Although he has been treated differently from ordinary people at HKUST since the beginning of the semester, Cheng Ran feels that the university life he wants to enjoy is still normal and has not deviated too far from the track. Of course, he knows that this kind of comfort and tranquility may not last too long, but it seems that this is the case. Life seems to be a series of wars. As a soldier, perhaps the only thing he can do is to greedily breathe in the fresh and clean air without gun smoke between two wars.
Of course, when I am quietly enjoying the green plants and everything that sprouts here on the campus of HKUST, I am always connected with the things thousands of miles away outside the ivory tower.
Both Jiang Zhou and Li Mingshi were actively seeking to enter Nanzhou.
When Jiang Zhou called, he said, "Nanzhou is at the forefront and dares to try many things. The atmosphere is very good. This is also true in terms of the scale of theme cafes and Internet cafes. When our Tianxing Daoguan opened, although it was the first in China, it was quickly copied. It is said that there are many in Nanzhou now, and many of them follow our model. Have you ever thought about what it would be like if Tianxing Daoguan opened in Nanzhou?"
Cheng Ran said, "Isn't the business of Tianxing Daoguan in Rongcheng quite good? If it were in Nanzhou, it might not be recognized by anyone. Even if you are the first themed board game bar, it would be useless. There are many such stores in Nanzhou now, and they are more flexible. It would be difficult for Tianxing Daoguan to recreate the trend when it opened... But you are the store manager, you decide, it shouldn't be a loss..."
In 1998, Tianxingdaoguan opened in Chengdu. With its novel model, it was promoted as "the first themed board game bar in China", which was a success. However, it also quickly attracted imitations. Now, this kind of themed coffee bar and even the form of combining Internet cafes is no longer novel.
"Really? I can decide?" Jiang Zhou's heart was beating fast on the other end. What was this? Just making a few phone calls to the boss... and getting a promotion
Having the decision-making power to open stores and the power to expand channels? How could happiness come so suddenly
Hearing the unconcealed excitement on the other end of the phone, Cheng Ran also felt a little emotional. Tianxingdaoguan has completed its transition mission and now exists as an innovative small and medium-sized enterprise observation park. Other retail sections can actually continue to expand, but for Cheng Ran, the energy investment will be huge, and he has no plans to continue expanding in this area.
The only one who can decide the future of Tianxingdaoguan’s retail industry is Jiang Zhou himself.
However, the step from maintaining the status quo to exploring new things must be proposed by Jiang Zhou himself.
If you don't even have the desire to go to sea, you won't be able to sail far.
"You can bring up the relevant plans. I can give you two directions. One is to continue to use the Tianxing Daoguan Rongcheng model. I will give you 60% of the shares, and the finances will be controlled by Tianxing Holdings. You will be responsible for opening stores and collecting debts, and you will be subject to certain constraints. The second is that you open the store yourself and I will invest in it. The shareholding ratio can be negotiated, and you have the greatest autonomy." If Jiang Zhou can think this far, perhaps he has further ideas. Cheng Ran thinks that he can give him the right to choose, and there is no need to confine people to himself. He firmly believes that establishing a cooperative relationship with outstanding talents rather than a subordinate relationship is actually more beneficial to the subjective initiative of talents. On the one hand, it can make the plate bigger. Even if it is not his own plate, it can provide and cultivate an extra market, which is not a bad thing.
Secondly, it is a way to make a promise. A person must be capable. If he deliberately pulls others in, others will jump out in the future and everyone will be unhappy. It is better to do a favor and make money for everyone. Of course, most of those who can get to this point are in Cheng Ran’s circle of friends. If they are the kind of people who ignore the overall situation and care too much about gains and losses, or even find a new continent and do everything possible to monopolize it and kick others out, Cheng Ran will not be able to pass the first level of the review.
There was silence over there.
Silence from Jiang Zhou.
Cheng Ran thought, is he considering it? It is right to consider it more, after all, it concerns his future direction.
After a moment, a trembling and frightened voice came from the microphone.
"Mr. Cheng... are you planning to... not want me anymore?"
The phone in Cheng Ran's hand almost fell to the ground.
What!
"Do I know too much... Do you think it's not safe to keep me around? If that's the case, forget it, I won't come out, I'll stay in Chengdu with you, the district will expand our incubation park this year, give us policies, and cultivate a software network base... I still have a lot of work to do, and they need me for construction. I feel my potential has not been exhausted, and I can still contribute... I like Miss Qin's songs very much, I, I didn't say anything, I didn't even tell Yanyan..."
"… "
“No, no, listen to me, I didn’t mean that. It’s over. Do you think I was threatening you... Mr. Cheng, you know me, I didn’t..." The person on the other end of the phone was very excited.
What are you talking about!
It was fine before, but now I suddenly have the evil thought of kicking you out...
After finally explaining it clearly, Jiang Zhou suddenly felt relaxed and cheerful. "Hey, I'm not saying that, Mr. Cheng, why didn't you tell me earlier... You scared me... I don't have any intention of leaving, I won't leave our Tianxing. But I think I want to be a pioneer. To put it bluntly, I feel more at ease with you. It's hard to say what's going on in society now. I came to Nanzhou, and if there's anything I need, I'll be there. And, if anyone in the university is blind, I can bring a bunch of people with me in a minute..."
Cheng Ran said in a sullen tone, "I'm going to college, not fighting for territory."
Jiang Zhou laughed, "It's essentially the same. Going to college is to better grab territory."
This doesn't seem right, but it still makes sense...
So it was confirmed that Jiang Zhou would be responsible for opening a store in Nanzhou, and Cheng Ran only needed to make the final comments on his final proposal. But for Jiang Zhou, it was of great significance.
After a pause, Cheng Ran asked, "What does your sister-in-law think of this?"
Cheng Ran meant that Jiang Zhou was no longer alone. He left Rongcheng to come to Nanzhou to start a career. How could he explain this to his girlfriend Jiang Yan
Jiang Zhou said on the other end of the phone, "What else can I say? She follows me. Wherever I am, she's there..."
Cheng Ran nodded, "It's pretty good."
"It's good, but there's something not so good about it."
"What do you mean?"
"Tianxing Dojo is very famous, and we have a series of promotion systems. This time I want to expand Tianxing Dojo because I think such a system can support a chain business. It would be a pity not to do it."
Sighing, Jiang Zhou said coyly, "Of course... We are famous, and we serve the retail industry. You mentioned before that it is similar to the beauty economy... So the personal appearance of our service staff is very good... We live every day, and everyone respects me. Sometimes some girls bow to me in unison, and ask about my health when I am sick... Look, after I proposed to go to Nanzhou with you, Jiang Yan has been bothering me every day, and she can't wait to go with me. When we meet, I will show you that my legs are full of bruises and black bruises from her twisting..."
Cheng Ran held back his laughter and took a deep breath, "When did I say that? I didn't say that!" Then he hung up the phone while Jiang Zhou was dumbfounded.
Are you kidding? You have to take the blame yourself, why should the boss take it for you
Mr. Jiang, you still have a long way to learn.
…
Following Jiang Zhou, the CQ team in Chengdu and Cheng Ran conducted a new office method of telephone conference. Of course, there can be a video conference, but this requires a terminal. As a college student, Cheng Ran does not need to find a place to install such a terminal. In addition, Cheng Ran and Li Mingshi's team can arrange most of the office matters by phone. Of course, if broadband video technology is further improved and hardware technology is more popularized, CQ will launch video communication, which will greatly change people's lives. Compared with the future that Cheng Ran knows, people in this period are still a little inconvenient.
Science and technology are the primary productive forces. This is an irrefutable truth. Only with bread and milk can there be romance, flowers, snow and moon, and only with so much food can there be so many troublesome lives and poetry and distant places.
During the conference call, the Chengdu team stated that Nanzhou is an economic center, and CQ plans to occupy a bridgehead as soon as possible and establish a technology center or a network security laboratory in Nanzhou. This can be achieved through cooperation with universities under the leadership of the government.
Cheng Ran knew that these days some economically developed and policy-open cities, in order to take the lead in emerging technology industries, would be open to attracting some well-known companies to settle down, and the policies and conditions were very relaxed. In particular, officials from the Nanzhou government promised that CQ could get land or commercial buildings in Nanhui District at preferential terms. At this time, in order to attract popularity and promote the development of land and business districts, agreements would often be reached with some well-known companies to allow companies to settle in. Of course, due to the extensive land transfer system, land hoarding also occurred. Among them, there were several famous examples of people buying land at a low price and hoarding it more than ten times the price and making a lot of money by selling it.
If CQ moves into Nanzhou, it may seem like it will cost a lot of money at the moment, but the land and buildings alone, in the Nanhui area of Nanzhou, will increase in value by more than sixteen times in the future.
Of course, this is just a side effect. Cheng Ran has not yet reached the point where he has to rely on a long land hoarding cycle, bear the infamy and wait for appreciation to make money. It is just that setting up a branch of CQ in Nanzhou is a business that will not lose money.
After Cheng Ran came to a positive conclusion, the big thing was finalized. Li Mingshi also said, "How about it? There is also a plan for a laboratory. Why not set it up in your University of Science and Technology? After all, the real behind-the-scenes boss of CQ who wants to experience college life is hidden in the University of Science and Technology. It's close to the water tower, isn't it?"
So, underneath Cheng Ran's peaceful university life, a group of troops belonging to his own system were acting in secret.
After talking to Jiang Zhou and Li Mingshi, Cheng Ran also received a call from Zhao Qing who was on a business trip. Zhao Qing had been away for some time. During this time, a lot of text materials created by Zhao Qing were directly sent to Cheng Ran's mailbox. Zhao Qing called to let Cheng Ran know that the materials he wanted to read had been sent. Cheng Ran sighed and thought that sometimes he still had to skip classes. He was indeed not competent enough as a class monitor.
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People say that most memories of college life are confined to the three points of a straight line. Cheng Ran is between the dormitory, dining room, and teaching building, and he also has to find time to work on emails. Sometimes he has a rebellious mentality, thinking that he went to college to experience the slow life of a college student that he had never experienced in his previous life, but now he is still busy. What is he doing this for
Of course, there were occasional surprises. This Friday, Wang Xinbo went home the afternoon before, but drove a Toyota Corolla into HKUST in the morning. As soon as he entered the door, he waved the keys at the three roommates and said, "I drove my mother's car here. I'm going to give my girlfriend some snacks today. Didn't you guys say you wanted to go and take a look? Let's go together!"
Before Cheng Ran could express his opinion, the other two immediately jumped up from their seats, "Is this true? Don't lie!"
"Let's go now. Anyway, I've seen that there are no important classes today. At most, we can let Dong Hua sign in for the Mathematical Analysis class this afternoon!"
Li Wei said awkwardly that he had joined a club and there was a lecture tonight, and he invited Cheng Ran and Lao Guo to watch it together. The three roommates in the dormitory were very active in integrating into college life, and they all joined different clubs. One of them also suggested that Cheng Ran join, but Cheng Ran declined. The club that Li Wei joined had a lecture today, and it was Friday, so it must be very popular in the weekend atmosphere. He also invited Cheng Ran and Lao Guo to join, and Cheng Ran agreed to go, thinking that it would be good to change his mind.
Wang Xinbo was going home today, so he said, "Let's go to the Foreign Languages College for lunch at noon and enjoy the beauty Ruyun is rumored to be like. I'll accompany Gao Yue, and I'll drive you back to school in the afternoon, and then I'll go home!"
Li Wei and Lao Guo were both eager to make a move, saying that they didn't care and just looked at what our top scholar Cheng Ran would do.
Cheng Ran smiled and said, "It's okay for me to skip one or two math classes. The key is whether you can do it?" The group shouted arrogantly, and then crowded into Wang Xinbo's Corolla, watching this guy drive away in a slightly unfamiliar way. Everyone saw a pocket full of snacks in the back seat. It turned out that Wang Xinbo's girlfriend Gao Yue would not go home this week. She had an event at school, so he brought her snacks.
It was almost eleven o'clock when we arrived at the Foreign Languages College. Wang Xinbo's girlfriend Gao Yue was carrying books and heading to the teaching building. She was thin and pretty. Everyone in the 409 dormitory had seen this on the DV video of the art performance recorded in high school that Wang Xinbo brought along as promised. She was not only pretty, but also very talented. Moreover, she was a little shy when she first met her roommates, but Wang Xinbo was only concerned with opening his pocket to tell her about the snacks he brought and the small gifts he bought for her. He was serious and sincere when he spoke, and it was obvious that the girl was both shy and touched.
A group of people nearby shouted that this was what college love was all about.
Gao Yue was probably very famous in their department. Wang Xinbo came over to give instructions and deliver things. On this road near the teaching building, people passing by looked at several people and whispered. There were even a few boys who seemed to want to attract Gao Yue's attention and greeted her. They never asked who Wang Xinbo, who was holding a bag of snacks next to her, was.
It was not until a girl reminded Gao Yue that class was about to start that Gao Yue, who was immersed in the atmosphere of a small gathering with her boyfriend, stuck out her tongue and said embarrassedly to Wang Xinbo and her roommates in 409, why not let Wang Xinbo take them on a tour of the school first and then have dinner together after she finished class.
As a result, Li Wei said that he had never come to the Foreign Languages College to attend classes, so why not we also join in and take a class together.
Gao Yue also didn't want to separate from her boyfriend, so everyone agreed.
Then, when the class was about to start, many people in the classroom saw that Gao Yue, who was a pleasing sight in the classroom and even had students from other classes waiting to watch him, was late.
As a result, when she arrived at the door, the three people around her suddenly stood in a row at the door, led by Cheng Ran, Li Wei, Lao Guo, and nodded in a very social way to Gao Yue and Wang Xinbo who came side by side, and said in a loud voice, "Hello, sister-in-law!"
Wang Xinbo laughed, put his arm around Gao Yue's shoulder and sat in the front row. Cheng Ran and the other two stopped and sat in the row behind them.
When the teacher came in, he noticed that the whole class was unusually restless and wondered what was going on today. But in fact, the teacher who knew the students in his class well saw Gao Yue in the front row with a blushing face and the boy next to her. It was obvious that they were all experienced people. The teacher smiled and began to open the textbook and teach.
After the class that broke countless hearts was over, Wang Xinbo's girlfriend Gao Yue, a member of the 409 dormitory, finished her meal and was about to leave. Gao Yue leaned gently on Wang Xinbo's shoulder and talked about the things that she was embarrassed to say before, "What kind of people are your roommates..."
Wang Xinbo laughed and said, "Li Wei is eccentric and the most cheerful person in the dormitory. I don't know what happened today. It was probably Li Wei's idea. Don't look at him like this, Lao Guo. In fact, he is a hot commodity in his hometown. It is said that there were several families who arranged marriages for him..."
"Ah, I can't tell..."
"That's called manly charm! As for Cheng Ran, I haven't told you before, he's the guy who got into Tsinghua University or Peking University but didn't go, and came to our University of Science and Technology... He's a celebrity, the representative of the freshmen who gave a speech in front of 3,000 people at the opening ceremony! And, he was kept by a man right after he arrived. The other party is a candidate for the vice president of the student union, and a sophomore beauty in the mathematics department! Awesome, right..."
When they reached the door, Gao Yue tugged at his sleeve, her face still flushed.
"They all seem to be bad people. Don't learn bad things from them."