Chapter 39: 0418, Tonight I Will Personally Meet You (3k)

Since 2008, when the authorities launched the slogan of college student entrepreneurship, all the undergraduate colleges in Hui'an Province responded enthusiastically.

For instance, Xucheng College built a two-story small building on the vacant land between the music school and the basketball court, with each floor covering over six hundred square meters, divided into 16 single rooms to support college student entrepreneurship.

It's just that the department leaders never expected that among the college students of Xucheng College, very few had the idea of starting a business.

Two years passed, more than half of the entrepreneurial spaces upstairs remained empty, while downstairs were all fruit shops, milk tea shops, digital stores, and small gift shops, looking like a night market, with not a shred of the appearance of an entrepreneurship park.

Although the principal tried many times to drive all those selling milk tea and snacks out, he knew clearly in his heart that without these people, the entrepreneurship park would completely become a ghost town.

Over time, the entrepreneurship park became a shelved project of Xucheng College, and the assigned guiding teachers also became 'gatekeepers', occasionally dragging a group of 'night market stall owners' to read the entrepreneurial training content from a PPT that they themselves didn't believe in.

If starting a business were this easy, why would I still be a teacher?

Cao Dahua secretly sneered; sitting in his office, drinking tea, humming a tune, and enjoying the air conditioning, his salary would arrive in his account—start what the hell kind of business!

Just as he was humming along, a crisp knocking sound suddenly rang out, followed by a sharp-featured face appearing on the glass door.

The other person revealed a set of big white teeth and asked with a smile, "Hello teacher, may I ask how to rent an office in the entrepreneurship park?"

Cao Dahua hurriedly put down the foot he had propped on the desk; in front of students, he had to maintain some semblance of being a role model. He cleared his throat and asked, "What do you plan to do by renting an office?"

"E-commerce."

Chen Yansen answered decisively and cleanly.

"E-commerce?"

Cao Dahua was stunned, a look of confusion appearing on his face; immediately his mind turned, and his inner thoughts slipped out: "Just opening an online store, right?"

"Uh, more or less."

Chen Yansen frowned, a hint of disdain flashing in his eyes, thinking: Is this the level of teachers in the entrepreneurship park? Even if they don't understand much, they shouldn't equate e-commerce with opening an online store.

Just now, seeing the other person crossing his legs with an air of killing time, he immediately tagged Cao Dahua as a 'nepotism hire'.

If he weren't a nepotism hire, how could he have landed such an easy position?

"Hmm, just don't sell snacks."

Cao Dahua muttered, took a form out of the drawer, and threw it to Chen Yansen: "Fill out the form first; once the person in charge of the entrepreneurship park approves it, you can come pick an office. By the way, the monthly rent for one room is two hundred, and it must be paid for at least three months."

Two hundred yuan doesn't seem like much, but this is 2010; ninety percent of college students' living expenses are less than 1000 yuan, so where would they have extra money to start a business?

"Teacher, how long does the review take?"

Chen Yansen picked up a ballpoint pen and filled out the form with a scribbling sound.

It was just basic information and questions about entrepreneurial vision; for him, it was as simple as '1+1=2', and he finished it in less than two minutes, handing it back to the other person.

"Very fast!"

Cao Dahua took the form without even looking at it; after speaking, he pulled a seal out of the drawer, blew a big breath onto the seal, stamped it onto the form with a 'pa-da' sound, then tilted his head back and asked, "Fast enough?"

"Teacher, what is your surname, how should I address you?"

Chen Yansen was so speechless he wanted to laugh, but he forced himself to hold it back; he asked with a light smile, using honorifics.

He had originally thought the other person was a idle staff member with little actual power, but it turned out he was the person in charge of the entrepreneurship park.

There would be many dealings with him in the future, so naturally he needed to get closer to him; he couldn't possibly meet again next time and still not know what the other person's surname was.

"My surname is Cao, 'Da' as in 'the capable come first', and 'Hua' as in 'bright star and autumn moon'; just call me Director Cao from now on."

Cao Dahua crossed his arms and said in a casual tone.

"Director Cao, here is 1200, please count it."

Chen Yansen took out his wallet again, pulled out twelve banknotes, and placed them on the table.

"You student, young as you are, why is your hearing so bad? Didn't I say! Pay for at least three months, just hand over 600 is enough."

Cao Dahua frowned, speaking with dissatisfaction.

"Director Cao, I'm renting two rooms."

Chen Yansen smiled slightly and held up two fingers.

"Two rooms is two rooms, then no problem."

Cao Dahua's words were only half spoken before the second half was forcibly swallowed back; in the entire entrepreneurship park, truly no one had ever rented two rooms at once.

He looked at Chen Yansen again, only then noticing that the other person was dressed appropriately, the fabric of his clothes looked expensive at a glance, and his phone was also very expensive.

So he's a rich second generation!

Probably won't last half a year!

Cao Dahua sneered inwardly; starting a business isn't something money alone can achieve. Xucheng College also had many students from wealthy families, but basically after three months, the enthusiasm faded, and without a sustainable money-making model, they could only give up in the end.

After paying the money, choosing the room, and getting the keys!

Chen Yansen politely bid farewell to Cao Dahua, went downstairs, and printed 100 copies of a recruitment notice at the printing shop by the entrance.

"Bro, is this real or fake?"

The student helping him print glanced casually at the content, his eyes suddenly widening, his mouth forgetting to close, and he hurriedly turned his head to ask.

"Do I look like I'm joking?"

Chen Yansen shook the two keys in his hand and asked back with a smile.

"Awesome!"

The other person gave a thumbs-up in praise, but secretly cursed a 'stupid idiot' in his heart, thinking this was probably another rich second generation who didn't care about his parents' money.

In less than three minutes, the 100 recruitment notices were printed.

Chen Yansen dropped ten yuan, was about to walk out, then turned back to buy two rolls of double-sided tape, before leisurely walking to the outside of the entrepreneurship park's main gate and pasting a row of recruitment notices on the information board.

The behavior was very excessive, but Chen Yansen felt the effect would definitely not be bad.

"Senhai Technology Co., Ltd. Recruitment Notice"

"Frontend Developer (2 people): Responsible for page layout, user interaction implementation (html/css/javascript), compatible with IE and other mainstream browsers; Salary: 2000-4000 yuan..."

"Backend Developer (2 people): Use PHP or Java to develop core functions, need to implement user registration and login, rebate calculation, order processing, merchant management interface, etc. logic, and interact with the database; Salary: 2500-4000 yuan..."

"Backend Developer (1 person): Design MySQL database structure, optimize query performance, manage user data, order records, merchant information, etc.; Salary: 2000-4000 yuan..."

"UI Designer (1 person):...: Salary: 2000-4000 yuan..."

"Test Engineer (1 person):...: Salary: 2000-4000 yuan..."

"Project Manager (1 person):...: Salary: 2500-4000 yuan..."

This salary, if placed in an internet giant over a decade later, would surely be laughed at as 'slave wages', but in Xucheng Academy in 2010, it would absolutely become the immediate focus of the entire school.

In fact, no sooner had Chen Yansen left than someone posted the recruitment notice content on the campus BBS, which was then reposted to Qian Du Tieba.

"Senhai Technology Company? Address: Rooms 206 and 208, second floor of the Entrepreneurship Park?"

"Are there any students in the Entrepreneurship Park? Go up and check if it's real or fake?"

"I went up and took a look; rooms 206 and 208 are still empty. It's probably some nojj bastard playing a deliberate prank."

"Everyone disperse; it's just a farce!"

But those who had saved Chen Yansen's phone number felt the string of digits was very familiar, until they took out their phones and exclaimed in shock, "It's Senior Chen!"

The news spread quickly; before long, the Dean of the Literature and Communication Department learned of the matter, and immediately after, the President of Xucheng Academy received the news.

"Teacher Cao, a major news event happened in the Entrepreneurship Park; why didn't you report it to me in advance?"

The President's phone call made Cao Dahua shudder violently, startling him to his feet.

"What do you mean?"

Cao Dahua looked utterly confused, wondering in his mind where this 'major news' came from; the Entrepreneurship Park had been calm today, except for a prodigal son renting two startup rooms.

"Ah, Teacher Cao, it seems your understanding of the work in the Entrepreneurship Park is not detailed enough. Isn't there a freshman named Chen Yansen? He posted a recruitment notice at the entrance of the Entrepreneurship Park; it is said he wants to hire ten part-time college students..."

The President spoke slowly.

"Yes, yes, yes, I understand! I know what to do; rest assured."

Cao Dahua patted his chest to guarantee it; after hanging up the phone, he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and let out a long sigh.

Although Chen Yansen's startup project was still in its infancy, his momentum of throwing money around truly shocked quite a few people.

After a little investigation, the department and school leaders still developed a tiny bit of expectation for this freshman who, with a single move, secured the campus agency, led sophomore and junior students, and pushed the telecom performance to first place.

As long as Chen Yansen's project showed some progress, the President would naturally have face when meeting with peers from provincial institutions, and would also gain an extra topic of conversation.

"What background does this kid have? How does the President even know him?"

Cao Dahua wondered in his mind; the President told him to support Chen Yansen's startup project to the best of his ability, but he had neither funds nor resources in hand; how could he support with chicken feathers?

After pondering for a long time, he called over several students, dug out a few sets of dusty office equipment from the warehouse, and kept piling them up until they reached the doors of rooms 206 and 208.

"Hehe, this way, no matter who comes, no one can find fault."

Cao Dahua was quite proud; after finishing this, he turned around and went back to his office to slack off.

On the other side.

After leaving the Entrepreneurship Park, Chen Yansen called Wang Zihao at the intersection, asking him to return the car to the rental company.

"Okay! I'll go downstairs to get the keys."

Wang Zihao agreed at once; less than two minutes later, he came downstairs, then drove Chen Yansen, dropping him off at the entrance of a KTV outside the school.

Just as Chen Yansen was about to walk into the private room, he received a call from a familiar number.

"I am very proficient in PS, AI, and CDR; does this meet the requirements for a UI Designer?"

The voice was soft and cloying, even a bit coquettish.

It was the first time Chen Yansen had heard the other party speak in such a tone; he cursed inwardly, 'What a money-grubber', then thought for a moment and replied, "8 PM tonight, Teachers' Apartment 0418; I will interview you personally."

(End of this chapter)