The younger generation, starting from where the wind blows...

Chapter 205 I, Ye Jinyan, have invested in this project.
"Mr. Ye, I'm just an ordinary person, your request—"

Yang Muyi was interrupted by Ye Jinyan waving her hand before he could finish his refusal:
“I’m just an ordinary person like you, but as you sing in your lyrics, a vulgar person like me never likes to pretend to be profound, but sometimes when I hear old songs, I will suddenly be lost in thought. Building a library is my old song, and it is also my lifelong obsession.”

Ye Jinyan looked at Yang Muye with a firm gaze.

"Does it really have to be done?" Yang Muye asked.

"Correct."

"Even if it's meaningless, we still have to do it?"

"of course not."

Ye Jinyan adjusted his glasses, a glint of shrewdness flashing in his eyes.

"Reading is a habit, and so is going to the library. Going to the library is different from going to the mall. The library can improve one's mood. So how to revitalize the library and attract people to come in is the greatest significance of building a library."

Otherwise, Ye Jinyan has donated funds to build quite a few libraries over the years. If it were just about building libraries, he would have already fulfilled this obsession in his heart.

"President Ye, you're really stubborn," Yang Muye couldn't help but complain.

Ye Jinyan just smiled when he heard this, but Fan Jingang couldn't help but give Yang Muye a thumbs up.

As Ye Jinyan's secretary, Fan Jingang knew all too well how stubborn his boss was.

Ye Jinyan wanted to tell Yang Muye that stubborn people are often more likely to succeed, but then she changed her mind and gave up.

He felt that Yang Muyi was unlikely to listen to his "preaching".

To put it nicely, this is called having one's own opinions.

To put it bluntly, isn't this a kind of obsession?

Moreover, Ye Jinyan came here today specifically to seek advice from Yang Muyi, so she needs to be mindful of her position.

"So you have a way, right?" Ye Jinyan asked, looking at Yang Muye with anticipation.

"I can only guarantee that it will attract people to the library. Even so, Mr. Ye has to lower his expectations, because most people who are attracted to the library by my method will just go in, take a picture, and very few will actually read books. Moreover, this number will decrease over time."

Yang Muye's method is actually based on the model of those popular bookstores from the previous generation to build libraries.

The advantage is that it can quickly generate traffic.

The downside is that it's hard to sustain.

As channels for acquiring knowledge continue to increase, while paper books will not disappear, their function as a collection tool will gradually replace their function as a carrier of knowledge.

To put it bluntly, its purpose is more about showing off than reading itself.

Ye Jinyan's ultimate goal of attracting people to the library and forming a reading habit is destined to be unattainable.

At this moment, Ye Jinyan's stubbornness became apparent.

Even knowing that they can't achieve their goal, they still stubbornly insist on doing it.

In Ye Jinyan's words, one can fall on the road to pursuing one's ideals, but one should not give up on the journey just because one cannot see the possibility of realizing one's ideals.

To prove her determination to Yang Muyi, Ye Jinyan raised her right hand with her five fingers spread, indicating that her investment in the library project would not be less than that amount.

"Fifty million?"

Fan Jingang, who was standing to the side, became anxious: "President Ye, Mr. Yang has already made himself very clear. Isn't it too risky for you to invest so much?"

"Nonsense, I said five hundred million!"

Ye Jinyan glared at Fan Jingang with annoyance.

If you didn't even understand what he was saying, don't interrupt.

Yang Muyi immediately extended his hand to Ye Jinyan.

"Mr. Ye is very generous, deal!"

Ye Jinyan readily shook hands with Yang Muye.

But when Yang Muyi tried to let go, he found that Ye Jinyan was still holding his hand tightly.

"Five hundred million is more than enough, but this money will only be given to you in installments, and before that, I need to see feasible projects."

After saying that, he let go.

So you won't act until you see the rabbit, right?
Yang Muye stared intently at Ye Jinyan in front of him.

"Does Mr. Ye know why Tencent has such a bad reputation in the venture capital circle?"

"Is it because of... plagiarism?"

Ye Jinyan replied thoughtfully.

"That's part of the reason, but it's more because of eating alone."

Yang Muye replied.

There are only two consequences to eating alone: ​​either you vomit after you finish eating, or you vomit while eating.

Tencent undoubtedly belongs to the latter category, which is why it is so hated.

Upon hearing this, Ye Jinyan immediately understood.

Yang Muye was worried that after hearing his plan, he would leave him and go it alone.

Fan Jingang, who was standing nearby, also noticed this and immediately vouched for Ye Jinyan:
"Mr. Yang, the reputation of our Jingyan Group and General Manager Ye is well-known in the industry."

Before he could finish speaking, Yang Muye's voice rang out.

"Mr. Ye, even if I trust you, would you feel at ease if I just presented the plan like this? Wouldn't you worry that I'm trying to trick you?"

What a thoughtful gesture!

Ye Jinyan laughed: "You're actually trying to tell me that the most reliable relationship in the world isn't mutual trust, but rather having common interests, right?"

"Mr. Ye's insight is brilliant!"

Yang Muyi gave a sincere compliment.

Ye Jinyan turned to look at Fan Jingang:
"Could you tell me more about that matter I asked you to investigate before?"

Fan Jingang was taken aback, then realized that Ye Jinyan was referring to the investigation into Yang Muye's background.

Based on the previous conversation between Ye Jinyan and Yang Muye, Fan Jingang immediately understood Ye Jinyan's plan.

"Mr. Yang currently owns four companies: Shanye Technology, which is responsible for game and various software program development; Xingchen Dahai, which is an internet celebrity brokerage company; Bawangchaji, which is a chain milk tea shop; and Cainiao Station, which is a logistics and express delivery supermarket."

As Fan Jingang spoke, he looked at Yang Muyi and asked, "Mr. Yang, I don't think I've missed anything, have I?"

"Two were missing."

Seeing Fan Jingang's stunned expression, Yang Muye explained with a smile, "Of course, both projects are still in their early stages, and the company hasn't been registered yet."

Fan Jingang looked sullen.

The company isn't even registered yet, are you kidding me?

Ye Jinyan was quite interested in these two projects and asked Yang Muye to tell her about them.

If there are any projects that Ye Jinyan is interested in, he wouldn't mind investing millions in them.

In this way, Ye Jinyan and Yang Muye had common interests and a basis for cooperation.

As for the four projects Fan Jingang mentioned earlier, Ye Jinyan didn't like any of them.

Shanye Technology mainly makes games, and based on the information we have so far, the company is not short of money.

As for Xingchen Dahai and Bawang Chaji, reliable sources have confirmed that these two companies will accept investment from Yang Muye's parents.

The specific details of the cooperation are unclear, but it is certain that neither company is short of funds at this stage.

As for the remaining Cainiao Stations, although the concept of a logistics and express delivery supermarket sounds impressive, the shrewd Ye Jinyan immediately saw that the project's "financial prospects" were unclear.

The best outcome would be to sell it to online shopping companies like Alibaba or JD.com after it reaches a certain scale.

Only in the hands of such companies can the strategic value of express delivery supermarkets be truly realized. Therefore, of the four projects, the other three are essentially "raising sons," while only Cainiao Station is "raising pigs."

Once the pigs are fattened up, they can be sold for a good price.

However, the risks are also very high.

First, they might die halfway through raising them; second, they might fatten them up only to find that the buyer doesn't like them.

Ye Jinyan will only consider investing in Cainiao Station if there are absolutely no other options.

"I have two projects in hand. One is an online novel reading website, but I don't think you, Mr. Ye, would be interested in that."

Yang Muye was not joking when he said this.

Ye Jinyan's greatest ideal is to get more people into libraries, and online novel websites are the "natural enemy" of offline reading places like libraries.

Unless Ye Jinyan has been brainwashed, she wouldn't do something so foolish as to "aid the enemy."

"What about the other project?"

Although Ye Jinyan did not express this attitude directly, his answer was enough to explain the matter.

“I bought a small courtyard house in Yanjing and am currently renovating it. In the future, I will turn it into a popular homestay product and promote it in more cities. At present, there is a big funding gap.”

Yang Muye was very blunt, he was practically telling Ye Jinyan to put money into it.

Guest house?

Ye Jinyan glanced at Fan Jingang seemingly casually. Fan Jingang understood and immediately took out his phone, walked to the side, and called his subordinates to investigate various information in the relevant industry.

Jingyan Group is a real estate company, and homestays also involve buying or leasing land for construction and renovation.

match of major.

Ye Jinyan even suspected that Yang Muye was waiting for her here.

After a moment's thought, Ye Jinyan called out Fan Jingang's name.

Fan Jingang immediately ended the call, put down his phone, and quickly walked over.

"Have someone draft an investment contract right now, tentatively for 20 million. Go do it now!"

Seeing that Ye Jin's tone left no room for doubt, Fan Jingang swallowed back the words of dissuasion that were on the tip of his tongue.

Large companies are very efficient; less than ten minutes later, Fan Jingang returned with the printed contract.

Ye Jinyan didn't care whether she looked at it or not, she just signed it and handed the contract to Yang Muye.

"Can I rest easy now?"

Seeing that Ye Jinyan was indeed very anxious, Yang Muye didn't rush to look at the contract.

Of course, there was no rush to sign.

The biggest benefit of this contract is its credibility. With the contract in hand, Yang Muye can confidently tell Ye Jinyan about his idea for the internet-famous library.

"Mr. Ye, what was your idea for the previous library project? Would you mind telling me about it?"

"We wanted to build a library in our community, just like we do with community libraries abroad, but apart from me, no one in the company was willing to support it."

Speaking of this, Ye Jinyan seemed quite helpless.

On the contrary, Yang Muye was not surprised at all.

Following the example of foreign community libraries and building libraries in residential areas, is this just a case of someone reading too much "Yilin" magazine?

In fact, community libraries abroad do not play as significant a role as some "public intellectuals" claim.

And the general public abroad simply doesn't have that many people who love learning and reading.

Yang Muye couldn't think of any other purpose for libraries attached to residential communities in China besides driving up housing prices and increasing the burden on homebuyers.

The most obvious evidence is that a study room, a feature that used to be a common feature in commercial housing, has been abandoned in more and more new home designs.

After all, with housing prices rising higher and higher, the cost-effectiveness of setting up a study at home for ordinary people is getting lower and lower.

Even home studies are gradually disappearing, so isn't it ridiculous that the community wants to build a library?

And in wealthy residential areas, it's even less necessary. People have their own study at home, so why would they need to go to a library to read?
"Mr. Ye, under what circumstances do you think a person is most likely to enter a library?"

Ye Jinyan wanted to say that he lacked knowledge and was spiritually empty, but when he saw Yang Muye's expression when he asked the question, he knew that this was definitely not the correct answer.

He simply kept quiet and waited for Yang Muye to reveal the answer himself.

"My answer is that I have both time and money."

Then a new problem arose.

When do people have both time and money?

Yang Muye's answer was during his travels.

He then emphasized that the kind of tourism he was referring to was not the kind with a packed itinerary, visiting one attraction after another in a whirlwind manner.

Instead, they stay in one place for a few days, slowly experiencing the local culture and natural scenery.

A slow-paced, lifestyle-oriented form of tourism.

Hearing this, Ye Jinyan had already begun to understand what was going on.

"You mean, you want to build the library in a tourist city and turn it into a local attraction to draw visitors in?"

"It would be best to also offer light meals such as tea and coffee; otherwise, simply building a library would be a problem, let alone recouping the investment, and even maintaining it on a daily basis would be difficult."

Yang Muyi immediately poured cold water on Ye Jinyan's enthusiasm.

However, this did not dampen Ye Jinyan's enthusiasm.

After all, this was the most reliable and convincing proposal he had heard that could persuade the company's board of directors to agree.

"anything else?"

Ye Jinyan urged impatiently.

Yang Muye didn't hold back either, and told everyone about the business models of those popular bookstores from his previous life.

"Cultural and creative products can be understood as tourist souvenirs. If a blockbuster product can be made in this area, the profits can be very considerable."

"Then we hold various exhibitions and cultural events to stimulate related consumption."

"In addition, we can seek cooperation with government subsidies and commercial real estate developers to obtain the venue at a lower price or rent, so as to use the library to drive local tourism and business district traffic."

Ye Jinyan is a person whose emotions don't easily fluctuate, but at this moment, his eyes truly shone with excitement.

Ye Jinyan's intuition told him that this was the future blueprint for the library project he had been searching for.

At this moment, Ye Jinyan was no longer thinking about whether or not to invest in this project, but rather how to invest.

Yang Muyi bluntly stated that he did not have that much spare money, so the investment entity could only be Ye Jinyan or Jingyan Group.

I can only offer suggestions, and at most participate to a limited extent.

For example, after the library is built, we can generate buzz about it through the internet.

Ye Jinyan waved his hand.

"Money is not an issue. What do you think should be the name of this library?"

Yang Muye and Fan Jingang, who was standing next to him, were both stunned.

I knew Ye Jinyan was anxious, but I didn't expect her to be this anxious.

It's like two people going on a blind date. As soon as they meet, Ye Jinyan asks the other person if they have decided what to name their future child.
Yang Muye had a sudden inspiration.

"What does Mr. Ye think of Shaohua Bookstore?"

(End of this chapter)