Since they are reborn, they must be supported by the school beauties.

Chapter 140 Preparations for the Opening of the On-Campus Printing Shop

That evening, Su Zishan took Chen Cheng to an elegant Western restaurant by the river.

During the meal, Su Zishan hesitated for a long time before saying to Chen Cheng with great embarrassment, "Chen Cheng, during the National Day holiday, my dad has been urging me to open a branch again. He feels that the business is so good right now that it would be a waste not to open a branch. I have not agreed to it. My dad's idea is that if it doesn't work out, he will provide the money and my brother will be responsible for the implementation. Do you want to get involved in this?"

“No.”

Without hesitation, Chen Cheng said, "If Uncle Su really wants to open a branch, I think it's necessary to isolate ourselves from Wildness in terms of risk."

Su Zishan asked him, "How do we quarantine?"

Chen Cheng said, "It's fine to open a branch using Wild's brand, but there shouldn't be any shareholding or financial ties with Wild's current operations. We can't use the method Uncle Su mentioned before to extract funds from Wild's current customers."

Su Zishan asked him, "My dad wants me to talk to you. If you're willing to participate, he'll give you 10% of the shares, so that both sides are tied together and you won't be affected in any way. What do you think?"

Chen Cheng didn't want to get involved in Su Jianfeng's business, so he shook his head and said, "I think it's better to forget it. I don't have that much energy later on, and I'd feel bad taking 10% for nothing. Since Uncle Su is optimistic about this industry, he can fund the new store, and Brother Qiang can manage it. As for the name, it doesn't matter if we use Wildness. Anyway, this brand isn't mine; it belongs to you and Brother Qiang."

Su Zishan said seriously, "If you're not going to participate, then I won't participate either."

Chen Cheng asked her, "Sister Shan, why don't you participate? Uncle Su is paying for it, so wouldn't you and Brother Qiang be getting shares for free?"

Su Zishan said with a smile, "My dad is very serious about doing business. He means that he can contribute 70% but actually own 50%, and my brother and I will contribute the remaining 30%, also accounting for 50%. Wild Life has some profits and surplus now, and he wants us to use this money to invest."

Chen Cheng nodded. He had already experienced the old man's style of doing things last time. He was decisive and had great courage. His real estate business was already very successful, so investing in a small business like nightclubs was nothing to him. He definitely wanted to do it as quickly as possible and try to take advantage of the winter break peak season.

But if we act now, and then SARS hits right after we open next year, it will be very difficult to succeed.

However, he was too lazy to worry about it, so he asked Su Zishan, "If you don't participate, then Brother Qiang will have to pay the 30% of the funds himself?"

"Correct."

Su Zishan said, "My dad's idea is that if I don't want to participate, he'll let my brother take over my share, and he can lend my brother some money."

Chen Cheng then said, "If you're sure you don't want to get involved, then let them do what they want."

Su Zishan nodded: "If you don't participate, I definitely won't participate either. I've said I'll listen to you on this matter."

Chen Cheng smiled and said, "Alright, since you're listening to me, let's split up and let them do it first. We'll hold back for now."

Su Zishan asked curiously, "So you mean you still have the idea of ​​opening a branch?"

"correct."

Chen Cheng said, "Do you remember when I talked about Xiaomi and Redmi last time?"

"I remember." Su Zishan nodded.

Chen Cheng laughed and said, "Next year around March or April, we can open a Redmi-themed nightclub, focusing on affordability and catching the summer peak season."
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That evening, Chen Cheng returned to his dormitory with his DSLR camera and printer.

Apart from Su Hexiang, the other roommates have already arrived.

Chen Cheng introduced the work arrangements to everyone. The equipment will be delivered tomorrow morning, and everyone will go over to help. After the equipment is installed, everyone will learn how to operate the scanner from the other party's technicians. At the same time, he will also teach them how to upload photos to the school's intranet backend.

However, Chen Cheng also made a pact with the four of them: if anyone inquired, they should not say that they were the owners of the printing shop on campus. In the future, the five of them would all claim that the owner was from outside the school and that they were only responsible for doing things for money.

As of today, the advertisement for the on-campus printing shop has been posted on the Galo forum for ten days.

In these ten days, we have basically covered all the active users of the Galo forum.

Moreover, the on-campus printing club has three particularly interesting features.

First, it's offering a grand opening promotion: free photo taking or scanning within a month.
Secondly, it covered all the advertising spaces, large and small, on the Galo Forum;
Third, some people have seen its physical store, which is small, dilapidated, and empty. What's even more outrageous is that it actually shares a shop with a fruit store.

The first two points make it seem like a company with deep pockets, but the third point makes it seem like a shell company.

Yang Siqi was also puzzled. He was busy with business development during his vacation and had not left Jiangcheng. He occasionally went to the commercial street and saw the campus printing shop, which was empty except for signs and banners.

He couldn't understand why, with the money to invest in advertising, they wouldn't simply move to a larger storefront.

However, as the beneficiary, he couldn't figure it out and was too lazy to think about it, focusing more on how to sell the advertising space after the National Day holiday.

These days, although the Galo Forum is very popular, its advertising revenue is not high. Under normal circumstances, the monthly advertising revenue is at most 20,000 yuan.

He also hoped that a few more wealthy on-campus printing shops would come along, so that he could make more money.

Chen Cheng casually logged into his newly registered QQ account and saw Yang Siqi's message asking if he wanted to continue the forum advertising, and saying that she could offer him even greater discounts.

Chen Cheng ignored him; in his eyes, Yang Siqi had already been exploited to the fullest extent.

The advertisements have been running for the past ten days. Once the forum officially opens on the 7th, it will face the biggest threat since its inception.

Chen Cheng's move was flawed in that even if Yang Siqi realized the danger and immediately removed the advertisement, it was too late. The users of the Galo Forum already knew about the campus printing shop's promotion, and Yang Siqi couldn't stop them from coming over on the 7th.
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The next day, the five roommates got up very early.

After breakfast, the five of them took brooms, mops and rags and went to the half of the storefront that Chen Cheng rented to start a thorough cleaning.

It was only ten square meters in total, but five people worked for more than an hour to clean it spotlessly.

After the cleaning was completed, the office furniture and used computer stores started delivering their goods.

Five computers were arranged in an L-shape, leaving a corner for taking ID photos. Chen Cheng had the advertising company make three color swatches: red, white, and blue, as these are the three colors needed for everyday ID photos.

The deliveryman taught everyone how to use the scanner, and Chen Cheng also taught everyone how to operate a DSLR camera.

These tasks were not difficult for any of the four people; they could get started with just a little understanding.

Chen Cheng gave the backend of Renren.com to four people and created four access accounts for them. This was the most important part of their future work. After the internal testing of Renren.com ended, Chen Cheng stopped the domain name resolution of the frontend. After they gained access to the backend, they tried to access the frontend of Renren.com, but found that they couldn't open it.

All four knew that Chen Cheng had been busy working on web pages on his computer lately, but they weren't quite sure what he was doing. Now, seeing the backend, they realized that Chen Cheng had actually created a website that allowed users to upload images, and they were all quite surprised.

Even so, they still didn't know what kind of product Renren.com was.

Chen Cheng didn't intend to reveal it either.

The domain name of the school's intranet will be reset on the 7th when the printing shop opens. At that time, users who have obtained the account and password will be able to log in.

Since the printing shop started installing the equipment, students who can't wait to take or scan photos have come to inquire.

Chen Cheng and the others all agreed that service could only be provided on the 7th.

On the 6th, Yang Siqi passed by the printing shop and saw that the printing shop had already installed the hardware and that several people were busy inside. He then decided to come over and make friends with the generous client.

When he arrived at the store, he was surprised to find that the five people inside were all students who looked even younger than him.

Just as he was wondering who the boss was, he suddenly saw Chen Cheng inside.

The moment he saw Chen Cheng, he was filled with rage.

This year, all the hundreds of new students treated me with courtesy and respect, but Chen Cheng was the only one who didn't appreciate it.

Seeing him directing the other four people bustling around inside, he couldn't help but wonder, "Could this kid be the owner of the school's printing shop?"

This thought was fleeting and was quickly dismissed by himself.

He felt that if he disliked Chen Cheng, Chen Cheng must dislike him too.

Chen Cheng knew he was the founder of the Galo Forum. If the printing shop belonged to him, he would have no reason to spend 10,000 yuan to advertise on his own forum.
If I were in his shoes, I definitely wouldn't let someone I don't like make money off me.

He then recognized the other people in the store, who seemed to be Chen Cheng's roommates.

So he deliberately went to the shop entrance, looked at the people inside, and asked curiously, "Which of you is the owner of this shop?"

Kong Desheng recognized him and said with a smile, "Oh, Chairman Yang! We're all just working for others."

The others greeted the student council president politely, but Chen Cheng ignored him.

Yang Siqi glanced at Chen Cheng, then looked at Kong Desheng and asked curiously, "How are your wages and benefits while you're working and studying here?"

Kong Desheng didn't know how to answer, so Chen Cheng, who was standing next to him, said with a smile, "Old Kong, what's the point of hiding it? Just say it."

Kong Desheng nodded and said to Yang Siqi with a smile, "The rest of us earn a thousand a month."

"one thousand?"

Yang Siqi was somewhat surprised.

How could a part-time job like this possibly offer a monthly salary of 1,000 yuan?

Three or five hundred are not everywhere, are they?

He suddenly thought that he might as well contact that boss and outsource the work of these people. He would only need four thousand for the five people, and then he could find a junior in college to take over for two thousand, so he could make a profit of two thousand.

For a student council member like Yang Siqi, this kind of money was not a one-off occurrence. He would always try to squeeze out a cut from any TV program recordings or extra work as a college student.

So, he asked Kong Desheng curiously, "Is your boss from Jiangnan University?"

"No."

Kong Desheng kept Chen Cheng's instructions in mind and said with a smile, "Our boss is a local from Jiangcheng."

Yang Siqi nodded and said, "Tell your boss later that we have a discount on forum advertising space. Contact us again if you need it."

Kong Desheng politely agreed: "Okay, Chairman Yang, I'll let my boss know later."

Yang Siqi said, "By the way, if it's convenient, give me your boss's phone number, I can talk to him directly."

Kong Desheng didn't know how to answer, and subconsciously looked at Chen Cheng.

Chen Cheng then spoke up: "Our boss didn't give us a phone number; we usually communicate via QQ."

Yang Siqi frowned, feeling that Chen Cheng was lying to her. He definitely had his boss's phone number but just didn't want to tell her.

Damn it, this kid is really going against me at every turn.

So he waved his hand and said, "I'll talk to him on QQ later."

Then, ignoring the group, he turned and left.

That evening, Chen Cheng received a message from Yang Siqi on his newly registered QQ account. The message read: "Boss, I went to your store today and to be honest, I don't think the young people you hired are very good, especially that one named Chen Cheng. His attitude is terrible. If you really want to make a name for yourself in Jiangda, I suggest you replace these people."

Chen Cheng smiled and replied, "I'm not usually at Jiangda University, so recruiting isn't that easy."

Yang Siqi said, "That's easy. I can arrange for you to have a few second-year students who are proficient in computer hardware and software. They're definitely more reliable than those first-year students, and the salary won't be as high. If you give them five people for a thousand yuan a month, to be honest, you'll hardly make any profit. I'll give you five more experienced people and only charge you four thousand yuan. What do you think?"

Chen Cheng wanted to tease him, so he casually replied, "Let's see how business is after the National Day holiday. If business is bad, I probably won't need so many people."

Yang Siqi immediately replied, "Don't worry, business will be good. I'll also help you promote it and send people to support you!"

(End of this chapter)