I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

After discussing the secondhand trading website, Lan Qin brought up another matter: "Mom, we let it go before, and we didn't touch the An family for the time being, but now that he's already brought the An family and the school together, I feel that we can't continue to ignore the An family."

"He can now use Huanhuan.com and Anjia to cooperate, but who knows what he'll come up with next to cooperate with Anjia? When that happens, it will be more than the sum of its parts. In my opinion, it's better to suffer a short pain than a long one. We should invest more money and take down Anjia as well."

Lan Qin tried her best to keep her tone calm, but she felt a mix of nervousness and excitement inside.

How much money is needed to deal with this mess at Shen Kang's school?

To deal with Anjia, investment is the key!

Now, I'm the authorized agent in Yangcheng, and I'm the one doing all the work. If that big sum of money comes over, it will pass through my hands first, and that's when I'll make the most money!

Lan Qin waited anxiously.

There was no response from her mother on the other end of the phone.

After a while, the mother's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Let's see how things go first. It's not appropriate to make too much noise."

Lan Qin was somewhat disappointed: "So the An family is really not going to take responsibility?"

Lan's mother's voice came through the receiver: "It's not that we shouldn't turn it off, we'll see how it goes first. If we can control it separately here, that would be best, if not... we'll see."

"Alright then."

After chatting with her mother for a while, Lan's mother brought up the topic of "dating" in a roundabout way, mentioning the son of one of Lan Qin's father's friends.

Lan Qin quickly made an excuse and hung up the phone.

She knew that for a child from a family like hers, marriage wasn't just a personal matter; sooner or later, she would have to marry someone she didn't dislike and who could bring benefits to her family.

But at least not now.

There's still plenty of time; I can play around for several more years.

"well……"

Lan Qin threw her phone away, then slumped onto the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.

She suddenly thought of Shen Kang.

Shen Kang certainly wouldn't have the same troubles as her.

If Zhou Manzhen only considered Shen Kang as a "partner" and terminated the relationship when the time came, then Shen Kang would naturally not have the same troubles she had.

If Shen Kangzhen had been accepted by that family and truly become one of their "grandchildren," he wouldn't have had such troubles.

Because the old man in that family was extremely stubborn, firmly believing that such marriages based on mutual benefit were feudal remnants. He even lived in the past, thinking that it was acceptable for his child to marry a poor farmer, considering it very respectable and good. He was practically a person living decades in the past, stubbornly clinging to the last vestiges of tradition.

Even when that old man was concerned about his daughter's marriage, he tried his best to arrange for people to get to know her, so that they could develop feelings for each other and fall in love freely, rather than forcing someone to marry her.

If Shen Kang really becomes a grandson, there's no need to worry about a marriage of convenience.

Therefore, no matter what the outcome, Shen Kang will definitely not have the same troubles as me.

I really envy Shen Kang.

……

"Achoo!"

Shen Kang sneezed.

"Is someone insulting you?" Ye Jintong's voice came from the side.

This is the Yangko University of Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Base 211.

The members of the Beiming gang are working hard at their workstations.

After wandering around outside for a while, Shen Kang returned and is now standing behind Ye Jintong.

"Nonsense. Doesn't sneezing usually mean someone is thinking of me?" Shen Kang casually exposed Ye Jintong's vicious curse.

"Besides Qiu Zhu, I can't think of anyone else who would miss you," Ye Jintong analyzed meticulously. "But if you would sneeze whenever Qiu Zhu misses you, then you should be sneezing non-stop from morning till night. Therefore, in conclusion, it's more likely that someone is cursing you..."

After bickering for a while, Shen Kang ignored her and took a few more steps to the end of the long, oval-shaped desk.

Two more workstations have been added here, with a man and a woman sitting on them respectively.

The man looked to be in his late twenties, wore glasses, and had a somewhat bookish air about him.

The girl looked to be around twenty-five or twenty-six years old, slightly chubby, and had a pretty face.

With the introduction of the Anjia Tongcheng Hui (Anjia Local Community Hub) program, Shen Kang created a new department within Anjia Home Services called the "New Media Department".

Then we also hired two new employees to join the new media department, who are the two we have now.

The man's name is Xu Yan, a graduate of the Chinese Department of Yang University; the woman's name is Jiang Shuhan, a graduate of the Journalism Department of Qianmin University.

Shen Kang had considered whether to let people from the Beiming system take over Anjia Tongcheng Hui directly.

But after careful consideration, he decided not to do it.

The main consideration is that Anjia Tongcheng Hui targets working professionals. Managing this business with university students might lead to conceptual misalignment; it's better to find professionals from the working world.

However, the people in the new media department will not start working in Anjia immediately. Instead, they will first come to Yangke University and work with Shen Kang and his team for a period of time. Only after Shen Kang has assessed and approved them will they be allowed to return to Anjia to officially begin their work.

This is mainly because the Beiming system has been managing these communities for about half a year and has considerable experience. In terms of basic concepts and methods, it's a mentorship program where experienced staff guide newcomers.

"How's the situation now?"

Shen Kang stood behind Xu Yan, asked a question, and glanced at the laptop in front of Xu Yan.

Xu Yan immediately turned around and looked at Shen Kang, "Users have already started to join..."

Jiang Shuhan, who was standing next to him, also secretly turned her head and glanced at Shen Kang.

One of them is from Yangcheng University, and the other from Qianmin University; both are considered top students in Yangcheng. The salary and benefits at Anjia Home Service's new media department are only average compared to other jobs they could find, and not particularly attractive. Several other jobs offer better salaries.

However, the two of them still chose to come to Anjia Household Services.

The main reason is that they've witnessed Anjia Household Services' rapid rise in Yangcheng over the past six months, and they feel the company has a bright future. A lower salary for now is fine; they're happy to grow alongside the platform.

After joining the company, the two were quite excited, especially when Manager Zhong personally drove them to meet the big boss that day.

The two men greatly admired the boss who single-handedly created Anjia Household Services and made it a leading household service provider in Yangcheng in just six months.

When Manager Zhong saw how excited they were, he smiled—a rather strange smile—and even asked them, "What do you think the big boss will be like?"

The two were initially hesitant to speak, but with encouragement from Manager Zhong, they finally did. Their descriptions were largely the same: men in their thirties or forties, with resolute faces, calm expressions, and deep voices.

After hearing their story, Manager Zhong's smile became even stranger, but he offered no explanation.

It wasn't until they met the big boss in person that the two understood why Manager Zhong had been smiling so strangely...

"...Judging from the numbers alone, there are very few users currently on the platform, and they are not very enthusiastic about posting or interacting."

Xu Yan looked at Shen Kang and reported on the situation of Anjia Tongcheng Hui. His gaze towards Shen Kang was still somewhat strange—it had been two days, but he was still not quite used to the fact that the boss was actually a freshman.

Shen Kang then looked towards Jiang Shuhan's side, "How's it going with the An family's clients selling their secondhand items?"

Jiang Shuhan quickly reported on the situation she was monitoring: "The latest update is that three families have donated secondhand civil service exam materials. As for secondhand items, only two families have sold them."

Shen Kang nodded.

Just as Zheng Changhao guessed, the secondhand items currently being sold online were actually sourced and listed by Shen Kang himself—it wouldn't be possible for the business to have nothing to sell online on its first day, would it? A small amount of official stock is quite reasonable.

After learning about the data, Shen Kang left.

Xu Yan and Jiang Shuhan continued to stare at the computer, monitoring the situation at Anjia Tongcheng Hui and Anjia Housekeeping.

As he stared at the screen, Xu Yan started to drift off, becoming somewhat lost in thought.

How long can I do this job?

Such a thought suddenly popped into Xu Yan's mind.

Xu Yan actually has a very positive view of Anjia Household Services. If he were to join Anjia Household Services now, doing things like inspection, management, or cleaning, he wouldn't have such thoughts; he would just do the job.

But the key point is that he didn't join one of the departments of Anjia Household Services, but a newly established department.

Xu Yan also heard that this department was actually created just a few days ago by the big boss after he had talked to a dog for a long time!

After the department proposed the idea, it was completed and launched in less than a week at an astonishing speed.

This sounds incredibly hasty.

Most importantly, today is the first day of this new business launch, and half a day has already passed, with very low data volume and seemingly poor results.

This seems to further confirm that the idea the boss came up with on a whim was indeed a bit too hasty.

That's not all.

The fact that the boss was a freshman further exacerbated Xu Yan's distrust of this hasty business deal...

As Xu Yan thought this, he looked away from the computer screen and subconsciously began searching for the boss's figure in the room.

Then, he saw Shen Kang holding a toy gun to Ye Jintong's forehead. Ye Jintong's face was full of black lines, and the toy gun was making noise.

"I'm a righteous police officer!..."

Xu Yan's eyelids twitched a few times—what kind of stupid college student is this?

He now strongly doubts whether Anjia Household Services was truly established by Shen Kang.

But since I'm already at work, what else can I do? I'll just take it one day at a time.

……

That night

The first lantern

Office workers who have worked all day are off work.