Li Shiqi never attended any high school reunions, but at every high school reunion, everyone talked about Li Shiqi, and some even bragged about having been her deskmate.
"Isn't Li Shiqi the most successful one from our class?"
"Li Shiqi is really amazing!"
As for high school reunions, Zhou Yuwen had attended a couple when he was free, but as he got older, he became indifferent to such gatherings, perhaps because he wasn't the main character, and mainly because Zhou Yuwen didn't like flattering others, so he seemed out of place.
Now that he had reincarnated, seeing Li Shiqi approaching him for a SIM card, Zhou Yuwen didn't feel much, and simply replied, "Telecom."
"Oh!" Li Shiqi responded.
Then there was silence. Zhou Yuwen didn't pay attention to her, as he was discussing the SIM card issue with a dozen other classmates at the time.
"If I bring you a person, is there a $20 commission?" About ten minutes later, Li Shiqi suddenly sent another message.
"Yes, $20 per person, but if you can bring in thirty people, I will make you the main distributor on your campus, with a $30 commission per person!"
"Okay!"
Afterward, Li Shiqi fell silent again, and Zhou Yuwen continued volunteering at the school gate, helping younger brothers and sisters back to their dorms, while asking if they needed SIM cards.
He was busy until six o'clock in the evening before finally gathering a list of a hundred people for SIM cards.
Then he found a Telecom business office a bit far from his school.
Being located in a college town, the business office was staffed entirely by young women in their early twenties, making the thirty-year-old Zhou Yuwen feel somewhat older in comparison.
The uniform at the business office was quite attractive, dominated by purple colors, similar to a flight attendant's outfit, with a design that accented a slim waist and was paired with a short skirt and nude stockings.
It was the new student season, and not many students visited the business office for SIM cards, so it was quite cool. When Zhou Yuwen entered, a young woman attended to him.
Wearing rimmed glasses and dressed maturely, Zhou Yuwen's first sentence upon entering was, "Is your store manager here?"
"Ah? Do you have something, sir?"
"I had an appointment before, talking about a distribution issue."
"Oh, one moment."
The business office often made distribution contracts with students, and hearing Zhou Yuwen mention this, the young woman didn't ask further.
Soon, the manager came over, didn't recognize Zhou Yuwen but that wasn't important; earning money was what mattered.
Zhou Yuwen introduced himself straightforwardly, saying he was from Xu Huai and often helped his family with SIM card registration at schools there, so he thought he might try starting a business here.
"How many people can you get to register?" Knowing Zhou Yuwen's purpose, the manager's attitude wasn't cold, but it was certainly not enthusiastic.
Zhou Yuwen said he had already contacted former classmates now spread across various universities in the college town, which effectively covered all the college students, and all these classmates could act as his sub-distributors.
Plus, they had already achieved some initial success. Here was the list of upcoming SIM card registrations.
Zhou Yuwen didn't show the manager the full list of a hundred people but split it across several pages, each page containing five, six, or seven people.
This list clearly had the names of the sub-distributors, the developed users, and the prices of the plans handled.
The manager, Liu Yeqing, a woman in her thirties still radiating charm, known to wear the standard uniform of a short skirt and stockings, started taking Zhou Yuwen more seriously after seeing his list. According to the information, Zhou Yuwen had over thirty sub-distributors covering the entire college town, which was already significant in volume, and from the intended registrations of 29, 59, 79 plans noted by Zhou Yuwen, it was clear he knew the intricacies of the plans.
Liu Yeqing, lifting her nylon-clad beautiful legs, supported her chin with her hand and reviewed Zhou Yuwen's list. She then asked Zhou Yuwen, "Have you contacted the business office at your school? How much commission do they give you?"
Zhou Yuwen chuckled lightly, "Haven't contacted them yet, but as far as I know, the main distributor at our school gets $150 per campus card, and can get $70 in commission, but the volume at campus level definitely isn't as large as mine, so I want $80 per card in commission."
Liu Yeqing's expression eased, and she began to feel more assured about Zhou Yuwen, "No problem."
"I'm not done yet, my commission is a bit low."
"That's low?" Liu Yeqing laughed and said, "You're asking for more than half already."
"Sister, my family is in this business; you can't fool me. I've even marked the number of people signing up for different plans on the back. Don't you understand?"
Hearing this, Liu Yeqing lowered her head and didn't speak. She said, "At best, you have a hundred people here. I can't give you a large discount."
"I know these hundred people are just my sub-agents. My plan is to have at least a thousand people sign up for cards during the school season, so I want to discuss the matter of rebate sharing."
Fortunately, in his previous life, Zhou Yuwen had bought a phone card from Chen Wan, and then learned more about it during his sophomore year, so he was quite clear about the phone card business.
As someone who had been through it before, Zhou Yuwen only wanted to say that the profit margin on phone cards was higher than you could imagine.
Normally, if Zhou Yuwen processed a hundred phone cards, not to mention getting a commission of eighty, even one hundred and fifty, the counterpart would gladly accept it.
But what was more profitable than the commission was...
Each card had a rebate of 0.6 on the monthly charge.
For example, for a plan costing 79 yuan, Zhou Yuwen's monthly rebate was 79*0.6=47.2 yuan.
If 1,000 people signed up for cards through Zhou Yuwen, his monthly income would be 47,200 yuan!
His annual income would then be five hundred and sixty thousand!
Zhou Yuwen had only been in the university town for a year. If he could steadily hold onto the earnings from the university town for the next three years, he'd make a lazy 1.5 million!
Having been reincarnated, he shouldn't have to worry about money, right?
All the demands Zhou Yuwen raised were within reason. He didn't even boast about how many people he could attract and then ask for too much. His request, given his status, wasn't excessive, but he was still pushing the limits. The store also had its profits to consider.
For the store, this was an opportunity handed to them on a silver platter.
If Liu Yeqing didn't agree, Zhou Yuwen could just switch to another store. With so many stores in the university town, someone would agree to his terms, and they might even offer Zhou Yuwen some small backdoor benefits.
For instance, Zhou Yuwen said he hoped he could negotiate some extra small perks for his users.
Liu Yeqing understood what Zhou Yuwen meant and said she could give an additional 120g of data for students signing up through Zhou Yuwen, distributed over six months at 20g per month.
After all was explained, Zhou Yuwen signed the agency contract in the store and then got a phone card for free, which came with unlimited calls and unlimited data for 300 yuan per month.
"Sister Ye, I remember our store has Apple contract phones, right?" Having received the phone card, Zhou Yuwen suddenly remembered he still didn't have a mobile phone.
Laughing at this, Liu Yeqing threw in an extra, the latest model of an Apple phone with chocolate white color and silky operation.
The first day of reincarnation, successful, and without embarrassing reincarnators.
However, sometimes, one has to believe in destiny. From this moment on, Zhou Yuwen's life had begun to change, yet it hadn't completely changed.
For instance, in his past life, he had handled the campus card through Chen Wan. This time, at a different place, he miraculously got the exact same phone number.
Fifteen minutes after activating the campus card and leaving the store...
Zhou Yuwen's phone rang.
Zhou Yuwen, puzzled, answered the call: "Hello?"
There was a moment of silence on the other end, with a hint of excitement faintly audible.
What the heck?
This phone was just activated, wasn't it?
"Who's there? If you don't talk, I'll hang up!" Zhou Yuwen pretended to hang up the phone.
"Zhou Yuwen!"
Hearing this voice, Zhou Yuwen was startled and bewildered.
"You must write novels! Your novels, they are definitely going to be a hit! You have to believe in yourself!"