Ye Linchen's words were like a bucket of ice water, extinguishing the last bit of hope in Zhao Yutong's heart.
She suddenly looked up, her face covered in tears and disbelief.
During this period, I didn't even have time to study for the final exams. I stayed up countless nights and put in so much effort just to write this report.
And what was the result?
The things she painstakingly wrote were worthless in Ye Linchen's eyes, and he even wanted to kick her out of the project team!
She felt that her writing was really fine, and that Ye Linchen and Li Hongying were the ones who kept nitpicking!
Even if she writes another one after school starts, won't Ye Linchen still be able to reject it with the same reason?
Thinking of this, a huge sense of resentment and anger overwhelmed her reason.
"What's wrong with my business plan?!"
Zhao Yutong broke down, crying uncontrollably and questioning him through sobs.
"It was my fault for not going to class, but I've been studying very hard these past few days. I've searched everywhere for books and researched everywhere. Every single word here is something I've painstakingly researched! Isn't there anything of value in it at all? Why are you always targeting me!"
Zhao Yutong started crying and didn't say much. Lin Xuemei, who was sitting quietly reading in the corner, couldn't sit still any longer.
She silently picked up the business plan that had been criticized to the point of being riddled with flaws from in front of Li Hongying and began to read it carefully.
The only sounds in the dormitory were Zhao Yutong's suppressed sobs and Lin Xuemei's rustling of turning the pages.
After a long while, Lin Xuemei put down the report and sighed softly.
Lin Xuemei looked at Zhao Yutong and stated her judgment directly: "Yutong, this report is really bad."
Zhao Yutong stopped crying abruptly, raised her head, and looked at her with teary eyes.
Lin Xuemei pointed to the words "listing in five years" on the report and asked, "Do you know what a listed company is? Do you know what qualifications and requirements a company needs to meet to go public? For example, how many consecutive years of profitability are required, and what annual revenue is needed? Have you looked these up?"
Zhao Yutong was stunned by the question.
She didn't know.
To write this report, Zhao Yutong went to the library to find several books on success and biographies of entrepreneurs.
In those books, she saw several top luxury clothing companies that she knew.
These top luxury clothing companies are all publicly listed, so she naturally assumed that going public shouldn't be a particularly difficult thing.
After all, there are so many publicly listed companies in the world!
Before Zhao Yutong could answer, Ye Linchen asked another question.
“You listed several international brands as benchmarks in your business plan,” Ye Linchen picked up the report and pointed to it. “Do you know the development history of these companies? Do you know who their founders are, how they made their first fortune? Do you know the key turning points they went through to become top luxury brands, and what their core business value is?”
Zhao Yutong looked even more confused, and she subconsciously shook her head: "I...don't know."
She simply saw these brands in a magazine because they were expensive and famous, and immediately made them her targets.
“Look,” Ye Linchen slammed the report on the table, “this is your business plan, but you know absolutely nothing about the most crucial parts. Don’t you realize where your problem lies?”
The problem isn't whether her writing is good or bad; the problem is that she doesn't even know what she's writing!
All her efforts were misdirected!
Zhao Yutong stopped crying; she just sat there blankly, her eyes vacant.
She vaguely felt that Ye Linchen made sense, but she couldn't suppress the resentment in her heart.
She felt these questions were too complex and shouldn't be something a first-year university student like herself needed to research.
Seeing her like this, Ye Linchen was too lazy to say anything more and just felt exhausted.
She sighed and softened her tone.
"Alright, you should focus on your studies first. Once you've mastered all the professional knowledge, look back at the report you wrote today, and you'll naturally know where the problem lies."
Zhao Yutong did not refute this time.
She had learned to swallow all her dissatisfaction and opinions in front of Ye Linchen, so as not to give him any leverage to attack her.
She stood up silently, sniffed, grabbed the report that belonged to her from the table, and without even looking at the three of them, turned and walked out of the dormitory.
With a bang, the door was slammed shut.
Li Hongying looked at the closed door and let out a long sigh.
She leaned back in her chair, rubbing her aching temples: "She's finally gone. How could she be so awkward? I've never met anyone like her before."
Lin Xuemei, however, was somewhat worried: "Was it too harsh of us to say that about her?"
“It’s not serious,” Ye Linchen shook his head. “If we don’t scold her awake now, she’ll face a harsher reality when she enters society.”
After a brief silence, Ye Linchen quickly steered the conversation back on track.
"Let's not talk about her, let's talk about us. Final exams are coming up soon, and then it'll be summer vacation."
"After summer vacation, we'll be juniors. The second month after junior year starts will be our entrepreneurship project competition."
"If we want to secure this project and obtain funding and resources from the school during our junior year, we must present the most complete report and plan in this competition and make a splash."
She looked at Li Hongying and Lin Xuemei with a serious expression: "Therefore, this summer vacation, we must finalize all the report details and get the final version out."
“That’s what I think too.” Li Hongying nodded immediately. “I won’t go back to my hometown for the summer vacation. I’ll stay at school so we can communicate directly if there are any problems. We can’t let our guard down in these last few months. We can’t let a year’s hard work go to waste!”
Their eyes both turned to Lin Xuemei.
A hint of embarrassment flashed across Lin Xuemei's face. She said apologetically, "I... I might have to go back. My boyfriend wants me to meet his parents. The time has already been arranged, and it's hard to change it."
In this day and age, meeting the parents is a huge deal, signifying that the relationship is stable and that marriage is on the horizon.
This is great news!
Ye Linchen immediately expressed his understanding: "It's alright, this is a big deal, of course we can't delay it."
She thought for a moment and then arranged, "Before you leave, the three of us will take some time to have a meeting, and we'll invite Lin Xiaojuan along too. We'll break down all the work that needs to be done during the summer vacation, and each of us will take on a part and make a detailed schedule. You can do it at home, and we'll keep in touch by phone to keep you updated on the progress."
Lin Xuemei breathed a sigh of relief and nodded hurriedly: "No problem!"
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