Going home for the Chinese New Year with a year-end bonus of 100 million

Yang Fan quickly browsed the information.

An investment of 100,000 to 150,000 is indeed not a large amount.

Even with double the return, it's only two or three hundred thousand, but... the investment coins are only a little over a thousand, this stuff is valuable!

"Zhang Xiaowen," Yang Fan began, "Tell me your specific plans. If you secure the investment, what are your plans?"

Zhang Xiaowen took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down:

"Brother Yang, my main problem right now is that the equipment can't keep up."

"The camera was entry-level, the lighting was basic, and the shooting environment was just a corner of the dormitory."

"If I had an investment, I would plan to do three things."

She counted on her fingers:

"First, upgrade the equipment. Buy a better camera and lens, along with professional lighting and a backdrop; the estimated cost is 30,000 yuan."

"Second, rent a small studio."

"It doesn't need to be big, ten square meters is enough, but it needs to have a stable shooting environment."

"The monthly rent is around 2,000, with a deposit of three months' rent and one month's rent in advance. Including simple renovations, the initial cost is 20,000."

"Third, content upgrade. I plan to create three series—affordable beauty product reviews, makeup technique tutorials, and in-depth collaborations with domestic brands. Each series requires sample purchases and content production costs, so I've allocated 30,000 yuan."

"In addition, I need to set aside living expenses to ensure I can dedicate myself full-time, which is about 10,000 yuan."

She looked up at Yang Fan: "The total is... around 90,000. If Brother Yang is willing to invest, I can just take 100,000, and keep the extra 10,000 as an emergency reserve."

After she finished speaking, she waited nervously for a response.

Yang Fan opened the folder and quickly browsed the data inside.

Account followers: 8.2 on Douyin and 6.5 on Xiaohongshu.

The average number of views/reads has been steadily increasing over the past three months. Fan demographics show that 85% are women aged 18-24, with moderate spending power but good engagement.

It is indeed a safe and small project.

With low risk and stable returns, although the potential is not high, it is the perfect first investment to test the waters.

and……

Yang Fan glanced at the sentence in the system notes: "Can be used as a source of initial investment coins."

He currently has zero cryptocurrency investment.

If you invest 100,000 and succeed, you will receive a return of over 20%, and the system will return 200,000 plus 1,000 investment coins.

With this 1,000 investment coins, you can buy items in the shop.

Having thought this through, Yang Fan had already made his decision.

He closed the folder and looked at Zhang Xiaowen:

"I've reviewed your proposal. The data is good, and the planning is clear."

Zhang Xiaowen's eyes lit up.

But Yang Fan's next words stunned her.

"One hundred thousand isn't enough," Yang Fan said. "I'll invest two hundred thousand."

"Wh...what?" Zhang Xiaowen thought she had misheard.

"Two hundred thousand," Yang Fan repeated. "In addition to what you just mentioned, add one more thing—hire a part-time assistant."

He looked at the girl, his tone serious:

"You're doing all the planning, filming, editing, and operations all by yourself; it's too inefficient."

"Hire a college student part-time to help you with miscellaneous tasks, so you can focus on content creation."

"The assistant's monthly salary is 2,000. We'll hire him for three months. Including equipment, venue, and content production costs... 200,000 should be enough for six months."

Zhang Xiaowen opened her mouth, unable to speak for a long time.

She had considered the possibility of rejection, the possibility of bargaining, but she never imagined that... the investors would voluntarily add more money.

"Yang... Brother Yang, why..." Her voice trembled.

"I believe in your potential," Yang Fan smiled. "Besides, if you're going to do something, do it well. A half-hearted effort is worse than no effort at all."

He paused for a moment, then said, "Of course, there are conditions."

"Please speak!" Zhang Xiaowen immediately sat up straight.

"First, every expenditure must be documented in detail and reported to me regularly."

"Secondly, I need to see a progress report every two weeks—on fan growth, content data, and business partnerships."

"Third, if the project doesn't improve after six months, I will consider withdrawing my investment."

"Is it possible?"

Zhang Xiaowen nodded vigorously: "Yes! We definitely can!"

Her face flushed with excitement: "Brother Yang, thank you so much! Really... I really don't know what to say..."

Yang Fan waved his hand: "No need to thank me. I'm investing the money in your hopes that you can achieve results."

He took out his phone: "Let's add each other on WeChat. Send me your account information, and I'll have the finance department make the payment in the next couple of days."

"Okay! Okay!" Zhang Xiaowen hurriedly pulled out her phone.

The two added each other on WeChat and chatted briefly about the details.

Before leaving, Zhang Xiaowen bowed deeply:

"Brother Yang, I definitely won't let you down!"

Yang Fan smiled as he watched the girl leave happily.

The first investment is settled.

Less than five minutes after Zhang Xiaowen left, there was another knock on the door of the private room.

Zhou Jin poked his head in: "Brother Fan, is this a convenient time?"

"Come in," Yang Fan said.

Zhou Jin pushed open the door, followed by three boys—Chen Mo, Li Hao, and Wang Tao.

All three were dressed simply in T-shirts and jeans, some with messy hair and others with greasy hair, clearly tech geeks who had stayed up all night. But their eyes were bright, revealing tension and anticipation.

"Fan, this is my roommate, and also a brother in our team."

Zhou Jin introduced, "Chen Mo is the team leader and the architect. Li Hao is an algorithm expert. Wang Tao is a hardware expert."

Yang Fan stood up and shook hands with each of the three people.

"Sit down. Don't be shy."

The four sat down, and Zhou Jin sat down next to Yang Fan.

Chen Mo, as the representative, spoke first:

"Brother Yang, Zhou Jin told us about your situation. We are very grateful that you took the time to see us."

His voice was steady, but the knuckles of his fingers holding the folder were a little white.

"Let's get straight to the project," Yang Fan said with a smile. "My time is limited, and yours is precious too."

Chen Mo nodded, opened the folder, but did not hand it over immediately.

"Brother Yang, before we discuss the specific solutions, I'd like to ask you something first—how much do you know about AI-powered large language models?"

This question is a bit presumptuous, but Yang Fan appreciates this directness.

"I know a little about it," he said. "I know about GPT, and I know about Doubao and Deepseek in China."

"I know this thing is expensive, and I also know that if it's made, it will be incredibly valuable."

Chen Mo's eyes lit up: "Then what makes you think we students are qualified to do this?"

"Because you dare to do it," Yang Fan said. "Besides, Zhou Jin trusts you. I trust Zhou Jin."

These words warmed Zhou Jin's heart.

Chen Mo took a deep breath and finally pushed the folder over:

"This is our team's solution. We didn't create a generic, large-scale model—that simply can't compete with the giants."

"We build large models for vertical domains, specifically for code generation and automated testing."

He quickened his pace and entered a professional mode:

"Existing code assistance tools, such as Copilot, are based on fine-tuning of general models, which is not accurate enough in specific scenarios."

"Our model, from its architectural design onwards, is specifically optimized for code scenarios."

Li Hao added, "We conducted small-scale verification in the school's laboratory."

"In the three tasks of code completion, error detection, and test case generation, our model has an accuracy rate that is 15%-20% higher than that of a general-purpose model of the same scale."

Wang Tao continued, "We've also optimized the hardware solution."

"We don't need the top-of-the-line A100/H100. By using a cluster of consumer-grade 5090 graphics cards in conjunction with our parallel computing framework, we can achieve 70% of the efficiency of the A100, but at only one-third of the cost."

The three of them chatted away, using technical jargon one after another.