After Becoming Financially Free, They Offered Their Loyalty - Chapter 61

Chapter 61: The Foreign Economics College is a veritable forest

TL: YYang

Chen Na felt Shen Yuan’s care and attention, and a sense of security grew in her heart. She gently reminded him, “Okay, then drive safely.”

“Okay.”

Shen Yuan waved his hand, then got into the driver’s seat of the Land Rover and sped away.

As Liu Menglu watched Shen Yuan leave just like that, a sudden sense of frustration welled up inside her.

‘No way, he just left?’

‘Not even having lunch together?’

‘I’m so well-endowed, this doesn’t make sense.’

‘Do men not like big headlights anymore?’

When Hou Qianqian saw Liu Menglu’s crestfallen expression, she found it somewhat amusing.

‘See, you thought you could do it too, but he didn’t fall for your tricks at all!’

Hou Qianqian had been holding back her feelings all day, and now seeing Liu Menglu’s misstep, she couldn’t help but feel a little schadenfreude.

Although they were all best friends and had a good relationship, people were competitive.

To see a best friend doing better than oneself was inevitably unpleasant.

It was the same principle as the male version of “fearing your brother’s suffering, yet also fearing your brother driving a Land Rover.”

Now that one best friend had flown up the branch and become a phoenix, Hou Qianqian didn’t want to see another best friend doing better than her.

Yes, it was best to maintain the status quo. It would be even better if she was a little worse off than her, so Hou Qianqian could feel more balanced in her heart. At least among the three of them, she wasn’t the worst.

“Menglu, Qianqian, let’s find a place to eat first?”

Chen Na was in a good mood now and suggested, “Then I’ll take you to see the coffee shop.”

“Alright, Nana, let’s go eat first.”

“I’m going to treat you to a big meal today. You have a house worth nearly 3 million now. Qianqian and I are so envious!”

Liu Menglu’s self-adjustment ability was very strong, and she quickly regained her energetic state.

At the same time, she was also encouraging herself inwardly: ‘I can do it! At least I’ve taken the first step today and got his WeChat!’

“…”

Shen Yuan drove the Defender back to the Foreign Economics College, parked it casually on the side of the road, and then walked to the cafeteria, ready to grab a bite.

He had a good relationship with the security guards before and would occasionally give them a couple of packs of cigarettes, so if he wanted to drive into the school, he could.

In the past, Shen Yuan might have driven in to show off, but now he was past that cringey stage, so he simply parked on the side of the road.

Along the way, Shen Yuan was looking left and right, his eyes never stopping, because there were too many pretty girls at the Foreign Economics College.

Especially now that it was summer, the girls at the Foreign Economics College were very good at dressing up, all showing off their fair thighs and fine figures.

In a school like the Foreign Economics College, even a class beauty, if taken to another ordinary university, would be a department beauty.

This showed that Fang Minhui’s status as a class beauty at the Foreign Economics College was quite valuable.

However, although the overall quality of the girls at the Foreign Economics College was high, the atmosphere and ethos were much worse. Basically, those who came here to study either had average grades and couldn’t get into a good university, or they paid to get a diploma.

The phenomenon of “diligently studying by lamplight late at night” in other universities basically didn’t exist at the Foreign Economics College.

Everyone was either busy dating or busy skipping class to go out and have fun. In short, they were all just muddling through.

Perhaps there were some diligent students, but they were only individual cases.

Unconsciously, Shen Yuan had already walked to the first cafeteria. When he was getting his food, the cafeteria auntie’s performance was still stable. Shen Yuan couldn’t help but say, “Auntie, don’t shake, don’t shake, I have a big appetite.”

The cafeteria auntie rolled her eyes, but still gave Shen Yuan an extra small spoonful.

After thanking her, Shen Yuan was about to find a place to sit down when he unexpectedly ran into Counselor Li Xiao eating alone.

He walked over and sat next to Li Xiao. “Counselor, what a coincidence.”

Li Xiao was eating when she noticed someone sit down next to her. She turned her pretty face and saw, “Shen Yuan, why are you eating alone? Aren’t you the three musketeers?”

“The other two are dead.”

“Huh?”

“Mhm, some people are alive, but they are already dead.”

“Haha~”

Li Xiao covered her mouth and chuckled, knowing that Shen Yuan was playing with a meme again, but she found it very interesting. “It seems you’ve paid homage to many great works. You can even use them to make memes.”

“Of course, we university students still have this bit of literary accomplishment.”

Shen Yuan raised an eyebrow and quietly leaned over to whisper, “Of course, the main thing is that the counselor’s personal example is good.”

When Shen Yuan said personal example, he deliberately emphasized the word “personal.”

Li Xiao immediately remembered what had happened in the office that day, and her pretty face instantly flushed. She was silent for a while before saying seriously, “Shen Yuan, you can’t be like this. We are teacher and student.”

Shen Yuan pretended to be confused. “No, counselor, what are you thinking?”

“I meant it literally.”

“…”

Li Xiao puffed out her cute cheeks, feeling very angry. She knew she had been teased by this bad guy Shen Yuan again, but she couldn’t refute it.

At this moment, Li Xiao’s phone suddenly rang. She picked it up and saw that it was a call from Secretary Lu of the college’s Youth League Committee. She immediately answered it.

“…”

“Understood, understood. I’ll go prepare the materials later. I should be able to produce a report by tomorrow.”

“…”

“Of course. I’ve inquired. Now, the University of Science and Technology, the Agricultural University, and even the Business School all have this base.”

“…”

“Tomorrow night? I’m not free tomorrow night.”

“…”

“Secretary Lu, I’m really sorry. I really have something to do this time.”

“…”

“Mhm, okay, bye-bye.”

After hanging up the phone, Li Xiao let out a heavy sigh.

Shen Yuan couldn’t help but ask, “What’s wrong, counselor?”

Li Xiao sighed slightly. “Our Foreign Economics College is going to set up a university student startup incubator. It’s currently in the preparatory stage. I’m a member of this project team, and there’s a lot to do.”

“Startup incubator?”

Shen Yuan couldn’t help but be a little curious.

Li Xiao nodded. “Yes, the school plans to support a group of students with entrepreneurial ideas by providing a sum of startup funds, and the school will provide free venues and entrepreneurial guidance.”

“The difficulty of this project lies in the funding. The school’s subsidy is limited, so we can only cooperate with other enterprises outside the school.”

Shen Yuan nodded. After thinking about it carefully, he knew that entrepreneurs were definitely not that stupid. How could they let the school get something for free so easily? So he asked:

“What conditions can our school offer to the enterprises?”

Li Xiao thought for a moment and said, “The only thing the school can do is to provide talent. We can sign contracts with enterprises and regularly supply high-quality graduates every year.”

“That’s not much of an advantage, is it? How can the quality of graduates from the Foreign Economics College compare to those from double first-class universities?”

Shen Yuan found it a bit incredible. No enterprise would be stupid enough to agree to such conditions.

“So, this is the biggest difficulty at present. If those enterprises can’t get favorable conditions, they certainly won’t make this kind of investment.”

Li Xiao said with a headache.

However, she also concealed a part of it, which was that Secretary Lu had repeatedly asked her to go to dinner parties these past two days, under the pretext of strengthening relationships with business owners.

Li Xiao knew very well that it was nothing more than going to drink and smile, and maybe those bosses would get handsy after drinking too much.

But for this kind of thing, Li Xiao still had her bottom line.

She had already found excuses to refuse Secretary Lu twice.

Thinking that she, a university teacher, had to be called out to drink, she felt very indignant.

“Is that so…”

Although Shen Yuan now had 10 million in investment-exclusive funds and was considering what projects to invest in, this project was obviously not in his consideration.

According to calculations, he could make money as long as the revenue reached 33% or more, but the key was that the success rate of students from the Foreign Economics College was very low. Not to mention 33%, Shen Yuan was afraid they couldn’t even reach 20%.

So, this matter still needed more consideration.

Shen Yuan was not Wang Duoyu, after all, who only cared about spending money and not earning it.

He still had to consider the profitability.

“Are you interested?”

Li Xiao blinked her beautiful eyes. Shen Yuan had asked in quite detail just now and also had his own ideas, so she thought he wanted to start a business.

Shen Yuan shook his head. “A little, but not much.”

“It’s good that you have this idea.”

“But the project hasn’t been implemented yet, so it’s probably not going to happen.”

Li Xiao was not very optimistic about this project either. Currently, this project had not even reached a preliminary intention of cooperation with any enterprise.

Moreover, people were very shrewd now, especially those business owners. How could they be won over with just a couple of drinks?

[Ding!]

[A perfect life should not only accumulate wealth but also have enough prestige to have an influence in all sectors of society.]

[Since the Host is currently a university student, influence needs to be expanded from the university.]

[Quest: Gain Prestige Value by investing in campus projects.]

[Quest Reward: For every 500 Prestige Value accumulated, you will get one lottery chance, with a chance to obtain attribute points and special abilities.]

[Note: Prestige Value refers to the reputation admired by the public, representing others’ recognition and respect for the Host; this Prestige Value only counts teachers and students in the university.]

Shen Yuan was stunned. This could also trigger a quest?

He roughly browsed the quest content and found that it was actually about gaining prestige from teachers and students by investing in campus projects.

The 10 million investment-exclusive fund was given by the system anyway, so that didn’t matter.

What moved Shen Yuan was the quest reward. This lottery looked very rich. Although he hadn’t tried the attributes, Shen Yuan had a deep understanding of this special ability.

For example, the Ruthless Pounding Ability, who knew what it was like.

Since this quest was fixed in the school, it could only be used to invest in campus projects. Currently, only this startup incubator was more suitable.

Coincidentally, the counselor had also encountered difficulties, so he could just help her out.

But…

Shen Yuan suddenly realized a huge business opportunity. In fact, this investment could fully utilize the advantage of the Foreign Economics College being full of beauties.

Anyway, he was the investor, so he should have the final say on who to invest in and how much to invest. So why not invest in those beautiful seniors and juniors to open shops?

The Foreign Economics College was a veritable forest, especially since the quality of the trees in this forest was extremely high.

He could not only gain prestige value but also increase favorability.

AN: I’ll explain the update issue again. Because it’s a part-time job, I only have time to write after work. Around 6,000 characters is my limit. I can only try to update more on weekends. I apologize for the inconvenience. There will be another chapter between 11-12 p.m.