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Chapter 92 0090 [While you're starting school, I'll start a company]

After military training, we took a bus back to school.

Room 404 still only had Chen Guiliang and Jiang Junlai.

The remaining two, according to the rules of the Yuanpei Class, are likely to be second- or third-year students.

Because multiple grades have military training, the start of the semester this year was particularly late, from September 13th to 17th (depending on the department).

The day after returning to school, while other departments were conducting orientation for new students, the Yuanpei Class held a course selection planning meeting.

The whole class was both excited and bewildered.

The entire densely packed course schedule of Peking University was laid out in front of them for them to choose from at will, and they could even enroll in courses from the medical school.

When we came back from lunch at the cafeteria, students in rooms 403 and 404 were talking about course selection.

"The course schedule is giving me decision paralysis," complained Deng Chen from room 403 across the hall.

Jiang Junlai asked, "Chen Guiliang, what course combination do you want to choose?"

Chen Guiliang said, "It's still early, let's take our time choosing. Over the next few days, we'll be attending lectures by both professional and part-time mentors. We'll see which mentor is better at persuading us and can convince us."

"I'm definitely not going to switch to science in the future." As the top liberal arts student in the province, Yunfan immediately made this vow.

Back at the entrance of 404.

Jiang Junlai exclaimed with delight, "The door wasn't closed properly, and a new roommate has arrived."

Two new roommates have arrived.

One of them is currently in the dormitory.

The other person's bed wasn't even made; their suitcase was thrown on the empty bed, and there was a computer on the table, but they were nowhere to be found.

"Hello, my name is Min Wenyu. I'm a sophomore, majoring in humanities, and I'll choose my major next semester." The speaker was wearing a T-shirt, had a side-parted hairstyle, and was slightly thin.

Chen Guiliang went over and shook hands: "Hello, Senior Brother Min, my name is Chen Guiliang."

Min Wenyu smiled and said, "I've heard so much about you. You're very popular on Peking University BBS."

Jiang Junlai also introduced himself and couldn't wait to ask, "Senior Brother Min, how did you choose your courses?"

Min Wenyu said, "I won't go into the required courses. I also chose courses such as 'Principles of Economics,' 'Behavioral Economics,' 'Social Statistics,' 'Fieldwork Methods,' 'History of Western Art,' 'Basic Physics Experiments,' and 'General Introduction to Archaeology.'"

"General Introduction to Archaeology?" Jiang Junlai asked in surprise.

Min Wenyu said, "This course is very popular. I went to the computer lab at dawn and stayed up all night watching the computers. I had to race against time to get a spot when the online course selection opened!"

Jiang Jun looked at Chen Guiliang.

Chen Guiliang also couldn't understand why "General Introduction to Archaeology" was being snapped up so frantically.

"Can I choose courses online?" Chen Guiliang asked.

Min Wenyu nodded: "The school has a course selection website, but the webpage is very crude and rudimentary. The course selection function opens at six o'clock in the morning on the first day of each semester."

Chen Guiliang pointed to the suitcase on the empty bed: "What's this senior's name?"

"Guo Feng, a junior in college, is a genius."

Min Wenyu laughed and said, "It seems like he's deliberately choosing courses randomly. He's studying biology, but he's also taken courses in ecology, human geography, sociology, ancient architecture, history, statistics, computer science, and so on."

"Can I graduate with this?" Jiang Junlai was a little confused.

Min Wenyu said, "He's almost earned enough credits and will graduate once his thesis is passed. But this guy... how should I put it, he's very lost. He doesn't even know what he should do."

Chen Guiliang was overjoyed; he finally had a quirky roommate.

The Yuanpei Class is never short of oddballs.

There were even students who were admitted to university through the chemistry gold medal program, begged their professors to write letters of recommendation for them in their senior year, interned as photography assistants on film sets, then directed a short film, and went abroad to study finance at a prestigious university.

There are also top-scoring liberal arts students who were admitted to Peking University but ended up transferring to the mathematics department while also minoring in history and philosophy...

The widely circulated paleontology graduation photo featuring a single student was also from the Yuanpei Program. She was the only student in the entire program, and the curriculum spanned multiple fields including biology, geology, and environmental science. Academicians and professors provided one-on-one instruction. (This program typically only had one student per year; admitting two was a cause for celebration.)
The phone rang; it was Bian Guanyue calling.

"I've finished military training and gone back to school. What about you?" Bian Guanyue asked.

Chen Guiliang, lying in bed, said, "I went back to school yesterday."

Bian Guanyue said, "Wu Meng chatted with me on QQ. She's in room 105 on the 36th floor. I also gave her your current phone number. She said she'd like to ask you to have lunch together at the cafeteria sometime. Is your place far from hers?"

Chen Guiliang said, "It's not far. I live upstairs from her."

"You lied to me again!" Bian Guanyue said in a slightly coquettish tone.

Chen Guiliang said, "I'm not lying to you. I'm in room 404 on the 36th floor. This dormitory building is mixed-gender."

"It really is close..." Bian Guanyue said speechlessly.

Next, Bian Guanyue talked about her five roommates. She said that four of them were very nice, but one of them was particularly difficult and practically a lunatic.

Chen Guiliang offered a few words of comfort: "Let's all get together for National Day, and invite Li Rui too."

“Okay!” Bian Guanyue said happily.

We chatted for more than half an hour before hanging up.

"Girlfriend?" Jiang Junlai asked, as if he were a curious child.

Chen Guiliang gave an ambiguous reply: "Yes."

Min Wenyu pointed to a row of copies of the History of Ming and asked, "Did you bring these?"

"Check the information," Chen Guiliang said.

"Oh, right, I also brought something nice with me."

Chen Guiliang ran to room 403 and knocked on the door: "Yunfan, Deng Chen, come play cards!"

"hit what?"

Upon hearing about playing cards, the provincial and municipal top scorers across the hall immediately perked up.

Chen Guiliang took out a modified version of "Three Kingdoms Kill" from his drawer and said to Min Wenyu, "I made this card game myself. Why don't you play a round, Senior Brother Min?"

Min Wenyu leaned closer to take a look and saw that in the middle of each card, there was a correction sheet with various things written on it using a pen.

It also has crooked drawings of Bagua, peaches, and a long spear, among other things.

The general cards are drawn more abstractly, like Diao Chan. She's just a stick figure with long hair to indicate she's female, and there's a note next to her: "I am Diao Chan, I am very beautiful."

"Cao Cao. [Cunning Hero] When you take damage, you can gain the card that caused that damage. [Protect the Emperor] Ruler Skill, when you need..."

Jiang Junlai, Yun Fan, and Deng Chen were also looking at their cards.

"It looks like a lot of fun."

"Let's play a game and see."

"..."

They're all smart people; they'll figure out how to play quickly.

In the first two or three games, I wasn't familiar with the game and made all sorts of random moves. But gradually I got the hang of it and almost turned "Three Kingdoms Kill" into "Werewolf".

These top scorers and first-prize winners aren't just good at studying; they can be just as wild when it comes to having fun. Especially Senior Brother Min, who took a lot of courses and lacked entertainment, he quickly became obsessed with "Three Kingdoms Kill".

We played until evening, and only stopped when we got hungry.

On the way to the cafeteria, Min Wenyu said, "No one's allowed to run away after we finish eating, let's continue playing cards!" Yunfan asked, "Are there any other ways to play with more people?"

“There are eight players in the game,” Chen Guiliang said.

Min Wenyu said, "Then let's play an eight-player game and find three more people."

Just as I came downstairs, Wu Meng called: "Haha, Master Chen, you actually live in the same building as me. This is my phone number, I bought it with my prize money."

“I’m going out to eat, so I’ll be right at the entrance of the dormitory building,” Chen Guiliang said.

"Wait."

Less than two minutes later, four female students from the Chinese Literature Department arrived.

They were all just average-looking and didn't know how to dress up, yet Wu Meng was actually the prettiest girl in their dorm.

Chen Guiliang is attracted to good looks and remains indifferent to these four girls.

"Hello, Master Chen!"

"Haha, I didn't expect you to live on the 36th floor."

"You must sign my book when it's published."

"..."

Several girls chattered amongst themselves. Even if they didn't know Chen Guiliang before, Wu Meng had introduced him to them in recent days.

Two girls even joined in, calling him "Master Chen".

While eating in the cafeteria, the boys and girls from the rice-growing area started complaining again that the food in the first cafeteria was too hard.

Chen Guiliang poured the free seaweed and egg drop soup into his rice and let it soak for a while, then sighed, "I have a bad stomach; I'm just naturally suited to be a kept man."

There was a particularly bold Chinese literature major named Xia Man who joked, "Then you can just live off a woman, and I'll try to become a rich woman."

"Master Chen has a girlfriend who is studying in the capital. Her family is extremely wealthy." Entrusted by Bian Guanyue, Wu Meng quickly spoke up to help her friend guard against female predators.

Xia Man sighed, "Alas, it seems I have no chance. It's so hard to start my own business and become a rich woman."

Senior Brother Min said with a smile, "The rice in the first canteen is hard because the chef doesn't add enough water each time. You can try other canteens."

Hearing this, Jiang Junlai was very conflicted.

Should I eat at the nearest cafeteria for a decent meal, or go further afield for a more affordable option?
It's such a difficult decision.

Wu Meng inquired, "Can students in your Yuanpei Class take courses from our Chinese Department?"

“Any course is fine,” Senior Brother Min helped answer. “I have two courses, and I chose Guanghua College.”

"You can even choose from Guanghua College?"

The other girl was stunned; it seemed they already knew how awesome Guanghua College was.

Min Wenyu said, "Some popular courses are very difficult to get into. You have to stay up all night in front of your computer, and the spots are usually snapped up within a minute or two."

Senior Brother Min seemed to enjoy bragging, and he started talking about all sorts of amazing people from previous Yuanpei classes, leaving the four Chinese literature major girls stunned.

Wu Meng muttered, "Luckily I didn't attend the Yuanpei Class. You guys are too... too mysterious."

After dinner, we chatted all the way back to the dorm and continued playing Three Kingdoms Kill.

Furthermore, they brought three more people from a nearby dormitory, and they started playing an eight-player game.

Two of them were in Chen Guiliang's class.

A girl named Zhao Beibei is pretty and delicate; if she dressed as a woman, she would probably be quite popular with perverts.

Another one is Zeng Changgao, who is the science study committee member of their class.

After playing cards for a while, Chen Guiliang asked Min Wenyu, "Senior Brother Min, are there any business secretarial companies around here?"

"What is a business secretarial company?" Min Wenyu asked rhetorically.

Chen Guiliang said, "It's a company that provides services such as registered address hosting, accounting agency, and receiving legal documents."

“Just say business agency, people in the south also call it business agent,” Min Wenyu played a card, “Take advantage of the situation! Hey you… let me touch it.”

The Company Law will not be significantly revised until next year.

At that time, the threshold for registering a company was still very high, and the registered capital needed to be fully paid up. Many small companies would find intermediaries to handle the registration.

Chen Guiliang asked, "If I want to start a company, does Senior Brother Min know any reliable agencies or intermediaries?"

Several freshmen were surprised to hear this.

School hasn't even officially started yet, and Chen Guiliang is already starting a company?
Without hesitation, Min Wenyu said, "Zhongguancun has incubator projects; you can give it a try."

Chen Guiliang asked, "Are incubation projects in Zhongguancun easy to apply for?"

Min Wenyu took out his phone: "Let me ask the senior students at Guanghua College."

He was playing cards while making a phone call.

He only hung up the phone after he was killed as an inside agent, saying, "There are three types of incubators in Zhongguancun: government-run, university-run, and enterprise-run."

"The most famous government-run startups are Zhongguancun Startup Building and Haidian Overseas Students Entrepreneurship Park. They have quite high requirements for the qualifications of entrepreneurs and projects."

“University-based incubators are more suitable for you. Both Peking University and Tsinghua University have science and technology parks.”

"Don't worry about the enterprise type; it's too complicated and has too many constraints."

Chen Guiliang asked, "What do I need to do to apply for the Zhongguancun Peking University Incubator Project?"

Min Wenyu said, "Submit the materials to the Peking University Science Park Incubator Management Office, which is located near the East Gate of Peking University. You will need proof of identity as a Peking University student... well, just bring your student ID and national ID card. You will also need a business plan, and it would be even better if you had proof of your scientific and technological achievements."

"Is it difficult to pass?" Chen Guiliang asked.

Min Wenyu said, "It shouldn't be difficult."

"What if I only want to register a company and also use a registered address as a proxy?" Chen Guiliang asked.

Min Wenyu said with a smile, "Just register at a registered address, and you only need to pay an annual fee of 2000 yuan. It comes with three years of free financial and tax services, and we'll even help you get your company license."

Chen Guiliang then asked, "If I gain some fame, are there any further preferential policies?"

Min Wenyu said, "We provide low-cost office space, with rent of just a few dozen yuan per square meter per month. Some are even as low as 20 yuan per square meter per month, but the environment is a bit poor. We also help you with your financial and tax matters for free, and share some of Peking University's meeting rooms and experimental equipment. If you do exceptionally well, we can even help you apply for angel investment and government science and technology funds. For the really outstanding ones, we might even help you apply for Torch Program projects."

Chen Guiliang couldn't help but exclaim: Tsinghua and Peking University are indeed amazing; they are great places to start a business.

"What kind of company do you want to start?" Jiang Junlai asked.

Chen Guiliang said, "It's not certain yet."

The next morning, Chen Guiliang got up early.

He took out a pen and paper and wrote down the two keywords: "Three Kingdoms Kill" and "Xiaonei.com".

Three Kingdoms Kill is a quick way to make money, so you have to get it first.

If Renren.com is done well, it can attract huge investments, but that's not something that can be achieved overnight.

Even before the freshmen had finished their military training and attended the freshman orientation ceremony, Chen Guiliang had already arrived at the Peking University Science Park Incubator Management Office on Haidian Road with his business plan.

Master Chen is starting a company.

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