What's wrong with me being a rich man?

Chapter 61 A date with the beautiful woman
On September 9, the freshman orientation craze on university campuses gradually subsided, and Guiai.com's orders slowly reached a stable normal.

Different from the social development in August and the stalls during the graduation season in July and June, the customer acquisition strategy adopted by Guiai.com in September was to reach out to the student group in a more scattered manner. The more novel change in this process was that part-time orders reached about one-third of full-time orders.

——More flexible.

This is the summary of Yu Xing’s discussion with Lu Haiying and Zhong Zhiling on the company’s situation.

In three months, Guiai.com has adopted different approaches to deal with different environments, which is a very vivid explanation of what "a small boat is easier to turn around" means.

At the same time, the hesitation of Zhenai.com, Jiayuan.com and Baihe.com may also be due to their own size considerations.

Zhong Zhiling was a little careless about his senior brother's enthusiastic summary, but he couldn't help but said, "Brother Xing, I'm thinking about the bids from Zhenai.com right now. I hope they can get a higher price. You're pretty... pretty calm."

What he wanted to say was, what else is there to summarize! The company is about to be sold!

Lv Haiying felt the same way and said more tactfully: "I have been very excited these past two days."

"What else can I do? I can't go to other companies to ask for prices. I can only do my job well. It's always a good idea to summarize my experience." Yu Xing was actually under pressure. He said helplessly, "Besides, you two can still have a romantic relationship after work, but you didn't say you would introduce me to a girlfriend or something."

There seemed to be a "ding" sound in Lu Haiying's mind. Oh, yes, why didn't I think of introducing a girlfriend to my senior brother?
"Uh, this..." Zhong Zhiling couldn't think of a reason. He probably thought that with a senior brother like him, he would never lack a girlfriend if he wanted to find one.

"Okay, you guys chat about your things. I'm going to go to the company alone." Yu Xing ended the call with a smile.

Lu Haiying put down his phone and wondered if there was any girl around him who was suitable for him.

At 4:30 in the evening of that day, Yu Xing received a call from Liu Wanying, asking where to go to eat lobster.

"It's too far from where I am to the financial center, Sister Ying, let's each walk halfway and have dinner in Minhang in the middle," Yu Xing suggested.

Liu Wanying teased, "You really are sincere in inviting me to dinner!"

While sorting out today's orders, Yu Xing smiled and said, "I feel like we are not outsiders, so there is no need to be so polite. I'll apologize to you, Lobster. I'll count the orders and drive over there."

Liu Wanying agreed, feeling a little emotional in her heart. After all, the Yu family was indeed developing rapidly, even owning a car.

About forty minutes later, Liu Wanying, who had arrived earlier, saw Yu Xing riding an electric scooter and had to correct him: "Boss Yu, can you be more accurate next time? Riding a bike and driving a car are two different concepts!"

"Sister Ying, even though it's an electric car, it's very convenient for traveling in the city. Driving is always congested." Yu Xing pouted, "Let's go."

Liu Wanying, feeling somewhat amused and helpless, first put the delicate little bag in the basket and then sat on the back seat.

Yu Xing lowered his head slightly and glanced at it out of the corner of his eye. I recognize this leg, it belongs to the white cat!

He started the electric car, faced the evening breeze, and asked, "Sister Ying, what do you want to eat?"

Liu Wanying asked curiously, "Aren't we eating lobsters?"

Yu Xing recommended: "The crayfish nearby tastes good too, would you like to try some?"

Liu Wanying sat on the back seat of the electric car and sighed, "You really painted the pie in my face! I was drawn!"

"Just kidding, just kidding." Yu Xing hesitated as he drove past the barbecue stalls. "But I have to say, big lobsters have their own goodness, small crayfish have their own taste, and the seafood porridge here is not bad either. I've tried it."

No matter how Liu Wanying listened, she felt that there was a lot of reluctance in the tone.

She said with a smile: "Okay, Boss Yu, let's try the seafood porridge you mentioned."

"Oh my, Sister Ying, you are such a person..." Yu Xing pretended to be angry, "Are you afraid that I don't have money?"

Liu Wanying watched the electric bike heading straight to the Chaoshan seafood porridge shop and sighed, "It's better to downgrade consumption and take it easy now."

Yu Xing's heart moved. After he sat down in the restaurant and ordered porridge and dishes, he asked, "Sister Ying, why are you going to downgrade your consumption?"

"Do you know about the two housing agencies? They belong to the United States." Liu Wanying frowned slightly. "Yesterday, they were nationalized by the United States. This is very rare and a very bad sign."

"I know about the two housing agencies..." Yu Xing knew this, "They are financing institutions that provide housing mortgage loans. Uh, Sister Ying, have you bought any stocks or financial management or anything else? Shouldn't you stop now? Even the two housing agencies have been nationalized. I don't dare to think about what will happen next!"

"I have some in the stock market," Liu Wanying groaned, "We'll see what happens next. How should I put it? We need to be mentally prepared to go through cycles. The U.S. subprime mortgage market has exposed many problems since last year."

Yu Xing pondered for a while, tried to persuade him again, but he really couldn't say any more.

However, because of such topics, the atmosphere between the two people inevitably became dull.

"Why are you talking about this?" Liu Wanying smiled and took the initiative to change the subject, "Today I want to hear about Boss Yu's rise to wealth."

"The company's current situation has been roughly determined. It may depend on whether I can have some more luck when I return to Jinling to attend the Internet Conference in the second half of the month." Yu Xing's eyes flashed across Sister Ying's red lips. "I really want to report to you today about what I told Sister Ying on the phone last time."

"Wow, that's amazing. You can even attend the Internet Conference?" Liu Wanying was a little surprised, and then she said with a smile, "You want to make a fuss, right? Go ahead."

Yu Xing raised his eyebrows: "No, no, no, it's not a pie in the sky."

Liu Wanying interrupted, "Who says they are painting a pie when they are painting a pie?"

"Sister Ying, I will say whatever I want to say. Especially, we are all family members, Sister Ying." Yu Xing looked at the potential angel investor in front of him.

Liu Wanying put down the spoon, counted on her fingers, and said, "Speaking of which, this is the first time we have met. Jinling had one, two, three, four, and five. Oh, this is the sixth time we have met."

"No, Sister Ying, you counted once more. This is the fifth time." Yu Xing said sincerely.

Liu Wanying smiled and said, "Really?"

"Of course, I still remember every meeting with Sister Ying." Yu Xing looked righteous.

Liu Wanying gave a thumbs up and praised: "As expected of the founder of Guiai.com, you are very skilled."

Yu Xing smiled and said, "This is a sign of respect for pretty girls."

He raised his index finger, interrupting Liu Wanying who was about to speak, and said seriously: "You must be more respectful to Sister Ying."

Liu Wanying said with a smile: "So, Boss Yu's mouth can lead to success."

"Sister Ying, we plan to start a new project this year. It's a serious project that can raise funds in rounds A/B/C." Yu Xing went back to the topic and introduced, "We plan to build a community website for workplace employees."

Liu Wanying took a sip of porridge and expressed her initial impression ten seconds later: "It's a detailed direction, be more specific."

There are too many Internet projects now. The word "workplace" is very general, but it is right to make segmentations now. In the past, there were the three musketeers of the portal era: "Sohu, Sina, and NetEase". Now there is BTA. Whether it is social, search, e-commerce, or games, there are already large companies in these fields, and they are still striving to spread.

Without segmentation, it is difficult to be optimistic.

"It is a gathering place for employees in the workplace. It is open and anonymous, and is not stingy with the exchange and transmission of all kinds of company gossip, inside information, quarrels, and revelations." Yu Xing introduced in detail, "We want to create an objective and independent third party, make it the insider center of the industry, become a paparazzi website in the workplace, and become the know-it-all of this era."

When Liu Wanying heard this positioning, her thoughts wandered to today's Internet and her eyes lit up. This sounded quite attractive.

She thought for a while and then asked slowly, "In today's Internet projects, investors often ask a question. Do you know what it is?"

Although Yu Xing had never met investors, he could roughly guess.

He smiled and said, "Song Yufeng once asked me a question: What if a company like Penguin came to do a project like ours? As it turned out, giants like Penguin were not interested. Only NetEase, which has a foundation in marriage and dating business, took notice. But that's the nature of the question, right?"

Liu Wanying nodded and said, "Yes, since you said you want to do A/B/C rounds, such a project will inevitably undergo tests of all sizes. If Penguin were to do it, what would you do?"

Faced with such a problem that has troubled the industry, Yu Xing answered without much hesitation: "Penguins have natural defects."

Liu Wanying gave him a questioning look.

Yu Xing said seriously: "Penguin has a position."

Five words.

There is only a five-word reason.

Liu Wanying felt as if struck by lightning when she heard this short sentence. She clapped her hands and sighed, "I am definitely not a good investor. I am not suited to such a role, but you are really a good entrepreneur."

Yes, if a website like this wants to develop, it will inevitably need employees from large companies. If Penguin does it itself, there will inevitably be questions about its stance.

If the website is not independent enough and its stance is questionable, it will be difficult for it to convince employees from other companies to join.

What's more, if Penguin were to do it, the website would inevitably lose some of its competitors' employees. Given its current omnipresent posture, the loss of customers would definitely be considerable.

Yu Xing smiled slightly and gave a second reason: "Penguin's traffic is very powerful, but the nature of its traffic is weakened in the workplace. What investors are worried about is that the first-mover advantage will be wiped out by Penguin's huge traffic." What if Penguin does it?
The premise of this question is that Penguin first sees good projects emerging in the industry, then it makes micro-innovations and then injects huge traffic.

Liu Wanying thought about Yu Xing's words. Penguin's social traffic was weakened, and the website had a first-mover advantage. If it could find the right investment...

This time, she spoke after a while: "I'm not a good investor, Yu Xing. Your logic is self-consistent. I think it's not bad, but I don't know if there is any problem. Like I said, I'm not a good investor."

Yu Xing: “…”

Two seconds later, he nodded, took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Liu Wanying: "Okay, Sister Ying, I'll give you one of my business cards. If you want to realize your dream of a luxury house in Hong Kong, give me a call. Goodbye."

After Yu Xing finished speaking, he stood up and walked out.

Liu Wanying took the business card in a daze and watched his figure disappear.

Ten seconds later, Yu Xing walked in with a smile: "Hey, Sister Ying, this is the style, right? Cool?"

Liu Wanying let out a breath, looked at the business card in her hand again, and laughed dumbly: "Even the business card is fake..."

In his hand was a business card of the "Tailing Electric Vehicle" store.

"Just tell me, if I'm facing a real investor, can I leave a deep impression like this?" Yu Xing asked.

Liu Wanying had to say sincerely: "I think so."

She pondered for a few seconds and said, "I'm very confident. The main reason is that what you said is tenable. Do you have a name for the website? Is this the next goal you want to explore with your fellow apprentices?"

According to what Yu Xing said just now, whether it is Penguin or other major Internet companies, they do not have the attributes to do this kind of thing.

Objective, independent, third party.

At the very least, it is an objective and independent third party in theory.

"We plan to call it 'those things'." Yu Xing replied.

Liu Wanying repeated the name several times in her mind and asked, "Since you want to be the Jianghu Know-it-all, why don't you just name yourself Bai Xiaosheng?"

Yu Xing was startled: "Huh..."

"It has its own characteristics, is easy to understand, and has good communication properties. The communication effect of the Internet is very important." Liu Wanying expressed her opinion, "'Those Things' is also in line with the website's positioning, but it seems not as good as 'Bai Xiaosheng'."

Yu Xing pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll go back and think about it. If it's decided, you'll get 0.00000001% of the shares. This is the name of the investor."

Liu Wanying smiled.

"Really, Sister Ying, please think about it carefully. We now have a small team with some entrepreneurial experience. We have a small industry tip that can be used to increase the volume. Once Guiai.com is sold, we will have some start-up capital." Yu Xing said seriously, "The scale of the Internet team is not as large as Guiai.com, and it is easier to manage. As long as we can grasp the first-mover advantage well, not to mention making more money, it will definitely bring you one step closer to a luxury home."

Liu Wanying thought seriously for five seconds, then just smiled and said nothing.

"If it really doesn't work, you should sell your U.S. stocks now and invest directly in us. It will definitely be better than going through the cycle." Yu Xing changed his angle and tried to persuade him again.

Liu Wanying smiled and said, "Okay, okay, if it drops by 20%, I will cut my losses and invest in you."

Although the U.S. stock market has many problems today, she believes that it can still be controlled and this time it is still a correction.

Yu Xing nodded and began to talk about some interesting clients he encountered during the back-to-school season.

Liu Wanying listened for a while and asked, "You don't want to persuade me to invest anymore? Have you given up?"

"Ah? Didn't you just promise me?" Yu Xing pretended to be surprised.

Liu Wanying took two seconds to react before she said with a smile: "Okay, you really want me to cut the meat."

Yu Xing also laughed, but he felt a little regretful in his heart. This was the most true thing.

No lobster, but seafood porridge.

Liu Wanying listened to the interesting stories and questions from the entrepreneurial team, as well as the responses from brands in the marriage and dating industry, and felt that the evening was generally very interesting.

The two walked along the street for a while.

Seeing that it was getting late, Liu Wanying smiled and said, "Let's go. Give me a ride. I'm going back."

Yu Xing thought for a moment and said, "Sister Ying, take a taxi back. I'll reimburse you."

He patted the seat of the car: "I'm afraid I don't have enough battery to take you back."

Liu Wanying: “…”

She picked up her bag and said helplessly and amusedly, "Okay, Boss Yu, see you later."

Yu Xing did not forget the business: "Sister Ying, please really consider our project."

Liu Wanying waved her hand.

"Sister Ying." Yu Xing called Liu Wanying, who had walked a few steps, and finally praised, "Your lipstick is really beautiful, what color is it?"

Liu Wanying blinked: "I won't tell you."

She did not choose to take a taxi, but walked to the more convenient subway station.

Yu Xing watched until Sister Ying disappeared before he slowly rode his electric scooter back.

Just as he rode to the bottom of the apartment, he received a text message from Liu Wanying on his mobile phone.

Liu Wanying: It’s Armani 406, with a hint of rose pink, which makes the skin look brighter. Buy it for little girls.

Just as Yu Xing was about to reply, he received a call from Song Yufeng. Coincidentally, he also wanted to discuss the choice of name with this legal person.

On the other side, Liu Wanying returned to the hotel. She did not go upstairs immediately, but sat on the sofa in the lobby and waited for a while. As a result, she did not receive a reply, but saw her colleague Su Jiayi.

"Sister Ying, are you back from your date?" Su Jiayi came over with a wicked smile.

"I met a kid and discussed a project." Liu Wanying replied with a smile, "I wanted to eat something delicious, but ended up coming back with a belly full of porridge."

Su Jiayi said seriously, "Then what do you want to drink?"

Liu Wanying took a while to react, and stretched out her hand and said, "Su Jiayi, I'll tear your mouth apart!"

"Hey, hey, I'm wrong, I'm wrong. Who told you to sit here and stare at your phone?" Su Jiayi begged for mercy, and then gave an excuse, "It looks like you're reluctant to leave after coming back from a date."

Liu Wanying snorted. Was it a date where she went halfway by herself and came back by herself, ate the giant lobster of the void, and was targeted for the money in her hand?

She explained: "It's one of my brother's graduate students. He is now starting a business and asked me for help."

Su Jiayi's interest waned when she heard this: "Oh, so that's it."

Seeing this, Liu Wanying explained, "He is quite interesting and fun."

When Su Jiayi heard this, she looked at Sister Ying suspiciously again. Is this really not a date?
She tentatively asked, "How is it fun?"

"Well, that's right, he's very active and has a very strange way of doing things." Liu Wanying tried to summarize with a smile on her face, "It seems that he also has some gambling nature. Well, sometimes he has a dark heart. Hey, he even wants to get me to invest."

Su Jiayi looked at Liu Wanying's expression and exclaimed, "It's terrible, it's terrible..."

Liu Wanying cast an unfriendly look at him.

"Someone is going to be kidnapped!" Su Jiayi half-jokingly said, "Don't stare at me. What I mean is that someone's money is going to be kidnapped by the project!"

Liu Wanying put away her eager hands.

Su Jiayi stood up and broke away from the control, then ran quickly, turned around and said with a smile: "That would be even worse, both the people and the property would be abducted..."

Liu Wanying did not chase after him and prepared to take the elevator back to her room.

However, when she took one last look at her unresponsive phone, a thought quietly popped up in her mind: this person is a bit annoying. Why doesn’t he reply to my text messages?

(End of this chapter)