I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

After being pulled and shaken by Huang Jing for a while, and after some soft words, Yin Mingyang gave in, "Alright... I'll give it a try first."

Shen Kang gave him the middle finger right then and there, showing his contempt for this guy who forgot his friends because of a pretty face. He thought, "My advice was useless; you surrendered as soon as your girlfriend used her charms, huh?"

These college students are so real; they all think with their limited perspectives.

Seeing that Yin Mingyang had accepted the CF job, Huang Jing breathed a sigh of relief.

When she first brought Yin Mingyang into her social circle, her intentions were actually quite simple: she just wanted her boyfriend to integrate into her social circle.

Of course, she knew that Yin Mingyang's family background was different from that of the people in her social circle, but in Huang Jing's opinion, this was not a problem for Yin Mingyang - Yin Mingyang's friend Shen Kang was the CEO of Anjia Household Services, and Yin Mingyang was always at ease and comfortable when he was with Shen Kang.

Huang Jing's social circle consists of children from middle-class families. What is there that Yin Mingyang can't handle?

But after actually bringing Yin Mingyang into this social circle, Huang Jing realized she had been naive.

Especially recently, some of the thoughts that Yin Mingyang inadvertently revealed during their time together have made Huang Jing somewhat worried. Therefore, Huang Jing actually hopes that Yin Mingyang can take on the CF role and work with Shen Kang to build something together, even more than Yin Mingyang himself does. This would not only benefit Yin Mingyang's career but also their relationship.

Now that Yin Mingyang has finally accepted Shen Kang's request, Huang Jing is the happiest of the three.

Overjoyed, she volunteered to recommend venues for tonight's dinner: "Since it's a dinner for Dean Ding, let's go to Ya Feng Xiao Zhu. It's classy and sophisticated..."

Huang Jing enthusiastically recommended three restaurants near Qianmin University.

After asking around, Shen Kang finally decided to treat everyone to the meal at Ya Feng Xiao Zhu, the place Huang Jing had first recommended.

After the restaurant was finalized, Yin Mingyang, the newly appointed CF (Creative Team Leader), asked about the management: "Old Shen, you appointed me as the CF, so who will be the 'C' (Center) for this area?"

Shen Kang said, "We have two ideas at the moment. One is to transfer someone from my side."

He has quite a few people under him now, so it wouldn't be difficult to find someone to manage this area.

"The other option is to find someone within your school. After meeting her today, I feel that Su Yali is quite capable. Do you think she can handle this situation?"

Yin Mingyang had always had a good impression of Su Yali, saying she was a very nice person. However, when it came to Shen Kang's career, he frankly admitted that he didn't know much about Su Yali's business acumen.

Huang Jing knew Su Yali better: "Actually, Yali also ran a shop on campus, and it did quite well. However, when she first opened the shop, she partnered with two other friends, making a total of three owners, including herself. As time went on, their ideas gradually diverged..."

Shen Kang listened as Huang Jing recounted Su Yali's entrepreneurial story, a typical example of "opening a store in partnership with a good friend."

Like many similar cases, this startup project, which had grown three heads, ultimately ended up breaking up on bad terms.

From Huang Jing's account, Shen Kang gleaned some insights into Su Yali's business acumen.

However, Shen Kang still needs to talk to Su Yali in person to decide on the specifics.

"Huang Jing, give me Su Yali's phone number..."

A dozen minutes later

Su Yali walked to room 206 on the second floor of a teaching building, looked up at the room number on the door, and went inside.

The classroom is currently empty, except for a boy sitting in one seat in the back row, who is Shen Kang, the one who called her earlier to ask her to come out.

Su Yali walked over, sat down in the row of seats in front of Shen Kang, smiled, and asked, "Finished talking with Dean Ding?"

"We're done talking." Shen Kang smiled at her.

Su Yali habitually tried to start a conversation, not wanting to create an awkward silence: "You went to see Dean Ding because you wanted to take over those old houses to use as shops?"

After a brief chat, Shen Kang explained the purpose of his meeting with Su Yali: "...You should already know that I want to do something at Qianmin University, open a few shops. You just might not know what kind of shops these are..."

Shen Kang described his "online + offline" closed-loop system at Yang University of Science and Technology, giving Su Yali a general understanding. Finally, he asked, "I want to replicate this system at Qianmin University, but I'm usually at Yang University of Science and Technology, so I need someone here to oversee everything. I wonder if you'd be interested?"

Su Yali was quite surprised after hearing Shen Kang's explanation.

Through Shen Kang's request for her to be his guide today, everyone knows that Shen Kang wants to open a store in Qianmin University. However, what Su Yali doesn't know is that Shen Kang's intention is not just to open a physical store, but a complete closed-loop system of online and offline operations.

These days, online and offline are still quite separate; online is online, and offline is offline. This kind of closed-loop system combining online and offline is something Su Yali has never seen before.

Having been an entrepreneur herself, she was naturally very interested when she heard about this.

What surprised Su Yali even more was that she and Shen Kang had only met for the first time today, yet Shen Kang had already decided to hand over such a high position as "the leader of a thousand people" to her.

"Let me take charge of the whole situation? We've only just met today, haven't we? Are you really that confident in my abilities, Shen?" Su Yali couldn't help but ask.

Shen Kang smiled and said, "Indeed, so I just wanted to ask about your interest. If you are interested, then I will move on to the next step and let me understand your abilities. This is actually a two-way selection process, which you can think of as an interview. And the prerequisite for starting the interview is, of course, that you, the employee, are interested in this job."

Su Yali thought for a moment and quickly decided: "I am indeed quite interested in this job."

Shen Kang nodded. "Then we can move on to the next step. First, I'd like to ask, if you were in charge of the entire Qianmin University, what aspect do you think we should start with, and which store should we work on first, given our current model?..."

The interview lasted less than half an hour.

Regarding the entry of the Beiming system into Qianmin University, Shen Kang raised several questions, which Su Yali pondered and answered one by one.

Overall, Shen Kang was quite satisfied and ultimately decided that Su Yali would be in charge of the Qianmin University section.

After making the decision, it was getting late, so Shen Kang summoned Yin Mingyang again, and the three of them went to a banquet with Dean Ding, where they paid their respects to the mountain.

Many people in Su Yali's social circle had originally planned to have a dinner party tonight, and they were determined to get Shen Kang and Yin Mingyang to attend. However, after learning from Huang Jing that they were having dinner with Dean Ding that night, they had no choice but to give up.

After finishing the meal, it was already past 8 p.m., and they had been drinking, so Shen Kang found a hotel nearby and checked in. He drove back to Yangke University the next day.

When we arrived at Yangon University of Science and Technology, it was already past 11 a.m.

Shen Kang habitually called He Qiuzhu to invite her to dinner, only to find out that her dormmates had all gone to the second canteen for meals. After parking his car, Shen Kang went directly to the second canteen and found He Qiuzhu and her dormmates in the dining area outside the fast food window.

Besides He Qiuzhu and her roommates, there were two other girls nearby, but they weren't getting food; instead, they were talking to He Qiuzhu and her roommates.

Shen Kang went to get some food first, and then overheard some things.

"...If you, He, join our Computer Science department's cheerleading squad, the basketball team will definitely unleash their full fighting spirit! This is a great opportunity for our Computer Science department to bring glory!"

Shen Kang didn't recognize either of the two girls, and one of them was earnestly trying to persuade He Qiuzhu.

The girl's name is Wei Leilei, and she is a third-year student in the Computer Science Department.

The Yangko University Autumn Sports Meet is about to begin. Wei Leilei is the temporary manager of the Computer Science Department basketball team. She has organized the basketball team for the Computer Science Department to participate in this competition and is trying to find ways to improve the ranking of the Computer Science Department basketball team in this autumn sports meet.

It was around this time that Wei Leilei learned from her classmates that there was an incredibly beautiful girl in the computer science department.

She went to see for herself, and sure enough, the girl named He Qiuzhu was incredibly beautiful. This gave Wei Leilei a way to improve the computer science department's basketball team. If He Qiuzhu joined the computer science department's cheerleading squad and stood on the sidelines to cheer for the computer science department's basketball team, wouldn't all the basketball team members have an adrenaline rush during the game?

This is why Wei Leilei is trying to persuade He Qiuzhu here.

However, He Qiuzhu seemed uninterested in joining the cheerleading squad, speaking very little and only saying that she wouldn't join.

Wei Leilei, however, was quite assertive and wouldn't give up easily, so she kept chasing after her and nagging her for advice.

Fu Rong and the others, sitting next to He Qiuzhu, were getting a little annoyed by what they were hearing.

Just then, a boy came over with a tray and said, "Excuse me."

Wei Leilei was sitting next to He Qiuzhu when she heard someone behind her say "Make way," but she didn't move, unaware that the voice was directed at her.

Then the other person said, "Excuse me, could you please move aside?"

Wei Leilei stopped talking and turned around. She saw a handsome guy standing behind her with a tray. He seemed to be telling her to "make way" and wanted to sit next to He Qiuzhu.

"There's someone here," Wei Leilei said to him.

Just as she was about to turn back to continue persuading He Qiuzhu, she saw He Qiuzhu raise her head, glance at the handsome man, call out "Shen Kang," and then turn her head to look at Wei Leilei.

Wow, so they knew each other.

Wei Leilei was quite perceptive; seeing this, she finally got up and moved aside, and Shen Kang sat down next to He Qiuzhu.

"Is he her boyfriend?" Wei Leilei thought to herself as she watched this scene. But she quickly dismissed the thought and continued to persuade He Qiuzhu, even through Shen Kang.

But He Qiuzhu still refused.

Wei Leilei glanced at the new boy, then changed her target and began to persuade Shen Kang: "Young man, why don't you help persuade your girlfriend too? After all, this is an opportunity for our Computer Science department to bring honor. You don't want our Computer Science department to be overshadowed by the School of Economics and Management every year, do you?"

"Sister, I'm from the School of Economics and Management."

"..."

Wei Leilei felt a little embarrassed.

Fu Rong and the others couldn't help but laugh, trying hard to suppress their laughter, their cheeks puffing out.

Seeing that she couldn't persuade her for the time being and had made such a blunder, it wasn't a good time to try to persuade her again. Wei Leilei finally gave up for the time being and left with the other girl, thinking that she would find another opportunity to try to persuade her next time.

After Wei Leilei and the others left, Fu Rong and the others finally started talking more, and even chatted about the upcoming autumn sports meet.

"Shen Kang, what events have you signed up for at this year's sports meet?"

"If I hadn't come over to have dinner with you guys today and overheard this, I wouldn't have known about the sports meet, let alone signed up for it."

"I don't usually see you participating in any sports?"

"Those who use their minds govern others; those who use their strength are governed. That's how we domineering CEOs operate."...

As the group chatted, Fu Rong kept glancing at He Qiuzhu and Shen Kang.

She had always felt that He Qiuzhu was the real-life Bei Weiwei, and while she hadn't initially felt that way about Shen Kang, she was now increasingly seeing him as Xiao Nai.

Xiao Nai has a bicycle, and Shen Kang also has a bicycle; that's one point. It doesn't matter whose bicycle it actually is, since Shen Kang rides it most of the time anyway.

Xiao Nai has a company, and Shen Kang also has a company; this is the second point.

Xiao Nai has a car, and Shen Kang also has a car, even better than Xiao Nai's car, that's the third point.

Xiao Nai is strikingly handsome, like a celestial being descended to earth. Shen Kang… while not quite to that level, is still handsome, and equally striking. This is 3.5…

It can be said that seeing these two together made Fu Rong more and more satisfied, giving her a sense of satisfaction as if her favorite couple from the book had stepped into reality.

However, there are still some dissatisfactions. For example, Xiao Nai is like a god descending to earth on the basketball court, unmatched, while Shen Kang has never been seen to display any athletic ability.

Thinking of this, Fu Rong couldn't help but ask, "Shen Kang, can you play basketball?"

Shen Kang glanced at her.

When he chatted with He Qiuzhu, He Qiuzhu would occasionally mention her roommates. Therefore, Shen Kang had some understanding of Fu Rong and the others, and he also knew that Fu Rong was the culprit who recommended "Love O2O" to He Qiuzhu.

He also learned from He Qiuzhu that Fu Rong had already come to regard him as Xiao Nai and He Qiuzhu as Bei Weiwei.

So, does he really wish he could become Xiao Nai?

Shen Kang glanced at He Qiuzhu again: she was eating her meal silently with her head down, but Shen Kang noticed that her ear twitched.

"Yes," Shen Kang said casually.

Upon hearing this, Fu Rong asked again, "Is it powerful or not?"

Shen Kang gave a vague reply: "It's still a little bit below the NBA level."

"Registration isn't closed yet, would you like to sign up and participate?"

"Forget it, I don't have the time for that in the US..."

Shen Kang was actually quite weak at basketball, but for some reason, seeing that He Qiuzhu seemed to be paying attention to this matter as well, he suddenly started bragging—he guessed that he probably didn't want to be outdone by a character in a book.

But Fu Rong didn't know this and took it seriously, so she started to tirelessly persuade Shen Kang to sign up for the basketball event at the sports meet.

Fortunately, Shen Kang's phone rang at that moment; it was Wen Chulan calling.

Shen Kang quickly answered the phone, "Hello, what's up?"

Wen Chulan's voice came from the other end: "Shen Kang, after a unanimous decision, we have decided to join your project."

Shen Kang's eyes widened immediately, and his voice rose a little, "What? My grandfather gave birth?"

"?"

Wen Chulan on the other end of the phone was full of questions.

Shen Kang immediately stood up. "Okay, I'll go deliver the baby right away!"

"Please enjoy your meal. I have something urgent to attend to."

After saying that, Shen Kang immediately made a hasty escape.

Fu Rong and the others stared blankly at his departing figure for a long while before looking away.

"Qiuzhu, your boyfriend can be really abstract sometimes..."

The other end

Shen Kang hadn't hung up the phone. Only after rushing out of the cafeteria did he finally regain his composure: "Welcome to the team!"

Hearing that Shen Kang was back to normal, Wen Chulan was finally able to continue the conversation and brought up another matter: "Regarding the matter you mentioned about customizing a testing system for used electronic products, I've had preliminary discussions with the School of Electronic Engineering. When are you free? I can help you schedule it."

Shen Kang thought for a moment, realizing he didn't seem to have anything planned for the day. "Is now okay?"

"Uh, that should work, right? Let me ask the people over there first."

"Okay, then you can ask first."

After hanging up the phone, Wen Chulan contacted an acquaintance at the School of Electronic Engineering, who happened to be available. So, she acted as a middleman, connecting the two parties to discuss the testing system for used electronic products.

According to the agreement reached by both parties, this testing system is feasible, and it would be best to pursue a project investment approach. In other words, Shen Kang will establish a company—the same company he intends to use for this C2B2C system—which will then invest in and initiate the project through the official channels of the School of Electronic Engineering, and the other party will then take over the project.

Based on the other party's budget, an investment of 50,000 yuan would be enough to produce initial results for this type of project. Further investment could be made to refine and improve it further.

Projects of this scale do not need to go through official school channels; they can directly contact the School of Electronic Engineering. The process is relatively quick, and the project can be established in as little as two or three days.

Shen Kang then decided to do it this way.

After the matter was settled, Shen Kang strolled back to the startup base, called Ye Jintong and Ji Chunfu over, and held a small meeting to tell them about the postponement of the "cross-school one-on-one donation" activity.

"Huh? We have to postpone it?"

Ji Chunfu reacted the most, his face full of regret upon hearing that the project would be postponed.

Ye Jintong seemed indifferent.

Shen Kang then went on to explain about the "If You Are the One" project: "The cross-school one-on-one donation has been postponed, but Beiming Community and Xianyu.com have a new collaborative project that we need to launch as soon as possible. For now, we'll call this project 'If You Are the One'..."

After Shen Kang finished explaining the basic concepts of "If You Are the One," Ji Chunfu, who had just looked regretful and a little dejected, instantly came back to life and became energetic.

He couldn't wait to ask another question: "Boss, can our Beiming Community's internal employees sign up for this event?"

"In principle, yes."

Shen Kang's words were concise and to the point.

Upon receiving this affirmative answer, Ji Chunfu's spirits were lifted even more.

One boy, with twelve girls... He gets excited just thinking about it!

Although nominally this is about buying and selling second-hand goods, once this model comes out, who can't see that it's actually a matchmaking and dating event?

Moreover, according to Shen Kang's description, they were not communicating face-to-face, but rather through online text messages in the square of the Beiming community, which greatly reduced the social pressure.

In reality, if Ji Chunfu were to face twelve girls alone, he probably wouldn't dare.

But online, hiding behind a computer screen in front of twelve girls, he really dared to do that!

Now we need to figure out what secondhand items he has to sell...

Ye Jintong sat to the side.

She rolled her eyes at Boss Shen's new idea and bluntly blurted out, "One boy against twelve girls? Are you holding a concubine selection? What kind of ridiculous event is this?!"

"I dare say, if this event actually goes live, it'll be bombarded with criticism within days!..."

Yip Kam Tong went on and on about all the bad things about the event.

Shen Kang glanced at her and said only one sentence: "A female version will also be released simultaneously, featuring one girl facing twelve boys."

Ye Jintong's angry outburst came to an abrupt halt.

After a brief pause, he spoke again: "Thinking about it carefully, this activity does seem quite interesting... Boss, you just said that internal employees can sign up to participate, right?"

"Yes, that's possible in principle."

Upon hearing this, unlike Ji Chunfu who only indulged in his own fantasies, Ye Jintong's mind immediately started working, and she began to offer suggestions: "Boss, here's what I'm thinking about this activity. Before the girl who signs up starts the first stage, she should be able to see the personal information of the twelve boys opposite her, especially their photos."

Although Yip Kam Tong is a fan of anime and manga, she is also a woman in her adolescence.

The thought of twelve handsome men "standing" in front of me, and me looking at their photos one by one, gives me a feeling of an ancient emperor choosing his concubines, and it's quite exciting to think about.

Hearing Ye Jintong's suggestion, Ji Chunfu immediately chimed in, "The version with one boy facing twelve girls could also be done this way!"

He also thought of the scene of "the emperor choosing his concubines".

Shen Kang thought for a moment and said, "Won't there be pressure? After all, not everyone is handsome, and some people might be embarrassed to show their photos."

"What are we here for if not handsome guys?" Ye Jintong asked bluntly.

Shen Kang glanced at her.

Seeing this, Ye Jintong gave a dry laugh, "I mean, boss, what you said makes sense..."

Shen Kang said, "Actually, you can put yourself in their shoes. If a guy is facing twelve girls, and you are one of those twelve girls, how would you feel if you had to give your photo in the very first round?"

Ye Jintong thought about it and understood. "But there's nothing here. Are we just going to proceed blindly?"

"Maybe we could do it this way? At the very beginning of the first round, we could look at photos, but only the ones without heads."

As Shen Kang pondered, he began to speak: "For example, those headless exercise photos in the square, or photos of people with their backs to the camera, and so on."

Upon hearing this, Ye Jintong's eyes lit up, and she immediately came up with a new idea: "In our mode, someone has to leave a light on for the challenger to advance to the next round. And once they advance to the next round, we can show the challenger a photo of the person who left the light on! It's like in a game where a warrior gets loot after completing a level..."

The three of them then launched into a lively discussion.

Thus, the "If You Are the One" project was launched.

Ma Liang naturally wanted to join the project, since the square needed to be renovated to create a "stage".

In addition, because the project was quite extensive, Shen Kang brought in someone from the Singles Association to work on it.

After hearing about the project from Ji Chunfu, the members of the Singles Association were very interested and wanted to join. In the end, it was Yin Zhiqian who got the opportunity.

After a busy morning, the afternoon was basically over, so Shen Kang went to find He Qiuzhu for dinner.

Previously, He Qiuzhu didn't know when Shen Kang would return to school. Now that she knew Shen Kang had returned, she guessed that Shen Kang would ask her to dinner that night. So when the two of them went to dinner, it was just the two of them; Fu Rong and the others weren't there.

During dinner, the conversation turned to the sports meet, and He Qiuzhu suddenly said, "Shen Kang, it's really not a big deal if you can't play basketball."

Shen Kang's expression was somewhat strange.

He knew that He Qiuzhu was trying to comfort him, but to him, it sounded strange, like "one minute is already amazing."

All I could do was respond with "uh-huh".

After dinner, the two strolled around the campus for a while. When it was getting late and their nightly family game time was almost over, Shen Kang took He Qiuzhu home.

As Shen Kang walked from He Qiuzhu's dormitory to his own, he silently pondered his thoughts.

They say a man is a boy until he dies, and he feels that way now—he has a lot of things to do, but he just wants to prove that he is really good at basketball, not just "great for a minute".

But that contradicts objective reality. Even if I started practicing now, I wouldn't be able to improve in a short time...

Shen Kang walked and thought silently. Suddenly, something came to mind, and his eyes lit up.

He seems to have come up with a solution!

After thinking about it carefully, Shen Kang felt that this method might actually work, so he took out his phone and made a call.