Rebirth: Starting with Capturing the Goddess Mentor

Chapter 139: The PPT of Getting Something for Nothing
Upon hearing the word "flirting," Liu Shishi blushed slightly, then quickly composed herself and said coldly, "Chen Yan, you don't think I'm chatting with you because I like you, do you?"

Is not it?

It's said that women are like wolves at thirty and tigers at forty.

You're thirty-five now, isn't that the age when you're at your most vigorous?

It's perfectly understandable that a single woman of this age would be attracted to the body of an 18-year-old innocent boy like me.

Although Chen Yan thought this way, he said it aloud: "How could that be, Sister Shishi? I'm not that narcissistic."

Liu Shishi snorted coldly: "That's good."

"I heard that [Daily Part-Time Jobs] is preparing for its Series A funding round?"

Chen Yan nodded: "That's right, thanks to Sister Shishi's constant care, [Daily Part-Time Job] has been able to develop so smoothly."

Upon hearing this, Liu Shishi suddenly said sourly, "If President Chen makes it onto the rich list in the future, he won't forget about us old friends, will he?"

"Rich List?"

Chen Yan was slightly taken aback. "Sister Shishi, you flatter me too much. I'm just a poor college student who can't even afford 100,000 yuan right now. I wouldn't even dare to dream of being on the rich list!"

Hearing Chen Yan complain about being poor, Liu Shishi couldn't help but laugh: "Anyway, I have confidence in you. If you really become a big boss in the future, don't forget your sister Shishi."

"In the future..."

Chen Yan emphasized those two words, saying, "I will definitely never forget them in the future."

Liu Shishi understood the ambiguity in his words, but she wasn't angry. She just rolled her eyes at him, annoyed: "President Chen, do you want to sleep with me?"

"Hehe~ No, no."

Chen Yan hurriedly waved his hand.

"That's good. I thought Mr. Chen had some improper thoughts about me, a middle-aged woman."

Liu Shishi's tone was somewhat sarcastic, and Chen Yan couldn't tell whether she wanted to be fucked or not.

Honestly, we're all adults, can't we just be direct?
However, Chen Yan is not short of girls now, and he is too lazy to spend time dealing with other women.

So he made an excuse and said, "Well, Sister Shishi, I have a class this afternoon, so I'll be going now."

Liu Shishi paused for a moment, then said casually, "Okay, you can go back now. I won't see you off."

Despite saying that, her gaze unconsciously followed Chen Yan's departing figure, a hint of disappointment flashing in her eyes.

……

After returning to school, Chen Yan didn't go to class. He figured that even if he did, he probably wouldn't pass the final exam anyway, so he had completely given up.

After parking the car, Chen Yan rushed into the 102 Entrepreneurship Base.

When the office staff saw their boss, whom they hadn't seen for half a month, they all greeted him warmly.

Chen Yan responded: "Stop flattering me, working hard and making more money for me is the most important thing."

All employees: "..."

After returning to his workstation, Chen Yan first asked Zheng Jia to print out several copies of Daily Technology's financial statements for the past few months, and then called Kong Zhenbang into the conference room.

In the conference room, Chen Yan got straight to the point: "Zhenbang, what stage is the development of [Boss Direct Hire] at?"

"We are currently working on a recommendation engine, which I have named 'Develop 1' engine. Once 'Develop 1' is completed, the remaining two days will be finished."

"How much longer do you expect it to take?"

"Uh……"

Kong Zhenbang scratched the back of his head, a little embarrassed: "Boss, well... I can't say for sure. There's still a technical hurdle we haven't overcome, so when we can actually finish it depends entirely on when we can overcome that technical hurdle."

After Kong Zhenbang finished speaking, the conference room fell silent.

Chen Yan seemed to be deep in thought, his fingers rhythmically tapping on the table.

After a moment, he spoke, "Here's what we'll do: try to poach someone from [Toutiao]. Their recommendation engine is probably the best in China." Hearing that Chen Yan wanted to poach someone, Kong Zhenbang immediately gave him a timeframe he thought he could manage: "Boss, give me two months. I'm confident I can do it!"

"No, no, no, two months is too long. Every second counts now; time is the most precious thing!"

"Ok."

Seeing that his boss had made up his mind, Kong Zhenbang had no choice but to obey.

He felt somewhat sorry for Chen Yan, because as the company's technical director, he couldn't solve the boss's problem and had to spend extra money to hire outside help.

Chen Yan didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Currently, there is only one company making recommendation engines on the market, and that is Zhang Yiming's [Today's Headlines].

Instead of foolishly developing your own recommendation engine, it's better to poach talent with high salaries and use other people's excellent achievements first.

Anyway, you're in the news recommendation business, and I'm in the talent recommendation business, so our businesses don't conflict, right?

……

That evening, in dormitory 303.

Li Wenxin, Zhang Feifan, and Wang Risheng are playing League of Legends together.

As soon as Chen Yan pushed open the door and went in, he heard all sorts of extremely vulgar curses.

"Fuck your mother, my grandma could play better than you with her feet."

"Dude, were you eating in the back during the raid? How did you choke to death?"

"Bro, is it because the demolition compensation hasn't been paid yet that the turret isn't being demolished?"

……

Upon hearing the door open, the three of them looked towards the entrance.

"Third brother, you're back?"

"Third Brother, you're back just in time. Let's play together next game. Damn, the teammates I got randomly matched with are terrible."

"I won't play today, I have some important things to do later."

Hearing Chen Yan say this, the three of them felt somewhat disappointed.

That's how college students are; when they're having fun or indulging in decadence, they feel much more at ease if they drag others along with them.

Conversely, if a classmate is studying or working diligently nearby, he will feel guilty, and even playing games will seem less appealing.

However, Chen Yan really had important things to do.

I'm meeting with the people from Penguin's investment department tomorrow afternoon; he needs to finish two business plans (BPs) tonight.

As for why there are two portions?
One is a "Daily Part-Time Job" job, and the other is a "Boss Direct Recruitment" job that hasn't even hatched yet.

Of course, if this is your first time starting a business, don't be like Chen Yan, who went to find venture capitalists with a PowerPoint presentation before even having developed a product.

Others will most likely think you're an idiot.

The reason why Jia Yueting can build cars with PowerPoint presentations and Chen Yan dares to meet venture capitalists with PowerPoint presentations is mainly because it is not their first time starting a business.

Take Jia Yueting as an example. At that time, LeEco was at its peak, and Jia Yueting himself was a billionaire. Based on this, he was able to later receive hundreds of billions of dollars in venture capital with just a PowerPoint presentation.

While Chen Yan may not be as impressive as Jia Yueting, he has successfully built "Daily Part-Time Jobs" from scratch, which is an endorsement that investors can trust.

Ultimately, the essence of investing is investing in people.

When investment institutions select startups, the first thing they look at is the people, and the second thing they look at is the project itself.

That's why Lei Jun said, "As long as I want to start a business, even if I haven't figured out what I want to do, investors will rush to send money to my home."

……

(End of this chapter)