Rebirth of the Millennial: Getting Rich After Parents Get Laid Off

Chapter 196 The Second Boss (Two in One)

No one could describe the sense of unreality Shen Qingqing felt when she heard those two sentences.

She scored over a hundred points higher than her score in her previous life.

This shows that all her efforts in her studies since her rebirth have not been in vain.

Shen Qingqing swallowed hard and asked in a stiff voice, "Teacher, what about Fangyi's score?"

"751, just one point behind you. If she had listened to me and put her tutoring aside in her last semester, she probably could have scored higher." There was a hint of regret in Fang Chengying's voice.

Shen Qingqing suddenly felt a mix of emotions she couldn't quite explain. If it weren't for her, Wu Fangyi should have been the top scorer in this year's high school entrance exam.

Although she no longer remembered who the top scorer in the high school entrance exam was, who was two years her senior in her previous life.

But if she hasn't changed much, then it should be Wu Fangyi.

"Alright, with your score, you're definitely in Jinzhong. I need to call Fangyi now and let her know." Fang Chengying hung up the phone after saying that.

Li Shuyun had already hung up the phone and was calling Li Xunjin to share the good news.

Shen Qingqing took a deep breath and exhaled the light, floating feeling.

However, it was all worth it for her to prepare by studying in advance ever since she came back from elementary school.

With the results of the high school entrance exams out, the invisible pressure on Shen Qingqing's heart has been relieved, and she can now devote herself wholeheartedly to her work at Youqiantu.

As Shen Qingqing went downstairs, she pondered whether using her and Wu Fangyi's names to advertise the studio would limit its clientele to only elementary and middle school students.

If it's high school, doesn't that mean we have to wait until they've all finished their college entrance exams?

Tsk, this won't do...

If you fix the student recruitment stage at the beginning, it will be difficult to expand later.

It's not a bad idea to observe whether the people around you need tutoring when you're in high school, but those who can get into Jinzhong High School probably don't need much tutoring.

When Shen Qingqing arrived at the studio and saw one of the full-time teachers drinking water in the reception area, she realized that she had wasted the ready-made promotional material!

There are two 211 universities in her studio!
After Shen Qingqing identified her target, she quickly got anxious and started discussing a publicity plan with the publicity department.

Weibo and WeChat official accounts are still new carriers of advertising traffic in the information age.

Soon, a freshly developed promotional plan was created.

After Shen Qingqing made the decision, the remaining issue was how her employees would execute it.

The publicity and formal work are all progressing steadily, and Shen Qingqing no longer needs to go to the studio every day to keep an eye on things.

The days of being pampered by elders are completely different from the days of being self-reliant at home and having to take care of younger siblings.

Shen Qingqing used Li Xunjin's computer to start learning high school knowledge points in advance.

During her high school years in her previous life, Shen Qingqing was very grateful to have met some excellent teachers who prevented her from completely losing interest in high school knowledge and saved her from losing her remaining interest in learning.

Shen Qingqing, who later went on to university, often looks back on her past and is still very grateful to her math teacher in the first year of high school, her Chinese teacher in the second and third years, every English teacher, and every teacher of the minor subjects.

Without them, she probably wouldn't have had the confidence to finish high school and take the college entrance exam after her mental breakdown in her second year of high school.

Because Shen Qingqing had absolutely no experience of what it should be like to be a top scorer in the high school entrance exam, she had no idea what was going to happen when Fang Chengying called her to come to school.

Even when she saw Wu Fangyi, who was also at the school gate, she excitedly ran over to hug and cuddle with her.

Then Wu Fangyi pulled him to look at the several vans parked across from the school gate, saying, "Take a look over there."

Shen Qingqing looked in the direction she pointed and then saw the situation over there.

“I was thinking, there was nothing wrong with our college application choices, and we’ve already been given our scores. There’s no need for us to go back to school in our final year of junior high. Why do we still have to come to school?”

"Now that I see this, I understand. I used to think the school was very considerate and didn't expose us to the media's cameras."

Upon hearing this, Shen Qingqing understood what Wu Fangyi meant.

This is what's known as an interview with the top scorer.

Previously, what she saw on TV were live interviews with the first person to leave the exam hall during the college entrance examination, and then interviews with the top scorers posted on the school's official website.

I never imagined that she, now just a top scorer in the high school entrance exam, would participate in this kind of activity.

Soon, the two saw a group of people with long lenses and microphones set up in their classroom. The desks and chairs in the classroom were now all piled up against the wall, and a simple interview tent was set up in the middle.

The principal, the dean of studies, the grade-level director, and the homeroom teachers were all present.

After all, the top two scorers in the city's high school entrance exam are from this school, so the school leaders wouldn't be so careless as to not show up.

Shen Qingqing had never faced anything like this before, and neither had Wu Fangyi.

When the two of them faced the camera, they were as stiff as stones.

According to the TV station, a short interview should have taken only twenty to thirty minutes, but Shen Qingqing and Wu Fangyi ended up spending two hours barely managing to finish recording it.

Then it came down to the school leaders and the homeroom teacher.

After leaving the campus, Shen Qingqing felt as if she had been reborn, and breathed a sigh of relief, which made Wu Fangyi laugh.

Shen Qingqing turned to look at Wu Fangyi with a straight face. "You're still laughing at me? Weren't you the same just now?" Wu Fangyi couldn't stop laughing, and didn't forget to explain to Shen Qingqing: "I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing at how we were just now, it was really too funny."

Upon hearing this, Shen Qingqing recalled how stiff the two of them had been just moments before, as if they had been frozen in place, which was simply unbearable to look at, and she immediately burst out laughing.

The two laughed and joked for a long time at the school gate. Just as Shen Qingqing was about to take out her phone to ask the administrator of Youqiantu to come and pick her up, she suddenly remembered something and called out to Wu Fangyi: "Sister Fangyi, haven't you been to our studio yet?"

"Are you free now? How about I take you there to have a look?"

Shen Qingqing blinked, looking at Wu Fangyi with hopeful eyes.

Wu Fangyi took out her new phone, opened the notes app to check her schedule for the day, and after confirming that she would make it, nodded: "Okay! Let's go! I haven't been there even once since our studio was established!"

"They've brought quite a few clients to our studio, so we really should go check it out. Otherwise, if clients ask us how to get to our studio, I won't know how to explain it to them!"

Shen Qingqing laughed heartily, "Okay, then we'll wait a bit. Our studio's administration will come to pick us up by car. I need to introduce them to them. Our studio also has a living advertisement and a second boss!"

Shen Qingqing's words startled Wu Fangyi. "Second Boss?"

She began to doubt whether she had heard about this when she made the promise to Shen Qingqing.

Shen Qingqing nodded naturally: "Yes."

Seeing Wu Fangyi's strange expression, Shen Qingqing realized that she hadn't made things clear when she invited Wu Fangyi, so she explained again: "Although I provided all the funds for this studio, you are also considered to have contributed your skills as equity, because I used your name to find clients for the studio. So now I am the big boss of the studio, and you are the second boss."

"Tomorrow is the day the studio pays last month's salary. Our studio pays salaries on the 15th of every month. If it falls on a weekend or holiday, it will be paid on a weekday in advance."

Upon hearing this, Wu Fangyi pointed to herself in surprise: "I get a salary too?"

Shen Qing nodded naturally: "Of course you have it!"

Wu Fangyi looked at Shen Qingqing with a complicated expression, suddenly unsure of what to say.

It's fair to say that Shen Qingqing's actions were essentially giving her money for free. She didn't think she had put in much effort for the studio; she simply handed out the studio's business cards and exchanged a few words when other parents asked her if she still had tutoring slots available.

Shen Qingqing did everything else herself.

What qualifications does she have to be called the second boss of this studio, and even receive a salary for nothing every month?

Wu Fangyi took a deep breath and grasped Shen Qingqing's shoulders: "Qingqing, I can't accept this salary. I didn't do anything, and the money I earned from tutoring was all my own, and it wasn't even included in the studio's business income. How can I take the money for nothing?"

Shen Qingqing said, "No, Sister Fangyi, you've misunderstood. What you've done is your reputation among the parents in this community, and even among their friends. That's the best thing you've done for the studio."

"Let me think about how to explain this to you. You are the studio's reputation protector. Many clients were introduced by you. They trust you, so they are willing to come to our studio to find other tutors. Without you, how could they trust a fledgling educational studio where even the owner is still a minor?"

Shen Qingqing spoke very sincerely, and what she said truly reflected what Wu Fangyi had done for the studio.

Now that the studio is on track, Chen Jiaxin and the others have also received their middle school entrance exam results. All three of them scored above the admission score for Jinzhong Middle School, and by a significant margin.

Clients who inquired through Wu Fangyi naturally developed an initial sense of trust upon hearing about the high scores achieved by the tutors at their studio. Then, they waited for the tutors to gradually improve the clients' children's grades, gaining even more trust from the parents.

Following Chen Kangqi, two more parents came looking for tutors to help with the entrance exams for the Experimental Middle School. Shen Qingqing assigned the remaining two classmates to them.

It's still summer vacation, so the results of student tutoring can't be shown very clearly yet. Even if the teachers create their own practice tests and the results are good, parents may still have doubts that the tests from the studio are easier.

Therefore, the entrance examination for the Experimental Middle School became the most important test for evaluating the teaching abilities of the tutors at Youqian Education Studio.

In less than two weeks, it will be time for the three students in the studio who are preparing for the entrance exam for the experimental middle school to prove themselves and the abilities of the studio's teachers.

After hearing what Shen Qingqing said, Wu Fangyi felt as if her heart was being soaked in warm water and honey, feeling both warm and sweet.

She never imagined that her friendship with Shen Qingqing would be this profound.

She knew all too well that Shen Qingqing's family was wealthy, so when befriending Shen Qingqing, she always hoped to be the one who gave more, afraid that others would think that she was befriending Shen Qingqing because of her family's money.

But she still failed; Shen Qingqing had given her too much.

"The car's here! Let's go, Sister Fangyi! I'll take you to see the empire I've conquered for you—"

Shen Qingqing skipped forward two steps, then put one hand behind her back and swept the other hand in front of her in a fan shape, imitating the emperor in the TV series.

Wu Fangyi was amused and followed Shen Qingqing into the studio administration's car.

As soon as they got in the car, Shen Qingqing introduced Wu Fangyi: "Sister Fangyi, this is our studio's administrator, Zheng Dongqi, who is also one of our studio's most important drivers! We rely on him and another administrator who can drive, a girl named Wu Siyuan, for our daily travel. There are only three people in the administration department: these two, plus an administration director, who is actually the administration director from Xunqing's side."

Zheng Dongqi was only about 28 or 29 years old. After working for three or four years after graduation, he was laid off because his company shut down its business line. When he was sending out resumes, he was picked up by Shen Qingqing because he could drive.

Seeing Shen Qingqing so solemnly and earnestly introducing him to another girl who didn't look much older than the young boss, he couldn't help but look at her curiously in the rearview mirror.

The next second, he was called out by Shen Qingqing.

"Zheng Dongqi, this is our studio's second boss, Wu Fangyi. Our studio's clients are usually brought back by the second boss from outside."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Dongqi understood. So this was the second boss that the young boss had mentioned before, the one who was rumored to be running on the front lines of business!
Wu Fangyi was still a little unaccustomed to Shen Qingqing calling her that, but when she saw Zheng Dongqi's suddenly realized expression, she realized that Shen Qingqing might have already told everyone in the studio that she existed.

She tried her best to maintain a proper attitude, but due to her lack of experience, she could only manage a slight smile and say, "Hello."

"Hello, Second Boss!" Zheng Dongqi greeted him without any hesitation.

A month and a half ago, he might not have been able to be so natural, but after being exposed to the small business owner, he can now accept it completely.

See you tomorrow night~