In the following days, in addition to their daily evening conversations, Lin Chen and Shen Yue would occasionally go out during the day to buy Shen Yue some things she might need.
Or you can look online for fun and good places to eat near New York and drive there yourself.
A week later, Columbia University called Shen Yue and said that they had reviewed her application materials, found no problems, and informed her that she could start classes.
Lin Chen accompanied Shen Yue to the Columbia University registrar's office again to collect her attendance card, textbooks, and dormitory key.
The two arrived at Shen Yue's dormitory, which was reasonably nice, a two-bedroom apartment, and another Chinese girl was also living there.
"Hi, hello, I'm Shen Yue from Fudan University, here for an exchange and study."
"Hello, my name is Chen Qi, I'm from Beijing, and I'm here to pursue a master's degree. Is this your boyfriend?"
"No, this is my high school classmate, his name is Lin Chen."
"Hello."
After the three greeted each other, Lin Chen began to help Shen Yue tidy up her room.
After tidying up for ages, Lin Chen finally finished and collapsed onto the bed: "I'm exhausted. This bed is actually quite comfortable, softer than the hotel bed."
Upon hearing this, Shen Yue blushed slightly: "Ah, really? Well... that's good."
Lin Chen stood up and walked around the room and living room.
"Why isn't there air conditioning? And no washing machine either?"
Chen Qi smiled and said, "I need to buy all of these myself. The school only provides one house to live in. I was thinking of staying for two years and then going back, so I didn't buy any of these."
"That's so inconvenient! Senior Chen, do you know where I can buy it? I'll go buy it right now."
"The shopping mall across from the school should have them."
"Senior Chen, how about we go to the mall across the street for a meal? I'll buy these things while I'm at it."
"Oh? Why don't you guys go? I won't go."
"It's alright, let's go together. When fellow villagers meet, tears well up in their eyes. It's fate that we met here."
So the three of them went to the shopping mall across from the school for dinner.
Um, it's still pizza and hamburgers.
Lin Chen looked at the pizza in front of him, but had no appetite at all.
"Senior Chen, can we have hot pot in your dorm?"
"Probably not. There are smoke detectors in the dorm. I bet eating hot pot would just trigger the alarm."
"So you've been eating hamburgers and pizza for a year now?"
"No, not really. I occasionally go to Chinatown for a meal and then buy some instant noodles or something at the Chinese supermarket."
"Indeed, Chinese students need strong willpower to study abroad, at least when it comes to food."
After a simple meal, Lin Chen went to buy a series of household appliances, including an air conditioner, washing machine, microwave oven, and water heater. After paying, he left the address of Chen Yue's dormitory with the store.
In the afternoon, Lin Chen took Shen Yue to Chinatown and bought several boxes of instant noodles and a lot of snacks.
"Young Miss, I'm planning to go back tomorrow."
"Oh? You're leaving so soon?"
"Things here are mostly settled, and you're settled in as well. There's still a lot of work to do at the company, but don't worry, I'll come to see you often."
"You mustn't lie to me, you have to come see me often."
"Don't worry, we don't need the money for the plane ticket, and it'll only be a year before you're back, it'll be quick."
That night, the young lady came knocking on the door before 11 p.m. and didn't return to her room until 5 a.m.
Lin Chen thought to himself, "I wasn't asleep when you came, and I was still awake when you left. Can we stop deceiving ourselves like this?"
After another day on the plane, we landed in Shanghai late at night.
Lin Chen took a taxi back to 1901, but he didn't expect An Rou to still be awake.
"You're back."
"Why aren't you asleep yet? It's already past 2 a.m. What, do you skip work every day when the boss isn't around?"
Lin Chen joked.
"Get lost! I kindly waited for you here, humph."
"Haha, I'm a grown man, what's there to worry about? Go to sleep."
"I'm so sleepy, goodnight."
The next morning, Lin Chen and An Rou went to the company together.
Lin Chen brought three contracts to the finance department.
With the start of the school year, Su Xiaowan would come to the company whenever she didn't have classes, making her the most frequent visitor among the Shanghai quartet besides Lin Chen.
"Xiao Wan, these investment funds need to be transferred."
Su Xiaowan glanced at it and exclaimed in surprise, "So much money, more than 1 billion! That's all the liquid funds we have left in our accounts."
"It's okay, if the money's gone, we'll just keep going. These are all high-quality investments; it would be a shame to miss out."
Back in his office, Lin Chen began to think about how to make money.
Although the company is still profitable every month, with advertising revenue from Huasuan.com and mobile game top-ups generating a significant amount of money, Lin Chen's investments are always substantial. If another large investment comes along, they might not even be able to pay salaries next month.
Lin Chen sighed and called Zhang Yiming over.
"Mr. Lin, you wanted to see me?"
"Mr. Zhang, our company is out of money."
"Huh? No way, I asked Director Su just a couple of days ago, and she said there's still a billion yuan in cash flow, which is plenty."
"Well, I went to America and made a few investments, and then I spent it all."
"...The advertising revenue from Huasuan.com next month should alleviate the company's cash flow crisis."
"That's too long. How about this, you contact WowoTuan privately and ask them if they need any special services?"
"What? Boss, this is illegal."
"What are you thinking? The special service I'm talking about is that our Huasuan.com helps them grab some market share. I heard last time that Xu Maodong wanted to take WowoTuan public, but he almost missed it. He was so angry he almost vomited blood."
"Phew~ I thought you had some special service resources that you weren't telling me about."
"ha?"
"Ahem, I'll take care of it right away."
Zhang Yiming hurriedly went out, but immediately came back.
"By the way, boss, what exactly do you mean by 'special services'? Can you tell them in advance?"
"You can't say that in advance, otherwise it won't work. Just ask them how much market share they need. Five hundred million, I'll help them get it done. If I can't, you don't have to pay."
"Wow, this is a big deal! I'll go talk to them right now."
Zhang Yiming quickly contacted Wowo Group and, after some casual conversation, vaguely conveyed a message to them.
I, Zhang Yiming, have recently encountered some urgent matters and want to make a quick buck. Do you, Wowo Group, have any needs? I can help you get it done even if it's against the rules.
Upon hearing this, the advertising director of Wowo Group exclaimed, "What a great thing! This is just the right solution to my boss's urgent problem!"
So he hurriedly went to report to Xu Maodong.
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