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This month, Lu Yuan has devoted all his energy to the upcoming provincial competition of the Entrepreneurship Challenge Cup.

The counselor was already very satisfied that "Love Notes" won the school competition at the university of science and technology. He specifically told Lu Yuan that he should just do his best in the provincial competition and it would be okay if he didn't win the championship.

But Lu Yuan knew in his heart that he was not obsessed with that illusory championship title. What he really valued was the provincial competition, which was an excellent stage that allowed him to access top-tier capital.

While "love notes" may seem popular at present, they are still a niche platform and have not yet truly broken into the mainstream.

As of now, the number of registered users has just barely exceeded one million, but this is still far from enough for a social platform.

Of the one million registered users, less than 30% are likely to be long-term active users.

Lu Yuan's ultimate goal is to get "Love Notes" registered to exceed 100 million.

He even envisioned an extremely grand ambition: to make Love Notes replace WeChat in the future and become an essential social media app for everyone.

However, he quickly calmed down. While the idea was tempting, it was extremely difficult to implement, and the original intention of "Love Notes" as a social platform for couples was completely different from WeChat's positioning as a social platform for acquaintances. It was unrealistic to completely replace it.

Therefore, Lu Yuan devised a more pragmatic alternative: gradually transform "Love Notes" from a text and image sharing platform into a video sharing platform, seizing the initiative before the full arrival of the short video era.

Since we're going to get into short videos, we can't avoid talking about the two giants of the future, namely Kuaishou and Douyin, which are well-known to everyone.

However, given the current era, the real short video boom is still several years away.

Currently, 3G networks still dominate the market. As we all know, it's difficult to even scroll through a GIF on a 3G network, let alone watch videos smoothly online.

Lu Yuan knew perfectly well that when Kuaishou was first launched at the end of 2011, it was initially just a GIF editing software, and later it gradually transitioned into a short video platform.

Therefore, if he wanted to seize the market ahead of others, he had to adapt to the times and start his strategy from the entry point of "animated GIF sharing".

With the direction set, Lu Yuan stayed up several nights in a row to write a detailed future plan, and then took it to Professor Zhang for discussion.

After carefully reviewing the proposal, Professor Zhang was amazed by Lu Yuan's ingenious idea.

Lu Yuan closely integrated current trends in internet technology development and made a series of meticulous arrangements.

Professor Zhang knew that as long as this idea could secure a substantial investment, the "Love Notes" would definitely become a phenomenal blockbuster product.

In his report, Lu Yuan put forward a bold view: in a few years, 4G networks will dominate the market. If we prepare now and launch short video functions when 4G becomes widespread, we can perfectly catch the wave and seize the market.

Hearing this, Professor Zhang was somewhat unable to follow Lu Yuan's train of thought.

He finds it hard to imagine how drastically people's internet access will change after 4G networks become widespread.

He couldn't help but ask curiously, "What makes Lu Yuan so sure that 4G will be widespread in a few years?"

Lu Yuan smiled slightly and gave only an ambiguous answer: "It's just my intuition."

Professor Zhang was utterly speechless. He found that he sometimes couldn't keep up with Lu Yuan's leaps in thought, and even felt that this young talent was more like a far-sighted mentor.

But seeing the certainty and confidence in Lu Yuan's eyes, Professor Zhang didn't ask any more questions.

Since Lu Yuan is so confident, what can his mentor say besides giving his full support?

After receiving his mentor's endorsement, Lu Yuan immediately convened a startup team meeting and announced the upcoming strategic plan to the team.

However, problems arose when it came to the specific implementation level.

Ruiyu, a key member of the team, seemed to be struggling with the core function of creating and sharing animated GIFs.

Although she is excellent, her technical skills are clearly not yet at a level where she can do whatever she wants.

Lu Yuan knew very well that to develop such cutting-edge features, he had to expand the team and recruit top-notch technical talents to tackle the challenges. He could not rely on a few enthusiastic college students working in isolation.

But this raises a very practical question:

Once the decision is made to expand the team, the costs will increase exponentially.

Whether it's purchasing high-end server equipment or paying salaries for professional talent, it's a bottomless pit.

And all of this points to the same core premise:

They need to secure a sufficiently large investment in the provincial competition.

In order to stand out in the provincial competition, Lu Yuan has been working hard to refine his project proposal.

The provincial competition brought together top talents from all over the country, including projects that, like "Love Notes," have already been launched and are in operation.

To remain undefeated against such an opponent, it is impossible without putting in a great deal of effort.

While rebirth may have the advantage of cheat codes, some geniuses can completely defy them.

Besides the talented geniuses, there are also the lucky ones.

In short, the opponent was very strong, and Lu Yuan dared not slack off at all.

Of course, besides focusing on preparing for the provincial competition, Lu Yuan also didn't neglect his studies or his relationship.

Do you still remember those beautiful tail feathers I brought back from the small mountain village?

Lu Yuan planned to use them to make a hat and give it to Ye Yixian.

There happened to be a craft class today, so Lu Yuan hid in the corner of the classroom and focused intently on making a hat for Ye Yixian.

Craft classes are always very free. Some people, if they really have no inspiration, will secretly copy their classmates' work. If they are caught, the two will even argue in the classroom about who is the real original.

The classroom was instantly filled with lively chatter.

Xu Lingjing noticed that Lu Yuan was busy with something, so she couldn't help but walk over and ask softly, "Lu Yuan, are you... making hats?"

Lu Yuan glanced at her, his hands still moving, diligently continuing to make the hat according to his own ideas: "Yes, I got some pretty feathers when I went out for New Year's Day. They would look great as decorations for a hat."

Xu Lingjing moved closer and sat down next to Lu Yuan, looking at the design sketches. A hint of amazement flashed in her eyes: "They're really beautiful, but they look... more suitable for girls, right?"

"Yes, I'll give you Ichigen." Lu Yuan answered without hesitation.

Of course, you can keep your own craft assignments. If you do a really good one, you should take a picture of it for future reference.

Upon hearing this, Xu Lingjing's smile faded slightly. She lowered her eyes and asked softly, "I heard you went to the north for New Year's Day?"

"You're quite well-informed." Lu Yuan wasn't surprised that Xu Lingjing knew; if she wanted to find out, she could just ask a few people.

After all, it's no secret that he went to the north for New Year's Day.

"I heard it from someone else." Xu Lingjing forced a smile, looked up at him, and said, "Aren't you going to ask me where I went for New Year's Day?"

"Where did you go?" Lu Yuan asked casually out of politeness.

"I... went on a date."

Upon hearing Xu Lingjing's words, Lu Yuan paused slightly in his busy work.