Chapter 112 I am the capital
Before they reached the door of the box, they could already hear lively laughter coming from inside.
As the door opened, the people inside turned around and subconsciously stood up from their seats.
"Chen Ci bought each of us a new laptop!"
As soon as Ge Youcai entered the door, he couldn't wait to shout loudly.
Chen Ci followed the two of them into the box, and immediately saw the expressions of surprise and joy on everyone's faces.
She took the initiative to greet them: "Hello, seniors, we finally meet!"
The team originally consisted of eight people, only one girl, and the remaining seven were boys.
Some of these people had heard of Shen Ci's name, but most of them were seeing him in person for the first time.
Everyone had different expressions on their faces. Some were reserved, some were curious, and some subconsciously looked amazed.
"The schoolgirl is as beautiful as the rumors say."
The person who spoke was Li Tianfang, a senior in the Computer Science Department.
This sentence awakened everyone's consciousness, and everyone nodded in agreement.
Shen Ci smiled slightly. He could tell that everyone was still a little nervous, probably because of his identity as an investor.
"Everyone, stop standing and sit down and order your food first."
Shen Ci greeted everyone in a friendly manner, scanned the QR code with his mobile phone, and handed it to Luo Tianrui next to him first: "Everyone take turns ordering, two dishes per person, one meat and one vegetable, don't hesitate."
“Why don’t you order, we can eat anything.” Luo Tianrui pushed the phone back to Shen Ci.
Chen Ci glared at him and said, "Brother Luo, we are the most familiar with each other. If you are polite to me, what will happen to everyone else? You have to take the lead!"
Luo Tianrui smiled a little embarrassedly. Shen Ci took the phone and turned to hand it to Ge Youcai: "Senior Brother Ge, you order."
Ge Youcai is a heartless person. He took the phone with a grin and said, "Then I'll order. I won't be polite with you."
"Don't be polite. Today we're just going to have a good meal, drink, and chat. Team building will be our regular project from now on."
Shen Ci's words and actions were very casual. With just a few words, he gave people a feeling that he was easy to get along with, which made everyone subconsciously relax a lot.
After ordering "Glass Crispy Pigeon" and "Boiled Dried Bean Curd", Ge Youcai passed the phone to the next person.
With someone taking the lead, the people behind had nothing to be embarrassed about. After ordering the dishes, the phone finally returned to Shen Ci's hand.
She took a quick look and found that everyone had indeed ordered one meat and one vegetable dish as she had said, a total of sixteen dishes.
But even for meat dishes, everyone subconsciously ordered relatively cheaper ones. There was a column on the menu called "First-class Exclusive Enjoyment". Most of the dishes in this column were calculated per person. There were also some famous Chinese dishes that used expensive ingredients and sophisticated cooking methods, and the prices were also the most expensive.
But no one ordered it.
Chen Ci directly ordered "Boiled Lion's Head", "Supreme Buddha Jumps Over the Wall", "Top Quality Abalone with Rice" and "Three Ways to Eat Australian Dragon" according to the number of people.
I added another case of beer and two bottles of Moutai and placed the order.
"Has everyone read the draft contract?"
Shen Ci put down his phone and asked casually while looking at everyone.
Everyone nodded, and Luo Tianrui said, "No one has any objections to the contents of the contract, but there are a few clauses that we don't quite understand."
Luo Tianrui took out the contract he had brought with him, found the clause marked with a marker and asked Shen Ci: "What does this clause mean, Party A will provide free accommodation for Party B?"
Shen Ci blinked at the clause, looked at Luo Tianrui in confusion and said, "Isn't this literally what it means?"
"You want to rent us a house?"
Chen Ci nodded, his eyes sweeping over everyone's stunned faces: "Except for the two seniors from the Department of Mathematics, aren't the others about to start their graduation internships? Will you still be able to live in the dormitory then?"
"We can rent a house ourselves."
The others nodded as well. Li Tianfang looked at Chen Ci seriously and said, "We are very grateful that you are willing to invest in our project. Now we don't know if this project will succeed, so we are embarrassed to accept your additional help. We can take care of our living expenses on our own."
Ge Youcai said bluntly, "Besides, Junior Sister, you're a bit too kind. How could you draft a contract and proactively include such a clause? You don't act like a capitalist at all."
"But I am!"
Chen Ci smiled bitterly, looked at them and asked, "You said you could solve your living problems on your own. How do you do that? Now that you have dormitories to live in, your daily lives are already stretched thin. If you leave the dormitories, you'll have to rent a house on your own. Do you know how expensive it is to rent a house in Longcheng?"
"Forget about the city. Outside the fifth or sixth ring road, a single room costs only 20 cents. You might not even be able to rent in the same area. If eight people were to be in eight different locations in Longcheng, it would take two hours just to see each other on the subway. You see, it's all going around and around, and it's back to the time cost I mentioned."
Shen Ci turned his head to look at Luo Tianrui and asked, "Senior, now that this project has my investment, how long will it take before we can conduct the first test?"
"If it's fast, about five months..." Luo Tianrui blurted out without thinking. They had already estimated this time.
Shen Ci nodded and asked, "If everyone lives together at that time and has no worries about life, can this time be shortened?"
"Of course you can." Luo Tianrui responded.
Chen Ci raised her eyebrows upon hearing this. "Isn't that enough? I said, the sooner the product is completed, the sooner we can enter the market and achieve profitability. Therefore, the initial investment is necessary. Don't always focus on money. With me here, the last thing you need to worry about is money. I won't let my team run around everywhere for money every day."
"Devoting myself to the project and seeing the results quickly is the greatest reward for me."
At this point, Chen Ci smiled helplessly: "Don't think I'm doing this out of kindness. I'm an investor and I won't do business that loses money. Since I've invested money, I will do my best to promote the success of your project products, so every decision I make is carefully considered."
At this point, Ye Peipei, the only girl on the team, spoke up: "Since Junior Sister Chen Ci has said so, let's not dwell on it. I think she's right. If we can shorten the project cycle, it will actually reduce costs to a large extent. If we can devote ourselves to the project without distraction, I think we can also increase the success rate of the project to a certain extent."
Since even the only girl said so, the boys had nothing to worry about and nodded in agreement.
Just then, some dishes were served, and Shen Ci changed the subject and quickly greeted everyone: "Everyone, eat something to fill your stomach first, and then everyone will have a drink. This is my first time in this restaurant, and I don't know if the food is good."
Happy Christmas Eve, babies.
(End of this chapter)
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