn’t matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice.” It’s a famous quote by Deng Xiaoping, the leader that led China through its market-economy reform.