Chapter 61: 060 A Date with a Beauty
September 8th, the freshman orientation craze on the university campus gradually subsided, and Gui'ai Net's orders slowly reached a stable norm.
Unlike the social pioneering in August and the booth setting during the graduation season in July and June, the customer acquisition strategy adopted by Gui'ai Net in September was to penetrate more scattered into the student group. And a more novel change in this process was that part-time orders reached about one-third of full-time.
—More flexible.
This was the summary when Yu Xing discussed the company's situation with Lu Haiying and Zhong Zhiling.
In three months, Gui'ai Net also changed different ways in the face of different environments, which can be considered a very vivid interpretation of what is called "a small boat is easy to turn."
At the same time, the hesitation of True Love Net, Century Jiayuan, and Lily Net probably also had their own volume considerations.
Zhong Zhiling was a bit absent-minded about the senior disciple's spirited summary, and finally couldn't help but say: "Brother Xing, I am now thinking about Zhen'ai Net and their offer, hoping for a higher price. You are still quite... quite calm."
What he wanted to say more was, what else is there to summarize! The company is about to be sold!
Lu Haiying had the same feeling and said more tactfully: "My mood is also very excited these two days."
"Otherwise? I can't run to other companies to ask for prices. I can only do the things in my hands well. Summarizing experience is always not wrong," Yu Xing actually had pressure in his heart. He said with a bit of helplessness, "Besides, you two can still be romantic in your spare time, and you didn't say you would introduce a girlfriend to me or something."
A "ding" seemed to sound in Lu Haiying's brain. Hey, yes, why didn't I think of introducing a girlfriend to the senior disciple?
"Uh, this..." Zhong Zhiling also couldn't think of a reason. He probably felt that if the senior disciple wanted to find one, he wouldn't lack a girlfriend.
"Fine, you two chat yours. I'll go be lonely and keep the company company," Yu Xing ended the call with a smile.
Lu Haiying put down the phone, and her heart was pondering whether there were any girls around suitable for the senior disciple.
At 4:30 this afternoon, Yu Xing received a call from Liu Wan Ying, asking where to eat big lobster.
"It's too far from me to the Financial Center. Sister Ying, let's walk halfway and eat in Minhang in the middle," Yu Xing proposed.
Liu Wan Ying teased: "You really have sincerity when inviting to dinner!"
Yu Xing laughed while organizing today's orders: "I feel that we aren't outsiders, so there's no need to be so polite. Just lobster to apologize. I will open the car over after I count the orders in my hand."
Liu Wan Ying agreed. She really had a small sigh in her heart. Saying is saying, Yu's development is really fast, even the car is fixed.
About forty minutes later, Liu Wan Ying, who arrived slightly earlier, saw Yu Xing riding an electric scooter and had to correct: "General Manager Yu, can you be more accurate when you speak next time? Riding a bike and driving a car are two concepts!"
"Sister Ying, don't look at it as an electric scooter. It's very convenient to travel in the city usually, and driving is blocked," Yu Xing pouted. "Let's go."
Liu Wan Ying couldn't laugh or cry, put her exquisite small bag in the car basket first, and then sat on the back seat.
Yu Xing lowered his head slightly, glanced with his peripheral vision, I recognize this leg, it's the white cat's!
He started the electric scooter, facing the evening breeze, and asked: "Sister Ying, what do you want to eat?"
Liu Wan Ying wondered: "Isn't it eating big lobster?"
Yu Xing recommended: "The crayfish nearby also tastes good. Do you eat it?"
Liu Wan Ying sat on the back seat of the electric scooter and sighed to the sky: "You really painted a cake on my face! And I was painted out!"
"Just kidding, just kidding," Yu Xing hesitated and drove past the barbecue stall. "But I have to say, big lobster has the goodness of big lobster, crayfish has the taste of crayfish, and the seafood porridge here is also good. I've eaten it."
Liu Wan Ying felt that this tone had a lot of reluctance.
She laughed: "Fine, General Manager Yu, just taste the seafood porridge you mentioned."
"Oh my, Sister Ying, you this person..." Yu Xing pretended to be angry. "Afraid I don't have money?"
Liu Wan Ying watched the electric scooter go straight to the Chaoshan seafood porridge shop and sighed: "Downgrade consumption, it's better to be careful now."
Yu Xing moved in his heart. After sitting in the shop and ordering porridge, and ordering dishes, he asked: "Sister Ying, why did you start to downgrade consumption?"
"Two houses, do you know? American ones," Liu Wan Ying frowned slightly. "Yesterday, they were taken over by the United States. This is a very rare and very bad signal."
"I know two houses..." Yu Xing knew this. "It's a financing institution for housing mortgage loans. Uh, Sister Ying, did you buy stocks or financial management or something? Is it time to close the hand at this time? Even two houses were nationalized; I dare not think about the back!"
"I have some in the stock market," Liu Wan Ying pondered. "The situation behind... let's see. How to say, have to be psychologically prepared to cross the cycle. The subprime mortgage market in the United States has exposed many problems since last year."
Yu Xing deliberated for a while, persuaded again, and really couldn't say anything more.
It's just that because of such a topic, the atmosphere between the two people was inevitably dull.
"What are you talking about this for?" Liu Wan Ying laughed and took the initiative to change the topic. "Today is to listen to General Manager Yu's history of making a fortune."
"The company's situation is roughly set now. It may depend on whether I can have good luck when I return to Jin Ling to participate in the Internet Conference at the end of the month," Yu Xing's eyes flashed from Sister Ying's red lips. "I really want to report to you specifically about the matter I talked to Sister Ying on the phone last time."
"Yo, powerful, can even participate in the Internet Conference?" Liu Wan Ying was a bit surprised, and then laughed again. "Want to paint a cake, right? Paint it."
Yu Xing raised his eyebrows: "No, no, no, it's not painting a cake."
Liu Wan Ying interrupted: "Who says they are painting a cake when painting a cake?"
"Sister Ying, I say whatever I have, especially, facing Sister Ying, we are all our own people," Yu Xing looked at the potential angel investor in front of him.
Liu Wan Ying put down the spoon, counted with her fingers, and said: "Speaking of which, this is the first time we met, Jin Ling has one, two, three, four, five, oh, this is the sixth time we met."
"No, Sister Ying, you counted one more time; this is the fifth time," Yu Xing said sincerely.
Liu Wan Ying said with a smile: "Is it?"
"Of course, I remember every meeting with Sister Ying freshly," Yu Xing said with righteousness.
Liu Wan Ying raised her thumb and praised: "As expected of the founder of Gui'ai Net, skilled ha."
Yu Xing chuckled: "This is respect for beautiful girls."
He raised an index finger, interrupted Liu Wan Ying who wanted to speak, and said earnestly: "Especially, treat Sister Ying, even more respect."
Liu Wan Ying said with a smile: "So, this mouth of General Manager Yu can be successful."
"Sister Ying, we plan to do a new project this year, a project that can be financed in A/B/C rounds," Yu Xing circled the matter back and introduced, "We plan to build a community website for workplace employees."
Liu Wan Ying took a sip of porridge, and ten seconds later said her initial impression: "It's a subdivided direction, be specific."
There are too many internet projects now. The word "workplace" is very general, but doing subdivision now is correct. Counting forward, there are the three swordsmen of the portal era "Sohu, Sina, NetEase." Talking about now, there are BTA. Regardless of social, search, e-commerce, or games, these fields already have the existence of big companies, and they are still spreading hard.
If you don't do subdivision, it's hard to be optimistic.
"It's a gathering place for workplace employees, open anonymous way, not stingy with the exchange and transmission of information such as gossip, inside stories, bickering, leaks, etc. of various companies," Yu Xing introduced specifically. "We want to build an objective and independent third party, let it become the industry's inside story center, become the workplace's paparazzi website, and become the Jianghu Bai Xiaosheng of this era."
Liu Wan Ying listened to this positioning, her thoughts turned around the internet today, and her eyes lit up. This sounds quite attractive.
She thought for a while and asked slowly: "In today's internet projects, investors often ask a question. Do you know what it is?"
Although Yu Xing didn't contact investors, he could roughly guess.
He laughed: "I was once asked a question by Song Yufeng: if a company like Penguin does our project, what should we do? Facts prove that giants like Penguin are not interested. Only NetEase, which has a matchmaking business foundation, cast its eyes, but the nature of the problem is just like this, right?"
Liu Wan Ying nodded: "Yes, since you said you want to do A/B/C rounds, such a project must withstand tests of all sizes. If Penguin does it, what do you do?"
Facing such a problem that makes the industry have a headache, Yu Xing didn't hesitate much and replied: "Penguin has natural defects."
Liu Wan Ying cast a questioning look.
Yu Xing said sternly: "Penguin has a stance."
Five words.
Only five words of reason.
Listening to this short sentence, Liu Wan Ying felt as if she was struck by a lightning bolt in her heart, patted her palm and sighed: "I am definitely not a good investor. I am not suitable for such a role, but you are really a good entrepreneur."
Yes, such a website wants to develop, and it is inevitable to bypass big factory employees. If Penguin does it itself, there must be a question of stance.
If it is not independent enough, if the stance is in doubt, the website is naturally difficult to convince employees of other companies to settle in.
What's more, if Penguin does it, this website will inevitably lose a part of the employees of competitors. According to its current style of being everywhere, the lost clients are absolutely not a few.
Yu Xing smiled slightly and gave a second reason: "Penguin's traffic is very powerful, but the nature of its traffic is weakened in the workplace field. And what investors worry about is that the first-mover advantage is wiped out by Penguin using massive traffic later."
What if Penguin does it?
The premise of this question is that Penguin first sees that good projects appear in the industry, and then it performs micro-innovation and then pours huge traffic.
Liu Wan Ying pondered Yu Xing's words. Penguin's social traffic is weakened, and the website has a first-mover advantage. If it can find suitable investment...
She opened her mouth after a good while: "I am not a good investor, Yu Xing. Your logic is self-consistent. I think so and actually feel it's not bad, but whether there is a problem, I don't know either. Just like I said, I am not a good investor."
Yu Xing: "..."
Two seconds later, he nodded, took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Liu Wan Ying: "Fine, Sister Ying, here is my business card. If you want to realize your Xiangjiang luxury house dream, call me, see you again."
Yu Xing walked out gracefully after saying that.
Liu Wan Ying took the business card blankly, watching his figure disappear.
Ten seconds later, Yu Xing walked in with a smile: "Hehe, Sister Ying, is this the style? Cool?"
Liu Wan Ying couldn't help but laugh: "Even the business card is fake..."
In his hand was, surprisingly, a business card for a "Tailg Electric Vehicle" shop.
"You just say, facing a real investor, can I leave a deep impression like this!" Yu Xing asked.
Liu Wan Ying had to say sincerely: "I think, yes."
She pondered for a few seconds and said: "Very confident, mainly because the content you said can stand up. Does the website have a name? Is this the next goal you are going to open with your junior disciple and junior sister?"
According to what Yu Xing just said, whether it is Penguin or other internet big factories, their own attributes cannot do this kind of thing.
Objective, independent, third party.
At the very least, it is a theoretical objective and independent third party.
"We plan to call it 'Those Matters'," Yu Xing replied.
Liu Wan Ying read this name several times and wondered: "Since you want to be Jianghu Bai Xiaosheng, why not call it Bai Xiaosheng directly?"
Yu Xing was stunned: "Eh..."
"It has characteristics, is also easy to be understood, and has good communicability. Internet communication effect is very important," Liu Wan Ying said her view. "'Those Matters', it also fits the website positioning, but it doesn't seem as good as 'Bai Xiaosheng'."
Yu Xing pondered for a moment: "Good, I will consider it when I go back. If it is finalized, it counts as 0.00000001% of your shares. This is the naming investor."
Liu Wan Ying smiled.
"Really, Sister Ying, you consider our project carefully. We now have a small team with some entrepreneurial experience, holding a small industry leak used to start the volume. Once Gui'ai Net is sold, there will be some start-up capital in hand," Yu Xing said earnestly. "The internet team scale is not as big as Gui'ai Net, which is more convenient for management. As long as our first-mover advantage is grasped well, not saying how much money to earn, it will definitely make you one step closer to the luxury house."
Liu Wan Ying considered for five seconds, just laughed, and didn't speak.
"If it really doesn't work, you cut the meat of the stocks placed in the US stock market now and invest in us directly. It is definitely better than you crossing the cycle," Yu Xing changed an angle and tried to persuade again.
Liu Wan Ying laughed: "Fine, fine, fine. If it can fall by 20%, I will cut the meat and invest in you."
Although the US stock market has many problems now, she thinks it can still be controlled. This time it is still a callback attribute.
Yu Xing nodded and started chatting about some interesting clients encountered in the school opening season.
Liu Wan Ying listened for a while and asked: "Not persuading me to invest? Give up?"
"Ah? Didn't you promise me just now?" Yu Xing pretended to be surprised.
Liu Wan Ying reacted for two seconds and couldn't help but laugh: "Fine, you are really looking forward to me cutting meat."
Yu Xing also laughed, but there was a bit of regret in his heart. This was the truest word.
No big lobster, drank seafood porridge.
Liu Wan Ying listened to the interesting stories and problems of the entrepreneurial team, as well as the reaction of the matchmaking industry brand, and felt that the night was generally very interesting.
The two walked a bit on the street.
Seeing that the time was a bit late, Liu Wan Ying laughed: "Let's go, send me a ride, I'm going back."
Yu Xing thought for a while and said: "Sister Ying, you take a taxi back, I will reimburse you."
He patted the seat: "I'm afraid that if I send you back, my electricity won't be enough."
Liu Wan Ying: "..."
She took her bag, both helpless and amused: "Fine, General Manager Yu, see you again."
Yu Xing didn't forget the business: "Sister Ying, really really consider our project."
Liu Wan Ying waved her hand.
"Sister Ying." Yu Xing called Liu Wan Ying who walked a few steps, and finally praised: "Your lipstick is really good-looking, what is the color number?"
Liu Wan Ying blinked: "Won't tell you."
She didn't choose to take a taxi, but walked to the more convenient subway station.
Yu Xing kept watching Sister Ying's figure disappear before riding the electric scooter slowly back.
Just as he rode under the apartment, he happened to receive a text message from Liu Wan Ying on his phone.
Liu Wan Ying: It's Armani's 406, there is a bit of rose red, showing white, go buy it for little girls.
Yu Xing just wanted to reply when he received a call from Song Yufeng. Just right, he also wanted to explore the choice of name with this legal person.
Liu Wan Ying on the other side returned to the hotel. She didn't go up immediately, but sat on the lobby sofa and waited for a while. As a result, she didn't wait for a reply, but saw her colleague Su Jiayi.
"Sister Ying, back from a date?" Su Jiayi leaned over with a bad smile.
"It's meeting a little friend and exploring a project," Liu Wan Ying answered with a smile. "Originally wanted to eat something delicious, but came back with a stomach full of porridge."
Su Jiayi said solemnly: "Then what do you want to drink a stomach full of back?"
Liu Wan Ying reacted for a good while and reached out: "Su Jiayi, I will tear your mouth!"
"Hey, hey, wrong, wrong, who told you to sit here and be in a daze at the phone!" Su Jiayi begged for mercy and put out the reason again, "Looking like a date back, reluctant to part."
Liu Wan Ying let out a "Pfft," is there a date where one goes halfway and comes back, eats void lobster, and is still aimed at the money in one's hand?
She gave an explanation: "It's a graduate student of my brother, starting a business now, looking for me to help."
Su Jiayi's interest greatly decreased: "Oh, like this."
Seeing this, Liu Wan Ying explained: "He is still quite interesting, quite fun."
Hearing this, Su Jiayi looked at Sister Ying suspiciously again. Really not a date?
She tested slightly: "How fun?"
"Um, that is, the execution is quite high, the angle of doing things is quite strange," Liu Wan Ying tried to summarize, with a smile on her face, "It seems that there is also some gambling nature, um, sometimes the heart is quite black, hey, also want to pull me to invest."
Su Jiayi looked at Liu Wan Ying's expression and exclaimed: "Miserable, miserable..."
Liu Wan Ying cast an unkind look.
"Someone is going to be abducted!" Su Jiayi joked, "Don't stare at me, I mean, someone's money is going to be abducted by the project!"
Liu Wan Ying put away her restless hands.
Su Jiayi got up and broke away from control first, then ran in small steps, looking back and laughing: "Then it's even more miserable, people and money are going to be abducted..."
Liu Wan Ying didn't chase, preparing to take the elevator back to the room.
It's just that she finally looked at the phone that didn't respond, and a thought drilled out in her heart, this person is a bit annoying, why doesn't he reply to the text message. ===== CHAPTER 62 =====
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