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Chapter 398 A Sudden Business Opportunity

(PS: Dear friends, the previous chapter that was blocked has been lifted.)
Li Fan casually wore a T-shirt, pulled on his slippers and yawned and walked out of the dormitory, but turned back after a while.

Putting on his socks and sneakers, Li Fan went to the water room to wash his face before leaving the dormitory building.

After all, it's an appointment with unfamiliar seniors, so you still have to pay attention to your clothes.

Professor Cheng from the School of Economics and Li Fan have met a few times.This Professor Cheng is very young. He became a professor at Peking University at the age of 30. He is thin and energetic, and he is also very popular among students at Peking University.

What can he do with himself?It also specifically emphasizes that it is a major event!
Li Fan was thinking wildly, and he was about to reach the north gate of the school. At this time, Professor Cheng called again, saying that the teahouse was changed to a family banquet, and he invited Li Fan to his home in the nearby Wansheng Community.

Hey, why did you suddenly change your mind?
Li Fan, who was at a loss, didn't ask any more questions, so he had to go back downstairs to the dormitory and drive to Wansheng Community, about two kilometers away.

This Wansheng community is an old one.One advantage of the old community is that it has complete facilities, lush branches and leaves, and the fragrance of birds and flowers. Of course, the disadvantage is that the property is relatively slack, and the garbage in the community is often not cleaned up in time.

Li Fan parked the car downstairs, sniffed the strong fragrance of flowers, and walked into the unit door with his feet lifted.

The door of room 602 was ajar, and there were bursts of laughter and chatter from inside. Li Fan raised his hand and knocked lightly, and the voice inside stopped suddenly, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps.

"Hey, Xiao Fan is here, come in!" Professor Cheng extended his hand to Li Fan with great enthusiasm.

Li Fan responded with a smile, his eyes swept away, and there was a man and a woman in the living room.

The woman is 28, with a good appearance, and she is wearing an apron to say hello to Li Fan.Obviously, this is Professor Cheng's wife.

As for the slightly dull man wearing thick glasses, Li Fan didn't know him at all.

"Hello, Li Fan, I'm Song Hang." The man with glasses got up quickly and walked over.

Li Fan smiled and said, "Hello!"

Professor Cheng said: "Song Hang is a professor of the Computer Department of Chenhua University, and he is a master in the field of computer Internet."

Li Fan exclaimed: "Yo, so young, so amazing!"

Song Hang smiled shyly, "Not as powerful as you, Teacher Li!"

"Don't tease me, how dare I call you a teacher in front of you two!"

"Sit down first, I'll serve the food!" Professor Cheng walked quickly to the kitchen.

"I just ate when I first came here? But how can this dish be prepared so quickly?"

Cheng Yong's wife, who was holding a shovel, poked her head out and said, "We ordered takeaway, just warm it up."

Li Fan smiled, this banquet...

The chairs are set and the dishes are served.

Everyone chatted casually while eating, and naturally they talked about popular textbook issues.

Professor Cheng said: "Do you remember the "Ideology and Morality" we learned when we were young, there is an article praising elementary school students for their bravery and bravery against gangsters.

Think about it, everyone, in the elementary school "Ideology and Morality", it is too outrageous to sing about the bravery of elementary school students fighting gangsters.

Isn't elementary school students fighting gangsters directly sent to death?And children's imitation is the strongest.

When I was young, I thought that when I met gangsters, I would act bravely and beat him up. Fortunately, I never met them, otherwise I would probably be beaten into the mud by them. "

Song Hang said: "This article was deleted last year."

Cheng courageously said: "That's what I'm talking about, there are countless examples like this.

What do you say is the purpose of writing this article?Praise, right?What is the function of praise?Advocate, encourage and support?

But the child does not belong to their family. I guess the author who edited this article should have no children! "

Li Fan took the opportunity to joke: "When I received the call from Professor Cheng, I thought I was interviewed. After all, please drink tea."

"Haha, we are looking for you, and indeed we have important matters to discuss in detail. We have an idea for starting a business, which is the entrepreneurial inspiration we got from the wave of people complaining about textbooks these days, and we want to invite you to achieve great things together!

Originally, we planned to make an appointment at a teahouse, but later your sister-in-law said that this kind of matter can be discussed in detail at home, and it cannot be explained clearly outside in a sentence or two. "

Li Fan frowned slightly, and said with a smile: "Frankly speaking, I'm not keen on starting a business. I'm not that kind of material. I used to think about starting a cosmetics business, but I found that my personality is not suitable for businessmen."

"Brother, listen to me to explain in detail, don't worry!"

Professor Cheng's idea of ​​starting a business was born out of the incident of "the upsurge of finding faults among the people" in recent days.

His idea is to create an open and diverse pan-tech interest community, provide a platform for young people to share and disseminate knowledge, and disseminate science, philosophy, history, and even common sense of life to the public with fun.

This kind of community has not appeared on Huaguo's network, and it is indeed a blank in the market.

After discovering this business opportunity, he contacted his old classmate, Professor Song Hang from Chenhua University.

After struggling all night, Professor Song Hang readily agreed.The two of them quickly set their sights on Li Fan, the man of the hour. In the entire Huaguo, there might be no one more suitable to join their small team than Li Fan.

After all, Li Fan is a trendy person on the Internet. Apart from his huge popularity, he is full of "debating spirit", and his personal authority is still rising.

No matter which aspect you analyze, Li Fan will be the golden facade of this future community.

After listening to Cheng Yong's passionate introduction, Li Fan fell into deep thought.

This entrepreneurial idea is correct, although it is not yet mature in Cheng Yong's description.Because there was such a website in the previous life, it was running well and had a good reputation.

However, Li Fan has crossed out business in his life plan.

Humans, after all, do not have three heads and six arms, and not everything is what they are good at, such as giving birth to children.

Seeing Li Fan frowning and thinking, Professor Cheng said: "Xiao Fan, this is a very meaningful event, and it is my duty to spread science and philosophy, so as to benefit myself and others.

We strive to make knowledge 'live' and enter everyone's life!
And we use scientific knowledge to decipher all kinds of rumors on the Internet or in life, which is what netizens like to hear.

......"

Professor Cheng murmured, while Song Hang remained silent.

Li Fandao: "Professor Cheng, let me tell you the truth. This business idea is good. We can expand the discussion. However, my personal problem is that I am not suitable for business. I am neither good at nor interested in operations."

Professor Cheng asked: "What about the content?"

"The content is fine, but I really have no love for the company's operations. To put it bluntly, I am a person who doesn't like to be restrained and likes to get in touch with new things."

"It doesn't matter. Song Hang and I have discussed it. The three of us will each divide our work. I will be in charge of the company's operations, Song Hang will be in charge of technical management, and you will be solely responsible for the content of the website. We will each play to our own strengths and integrate as one. We will definitely get twice the result with half the effort."

Seeing that Li Fan was lost in thought again, Professor Cheng stopped talking, and he and Professor Song Hang just looked at Li Fan with lowered head and frown quietly.

Li Fan personally believes that although this project is only a small prototype, it will basically be successful. Even if Li Fan does not join, it will not be a big problem.

Because there was a similar website "Guoke.com" in the previous life. Guoke.com has already proved that this kind of website has its living space.Secondly, these two are well-deserved leaders among the new generation of scholars, both in terms of ability and social resources, there is a reliable guarantee!
If I introduce my past life experience to these two people, and I am highly sensitive to the content of the website, the probability of this project being unsuccessful is relatively low.

That is... Both of these two have important teaching tasks, can they start a business wholeheartedly?Entrepreneurship is not only a major pressure, but also consumes a lot of time and even a lifetime of energy.

Of course, Li Fan is also evaluating his own time.

Li Fan raised his head and asked, "Since we've talked to this extent, then I won't shy away from it. If you have something to say, don't be offended."

"Of course, I will be my family from now on, so don't have any scruples." Cheng Yong said.

Li Fan asked truthfully: "You two, do you have time to start a business? You two have teaching tasks, and I don't know if you have scientific research tasks.

Entrepreneurship is not allowed to do two things at once. "

In fact, Li Fan was waiting for their desperate answer.

Cheng Yong said: "I have no problem. Now that my courses are over in April and early June, I will resign directly and go into business."

Li Fan asked, "Aren't you sorry? You are the youngest and most accomplished economics professor at Peking University."

"I have no regrets. Academic research is too boring. My dream has always been to start a business."

Li Fan looked at Professor Song Hang again, and the taciturn Professor Song Hang was a little frustrated and said, "My thousand-degree eyes will go blind if I continue to lie in front of the computer endlessly."

"Are you really sure you want to resign and start a business?"

"Of course!"

"Ok!"

Li Fan began to ask his own questions: "Who is the target group of the community?"

"Young people interested in scientific knowledge, targeting the elite."

Li Fan continued to ask the next question: "This can be expanded, so what is the profit method of this kind of website?"

Cheng Yong said: "Naturally, it is free in the early stage. It is estimated that the free period will be within one to two years. First, establish a huge influence and authority, and then rely on a huge traffic database, and then engage in a subscription model, and even offer rewards or rewards."

Li Fan asked: "Is there no other way to make money?"

Cheng Yong said: "This needs to be studied slowly."

“Have you ever thought about using your authority and influence to promote other brands?”

"I strongly disagree with this. Once it is exposed, the authority of the website will disappear, such as this 'teaching material incident'."

It was rare for Song Hang to speak: "I don't agree either, I don't want to make short-term profits, I want to be an Internet company for more than 20 years!"

Li Fan heaved a sigh of relief, the problem he was most worried about was finally not a problem.

He explained his current situation again: "However, you all know my situation. I have a lot of work, I have to study and I have a lot of other jobs, so I may not spend too much time on the website."

"Xiaofan, it doesn't matter, you are the image of the website, you need to stand in front of the public and push the website to the public!

For Internet companies, there is always a famous figure standing in front of the media. Your job is to control the content resources of the website as a whole, and to establish an excellent website image among the public.

You still have to continue your daily work, this does not conflict, and complements each other! "

Li Fan nodded, "However, let's make an agreement in advance. I really don't have time to do it myself in the company. Don't have any comments on my 'looseness' in the future."

Cheng Yong and Song Hang were overjoyed, it was done.

"of course not!"

"Do not worry!"

Li Fan asked the last big question: "Where does the money for starting a business come from?"

Cheng Yong and Song Hang looked at Li Fan with a smile, but did not speak.

Li Fan was speechless, okay, are you following me? !
"Second brothers, do you know what I belong to?"

Cheng Yong did the math: "You were born on January 2000, 1, so you should be a rabbit, right? Why do you ask so suddenly?"

"Wrong!" Li Fan laughed, "I belong to Pixiu!"

"Ah, you can't make money, you don't pull out a dime?" Cheng Yong laughed, "But now we need to attract investment to start a business, so we don't need to spend a lot of money."

Li Fan asked: "What about the small money, how do we share the start-up capital? I don't know much about it, but the start-up capital must be at least 1000 million, right? The current money is not money.

How can the three of us get together? "

Cheng Yong and Song Hang looked at each other. The two thought that Li Fan would be wholly-owned, but they didn't expect that Li Fan, who is a great cause, didn't think so at all.

The 1000 million, the two professors really can't get it out, Li Fan also knows this situation, but he wants to see the attitude of these two big brothers towards entrepreneurship.And joint venture means sharing risks.

The road to entrepreneurship is difficult, and it is really not successful without the fighting spirit to go forward indomitably. To be honest, even if you risk your life, there are only a handful of people who succeed.

"I'll go and cut some cold dishes for you!" The sister-in-law broke the short silence and went to the kitchen to cut cold dishes.

After a moment of hesitation, Cheng Yong gritted his teeth and said firmly, "Then I'll sell the house and fight for it!"

The sound of chopping vegetables in the kitchen stopped abruptly, and bursts of murderous intent came through faintly.

Li Fan glanced at the kitchen and asked, "Should I discuss it with my sister-in-law?"

"No, your sister-in-law will agree, won't you, Xiaofen?"

The sister-in-law started chopping vegetables again, but she didn't answer.

Song Hang grimaced and said: "I don't have a house to sell! I have 100 million on hand, and I'll borrow it again to make up 300 million. The three of us are 300 million each?"

Li Fan summed it up, "Okay, 300 million per person, the 900 million will be used as start-up capital first. Let's get the company up first, and then find investors."

"Okay, that's it, let's have a drink."

Li Fan: "Wait a minute, this matter can't be settled yet. After the two of you raise money, it's not too late for us to toast."

"No, our three co-founders will have a drink in advance, Mr. Li!"

"Mr. Cheng, I came here by car, you and Mr. Song have a drink!"

……

Well, the company name has not been decided, the company structure has not been discussed, and there is no equity distribution plan... It's just a simple concept.

Li Fan left Professor Cheng's house, he found a substitute driver, and sat in the back of the car with thoughts.

Co-founding a knowledge community is no problem in starting a business, and sharing interesting knowledge is also in line with its own image, and the knowledge community is also full of elite cultural characteristics.

Li Fan also thinks it's pretty cool to be a banner of the knowledge community.

Li Fan decided to give it a try, but he didn't know these two well, so he decided to learn more from the side to see if it was suitable for cooperation.

Of course, people will change slowly, and no one knows whether everyone will get better or worse in the future.

As for why Li Fan didn't invest alone, Li Fan believes that in today's era, sharing is much more important than possession.

Occupying 90% of the shares may not be more powerful than owning 30% of the shares.

(End of this chapter)