Rebirth begins with picking up a cold and aloof school beauty

It was already noon when we got back to Chengdu.

Erhe International Airport.

As soon as they got off the plane, which was parked at a remote stand, Chen Zhou and his party took a shuttle bus to the terminal.

On the shuttle bus, Xia Yu sat next to Chen Zhou.

She wouldn't call herself a clingy little bird, but since there were other classmates, teachers, and passengers from other schools around, Xia Xiaomiao couldn't be too intimate with her boyfriend.

But she's definitely well-behaved and adorable.

Like a timid young wife.

Zhou Qihang from Guangdu Middle School stared intently at Chen Zhou, his teeth itching with jealousy and burning with envy.

But there was nothing they could do.

At this moment, Gao Qin turned around and said, "Chen Zhou, today you have returned in triumph, returning home in glory."

"At the arrival gate of the terminal, not only are the school leaders from Haitang Middle School here today, but also the leaders from the Education Bureau. You'd better make a good impression later."

"By the way, several local media outlets are waiting to interview you."

Chen Zhou made an "uh" sound.

Gao Qin asked suspiciously, "What? You don't like crowds?"

Chen Zhou smiled. "Not really. I was just thinking, what would happen to my Xia Xiaomiao then?"

Gao Qin asked, "Don't you want Xia Yu to appear on camera with you?"

Chen Zhou said, "I don't want to."

Gao Qin asked, "Why? With a girlfriend as beautiful as Xiaoyuer, wouldn't your fame be even greater?"

Chen Zhou said, "Of course, the higher my profile is, the better, but I don't want my Xia Xiaomiao to be pushed into the spotlight."

"She needs a quiet, undisturbed environment to help her prepare for the college entrance examination."

Upon hearing this, Gao Qin immediately looked at Chen Zhou with newfound respect, feeling that the young man's image had suddenly become much more imposing.

She smiled and said with satisfaction, "Well done!"

Xia Yu looked at Chen Zhou, her eyes filled with tenderness and joy.

Xia Xiaomiao parted her red lips slightly and whispered, "Actually, Chen Zhou~, I can do it."

Chen Zhou smiled. "What can you do?"

"In a bit, put on your hat and mask, and go back to school with Luo Fei, understand?"

Chen Zhou took off his baseball cap and put it on Xia Xiaomiao's head.

At the same time, he took a black mask out of his backpack and put it on Xia Xiaomiao.

Xia Yu's stunningly beautiful face was completely covered up, revealing only her captivating peach blossom eyes.

Xia Yu had no choice but to obediently comply, "Oh~, okay~"

Xia Xiaomiao was extremely reluctant, but in the end, she still said goodbye to her boyfriend.

After that, she went ahead and was picked up by her cousin Luo Fei, who was waiting at the arrival gate.

I went straight back to Haitang Middle School.

As soon as Chen Zhou stepped out of the station, he immediately saw a banner welcoming him back from his NOI competition.

At the same time, he was immediately surrounded by leaders from Haitang Middle School and the Education Bureau.

Amidst laughter and cheers.

A female teacher presented Chen Zhou with flowers.

Vice Principal Lu Shuren pinned the medal on Chen Zhou, saying, "Chen Zhou, congratulations! You've won first place nationwide!"

Principal Fan patted Chen Zhou on the shoulder, "Chen Zhou, well done! You've brought honor to our school!"

Even the deputy director of the district education bureau in charge of high school education shook hands with Chen Zhou.

He looked at him with admiration. "Chen Zhou, let me just say a few words."

"First of all, I want to congratulate you on winning a national gold medal in the Informatics Olympiad for our Guangdu District, for our Chengdu, and for our Sichuan Province, and even more importantly, for achieving first place nationwide..."

Secondly…

Furthermore…

This Deputy Director Wei speaks incessantly, using official jargon.

Several local media outlets nearby, such as Rongcheng Metropolitan Daily, Xichuan Mobile News, and Rongcheng Education Weekly, were constantly snapping photos.

In his previous life, Chen Zhou might have been impatient, picked at his ear, and simply brushed it off.

But at this moment, Chen Zhou listened very patiently to Deputy Director Wei's speech.

He would nod from time to time, making a gesture of agreement.

Then, Chen Zhou put on a sincere expression and said earnestly:

"Director Wei, your words are very insightful!"

"However, my achievements today are not the result of my own efforts alone."

"First of all, I would like to thank our district education bureau and Director Wei for your continued strong support for the high school informatics competition."

"Secondly, I would like to thank my alma mater, Haitang Middle School, for its dedicated nurturing of me over the past two and a half years."

"Furthermore, I am most grateful to my grade head, Ms. Gao Qin!"

"Without her tireless and correct guidance, encouragement, and support, I would never have gotten to where I am today, let alone won the honor of being number one in the country! It can be said that my achievements today are largely due to Teacher Gao!"

Gao Qin was stunned when she heard this. How come I have to do this?

And they even praised me to the skies?

Lu Shuren was also surprised, but soon he understood Chen Zhou's intention.

This was done by Chen Zhou on purpose!

Chen Zhou has pinned all the credit for winning first place in the country on his wife!

good boy!

As Xia Yu's aunt's husband, Lu Shuren now knows about the relationship between Chen Zhou and Xia Yu, and also knows that Chen Zhou is the future son-in-law chosen by his younger sister Gao Rong.

Therefore, at this moment, looking at his future nephew-in-law, Lu Shuren felt full of approval.

There was even more gratitude.

Firstly, he was grateful for Chen Zhou's actions.

Secondly, he was also grateful to Chen Zhou for helping to ease, or rather, successfully break down the barrier between his wife and daughter.

No wonder Gao Rong and Lin Sheng were so eager to find a husband for Chen Zhou, fearing they might miss out.

This kid is not only academically outstanding, but his character and emotional intelligence are also impeccable!

Deputy Director Wei was very pleased with what Chen Zhou had just said.

At the same time, he also took the opportunity to praise Gao Qin.

"Professor Gao, I knew you were very strict in your studies, but I never expected you could teach such an outstanding student as Chen Zhou."

"Your educational philosophy must have many aspects that we can learn from."

"I think there's a meeting for high school leaders in our district before New Year's Day. You can come and attend, and share your teaching philosophy, insights, and experiences with everyone."

Gao Qin was overjoyed and extremely happy.

She quickly replied, "Thank you, Director Wei. I will definitely prepare well and live up to your expectations!"

At the same time, Gao Qin was also deeply grateful to Chen Zhou.

Previously, she at most regarded Chen Zhou as her future nephew-in-law.

But at this moment, Gao Qin wished she could treat Chen Zhou like her own son!

This is how a child should be born!

Afterwards, Chen Zhou accepted interviews from media outlets such as Xichuan Mobile News.

The reporters mainly wanted to learn about Chen Zhou's family background, educational background, and future plans.

These are all very standard interview topics.

But Chen Zhou certainly wouldn't miss this opportunity for publicity.

So he took the initiative to start the conversation, and when answering the reporter's question about his future plans, he frankly said: "There are exactly 6 months left until the college entrance examination."

"During this period, I will focus most of my energy on starting my business."

As soon as Chen Zhou mentioned the word "entrepreneurship," the reporters immediately sensed an opportunity to generate buzz.

They quickly pressed, "Chen Zhou, what did you just say? You want to start a business? What does that mean?"

"Chen Zhou, are you planning to start a business on campus in high school?"

Do you have any good ideas?

Chen Zhou smiled and replied, "I don't have any good ideas."

"Instead, I've already started my own business."

"Furthermore, the mobile game Fruit Ninja, which my team and I developed, is now available on both Apple and Android platforms."

"The results are pretty good!"

Now, the media could no longer suppress their urge to interview Chen Zhou further.

A high school student, a gifted competitor, ranked first in the nation, started his own business, and achieved success...

Isn't this sure to generate a lot of buzz?

They eagerly asked, "Chen Zhou, do you mean you've already started a company?"

"Chen Zhou, what do you mean by 'your grades are pretty good'?"

"Chen Zhou, is your dream to become an entrepreneur like Steve Jobs?"

"Is your ideal to change the world?"

Chen Zhou looked at the microphones being shoved in his face, feeling both amused and exasperated.

Damn it, they're practically shoving food into my mouth!

That makes no sense!

I'm always the one stuffing things into other people's mouths! Uh... well, actually, I've never had that opportunity.

Chen Zhou said, "How about this, let's not talk here at the airport."

"You can come with me to visit the place where I started my business."

"Are you interested?"

"Yes, yes, yes!!" the reporters replied in unison.

Afterwards, Chen Zhou indeed went to Fengxiang Lake Park with the reporters.

We arrived at the Lakeside Startup Park.

They had just gotten off the bus and arrived at Fish Boat Technology Company, where they conducted an interview for less than 10 minutes.

Luo Fei drove his family's Porsche sports car back from Haitang Middle School.

I saw a bunch of people here taking pictures nonstop and chattering away during the interview.

Out of curiosity, he asked someone.

"Sister Shuang, what's going on? Has our game completely crashed?"

"It's become so popular that even Xichuan Mobile News came to interview us?"

Ren Junshuang waved his hand and explained, "No, no, these media outlets were all brought in by the boss."

"Most importantly, it's free."

Upon hearing the word "free," Luo Fei suddenly realized, "He really is worthy of being called Brother Zhou!"

If you don't find money when you go out, you're missing out!

incredible!

Chen Zhou spent a lot of time being interviewed by various local media outlets.

I didn't even have time to eat lunch.

It wasn't until after 1 p.m. that Chen Zhou saw them off and finally caught his breath and had a drink of water.

A short while later, Luo Fei got out of the car carrying his lunch delivery and greeted everyone.

"Alright, alright everyone, you've all worked hard, it's time to eat."

"Brother Zhou, have some rice!"

The lounge area is located in the lobby of the Fish Boat Technology Commercial Villa.

The six of them sat and ate while chatting about their work.

Luo Fei kept rambling on, "Brother Zhou, I'm truly in awe of your predictions and prophetic abilities!"

"Before you went to Beidu, you said our game would definitely be a hit. We were skeptical at the time, since the data was so bad. But look at it now!"

"Now, we're rich!"

"I really didn't expect that you'd only been away from Chengdu for a few days, and our daily downloads had already surpassed 30,000!"

"Our total daily revenue, including in-game purchases and GG revenue, is approaching the 100,000 mark! If nothing unexpected happens, we'll break that barrier soon!"

"We're rich!"

Ren Junshuang looked at Chen Zhou with admiration and chimed in, "Yes, boss, it's only been less than a week, and our game has already seen explosive growth in the Android market."

"Unfortunately, the data from Apple isn't very good either."

"Whether it's daily downloads or revenue, it accounts for less than 10%."

Yu Xiu and the two programmers were also very happy.

But Chen Zhou showed no joy on his face.

He said calmly, "First of all, a mobile game with a daily revenue of only 10 yuan is too little! It has nothing to do with getting rich."

"Secondly, the data for the Android market is decent, but it's still far from being a true explosive growth."

"Third, the data from Apple is indeed very poor right now."

"But don't worry, it won't be long before our game becomes a hit on the App Store!"

"There is even a high probability that it will surpass the performance of the Android market."

Luo Fei and the others were stunned by Chen Zhou's words, which first discouraged them and then gave them hope.

No, what's going on?

Dude, bro! Do you have a confrontational personality?

You don't acknowledge the things we praise you for, and you reassure us about the things we worry about?

Excusez moi?

Luo Fei said, "Brother Zhou, okay, okay, even if what you just said is right."

"Our current data does not meet your expectations."

"But what makes you think we'll perform better on iOS?"

Yu Xiu, who works in finance, also found it hard to understand. He analyzed, "Although the iOS app is making money for us now, its share is really too low. It's like a chicken rib—tasteless to eat, but a pity to throw away."

Ren Junshuang agreed with their opinions, saying, "I feel that the Android market is our main battlefield. After all, boss, the data doesn't lie."

Upon hearing this, Chen Zhou smiled calmly and said nonchalantly, "Who said I can't?"

"Data is indeed very important, but relying solely on data to make decisions is not necessarily entirely accurate."

"Trust me! Fruit Ninja will definitely surpass Android on iOS."

"Of course, I'm mainly referring to income."

Luo Fei and the others remained completely bewildered.

Luo Fei asked curiously, "Brother Zhou, do you have any good ideas?"

Ren Junshuang asked, "Did you come up with a new and better way to promote it, boss?"

Chen Zhou nodded. "I've not only come up with a better way to promote it, but it's the best way."

Ren Junshuang asked curiously, "What is the best promotion?"

Chen Zhou smiled but remained silent.

Yu Xiudao, who was standing nearby, said, "From what I understand, the best way for games on the App Store to get promoted is through homepage recommendations."

"But I also asked some friends in the industry, and they said that only games on the best-selling charts can get a homepage recommendation, and even then, they have to wait in line."

"So we've entered a vicious cycle: the worse the grades, the less likely we are to get a recommendation, and even if we do manage to get one, it'll probably only be a minor one."

Everyone understood what he meant, and Luo Fei sighed, "Then there's really no hope."

Ren Junshuang said, "That's indeed unlikely, but the boss must have thought of other promotional methods, right? They must be pretty good too, right?"

Just then, Chen Zhou's phone rang.

Chen Zhou took out his phone and saw the caller ID: his older cousin, Lu Yan!