Restart life

Chapter 108-0105 [The school's intranet is about to enter closed beta testing]

After returning from Professor Yuan's class, Chen Guiliang was too late for the next class.

There's still enough time, but there will definitely be no seats left, so you'll have to stand in the hallway outside to listen.

I think I'll skip class.

Chen Guiliang rode his bike directly back to his dormitory. As he went upstairs, he heard someone shout "Kill!" and "Dodge!" He immediately grabbed his digital camera and ran over.

I bought the digital camera last weekend.

Quite expensive.

Entry-level models cost between 1500 and 3000 yuan, with appalling picture quality.

Mid-range models cost between 3000 and 6000 yuan and offer good performance.

We won't mention those over 6000 yuan.

Chen Guiliang bought a Xiao Rizi brand mobile phone for 3500 yuan. It has a 500-megapixel camera, 3x zoom, and supports video recording.

It is specifically used for advertising.

He followed the sound to the end of the dormitory corridor and found five boys sitting there eating sunflower seeds and playing the card game "Three Kingdoms Kill".

The old dormitory was very shabby, and the corridor served as the main public social area.

Especially on the 36th floor, there isn't even enough space to put daily necessities, so many students simply put their thermos flasks and washbasin stands in the outside corridor.

The Yuanpei Class was alright; four people shared a room.

Students from other departments even had rooms with six or eight people.

"Can I take a few pictures?" Chen Guiliang asked.

A traitor who had already been killed asked, "What are you filming?"

Chen Guiliang said, "I'm going to film you guys playing Three Kingdoms Kill and then upload it to the BBS. I'm the creator of Three Kingdoms Kill, and I want to promote it. If you don't want to, that's fine too. I don't have to film your faces."

"You made this Three Kingdoms Kill game? Dude, you're awesome!"

"Come sit down and let's chat."

"Take pictures all you want, what are you afraid of, you grown man?"

"Remember to make me look handsome in the photos."

"..."

The corridor was dimly lit, so Chen Guiliang turned on the flash and snapped a few photos.

After chatting for a few minutes, Chen Guiliang returned to his dormitory.

He turned on his computer and logged into both Peking University and Tsinghua University BBS. He was using a new account with the screen name "Xiao Tao Tongxue".

"枫可怜" is used to fill in water.

"Xiao Tao Tongxue" was used for advertising.

Chen Guiliang uploaded photos and posted them online with the title: "Shocking: Peking University students doing this in their dormitories!!!"

He has posted dozens of promotional posts about the game "Three Kingdoms Kill" in the past few days.

There are also detailed instructions on how to play, including taking photos of each card, uploading them, and noting the address of the store where you can buy the cards.

Chen Guiliang switched to writing "Those Things of the Ming Dynasty" and came back to check the replies after half an hour.

"What kind of title is this? I clicked on this page excitedly just to see some guys playing cards?"

"Shocking: Xiao Tao has posted again!"

"The poster is even more despicable than Sister Furong, I really want to beat him to death."

"Let's discuss whether Xiaotao is a boy or a girl?"

"Reply to upstairs: Shemale."

"I've played Three Kingdoms Kill in the club activity room. It's pretty fun, and I'm planning to buy a copy."

"30 yuan a set is still too expensive."

"So bored. Anyone want to play Three Kingdoms Kill together? I'm in the graduate student dorm."

"..."

Just as Chen Guiliang was about to switch accounts to reply to the post, his phone suddenly rang.

It was a call from the Peking University Press's reader service department. This store mainly sells Peking University textbooks, academic monographs, and humanities and social science books. At that time, the address was still near the Triangle area, a prime location.

Chen Guiliang had to talk himself hoarse before the other party finally agreed to help sell the products, and they only kept five sets in the store.

Because the Three Kingdoms Kill game also has a packaging box, which takes up quite a bit of space.

"Hello Mr. Chen, this is the reader service department." The way they address each other has changed; before, they always called him "Chen Guiliang."

"Hello."

"Those five sets of Three Kingdoms Kill were sold out yesterday. This morning, two more students came to inquire about them. I plan to order another 50 sets, and if sales are good, I will order more."

"Okay, I'll send it to you right away."

"..."

Chen Guiliang was instantly delighted; this was the first reseller to request restocking.

The situation gradually improved.

Chen Guiliang immediately called Guo Feng.

He had already arranged the deliverymen; there were people in the Peking University Science Park who specialized in this kind of work. However, they were employees of the Peking University Science Park company, and delivering goods for Chen Guiliang was a part-time job, so being charged per delivery was not very profitable.

Once the sales of "Three Kingdoms Kill" improve further, retailers will be more willing to order more stock, minimizing delivery costs. Restocking can be done at fixed times, allowing for multiple deliveries in one go – essentially a human-powered tricycle.

Only Guo Feng has the authority to retrieve the Three Kingdoms Kill game from the warehouse in the science park; he simply calls the warehouse manager when he needs to pick it up.

Sigh, we still need to hire someone to do odd jobs; we can't keep bothering Guo Feng with these kinds of things.

The part-time wages for Peking University students are too high; they need to recruit full-time staff from the community. Chen Guiliang called the incubator company's service department again, asking them to find a reliable person. From now on, for restocking calls, he'll leave his office landline number; otherwise, Chen Guiliang will be driven crazy by the hassle.

Just then, another call came in requesting restocking.

Chen Guiliang had no choice but to call Guo Feng again.

"Aren't you annoying?" Guo Feng was already getting annoyed.

Chen Guiliang said, "We're hiring right now, so you won't have to bother us anymore soon."

Guo Feng said, "Even if you find someone, don't call my landline. Quickly rent another office."

"OK."

Chen Guiliang said, "The new building in the science park is already undergoing basic renovations. I'll rent a larger place, do some renovations, and then we can move in and breathe fresh formaldehyde together."

The new office building is cheaper than this run-down office. Since it was just built and is just sitting empty anyway, it's better to rent it out cheaply to incubated companies.

Project manager Wang Kai applied for a discounted price of 20 yuan per square meter per month. The price will definitely increase as more companies move in.

Note that it is billed monthly, not daily.

If we look at it twenty years from now, it will cost 6-10 yuan per square meter per day (even so, the price will still be lower than that of surrounding office buildings).

After chatting for a while, Guo Feng said, "The school's intranet will be in closed beta testing tomorrow. The main tests will be cross-browser compatibility, resolving database read/write bottlenecks, and optimizing page loading speed. We'll also do some security checks and verify the website's core modules..."

Chen Guiliang only half understood what he was saying, but he didn't interrupt and patiently listened to him finish: "How many people are needed?"

“The initial test will require about 100 to 500 people,” Guo Feng said. “I can probably invite 20 to 30 people, and you will need to handle the rest. If the number is really not enough, provide invitation codes to the first batch of invitees so that they can each invite one or two friends.”

"I'll invite as many as possible." The time to test Chen Guiliang's network of connections had come.

Guo Feng said, "I'll send you the website address and invitation code tonight. Remember to have them provide feedback via email, and let them know immediately if they encounter any problems."

Chen Guiliang had a large number of phone numbers saved in his phone.

His QQ account and email address are also overflowing with friends. This guy has been preparing since he enrolled, and now it's finally coming in handy.

That evening, Chen Guiliang skipped class again.

He replied to emails one by one, many of which were about exchanging ideas on classical Chinese poetry.

Chen Guiliang replied to each and every one of them carefully, finding ways to praise them no matter how poorly written they were. He then offered suggestions for improvement in a tactful manner, saying that he himself didn't know much about the subject and hoped that everyone could improve together in the future.

If you come across well-written writing, then shamelessly praise it, trying to make the writer feel like they're on cloud nine. What's the point of corrections? No need for further revisions; a single word is worth its weight in gold!
Each email ends with an invitation code and a website address.

He lowered his stance, saying he had set up a website that needed testing, but couldn't find anyone trustworthy. Although they had only met once or twice, Chen Guiliang took an instant liking to them, knowing they were people he could entrust with important matters.

Barbara.

Then, I left messages on QQ and via text message one by one...

After all that, Chen Guiliang was exhausted. Lying in bed, he called Bian Guanyue: "Is get out of class over?"

"Just got back to the dorm," Bian Guanyue said.

Chen Guiliang asked, "How have you been lately?"

Bian Guanyue said, "I've encountered a really annoying senior brother who's like a sticky candy that I can't shake off. I've already told him that I have a boyfriend, but he's still shamelessly persistent. I'm almost driven crazy by this guy!"

“I’ll go there this weekend, you can ask him out for dinner,” Chen Guiliang said.

Bian Guanyue reminded him, "Don't hit him. If this gets out of hand, it'll be hard to handle. Peking University might even find out."

Chen Guiliang laughed and said, "Am I such an unreasonable person? I was just trying to sell him the card game 'Three Kingdoms Kill'."

Trying to sell the card game "Three Kingdoms Kill" to your love rival?

Bian Guanyue was both amused and exasperated.

Chen Guiliang continued, "That senior brother is definitely not a bad person. He's just too bored, which is why he keeps bothering you. My Three Kingdoms Kill game is very fun and can help him pass the time and make his university life more fulfilling."

"You're just lying." Bian Guanyue couldn't help but laugh.

Chen Guiliang said, "The school's intranet will be tested tomorrow. I'll send you an invitation code. Log in and play when you have time. I'll also register with my real name, and we'll add each other as friends then."

“Okay, we can chat on the school's intranet.” Bian Guanyue was quite excited, mainly because this website belonged to her boyfriend.

After chatting for a while, Chen Guiliang finally hung up the phone when Senior Brother Min and Jiang Jun returned to their dorm.

"Mr. Chen, may I use your computer?" Min Wenyu said.

The nickname "General Manager Chen" is now spreading far and wide.

Chen Guiliang, lying on the bed, said, "Use it."

Min Wenyu pressed the space bar to light up the screen, and his email interface appeared before him: "Wow, how many emails have you received? Do you have to know so many people to do business?"

"We're having a test of the campus network tomorrow, and we'll invite them to participate in the internal testing," Chen Guiliang explained.

Jiang Junlai exclaimed in surprise, "It's done so quickly? I want to participate in the closed beta test too!"

“I’ll give you an invitation code if you’re willing to come,” Chen Guiliang said. “Just close my email.”

Senior Min bought a computer during his freshman year; it was a secondhand item costing a few hundred yuan, but he sold it because it affected his studies.

He now uses Chen Guiliang's computer every day.

Chen Guiliang thought for a moment, then sent a text message to Wang Kai, the incubation project manager: "Teacher Wang, the campus network will be in closed beta tomorrow. You are welcome to come and provide guidance."

Wang Kai replied to the text message instantly: "You guys are really fast. I'll definitely come and watch when the time comes."

Chen Guiliang offered a few more compliments, then tossed his phone aside and lay on the bed, not wanting to move.

Doing all this stuff tonight is more mentally exhausting than attending classes all day.

He actually preferred to live a carefree life, writing to earn money when he ran out of money.

But having been reborn, I'm unwilling to give up without starting a business.

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(Thanks to the guild leader who's too tired to run anymore for the generous donation.)
(End of this chapter)