More than half a month,
Time flies, Yenching University, the start of the semester is just around the corner.
During this period, Zhou Chen's life was leisurely and carefree. Apart from exercising every day, he had basically nothing to worry about.
Having previously won over those tech talents, they are now all staying with the company, preparing for the preliminary work of building a mobile phone system. Due to the involvement of machine procurement and some technical reasons, Su Jiajia, as the agent, has become busy again, meeting with various bosses every day to negotiate.
Spending money started like water flowing away, with extremely high expenses.
And this is only the initial investment. The research and development in the later stages will only be more intense. Even though Zhou Chen is worth over 100 million, he still feels immense pressure.
Su Jiajia also advised that it was still not too late to stop now, otherwise the hole would only get bigger and bigger.
Zhou Chen was determined to pursue this path to the bitter end, because only by developing the mobile phone operating system could he compete with the two major foreign systems and avoid being held back by them.
Secondly, once the mobile operating system is developed, he will be better able to proceed to the next step.
The mobile operating system is the foundation; without laying a solid foundation, everything else is in vain.
The system team is designing and researching according to the direction he outlined, striving to make mobile phones more intelligent.
Compared to the huge expenses of the system company, the two businesses, the real exam papers and the stinky shop, are becoming increasingly prosperous. In particular, the series of events in the past have actually played a significant role in promoting these two businesses. In addition, many netizens felt guilty towards Zhou Chen and made a lot of purchases, causing sales to skyrocket.
As the company's accountant, Liu Lei kept accounts every day until very late, and compiled the collected data into tables, which she sent to Zhou Chen's email every day for him to review.
Zhou Chen suggested that Liu Lei hire another accountant to alleviate some of the pressure on her.
Liu Lei expressed her reluctance to entrust the matter to outsiders. She wanted to keep a close eye on Zhou Chen, because the sales volume of past exam papers is not what it used to be, which was in the tens of thousands. Sometimes, it can even be in the hundreds of thousands. People with ulterior motives could easily lose control.
Lu Ye is still traveling all over the country, signing contracts with renowned teachers, expanding the question bank of past exam papers, and continuously improving the quality of past exam papers.
Relying solely on past college entrance exam questions is not sustainable; innovation is needed. This is what Zhou Chen insists on. Although the top spot in the current practice question market has been taken by the "Three Years of College Entrance Exams and Five Years of Simulations," we cannot be complacent.
Of course, some competitors have emerged in the market that make similar practice exam papers, but because they did not gain a first-mover advantage, many famous teachers signed exclusive contracts, and their scale is far smaller than that of the famous teachers making practice exam papers. Especially with Zhou Chen being willing to spend money, his team will only get stronger and stronger.
The number of franchisees of Pin Chou Fang has recently surged again, with franchise fee revenue alone reaching several million.
Other stinky tofu brands are also focusing on franchising, but none are as well-known as Pin Chou Fang. This is because Pin Chou Fang is a business founded by Zhou Chen, a provincial champion, and its exposure increases with Zhou Chen's involvement, thereby generating a market effect.
This is actually a double-edged sword.
If Zhou Chen's reputation is ruined, Pin Chou Fang's business will plummet.
On the contrary, Pin Chou Fang's stinky tofu will sell very well.
This situation wasn't ideal, and Zhou Chen had considered the issue, but he still decided to use himself as the advertiser because he believed in himself and thought he wouldn't backfire.
In the future, when he goes into other businesses, the reputation of Pin Chou Fang will only grow.
In terms of making the most money, it was actually Dongfeng Logistics, the company that was founded later. Even though the logistics company did not benefit from Zhou Chen's huge traffic, the sheer volume of orders meant that even if each order only earned a few cents, the sheer volume of orders made up a large sum of money.
With these three quick-money businesses, the expenses for system research and development can be completely covered in the short term.
Besides this, Zhou Chen also has other ways to make money. He still invests a portion of his money in stocks. By leveraging the information gaps he gained after his rebirth, he can continue to speculate on some stocks and double his money.
However, he hasn't found any worthwhile stocks to invest in recently, so he's been holding back.
Although Zhou Chen did not sell all of his Tencent shares.
However, the discussion among investors about him continues unabated, and they keep digging into his identity, with all sorts of rumors circulating.
Zhou Chen simply laughed off all the comments, letting people speculate wildly without ever stepping forward to clarify or explain.
His silence only fueled the curiosity of those discussing the matter.
Zhou Chen also discovered that Cai Xiaowei had made several videos about stock investors. In the videos, she interviewed some veteran stock investors who had been trading for many years, as well as stock industry staff, which attracted considerable attention and made people more aware of the industry, thus serving as a warning to many people to be cautious when trading stocks.
The stock market investor interviewed mentioned him in the video, regarding him as an idol, and suggested that Cai Xiaowei interview him. If Cai Xiaowei could find the "Mr. Zhou" in the stock market, the video would definitely become even more popular.
To Zhou Chen's surprise, after watching the video, Cai Xiaowei suddenly called and jokingly said that he might be the 'mysterious stock investor Mr. Zhou'.
But then Cai Xiaowei herself said it was impossible, believing that his business acumen was completely different from his ability to speculate in stocks.
Zhou Chen smiled and said that Cai Xiaowei was right.
He neither denied nor admitted it, but Cai Xiaowei failed to grasp the veiled meaning in his answer.
So much so that, much later, when Cai Xiaowei learned the truth, she was extremely embarrassed and regretted not asking more questions back then. Perhaps Zhou Chen would have told her the truth frankly.
University is about to start.
Zhou Chen prepared to depart for Yanjing again.
The classmates in the class group were all talking about when to go to university. Those who were going to the same university agreed on a time to go together.
Two female classmates, who, like Zhou Chen, had been admitted to Yenching University, called him to ask if he wanted to go with them.
Zhou Chen smiled and politely declined, intending to have Tang Wu drive there himself.
During this time, Zhou Chen also got his driver's license, but he still left the driving to Lao Tang. Li Kaile rented an apartment for Lao Tang in Yanjing, and Lao Tang lived in the apartment after arriving in Yanjing.
Zhou Chen plans to live in the dormitory. Although he can live off-campus, as a college student, life without experiencing living on campus is incomplete. Zhou Chen doesn't want to be treated specially. Besides, he is the top scorer in the province, and if he lives off-campus, he will inevitably become a topic of conversation.
Tang Wu couldn't live in the school dormitory with them, so he could only live near the school.
Thinking about Tang Wu being his bodyguard at university, Zhou Chen felt it was unnecessary. Perhaps Tang Wu should be allowed to do some things on his own.
So, what should Tang Wu do?
Zhou Chen fell into deep thought!
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