Who wants to take the civil service exam after being reborn?

Chapter 468 Showing Face and Showing Buttocks
Xiao Mou is not Xu Yue after all; she never takes it for granted that boys are nice to her.

I even found it a bit troublesome.

So at noon, she went to the Royal Tea shop and bought two of the most expensive cold drinks for herself and her roommate Han Xiao, and insisted on paying for them, as a way of repaying Huang Bohan for bringing her breakfast.

"Don't do these crazy things anymore."

Xiao Mou lectured Huang Bohan: "Two drinks cost 22 yuan. Is it really worth so much money to repay a favor? Do you really think I'm a rich woman?"

"I already said it's free to drink."

Big Yellow scratched his head.

"Forget it, these fruits also have costs. In any case, let's not be silly and send breakfast."

Xiao Mou gestured towards her roommate with her lip: "In the end, it all benefited her."

"Mr. Huang, I am firmly on your side!"

Han Xiao hoped that this kind of life could last longer, after all, there were steamed buns for breakfast and royal tea for lunch, and it was all free, but unfortunately Mu Jiawen wouldn't agree.

Huang Bohan told Chen Zhe about the situation, and Chen Zhe comforted him, saying, "You need to adjust your mindset, forget all the entanglements with Xiao Mou before, and pursue her again step by step as an ordinary guy."

"Besides, the fact that they are willing to reciprocate shows respect, even if we put aside all the talk of love and affection."

Chen said, "At least they treat you like a human being."

"Damn it, you're not human."

Da Huang grumbled as he hung up the phone, but he at least understood one thing:
A valley that offers no response is not worth leaping into.

……

May was a difficult month, filled with sadness and busyness.

Humanity appears so small and powerless in the face of natural catastrophe. Chen Zhe has no way to stop it. Even if he publicly reveals that he has been reborn and that people should seek refuge with him, probably no one will believe him.

He could only use the "monument erection ceremony" as an excuse to bring Yu Xian and some of her relatives to Guangzhou.

But life goes on, and the Chinese people have always been resilient. When the government machinery was running at full speed, the whole country mobilized to deal with this disaster.

All enterprises, institutions, government agencies, and social organizations are actively raising funds, and there have been several charity events on the Sun Yat-sen University campus alone.

The arduous and painful reconstruction work, mixed with the frequent tears and low spirits, was as if the sky had been covered with a layer of dust that obscured the sun and moon.

Although the grand Olympics are just around the corner, the Olympic flame, which is located on a fault line, will not arrive for another two months.

It cannot immediately mend the crack on the classroom blackboard; even the sound of the tide flowing through Dujiangyan seems to be a sob hanging in the ears of the Chinese nation.

Before the Olympics, we need a ray of light to pierce through the dust, whether it's sports, scientific research, military, or economics—any aspect can be added, something related to "hope."

At this time, the learning network had already covered the central and eastern China regions, including Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Henan.

Although it has only been launched in the provincial capital and does not yet have the capacity to expand to surrounding cities, this extensive development model is just right for the current learning network.

Especially in Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Henan, which are all major provinces for the college entrance examination, parents pay more attention to their children's studies, and tutoring is commonplace. The public's acceptance of this is almost higher than in Guangzhou, the home base.

The funding for the establishment and promotion of the learning network mainly comes from revenue generated in eastern Guangdong, southern Hunan, western Guangdong, western Jiangxi, Guizhou, and southern Fujian, achieving a state of "self-sufficiency".

If there is still a shortfall, the school's 1000 million loan will be used to make up for it, since this money was originally intended to support the development of the learning network.

The project that also achieved "self-sufficiency" and even had surplus funds is [Zhongda Anju Real Estate Brokerage Co., Ltd.].

Now is the perfect time for real estate development, with the assistance of Wanda's middle and senior management, and data support from Anju.com.

Stores are springing up like bamboo shoots after a rain, and trained sales staff are like products on an assembly line, continuously rushing to the front lines to meet market demands.

Originally, we planned to open 100 stores by August, but now it seems we may have achieved that goal in July. Moreover, we don't need to provide any backtesting support. The revenue and expenditure of those stores have not only achieved a virtuous cycle.

There was even a surplus.

Chen planned to use the extra funds to lease an old movie theater, renovate it slightly, and turn it into "Wanda Cinema," so that Wang Youqing could give the head office an explanation.

If these two are considered low-cost and worry-free options, then "Tracing Back Mobile Assistant" and "Reply" are black holes that devour money.

The mobile assistant is slightly better because it is bundled with the Wanxiang Network Management System, so it didn't cost much in advertising and still achieved good results.

More and more people are now going to internet cafes and the first thing they do is plug in their phones via USB to connect to a mobile assistant, so they can play games and download novels and movies at the same time.

Of course, people who use the internet at home can also download the software from the official website of the mobile assistant, which has already been downloaded more than 6 times.

In the current online environment, aside from the download volume of some popular online games, this is already a remarkable achievement in the field of application software.

In short, mobile assistants, being completely free, are gradually being accepted by young people due to their practicality.

What needs to be done here is simply to build a technical team led by Li Gaoyuan and Hong Cheng to maintain normal updates and detect bugs.

The last one is the [reply], which has cost the most and yielded absolutely no results so far.

The "China Computer Software Science Research Institute" alone cost 2000 million yuan, and engineers were poached from Taiyue and their food, clothing, and accommodation were guaranteed. Not to mention the extensive bribery and favors made for this project.

The key point is that it hasn't generated any revenue so far, even though it's a free software and registration is very convenient.

Guangdong phone numbers can be registered with a single click, while those from other provinces require registration via email, which is relatively more complicated.

Nominally, they still serve the parents of the learning website, many of whom are over 30 years old and not used to using QQ at all. Their only means of communication are text messages and phone calls.

However, the appearance of the "Reply" feature, with its simple page and easy-to-use steps, is quite to their liking.

Especially in Guangdong, even if you are not a member of the learning network, you can still register directly using the numbers of the three major telecom operators. This has become a way for ordinary people to "get a good deal".

Because in 2008, text messages still cost 1 cents each and had a character limit.

While these people were using the "Reply" function, the backtracking team was also working diligently to collect feedback information and then had the technical team make modifications, which was almost equivalent to a large-scale software test.

……

In June, the shadow of disaster still loomed over every Chinese person, but the anticipation of the Olympics somewhat diverted attention.

But that's not enough. Too much sadness persists, and more positive news is needed to uplift people's spirits.

Towards the end of the month, a financial news item suddenly took up a space on the page amidst a sea of ​​devastation.

The first report was published in the *Yangcheng Evening News*, by reporter Deng Zhi, and its headline was:

"Auction Successful! Chen Zhe Wins the Opportunity to Have Lunch with Warren Buffett; Young Capital is About to Dialogue with the World's Richest Man!"

2008年3月公布的福布斯全球富豪榜前100名中，77岁的“股神”巴菲特以620亿美元的资产成为世界首富。

This is related to last year's global financial crisis. People like Bill Gates saw their assets shrink during the crisis, but Buffett saw the opportunity and grew against the trend, thus becoming the world's richest man. Buffett is no stranger to this.

The "Lunch with Buffett" is also familiar; since 2000, an annual auction has been held to offer the opportunity to have lunch with him, and people all over the world can participate in the bidding.

But who is Chen Zhe?

Many people in Guangdong don't know this.

Fortunately, the report provided a detailed introduction:

Chen Zhe, a 19-year-old student at CUHK, is the founder of Tracing Technology.

"Zhongda Learning Network," which mainly focuses on tutoring services, "Anju Real Estate Brokerage Co., Ltd.", which mainly focuses on real estate brokerage services, and the mobile app "Suhui Mobile Assistant" are all products under Suhui.

[Reply] It cannot be exposed at this time. It still needs to develop behind the learning network for a while, so Chen did not mention it, and naturally it was not written in the article.

However, this was already quite shocking. Many members of the learning network, as well as people who had been served by Anju Real Estate Brokerage Company, were surprised to learn that the company's boss was so young.

But is this news credible?

Is it possible that this is just a gimmick?

So after this report came out, cautious financial reporters began looking for evidence, since Buffett's lunches were auctioned on eBay.

However, the participants' IDs were all anonymous, and the highest bid this year was "z***o", which reached $221 million.

In any case, within just a few hours of this report being published, the entire society's attention was focused on this top 985 university in South China.

After all, he's the world's richest man!

We are currently in the most serious stage of worshipping foreign things. It's not that Chinese people are not worthy of having lunch with Buffett. Two years ago, Duan Yongping also successfully bid for the opportunity to have lunch with Buffett.

Duan Yongping is one of the big names in the consumer electronics industry. Does Chen, a mere 19-year-old, have the qualifications?
However, the Yangcheng Evening News is not a third-rate tabloid. Without solid evidence and since it's not April Fool's Day, they probably wouldn't have released the news in advance.

In the president's office at Sun Yat-sen University, Luo Jun had already received countless inquiries by phone.

Principal Luo is a deputy minister; those who can get a call to him are basically no one below that level.

"...Old Song, it's absolutely true."

Luo Jun gripped the microphone once more and stated emphatically, "Chen participated in the auction on the 12th. Every subsequent bid was reported to the dean of our Ling Academy, and we knew about the final bid of $221 million in advance."

Opposite him was a high-ranking provincial leader in charge of education. Actually, although he was in charge, Sun Yat-sen University was not a provincial institution and had no jurisdiction over Luo Jun at all.

"That's good! I've inquired with the Evening News, and they also said that the source of the information is Chen himself."

The person on the other end first exclaimed excitedly, then gave a wry smile: "Next time, you should prepare a report in advance. It's putting the province in a bit of a bind; even Secretary Wang personally intervened. How about this, we'll write the press release first, and once the news is confirmed, we'll release it immediately..."

After ending the call, Luo Jun stared at the red microphone and chuckled softly twice.

The province meant well; this was a chance for them to gain recognition.

However, some out-of-province universities are simply "gathering intelligence." There is also competition among universities under the Ministry of Education. They hope that Sun Yat-sen University will not show its face this time, but rather show its backside.

"How could I possibly expose my butt?"

Luo Jun shook his head. He picked up the Yangcheng Evening News from the table and read it carefully again, finally stopping at the words "green capital".

"Chen is young..."

Thinking of Chen Zhe's gentle and composed expression when he reported to her, Luo Xiao said to herself, "But he's not inexperienced at all. However, that's a very good word to describe him, as it reflects his status as a college student."

"Secretary Huang."

A moment later, Luo Jun called Huang Yi, the secretary of the school's Youth League Committee: "I estimate that the school is going to be lively for a while. Your Youth League Committee should cooperate in providing relevant services and reception."

"Don't worry, Principal Luo!"

Huang Yi hurriedly replied, "The Youth League Committee is on high alert and will definitely make Sun Yat-sen University world-renowned!"

Luo Jun smiled and said, "It's world-famous, so it's neither right nor wrong."

That's right, the fact that "Zhongda Chenzhe" is going to talk to the "world's richest man" is definitely known all over the world.

The mistake is that CUHK itself has a certain influence. Although its QS ranking is not high, that thing is a ranking dominated by the Western world.

It's utterly ridiculous that even those water schools in Australia can surpass Tsinghua and Peking University!

Immediately afterwards, Luo Jun called Shu Yuan again.

To the dean of Lingnan College and doctoral supervisor of economics, Luo Jun's tone was noticeably more amiable: "Old Shu, what are you doing? Why don't you call Old Xu and come to my office to wait for the final news together?"

"how?"

Dean Shu joked, "Principal Luo gets nervous too?"

"A little bit."

Luo Jun said self-deprecatingly, "Some people would love for us to show our butts."

"That's overthinking it."

Shu Yuan said without hesitation, "Chen's ID on that eBay website is very obvious. This year is destined to be the moment for Suhui to take off. It's just a pity that Suhui is not listed. Otherwise, this wave of exposure alone would be enough to boost the stock value several times over."

"However, it should be around next year, and it's not difficult to go public through a backdoor listing."

Dean Shu saw the economic impact, but Principal Luo valued the social significance even more.

At this time, having "naive" college students initiate a dialogue with the world's richest man can both divert attention from the disaster and portray it as one of the achievements on China's road to economic recovery.

If it were a middle-aged entrepreneur like Duan Yongping, it really wouldn't have the same effect.

Around 1 a.m., the Glide Foundation, which was in charge of the auction for the lunch, finally announced on its official website that a user named "zhongdachenzhuo" had successfully won the opportunity to have a conversation with Buffett this year.

“zhongdachenzhuo” is not an English word, but a Chinese pinyin, which translates to “中大陈着” in Chinese.

"Why did it take so long?"

Luo Jun rubbed his eyes.

He and his two colleagues drank an unknown amount of Pu'er tea tonight; their energy levels couldn't keep up with their younger days, but fortunately, nothing unexpected happened.

As for why the Glide Foundation chose such an inauspicious time to make the announcement, it's because of the time difference; it's only noon in the United States.

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(Sorry, I've been having some lower back muscle problems lately. Maybe it's because I'm too young; my waist is a bit fragile.)
(End of this chapter)