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80块钱一堂课 A lesson of 80 yuans

    今天是有人勤等着要看这篇blog我写了什么吧。你放心，我是怕了你了，我不会点你名的。我被你吓得都不敢写中文了，本来早上起来是写了英文记录下这个事情。但是写完后，我觉得还是要提醒下这里的同行朋友们小心点为好，英文你们可能都不会看。所以我再中文补记之，英文写的就往后面放了。

    我昨天吃了个哑巴亏。不入taobao，不知道taobao这么多猫腻。四年前的taobao还算干净，今天难讲它还是个干净地方了。一天到晚地刷信用、刷好评。taobao规定一个ID一周内可以刷6个好评，所以很多时候你看一个ID连续评了6个好评，或者是在几天内评论不超过6个，那都是刷出来的记录。

     刷好评骗信用我是不做的，但是taobao旺旺群发广告我觉得可以试试的。所以我在网上找了个“代发旺旺广告”，说一万条80块。我和他聊了聊，觉得人还满实在的，讲的也算诚恳，我把钱就给他打过去了，我这个傻瓜用的是“即时到帐”，这个也是他要求的，说不“即时到帐”不给做。我还提供了大概4000个的taobao ID数据。我当时留了个心眼，里面放了几个自己的号。结果发现我自己和小胖一条都没有收到，那自然是他都没有发了。我还去问他怎么回事，其实有什么怎么回事，被骗了呗。

     我傻不拉叽地还跟他说，“你拿钱不办事，你得把钱退给我。”

     我猜他那里几乎是要笑喷出来，他说“妹妹，你太天真了。放到口袋里的钱，你还想把它拿回去？”

    我说：“那你什么意思？”

    他说：“没什么意思，你就当花钱请我喝茶了，天这么热。”

    他又说：“我是看你跟其他卖茶的不一样，更有修养，更有文化，我才继续和你说话的。”意思是换别人他早拿钱闪人了。

     我是，我自始至终没有对他说过什么难听的话，因为我觉得那样没意思。但是我觉得我吃了亏，别人要吸取教训。我说：“我要把你的ID号，QQ号写在我blog上，提醒别人注意。”

     结果他说“你可以写，我也可以写。过一个晚上，你就会发现你的ID、名字、QQ、旺旺、公司名字出现在网络上baidu、blog、论坛各个地方，而且都是以“网络卖茶骗子”的名义。做这个，我比你专业的多。”

     这话说的我简直是不寒而栗啊，呆了半天我都不知道该说什么。

     怎么能这样啊？！

     我说“不是你说我是卖茶骗子我就骗子的，我什么样的人大家都看的到。”

    他说：“福建人卖茶很多都是骗人的，口碑很差。那种打电话向你推销茶叶的，说货到付款。结果你买一盒他给你带五盒过去，然后说打个折给你算了。你觉得货到付款总是比较放心的，结果收了以后发现这包装挺好，但是里面茶叶不是一般的差。可是人早走了，你抓也抓不到，自认倒霉。所以，只要是福建人卖茶的我都看不上。你跟别人不一样，我才会跟你说这些。

      还有你觉得大家现在谁还会花时间去调查你到底是不是骗子？我说你是骗子，他说你是骗子，你就是骗子。你还想说你是清白的？没用！只要有人想说你是骗子，那么你就是了。你再想澄清、再想去证明什么，没用！这个社会就是这样。你想给我找麻烦，我就能让你不好过。你最好就息事宁人，就当80块钱上堂课。这算便宜了。我是大学里的讲师，我大学里去上一堂课至少300块。”

     他说这个的时候，我下巴都快惊掉了，“你大学讲师，你还骗人钱？！”

     他说的很坦然，也很轻松：“骗子不可怕，可怕的是骗子有文化。这话你听过没？呵呵，这就算我的一个业务爱好，随便玩一下。这社会就是这样，日子还长着呢。你别试图去揭发什么，这么点事，你在明处，我在暗处，玩这个我比你专业的多。”

     我真的是。。。不知道该说什么。。。

     其实，我难过的不是损失了这么点小钱，而是他后来对我说的那些威胁的话。“人言可畏”这个道理不用他说我也懂，真要有人想往你身上泼脏水，真的是“跳进黄河也洗不清”啊。

     还有这整个社会的“诚信的缺失”，真的是很可怕。

     我们去进茶的时候，有一次聊到很晚了，天下起雨来。我们说你就把我们订好的这些茶，明天不下雨的时候直接送过来给我们吧，还省得我们再跑一趟。结果人家很认真，说“你们还是麻烦明天再过来一次当场验货，我们当场给你封装。茶叶看起来都一样的，价格差别很大。如果我们做熟了互相都信任了还好说。刚开始还是按规矩来。”

     唉，你说，这种互相的“不信任”折耗了多少社会成本。

     我越想越郁闷，打电话给小胖说了这事，一般我们就是在电话里面说说话的。结果小胖突然说，“你开视频，让我看看你吧。”

     我就开了视频，小胖看了我一会儿说：“看你不高兴我心里也挺难受的。我就希望你开开心心、快快乐乐的，这个比什么都重要啊。”

     小胖又说：“这些人很难缠的。你以后不要轻易相信别人，就好了。以前你在公司里面，环境太好，没遇到什么复杂的人，还是太单纯了。以后遇到的人还多着呢，就当买个教训吧。”   

     唉，还真是头一回遇到这种事。

 A lesson of 80 yuans

My Taobao shop has been opened for almost 15 days now.

Interestingly, during those 15 days the people I saw there were mainly guys pretending to be advertising agents coming to me and offering to do all kinds of advertisements about my shop.

In fact, I was worrying about that whole question of advertisement and I kept trying to find ways to make my shop known. Obviously, when you want to sell high end products the very first thing you should do is make sure that your target market becomes aware that you exist; right ? But how ?

To my amazement a lot of people came to me and said that they could send messages to thousands of Taobao IDs. I thought that this could be a quick and effective way to enter my market, but as the very careful person you know I am, I decided to select the most reliable agent I could find by myself.

I did a lot of research and eventually I found a man whom I believed was serious and sincere. We began to talk and I felt that he was quite considerate and reliable. So I said to myself – Ok,it is him ! as I sent him 4000 Taobao IDs and paid him 80 yuans to do the job.

I was excited and eager to see the results of my very first advertisement campaign.

I thought that I had around 0.007% chances of getting a feedback from potential customers, which meant that about 28 people would knock on my door and say “Ahh, Yuan, I want to try your tea…”.

After all, this guy seemed quite knowledgeable when he told me that it was much better to spread your advertisement in the morning. By experience, I know that most of my blog followers are coming online from the office to enjoy reading it early in the day because after work they are quite busy around.  Hence, I was quite happy to have found such a professional advertiser and I was waiting eagerly for that magical sales moment.    

But…

I waited and waited, but I did not get even a single feedback. Nobody came and said hello to me. How come ?

I had put Xiao Pang’s Taobao ID in the list. So I logged on Xiao Pang’s account and I found out that no message was ever left there, which means that this guy was cheating me. He had not sent any message at all. He had fooled me.

I knew clearly that I had been cheated. But, unbelievably, I was so much innocent that I even wanted to get my money back. I acted like a little innocent white rabbit and he definitely acted like a …foxy fox.

Innocent White Rabbit: I checked my Taobao account and I found that you didn’t keep your promise. You cheated me. I want my money back.

Foxy Fox: Hmmmmm Little Girl, do you believe you can get your money back once it is already in my pocket ?

Innocent White Rabbit: What do you mean ? Are you telling me that my money went for nothing ?

Foxy Fox: Sure, and let this be a lesson for you. This is very good for you. You know I am a teacher, my students had to spend 300 yuans for my lessons in the college.

Innocent White Rabbit: How can you do that, you are cheating people even as you are a teacher ?

Foxy Fox: Have you never heard of it ? A cheater with a lot of knowledge can be very powerful. And besides, you also need to educate yourself.

Innocent White Rabbit: Unbelievable… I will post your ID on my blog, thus at the very least letting people know your are a cheater !

Foxy Fox: Don’t do that. I am telling you. Don’t ever try to write anything against me anywhere. You know, I can write something too. After one night you might find all your public informations like your personal name, ID and company name with a mark “Cheater” everywhere. I am much much more professional than you when I am doing that.

Innocent White Rabbit: How can you do that ? People will not believe you because of one single message, it is not because you said I am a cheater that I am a cheater.

Foxy Fox: Girl, you are too pure. You believe that people will try to know whether you are a lier or not ?

If 10 people say that you are a cheater, then you are a cheater whatever you do and try to clean your name from the dirty mark. This is the way societies are.

You know, I still keep talking with you because I feel you are pure and cultural; you are very different from the others. But you must learn and 80 yuans for a lesson is not that expensive, come on.

Innocent White Rabbit (almost speechlessly): How can you say that ? You cheated me and I need to say thank you for that?!

Foxy Fox: Yes, better do that, because I am your teacher…