Chapter 522 Binding Campus Card
"Well, this matter is mostly my fault."
Guo Yuancheng first met Luo Yang at the Entrepreneurship Guidance Center. After a few pleasantries, he complained: "It was me who made the suggestion in the beginning, so naturally I have to clean up the mess now."
It is hard to say whether this suggestion was made by Lao Guo, but if something really goes wrong, he will definitely take the responsibility.
"The company has been registered and is in operation. There shouldn't be any major problems, right?"
Luo Yang was puzzled and said, "At most, he won't get the award. Is there any other explanation for this?"
"If it were an ordinary entrepreneurial project, there would be no problem."
Guo Yuancheng took a few puffs of his cigarette at this moment: "But the shared bicycle project was reported as a key support project, and it was registered, and it also received support funds. If we were a first-class university, it would be fine, but now there are so many people watching us. If something goes wrong, we will be laughed at."
Luo Yang: “.”
He didn't know what to say at this moment.
But it's understandable.
As an institution that is not even a key university, the fact that the University of Engineering and Technology is actively seeking a city support project is already a cause for envy. It would be fine if it could really produce some results, but if it does nothing, it would be a real disaster.
It was the school leaders' stage that collapsed.
Luo Yang really wanted to ask why he was in such a hurry, but when he saw Guo Yuancheng's expression, he couldn't open his mouth.
"Forget it. Fortunately, I have received angel round financing intentions."
After giving some persuasive words, he asked, "Will this be useful for the school?"
“It will definitely work!”
Guo Yuancheng took a few more puffs of his cigarette and extinguished it in the ashtray. "If I hadn't heard the good news from you on the phone, I would have already submitted my resignation letter. Mr. Luo, this financing intention is my life-saving straw."
"In that case, let's go and report to Principal Lu together?"
Luo Yang looked at the time and suggested, "It just so happens that I have something else to talk to him about."
"Let's go, we'll go there now."
Guo Yuancheng also subconsciously looked at his watch and found that it was already past two o'clock, so he could go to the leader's office to report on his work.
During the ten-minute walk from the Entrepreneurship Guidance Center to the administrative building, Lao Guo gained a general understanding of the current progress of shared bicycles and inquired in detail about the financing situation. Before walking into Principal Lu's office, he finally felt a little relieved.
"Xiao Luo is here, come and sit down!"
Principal Lu was probably resting after lunch and was full of energy. When he saw Luo Yang, he greeted him warmly, "I haven't seen you for a while. I was planning to invite you back to school in the next two days and confirm with you the choice of tutor."
He did not mention the shared bike project at all, and the first thing he said was about Luo Yang's follow-up to his postgraduate studies.
"Thank you Principal Lu for your concern."
Luo Yang replied with a smile on his face: "I plan to switch to management major. As for the tutor, I am not very familiar with the School of Management. I have to trouble Principal Lu to help me choose a good teacher."
"Many teachers and students in the school know that you have skipped classes to attend professional courses at the School of Management in the past two years."
Principal Lu smiled and nodded at Luo Yang: "You obviously want to be lazy."
"I've heard about that, too."
Guo Yuancheng followed his leader's footsteps: "Not only did he skip classes, but I heard that he also attracted the pursuit of a female student from the School of Management. This matter is often mentioned among the teachers."
Luo Yang: “.”
"Hahaha"
Seeing Luo Yang's embarrassed expression, Principal Lu laughed happily.
He is a successful entrepreneur, young and rich, and he has never had any affairs with other women in this school. Few people would believe it if you told them about it, but this is the truth.
He still admires students with such character.
"Principal Lu, Mr. Luo is here just in time. I want to report to you the good news about the shared bicycle project."
Guo Yuancheng took advantage of Principal Lu's good mood and turned the topic to business.
"Oh, what's the good news?"
Principal Lu glanced at Guo Yuancheng and asked, "Is the project going to be implemented in the next few days?"
It seems that the leader is not completely ignorant.
“It will take some time for the project to be implemented.”
Guo Yuancheng replied: "But Mr. Luo's software development has been successful, and the preliminary preparations are almost done. The most important thing is that there is good news. Mr. Luo got financing last night!"
"Oh, there is such good news?"
Principal Lu was moved, and looked at Luo Yang with a look of waiting for confirmation.
"Yes, Principal Lu."
Luo Yang nodded in confirmation: "I met with Shen Nanpeng of Sequoia Capital some time ago and talked about the shared bicycle project. There happened to be an investor reception in Shanghai last night, so I took this opportunity to have an in-depth chat with Mr. Shen."
He slightly modified the plan of taking out 25% of the shares in the bike-sharing project and raising 1000 million yuan in financing, and told it to Principal Lu.
"it is good!"
Upon hearing such news, even Principal Lu, who usually did not show his displeasure, clenched his fist and hammered on the desk.
"A project started by college students has received 1000 million in angel round financing, which is amazing!"
Principal Lu's face flushed slightly, and he said with a little excitement: "The key is that the project has not yet been fully promoted, but it has already been recognized by large investment institutions, and the project valuation has reached 4000 million. It is unreasonable for such a college student entrepreneurial project not to win the first prize this year!"
"Whether or not we win the award is secondary. The project will be promoted in April, so we can prepare some connection work in advance."
Luo Yang doesn’t care about the first prize. What he cares about is whether the project can be launched smoothly after it is implemented.
"Xiao Luo, if you have any requests, please let us know. Our school will definitely support our students' entrepreneurial projects."
"Principal Lu, some small matters in project promotion can be handed over to the subordinates. I believe they can do a good job in the preliminary preparations, but some actions related to project promotion require the support of the leaders."
Since Principal Lu has spoken, Luo Yang certainly won't be polite.
He smiled and said, "After the first batch of bicycles are put into use in schools, due to the operating model issues, it may take some time for people to be accepted. In order to shorten this time, can we consider incorporating the qualifications and fees for renting bicycles directly into the campus card system?"
“How does it work exactly?”
When it came to business, Principal Lu became serious and began to ask Luo Yang about the specific details of this suggestion.
"In fact, it would be better to launch the project at the beginning of the school year and directly bind each student's campus card, so that all students in a class can become shared bicycle users at once. Unfortunately, the launch time is in April, so we can only use the voluntary selection method."
Luo Yang kept the details in his mind and slowly explained to Principal Lu: "In order to reduce the intermediate links and facilitate users, the company's operations department recommends that it is best to bind the campus card, which is also convenient for students to operate."
"Isn't this equivalent to the school endorsing the credit of your company?"
Principal Lu saw through the core meaning of the statement at a glance: "Also, even if the forced binding of freshmen you mentioned can be implemented in our school, other universities can't do it, right?"
It is possible for a school to do this in order to support its signature startup, but what about other schools? Why?
“It’s important to have a model of success in our school.”
Luo Yang said calmly: "With such a successful precedent, other schools can put aside a lot of concerns and do more work. Although it is not necessary to bind all students to a new class at the beginning of the school year, it is still feasible to let students who are willing to become users bind their campus cards."
"If that's the case, you can still give it a try."
Principal Lu understood what Luo Yang meant. He believed that a relatively administrative approach could be used in his own school to create a successful model. In the surrounding colleges and universities, his mission would become to help coordinate. Other communication work in the middle should be completed by Luo Yang's people.
"It's a good plan, but it's not just my business." Principal Lu thought for a moment and looked at Luo Yang and said, "It's best to come up with a detailed implementation plan and give it to me as soon as possible so that I can attend the school affairs meeting as soon as possible. It's also best to communicate with the principal in advance and get his approval, so that it will be more likely to be passed."
"Thanks to Principal Lu's reminder."
Luo Yang immediately showed a educated expression: "Then I will ask the company to come up with an implementation plan as soon as possible after I go back, and try to send it to you for review next week. While I am sending the plan, I will go to the president to report on my work."
“It’s not just about reporting work.”
Principal Lu pointed at Luo Yang and said, "Old Xiao has more connections in the Shanghai University circle than I do. Your project is not limited to Songjiang University Town. When you promote it to other universities in the city in the future, the president can help a lot."
While listening to the teachings, I thought of the tool Xiao Wei.
How to use it well is a technical issue.
"Oh, by the way, there is one more thing I need to inform you of in advance."
We talked about the shared bike project for more than half an hour. When it was almost over, Principal Lu mentioned something else: "I plan to have you give a speech at this year's graduation ceremony."
If he wins another first prize for an entrepreneurial project in March, Luo Yang's reputation will become even brighter.
It was also natural to let him speak on behalf of this graduating class of undergraduates.
Luo Yang originally wanted to be humble, but was discouraged by Guo Yuancheng's words.
"Principal Lu, should we invite some parents to observe the graduation ceremony?"
"Well, some are parents of students who volunteered to participate, and some are parents of outstanding students invited by the school."
Principal Lu nodded with a smile and said, "This is also a display of our school's achievements in cultivating outstanding students."
Luo Yang expressed his firm support for this policy.
In a pleasant atmosphere, Luo Yang finished his work report.
It was almost half past three when I left Principal Lu's office.
"The leader really values you!"
Guo Yuancheng, who left with Luo Yang, couldn't help but sigh: "When I came out just now, there were three groups of people waiting at the door. I rarely see leaders do this."
"It's also my luck to meet such a good leader."
Luo Yang responded with a smile.
"You have won the favor of the leader with your strength."
Guo Yuancheng is now quite polite to Luo Yang. If he still regarded Luo Yang as an excellent student during his sophomore and junior years, he had already repositioned Luo Yang since the beginning of his senior year.
It's not just fawning, but at least it's respect.
Just as I was about to ask Luo Yang if he had time tonight, Luo Yang's cell phone rang.
"Director Guo, excuse me, I have to answer the phone."
The call came from Liu Haishan. Luo Yang and Guo Yuancheng greeted each other before answering the call.
"Brother, I have arrived in the Magic City ahead of time. I will meet Lao Cai and the others in half an hour. When will you leave?"
Liu Haishan's cheerful voice could be felt even through the phone, and his voice was so loud that even Guo Yuancheng next to him could hear it clearly: "Lao Cai said that dinner will be arranged at a private club by Dingshan Lake. You should meet Lao Cai early."
"Okay, I'm right here in Songjiang New District, it'll probably take less than 40 minutes to get there."
Luo Yang smiled and responded: "I haven't seen you for a while, brother. I want to drink a few more glasses of wine with you tonight."
The two chatted for a few more words before hanging up the phone.
"Director Guo, I have a party with some friends from Zhejiang Province tonight, so I have to rush over early."
Luo Yang turned to Guo Yuancheng and said, "Send the information over next week. Director Guo, please give me some face and we can have a small gathering together?"
"What are you talking about? How can I let you treat me when I get to school?"
Guo Yuancheng shook hands with Luo Yang with a smile on his face and said, "Listen to my arrangements and we'll have a drink!"
"A word is settled!"
After leaving school, the car went straight to Minhang Building Materials Market.
At this time in the afternoon, the traffic volume on the outer ring road of the city was not very heavy, and it took about half an hour to arrive at the door of Cai Fujun's store.
He Maosong, who arrived early, and Liu Haishan were already drinking tea in the store with Cai Fujun.
It was already a little after four o'clock. Seeing Luo Yang arriving, the three of them immediately walked out of the store, exchanged a few words at the door, and then set off.
Dingshan Lake is in Kunshan, right next to Shanghai.
The group got into four cars and drove for less than an hour before arriving at the destination for tonight's dinner.
"Hey, isn't this a villa complex?"
After everyone got off the car at the entrance of a villa, Liu Haishan started to shout: "The scenery here is nice, are there any vacant houses? The house prices here should not be high, it would be nice to buy one and come here for a weekend vacation."
The villas that Liu Haishan mentioned are indeed nice. They are all single-family houses with yards. Because they are next to the lake, they have a semi-buried basement. After raising the foundation, three floors were built on it. And from the outside, they look quite large, with a single floor probably close to 200 square meters.
Although Kunshan is close to Shanghai at the moment, due to the city's level, the housing price is even less than 1000 yuan. Such a large single-family villa can be bought for an estimated million yuan, so Liu Haishan said it is not expensive.
If Fu Bin hadn't given Luo Yang a set in Songjiang, he would have been tempted.
"Old Liu, when the car came in, didn't you see the sign at the door clearly?"
Cai Fujun interrupted Liu Haishan's fantasy. He pointed at the surrounding villas and said, "This is the club area, not a residential area."
"Wow, this boss is quite powerful, eh?"
When the car drove in, Luo Yang took a rough look. There were about a dozen houses in the entire lakeside community. The boss was willing to use an entire villa area worth more than 100 million yuan to build a club.
“It’s not that the boss is unwilling to part with it, but the house here is a bit of an illegal building, so it’s impossible to sell it even if I want to.”
Cai Fujun knew a little bit about the inside story, but now was not the time to stand at the door and talk about it. He smiled and said, "There are quite a few stories in it. I'll tell you later."
He kept it a secret for now.
After saying that, he called Luo Yang and a few others to walk towards the entrance of the villa.
There was a housekeeper at the door of the villa, she was about thirty years old, wearing a navy blue suit and skirt, black stockings and high heels. She was dressed very properly, but she couldn't hide the worldly air on her face, and she didn't look very serious.
Behind her followed two young girls, dressed in standard maid outfits.
The three of them stood there quietly, and only when Cai Fujun and his men came over did they step forward and say hello.
This club looks interesting.
In fact, this can be seen from Cai Fujun’s arrangements today.
Normally, Su Hui would be invited to come, and most of the time, she would be asked to bring a few classmates along.
And after the first meal, you will probably have to plan a second one.
Not only did he not bring anyone today, he also moved his dinner to Kunshan, far away from the city. It seems that he is not planning on having a second show.
It seems that all arrangements for tonight are in this villa.
(End of this chapter)
