I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

After introducing the shops to the two, Shen Kang pointed to the buildings behind them and said, "The school has already rented these shops to me. Yali, our offline store will open here, and the overall plan can begin."

Shen Kang hadn't specifically mentioned this to Su Yali before things were completely settled, so Su Yali only found out now that Shen Kang had actually managed to get those houses sorted out.

This finally put Su Yali at ease—it had been quite frustrating that Dean Ding had been dragging his feet on things. In particular, Su Yali had even tried to find out if they could skip these houses and open other shops instead, but Dean Ding's attitude had been intriguing, making Su Yali's heart skip a beat.

Su Yali has also been quietly working on this matter recently.

She hadn't even gotten started on her side yet, but Shen Kang had already taken care of everything.

This relieved her, and she was also filled with excitement and resentment: "Boss, what exactly is going on here?"

Shen Kang did not answer: "This is a long story, I'll tell you later."

After finishing, he said to the two women, "Yali, I've collaborated with your Qianmin University on a Miao embroidery project. It has two parts. One part is promotion; we'll be creating a Miao KL (klub) on the Beiming community. Long Yuewen is the Miao KL I think is suitable. You two will be dealing with each other quite a bit in the future..."

After Shen Kang explained, the two understood that it was indeed necessary for them to get to know each other.

As they were talking, more people arrived, including Long Xingchen, Yin Mingyang, and Ma Xiaofeng.

Long Xingchen and Yin Mingyang are easy to understand. One is a key figure in the Miao Embroidery Project, and the other is Shen Kang's handpicked leader of the Thousand People's CF. Now that Shen Kang is about to "make his final arrangements," the two naturally need to come and get to know each other.

As for Ma Xiaofeng, Shen Kang also intended to recruit her: During his two days at Qianmin University, Shen Kang observed very clearly that there was an objective barrier between Miao and Han students. This was true for Long Yuewen, Long Xingchen, and the other Miao students.

Of all these people, Ma Xiaofeng is in the best situation.

Shen Kang guessed that Ma Xiaofeng's parents were the type who actively integrated into Han Chinese society, which was why they were able to succeed in their business. And it was under the influence of this family atmosphere that Ma Xiaofeng's barriers with Han Chinese students were significantly less than those with other Miao students.

This Miao embroidery project really needs a "lubricant" like Ma Xiaofeng.

However, besides Ma Xiaofeng, there was another girl who came with Ma Xiaofeng.

"This is my friend, Cai Hui. She's in the same class as me and Xingchen."

Ma Xiaofeng introduced the girl who came with her to everyone, and at the same time, she looked around at the people around her and felt a little uneasy.

When Shen Kang called her, she was in her dorm room, and Cai Hui was there too. Knowing it was Shen Kang calling, Cai Hui said she had nothing else to do, so she came over to hang out.

Ma Xiaofeng thought Shen Kang was just asking them to take pictures and play around like last time, so she agreed and brought Cai Hui along. But when they got here, they found out that it wasn't like that at all.

Fortunately, Shen Kang didn't say anything and even greeted Cai Hui with a smile.

Cai Hui smiled sweetly in response, her gaze sweeping over the people present, lingering particularly on Su Yali and Long Yue's tattoo.

After the campus's top ten singers competition that day, she wanted to get to know Shen Kang. For the next two days, she followed Ma Xiaofeng to every meal, but she never saw Ma Xiaofeng eat with Shen Kang.

Upon learning that Shen Kang was looking for Ma Xiaofeng, I naturally followed him immediately.

Upon arriving at the scene, she discovered there were quite a few people. She recognized Long Yuewen, but not the pretty girl…

Just then, an employee wearing an Anjia uniform walked over carrying something.

"Mr. Shen, should we just throw this away?"

Shen Kang glanced at the object in the employee's hand and saw that it looked like a scrap metal pipe, covered in rust. "Don't throw it away. Just load it onto the truck and send it to them. Whatever it is, as long as it came out of the room, send it over to avoid any disputes later."

"Yes, Mr. Shen." The employee then acknowledged the order and left to continue working.

Shen Kang continued to introduce and explain to everyone.

Cai Hui stood to the side, her eyes slightly bright: she had also learned some things from Ma Xiaofeng, but seeing someone call Shen Kang "President Shen" was still different. She felt that Shen Kang's instructions just now were quite cool.

Shen Kang and the others were discussing serious matters, and Cai Hui, as an outsider, couldn't get a word in edgewise. She just watched and listened from the sidelines, but she didn't find it boring at all—everyone says that men are most handsome when they're working, and that's how she saw Shen Kang now.

As I watched, a voice sounded from the side.

"Boss."

Cai Hui's attention was focused on Shen Kang. Only when she heard the voice did she finally shift her attention temporarily and look over. She saw a girl of about twenty years old who had come to Shen Kang's side at some point. The "boss" she uttered was clearly a way of addressing Shen Kang.

Shen Kang also looked over.

The visitor was Yang Yunhan.

Next to Yang Yunhan were several other people: Qian Jun, Zhu Jingdong, the assistant manager of Guo Pinyan's coffee shop, Guo Pinyan, and Guo Pinyan's girlfriend, but not Liu Jing, but another girlfriend, Wu Xiaodi.

"Boss." "Boss." "General Manager Shen." "Old Shen."...

Everyone greeted Shen Kang, and Shen Kang responded to each one.

He called all these people over.

With everything settled at Qianmin University, the next step was opening the store. And opening a store requires employees, so Shen Kang brought over the entire team from Yangke University to train the Qianmin University staff.

Because this plan had been in place for some time, Yang University of Science and Technology had been preparing for it: they had promoted some new employees and trained them according to the "store manager" model. As for Yang Yunhan, Qian Jun, Zhu Jingdong and others, they were promoted a step further and would no longer focus on a single store, but would concentrate on the management of several stores. They were also currently responsible for the training of the branch store staff.

The upgrade plan for the management personnel of this entire system is progressing smoothly. Yang University of Science and Technology can operate normally even without them, so their departure from Yang University of Science and Technology and their arrival at Qianmin University will not affect the operation of Yang University of Science and Technology.

After a greeting

Yang Yunhan glanced at the houses next to her and asked, "Boss, is Qianmin University's store located here?" She was quite moved as she spoke.

When she first joined Jiahe Laundry, it was just as a work-study program; she didn't think about anything else. Unexpectedly, in just a few months, she was promoted from a laundry worker to the manager of the 302 learning room, and now she's been promoted again, even going to other schools to train managers and staff.

Now, I'm starting to feel like I'm having a "career".

This was something Yang Yunhan could never have imagined.

"Hmm. This location is quite good..." Shen Kang gave everyone a brief introduction and analysis of the area.

Zhu Jingdong wasn't very interested in that; he was only interested in one thing: "Boss, does this school have Wonka bubble tea?"

Shen Kang chuckled, "You know what, there really is one."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Jingdong instantly perked up and became highly motivated.

Qian Jun didn't ask anything; he just quietly followed the crowd, listening to them talk, and pondering how to proceed with his training plan.

He was originally just an ordinary work-study student, the kind who just coasted along and had no motivation. But after spending time at home and in the laundry room, seeing some people get promoted and others stagnate, and seeing that Shen Kang seemed to intend to promote another laundry room employee to replace him, Qian Jun finally felt a sense of crisis.

Since then, he has dared not drift along anymore, and has finally become more proactive and hardworking than before.

Moreover, he's actually quite intelligent; he was just too lazy to use his brain before. Now, forced by the crisis and motivated to work hard, he's even contributed some small improvements to the management of the laundry room.

So, Qian Jun is actually doing quite well working in the laundry room at Yangke University. He's even been promoted by Shen Kang and, along with Yang Yunhan, has come to Qianmin University to oversee the training of its staff.

Qian Jun thought to himself that he was now safe.

Of course, knowing Manager Shen's nature, if he didn't do his job well, there would probably still be danger. The training here still needed to be done well… Qian Jun thought to himself, listening to everyone's conversation while continuing to work on his training plan.

Qian Jun remained silent, but Guo Pinyan, among the group, had something to say: "Old Shen, how are we going to stay these next few days?"

Originally, Guo Pinyan had nothing to do with this. Shen Kang just said that he was going to open a branch and asked Guo Pinyan to find someone who could train the employees for the coffee shop.

But Guo Pinyan thought this was a great opportunity to travel! So he told Liu Jing that he had to go on a business trip for a while and came over on his own initiative. Of course, he also wanted to bring his girlfriend Wu Xiaodi from another school along, treating it purely as a vacation.

Even on vacation, you still need a place to stay.

"There will definitely be accommodations available," Shen Kang said. "I've already talked to a friend. His company has employee dormitories, some inside the factory area and some higher-end ones outside for middle and senior management. You guys will stay in the ones outside, the ones for their company's middle and senior management."

Upon hearing this, Yang Yunhan asked, "Boss, does your friend own a company?"

Shen Kang: "Yeah, we met at an industry conference a few days ago."

The friend he mentioned was Wei Shengjun. Considering that these trainees would be staying for a while and would need accommodation, he called Wei Shengjun to ask if he had any places to stay and that he could pay for it.

Wei Shengjun was quite enthusiastic, repeatedly saying that they did have some employee dormitories. Given the current economic situation, the factory was laying off workers, which freed up some space. If General Manager Shen needed them, he could simply move in; money wasn't an issue, the dormitories were just sitting empty anyway.

Shen Kang naturally couldn't refuse Wei Shengjun, so he had no choice but to agree.

Guo Pinyan thought "industry conference" sounded good. However, being experienced, he quickly suppressed his good intentions to avoid Shen Kang spitting on his face in public again.

Ask me privately.

However, Guo Pinyan didn't ask, but some busybodies did.

Yang Yunhan continued, "Industry conference? What industry conference? Wasn't that a startup competition you attended a few days ago, boss?"

Shen Kang explained, "Oh, it was while I was participating in that entrepreneurship competition, and there happened to be an industry conference being held at that hotel. I got to know a few of the bosses there, and they invited me to attend as well..."

"..." Guo Pinyan felt a headache coming on, thinking to himself, "I'd better let that bastard Lao Shen have his way."

However, as Shen Kang recounted the story, he couldn't help but put himself in Shen Kang's shoes—he was invited to an industry conference where many big names gathered, and he even went on stage to speak in front of a group of luminaries. After his speech, the audience erupted in applause...

You know what, instead of trying to confront him head-on, it's actually quite satisfying to adopt Old Shen's perspective.

Wu Xiaodi then whispered, "Old Guo, your friend's connections are pretty unconventional, aren't they?"

Of Guo Pinyan's two girlfriends, Liu Jing had more contact with Shen Kang, while Wu Xiaodi had very little contact. The most memorable time was the day He Qiuzhu bought a bicycle, and she rode it around the school with Shen Kang on the back, "parading him through the streets."

Shen Kang looked utterly hopeless at the time, which was quite a funny scene. Wu Xiaodi remembered it well, but she never expected that Guo Pinyan's friend would have such a worldly side. It was quite unexpected.

"He's always been this wild," Guo Pinyan said casually, continuing to happily immerse herself in Shen Kang's perspective.

Everyone else was just listening.

Su Yali seemed quite interested: she didn't know much about this boss, and hearing all this, she was beginning to realize that his influence seemed to be greater than she had imagined. But this was a good thing; the more influential Shen Kang was, the greater the chances of their success.

Long Yuewen and Long Xingchen remained silent, seemingly growing somewhat distant from Shen Kang again.

Cai Hui continued to stare at Shen Kang, her eyes somewhat unfocused. She was just an ordinary female college student, her daily life revolving around studying, living, preparing for graduate school entrance exams, and dating. Where had she ever encountered someone like this before?

Seeing those people lining up to call Shen Kang "President Shen," and hearing him talking about "industry conference" and "speaking on stage," it was as if a door had been opened, revealing a brand new and dazzling world. Shen Kang stood in front of the door, bathed in multicolored light from behind, making him radiant.

We can't hold on, we simply can't hold on.

Yin Mingyang was the most unique.

He couldn't be bothered to look at Lao Shen or listen to what Lao Shen was saying.

His attention was entirely focused on Guo Pinyan.

"Find an opportunity to have a private chat with this guy, have a heart-to-heart talk, and learn from his experience."

Yin Mingyang looked at Guo Pinyan, lost in thought.

He had heard Shen Kang talk about this guy's glorious deeds and knew that this guy was dating two girlfriends at the same time.

As far as Shen Kang knew, from the start of the semester until now, this guy hadn't made any mistakes.

It is reasonable to speculate that Guo Pinyan's record of safely sailing while juggling two boats may be even longer.

That's truly awesome.

Compared to that, Old Shen's stuff is really nothing.

……

Shen Kang called everyone over today so that they could get to know each other and clarify their respective roles in this project, in order to facilitate future cooperation, reduce friction, and improve efficiency.

After everyone got to know each other, Shen Kang treated everyone to a meal later that evening. After the meal, those from Qianmin University returned to Qianmin University, while Yang Yunhan and Guo Pinyan, who were from out of town, were led by Shen Kang to the free dormitory provided by Wei Shengjun.

Wei Shengjun was provided with a superior dormitory, and the accommodation was quite good—a three-bedroom, one-living-room house, with one bedroom for each person. Wei Shengjun had even arranged for someone to clean the place beforehand, so it was very clean and tidy, and everyone was quite satisfied.

After settling in, everyone officially began working at Qianmin University over the next few days.

The store's renovation, equipment procurement, and staff training were all carried out in the following days and quickly got on track.

After keeping an eye on things for a few days and confirming that there were no problems, Shen Kang finally prepared to leave Qianmin University and return to Yangke University. As for Yang Yunhan and the others, they would stay at Qianmin University until all their work was completed before returning.

That afternoon

Downstairs from the administration building of the University of Minzu

Shen Kang drove Wei Shengjun's Audi out of the parking lot, parked it by the main road, got out of the car, and said goodbye to Long Xingchen and Long Yuewen on the sidewalk.

"Alright, that's all done here. I'm heading back now, so don't bother seeing me off."

He had originally planned to leave quietly by himself today, but Long Xingchen found out and insisted on seeing him off. He even notified Long Yuewen, so in the end, two people came to see him off.

"Is this your car?" Long Xingchen glanced at the Audi.

After a few more days, he is now becoming more and more accepting of Shen Kang's... "behavior?".

"It's a friend's car, I can borrow it for a couple of days. I can't afford to buy this car." Shen Kang grinned.

Long Xingchen laughed too.

He discovered that although Shen Kang was not the kind of "fellow traveler" he had initially thought he was, but rather the kind of person he felt was "not on the same path," he actually found it quite comfortable to get along with him, and it wasn't uncomfortable at all.

This also changed Long Xingchen's stereotype of "rich people".

"Alright, I'm leaving now. The school cafeteria will be closing soon. See you next time."

After saying goodbye to the two men, Shen Kang got into his car and drove away.

Long Xingchen and Long Yuewen watched his car drive away for quite a long time.

Until the car completely disappeared at the end of the main road.