Chapter 108 Military Training Ends
This weekend, without Mr. Zhang's bonus, Wild's income failed to maintain the glory of last weekend.

However, it unexpectedly remained at the level of over 200,000 over three days.

This is mainly because Wildness's reputation has been so great over the past week. Many people learned about Wildness through rumors about Mr. Zhang, so they made a special trip over the weekend to see for themselves.

Moreover, Su Ziqiang's fame spread, and some of his father's acquaintances and friends came to support him, so business was booming.

This month's turnover has already reached nearly 800,000. There's still a weekend at the end of the month, and September 30th is also coming up. Business will definitely be excellent that night, so at this rate, reaching over 900,000 this month shouldn't be a problem.

Chen Cheng calculated that he would receive at least 160,000 yuan in commission in September.

On Saturday, Zhao Siyan reported her statistics to Chen Cheng. From Monday to Thursday, at least two tables of customers expressed their intention to order the 1888 set meal every day. She also communicated with the eight hostesses she was currently working with. If the week were changed from three days a week to seven days a week, they would be willing to reduce their appearance fee from one hundred to eighty.

Zhao Siyan did the math: originally, working three days a week with eight people would cost 2,400 yuan.

Currently, we work seven days a week, and the cost for eight people is 4,480 yuan. If we calculate it this way, and we still arrange hostesses from Monday to Thursday every week, it will only cost an additional 2,000 yuan.

She felt that this was a very cost-effective thing to do and could try it for a week. If she could steadily add one 1888 set meal per day, she could fully cover the cost and make extra profit.

Moreover, the current hostesses have covered the 888 package. As long as the hostesses are on the job, it will stimulate and promote the package at every level to some extent. Overall, it is definitely profitable.

Chen Cheng felt that her approach was sound, so he let her do it.

On Sunday evening, when Chen Cheng went to learn the piano from Liu Shiyu, she had already thoroughly mastered the song "Lonely Patient" by watching Chen Cheng's videotapes and had optimized the original arrangement.

Chen Cheng's playing skills were relatively poor. When he learned this song in his previous life, he learned a simplified version. After Liu Shiyu rearranged the music, her accompaniment became much more complex and richer, which Chen Cheng greatly admired.

Liu Shiyu used this song as an example to teach Chen Cheng how to design a more sophisticated accompaniment, which Chen Cheng learned a lot from.

September 23rd, Monday.

Because, after three weeks of military training, it's coming to an end today.

There was no training today; the main event was a parade and a military review in the morning.

After the military parade and the speeches by school leaders, the military training will come to a complete end.

Chen Cheng and his five roommates got up early to wash up, all in high spirits and in a great mood.

From the moment they opened their eyes, they began planning what to do to celebrate after military training was over.

Su Hexiang originally wanted to go to Wilderness, but he hadn't spent any money on the two previous trips, so he felt a little embarrassed. He was thinking of treating everyone to a meal there again, and this time he wanted to show his sincerity to his aunt and roommates, so he couldn't let his aunt reimburse him again.

But Chen Cheng did not agree.

A group of young men lacked self-control and kept going out to experience extravagance and debauchery, which led them astray. That's why he stopped organizing them to go and support the group or act as shills.

Moreover, he didn't want to go out into the wild on weekdays, so he might as well hurry up and see if he could put the school's intranet on the server for internal testing before National Day.

Seeing that Wilderness couldn't go, the other five didn't have any good options, so they naturally chose the internet cafe.

These days, college students don't have much spending power or a good environment for spending money. Apart from going to internet cafes, there's not much else for them to do.

Moreover, there aren't many places to spend money online these days. Aside from buying game cards or QQ memberships, it's not very realistic to buy a pair of socks online.

After all, Taobao won't be launched until next year, and it will take another year or two for online shopping to become widespread.

After lunch, the students arrived at the training ground. They were all very excited and eagerly awaited the official end of the military training.

During the parade, influenced by the class's darling Yan Ruoxuan, all thirty-one boys in the class put in their best effort and actually won a second prize.

After the parade, the school leaders gave a passionate speech on the podium, and the three-week military training ended amidst cheers from the students and a flurry of camouflage caps.

Everyone returned to their classrooms as instructed by their advisor, and then waited for the announcement of when classes would officially begin.

The instructor, Dong Peixin, was surprised that his class could actually win a second prize in the parade, and he was all smiles when he entered the classroom.

Stepping onto the podium, he first congratulated the students, and then got straight to the point, explaining the upcoming course schedule.

He said, "Students, the past three weeks of military training have indeed been tough, but the next four years of university studies will be the biggest challenge. According to the school's arrangements, our freshmen class of 02 will officially start classes tomorrow!"

The students below wailed in despair.

Apart from Chen Cheng, everyone else thought the school would at least give them a day off and that classes would resume the day after tomorrow. They didn't expect the arrangements to be so tight.

Seeing that everyone looked utterly hopeless, Dong Peixin smiled and said, "This is not bad. As far as I know, there are still many schools in Jiangcheng that have four weeks of military training. Before National Day, there is nothing else to do but have military training."

A student asked, "Teacher, what are our holiday plans for National Day? I see the 28th is Saturday, and we still have classes on the 30th, Monday?"

Other students are also very concerned about this issue. The National Day holiday is seven days long, but the 28th and 29th are the weekend. If there are no classes on Monday, then there will be a ten-day break.

Dong Peixin laughed and said, "What are you thinking? Of course we'll have class on the 30th! Our school's holiday is from the 1st to the 7th, and classes will officially start on the 8th. Boarding students will start checking dormitories on the evening of the 7th, so everyone who goes home must coordinate their time well, and no one is allowed to ask for leave without a reason. Don't learn how to make up holidays as soon as school starts. I will personally check everyone's class attendance on the 30th."

Everyone was even more dejected.

Some people are even planning to buy tickets for the 28th, so they can leave earlier and avoid the peak period.

However, Dong Peixin's words made most people give up on this idea.

The freshmen hadn't shaken off the mindset of obedience they had in their senior year of high school, and by their sophomores and juniors, no one even bothered to contact their advisors when something like this happened. Seeing that no one had any other questions, Dong Peixin clapped his hands and said to everyone, "Alright, I'm done. Everyone, hurry up and have lunch. This afternoon and evening, you should rest and relax."

The students were not in good spirits, and most of them replied listlessly.

Yan Ruoxuan leaned closer and asked him, "Chen Cheng, are you going home for National Day?"

"Back."

Chen Cheng asked, "And you?"

Yan Ruoxuan said, "I'm going back too. I bought a plane ticket for the 1st."

Chen Cheng sighed, "I haven't bought my ticket yet. Should I buy it soon? I wonder how far in advance you can buy train tickets these days."

Kong Desheng, who was standing nearby, chimed in: "Buy a ticket for the 1st a week in advance, and you'll have to queue at the station tomorrow!"

Chen Cheng asked his roommates, "What are your plans for National Day?"

The group shared their plans. Apart from Su Hexiang, a local, and Wang Yifei and Zhuang Haitao, who were too far away in the south and north respectively, the other three, including Chen Cheng, planned to go home for the National Day holiday.

However, Chen Cheng did not plan to stay at home for too long.

He remembered that Lu Youyou had suggested going back together. His parents must also be looking forward to his first National Day holiday in college, so he planned to go back with Lu Youyou and Wu Haoyang on the 1st.

But I can't wait until the 7th to come back; I have to go back early on the 4th.

During the seven-day National Day holiday, business at Wilderness will definitely be booming. As the manager, I can't afford to be absent for seven consecutive days.

Moreover, although the development of the campus network is slow, everything is progressing smoothly. He plans to conduct internal testing before National Day and launch it immediately after returning from National Day.

The students will start school on the 8th, so I definitely need to come over early to set up the online work and think carefully about how to start promoting it to the students of Jiangnan University.
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At noon, Chen Cheng went back to his dorm to change his clothes, planning to go to the cafeteria for lunch with his roommate and Yan Ruoxuan.

Lu Youyou sent a text message, suggesting that she would like to invite him and Wu Haoyang out for dinner that evening.

Chen Cheng thought about it and realized that he hadn't seen Wu Haoyang since the start of military training. The kid didn't have a cell phone and they rarely kept in touch. Now that military training was over, it was time to call him out for a get-together.

So he agreed, but told Lu Youyou that he would treat her to dinner that night.

Lu Youyou didn't care. She just wanted to see him. It didn't matter who paid. She had already lent him a million yuan, so she wouldn't compete with him for a meal.

Afterwards, Chen Cheng made a phone call to Wu Haoyang's dormitory.

When Chen Cheng invited him to have dinner with Lu Youyou, Wu Haoyang agreed without hesitation.

Having finally made it through military training, he really wanted to meet up with the two of them, but he was usually short of money and felt embarrassed to take the initiative to arrange it.

So Chen Cheng told him that he should come to his school at 6 p.m. first, and then they would meet up before going to find Lu Youyou.

As for what to eat, Chen Cheng hadn't thought about it. He'd just let Lu Youyou choose and he'd pay for it himself.

While eating, Chen Cheng received another call from a scalper.

They have a partnership with the people in the industry and commerce bureau, and they have already notified him that he can pick up his business license tomorrow.

According to the contract, once the business license is issued, Chen Cheng is required to transfer the third installment of 796,000 yuan to Lin Zhenbang.

So, at the dinner table, he asked Yan Ruoxuan, "Is the class monitor busy this afternoon?"

"It's alright."

Yan Ruoxuan immediately replied, asking him expectantly, "What's up?"

Chen Cheng nodded and said, "If you're free, how about we go to the bank?"

"Okay!"

Yan Ruoxuan happily agreed.

She was overjoyed; after waiting so long, it was finally Chen Cheng's turn to ask her for money.

Not only was she waiting a long time, but her parents in southern Jiangsu had also been waiting for several days for news of her making a move on the accounts.

The others thought Chen Cheng was going on a date with Yan Ruoxuan, but they were surprised to find out that the two of them were going to the bank instead.

Su Hexiang couldn't help but ask him, "Brother Chen, what are you doing at the bank with the class monitor?"

Chen Cheng said calmly, "I'll borrow some money from the class monitor."

Kong Desheng asked in surprise, "Old Chen, are you borrowing money again? Are you that short of cash?"

Chen Cheng laughed and said, "Weren't we planning to do something? We're a little short on money, and it just so happens that the class monitor can lend me some."

The group assumed it was something like setting up a website, so they didn't ask any further questions.

(End of this chapter)

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