Financial freedom starts from graduation

Chapter 521: Xiao Kai is not considered as Kai
As expected, what's meant to happen will happen.

Zhou Wang had always thought that, given Jiang Qingkui's personality, she would probably never ask this question, but as it turns out, even the most rational woman will eventually feel insecure in a relationship... and she still asked.

While Zhou Wang was quickly thinking about how to answer, Jiang Qingkui suddenly broke free from his embrace and walked nonchalantly to the landline phone next to the desk.

"You probably haven't had breakfast yet, right? I'll have Xiao Xu bring some over."

Zhou Wang knew that Jiang Qingkui had only briefly lost control and had now regained her composure. He wisely refrained from pursuing the topic further and instead smoothly said:

"I don't need any food, just a cup of hot soy milk will do, my mouth tastes a little bitter..."

"Did you drink a lot?"

After sending the message to Xu Lingyue, Jiang Qingkui turned around and only then noticed that Zhou Wang's expression was indeed not good. She couldn't help but ask him with concern.

"Not much, just a dozen or two beers, half a bottle of liquor, and a few glasses of plum wine..."

"How many of you are there?"

"I am Zhang Dashao, Qiu Dashao, Guo Bing, Xiao Qi, Tang Yiming, Lao Ruan..."

Hearing Zhou Wang list a number of people on his fingers, Jiang Qingkui breathed a sigh of relief.

"With so many people, drinking this is fine..."

"Huh? Who are you looking down on? I'm talking about how much everyone drank."

Seeing that Jiang Qingkui had misunderstood, Zhou Wang immediately corrected her, clearly displeased.

Jiang Qingkui: "..."

"I didn't go to the second half of the event with them on the day of the banquet, and Tang Yiming and Young Master Qiu were both leaving, so I couldn't refuse them."

Zhou Wang waved his hand, "Don't worry, I really didn't drink too much."

"You don't need to explain to me. This is your private matter, and I have no right to interfere."

Jiang Qingkui turned her head away and said softly.

The atmosphere became somewhat awkward again in the silence. Zhou Wang could only cough lightly and change the subject, saying, "Qingkui, you looked so worried just now. Is something bothering you?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Qingkui quickly composed herself and said seriously:

"President Zhou, there are indeed some matters that require your opinion. I originally intended to discuss them with you after the meeting, but since we have some time now, I'd like to report to you first..."

As she spoke, Jiang Qingkui listed several problems she had recently encountered.

After listening, Zhou Wang remained calm and simply replied, "I understand. Let's do it today. I'll take care of everything for you today."

"today?"

Jiang Qingkui wondered if she had misheard.

The gifts that were sent were fine; Zhou Wang could easily sort them out and deal with them. But how could he possibly solve major issues like the appointment of senior executives and the group's future development plans in just one day?
Zhou Wang did not answer Jiang Qingkui's question immediately, but instead pondered it in his mind.

These issues, which might take others a lot of time to sort out, were indeed not a big deal for Zhou Wang.

After many days of accumulation, Zhou Wang's reputation points have now reached a terrifying three million.

Yes, it's more than three times the amount before the dinner.

The system's evaluation has changed from "rising to fame" to "renowned".

And recently, this number has been increasing by hundreds of thousands every day.

This is the positive impact of that seemingly incredibly successful charity gala.

After seven or eight top-tier media outlets and more than a dozen A-list celebrities spontaneously promoted Zhou Wang, the "Wang Foundation" and Wang Zhou Group officially entered the public eye, and countless financial news outlets were full of interest in this mysterious group that suddenly appeared.

Meanwhile, many gossip media outlets have developed a strong desire to investigate Zhou Wang, the founder of the Wang Foundation.

So the reporters that Du Mengqi and the others encountered downstairs were just part of Xu Wenqian and Jiang Qingkui's recent daily experiences. As for Zhou Wang...

Because of his elusive whereabouts and the tight security at Tomson Riviera, he avoided reporters except for one day when he was caught by reporters while shopping with his parents.

At the same time, Zhou Wang's number of followers on different social media platforms has increased significantly, most notably on Douyin.

Under Lin Ran's planning, Zhou Wang's recent updates have become more frequent, featuring positive snippets of his life. As a result, he gained two million followers in just ten days due to the attention effect.

Currently, Zhou Wang has over five million followers on Douyin, and he has also received two Douyin Group [Share Fragment Gift Packs]. Unfortunately, both gift packs only yielded the lowest reward, a guaranteed 0.001%, which together only gave Zhou Wang a total of 0.002% of Douyin shares.

However, even a mosquito's leg is meat, so Zhou Wang didn't complain. At this rate of growth, his number of fans might even reach ten million before the end of the year, and he was bound to win big one day.

With over three million reputation points, Zhou Wang can now afford more than half of the items in the system shop.

The vacancy for senior management is easy to solve. The [Advanced Resume Form], which costs 10,000 points each, will come in handy. Zhou Wang plans to exchange for ten at once. It doesn't matter if he doesn't know the people well; seeing the changes in [Loyalty] is enough.

As for the group's future development plans, there just happens to be another useful item in the system shop.

Planck's Business Plan (Intermediate) - Exchange Price: 1888888 Reputation Points

Zhou Wang had redeemed this kind of "business plan" item once before, but that time it was the "basic" version, which only cost 188888 reputation points. Zhou Wang eventually used it for his game company.

Speaking of Wangzhou Youke, their first mini-game, "Financial Freedom Begins After Graduation," was officially launched a week ago and has entered the public beta phase.

With Zhou Wang's promotion through Douyin and the help of Ms. Yang and Xia Xiwei, the number of registered users of the game exceeded 500,000 in just one week.

It may sound like something out of a traditional online game, but keep in mind that this is just a small online game that doesn't even require downloading an app, and its success has already amazed countless people.

The 500,000 registered users have generated over 30,000 paying users, and the revenue from top-ups alone has already exceeded three million.

The entire game's development cost was only a mere two million...

Excluding operating and labor costs, this means that Wangzhou Youke will start to turn a profit by next month at the latest, and the expected profit margin is quite impressive.

Besides the game's truly high-quality production, the business plan provided by the system store also played a significant role, offering a complete solution from marketing to promotion.

With the plan as a reference, Zhou Wang didn't even need to think. He only needed to issue orders in stages, and then let his subordinates carry them out.

Jiang Qingkui, who also serves as the general manager of Wangzhou Youke, is the most qualified to speak on this matter. She has hardly ever interfered in any internal matters of the company; it is Zhou Wang who personally communicates with the technical backbone who serves as the vice president.

Following the huge success of its first game, Wangzhou Youke has already begun intensive development of its second mini-game, also a free-startup simulation game. This time, however, the setting has been changed to ancient times, and romance modes such as "marrying a wife" and "taking a concubine" have been added, which is expected to attract a large number of players with a penchant for erotic content...

Getting back to the main point, compared to a basic business plan, an intermediate business plan increases the expected gross profit margin from "5% to 200%" to "20% to 300%", and provides more detailed solutions.

This is perfectly applicable to the current situation of Wangzhou Group.

Zhou Wang felt that the nearly two million reputation points were well worth the initial positive development of the group. Of course, this business plan alone was clearly insufficient to put the Wangzhou Group on the right track, but it should be sufficient for a period of time.

Once I complete my fourth action round, if I can successfully obtain the reward from the prize pool, the [Group Construction Gift Pack], then none of this will be a problem.

Zhou Wang's gaze was deep and unfathomable.

During this period, he seemed to be "neglecting his duties" and did not show his face much in front of Jiang Qingkui and Xu Wenqian, but in fact he had been making a lot of preparations in secret, all in preparation for the upcoming fourth round of operations.

Although the countdown was decreasing every day, sharpening the axe wouldn't delay the work of chopping wood, and Zhou Wang's confidence was growing every day.

"Mr. Zhou?"

Seeing that Zhou Wang remained silent and just stared blankly, Jiang Qingkui called out again in confusion.

"Oh, right, Aoi, there's something else I need to tell you..."

Zhou Wang came to his senses and pondered for a moment, then said, "I may have to leave for a while."

"leave?"

Jiang Qingkui's heart tightened. "Where are we going? How long will we be gone?"

"We're not going anywhere, it's just...you remember Su Yajing, right?"

"Su Yaqing?"

Jiang Qingkui thought for a moment, "The girl who manages the Lishui Yunquan Hotel?"

She had met Su Yaqing once in Mingcheng. Of course, simply meeting her once might not be enough for Jiang Qingkui to remember her, but she knew that this girl was connected with some of Zhou Wang's businesses.

That was enough for Jiang Qingkui to take notice of her.

"Yes, I promised her I would take her out for a trip..."

"So it's just a trip?"

"That's it."

What does "consider" mean?
Jiang Qingkui wanted to ask more questions, but at that moment Xu Lingyue, carrying a cup of soy milk, pushed open the door and entered, interrupting their conversation.

Zhou Wang couldn't help but laugh when he saw Xu Lingyue, "Old classmate, it's been a while, your temperament has gotten better and better..."

Wearing a professional bodycon skirt that accentuated her shapely figure, Xu Lingyue felt a surge of joy, though she also appeared somewhat shy. However, with Jiang Qingkui right beside her, she dared not show it too obviously and could only purse her lips and say:
"It's probably a case of being influenced by one's surroundings; it's hard not to be influenced by Sister Qingkui every day..."

Zhou Wang was taken aback, somewhat surprised that Xu Lingyue could say such a thing.

After all, his impression of her was still that night when she foolishly came to "offer herself".

Looking at it this way, she has indeed grown a lot during the time she has been with Jiang Qingkui.

"That's good, everyone is trying to move forward..."

Zhou Wang sighed inwardly.

……

The first meeting of Wangzhou Group concluded amidst laughter and joy.

How could we not be happy?
Even though many of you here are no longer newcomers to the workforce, you've never heard of a company that gives you money on your very first day.

Mr. Zhou said it was called a "lucky red envelope for joining the company." They didn't understand it, but it sounded very meaningful.

Random red envelopes, ranging from a minimum of "666" to a maximum of "88888", will be distributed along with your first month's salary as long as you achieve perfect attendance this month...

What's the difference between this and throwing money around?
Jiang Qingkui was genuinely surprised by Zhou Wang's move and felt quite helpless sitting in the audience.

However, judging from the excited expressions on everyone's faces, it seems that spending hundreds of thousands to win people's hearts is not necessarily a bad deal...

At least, regardless of whether they knew Zhou Wang before or not, they will probably remember this behind-the-scenes boss.

After the meeting ended, Jiang Qingkui was still thinking about the things she wanted to discuss with Zhou Wang. However, when she got up to look for him, she found that Zhou Wang, who had been talking to Xu Wenqian just a moment ago, was gone.

Jiang Qingkui felt a sudden pang of unease. She searched around in vain and was about to take out her phone to call Zhou Wang when a message from Zhou Wang came through.

"office."

Jiang Qingkui was taken aback, and quickly walked towards the office.

But after entering, she still couldn't find Zhou Wang. Just as Jiang Qingkui was wondering, she suddenly noticed that there seemed to be something extra on the desk.

"Wangzhou Group Development Plan (until February 2025)"

Jiang Qingkui picked up the thick document and quickly flipped through it, then her eyes widened in shock.

Was such a detailed development plan prepared by Zhou Wang?
How can this be……

Or was he busy with this matter during the time he disappeared?
At this moment, Jiang Qingkui noticed that there was a form under this document.

The form was handwritten and only contained the name, the corresponding job title, and a simple contact number.

Judging from the handwriting, this was clearly left by Zhou Wang.

Jiang Qingkui couldn't believe it. How long had it been? Zhou Wang had already filled three of the seven vacant senior management positions.
She instinctively wanted to question it, but the weighty project proposal in her hand silenced her.

"Forget it, aren't there enough things about him that can't be understood?"

Jiang Qingkui muttered helplessly.

……

2024 11 Month 24 Day.

A rare sunny day in Shanghai during autumn.

"Hey, Duoduo, slow down, watch out for the car..."

The old BMW 5 Series had barely stopped on the auxiliary road in front of Pudong International Airport when a girl with pigtails carrying a travel bag eagerly opened the car door, prompting her mother to scold her from behind.

"Mom, they're all here. I'm running late. Bye-bye!"

Yu Duo waved without turning her head and rushed forward.

Although Mrs. Yu felt helpless, she couldn't say anything. After all, it had been a long time since she had seen her daughter show such a carefree smile...

(End of this chapter)