Chapter 1581: The Second Generation Starts a Business

"What? You want to start a business too?"

Gu Li and the others looked in surprise at Gu Yuan, who wore a somewhat smug expression.

"What's with all your faces? And what do you mean 'too'? I know this Wang fellow has done well, but that doesn't mean you can just say 'too'."

Yang Jian Xi asked curiously, "Then what are you planning to do?"

Gu Yuan chuckled. "The internet! My mom said to just follow this Wang fellow; whatever he does, I'll do. I don't believe he can achieve something I can't."

Gu Li glanced at Nan Xiang, who was sitting aside. "Then I advise you to give up that idea."

"Gu Li, what do you mean? Even you don't have faith in me?" Gu Yuan looked over dissatisfied.

"It's not that I don't have faith in you; it's that you really can't do it."

Gu Li opened her laptop, launched the browser, where numerous unclosed tabs displayed Wang Yan's accounts on various forums.

"Take a look at how he handles marketing and promotion. Never mind the density of the viewpoints he outputs; you can't even match his output speed. In three months, his followers across the entire internet exceeded three million. With his current fame, he could casually place an advertisement, praise some company's product, and earn several million a year."

"With this kind of fame, he doesn't need to spend hundreds of thousands on advertising; people will naturally become curious about his 'Selected Life.' As long as these people register, they provide him with data, allowing him to secure funding from venture capitalists."

Gu Li plainly stated one of the reasons for Wang Yan Cheng Gong: he knew how to market himself, becoming a new generation of internet celebrity within three months. Relying on his powerful output capability, he gathered a huge number of followers. The nearly one million users 'Selected Life' was about to reach came precisely from this.

Gu Yuan glanced twice, then pushed the laptop aside. "It's just nonsense; I truly don't know how those fools believe what he says. Besides, I'm not unaware of the principle of maximizing strengths and avoiding weaknesses. I spent half a day yesterday looking at his website; in the end, isn't it just about delivering food?"

"It's just that he lacks the capability right now, so he integrated other food delivery companies for price comparison and order transfer. In that case, why don't I just do food delivery directly?"

Seeing Gu Yuan acting like a great genius, Gu Li was speechless and choked up. "Do you have any idea that various food delivery companies, in order to compete for users, issue large subsidies to customers and also large subsidies to delivery riders? For every transaction completed, they lose money on that order; they are throwing hundreds of millions into this. You think you can jump in with two million? What dream are you dreaming?"

"What, in your heart am I so utterly useless?" Gu Yuan became unhappy, waving his hand irritably. "Anyway, just wait and see; I don't believe I can't accomplish something."

Having said that, he paid no attention to Gu Li and the others, stood up directly, and left, preparing to start his business decisively...

Gu Li helplessly pressed her hand to her forehead. "Simply hopeless."

Lin Xiao said, "Gu Li, I think you should believe in Gu Yuan."

"I believe in him, I believe in him very much. He will definitely lose everything until he dies!" Gu Li shook her head repeatedly. "Do you still think he can make money? Do he look like he has that kind of brain?"

Nan Xiang said, "Gu Li, don't speak like that; Gu Yuan still has ambition. He is doing this to make you happy."

"He is making me very unhappy right now!" Gu Li glanced at her. "Ah, forget it; anyway, I can't persuade him. Besides, his family isn't short of money; once these two million are lost, he will behave."

Yang Jian Xi coughed once. "Gu Li, don't dampen Gu Yuan's enthusiasm too much; he also wants to achieve the best."

"Wanting to achieve the best and being able to achieve the best are as different as heaven and earth. I really don't understand why he insists on being stubborn and tangling with that madman."

Gu Li said in a bad temper, "Let me ask you, if you encountered a madman brandishing his claws and fangs, would you go up and fight him? Shouldn't you stay far away from him?"

Tang Wanru laughed heartily. "Anyway, since Gu Yuan is willing to do it and his family isn't short of those few million, just let him do it. Yet you insist on playing the villain, saying such harsh words to Gu Yuan; it's no wonder Gu Yuan is hurt."

Nan Xiang nodded in agreement. "Wanru is right; the more you speak like that to Gu Yuan, the more he will want to achieve results to prove himself to you."

"Alright, alright, regardless of him, there will be time for him to cry. Since we are idle anyway, shall we go shopping?" Gu Li proposed.

"Forget it; final exams are coming soon, we should review properly," Lin Xiao declined politely.

Nan Xiang also shook her head. "I have classes this afternoon."

Before Tang Wanru could say anything, Gu Li waved her hand. "So boring; then you all fend for yourselves, I'm going to enjoy life."

"Really, leaving without even waiting for me to speak; annoying." Tang Wanru muttered as she stood up. "Forget it, I'll just go to the gymnasium to find handsome guys to play basketball."

And so, everyone dispersed...

A few days later, on the second floor of the Entrepreneurship Center building.

"Come, come, everyone be careful, don't bump or knock anything; that would be bad."

Looking at the sign for 'Selected Life,' Gu Yuan shouted loudly, directing the workers as they moved things.

"Gu Li, look at this side, how is it? I specifically chose this location just to let certain people see what true entrepreneurship is, what a true internet company is. Look at their broken computers; they can't even run games properly, how can they develop websites? Programmers without good computers are like warriors going to battle without good weapons; how can they possibly win?"

Gu Li naturally knew Gu Yuan was deliberately looking for trouble, but she still rolled her eyes and played along.

"You are right; not only are good computers important, generous salaries and benefits are even more important. If one cannot eat enough or live well, what qualification does one have to talk about ideals?"

Tang Wanru shouted loudly, speaking to a young man inside the open door of 'Selected Life' who was looking over: "Indeed. Hey, brother, why don't you come work over here? We'll pay you wages, unlike Wang Yan, who makes you work for free."

"No way, big brother, they've fought their way to our doorstep, and you're acting like a turtle hiding its head?" Lin Quan slammed a stack of documents heavily onto the table.

"The strategy is consistent; I'll finish roasting this person first before roasting them. Why are you so impatient?" Wang Yan shook his head with amusement. "On the contrary, if you jump out every time they say a word, that shows you are at a disadvantage; wouldn't that make you look anxious, as if everything they say is correct?"

While speaking, Wang Yan typed the last line with a clatter, moved the mouse, and clicked send.

Lighting a cigarette, he swayed out leisurely and leaned against the wall. "Aiyo, indeed, enemies always meet; you see, we are truly fated. Gu Li, Lin Xiao, Nan Xiang, did you miss me?"

Hearing this, while others showed no reaction, Lin Quan, who had come out with Wang Yan, rolled his eyes first.

"What are you saying?" Yang Jian Xi, whose arm was linked with Lin Xiao, spoke first. "How can you speak so vulgarly? Moreover, this is a public place; smoking is prohibited. Don't the classmates starting a business with you dislike the smell of smoke?"

"Basically, everyone here smokes. Did you see over there? That's the smoking room. I am five meters away; indeed, I lack manners, so what?"

Wang Yan, wearing an expression of 'I am a hooligan with no manners,' said with a smile, "I guess you must be Yang Jian Xi."

"So what?"

"Nothing much." Wang Yan shook his head. "Lin Xiao, you should think more about what exactly you see in him. Gu Li, as Lin Xiao's good sister, you don't even persuade her. Oh, right, I forgot, you aren't much either. This idiot must be Gu Yuan, right? Let me tell you, I haven't even seen you properly yet, and I'll send you inside to squat for three months; don't you think you deserve it?"

"Wang Yan!" Gu Li shouted unhappily.

Gu Yuan pulled Gu Li behind him, craned his neck, and glared sideways at Wang Yan. "Gaining verbal advantages is meaningless; our fate is long. Did you see? I've also opened an internet company. Not afraid to tell you, I'm copying your website, and I'm even going to poach your people. How about that? Unconvinced? If you're unconvinced, hold it in."

"That's why I say you're an idiot. Do you think I copied less? Do you think I am original? Isn't it all borrowing? As for poaching these classmates of mine, if they can make money at your place, that's certainly a good thing. However, if you expect classmates to betray some of my company's technical secrets, then you are dreaming wildly; when that happens, you'll end up inside too."

"I can code something up in three days; what technical secrets could your broken website possibly have?" Gu Yuan sneered.

Wang Yan was truly amused by Gu Yuan. "I've said what needed to be said; if you insist on going inside, I can't stop you. Everyone get busy; keep the noise down, don't affect our work."

"This isn't your family's place; what gives you the right to manage me?" Gu Yuan said fearlessly.

However, the next instant, his face was burned by a cigarette butt; immediately, rage surged to his head, and he rushed forward to beat Wang Yan.

But he was held back by Yang Jian Xi, Gu Li, and the others. "Can you calm down a little? He can fight ten-plus people alone; do you think you can beat him?"

"So what? If you have the ability, kill me."

"Come, come, come, don't stop him; I'll accompany him and squat for fifteen days too," Wang Yan said with a smiling expression, provoking Gu Yuan into even greater anger.

However, Gu Yuan still became obedient; his anger was only momentary, and once his mind cleared, he remembered how he had gotten himself into that situation in the first place.

"I'm calling the police! Don't you walk away; let's see what you have to say when the police arrive."

"It's just criticism and education, what else could they say? From now on, I'll smoke right at your company entrance, and whenever I see you, I'll flick my cigarette butt at you; go ahead and call the police every day for fun."

As he spoke, Wang Yan stepped forward, startling Gu Yuan into recoiling sharply, which in turn caused the others to instinctively retreat together in unison.

Wang Yan burst into loud laughter, crushed the cigarette butt on the ground with his foot, and said to Yang Jian Xi, "Now do you understand why I insisted on smoking?"

"Wang Yan, don't be too arrogant!" Lin Xiao shouted in her milky voice.

"What of it? Do you have a Jade Pure Vase? Are you trying to capture me?" Wang Yan teased, raising an eyebrow at her. "If you miss me, look for me anytime; I'll be waiting for you."

"Wang Yan!" This time it was Yang Jian Xi who became angry again.

Wang Yan merely waved his hand lazily, without even turning his head, and returned to the company with Lin Quan to continue working.

Lin Quan deliberately laughed very loudly: "I've discovered that you seem to specialize in dealing with them."

"It's just that their usual methods of bullying and ostracizing people don't work on me."

Watching the backs of the two as they departed, everyone was so angry their teeth itched.

"He's completely a hooligan! Simply a scoundrel!" Yang Jian Xi's grammar became disordered. "How can he be so shameless?"

"Only the two of you have had contact with him; look at the four of us, we've long grown accustomed to it," Gu Li shrugged. "I said before that the best way to deal with a madman is to stay far away from him, yet you, you fool, insisted on crashing into him."

Tang Wanru spoke up from the side: "But Gu Li, just now you were mocking him together with Gu Yuan."

"My mouth is just cheap; whenever I think of that madman, I can't control myself."

After glaring at Tang Wanru, Gu Li let out a long sigh. "Alright, hurry up and tidy up your office. No matter how angry you are, it doesn't compare to achieving results, stepping firmly on that madman's neck, and then grinding him underfoot twice more to vent your anger."

Gu Yuan grabbed Gu Li's hand: "Rest assured, this time I will definitely succeed."

"Let's talk about it only after you've succeeded."

Gu Li slapped Gu Yuan's hand away, clicked her high heels as she walked into the office, and directed the moving workers to place the items properly, displaying a strong sense of ownership.

Lin Xiao and Yang Jian Xi joined in very enthusiastically, helping by making things worse.

Tang Wanru sidled up next to Nan Xiang: "Is he good-looking?"

Nan Xiang withdrew her gaze from inside Zhenxuan Life, where Wang Yan was typing clatteringly on his computer, and asked, "What is good-looking?"

"Weren't you looking at Wang Yan? Your eyes were practically growing onto his body."

Tang Wanru grinned mischievously. "Seriously though, Wang Yan is actually quite nice; it's just that Gu Li and the others might not be happy about it."

"What nonsense are you spouting?" Nan Xiang pushed Tang Wanru around. "Hurry up and go help."

Both Gu Li and Lin Xiao looked over...

And so, Gu Yuan established a new company right next door to Wang Yan, naming it Origin Force Technology.

Gu Yuan indeed did as he said; on one hand, he found other computer-major students to work part-time, and on the other, he spent money trying to poach Wang Yan's classmates.

Unfortunately, however, Gu Yuan failed to lure even a single one over. This was something Gu Yuan could not understand: why those people were willing to work for Wang Yan for free rather than come work for him.

The reason was simple: Zhenxuan Life was already considered a successful company with a very high valuation, having begun to make a name for itself within the industry. Among companies of the same type, Wang Yan's could be said to be the best, with data showing stable growth that was beginning to show a trend of fission, with the growth rate constantly accelerating. How could Gu Yuan, this kind of trend-chasing rich second generation, hope to compete with that?

Of course, another reason was that Gu Li had not thought highly of these classmates under Wang Yan; the price he offered was merely a few thousand yuan, at most slightly over ten thousand. He thought he could dazzle Wang Yan's group of poor students with money, but in reality, the poor students were all mocking this rich second-generation heir for being so stingy.

After securing financing, Wang Yan did not keep all the profits to himself; they were no longer working for free, as everyone received some salary, albeit not a large amount—just over two thousand yuan, which was enough to live quite well and comfortably in university. At the same time, because the company always required overtime, it provided three meals a day; whenever one caught the meal time, one could eat, meaning everyone effectively earned a few hundred yuan extra.

Thus, combined with the visibly bright future ahead and Wang Yan's persuasion, these people remained quite steadfast. Without spending a large sum of money or directly dazzling them with cash, it was difficult to poach them away. After all, this concerned 'dreams' and concerned 'greatness'...

But regardless, Gu Yuan's company managed to start up in a somewhat presentable manner; while copying Zhenxuan Life, it also began handling some local food delivery services in Magic City...

In the blink of an eye, a month passed; university had just begun its summer break, and Xicheng, who had been sentenced to four months, walked out of the detention center alone.

He did not pay it any mind, merely looking at the photo on his phone, which he had just turned on.

In the photo, Wang Yan, smiling gently, held Nan Xiang's face in both hands, while Nan Xiang's expression was pitifully moving...

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