The younger generation, starting from where the wind blows...

Chapter 93 Xie Wang and the Unicorn He Gave Away

"Stop standing there, they're about to leave, let's hurry over and say hello."

Xia Fenghua and Zhou Haikuo, one on each side, pulled Xie Wanghe along and ran forward.

Yang Muye and Ma Qiushan were about to enter the restaurant when a familiar voice came from behind them.

"Mr. Yang!"

The two stopped simultaneously and turned to look at Xia Fenghua and the other two.

Upon seeing Yang Muye, Xia Fenghua immediately became reserved, introducing her two companions in a soft voice:

"They are the two friends I mentioned last night, Xie Wanghe and Zhou Haikuo."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Haikuo stepped forward and offered both hands to Maqiushan.

"Senior Ma, I am a freshman in the Computer Science Department of Yanhang University. I heard about your entrepreneurial story before I even arrived at the school. My biggest wish is to meet you."

As Ma Qiushan shook hands with Zhou Haikuo, he turned to Yang Muye and joked, "Was it him who mistook you for a pyramid scheme leader last night?"

Zhou Haikuo blushed deeply and quickly explained that it was a misunderstanding.

Xia Fenghua also joined in speaking well of Zhou Haikuo.

Xie Wanghe wanted to speak but couldn't get a word in edgewise, which made him increasingly frustrated.

Ma Qiushan found Zhou Haikuo, his junior from elementary school, quite agreeable. Upon learning that the three of them hadn't eaten yet, he immediately invited them to join him.

Xie Wanghe was about to politely decline when Xia Fenghua and Zhou Haikuo preemptively agreed on his behalf.

Seeing that there were many people on the first floor, Yang Muye suggested going up to the second floor to get some food.

Maqiu Mountain was a no-brainer, and Xia Fenghua and Zhou Haikuo nodded in agreement without hesitation.

When going upstairs, Xie Wanghe deliberately lagged behind and stopped Xia Fenghua to ask her if she had enough money on her meal card.

Xia Fenghua then remembered that after treating Xie Wanghe and Zhou Haikuo to a late-night snack last night, she didn't have much money left in her card.

Xie Wanghe handed over two hundred yuan to Xia Fenghua without saying a word, only to be told that they did not accept cash and could only accept credit cards.

Xie Wanghe looked at Xia Fenghua speechlessly.

"Are you stupid? Just give the money to someone else and ask them to swipe your card for you, that's all."

Xia Fenghua accepted the money and praised Xie Wanghe for his intelligence.

Upon arriving on the second floor, Xia Fenghua and Xie Wanghe volunteered to order the food.

Yang Muye took out his meal card and said that this meal was on him.

Xie Wanghe intended to signal Xia Fenghua to refuse, but to his surprise, Xia Fenghua readily accepted the card and pulled Xie Wanghe toward the order counter.

After walking a distance, Xie Wanghe called out to Xia Fenghua.

"They were just being polite, are you really going to take their meal card?"

"Didn't you say that if I borrow someone else's card to swipe money, I can just use their card to swipe and then give them the money back, isn't that the same thing?"

Xie Wanghe was momentarily at a loss for words.

Xia Fenghua turned around triumphantly and continued to queue up.

When picking up the food, Zhou Haikuo also came over to help.

When the three of them returned with the food, they found two more girls at the table.

It's Xu Hongdou and Chen Nanxing.

The two got their food on the first floor, but couldn't find a seat after looking around. So they went up to the second floor to find a place to sit. They happened to see that Yang Muyi's table was empty, so Chen Nanxing pulled Xu Hongdou over to share the table.

Upon learning that the girl was someone Yang Muye knew, Xia Fenghua immediately suggested ordering two more dishes.

Xu Hongdou immediately said no need, she and Chen Nanxing were just sharing a table, the dishes had already been prepared on the first floor.

As Xia Fenghua sat down, she returned the meal card and 100 yuan to Yang Muye.

"Two servings of stewed rice, three servings of fried rice, plus a plate of dry pot, totaled eighty-eight yuan. Adding the cost of the Yangzhou fried rice from last night, it's exactly one hundred. You can't deduct any more money from my salary later."

Yang Muye accepted the meal card and money, saying that he would treat her and that the 88 yuan would be added to Xia Fenghua's first month's salary later.

Chen Nanxing was very curious about the relationship between Xia Fenghua and Yang Muye.

Yang Muye explained that Xia Fenghua was the girl who came to apply for the job last night.

Xu Hongdou looked at Xia Fenghua with sympathy and said jokingly, "If you work for this kind of heartless capitalist, you should be prepared to be exploited."

Xia Fenghua was a little taken aback.

Yang Muye, a heartless capitalist?
Xie Wanghe reminded him, "They're just joking with you!"

Just as Xia Fenghua was about to ask about the relationship between Xu Hongdou and Yang Muye, Xu Hongdou shook her head and explained, "No, no, I'm serious. His specialty is tricking people into working for him for free."

Chen Nanxing joined in the fun, nodding in agreement: "That's right, I saw the milk tea shop uniform you sent on QQ before. It's fine to wear it, but you have to pay us our regular wages."

"A bubble tea shop?"

Ma Qiushan turned to look at Yang Muye with a shocked expression.

When did this happen?

"At first, I wanted to open a board game cafe and promote Werewolf offline, but the shop I liked belonged to the school's post-production group, which couldn't be used for entertainment venues, so I had to change it to a milk tea shop."

As soon as Yang Muyi finished speaking, Ma Qiushan chimed in, "I have a lot of knowledge about tea, and I've been thinking about how to combine traditional tea culture with internet entrepreneurship."

Yang Muyi immediately adopted a listening posture and asked Ma Qiushan what he had figured out.

"After much thought, I realized that the timing wasn't right, there wasn't a suitable platform, and most importantly... there was no money."

Ma Qiushan was quite frank.

Yang Muye sneered after hearing this: "So after all that thinking, all you came up with was loneliness?"

Ma Qiushan explained, "Starting a business is like this: countless ideas swirl in your mind, but very few are actually put into action, and even fewer succeed."

Then, changing the subject:
"But I think your milk tea shop project is great. If you can combine it with traditional culture and the internet, it might become the next entrepreneurial hot spot."

To be fair, this guy has a pretty good eye for talent.

In their past lives, Chayan Yuese and Bawang Chaji both followed this path to success. The only difference is that the former failed to capitalize on that wave of popularity, while the latter did.

Just then, Ma Qiushan asked about the name of the milk tea shop, and Yang Muye told him both names, asking Ma Qiushan for advice.

"Personally, I prefer BaWangChaJi, but given the current situation where women make up a larger proportion of milk tea consumers, I think ChaYanYueSe would be more suitable."

"Okay, then let's call her Overlord Tea Princess."

Yang Muye made the decision on the spot.

Then Ma Qiushan was dumbfounded. Did they listen to his advice, or not?
Chen Nanxing couldn't help but say, "Tea Yan Yue Se sounds pretty good too, it's such a waste not to use it."

Afterwards, he nudged Xu Hongdou, who was drinking soup with her head down, with his elbow, asking her to give her opinion as well.

Xu Hongdou had just raised her head when Yang Muye's voice rang out.

"So I registered both names, using different brands for the same product, and ultimately let the market decide."

"This is a good idea, but it's a bit expensive," Ma Qiushan concluded.

After all, we need to open two stores at the same time.

However, Ma Qiushan immediately added, "Of course, you're not short of money anyway."

Everyone else present was fine, but Xie Wanghe felt a pang of sadness after hearing it.

The reason he failed in his initial business venture was because he lacked money.

When it came to Yang Muye, money became the least important factor.

Comparing people to each other makes people angry!
Seeing Xie Wanghe only focused on eating, Xia Fenghua and Zhou Haikuo exchanged a glance.

“Senior Ma, Lao Xie had a great entrepreneurial idea when he was still in high school, but unfortunately he didn’t meet a mentor. Could you give him some pointers?” Zhou Haikuo said, nudging Xie Wanghe with his elbow.

Ma Qiushan readily agreed, but Xie Wanghe looked up and said, "Many people have tried my idea for an online question bank website before, but none of them succeeded."

Among the losers were graduates from prestigious foreign universities like MIT, which is why Xie Wang was frustrated.

Nevertheless, Ma Qiushan, drawing on his own experience and understanding, offered Xie Wanghe some advice:
"The education and training industry has always been highly competitive, both online and offline. Simply having an online question bank is unlikely to impress venture capitalists these days. You need more diversified products, such as online tutoring and online courses."

Xie Wanghe nodded as he listened.

He understands the logic, but he just feels unlucky and missed the boat.

When discussing this topic, Yang Muyi also shared some insights he had gained from his past life experiences:
"In fact, many educational supplementary products are targeting the wrong user group, especially for elementary school students. They are still stuck in the old mindset that the users are students. As students go further in their education, the real demand for these educational supplementary products comes from parents."

Everyone present looked surprised.

How did parents become the main users of educational supplementary products?
Xie Wanghe frowned and remained silent.

Even after admitting his entrepreneurial failure, Yang Muyi deliberately expressed this unconventional view to show how amazing he is.

It's as if no one else understands it, only he does.

"One of the most obvious changes is that when we were in elementary school, teachers used to grade homework. But now, if you have relatives whose children are in elementary school, you'll know that teachers are gradually grading homework less and less; it's mostly the parents who do it."

The country has been advocating for reducing the burden on primary and secondary school students, but the burden has simply shifted from schools and teachers to parents.

"I know that you may not believe me now, but in ten or twenty years, when your children are in elementary school, you will understand the kind of breakdown you feel when helping your children with their homework."

Those born in the 80s and 90s grew up using all sorts of educational supplementary books, and now that they have children of their own, they will become the largest user group of various educational supplementary products.

"If there were a product that could quickly and efficiently help parents tutor their children, for example, by taking a picture of a problem or even the entire test paper and uploading it, they could immediately get the answer and detailed solution steps and explanations of the thought process. Even further, it could directly correct and revise the child's homework. Such a product would be very popular among parents, right?"

“If children get used to using it in elementary school, won’t parents let them continue using it in middle and high school? As time goes by, the product will naturally cover the entire student population.”

As Yang Muyi's product feature blueprint gradually became clearer, Xie Wanghe's expression slowly turned into shock.

If my online question bank website had considered these factors back then, even if it was just a product development plan, I might have been able to secure investment smoothly.

Even so, Xie Wanghe was still somewhat unconvinced.

He really wanted to tell Yang Muyi, "Stop just talking the talk, if you're so good, then go and do it!"

Unexpectedly, someone had thought of this even earlier than Xie Wanghe.

"Now that you mention it, I really think developing such an educational supplement product has great potential. Why don't we in the mountains and fields try making one ourselves?"

Ma Qiushan looked at Yang Muye with anticipation.

He was genuinely tempted.

Yang Muyi countered, "Do you have time now?"

Ma Qiushan immediately shook his head.

He is about to start developing a series of farm games. Not only is he too busy to handle it all himself, but he also plans to hire a few more people to help him catch up.

Although he doesn't have time, Maqiushan has money now!
To be precise, Shanye Technology has become wealthy.

Ma Qiushan's trip to Shenzhen to negotiate with Penguin not only broadened his horizons but also fueled his ambitions.

Seeing this, Xia Fenghua desperately tried to wink at Xie Wanghe.

This is a great opportunity for Mao Sui to recommend himself!
Xie Wanghe pretended not to see it, which angered Xia Fenghua so much that she kicked him hard under the table.

Even after all this, Xie Wanghe remained unmoved.

In the end, Zhou Haikuo had to step up first.

“Senior Ma, Lao Xie tried to make an online question bank website before, and I am now studying computer science, which is a perfect match for me. If you are too busy, could you hand over this project to Lao Xie and me?”

Xia Fenghua nodded vigorously in agreement: "Yes, yes, the idea for the online question bank website was Xie Wanghe's. He almost succeeded in starting his business in Yanjing last time. With the direction and guidance given by President Yang this time, he will definitely succeed."

Before he could finish speaking, Xie Wanghe suddenly stood up: "Alright, you two stop praising me. I've already given up on this project. Saying more won't help."

While he said he had given up, the real reason was that Xie Wanghe was unwilling to take the project he had first come up with and work for someone else.

Ma Qiushan looked at Zhou Haikuo: "What about you? Are you interested in joining Shanye? Although you certainly won't be leading this project right now, I'm sure you'll learn a lot while working with them, and you might even have the opportunity to personally lead the subsequent development of this project in the future."

Zhou Haikuo glanced at Xie Wanghe with some hesitation, instinctively wanting to refuse out of loyalty to his friend.

Although Zhou Haikuo knew that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Just as he was about to refuse, Xia Fenghua spoke up first: "President Ma, thank you for thinking so highly of Hai Kuo. I agree on his behalf. However, we agreed beforehand that if Hai Kuo performs well enough, we will let him take charge in his own way in the future."

Xia Fenghua's thinking was simple: she knew that Xie Wanghe was only refusing to join because of face-saving.

But Zhou Haikuo is different. He doesn't have the same psychological burden as Xie Wanghe, and he's also Ma Qiushan's junior brother. Plus, with Ma Qiushan's recent promise, joining Shanye Technology will definitely give him a bright future.

Once Zhou Haikuo has established himself, he can persuade Xie Wanghe to join as well. When the two of them join forces, they will surely be able to achieve great things.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Haikuo understood Xia Fenghua's good intentions. Since he himself was inclined to join Shanye Technology, he simply agreed.

We can explain Xie Wanghe's situation later.

Ma Qiushan then looked at Yang Muye.

We have the product direction and the manpower; now all we need is a good name.

When it comes to naming things, Yang Muyi has never disappointed.

Yang Muye pondered for a moment.

Let's call it Homework Helper!

(End of this chapter)