Chapter 322 sounded the alarm.
“YunCai has just been established. My initial plan was to rent a store in Shanghai and build the YunCai brand.”
"However, such costs are too high for us to afford, and we are not competitive enough. This would be a waste of both money and energy."
"So, my current plan is to focus on online sales first. Online shopping is booming now, and if things take off, this brand might just become well-known. Then, depending on how things develop, we can open a few physical stores to achieve a seamless online-offline integration..."
She earnestly discussed her plans and arrangements for the company with Shen Xuewei, having considered every aspect.
Shen Xuewei was not the first investor she contacted, nor will she be the last.
She was very persistent with every investor, but in the end, she was only willing to give this one a chance to listen.
A college graduate who had only received his diploma a few months prior, along with several design students who hadn't yet graduated, formed a clothing company. Almost no one was optimistic about YunCai's future.
Oh no, actually there are people willing to invest, but she just can't get them.
There was once an investor who showed some interest and said he was willing to invest.
Just as she was feeling pleased, her glass was filled with wine. The investor looked her up and down with the same disdainful gaze one might give a cat or dog, and pointed to the glass, saying:
"As long as you can drink, however many glasses of wine you can drink, I'll invest that many tens of thousands. Whether you can attract investment depends entirely on yourself."
She couldn't hold her liquor, but for the sake of this investment, she forced herself to drink a few glasses.
In the end, he failed to secure any investment and instead suffered stomach cramps due to drinking, requiring his companions to take him to the hospital.
The reason she clung to Shen Xuewei so much was because she saw hope in Shen Xuewei.
At least... she didn't say no from the start.
After reading Shen Xuewei's proposal and listening to her explanation, he remained calm in the face of the expectant gazes of the crowd.
She thought for a long time before finally looking at everyone.
"I'll go back and think about it. I'll give you an answer in three days."
Chu Liangxiu was extremely anxious, but dared not urge Shen Xuewei to make a decision immediately.
With Shen Xuewei's investment, she can rent a small apartment in the entrepreneurial community near the school, so that she has a place to work and live, and the designers don't have to occupy the school's space all the time.
Then we'll have the money to buy all sorts of equipment and fabrics, and we'll also have the money to hire people to do the work...
These things were on my mind.
However, she knew all too well that getting investment was not an easy task; she had already learned this from the many setbacks she had encountered since starting her business.
"Okay, no rush. Go back and think it over carefully."
"It's lunchtime now. There's a really good Japanese restaurant outside the school. Why don't we go try it?"
Shen Xuewei is not interested in Japanese food right now and doesn't want to eat anytime soon.
"No, I have something to take care of back at my dorm."
Chu Liangxiu followed Shen Xuewei closely as they left the design building.
"Then I'll take you back to the main campus."
Shen Xuewei glanced at her, but this time she did not refuse.
If she refuses again, this person will probably be so anxious that he'll jump off a building on the spot.
The two took a taxi back to the main campus. As soon as Shen Xuewei found her wallet, Chu Liangxiu paid the fare for her and then escorted her back to her dormitory building with great care.
The smile on Chu Liangxiu's face only faded after she entered the dormitory.
She took out her wallet, felt the little money left in it, and her stomach started growling.
She looked up at the sky and sighed deeply, her face turning completely bitter. She dragged her legs and walked out listlessly.
She's done everything she can, hoping Shen Xuewei will invest; otherwise, finding the next person could take forever.
After returning to her dormitory, Shen Xuewei uploaded the three chapters of her novel for the day, wrote another four thousand words as a draft, and then picked up the project plan.
When Lu Jiayi returned from her part-time job, she was surprised to find that Shen Xuewei was still in the dormitory.
"Weiwei, aren't you going home?"
After finishing their exams, Huang Xin and Su Shu went straight home.
Lu Jiayi only went home to visit her maternal grandparents during the last winter vacation and spent the New Year with the elderly couple. She returned to school before the start of the new semester.
This summer vacation, I took on another tutoring job, tutoring two families' children in total, so I didn't go home for a single day.
It was already the third day after the exams ended, and Lu Jiayi thought that according to Shen Xuewei's habits, she should have already gone back.
I didn't expect that the person was still in the dormitory.
Shen Xuewei pulled her attention away from the plan and said:
"I'll go back in a few days; I still have some things to take care of at school."
"Oh, I see."
After spending two semesters together, Lu Jiayi knew that Shen Xuewei was quite busy.
"I'm going to the cafeteria for lunch, do you want to come with me?"
Shen Xuewei had just returned from outside and felt a little hungry, but didn't want to move.
She handed her meal card to Lu Jiayi.
"I'm not going. Could you pack two light dishes for me? This meal is on me."
Lu Jiayi took the meal card without hesitation. "Okay. Rich lady, you're treating. I'll run the errand. I'll be right back and bring it back to eat with you."
She worked quickly, and in just about twenty minutes, the packed food appeared on Shen Xuewei's table.
The two ate their meal, chatting casually from time to time.
"Weiwei, you can start pursuing a second degree in your second year. I'm thinking of majoring in English-Chinese bilingual translation. Your English is good; I remember you passed the CET-4, right? Would you like to major in English-Chinese bilingual translation as well?"
Shen Xuewei put down her chopsticks, thought for a moment, and shook her head, saying:
"No. If I were to study another major, it would take up a lot of my time. I have a lot of other commitments, and a second major is not on my agenda."
Shen Xuewei prided herself on being very energetic, but compared to Lu Jiayi, she was still far inferior.
Lu Jiayi works several part-time jobs while also keeping up with her studies, and is one of the few in her class to receive a scholarship.
Since entering university, Shen Xuewei has become much more lax in her studies compared to high school.
Her grades were average in the class; she wasn't at the bottom, but she wasn't among the top either.
Her requirement for university is simply to earn enough credits, not fail any courses, and graduate smoothly in the future.
The school is already a small social network. She is active in club activities and attends many lectures, all in the hope of meeting more like-minded people and laying the groundwork for her future investment career.
She can make money in the stock market now, but she can't rely on it forever.
Her memory can be wrong sometimes. A few days ago, she bought a stock too early, which resulted in a loss of nearly a million in just over ten days.
Investing less than ten million, she lost a million, which was her biggest Waterloo in recent years.
The money she lost was nothing compared to what she had earned in the stock market over the years.
However, this also served as a wake-up call for her.
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