Ordinary Road 2010

Regardless of his objection, Lin Yi not only sent him out of the shop, but also followed him into a remote alley, saying as he walked:

"Senior Brother Guo, I have worked hard on you during this time. Without you, the website would have had problems, and you have helped to do so many optimizations."

Guo Nan said a few words of self-effacing casually.

All these scenes have been said just now, Lin Yi didn't come out with him for this reason.

At the end of November, the lowest temperature in the capital was below zero, so everyone was wearing thick winter clothes. Lin Yi took out an envelope from his inner pocket and stuffed it into his hand.

In this situation, of course, an envelope would not contain a love letter. Guo Nan subconsciously wanted to refuse, but Lin Yi said before he could speak:

"Brother, I know that Teacher Li arranged for you to help us, and Teacher Li was appointed by the courtyard to be our entrepreneurial mentor."

"But after all, you have helped us a lot. Did you see the three children on the table just now? That kid Shao Yu is not from our school, so how can they make you work for nothing if they all have subsidies?"

"It's not a lot of money, because our business is just getting started, you know, brother, but don't think too little of our kindness."

Seeing that Guo Nan was still hesitating, Lin Yi persuaded again: "Brother, I know it's not easy for you to be a graduate student, if you don't want to, you'll be out."

Graduate students are actually a very hard-working group of people, destined to be cheap labor, either exploited by Lin Yi or by their mentors, so Lin Yi does not think that he is cheating him by asking Guo Nan to come here.

After all, he wasn't really a prostitute.

Many graduate students call their supervisors "bosses". When they are lucky, they can be rewarded with three melons and two dates to improve the food. If they are unlucky, they will do nothing and be PUA.

Worse than a part-time job, if a part-time job encounters a boss who is difficult to serve, it is nothing more than quitting, but graduate students dare not turn against their tutors unless they give up their degree certificates.

Although Li Feifei is not the kind of tutor who picks skin around, Guo Nan, a graduate student from a really ordinary family, is really not well-off.

In short, under Lin Yi's earnest insistence, Guo Nan accepted it half-heartedly. He carried the envelope all the way back to the dormitory before opening it.

The money was indeed not much, but it was enough for his living expenses for two months, not without small allowances. His impression of Lin Yi couldn't help but changed greatly, and he finally stopped treating him as a freshman junior.

So when it comes to money, any gap can be filled, let alone a mere generation gap.

After Lin Yi returned to the table, he drank with a few people for a while.

Because they had to work the next day, they didn't make it too late.Shao Yu from another school left first and ordered Zhang Xun to take Wang Yuqi back to the girls' dormitory, while Lin Yi and the other three had a small meeting in the basement.

Li Moyan first asked: "How about buying people's hearts just now?"

The three of them discussed the money for Guo Nan in advance. Lin Yi just said that Guo Nan accepted it in the end.

The current division of labor between the three is the senior sister who is in charge of the accounts. She briefly explained the current financial situation: "According to the current speed, we will probably run out of money by the middle of next month."

Li Jianguo was surprised: "We ran out of money so quickly, didn't we raise 10 yuan at the beginning?"

There is another reason he didn't say, that is, Lin Yi spends money to search and search all the time, and if he can buy old ones or not new ones, it should take a long time in his opinion.

Li Moyan explained: "The operation of the website has always been relatively healthy. In theory, it should be profitable, but the speed at which we make money is far behind the speed at which we spend money."

Lin Yi had expected this: "Earn is for spending, and no matter how fast you earn, it will never be enough for spending."

Chapter 238 Whoring for nothing is addictive

Lin Yi said it lightly, but the cash flow issue is the most important thing in the life and death of a start-up company, so it is necessary to make a plan in advance.

The current situation is that the website is doing well, and the reason why the cash is flowing out quickly is that they have been continuously expanding.

In terms of quantity, in the past month or so, they have entered more than a dozen colleges and universities on Xueyuan Road, and the order volume and transaction volume have doubled several times.

In theory, if they stop this crazy expansion, the financial situation will be greatly improved immediately.

But Lin Yi will not stop.

Li Moyan also knew that he couldn't stop, after all, this guy's mantra is Zweig's phrase "No.1 has everything, No.2 is nothing".

"What's your plan, do the three of us raise money again?"

This proposal was immediately vetoed by Lin Yi. After converting the money he earned in high school into Bitcoin, there was not much left, and it was not a long-term solution to always rely on additional investment from shareholders.

So where else can you get money?

Lin Yi thought of Senior Brother Guo Nan who had just been sent away.

Of course, he didn't pay this guy just now and then looked for a chance to come back, but he aimed at the female professor behind Senior Brother Guo.

So Lin Yi suggested: "It seems that we haven't been to Teacher Li Feifei for a while, and now that the business of the food delivery network has developed in stages, we should take the initiative to report to her."

Li Moyan understood in seconds, it seems that prostitution is really addictive, and this guy started thinking about getting the college's wool again, but she didn't object.

So the three of them sent an email to Li Feifei to make an appointment according to what they said before, and they happened to be free the next day, so they showed up in the office last time on time.

"Come on, sit down."

Li Feifei is still as casual as before, but she is a little more interested in these three people today than last time:

"I heard what Guo Nan said yesterday. I didn't expect you to make such great progress in more than a month. It seems that I underestimated you. So far at least your actions are still very strong."

Today is still Lin Yizhu's talk, he first complimented: "Thanks to Brother Guo Nan for helping us during this time, in the final analysis it is Teacher Li's support."

Li Feifei smiled, she didn't take a student's compliment seriously: "There is no need to put a high hat on me, you should go to the Three Treasures Hall for everything, right? Tell me why you came to me."

Lin Yi admired her efficient work style, and said very bluntly: "Ms. Li, after this period of development, our business scale has expanded a lot, but the corresponding is continuous capital investment."

"I wonder if the teacher has any suggestions for us?"

Li Feifei knew that he was asking for advice, but he was actually asking for money.

"I remember that your initial venture capital was 10 yuan, right? The speed of spending money is quite fast, but this is right, this is the way to do things."

"I understand what you mean, but the hospital said it was business support, but it didn't prepare the money. You still don't understand... In short, it's almost impossible to get money without a budget."

"So I can go to the courtyard to report for you, but it's best not to have too much hope."

She paused at this point, "By the way, Dean Chen seemed to be very concerned about this matter when the courtyard assigned me tasks before. You can ask him to think of a way, which will be more effective than talking to me."

Strictly speaking, these words are a bit condescending. It may be due to Li Feifei's personality, or she may think that these children can think of it by themselves.

"Which Dean Chen?"

"Chen Mingzhang, Dean of our School of Computer Science, don't you know?"

Li Feifei was quite strange. She thought that these three were Dean Chen's relatives who came out to brush up their resumes, so she didn't pay much attention at first, and she didn't expect to actually make something.

Lin nodded his head, and he had already figured it out. He temporarily avoided the topic: "I can understand what Mr. Li said. In fact, it doesn't have to be paid by the hospital."

"For example, with the expansion of orders on the website, it is not a small expense for us to rent servers. I remember that there are some idle servers in the computer room in the courtyard. Can you allocate some for us?"

Li Feifei smiled and commented: "You started a business over there. I didn't expect you to be quite clear about the things in the courtyard. It seems that you have been secretly thinking about it for a day or two."

She made a simple joke and said formally: "I think this plan is much more realistic than giving money. You can try it out."

Lin Yi made a shot based on the principle of not being empty-handed, but this is not over yet, he continued to ask: "Last time, I heard from Mr. Li that you also have some contacts with the industry. I wonder if you can help us?" Looking for financing?"

This request was also expected by Li Feifei: "I can help you pay attention, but to be honest, your current scale is still a bit small, so you can only look for Angel Wheel."

"Actually, the principle is the same. Whether you are looking for financing at the academy or in the outside market, the more you open your stall and make more noise, the easier it is to get money."

Lin Yi also understands this truth, but there is no rush for this matter. It has only been two months since the birth of Casual Food Delivery.com, and it has already been running wildly.

After all, Li Feifei is a professional, she thought about it and really gave some useful suggestions.

"Actually, there are many entrepreneurship competitions for college students. I don't know if you have heard of them before. I think you can participate in them."

"With your current grades, you are much better than those students who can only speak PPT. It is easy to get a good ranking."

"These competitions are sponsored. After winning, there will be a little money, which can temporarily alleviate your financial problems."

"On the other hand, in these competitions, sometimes professionals from professional investment institutions are invited to come over as judges or guests. If you are lucky and meet someone who likes you, then your first financing will have a lot of money." landed."

This sounds like a good idea, Lin Yiduo asked for some details.

Li Feifei flicked through her e-mail, and found an e-mail and forwarded it directly to them.

"Hey, you can take a look at this. It is a college student entrepreneurship competition hosted by the well-known MBB consulting company. The No. 1 prize money is 30."

"This was originally an invitation letter sent to me to be a judge. I definitely don't have time so I can only reject it. But if you want to go, I will recommend you to go and you can be shortlisted directly."

30, a lot.

For the sake of money, Lin Yi couldn't let it go, so he decisively asked Li Feifei to help them register. At this time, he hadn't seriously looked at the registration conditions and competition methods of this event.

After coming out of the office, Li Moyan asked, "Are you confident in this competition?"

"We'll talk about whether you have the confidence to compare." Lin Yi was quite optimistic.

Li Jianguo remembered the bargaining inside just now, and suddenly thought: "How do you know that there are idle servers in the courtyard?"

Lin Yi smiled: "I don't know, and it doesn't matter whether there are idle servers in the courtyard. The important thing is to allocate the old ones to us to support entrepreneurship, so that we can use the money to buy new ones."

Chapter 239 You are wrong

The three returned from Li Feifei's side, and first studied the so-called entrepreneurship competition. After carefully reading the registration instructions, they found that...

"There seems to be no request?"

Li Jianguo was worried that they would not meet the requirements, so it would be pointless to rely on Li Feifei's face to be shortlisted.

Lin Yi and the senior sister would not have this kind of misunderstanding. They knew that Li Feifei was someone with a target, and they would not recommend it to them if they had no chance. Since she said "it is easy to get the ranking", it should be almost the same.

However, after reading it, Lin Yi still felt more confident: "There are a lot of messes written on this introduction, but in fact, as long as there is a PPT, you can participate in the competition."

He knows that these so-called entrepreneurship competitions, innovation competitions, or business case competitions are essentially the same thing.

Not to mention all the contestants, at least most of them are not really for entrepreneurship or innovation, but purely for adding this sum on their resumes when looking for a job in the future. After all, the naming agency of the event is a well-known big company.

"It's more appropriate to say it's a speech contest than an entrepreneurial competition."

As a veteran who often organizes activities in the student union, Li Moyan is not surprised by these things, it is nothing more than a higher level and force.

"Then how do we do it?"

Lin Yi thought for a while and said: "We need a high-quality material to package the casual food delivery network, and my senior sister and I will be responsible for this."

It's not that he doesn't want to use Li Jianguo, this is indeed not his strong point. After all, he was still struggling with the composition of the college entrance examination a few months ago, and soon started a business with Lin Yi after entering college, without receiving training in this area.

Li Jianguo himself had no objection, so he didn't listen here and went to work on other things.

Now the entire delivery end and customer service end are managed by him alone, even if there are many captains to cooperate, he still can't be lazy.

After he left, Lin Yi discussed the material preparation ideas with his senior sister again, and felt that the little story he had made up but was interrupted by Li Feifei had found a place to use.

As for the vision, mission and values ​​of the website, of course, it is how to be tall. In this case, the business model is secondary.

But unlike those theorists, they can provide detailed data support, so this aspect will definitely not be a disadvantage, but they need to pay attention to protecting commercial secrets.

The competition will be held in mid-December, so it's not urgent and can be prepared slowly, so he and his senior sister just discussed a framework first, and can continue to improve it later.

Before parting, Li Moyan originally felt the need to explain to his partner: "What Mr. Li said just now, Dean Chen's side..."

"never mind."

Lin Yi knew what she wanted to say, "There's no need to go this way. If you can win the prize in the competition, there will be time. Besides, the courtyard may not necessarily have money."

Li Moyan found it strange that he was robbed by this guy just halfway through his words: "Do you know why Dean Chen helped us?"

Lin nodded: "I know that Chairman Chen Shishi of the Student Union is the only son of Vice President Chen Mingzhang."

He didn't say anything more, but this look of being in control obviously knew the cause and effect well.

"Are you so well-informed?"

Obviously this guy has been in school for less than a semester.

This question made Lin Yi think about it, and he finally replied: "I know that Senior Sister is not the kind of person who likes to follow crooked ways."

Having said that, it's almost the same. Li Moyan didn't want to take the initiative to invite Ying when he mentioned this matter, but to explain to his partner, and now his goal has been achieved.

After the two separated, Li Moyan frowned and was still thinking about what happened just now.

She has known Lin Yi for several months, and during this period of time, everyone has been in frequent contact with each other, so it is considered familiar, but she had an indescribable strange feeling in her heart, until she suddenly confirmed the source of that feeling just now.

Why does he seem to know me well from the beginning?

"Snapped!"

While she was meditating, someone tapped her on the shoulder suddenly, and she couldn't help being taken aback. Before she could turn around, she heard a familiar laughter.

"Haha, after trying so many times, I was finally scared once!"

Hearing that it was Han Xue, the senior sister stopped halfway through her passive skill throwing over the shoulder.

"Aren't you a martial arts master with keen six senses? What was you thinking about so preoccupied just now? I walked around and didn't find it yet."