VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Speaking exercise

The oney thing I know is that its first time we took the picture of the black hole and every talk about it in their WeChat moments.

I am not quite sure but I believe brands leverage this topic to do something.
I’m not sure any brand has done that.

I think that depends but normally when we have a campaign . before we do a meme we will propose campaign ideas. for example the execution, the way we use to communicate with our clients is meme normally we will have someone to do funny memes to inspire people to do memes by themselves. Sometimes china is so big, if the one you did is the most funny one you win something it would be too big and uncontrollable. We may invited some opinion leaders to do something . Bring the users in and set up some rules for them because we do it for a brand, we don’t want the consumer to do it for nothing

when we talk about meme we often use UGC (user generated content) before there is a while UGC is popular but we have this issue so we have different way to protect. First we will have sensitive words, the tech can detect if this meme contains anything that illegal or sexually this kind of thing it will never get chance to publish but it is still very limited so if the clients they care so much we need to have someone to look at the whole UGC content before it publish and people check hourly to make sure everything in the publish is legal and good for their brand . but right now it depends on different clients. some don’t so they will avoid to do something like this.

The story is about in Xian the 4s store, a girl she paid like 200k for the prepayment of a Benz and the rest of it 400K is a loan. there are 2 issues here. she pays for the car and before she drove the car out the car. she realized the car leaked oil. she is quite educated, she is like master degree and she has money, she can pay 100% but she goes back and tries to negotiate with them. the store keeps her waiting and after make her wait several days they just told her we can replace the engine for you. She is not satisfied is if I drive your car out of the door, I found this problem you can replace the engine but the problem is I haven’t get out of the door, I think you should just give me a new car or give me back the money. but they say something to limit the guarantee conditions. So she is so angry she sat on the front of the car and went through the whole detail of this thing. Some people record this whole thing and this girl. She is so logical actually.

they care their brand so much they don’t want to take the risk.
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From what I know, the key thing is that it’s first time we took a picture of a black hole and everyone talked about it on their WeChat moments.

I am not quite sure but I believe some brands leveraged this topic to do something.
I’m not sure any brand has done that.

I think that depends but normally when we have a campaign  before we do a meme we will propose campaign ideas. for example the execution, how we communicate with our clients.   talking about memes, normally we will have someone do funny memes to inspire people to do memes by themselves/ do some on their own.
Keeping control can be difficult. China is so big, if the meme you did is the funniest people will share it.
But it can easily become too big to control. We may invite some opinion leaders to do something . Bring the users in and set up some ground rules for them because we do it for a brand, we don’t want the consumer to alter our idea.

when we talk about memes we often use the expression UGC (user generated content)/ we often qualify memes as UGC
UGC were popular for a while but we had this issue so we found different way to protect ourselves. First we have a filter for sensitive words, the tech can detect if this meme contains anything that is illegal or morally questionable  will never Get a  chance to be published/ to go public.

but the technology is very limited/ has flaws so if the clients really cares/is really concerned/ is risk avert we need to have someone look at the whole UGC content before it is published and people check hourly to make sure everything waiting to be published/awaiting publication is legal and good for their brand . but right now it depends on different clients perspective.
Some are risk avert/ some are not comfortable with the risk so they will avoid to do something like this.

The story is about a girl in Xian that went to a car dealer, she paid like 200k for the downpayment of a Benz and the rest of it 400K is a loan. there are 2 issues here. she pays for the car and before she drove the car out the car. she realized the car leaked oil. she is quite educated, she is like master degree and she has money, she can pay 100% but she goes back and tries to negotiate with them. the store keeps her waiting and after make her wait several days they just told her we can replace the engine for you. She is not satisfied is if I drive your car out of the door, I found this problem you can replace the engine but the problem is I haven’t get out of the door, I think you should just give me a new car or give me back the money. but they say something to limit the guarantee conditions. So she is so angry she sat on the front of the car and went through the whole detail of this thing. Some people record this whole thing and this girl. She is so logical actually.

they care their brand so much they don’t want to take the risk.

there is a saying goes for BMW.

Vocabulary

deposit: money paid to book something
I paid a deposit for the house but in the end we changed our mind and we lost it.

downpayment : first payment of something for which you cannot borrow money
The downpayment for a house is 20% of the value.

loan : when you borrow money
I got a loan of 2million to buy the house.

meme: picture with funny meaning on the internet.
filter

flaws / imperfections
We use makeup to hide our flaws.

to alter : to change
We decided to alter our model after the failure.

morally questionable: sex, violence, gambling, addictions …..
things that are morally questionable will often get censured.

ground rules : ground rules
We have to set some ground rules before we get started

risk avert : scared of risk
People who are risk avert are not good gamblers.

engine发动哦

heir : the next in line to the throne.
They are training potential heirs to replace the president one day.

stepping stone : something that helps you to reach higher positions.
Being the mayor of Shanghai was a stepping stone for him to finally reach the presidency.

subsidiary : a legal entity for a company to do business in another location
Our company just opened a subsidiary in HK.

University degrees:

bachelor degree (3y)

master degree (5)

phD (7)

Grammar

have someone do something:
I will have my assistant send you the report before Friday.

help someone (to) do something:
I will help you finish it.

get something done
I have my hair done at Jenny’s.
I had my hair cut by John,