Meanwhile, the supervisor excitedly called the company's leadership.
"Mr. Wang, we're open for business! We just sold a 100-square-meter apartment, and it was paid for in full!"
"Oh? Not bad, Xiao Zhang. The company just finished a meeting this morning. They said the national economy is starting to recover, and housing prices are about to see an explosive rise. Your development, 20,000 is still a bit too cheap. I'll send you the new price in a bit, but since it's full payment, then forget it. Consider it a good start. What price did it sell for?"
Upon hearing this, the supervisor sensed something was wrong: "Uh, 16,000, the second-to-last floor."
"What?! Are you crazy? The second-to-last floor, the lowest price in the new quote from headquarters is 26,000! You're selling it for 16,000? Have you lost your mind?"
"They also...they gave us two parking spaces as a gift."
"Xiao Zhang, starting tomorrow you'll be in charge of cleaning the toilets. I need to find someone with brains for the supervisor position."
After buying the folders, Lin Chen and his two companions returned to the startup center and continued organizing the data. An Rou and Su Xiaowan continued their morning work. Lin Chen, seeing that there were no seats left in his office, went out and turned left to the Ele.me restaurant next door.
"Xiaoxiao, why are you still alone? Where is your boss, Mr. Zhang?"
"Mr. Zhang and his team took your money and went out to discuss cooperation with businesses."
"They're making the most of every minute; young people are certainly energetic."
"President Lin, you seem to be younger than all of us," Liu Xiaoxiao said with a sly smile.
"Xiaoxiao, I think I need to suggest to President Zhang that you lower your salary so that more money can be used to develop the company."
"Mr. Lin, I was wrong. I'll go make you a cup of coffee."
Sipping the Nestlé instant coffee brewed by Liu Xiaoxiao, Lin Chen asked, "By the way, Xiaoxiao, what is the boss coming to check tomorrow?"
"Oh, this is just to see which companies are better, so I can participate in various entrepreneurship competitions in the second half of the year. There are local Shanghai competitions, national competitions, and competitions jointly organized by several universities."
"Oh, you seem to know this place quite well."
"Hehe, that's right. It's because Ele.me participated in the competition in the first half of the year and won several awards. I heard the prize money was quite substantial."
Sure enough, the next day, the teacher in charge of the entrepreneurship center called the heads of each company to the conference room, and they went up one by one to demonstrate their company's operations, products, and financial situation to the school leaders.
Lin Chen sat below and listened for a long time. These college student startups were indeed having a tough time. The better ones were making a monthly profit of 50,000 to 100,000 yuan, while the worse ones were still losing money. So when Zhang Xuhao said that he had just raised 5 million yuan in investment, everyone present, including the school leaders, was shocked.
That's five million! Looking at all the college startup projects across the country, only a handful can attract more than one million in investment, let alone five million. It's an extremely rare find, which shows that the market has a very high opinion of this company.
The teachers at the entrepreneurship center quickly introduced Ele.me to the school leaders: "This company is the one that represented our school in the National College Student Entrepreneurship Competition in the first half of the year, and it even won an award of excellence."
The school leaders smiled and nodded, saying, "Not bad, not bad, you have great potential."
Lin Chen was the last one to go up and introduce himself.
"Dear leaders, teachers, and senior students, hello everyone. I am Lin Chen, a freshman who just entered the university this year. My company is called Xingchen Technology. Besides me, there is also a senior student in the company. Our main business is mobile games. Currently, we have one game in operation, and the revenue is doing well..."
Lin Chen plans to sell the game soon. If he gets selected to participate in some entrepreneurship competition now, the game will belong to another company, and he won't have anything to introduce on stage. That would be so embarrassing. So he plans to just say something casual and get by.
Upon hearing that the company only had two people, the school leaders chuckled: "Hey, what's the name of the mobile game your company released? We might have even played it."
"It's called 'Fruit Ninja'."
"Oh, Fruit Ninja, that's an interesting name. Are they fruit sellers?"
Upon hearing Lin Chen's answer, the school leaders were puzzled, but the other college students present were shocked. They never expected that a mobile game expert would be right next to them.
The school leader thought his answer was humorous. He glanced around at the other students, ready to be greeted by their enthusiastic laughter, but all he saw were shocked expressions. Only then did he realize that this game seemed to be a little more complicated than he thought.
So he asked again, "You just said your company's revenue is good, so how much profit do you make each month?"
Lin Chen touched his nose: "No...not much, maybe tens of thousands."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Xuhao thought to himself, "Fine, fine, a few thousand is still tens of thousands, right?"
After Lin Chen stepped down, several school leaders and teachers from the Entrepreneurship Center began to discuss the matter. A few minutes later, they unanimously decided to select Ele.me as Jiaotong University's entrepreneurship representative to participate in the competition.
Just as the school leaders finished announcing the results and everyone was preparing to leave, Zhang Xuhao suddenly stood up: "Teacher, I disagree with this result."
The school leader glanced at Zhang Xuhao: "Oh? Why don't you agree? Tell me your reasons. We are very democratic."
Zhang Xuhao glanced at Lin Chen and said, "Our five million investment in Ele.me was made by this Mr. Lin Chen, so I think he is more outstanding than us."
The entire audience erupted in uproar, all turning their attention to Lin Chen.
Lin Chen smiled awkwardly, thinking to himself, "You, Zhang Xuhao, I invested money in you, and you still betray me. Can't you tell I don't want to go?"
Zhang Xuhao could tell that Lin Chen was holding back, but his pride wouldn't allow him to do such a thing. How could he, as a star startup from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, honestly admit to being better than Lin Chen at various award ceremonies? He couldn't do it. So, at this moment, he stepped forward.
The school leader asked in surprise, "Oh? Lin Chen, is what Zhang Xuhao said true?"
"Haha, although it's true, that's not important. I think Ele.me can create a lot of jobs and solve the employment problems of schools and the government. It's a very good company with a strong sense of social responsibility."
The school leader chuckled and said, "To be able to say something like that, Lin Chen's ideological awareness is quite high. Haha, well then, since we're already here, let's go and take a look at Lin Chen's company."
"Damn it!" Lin Chen panicked. His tech company didn't even have a computer in the office. If the boss came to inspect, they'd be finished. Would they just take back the office?
Lin Chen was anxious, and the teachers at the entrepreneurship center were even more anxious. Good heavens! They had assigned the smallest office to the richest company in the entire entrepreneurship center, and the school leaders were even going to visit. Would their bonuses for this year be deducted?
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