After rebirth, I became a great master

Chapter 325 The Campus Card That Makes You Rich

Zhou Haoran did a simple calculation of the available funds in his hand.

Qiao Suiqing's side has approximately 200 million yuan.

This is for living expenses, don't touch it.

Hu Xiaochen and Qiao Nuo's secret stash of money currently contains 240 million yuan.

With the end of the "letter writing project," the money in the slush fund has stopped increasing.

Unless they expand their business to the Jiangzhe region outside the seaport.

If that can be done, that would be great.

Small business owners in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions outnumber those in the seaports by several times, and they are generally more educated and have a strong learning spirit.

However, expanding the channels is quite difficult.

It's not easy to operate.

Zhou Haoran felt the risk was too high, and it was safer to stay in the harbor. The year's subscription would end by the end of the year, and then the next round of subscription fees would be due.

The "letter writing project" is not the main purpose, nor is it for collecting subscription fees.

Rather, it was to obtain customer information.

I work in sales for the TV station.

Provide information for Yangyang's low-buy-high-sell trading business and find customers for Zhongbo Software's system sales.

Currently, Haoqi Sunshine Trading Company is doing very well, with cash flow exceeding 350 million yuan.

They all come from the remaining profits.

Zhongbo Software has already developed 6 clients and generated 45 yuan in revenue.

This data is really not enough to make a difference.

In total, Zhou Haoran's personal available funds amount to only about 600 million yuan.

I'm short on funds if I want to buy at the bottom during the upcoming Asian financial crisis.

We are not considering Zhongbo Bookstore at the moment.

They are in a period of rapid development and are short of money. Moreover, even if they had money, it would be shared by Zhou Haoran, Li Changxing, and Jiang Xiong, and he couldn't easily transfer it.

After some consideration, Zhou Haoran decided that he should focus his efforts on Zhongbo Software.

Technology? That's his specialty!
Zhou Haoran went to school.

His "Campus Card" project has been officially approved by the university and has become one of the 52 national-level projects that Fudan University is currently undertaking!

This is a great honor.

The college has arranged an independent laboratory for this project and asked all doctoral supervisors to be accommodating so that students who have the opportunity to join the project can participate without restrictions.

However, this is a student project.

We can't really let a bunch of student soldiers do it, can we?
We need to assign a teacher to keep an eye on things!

Zhou Haoran didn't care about these things. It was fine if someone was keeping an eye on things; the academy could handle the arrangements.

He went to find Qiao Hai.

"What are you doing?"

"Let's do a project!"

"You're just going to ignore company matters?"

Zhou Haoran opened his eyes wide.

Qiao Hai said irritably, "Isn't your mistress keeping an eye on things?"

"Who?"

Zhou Haoran didn't understand.

Qiao Hai snorted, "Stop pretending with me. Ji Yingyang has already admitted to me that she is your mistress. You're really something, sending a mistress to be the general manager of Zhongbo Software."

Zhou Haoran said calmly, "She's only temporarily in charge; you're the general manager."

"Are you alright?"

Qiao Hai looked suspicious.

Zhou Haoran pulled him out of the lab and into the coffee shop on the first floor. "You need to prioritize!"

"What do you mean by primary and secondary?"

"This campus card project is essentially working for the school."

"Zhongbo Software works for you."

Qiao Hai is not so easily fooled.

Zhou Haoran cleared his throat and said seriously, "You're wrong about that. In a few years, when the Company Law is improved and capitalization is clear, Zhongbo Software will definitely divide its shares. What you're doing is starting a business."

"You mean you want me to focus my energy on Zhongbo Software?"

Qiao Hai understood what he meant.

Zhou Haoran laughed and said, "That's right. As long as Ning Yuanjia is in charge of the lab, his level is much higher than yours. There are several PhDs here, who would listen to the orders of a master's student like you? It's different once you leave the school gates. Go sell management systems to those private factories!"

"Then I'll say three points."

Qiao Hai really does have his own ideas.

Zhou Haoran was delighted. "Okay, let's discuss it."

Went to the coffee shop.

I ordered two cups of coffee.

It can drive a person crazy.

No coffee machine, no coffee beans, just instant coffee!

The price is quite reasonable, only 2 yuan for a cup of coffee, making it arguably the best value coffee on campus.

A young man working part-time while studying was brewing the tea.

There were quite a few students buying coffee!
They usually just buy coffee and take it to class.

Qiao Hai sat down with him in the corner and whispered, "I'm graduating soon, and I have to defend my thesis in June. I need to prepare for my graduation project and my graduation thesis!"

"Are you ready?"

Zhou Haoran also felt that things were in a difficult situation.

Qiao Hai smiled and said, "I should thank you. The current magnetic stripe cards store data in 16-byte format. Didn't you say you wanted to use Huffman coding to reorganize the data and change it to 8 bytes? That way, the campus card can store more information. I'm working on that, and I'm making it my graduation project and writing a thesis."

Zhou Haoran chuckled and said, "You certainly know how to take shortcuts."

"I can't help it, I don't have time!" Qiao Hai said matter-of-factly.

Zhou Haoran nodded. "You don't need to worry about graduation. Even if your thesis is only twenty or thirty pages long, I'll talk to Dean Cheng, and you'll pass! Not to mention a master's degree, even a doctoral degree will be accommodated."

"Secondly, I've been keeping an eye on Zhongbo Software. Although I'm currently on campus, I've already sent my people out there. We have nearly 20 clients talking to us right now."

Qiao Hai had actually been keeping an eye on Zhongbo Software's business outside of school.

Zhou Haoran's eyes lit up, "20 clients?"

"The most attractive thing is actually the employee sign-in attendance system." Qiao Hai chuckled, slightly smug. "I upgraded the previous system and directly copied our school's library card system."

"That Ning Yuanjia?"

"Correct."

"sure!"

Zhou Haoran thought this kid was really smart. With such initiative, there would be less need for persuasion when it came to the main topic.

The core function of the library system designed by Ning Yuanjia is attendance tracking.

Fudan University is an open university.

Outsiders and tourists are welcome to come.

However, not just anyone can enter the library.

The primary function of the library card is to verify a student's identity; only students of the school are allowed to enter and read or study.

It's basically an upgraded version of the sign-in/check-out system.

It uses magnetic stripe cards.

With a few simple modifications, it can be applied to private enterprises outside the company.

"200 magnetic stripe cards and a check-in system cost 1 yuan. If you need us to provide the equipment, the total price is 3 yuan." Qiao Hai was very satisfied with this business, "Half of it is profit."

Zhou Haoran was not satisfied. "It's still too little."

“That will have to wait until I graduate. I need to recruit more sales and technicians. Also, the third point is that private enterprises don’t have much money, especially the private enterprise clients you provide, none of them are large private enterprises.”

Qiao Hai has his own goal.

"Then what do you mean..."

Zhou Haoran's heart moved slightly.

Qiao Hai said seriously, "It would be best to have a demonstration effect. If some large state-owned enterprises and well-known private enterprises are using our products, then it will be more convincing when we promote them widely."

“That’s right.” Zhou Haoran thought his analysis was excellent and was very pleased. “That’s why I asked you to come here today.”

"Oh? You have clients from large state-owned enterprises?"

Qiao Hai was pleasantly surprised.

Zhou Haoran pointed to himself, "I work in a large state-owned enterprise."

"Red Star Platform!"

Qiao Hai blurted it out.

He now knows that this kid is actually a junior at Fudan University, an undergraduate student there.

However, none of that matters anymore. His achievements, especially his remarkable feat of securing a national-level research project, are truly admirable.

Zhou Haoran laughed and said, "I talked to the station director and we plan to launch the 'Red Star Card'."

Qiao Hai said excitedly, "Is it the same as the 'campus card'?"

"Same."

Zhou Haoran is making campus cards; this is a project he's doing for the school and the country.

No matter how well a project is done, it won't make money.

At most, they can skim some profits from the project funds.

How much does this cost?
If you want to make big money, you still have to start with the market.

Qiao Hai narrowed his eyes and lowered his voice, "So how should we handle this? Should we contact Hongxing TV in the name of Zhongbo Software?"

"Right, we can't exactly apply to establish a school-enterprise partnership, can we?"

Zhou Haoran had no such thoughts.

I don't have time either.

Projects funded by the government have intellectual property rights belonging to the government... which means the university. China lags behind in this area; research teams often don't receive full ownership rights. In other countries, the ownership is typically divided in a 30/30/40 split, where the research team receives 30%.

If you want to commercialize the project, you need to establish a university-enterprise partnership and operate it under the university's name.

However, this is not how it is done most of the time.

If you encounter a red light, just go around it.

If you can't get the property rights, then circumvent them.

Just like the upgraded version of the sign-in system that Qiao Hai created.

The library card project developed by Ning Yuanjia is owned by the school.

Qiao Hai simply took it, made some minor modifications, and it became Zhongbo Software's self-developed attendance system. This is quite common in the domestic scientific research field, where intellectual property protection is weak, and it's virtually impossible to trace.

Even laymen wouldn't understand.

How can the library card system and the attendance system be the same?

How can a campus card and a Red Star card be the same?

They're all the same thing.

Upon hearing this, Qiao Hai became excited. "If Zhongbo Software can create a 'Red Star Card' for Red Star TV, I guarantee that many large state-owned enterprises will come to us for help!"

“Of course! This will be a model project for the television industry. Who else in the country can make smart cards besides us?” Zhou Haoran’s involvement in campus card production is not just a contribution to the country. “Local television stations across the country will probably come to us. Many other organizations will also come to us. I estimate that once the model project is completed, we’ll have hundreds of orders.”

"Several hundred orders..."

Qiao Hai almost forgot to breathe.

If you can make 50 from a single order, then hundreds of orders would be... well, I can't even keep track of them all!

"This is just the beginning. Once Professor Gao Xiangwen's team makes a breakthrough and the radio frequency chip for smart cards is domestically produced, it won't just be a few hundred orders. The government will then issue policies to encourage government and enterprises across the country to engage in digital construction. If bank cards also enter the market in the future, then Zhongbo Software will be a listed giant with a market value of tens of billions!"

Zhou Haoran snorted coldly.

I thought to myself, I've gone through so much trouble to create a "campus card" project, how could I not have some big plans?
It's just a campus project, and it doesn't even do justice to all the time I've invested!
This was taken out of a lot of busyness from being surrounded by women!
A listed company worth tens of billions? Are you crazy?

Qiao Hai opened his eyes wide, thinking that this kid had gone mad.

(End of this chapter)