Chapter 45 I really don't want to be the second generation
When Lu Yang returned home in the evening, he saw Shen Lijuan and Lu Jianjun chatting around the table.
"Mom, I'm hungry."
Lu Yang shouted while changing his shoes.
"Why don't you eat out today? You eat a lot of fish and meat every day, but you still care about the simple meals at home?"
Shen Lijuan made a mockery.
Some time ago, every Saturday night, Lu Yang and Lu Yong went out to do business in Mingjiang City and ate out.
He didn't dare to tell his mother the truth, so he lied to her about a classmate's birthday treat.
Fortunately, Shen Lijuan didn't pursue that much, otherwise she would have wondered why your classmate has a birthday every Saturday.
Lu Yang smiled and sat next to Shen Lijuan, and gave his mother a flattering squeeze on her shoulders.
"In all the heavens and earth, the food cooked by my mother is the most delicious. The reason why your son eats out is to help my mother save some energy."
Lu Yang's words made Shen Lijuan laugh, and she picked up the dust on her son's clothes.
"You can talk."
Shen Lijuan went to cook for her son with satisfaction.
Facts have proved that making mom happy is a sign of loving mother and filial piety.
"What do you want to eat?"
"casual!"
"It's not in my menu!"
"Oh, then tomato and egg noodles, I'll only eat one bowl!"
Lu Yang felt thirsty and took out a bottle of soda from the refrigerator. He saw that there was leftover rice, leftover dumplings from yesterday, and pickles in the refrigerator.
He murmured in his heart: Why is there so much leftover food?
Lu Yang was used to eating all kinds of snacks away from home, but the food at home was really a bit rough.
Now he understands that it is because his mother is frugal.
If Lu Yang eats out, Shen Lijuan and Lao Lu will just deal with it casually.
If Lu Yang eats at home, Shen Lijuan will arrange at least two meat dishes and one vegetable dish.
Alas, it’s not easy for mom either.
Then, he noticed several rather small MP3 prototypes placed on the table, which Lao Lu must have brought back from the factory.
"Dad, the efficiency of your factory is too low. How long has it been since then? Only now are prototypes produced."
Lu Yang picked one up casually, well, most of them were improved according to what he said.
The body is made of metal and is polished to be round and compact. The small LCD screen in the middle looks full of technology.
"You think the trial production of this kind of prototype is not a waste of time? It's not as simple as just using your mouth."
Lu Jianjun said dissatisfiedly that as the product manager and factory director, he still had a strong say.
Every time Lu Yang made requests and suggestions for rectification, Lao Lu had to go back to the factory to redesign.
Sometimes there is a conflict between the existing design and the new design, so we have to negotiate with the workers, including the shell grinding tool, which needs to be re-adjusted.
Coupled with the poor equipment and lack of talent in the factory, progress was extremely slow.
Lu Jianjun asked: "What do you think this time is like?"
Lu Yang put on headphones and tried listening. There was noise in the sound quality.
"Dad, how much do these headphones cost?"
"five yuan!"
"How much does an MP3 cost?"
"52 yuan."
"If you sell it for 99 yuan and get headphones as a gift, there is a high probability that it will become popular."
"The price of 99 yuan is a bit too low. Most MP3 devices on the market cost hundreds."
Lao Lu obviously has the way of thinking of the older generation, always thinking about immediate profits, but it is understandable that he is troubled by historical limitations.
Think about it after 2010, most people have experienced the crazy subsidies from Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache, as well as the crazy subsidies from the food delivery war.
At that time, it was cheaper for people to take a taxi than to take a bus. During the takeout war, every household did not cook, because ordering takeout only cost a few yuan, which was cheaper than buying food at the wet market.
What are these companies for?
It’s for the market!
Many times, in order to seize market share, you have to keep going even if you lose money!
As long as it can survive and new users grow, it will gain the favor of investment institutions.
Then go for financing, continue to subsidize, continue to raise financing, until it goes public, and starts harvesting leeks...
In 2003, the low-end MP3 market was almost blank, and the mid-to-high-end market was monopolized by Sony, Samsung, Lenovo, etc.
Now is a good time to attack the low-end market.
Lu Yang explained his business ideas to Lu Jianjun in detail, more from the perspective of someone who has personally experienced the development wave of the times.
Lu Jianjun benefited a lot from his impassioned words.
Sometimes he thinks his son is unreliable, but what he says sounds reasonable.
Lu Jianjun lowered his voice and asked, "Have you spent all the five thousand yuan I gave you last time?"
"Dad, who are you looking down on? I will bring the money back tomorrow for you to see."
Tomorrow is the day for Lu Yang to collect money. Two days ago, I heard Liu Wei say that Hai Kuo Tian Tian’s gaming revenue in a month reached more than 2,000 yuan.
Currently, the Legend Private Server has a total of 11 cooperative Internet cafes, 3 more are under negotiation, and 23 have not yet been secured.
Shen Lijuan came over with a noodle bowl and saw her son and husband muttering.
They are both the same height, but my son is much thinner.
Lu Yang was obviously very hungry. He picked up the tomato and egg noodles and wolfed them down.
Shen Lijuan asked Lu Yang to eat slowly and peeled a garlic clove for him.
"No one is trying to grab it from you, so why are you so anxious? Be careful not to choke."
A mother is always like this. After she dislikes her son, she starts to feel sorry for her son. She probably didn't even notice this contradiction herself.
Shen Lijuan is very concerned about Lu Yang's academic performance.
For example, I have made a lot of progress in this monthly exam. I used to score 460-470 points, but this time I scored over 510 points.
If you work harder, you can even pass the key exam.
Lao Lu was equally impressed by his son's achievements.
At that time, Grandpa Lu Yang often said a saying: Everything is inferior, only reading is good!
Lao Lu himself graduated from high school and had not even been admitted to college. Lu Yang was the only college student in the Lu family.
After Lu Yang finished eating, Shen Lijuan reached out and took his bowl.
"Mom, I'm full."
"There's still a lot in the pot. If you have any leftover, your dad will have to eat it tomorrow."
"Oh, then help me fill half the bowl."
After a while, Shen Lijuan came over with a full bowl of noodles, still filled with tomatoes and eggs.
Lu Yang:......
Mom never understands the depth of half a bowl when serving rice, just like a hairdresser never understands the length of one centimeter.
The former often moves us, while the latter disappoints us.
After eating, Lu Yang continued to discuss MP3 products with Lao Lu, and Shen Lijuan also joined in to offer opinions.
She hoped that Lao Lu would print on the back of the MP3 player's body the words: flowers bloom, wealth, happiness, good luck and so on.
Lu Yang was so thunderous that he was scorched on the outside and tender on the inside.
As we all know, middle-aged women generally like words such as: flowers bloom, wealth, and a happy life.
But the audience for MP3 is young people.
Only older people like mom's aesthetic, but those older people don't use MP3 players. They generally like portable radios that play some news or opera programs.
What's even more weird is that Lao Lu thinks his mother's plan can be considered, which almost makes Lu Yang jump.
If Lao Lu produces MP3 players according to his mother’s ideas, he will 100% lose nothing!
I must stop my mother from being such a laggard. I really don’t want to be a second-generation negative anymore...