We started using WeChat friends circle on 12. At that time, most of the communication was still using QQ, and we have known each other for 6 years. Various forums have been used in the middle. In 2009, I started to use Tianya Forum in my sophomore year. In less than a year, it is basically not difficult to send a post with a homepage focus of 30,000 to 40,000. What is the reason? I am familiar with some moderators and often write, so I have more opportunities to recommend them. 10, a historical novel "Star of the Song Dynasty" swept the world and was listed as the headline for two consecutive days. Since then, I have also become a star of Tianya, with about 654.38+ million fans. I also published a book and slowly embarked on the road of writing.

13 later, he resigned from state-owned enterprises and began to run around on the road. In a few months, Weibo's fans have increased a lot, posting in Tianya, and many people have joined my QQ group. At the peak of my life, there were almost three or four thousand people in the two groups, and I couldn't see the news of chatting every day. I also set up an official WeChat account with one or two thousand fans. At that time, there were no such things as "network celebrities" and "fan economy", and there was no WeChat business. The greatest pleasure is sharing, without any utilitarian purpose. I never thought I could sell things with my fans. The idea at that time was that it was shameful to make friends' money. At that time, it was still the PC era, and few people used smart phones.

Later, the travel time became longer and longer, and there were more and more fans. QQ could not be added, and friends began to switch to WeChat. It has also slowly entered the era of mobile internet, and the frequency of using mobile phones is getting higher and higher. Before 14 went to Tibet in June, there were less than 300 people on WeChat. By the time 1000 held a sharing meeting in Lhasa in June, there were probably11,travel stories. The official account of WeChat has about 1500 fans. At that time, an article promoting a new book was published, with a reading volume of nearly 20,000, which is close to 10 times of the number of people. From this perspective, intentional articles can still be recognized by the public, and these fans can be called "iron powder". During the promotion of new books, after lectures from major universities and book sales signed by bookstores, the number of WeChat friends was gradually fixed at around 4,000 in June 15 due to travel, book recommendation and other reasons.

During the period, in order to cooperate with the promotion of the publishing house, I played watercress again. Basically, many celebrities above are familiar with it, and they also gave some recommendations. After all, if you enter a circle, you have to "hold the group to keep warm." /kloc-At the beginning of 0/5, I attended a dinner party of Douban celebrities in Beijing, and everyone was enthusiastically discussing their ways to make money. Many people just wrote for a long time and after understanding the rules, they formed a small circle to support each other. A red man with many fans boasted: "There is no need to buy books now. Many publishers send me new books as soon as they come out. Too many. Sometimes you can tell what kind of book review to write by looking at the title. Write a few hundred words casually, and there are also hundreds. " I wanted to refute her, but many people learned from her, and I can't say anything more. Writing lyrics is a hard job, and it is not easy to achieve. During this period, I contacted Weibo to buy powder, buy and forward comments, how to buy the new book list, and the advertising expenses of Weibo and WeChat from the media. I know that these so-called platforms don't have much authenticity at all and are easily manipulated by capital. After the book tour, I don't need all the online platforms. The only thing left is WeChat's circle of friends. Maybe this is the last piece of pure land.

Many poor friends on the road have slowly discovered ways to make money, and fans in the circle of friends can realize it. Their first destination in various places is the wholesale market, which is sold to friends in the circle of friends. Later, many people embarked on the road of transnational purchasing, which is another story. Anyway, everyone was poor at that time, and it was normal to earn some living expenses occasionally.

But I always feel uneasy. Without in-depth understanding, I dare not sell. I can't sell it after I have a deep understanding, for fear of conscience. Sometimes I borrow it from my friends when I really have no money, but fortunately I can borrow it most of the time. Until June 15, when I arrived at Putuoshan Buddhist College, I had only 1000 yuan left. A mage pitied me and asked me to try selling beads. Results 120 sold more than 20 pieces of Vajrayana Bodhi on the first day (each piece was blessed by Master's great compassion mantra). Later, I began to design custom beads, a string of 65438. Later, I went to Lhasa, and then I went to Bakuo Mall to wholesale Buddha beads. The ticket to Jokhang Temple cost 80 yuan and was sold. Basically, the price is three times the cost of raw materials. My conscience is uneasy. I feel like I betrayed my faith. After communicating with Master, Master only said, "Don't forget the purpose of your departure. You want to be a bead wholesaler all your life. "

I was thinking at the entrance of Jokhang Temple until late at night, and I remembered what I said to a friend: "I want to be a writer of an era." Now that I have the money to sell beads, I have overcome the difficulties for the time being and can't hold on any longer. I stopped selling beads after I left Lhasa (I worked as a brand manager in a jewelry company at 17, and found that the price of beads with the same material and style in the company was almost two to three times that of mine. I didn't even dare to do this job at first, but later I became familiar with it, which included too many links, loss of raw materials, and.

This is my first time to sell things on WeChat, and I earned more than 20,000 yuan in three months.

17 years, came to Dali for two years. I wanted to sell something original to earn some living expenses. After visiting many stores, I found that the quality of many products can't be guaranteed (the problems of additives and preservatives are inevitable). Finally, I bought some wild mushrooms for my girlfriend by mistake. As a result, some friends wanted to try it, so they sold thirty or forty bottles in dribs and drabs. If there is any problem, they will improve it in time. Without enough user feedback and trust, they dare not. 18 years. Last year, many of the products I tasted were bought by myself or given away. I opened a lot at once and sold about 200 bottles. Plus tea, wild honey, brown sugar, fruit wine and so on. That's what I often drink. I earned about 20 thousand for two years in a row. Basically, they are all retail, and no agents are recruited.

At present, there are about 4700 WeChat friends. Through writing and traveling, for eight years, although many people have never seen me, they have regarded me as a part of life. Step by step, some fans and I have a lot of experiences. I am grateful for this trust, and I am also afraid of betraying it. This is the wealth I have accumulated in the past eight years.

I earned 30,000 yuan by writing and 40,000 yuan by shopping with my fans and friends, which helped me tide over the difficulties many times. I also carefully maintain my circle of friends and cherish every friend in the address book.

I recently brushed my circle of friends and found a very serious problem. Often the screen is full of advertisements (friends who often pay attention don't send friends). During my three years in Dali, the audit of my circle of friends was very strict, and more than 700 people were added. More seriously, I recruited an agent to do WeChat business. It stands to reason that I have also sold things in my circle of friends and earned money from my friends. I shouldn't blame others, but many things that have happened recently have aroused my sensitive nerves. At first, I thought I hadn't played the internet for several years, and the times derailed. Later, I found out that it wasn't. It is the mobile internet that makes this era crazy.

Some time ago, a reader from Shanghai came to live with me. After reading my book, he especially wants to help me out of the economic difficulties as soon as possible. He said, you have so many loyal fans, why don't you sell wild mushroom sauce? This can increase people's desire to buy and trust.

I said that I sell my own things and make brands year after year. If you like it, you want to buy it next year, and the number of things you make every day is limited. Many people are too busy to buy it. Why do you want to take a screenshot of the bill that people bought and paid?

Later, I learned that he was talking about a lot of so-called direct sales training routines. A direct selling company in Shanghai relies on the support of Christian faith when recruiting agents. Later, he thought it was not good, but he couldn't say why he quit.

"The so-called Sun's orders are mostly for agents, and I don't want to recruit agents. What is Sun's order for? " I said.

"Did you write a story about pyramid selling in Hong Kong in the book? It seems that I didn't feel right until I saw that. " He said.

"yes." I told him the whole story again. Later, I posted it online under the name of "20 13, I went deep into pyramid selling in Hong Kong".

In fact, my relatives and friends have been telling me that there are so-called good projects in recent years, and I know that I don't have much money. To put it bluntly, I took a fancy to the fan resources I have accumulated over the years. After listening to a few words, I knew that it was a pyramid scheme for WeChat business. Every time I hear this, I have no choice but to show my feelings and reason. I don't have the courage to tell others that I have experienced pyramid schemes. I don't have the courage to listen to what I hear, and I can't help it if I don't listen. If you block someone's money, they won't fight you hard. I don't care if people give me money online.

Later, I saw more and more friends doing WeChat business, many of whom were former friends. I'm a little surprised. Most people fall into the situation of getting rich crazily. In fact, the current economic situation is not good. Many people suddenly have nothing to do, but they have some money to invest in something and want to make a small fortune with a monthly income of 100 thousand. I don't think I can keep silent any longer. I must do something.

Although I have the courage to write a book about my experience in Hong Kong, I can use the third person. I still dare not admit it was me, and I don't want to recall that time. I think this is the failure of my life. But now it seems that thanks to my coming to Guangzhou as soon as I graduated and being baptized in Hong Kong early, I have helped my family and friends avoid pyramid schemes many times over the years.

Wechat has become an opportunity for many people to start businesses at low cost. Based on the trust between friends, it is also a channel for class mobility for people who do things in good faith. The level of this society is fair. Who pays more, who is better, who can get more social resources. Although most counterattacks are deceptive, it does not rule out efforts to create miracles. For the public, the existence of this channel is always more promising than the society being completely controlled by capital and vested interests.

In order to avoid accidental injury and give my friends some basis for judgment, I carefully checked the difference between direct selling and pyramid selling and gave some simple suggestions.

First of all, remember that there is no free lunch in the sky, and there will be no pies in the sky for no reason. If it is the initial stage of poor social information circulation in the 1980s and 1990s, even before the development of mobile Internet, there may be many opportunities to get rich overnight. But now the society has entered a stable period (strictly speaking, it has entered a recession cycle, and the survival of the fittest will lay the foundation for the recovery of the next cycle), and the information is relatively smooth. Many elites have to live hard, so how can the opportunity to make big money easily fall on ordinary people? If you don't tighten your wallet, you may end up drawing water with a sieve, losing all your money and crying.

Secondly, be careful when acting as an agent. If you want to make money, you must constantly improve your level and keep throwing money in. This is very risky, not by how many offline products you have developed and how much income you have on your books, but by how many consumers have recognized your products. Consumer recognition is God, not your online and offline.

For high-interest deposits, P2P should be more cautious. Remember to invest blindly. Many P2P platforms closed down and many people lost their families. Everyone can go to his mother.

Finally, if you really like a project, first search the relevant news online, and look at both positive and negative news. Making money is an ability, and quitting in time is a skill. Be prepared to lose money, even if you fail, don't have too much impact on your life.

Because direct selling is legal in China, many companies do WeChat business in the name of creating direct selling, and some of them still have a lot to do, such as asking celebrities to speak for them and even investing in making movies. And some people have really made successful people. But in the face of temptation, we should think about it. This is someone else's chance. Is it mine or not? Is it convenient now? What's more, many enterprises are registered in Hong Kong or overseas, or act as agents for foreign products. Most people don't have the ability to distinguish information. They can go to the industrial and commercial bureau to check the relevant enterprise and product information and ask more questions. Since you have to do more homework in the early stage of your business.

When we were in Guangzhou, we went to the industrial and commercial bureau to ask, and they told us that many people reported that company, but there was no way. This enterprise is legal in Hong Kong, paying taxes legally, involving overseas funds, even if they want to do it, there is nothing they can do.

Especially when you make up your mind to do it and fail to invest too much money, you will have a strong sense of psychological identity, others will not listen to anything, and even become hostile (search a lot of ready-made pyramid schemes online), and regard this as a belief in saving the world and become a fanatical religious extremism, which is why many similar organizations will use religious beliefs to develop their organizations. Unlimited personality worship, denial of personal doubts, sober people are eliminated. Until I wake up, I will never be able to recover. If I had invested 55,000 yuan as a distributor instead of 7,000 yuan, I might not be writing books in Dali now, and I might have successfully bleached my career. If I continue to use this model as a company and repeat the same story, I might have been in prison. ...

Life, there is no if. You can trust your relatives and friends in small things, but no one can help you make a decision in this matter. Relatives and friends may not hurt your heart, but it doesn't mean they won't hurt you.

Briefly talk about the difference between direct selling and pyramid selling for reference only. For more information, please check it yourself.

Direct selling: direct delivery from the company, no middleman (online), goods are sold directly to consumers.

MLM: Pyramid-style, at all levels (the prices of goods obtained are different), mainly developing offline and selling them to consumers on a part-time basis.

Some people will confuse grade agents with distributors. You know, dealers can return goods. How many agents in WeChat business can return unsold goods to online companies and companies? Cry when you hit it in your hand and count the goods slowly.

After writing this article, I made a decision to remove all WeChat merchants who advertised in the circle of friends for several days. No matter who they are, I just want a clean circle of friends. Of course, if you want to delete me, you are welcome.

The above words are only personal opinions. I don't expect people who have avoided losses to thank me. Of course, people who have lost the chance to make money and succeed should not come to me. Everything comes from your own thoughts.

Speaking may make mistakes, but silence and inaction may be a crime. May every friend who loves life and hopes for a better life find his own way and forge ahead.

If you want to know about my experience in MLM, please click the following link "My MLM in Hong Kong":

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