After having the idea of "one-click travel", I couldn't sit still. I called Zhou San and asked him to put down what he was doing and come back to me immediately... Zhou San still had some takeout orders to deliver and asked me to wait for him for an hour.
This waiting did not dampen my enthusiasm at all; during this time, I repeatedly pondered the concept of "one-click travel" from a market perspective. The more I reasoned, the more I felt that the market needed this kind of extremely humanized service. This is an innovation that can change the way people travel. If it can really be done well, it will not only allow me to shed the label of a speculator, but also make a contribution to society. Only by making a contribution to society can one be qualified to be called an entrepreneur.
Yes, the title of entrepreneur is fatally attractive to me at this stage; I'm about to turn 0, which is the age when I'm most energetic. If I don't seize this opportunity and quickly improve myself, I might be labeled as mediocre and live an unknown life.
With this thought in mind, I immediately felt a sense of urgency that "success or failure hinges on this moment."
I desperately need to prove myself to others!
The next moment, that gambler's mentality of going all out took over my thoughts and methods again, and I couldn't help but feel my blood surging, with the sound of warhorses galloping past constantly ringing in my ears.
I first experienced this feeling when I was working as a temporary innkeeper and speculating in shops at Jiulongju.
It was this entrepreneurial mindset that led to my first pot of gold.
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As dusk fell, I called Zhou San again, who had already been delayed for almost half an hour. He was so slow and indecisive; he was really letting down my great idea.
No one answered the phone, but suddenly Zhou San's complaining voice could be heard outside the door: "Brother, don't call and rush me back. I was in a hurry and almost bumped into the old man who sets up his stall at the door..."
As soon as Wednesday came in, I hurriedly said to him, "Quickly find a chair and sit down. I have an idea for starting a business. Let's talk about it now."
Zhou San gave me a strange look on Wednesday. I thought I had annoyed him by pushing me, but he exclaimed, "You're so old, yet you still have such a high level of entrepreneurial enthusiasm... It's rare!... You're a real talent!"
"Not only am I old... but I also have a broken leg... but does that give me the right to just laze around and wait to die?"
Why are you taking this so seriously... Can't you be a little humorous?
Since Zhou San started delivering food, he seems like a different person. The once rigid man now has the word "humor" on his lips all the time... but he really lacks a talent for humor, so what he thinks is humor is often dry humor... I can understand that, isn't that how people are? The more they lack something, the more they care about it.
But I believe that fate is fair, so everyone has strengths and weaknesses. While Zhou San isn't good at humor, he's excellent at procedural tasks; I asked him to do it.
This is definitely the right thing to do!
With this in mind, I became serious and explained my ideas to him in the most detailed way possible. After making sure I had expressed myself well, I asked him with great concern, "San San, do you think my idea can be implemented on A...? I've even thought of a name for the software: One-Click Game, simple and clear!"
On Wednesday, he would sometimes frown and sometimes relax, probably mentally simulating the process of developing software...
After a long pause, he replied under my concerned gaze, "Brother, it's doable, but according to your design, it's a very large-scale project... I definitely can't do it alone, it requires a team... uh... if it's a team, it will generate a lot of manpower costs, and the development cycle will be very long... and you'll have to support and pay these people."
How much does it cost to create an 'a'?
Zhou San, with a look of disdain, replied, "This question is so amateurish... Large-scale AI projects, not to mention development, can cost tens of millions of yuan annually just for maintenance... Simple AI projects can be done for tens of thousands of yuan..."
"I'm definitely a novice in software development, which is why I need to ask you for advice... Could you give me a rough estimate of how much initial investment I'll need, based on my design?"
Zhou San frowned again, as usual. After muttering to himself for a while, he said, "Based on the scale you mentioned, including the IU designer, planner, A developer, backend programmer, and test engineer, initially we'll need at least a ten-person team to collaborate on development... Assuming a one-year cycle, the human resource costs alone will cost at least one million... Then there are office space costs, equipment costs, certificate purchase costs, promotion costs, server costs... All in all, a budget of two million might be a stretch!"
I lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and exclaimed, "Does making an app require so much money?!"
"You get what you pay for... If you want to make a high-quality app, this budget is normal... Moreover, promotion and server costs are highly volatile... To put it bluntly, it could be hundreds of millions... Therefore, the common practice in the industry is to develop while simultaneously seeking investment... However, finding investment has become much more difficult in recent years... because the market is becoming increasingly rational... Unless your creativity and profitability are truly superior to others, you might not be able to find investment... But your concept of a clicker game is quite impressive; it sounds like a good story. If you can tell this story exceptionally well, investors should be interested... However, we need to prepare the start-up capital ourselves. At least you need to have a product prototype to show others so they know what you're trying to do..."
“I understand… So initially, I need 000 in funding to start this project.”
"There's no way around it... your vision has already determined the scale of 'a'..."
Another major challenge... is the talent issue... Do you think a city like Dali has enough development talent for us to utilize?
I looked up at Zhou San, lost in thought, and after a long pause replied, "Wouldn't the labor and venue costs be even higher if we went to first-tier cities like Shanghai or Shenzhen?"
Wednesday also stopped talking.
...
In the silence between us, I thought of that house in Dali again. According to the current market conditions... if I sold that house, I could get at least 100,000 yuan in cash, which would be just enough to start the project.
However, I know Lu Jia's character very well. Now that things have come to this, she will definitely not give this house back to me easily.
I felt very humiliated and disappointed... I hated myself even more for trying to handle everything with a kind heart... I shouldn't have agreed to transfer the house to Lu Jia's name back then.
After worrying for a while, I suddenly made up my mind: since things have come to this point, I have to give it a try no matter what.
I hope Lu Jia can remember our past relationship, remember how hard I worked to earn money, and treat me and this house with a kind heart.
(End of this chapter)
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