Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth

Chapter 25: Chapter 25 Make a Friend_1 Chapter 25: Chapter 25 Make a Friend_1 These were the exact things that Wang Ye had requested from Liu Jun.

It wouldn’t be feasible for Wang Ye to be gearing up to penetrate the market at Friendship University, Moscow University, and other major universities with stacks of phone cards, only for Liu Jun to start selling cards at the same schools, even bringing in other agents.

This would put Wang Ye in a bind….

That’s why he brought it up specifically, demanding that Liu Jun cease the wholesale distribution of phone cards within these schools. Best even to not sell at all!

Liu Jun pondered momentarily and then agreed readily to Wang Ye’s request.

However, he added a time limit.

Three months!

As long as Wang Ye could secure the market in these colleges with his phone cards within three months.

Then Liu Jun would hand over these college market shares to him, and consider Wang Ye as the regional agent.

This would be a test to Wang Ye’s talents. If after three months, Wang Ye were unable to sell the cards, then Liu Jun really couldn’t afford to keep these markets empty forever.

Although the telephone card market at universities was not big, perhaps even minuscule, yet even a tiny mosquito is still meat!

In the big market, the sales volume of phone cards is staggering, but wanting to break into this market would require a high threshold, which Liu Jun had yet to achieve….

Watching Liu Jun’s old Audi fade in the distance, Wang Ye clutched the box filled with phone cards and quickly returned to his dormitory.

The money was already spent, and the phone cards are now in his possession!

Next, it’s time to see Wang Ye’s “performance”….

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Back in the dorm, Wang Ye fetched several blank A4 papers and a thick marker pen.

He started scribbling on the papers.

Simply, he needed to make a few promotional posters, then stick them up on the bulletin boards in the lobby of every dormitory building!

With that, the Chinese students studying abroad at Friendship University would be aware that Wang Ye was selling phone cards. If anyone wanted to purchase the cards, they wouldn’t need to have them brought from the big market. They just need to call the number listed on the promotional poster and Wang Ye would personally deliver the cards!

Whether you buy fifty or a hundred, delivery would be straight to your door!

This was a service that no one else provided!

As for the pricing, a card with a face value of fifty US dollars sells for forty-five US dollars from Wang Ye!

A one hundred US dollar card only costs ninety!

Wang Ye did not acquire twenty-dollar face value cards, only fifty and hundred ones, this was done to raise the “sales per customer”.

In reality, many students are willing to buy twenty-dollar cards as well as fifty-dollar cards.

When there is an option of twenty dollars, they would likely opt for it. If there isn’t, they would have to go with the fifty-dollar ones.

However, this was different for Wang Ye.

Selling one fifty-dollar card equates to selling two and a half twenty-dollar cards!

Which means fewer trips for him….

Another reason was the higher face value cards indirectly encourage the user to make more calls!

Think of it, if your calling card only had enough for one hour, all throughout your phone call, it would constantly play on your mind, making you want to keep the conversation short.

But what if your calling card had enough for three to five hours worth of calls?

Then, you would likely not consider the length of the call, and unconsciously end up talking for extended periods.

Wang Ye was hoping that this would naturally increase the sales of his phone cards!

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With a stack of self-made promotional posters in hand, Wang Ye stepped out planning to visit every dormitory building.

As soon as he left his dormitory, he ran into Xiao Yun and Wang Dan, who seemed to be returning from grocery shopping at a large supermarket, each carrying a large bag of stuff.

Seeing Wang Ye, they both waved and greeted him cheerfully.

“Hey Brother Ye, didn’t go out today?

“Brother Ye, we bought lots of fruits and snacks, we’ll bring some over to you later.”

Although they were all around the same age, Wang Ye, with his previous life’s twenty-odd years of social experience, was quite popular among his peers.

Not to mention his proficiency in Russian, and his willingness to help others meant that his classmates often sought his assistance.

Naturally, Wang Ye had a rather satisfying social life here.

Wang Ye waved the papers in his hand and replied with a smile: “Just to let you guys know, if you want to buy phone cards in the future, you don’t need to ask the seniors to bring them for you anymore, come to me directly. I have phone cards for sale, and they are cheap!”

Getting seniors to bring phone cards over from the big market, or going there personally was not merely troublesome, but also not cheap.

The cost of the phone card has always been its face value. No one has ever heard of a discount on phone cards before…

Hearing this, Xiao Yun and Wang Dan perked up and showed interest immediately.

Wang Dan quickly asked: “Really? That’s great! I’ve been making many calls recently, and the card I just bought is already used up. I was thinking of having someone help me get another one, but now it’s simple, I can just buy from you. By the way, how much are you selling a one hundred dollar card for?”

Girls tend to make more calls compared to boys, especially newly arrived students in Moscow like Xiao Yun and Wang Dan.

Wang Ye regularly saw these two girls talking with their families and friends back home on their phones. He wondered how they found so many things to talk about.

“Just ninety US dollars, wholesale price. I got the cards from a friend, not to earn money but just to be more convenient. I’m selling them to everyone at wholesale prices, just to make friends.” Wang Ye replied with a smile.

This statement was half true, half false.

A ninety percent rate was indeed a highly discounted price, an ordinary individual would not have access to this price. It could genuinely be considered a wholesale price.

But stating that he wasn’t doing it for the money and just to make friends was not realistic….

For Xiao Yun and Wang Dan, this was a delightful surprise!

Both of them were major phone card consumers. They had only recently arrived in Moscow and were still not used to it, so they called their families or friends in China almost every day. Naturally, they used a substantial amount of phone cards.

Last time in the big market, the two of them each bought two hundred US dollars worth of phone cards. It was barely a week and they’d almost used it all up!

Even if they didn’t call as frequently in the future, they would still need to purchase one to two hundred dollars’ worth of cards monthly.

This expense was not trivial.

By purchasing the cards from Wang Ye now, they could get them at a 10% discount, which would save them some money. Who would refuse?

Hence, Xiao Yun immediately asked: “It’s that cheap! The phone cards you have, Brother Ye, they should be fine, right? The same quality as what we bought before, right?”

“Not quite the same, these cards are of higher quality than what you’ve used before. The call quality is clearer, and the connection is more stable.” Wang Ye confidently stated.

Upon hearing Wang Ye’s assurances, Xiao Yun and Wang Dan stopped hesitating.

“Then give me a one hundred US dollar card first. I still have to call my classmates back home later. It’s so hard to find Internet cafes in this darn place. The only way to contact my friends back home is to call them!”

“I’ll also take a one hundred dollar card, and if I run out, I’ll get more from you, Brother Ye. Heehee, buying a card will be a cinch in the future.”

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Wang Ye’s venture got off to a promising start; he sold two one hundred dollar cards even before he started advertising.