Rebirth: Starting with Capturing the Goddess Mentor

Chapter 210 The 2014 World Cup is here

6 month 25 day.

Wednesday, 5 p.m.

"Jingle Bell."

The bell rang, signaling the end of the last exam, "Monetary Banking." The students of Class 4 of Economics and Management walked out of the examination room chatting and laughing.

This marks the official start of their wonderful summer vacation and also signifies the official end of their freshman year!

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The barbecue restaurant was steaming hot, and the grill pans were sizzling.

The sound of cicadas chirping outside the window mingled with the noise inside the shop, and beer foam piled up like a small mountain at the rim of the glass.

The four people from room 303 are having a meal together here.

Li Wenxin piled pork belly onto the baking tray, Wang Risheng busied himself preparing the sauce, and Zhang Feifan raised his Budweiser to toast everyone: "To our lost freshman year!"

"Come on, cheers!"

All four of them drank it all in one gulp.

After finishing a beer, Chen Yan asked while biting into a crispy chicken wing, "Are you all going home tomorrow?"

"Yes, I bought a ticket for 9 a.m. tomorrow."

After Zhang Feifan finished speaking, he looked at Chen Yan and asked, "Third Brother, you're not leaving tonight, are you?"

Chen Yan shook his head, "There's no rush. I plan to leave tomorrow morning."

"Oh, okay, it's been a long time since we 303 stayed up all night together. Tonight we'll watch the World Cup while having beer and fried chicken!"

"The World Cup?" Chen Yan frowned slightly.

"Yeah, Third Brother, you didn't know? Tonight's match is Italy vs. Uruguay."

Oh right, he suddenly remembered.

There was a huge upset in the 2014 World Cup!

In the first semi-final match of the Brazil World Cup, Brazil lost 1-7 or 1-6, I think. Anyway, they suffered a crushing defeat to Germany, which was unexpected and shocked the world!
What the hell!

Oh crap!
This...

"Hahahahahaha..."

Thinking of this, Chen Yan couldn't hold back his laughter any longer and suddenly burst into laughter in the barbecue restaurant.

Li Wenxin: ...

Zhang Feifan: ...

Wang Risheng: ...

"Is it really necessary to be this excited about summer vacation?"

"No, did something happen to the third brother?"

"A hen."

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The streetlights were already on when the party ended. The four of them walked back to the dormitory, their shadows stretching long under the streetlights...

The next morning, just as dawn was breaking, Chen Yan drove to Shanghai.

The subway ads have been running for 10 days, and he checks the backend data every day.

So far, the advertising has been very effective.

DAU (Daily Active Users) has increased from 300 to 2000.

At this critical juncture, as the boss, he naturally had to go back to take command and oversee the team; otherwise, without a leader, morale would easily collapse.

Once people's hearts are broken, it will be difficult to succeed in anything.

On the way, Chen Yan kept thinking about a question.

He now knows the answer to this World Cup's biggest upset, and he certainly can't miss this once-in-a-century opportunity to make a fortune. But... where will he get the initial funds to buy lottery tickets?
I only have 2 yuan in my hands. Should I continue to ask the company for an advance on my salary?
Should I borrow money from my parents?

But I just received an advance of three months' salary a month ago. If I were to receive another advance, wouldn't that make me a laughing stock among the investors?

Investors would probably be scared away if they encountered a CEO with such unstable finances.

Hmm, this plan won't work.

As for borrowing money from Old Chen and Empress Dowager He, although I don't know exactly how much savings my family has, I think it wouldn't exceed 30 yuan, which is still a bit too little.

Damn, neither of these methods seems quite suitable...

Alas, even a skilled cook can't cook without rice!

Chen Yan let out a heavy sigh.

Upon arriving at the Shanghai branch, Chen Yan immediately convened a meeting.

"Brothers, I have some good news to tell you. The subway ads have been running for 10 days, and our [Boss Direct Recruitment] DAU has already exceeded 2000, and it's still rising."

"Don't underestimate these 2000 DAU. If we can add two zeros to the end, then it will be a billion-dollar company."

"But we can't get carried away. The better things are, the more cautious and hardworking we need to be. So starting today, I'll go out into the market with you and help us expand our customer base!"

After the meeting, Chen Yan led more than forty business development managers directly into an office building in Pudong New Area.

Yes, Chen Yan himself has been recruiting on [Boss Zhipin] recently, and more than a dozen new people have joined.

When the elevator doors opened on the 28th floor, they were directly facing the reception desk of a medium-sized internet company.

Chen Yan turned around and faced the crowd: "Which veteran is willing to go up first and set an example for the newcomers?"

Wang Yang was the first to step forward: "President Chen, let me do it."

Chen Yan nodded: "Okay, keep it up."

Then, Wang Yang walked directly into the internet company.

"Hello, we are from the Boss Direct Recruitment platform and would like to discuss recruitment cooperation with your company's representative."

Wang Yang gave a bright smile and handed over his business card.

Just as the receptionist was about to politely decline, he immediately added, "The 'Find a job? Go to Boss Zhipin' ad that's been all over the subway lately is us. We currently have over 1000 companies on the platform, and our talent pool receives over a thousand resumes every day."

This sentence successfully caught the attention of the receptionist, who had seen the giant lightbox advertisement for "Boss Direct Recruitment" at the subway station when she took the subway to work that morning.

So she called the HR director, and then Wang Yang was invited into the company's conference room.

Chen Yan and the others waited in the corridor outside.

Ten minutes later, Wang Yang sat in the conference room, with the platform's backend data scrolling on the projector.

When he presented a case of a tech company recruiting a CTO through the platform in three days, the HR director's fingers began to tap unconsciously on the table.

“Your model is indeed novel, but we value the accuracy of the resumes even more,” the director said, adjusting his glasses.

Wang Yang immediately pulled up a customized plan: "As you can see, our software has screened 20 qualified candidates for the Java development position at this company, including 3 with experience at major companies."

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Fifteen minutes later, Wang Yang walked out of the company with a smile. When he saw Chen Yan, he gave him an OK sign: "President Chen, it's all done."

"very good."

Chen Yan gave him a thumbs up and continued, "See? This business is actually very simple. To put it bluntly, we invite them to join our platform without charging them any money. We're providing them with a completely free service. As long as we use the right approach, what reason would they have to refuse?"

"Next, I'll be assigning mentors to the new employees. You veterans need to take good care of the newcomers. If the new employees perform well, their mentors will also receive a commission. Do you understand?"

"Understood, don't worry, Mr. Chen, we will definitely take good care of them."

Everyone said in unison.

Next, Chen Yan matched each of the dozen or so newcomers with a corresponding mentor.

Of course, he chose a few veterans with relatively good performance to be the mentors of the newcomers.

After the matching was completed, Chen Yan said, "Alright, let's finish running this office building today. Everyone, let's get to work."

As soon as he finished speaking, more than forty BD managers dispersed like a tide, heading towards different floors.

Chen Yan also personally led two newcomers straight to a fintech company on the 35th floor.

For the next few days, he worked almost every day on the front lines with the BD managers. In the evenings, he would treat everyone to dinner and discuss the various problems and setbacks encountered during the day.

It must be said that having the boss personally participate in business development alongside the employees greatly enhances their enthusiasm and initiative.

Just like when "Jin Dong" launched its food delivery business in later years, founder Dong Ge personally took to the food delivery business.

This team of over forty people now has an exceptionally strong sense of cohesion.

Chen Yan could see something called "hope" in their eyes.

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One week later, on July 2nd.

Jiang Zhixin sent a message.

Jiang Yue Zhao Zhixin: [Chen Yan, I'm on summer vacation too!]

Chen Yingjun: [Congratulations, baby! What are your plans for this summer vacation?]

Jiang Yue Zhao Zhixin: [We've made plans with Weiwei to go to Dali and Xishuangbanna in Yunnan.]

Chen Yingjun: [When are we going?]

Jiang Yue Zhao Zhixin: [It's not decided yet, let's rest for a while first. By the way, you said you'd help me buy a house, when are we going to look at houses? My parents have already transferred the money for the house to me.]

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(There will be another chapter tonight, before midnight)
(End of this chapter)