Jiang Xiaoli stopped massaging. "Mom, if you don't want to rest, you should at least let your employees rest, right?"

In the end, Li Guizhi agreed to the request to rest at least one day a week.

She held her daughter's hand and said, "Xiaoli, do you think Mom is being too vain? I'm happy every day when guests praise the food."

Jiang Xiaoli burst out laughing. "Mom, what kind of vanity is this? Nobody dislikes being praised!"

...

After finishing her classes on Monday, Jiang Xiaoli came to Fang Yong to take the final exams for multiple subjects ahead of schedule.

Fang Yong thought for a moment, "There are indeed cases of students graduating early at our school, but they take the final exams together with the senior students of the same year. I can help you apply, just wait for my news."

"Thank you, Teacher Fang."

Fang Yong pulled out a piece of paper from a stack of documents. "This is an academic activity that our Guanghua School of Management will be carrying out soon. See if you are interested in participating."

Jiang Xiaoli took over the event plan.

The 4th Kyoto University Guanghua School of Management Competition

This activity is open to groups. The theme is to simulate the establishment of a new company within six months, and the top three companies will be ranked based on their final profitability.

The winning team will receive a cash prize and entrepreneurial support from the school.

She raised an eyebrow. "Teacher Fang, how does this simulation management system determine the profitability at each stage?"

This event has been held for several years, and Fang Yong is very familiar with its rules.

"Our faculty will form an evaluation panel to assess profitability periodically based on your simulated company's business performance and company decisions."

This is quite interesting.

Jiang Xiaoli accepted the activity plan. "Teacher Fang, I'll think about it when I get back."

Fang Yong nodded. "I will have the class monitor inform everyone about this activity this afternoon. The registration deadline is the end of this month, so if you are interested, please register as soon as possible."

"OK."

Back in the dorm, Jiang Xiaoli showed the activity plan to her roommates, asking, "Are you interested?"

Chang Yue pouted, "It's great that the three of you are in the same major; you can always act together!"

Ren Zhiyi waved the event details in her hand, "Xiaoyue, I see that this event is only open to students from our college, and there are no restrictions on majors!"

Jiang Xiaoli nodded, "That's right, every company needs financial accountants!"

Chang Yue's eyes lit up immediately, "Can we go together?"

Hu Jingxin glanced at the registration requirements. "It only says that each group is limited to 5 to 8 people, so it should be fine."

Chang Yue frowned. "There are only four of us!"

Jiang Xiaoli exchanged a glance with the other two, then said in unison, "Yan Chengcheng!"

Hu Jingxin ran straight to the next dormitory and dragged Yan Chengcheng back.

Ren Zhiyi handed her the event plan, "Chengcheng, we'd like to invite you to participate in the competition with us. Would you like to?"

Yan Chengcheng didn't even look at the proposal in her hand. "I'm willing."

Jiang Xiaoli chuckled, "Chengcheng, you agreed to this without even seeing what we invited you to do?"

Yan Chengcheng said with a smile, "I enjoy playing with you guys!"

Ren Zhiyi sighed, "Chengcheng, why don't you take a look at the competition rules and see if you're interested?"

Yan Chengcheng's eyes lit up more and more as she looked at it. "This is so much fun! Is this Monopoly?"

Hu Jingxin nodded vigorously, "Yes, yes, it's like a real-life Monopoly game! Do you want to participate?"

Yan Chengcheng nodded decisively, "Of course! Count me in! But I think the simulated company is a bit lacking. It would be great to actually run a company."

Jiang Xiaoli pondered for a moment, "Actually, it's not impossible. No matter how many difficult problems the teacher gives in the competition, it can't compare to the improvement one gets from solving problems in real life."

Hu Jingxin was extremely excited, "Chengcheng, your idea is fantastic!"

Yan Chengcheng was a little dumbfounded. "I was just saying it casually. You guys didn't actually take it seriously, did you?"

Ren Zhiyi shrugged. "It's obvious that the two young rich women are interested."

The five of them huddled together and discussed the possibility of starting a company together for an entire afternoon.

Jiang Xiaoli concluded her remarks by saying, "It's often said that good friends shouldn't go into business together, as it's very easy for them to fall out and never speak to each other again. I want to give you a heads-up: are you sure you want to start a company together?"

The women exchanged glances, and finally Chang Yue spoke first, "First of all, I want to clarify that I don't have much money. I can only contribute more effort. Everyone should confirm their shareholding based on their own circumstances, and finally determine a leader who will have absolute control over the company. Do you think this is acceptable?"

The others thought about it and agreed.

Ultimately, the women agreed that the company would invest a total of 1 million yuan.

Jiang Xiaoli invested 700,000 yuan and participated in the actual management, holding a 60% stake.

Hu Jingxin invested 250,000 yuan and participated in the actual management, holding a 24% stake.

Ren Zhiyi invested 50,000 yuan and participated in the actual management, holding an 8% stake.

Chang Yue and Yan Chengcheng did not invest any money but only participated in the actual management, each holding 4% of the shares.

After discussing Jiang Xiaoli as the company's leader and the distribution of company shares, Chang Yue suddenly raised a very crucial question.

"So, what's the name of our company, and what's our main business?"

Hu Jingxin was the first to raise her hand and suggest, "We can sell clothes!"

Yan Chengcheng thought this was a great idea. "Yes, yes, we can open a clothing store."

Ren Zhiyi couldn't help but say, "We've prepared so much money just to open a clothing store? I thought we were going to make a big splash."

Jiang Xiaoli stroked her chin and said, "Actually, starting a clothing business is indeed a good idea, but if we're going to do it, we should start a clothing company, handling design, production, wholesale, and retail all in one. What do you think?"

In her past life, Jiang Xiaoli made her fortune in the clothing business, so she was very familiar with this system.

Hu Jingxin jumped up excitedly upon hearing her suggestion, "Could this allow us to establish a brand?"

Chang Yue was very interested. "I agree with Xiao Li's suggestion."

Ren Zhiyi and Yan Chengcheng did not object.

Jiang Xiaoli smiled and said, "Then it's settled. Our next step is to come up with a name for the company so I can submit the competition registration form as soon as possible."

They racked their brains for a long time but couldn't come up with any good ideas. Finally, Ren Zhiyi suggested, "How about we call our company 307, our brand name 'Five,' and our English name 'FIVE'?"

Several girls who were terrible at naming things all voted in favor.

Jiang Xiaoli directly filled in their company information on the registration form on the back of the simulation management competition event plan.

Fang Yong received the first registration form he had sent out that afternoon, which surprised him.

"Jiang Xiaoli, you've made up your mind so quickly? Aren't you going to reconsider? Once you sign up for the group, you can't add or remove members."

Jiang Xiaoli smiled and shook her head, "Teacher Fang, we won't change it."