After getting up, it was almost eleven o'clock.
This was the first time Su Zelin had gotten up so late since his rebirth.
Even when I got drunk after the college entrance examination results were released, or when I stayed up all night watching the Leo meteor shower, it was never this late.
Not only did they fall asleep almost at dawn last night, but the two Lin brothers and sisters also had a battle of psychic and mental states for most of the night.
In order to make Xiao Lin behave himself, Su Zelin went to the bathroom and beat him until he vomited blood several times. He was exhausted both physically and mentally.
On the way to send Qin Shiqing back to Zhejiang University, Hunzi was in a good mood.
After spending the ominous night and breaking the curse from his previous life, he felt relieved. He even sang Christmas songs along with the car CD.
OK, everybody here we go
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
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Qin Shiqing was so happy to see him and thought it was because he had a date with her last night, so she dragged her childhood sweetheart to the cafeteria to have lunch before letting him leave.
However, the girl became a little nervous when she was about to return to the dormitory.
I didn't come back last night, and those gossipers will definitely ask me all kinds of questions.
"Everyone is going to study on their own, everyone is going to study on their own, everyone is going to study on their own..."
While going up the stairs, Qin Shiqing was muttering to herself.
However, the wish was dashed because the dormitories were open and all the roommates were there.
Qin Shiqing did not return home all night last night. Her roommates didn't even go to self-study, just waiting for her to come back and eat melons as soon as possible.
What needs to be faced must always be faced.
The girl calmed herself down and walked into the dormitory with gritted teeth.
"I remember someone swore last night that he would leave the door open, but it seems that's not the case!"
Xiao Yue was the first to start teasing.
Qin Shiqing was embarrassed: "Well, it was mainly because of something unexpected. I don't know who spread the rumor that the doors of the male and female dormitories were not closed last night, so I came back too late and couldn't get in!"
Only then did everyone understand the meaning of Yan Qiuwen's words, "Don't believe anything you hear tonight."
He is really a prophet!
"Shiqing, this is exactly what you want. Congratulations, woman, you've been promoted!"
Shen Jia laughed.
"No, we just found a place to stay overnight and talked about our childhood."
Qin Shiqing tried her best to clarify.
"Come on, stop hiding it. Who would believe such a thing? We are not children!"
"Shiqing, please tell us how you feel. Is it like what the book says, that you feel both pain and happiness?"
"… "
Qin Shiqing: “…”
Well, now I can’t wash myself clean even if I jump into the Yellow River.
Only Yan Qiuwen knew that her roommate was not lying.
She has studied polygraph psychology and can read people's words and expressions, and judge the truth through their tone, demeanor, body language and unconscious subconscious behavior. Unless someone is an Oscar-winning actor like Su Zelin, few can escape her eagle eyes.
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After saying goodbye to Qin Shiqing, Su Zelin did not return to school, but went straight to Dingsheng Building.
Because he has to attend classes during the week, he goes to the headquarters during his spare time, such as at night and on holidays.
Christmas is not a legal holiday, but today happens to be Sunday.
I have to be busy. The new century has been moving at a very fast pace, and the past six months have seen even faster development. There are so many things to do, and they are endless.
Brother Xiao Yang runs around in cities within the province all day long, and Kang Baohong, who is based in Lin'an, is hardly idle for a single day. Although the company has recruited a lot of talents into the management level, the expansion of the team still cannot keep up with the company's development.
This also forced Su Zelin to personally take the position of operations director, and he had to do many things personally, such as the approval of franchise stores.
Xinshiji is now very famous in the province, and franchise stores in major cities have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. In less than half a year, the number has even exceeded that of the directly-operated stores.
After some investors find that they can make money from the first store, and the profit is quite considerable, they immediately apply for a second store or even more. There are many investors like Zhang Yuanhang, so a bunch of franchise store applications have to be processed as soon as possible. Even if there are deputy directors and review teams to assist, these investors are still very busy.
If we exclude the time spent sleeping, Su Zelin has spent more time at the headquarters than in the dormitory in the past three months.
After parking the car in the underground parking lot of Dingsheng Building, Su Zelin was thinking about something on the way to the elevator.
Maybe, starting from next semester, I will have to apply for exemption from classes.
Since entering college, my grades have been excellent and my performance has been good. If I apply to the school and my tutor for exemption from classes, it should be approved.
Su Zelin was not worried about any bad influence. If it was his freshman or sophomore year, it would definitely not work. He was the class monitor and had to take the lead. But now he was in his junior year, everyone was experienced, and a good class atmosphere had been formed. It would not change because of his exemption from classes. Moreover, his situation was special and his classmates could understand.
Of course, it doesn’t mean that you will never go to the classroom after the class is free, but you can arrange your time more freely. For example, you can visit the company more often during this period. If you are not so busy, you can also go to class as usual.
When he arrived at the elevator, he found that there was an elevator that just went to the first floor, but he arrived at the wrong time. When he appeared, the elevator door was closed.
Just when Su Zelin thought he could only wait for the next elevator, the door opened again.
At first glance, it turned out to be Li Meng, a new female college student he had met not long after entering school this semester. She also worked in the operations department and was one of his subordinates. However, she had been working there for almost three months and had become less immature and more capable.
Last time, I pressed the elevator button for her, but this time it was the other way around.
Su Zelin walked in quickly.
"Boss, what a coincidence!"
Li Meng put on a smile and took the initiative to greet him.
When she first knew that Su Zelin was the COO, she was a little reserved, but now she has gotten used to it.
"Qiao, cute girl."
Su Zelin responded casually.
Everyone in the team has a nickname, and Li Meng is called Mengmei.
"Aren't you going on a date on Christmas? Why are you working overtime at the company?"
Su Zelin asked half-jokingly.
As far as he knew, Li Meng had no plans for the afternoon.
"I don't have a boyfriend yet, and I'm bored at home, so I might as well come to the company to keep my colleagues company and make some extra money!"
Li Meng responded while pressing the elevator door closing button.
Business at New Century is busy nowadays and almost every employee has to work overtime.
Fortunately, this team is made up of young people, everyone is very motivated, and the overtime pay is also substantial, so the employees do not complain as they hear about overtime like in many other companies. Some smarter and more proactive ones will even volunteer to do it.
Li Meng is a smart girl. The company is in a period of rapid development and needs manpower the most. If you give a little more now and show your enthusiasm, you will be more likely to be remembered by the company. Who knows, your boss may give you an opportunity someday.
"Not bad, cute girl, keep doing your best, I'm rooting for you!"
Su Zelin praised it appreciatively.
He likes this kind of diligent and proactive employees.
This is not the first time that Li Meng has taken the initiative to work overtime.
Opportunities always come to those who are prepared.
Li Meng was shocked: "Thank you, Boss. I will continue to work hard!"
As they were talking, the elevator went up to the floor where the New Century headquarters was located. The two of them went their separate ways. Su Zelin returned to his office. The documents on his desk were piling up like a mountain, and just looking at them gave him a headache.
I guess I will have to stay at the company all day today and won't be able to go home until the evening.
I stayed in the office until the evening, when Brother Xiao Yang and Kang Baohong came.
These two people were not idle either. Brother Yang just came back from a business trip. He didn't even have time to spend Christmas Eve yesterday and Christmas today with his wife. Fortunately, his wife is reasonable and quietly acts as a woman behind him.
As soon as he returned to Lin'an, Yang Fen went straight to the headquarters, because he had an appointment with Su Zelin and Kang Baohong to discuss some very important matters.
No one had eaten yet, so Kang Baohong bought a lunch box on the roadside when he came over. The three senior executives ate and talked in the office. However, this will also become a source of capital for reminiscing about the good times in the future.
"There is a venture capitalist who wants to acquire our company and offers 100 million!"
Brother Yang had just taken two bites of rice when he dropped some shocking news.
There was no one else in this small meeting because it involved some confidential matters that only members of the shareholders' meeting were qualified to know.
Kang Baohong is now also a shareholder.
Su Zelin gave him some of his personal shares.
Not much, just two percent.
However, Kang Baohong is already very satisfied. The key is that he has become a small boss, which gives him a greater sense of belonging, so the 2% of the shares are very meaningful.
Of course, at that time he did not expect that the value of these shares would be unexpectedly high in the future.
"One hundred million!"
Kang Baohong took a deep breath, put down his chopsticks and forgot about eating.
New Century, is it so valuable
So, 2% of the shares is worth two million.
Am I not a millionaire
Millionaires are very rare these days, and Kang Baohong now never dares to imagine that he will become one of them.
Su Zelin was not surprised at all.
Sooner or later, venture capitalists will come knocking on the door of a new company with strong development momentum.
Some people can even sell a shell company for a good price by speculating on concepts. Moreover, New Century is not a shell company speculating on concepts. It is already on track and has a presence in every city in the province. It has dozens of stores and will soon become a well-known chain brand in the province.
Moreover, all these things happened within two years.
In other words, this new company has unlimited potential.
For a company like this, even if it is a new company, 100 million is really not a lot.
And this is just a quotation. The other party is just testing the waters. There is obviously still room for negotiation.
If the layout had not been completed last year, this would be different.
The other party might only offer 10 or 20 million.
"I'm not interested!"
Su Zelin said without thinking.
He really didn't care about the 100 million. After all, he was the boss of a group company in his previous life, with a net worth of nearly 100 billion.
New Century has the potential to become a unicorn. Not to mention 100 million, he won’t sell it even if you offer a few more.
Yang Fen had anticipated his answer, but seeing Su Zelin refuse so calmly and without hesitation, he couldn't help but admire him.
When the other party offered a purchase price of 100 million, he was actually shocked.
He and Su Zelin hold the shares of New Century in a 70:3 ratio. If they really sell it, they will get 30 million yuan according to the proportion.
This is an astronomical figure. You can live the rest of your life in luxury.
But Brother Yang doesn't want to sell it either.
After calming down, he analyzed the situation carefully.
With the development momentum of the new century, what I can earn in the future may be far more than 30 million.
In addition, although this brand was created by Su Zelin, he is also the boss and a veteran after all. He has put in so much effort and has long regarded it as his own son.
He couldn't bear to sell it!
Fortunately, Su Zelin made the same decision as himself.
Kang Baohong breathed a sigh of relief.
He may be the one who is most afraid that New Century will be sold out.
Even though he could get two million for his shares, and as an old employee of the company, he was familiar with all the business, and even if the new company took over his position might be very secure, he still just wanted to follow Su Zelin.
It is really hard to find another boss with such great wisdom and charisma.
Boss Bullfrog!
He didn't even blink when he heard 100 million!
No one else has such courage.
“I will never sell my shares!”
Kang Baohong expressed his attitude!
"Understood, I'll give them an answer later!"
Brother Yang nodded.
Now that everyone has reached a consensus, there is not much more to say about this topic.
Time is precious, move on to the next thing.
"We have almost spent all the 5 million we borrowed from the bank and the money we earned!"
Brother Yang’s second question is related to funding.
Of course, that money was not wasted. It was all used where it was needed most. The continuous and powerful advertising offensive in various media such as TV and newspapers, the mobile phone business, and the continuous opening of new direct-operated stores all cost money.
“Are you finally running out of money?”
Su Zelin was a little dissatisfied.
Yang Fen: “…”
Kang Baohong: “…”
Judging from Su Zelin's tone, he didn't complain that the money was spent too quickly, but too slowly.
In fact, it only took about half a year.
The thinking of a scoundrel is different from that of others.
This money is originally used for the development of the company. The longer you spend, the slower the business will expand and the less money you will have to spend.
This is not a good thing.
He wished he could spend it all in just three or a few months.
In fact, it was not just five million that was spent, but also the company’s profit for the past six months.
This is not called squandering, nor is it called throwing money away, but reinvestment!
The value of five million has been demonstrated, and with its help, New Century has completed its initial layout in the province.
However, if we want to deepen our presence in the province, or even expand our business footprint to the entire Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Luzhou region, we must continue to invest.
"Go get another loan from the bank. It won't be a problem to get more than 20 million this time. The more the better!"
Su Zelin put forward his own suggestions.
There are two ways to obtain funds quickly: either financing or borrowing from a bank.
Not only did Su Zelin have no intention of selling New Century, he didn't even have any plans to raise funds, nor did he have the need to do so.
Which companies usually need financing the most
What is common is the kind of Internet companies that hype concepts. They first paint a big picture and then rapidly expand the market, but in fact they may always be losing money. For example, if Pinxixi cannot obtain continuous financing in the early stages of its development, its capital chain may be broken at any time.
New Century was not built up through hype, but was built up step by step. Each of its directly-operated stores and franchise stores was making money and providing funds to the parent company. It was just that Su Zelin felt that the funds were not being delivered fast enough.
The blue and green giants of later generations also almost refused to accept financing, and the situation was similar.
Although the products of these two sister digital companies are often complained by consumers for being high-priced and low-spec, from a business perspective we have to admit that they are indeed stable businesses.
Both companies are stable and solid enterprises that do not need financing to maintain their capital chain and hype concepts. Their own financial reserves are amazing. Until Su Zelin was reborn, they were not even listed, but their market valuation exceeded that of rice. Industry experts speculate that their market value is about two or three times that of rice.
Su Zelin also wants to build a group company like the Blue-Green Factory, so he does not consider financing and listing.
What to do if you don’t have money? Just borrow from the bank.
If you want to start an Internet company with a hype concept, it may not be easy to get a bank loan.
But what banks like most is this kind of enterprise that is engaged in industry and has stable revenue.
When New Century had only ten directly-operated stores, it loaned 5 million yuan from the bank. Now, it has dozens of directly-operated and franchised stores, so 20 million yuan is naturally not a big deal.
As New Century expands, Su Zelin will continue to borrow more from the bank until the speed at which he spends money can no longer keep up with the speed at which the stores deliver funds. Only then will he stop borrowing.
"OK!"
This time, Brother Yang agreed much more readily than the last time he loaned 5 million.
Because of the five million, New Century now has dozens of stores, and the number is still increasing rapidly. It has already gained a place among the well-known chain enterprises in the province, and its monthly net profit has even reached 700,000 to 800,000 yuan. It is only a matter of time before it breaks the one million mark.
If New Century did not have to continue to increase its investment, it would be easy to repay the five million, so he did not feel any pressure to borrow another twenty million.
If these 20 million can really be spent, New Century's ability to attract money will not be at the same level as it is now.
After a brief secret meeting, the three giants went back to their own business.
Su Zelin returned to the office to review the documents.
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College of Finance, girls’ dormitory.
"Xiao Xian, last night and today, have you heard any news about the senior at Zhejiang University?"
Huang Panpan was secretly calling her best friend outside the dormitory corridor.
Wei Xian is her second sister at Zhejiang University.
Her tone was very nervous, for fear of hearing from her good sister that Su Zelin and Qin Shiqing were dating.
Wei Xian said without even thinking: "No."
In fact, she had heard of it.
As soon as she compared the information about Qin Shiqing's tall, rich and handsome boyfriend that was uploaded on the BBS last time, she knew it was Su Zelin without a doubt, and she also told Huang Panpan.
However, her best friend said that she had made a mistake and that the person was definitely not Su Zelin, he just looked like him.
Or maybe there are too many bootlickers around Qin Shiqing, so she called Su Zelin to be a shield.
Wei Xian was speechless at that time.
There is a saying that is true.
You can never wake up a person who pretends to be asleep.
Since my best friend is deceiving herself, why should I bother with my own business
If I tell you that Su Zelin came last night, you will then say that the man just looks like Su Zelin, or that Senior Sister Shiqing called Senior Brother Su to act as a shield.
Is there any significance to this question
With my best friend's stubborn personality.
I'm afraid that if Senior Su gets married in the future, she will make excuses for herself, such as saying that Senior was forced by his family.
"I knew that the senior didn't go. Last night, a senior leader from the bureau came to the Finance Institute to watch the party. He knew the person and had to receive him. I saw him answering the phone!"
After hearing Wei Xian's answer, the junior sister breathed a sigh of relief.
Come on, the reception leader hosted us at Zhejiang University’s Christmas party, and you can believe it.
Wei Xian shook her head, not knowing how to answer.
Just keep pretending to be asleep and see how long you can last!
Dingsheng Building.
“Ding ding ding…”
The Nojiya 8210 phone on the desktop rang, and a new message came.
But it was sent by Huang Panpan.
"Senior, are you busy?"
The junior high school girl knew that Su Zelin had been very busy in the past few months, the kind of busy that made him exhausted. He had almost no time to stay in the dormitory and would run to the company whenever he had free time.
Once when she called Hunzi, he was in a meeting and hung up. Later, Su Zelin told her the reason. Huang Panpan never dared to call him casually again, for fear of disturbing his work, and usually sent text messages.
"Yes, I'm at the company."
Su Zelin put down a piece of information in his hand and replied to a message while drinking water.
"Senior, it's already ten o'clock. You have to rest well and not overwork yourself."
It's ten o'clock
Su Zelin looked at his phone and it was true.
Time flies by so fast without even noticing.
"How about you come back early tonight and we go have a midnight snack?"
Huang Panpan asked tentatively in the message.
Su Zelin hesitated for a moment and typed quickly.
"Okay, but I have to be back to school in about half an hour."
He was indeed a little hungry, so he had a fast food dinner. After working for several hours, he had almost used up all his energy.
Besides, I went to see Qin Shiqing last night and spent the night outside. Although I didn’t do anything and I am not in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship with my junior high school classmate, I still feel a little guilty.
In his previous life, Qin Shiqing and Panpan were the biggest problems he could not solve.
The relationship with my junior high school girl is really difficult to handle and it’s a headache.
It's not right if I push it open, and it's not right if I don't push it open.
Just take it one step at a time.
But I’m afraid that more than ten years will pass by and Panpan will become an old aunt again.
"It's okay. I'll go to the snack street and order something good. It's almost time. Senior, what do you want to eat?"
"Go to Hai Ji and order me a bowl of seafood porridge, with more abalone."
"Okay, senior, I'll wait for you!"
After hanging up the phone, Huang Panpan was in a good mood.
The senior didn’t go to Senior Shiqing’s house on Christmas Eve, but he spent Christmas Eve with me.
This time, I am the winner!
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