Once the money was recovered, in addition to returning the principal and interest to Ding Lina and Huang Panpan, the rest had to be spent on other things immediately.
The next afternoon, Su Zelin came to Zhejiang University after class.
I'm not looking for Qin Shiqing, but I have other things to do.
He made an appointment with the owners of the two computer shops and came today to complete the transfer procedures.
This contract still needs to be signed in person; no one else can do it for you.
Kang Baohong was also accompanying them, after all, it was the general manager who had come to discuss the acquisition with the two store owners.
Besides, if you come by yourself, people may not believe you at all when they see that you are just a young boy.
When the taxi arrived at Zhejiang University campus and Su Zelin got off the car, he vowed to own a car of his own as soon as possible, otherwise it would be very inconvenient to travel, and it would be too embarrassing to have to take a taxi even to discuss an acquisition.
We came to two computer stores along the way. The location was better than the one that the Finance Institute had previously acquired, but it was not in a popular commercial area either.
Then again, the popular commercial areas have long been divided up by Zhejiang University leaders, who are now running their own businesses, such as convenience stores, milk tea shops, small restaurants, sportswear...
It's impossible for you to run a large business in those places, no matter how high the rent is.
The location doesn't have to be particularly popular; it is the best one. The campus is only that big and the industry is monopolistic. As long as you promote it, the location will become an advantage because the surrounding space can be used for various activities. For example, when the store at the School of Finance is having a promotion, no one will care even if the stalls outside the store are lined up like a street.
The shop owners of the two stores were a little surprised to see that the person signing the agreement was a teenager of about 17 or 18 years old, who looked like a college student, but they didn't say anything. They just thought that the financial backer behind the scenes couldn't show up in public, so he used a puppet as a substitute. There are many similar cases.
After signing, he took out two stacks of cash and counted them. If there was no problem with the amount, the transaction was completed.
These small shops in the early 21st century did not have as many formalities as those in later generations. Especially those opened on campus, most of them were operated without any documents. Unless special industries such as catering required documents, other industrial and commercial authorities would not care at all and the change of ownership could be completed with a contract.
Tens of thousands of dollars were gone in an instant, but Su Zelin didn't care. However, Kang Baohong felt a little distressed.
He has been the manager of New Century for so long that he is well aware of the digital market conditions such as computers and spare parts. In terms of valuation, the acquisition of these two stores was a big loss, but the boss has always been decisive in doing things and he never feels sorry when it comes to paying.
"Baohong, find a master to change the locks of the two stores later."
The store manager gave the keys to the two of them, but even if it wasn't a million dollars, he had to be prepared for the worst. The inventory inside was still valuable, so it would be safer to change the locks first. They were not valuable anyway, and they would have to change them sooner or later because they were only planned to be used as warehouses for the branch stores.
"Yes, I understand!"
I walked out of the store and took a walk around.
This was originally a vacant lot, and Zhou Fuliang has already marked it out for rent to the New Century branch, and has already started laying the foundation.
Nowadays, there are an outrageous amount of vacant land in universities. As the president, it is just a matter of holding a small meeting to plan a plot of land in an unpopular commercial area on campus, and the approval is also very simple.
However, the money for building the shop has to be paid by oneself, and Zhejiang University will reduce the rent by a certain percentage as a disguised subsidy.
Su Zelin could understand Zhou Fuliang's decision.
After all, although others did a favor for the sake of their old classmate Dai Chuangxing, they also had to consider other things.
If Zhejiang University spends money to build such a large shop for you, and you rent it for a few months and then run away because you can't make it, wouldn't Zhejiang University have invested the money in vain? Who will clean up the mess
But it’s different if you, the investor, pay for the construction of the store yourself. If you can’t make it, you can just run away. Zhejiang University won’t lose money anyway, as it got the built store for free.
If you can keep doing this for a few years or even longer, the shop rent subsidy can actually offset the investment in building the shop, and it may even be very cost-effective.
This is actually a disguised gambling agreement.
You run the business for a few months and then close down, Zhejiang University won't lose money and the investors can't blame me.
If you can build up the store and run it for a long time, Zhejiang University will be happy and it doesn't matter if you give the store some discounts.
A lot of workers were hired to build the house, and they worked day and night. It was just a big bungalow, and it would only take a few days to complete. The infrastructure maniac is not just a name. As long as you can afford the money, he will let you see what speed means.
While Kang Baohong and I were at Zhejiang University, I put on a safety helmet and went in to talk about the general decoration plan of the store. The overall style is similar to that of the one in the Finance Institute. After all, they are both from the new century, so they have to maintain unity. Besides, this is an advanced concept of digital brand experience stores in later generations, which is far ahead of this era.
The Caiyuan store was able to be opened so quickly, and the decoration should be credited to a lot of things, so Su Zelin will definitely not make too many changes at will. The main reason is that the scale is different, so some small adjustments have to be made according to local conditions.
Kang Baohong stayed and called a locksmith.
Su Zelin didn't waste time waiting for him and planned to go back to the Finance College first.
Just after walking out of the construction site, Su Zelin saw a person walking towards him on the school road. What a coincidence, he knew the person.
Yan Qiuwen.
How can I describe my relationship with my roommate Qin Shiqing
You say we are familiar with each other, but we have only met two or three times and we didn't talk much.
You say they are not familiar with each other, but he and Yan Qiuwen actually know each other very well.
Just like the understanding between Lu Xiaofeng and Ximen Chuxue, they are both geniuses and have a natural understanding and common language that ordinary people don't have.
"Qiu Wen, what a coincidence!"
Su Zelin took the initiative to say hello.
"Well, that's quite a coincidence."
Yan Qiuwen didn't seem surprised to meet Su Zelin at Zhejiang University.
She glanced at the construction site next to her and the two small computer stores that had already closed their doors, and asked casually, "Branch?"
Yan Qiuwen once told Qin Shiqing that Su Zelin would soon open many branches of New Century.
When this construction site was under construction, she had guessed that Su Zelin was likely targeting the Zhejiang University market.
This construction site will be the future New Century branch.
All other businesses on campus have long been saturated, and the only vacancy is the digital market.
And the store is so big, she can’t think of any other store except New Century.
If it were anyone else, they would be confused when hearing these two meaningless words.
But there was no obstacle at all for the two geniuses to communicate.
"Um."
Su Zelin did not comment.
He probably couldn't hide it from Yan Qiuwen.
This girl is so smart.
A lot can be judged from some clues.
Yan Qiuwen said: "Not bad!"
It’s no surprise that Su Zelin can open a branch.
What was surprising was that he was able to establish connections at Zhejiang University so quickly.
Without some background, Zhejiang University would not be able to set aside such a large piece of land for the New Century branch to serve as a store, even if you have money.
He has strong connections at Zhejiang University, or he has established connections here through other networks.
At least at the vice-president level, possibly even the dean.
After all, the vice president cannot make the decision casually on such a large piece of land, even if it is not a popular commercial area.
"good!"
Su Zelin coughed dryly: "Qin Shiqing's side, well, you know."
"The branch won't tell her."
Yan Qiuwen promised.
But I told her about the Caiyuan store, sorry.
"Thank you."
Su Zelin nodded, seemingly not noticing.
"Goodbye!"
Yan Qiuwen didn't say anything more and turned and left.
This is the communication between "Lu Xiaofeng" and "Ximen Chuxue".
It is always simple, yet contains a wealth of information.
The genius girl actually felt a little proud.
It's not easy to deceive someone like Su Zelin, but I did it.
Just as Yan Qiuwen was thinking this, the gangster behind her frowned.
The branch won’t tell her
Shouldn't it be "I won't tell her"
The first two words seem a bit redundant to Yan Qiuwen.
"Boss, you haven't gone back yet?"
At this time, Kang Baohong also came out of the construction site. Seeing Su Zelin still in a daze on the side of the road, he asked casually.
"I just ran into a friend."
"Oh, are you a college student from Zhejiang University?"
"Yeah, a girl with a lot of depth."
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weekend.
College of Finance campus, dormitory 302.
There was nothing to do after class, so Lao Feng, Hou Yongjin, Zeng Kaiping and Cai Wensheng returned to the dormitory and started hoeing the fields.
Su Zelin was hanging out in a certain chat room.
Today's chat rooms are still popular gathering places for netizens, and there are hundreds of classified chat rooms on a certain website.
Among them, names like "Midnight Love Talk", "Middle-aged People", "Passionate Men and Women", and "Will You Come Tonight" are particularly popular. The number of people online easily exceeds a thousand, and they are all active netizens. Once you post a sentence, you will be instantly drowned out.
Basically, if you are not too stupid, you can guess what the netizens in these chat rooms are here for.
The rapid development of the Internet and the rise of QQ and chat rooms are like opening Pandora's box, creating more opportunities for those resentful men and women in real life to seek excitement.
"My luck is so bad. I always get bad cards. I lost that star. I'm really unlucky these days! I'm not playing anymore!"
Zeng Kaiping threw the cards in his hand and was extremely depressed.
After playing for more than an hour, he didn't win many games.
In fact, the young man’s bad luck is not due to bad luck, but his card skills are really bad.
He is the typical example of a bad player who loves to play. He is the one who calls people to play cards all day long, and he is usually the first one to lose and don't want to play anymore.
The spirited young man in later generations became addicted to playing mahjong and became an ambassador of giving money. It is not an exaggeration to call him the best mahjong friend of the 21st century. He is welcome wherever he goes. Fortunately, the local tycoons in Liede have a lot of money and can afford to lose tens of thousands of yuan every day.
After finishing the card game and checking their numbers, Zeng Kaiping asked again, "Brother Meng, what are you guys planning this week?"
"A Ping, which concubine are you going to favor next?"
Su Zelin said jokingly.
"Third brother, you are worthy of being Su Banxian!"
The energetic young man originally wanted to pretend to be a cup, but he felt a little embarrassed when he was exposed in seconds.
Su Zelin thought to himself, you deliberately ask this every time you have a date with a female netizen, and show off in front of others, how can I not figure it out
"This time it's 'One Holding the Pipa'. Isn't the name nice? It sounds like she's proficient in playing all kinds of instruments!"
Zeng Kaiping smiled in an obscene way.
As expected, it’s this kind of online name again.
No one in the dormitory was surprised.
"ox!"
Hou Yongjin gave him a thumbs up.
In any case, it is a great achievement for Zeng Kaiping to be able to drive so many tanks in one year.
Every time, it was others who came from other places. The farthest one even lived in the West Sea, far away from Zhejiang Province. He came across most of Xia Country to find him. For this reason, the achievement of the energetic young man was unmatched by ordinary people. Of course, the main contribution was Su Zelin's set of flirty chat methods.
"A Ping, we haven't even touched a girl's hand, and you're almost in double digits, I'm so jealous!"
Hu Xu complimented her but thought in his heart, I really can't afford such good fortune, you should keep it for yourself!
"Ah Xu, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you and Cen Jing are progressing too slowly. You need to speed up a little bit!"
Teacher Zeng criticized the junior in a condescending manner: "Of course it's impossible to compete with me, but at least you have to get to first base this semester!"
"Khan, let's talk about it later."
Hu Xu gave up immediately.
Cen Jing is a traditional girl who cannot be impatient for success, otherwise she will end up with nothing.
Don't listen to the bad advice of Zeng Kaiping, the military strategist, because his advice only works for female netizens who weigh more than 130 pounds.
"A Ping, you are really amazing. You don't even have to spend money to pick up girls. The girls even take the initiative to book a room when they come over!"
"Fourth brother, you are so charming!"
"… "
Others also praised him a little.
At first, everyone thought that Zeng Kaiping always dated female netizens and drove a tank all day, and they were afraid that he had some psychological problems, so they advised him several times.
However, Zeng Kaiping ignored it and did not take it seriously at all.
Seeing that he was determined to do this, everyone could only give him their blessings.
As expected, Zeng Kaiping was very happy. He thought that if he failed in gambling, he would succeed in love. If there is loss, there must be gain. This is the law of conservation of luck.
His mood after losing money playing cards suddenly improved. He said cheerfully, "Of course not. I'm the future love saint. I'll treat everyone to a meal when I'm free!"
Su Zelin browsed around the chat room for a while, and just as it was getting dark, No. 8210 rang.
Without even looking, I could guess that she was most likely my junior high school classmate, because she would call me almost every weekend.
Sure enough, it was Huang Panpan.
But it just so happens that I have something to ask her.
"Senior, we have the third mock exam next week!"
As soon as the phone was connected, Huang Panpan said excitedly.
It’s not that she likes exams, but after each mock exam, she feels that she is a little closer to Su Zelin.
The days have been really long since I sent Su Zelin on the train last September.
I finally waited for the third mock exam. The next big test will be the college entrance examination. It’s not easy!
"Oh, come on then!"
Su Zelin gave a few words of encouragement, and then said, "By the way, Panpan, I have transferred the money back to you."
"Which money?"
Huang Panpan was at a loss.
Xiaoxuemei and Su Zelin had no intention of borrowing the money, so naturally they had no intention of asking him to pay it back and had forgotten about it long ago.
"Oh, I borrowed money from you for investment last time when I went home during winter break!"
"Oh, you mean our money!"
Huang Panpan suddenly realized.
"Senior, why are you turning back to me?"
The junior high school girl was a little unhappy. She felt that Su Zelin didn't treat her as his wife.
"If you borrow, you must return. It won't be difficult to borrow again!"
Su Zelin knew that he couldn't dwell on this topic with her for too long, so he habitually used the trick of changing the times.
"By the way, Panpan, in the World Cup group qualifier a few days ago, our national football team beat Chiang Mai 4-0. It looks like we'll have a chance of qualifying this time. I'm so happy that the national football team is doing so well, hahahahaha!"
"Yes!" Huang Panpan echoed, "The Chinese national team played well in this game, but they were terrible in the last game against Maldives, only 1-0. Fortunately, Xie Hui scored with a header. Alas, they played like this against a weak team. It's really speechless!"
Su Zelin was stunned. He was just trying to change the subject, but Huang Panpan actually continued the conversation.
He couldn't help but ask, "How did you know?"
"Senior likes watching football, right? I have to cultivate the same hobby as you, so that we can have more topics to talk about. So I occasionally borrow the Sports Weekly that the boys in the class usually buy to read."
Huang Panpan said seriously, "Oh, by the way, how about when I go to the School of Finance, I can go to watch the game with my seniors? Shenghai is not far away anyway, so we can go to watch Shenhua on weekends!"
Su Zelin: “…”
"Senior, why don't you say anything?"
There was silence on the other end of the microphone, and the junior high school girl felt a little strange.
"Ah, nothing."
Su Zelin came back to his senses.
"Well, let's talk about it later."
"Then I'll take it as your consent!"
Huang Panpan was very happy.
After chatting for a while, the junior sister said, "Senior, I have to review my lessons and prepare for the third mock exam. Let's chat some more!"
"Okay, go ahead, Panpan, come on, I'll be waiting for you at the Finance Institute!"
Huang Panpan was stunned.
Su Zelin would often encourage himself to study hard, but this was the first time he expressed his desire to go to the School of Finance.
The junior schoolgirl's eyes instantly filled with tears, and her originally coquettish voice trembled a little: "Senior, don't worry, I will never let you down, and I will definitely be admitted to the College of Finance!"
After hanging up the phone, Su Zelin felt mixed emotions.
Junior high school girl, it’s finally coming.
Just like in the previous life.
Apart from Qin Shiqing, the biggest problem has not been properly solved in this life.
However, after saying that, Su Zelin found that he did not regret it.
There may be many girls who are willing to watch movies with you.
But a girl who offers to go to a ball game with you is rarer than a giant panda.
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