I suggest you investigate; this person doesn't seem to be a first-time reborn individual.

10:00 AM.

Wang Lijun's office was quiet and solemn. Lin Ran held a document in his hand, with Xia Chan, who looked a little flustered, beside him.

The office door was wide open, and Lin Ran stood at the door, knocking twice lightly.

"Go in." Wang Lijun didn't even look up.

"Hello Dean Wang, I am Lin Ran from Class 3 of Economics."

Wang Lijun raised his head, adjusted his glasses, looked at him carefully, and then revealed a hint of realization.

"Oh, Kobayashi, I remember you. And this is?"

"Her name is Xia Chan, and she's also a freshman. Today, I'm here to guide her through her studies with the dean."

"Hello, Dean Wang." Xia Chan bowed slightly and greeted Wang Lijun respectfully, clearly showing some fear of the school leader.

Wang Lijun nodded to her, assuming that Xia Chan was also a student in the School of Economics, and did not ask any further questions.

He put down his pen: "How was it? Did you learn anything from the presentation at the entrepreneurship competition last time?"

Lin Ran stepped forward and respectfully handed the materials in his hand to Wang Lijun.

"Dean Wang, I'm here today to share my experiences with you. This is a summary of my presentation after participating in the entrepreneurship competition last time. Please give me your guidance."

Wang Lijun took the materials handed to him by Lin Ran, glanced through them, and found that the summary was quite detailed.

The article also included commentary on some of the competition events, some of which were quite insightful and unlike what one would expect from a college student. He glanced at Lin Ran with some surprise.

Just then, Wang Lijun's phone rang. He gestured for Lin Ran to wait a moment and answered the call.

"Hello, this is Wang Lijun."

……

"What does the Party Secretary want with me?"

……

"Okay, I understand, I'll be right there."

After hanging up the phone, Wang Lijun said to Lin Ran with a slightly apologetic tone, "Lin, the Party Secretary needs to speak with me about something. I have to go out for a bit. Is there anything else?"

Lin Ran seemed a little hesitant.

"We do have a question we'd like to ask you... Dean Wang, please go ahead and take care of your work. We're not in a hurry; we'll wait for you to return."

Wang Lijun raised his wrist, checked the time, and nodded.

"Okay, if I'm not back in twenty minutes, you can come back this afternoon."

After Wang Lijun left, Lin Ran pulled out a rag from somewhere and threw it to Xia Chan, while he picked up a broom from the corner.

"Get to work!"

Lin Ran had already told her in advance that she was here to work.

The two cleaned the floor, tables, chairs, and windowsills thoroughly. However, they were very careful; when it came to each other's documents and books, they only wiped the edges clean and did not touch any of the paper materials.

Half an hour later, Wang Lijun returned.

He was stunned as he looked at the spotless office.

"Did you clean this up?"

Lin Ran smiled naturally: "Dean Wang took me to the entrepreneurship competition defense last time, and I benefited a lot. There's not much a student can do. I saw that your office was a bit dusty, so I cleaned it up."

Wang Lijun smiled and said, "It was just a small favor for me to take you there. You also helped me clean my office, so we're even."

"Speak, what do you want from me?"

"I originally wanted to ask you some questions, but while we were organizing the bookshelf, we found a book that seems to answer many of my questions. Could I borrow it for a couple of days?"

Wang Lijun looked in the direction Lin Ran was pointing and saw a book called "Entrepreneurial Economics," which was a textbook he had written himself.

Wang Lijun knew perfectly well that this young man surnamed Lin was quick-witted and methodical. Cleaning the office was a way of expressing gratitude, and borrowing books was another pretext. In this back-and-forth, the two men's relationship was gradually brought closer without anyone noticing.

He was a pragmatic leader who disliked flattery, but he greatly admired this kind of insightful yet not overly scheming intelligence.

"You'll be studying this book in your junior year too. If you're interested, feel free to take it; I have plenty more."

Lin Ran happily thanked Wang Lijun, looking very excited.

That evening, in a classroom in the North District, Lin Ran arranged for Xia Chan to meet with Zhuge and Sima.

He was genuinely curious about how the two of them had reached the sponsorship agreement.

"Tell me, what happened?"

He first looked at Zhuge Zhuangshi.

Zhuge Zhuangshi looked somewhat bewildered.

"I don't know either. Ever since I told him my name, he's believed everything I say. In the end, he even made me say something like 'How cruel is Heaven to me?'"

Lin Ran was speechless.

In 2010, the new Three Kingdoms was airing, and Lin Ran guessed that this guy was benefiting from his ancestor's fame.

"And what about you?"

He then looked at Sima Zhongyi.

"I'm the complete opposite of him. No matter what I said, the boss wouldn't believe me. He kept asking me how much kickback I could give him. I said there was no kickback, but he still didn't believe me, and the deal fell apart."

"And then?"

"After I left that gym, I saw another one that was about the same size next door, so I thought I'd go talk to that other one and give it a try."

"The shop owner didn't believe anything at first. I told him that I could give him a 5,000 yuan rebate for the 25,000 yuan sponsorship, and he seemed to understand what I meant, so he agreed."

Damn it, one's a dog who wins by lying down, the other's a monster who does the opposite.

The next morning, Lin Ran appeared at the door of Wang Lijun's office again with Xia Chan, holding the book "Entrepreneurial Economics" in his hand.

"You've finished reading it?" Wang Lijun asked, somewhat surprised.

Lin Ran managed to finish the book in one night. He came over today to return the book and casually asked a few trivial questions about starting a business.

The questions he asked were very insightful; they were neither too naive or too overtly difficult, and each question precisely addressed the pain points of current college student entrepreneurship.

Issues such as e-commerce, social information dissemination, and the integration of hardware and software are discussed, and some viewpoints also carry a future-oriented perspective.

When it comes to starting a business, he has far more experience than Wang Lijun.

While Lin Ran and Wang Lijun were discussing the issue, Xia Chan helped organize the documents.

"Dean Wang, should these materials be organized chronologically or by category?"

Let's organize them by time.

Wang Lijun didn't even turn his head; he found some of Lin Ran's views quite novel.

"Oh well."

Xia Chan looked at the two people discussing, and they really did seem like a master and his student.

When Lin Ran said goodbye to Wang Lijun, Wang Lijun was still quite reluctant to leave.

"Xiao Lin, if you're planning to start any business, feel free to come to me anytime if you encounter any difficulties. The school supports college students starting businesses!"

……

After the two left Wang Lijun's office, Xia Chan couldn't help but ask Lin Ran a question.

"Boss, are we coming again tomorrow?"

Lin Ran nodded.

"But we've already cleaned the office windows, there's nothing left to do."

"You don't need to worry about that, I have my own way of handling it."

"But boss, what's the point of you spending all your time cleaning other people's offices instead of doing your job?"

"We are in the early stages of starting a business, and university students starting businesses inevitably need the normal support of school leaders and the school."

"So you brought me here just to suck up to this vice dean?"

Lin Ran turned to look at Xia Chan: "You just don't understand."

"Yesterday he took me to the presentation of the entrepreneurship competition, and I went to clean up for him."

"He lent me a book today, so I'm taking this opportunity to tidy up his files."

"I'll ask him a few more questions tomorrow, and maybe do something else for him while we're at it. That way, neither of us loses anything, but we'll build up goodwill, understand?"

This time, Xia Chan understood.

"Boss, I did all the work. Do I have a favor to do for Dean Wang?"

"You don't."

"Then why did you bring me here?"

"Nonsense, how could I possibly handle so much work?"

"..."