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

On the afternoon of September 29th, at Entrepreneurship Base 108.

Most of the sycamore leaves outside the window have turned yellow, and a few leaves twirl and fall onto the windowsill. The autumn wind carries a chill, but the room is quite warm.

The young faces in the room were filled with barely suppressed excitement.

Lin Ran sat at the end of the long table, his gaze sweeping over the expectant faces: "Alright, everything's ready. This is the last meeting before National Day. Let's settle the accounts, Ye Li."

As soon as the words were spoken, everyone except Ye Li, who had been called out, straightened their backs.

Ye Li took a deep breath, opened her notebook, and said in a slightly trembling voice, "Everyone knows that our first event brought in a net income of 140,800."

Everyone nodded, their eyes still shining. Damn, hearing this number again is still awesome.

"After that, we held three more meet-and-greets. We adjusted our cooperation model and increased the revenue sharing with Starlight. In total, the four events together amounted to..."

She looked up, her eyes shining: "Six hundred and eighty thousand!"

The office was silent for a second, then erupted in huge cheers.

"Holy crap!" Xia Chan slammed her fist on the table. "Boss, are we about to strike it rich?!"

In 2010, 680,000 yuan was enough to buy a small apartment in Jiangning, the provincial capital. For these college students who only had 1,000 yuan a month for living expenses, it was an astronomical figure.

Lin Ran smiled but didn't respond to the question: "Don't be so happy yet. Let's settle the score first. Tang Chen, you go first."

Tang Chen immediately sat up straight: "The peak concurrent users for the three phases of the event reached 32,000. Although the school provided several servers, they were all old-fashioned. We temporarily added three more servers and upgraded the bandwidth. The total expenditure was... 48,000."

"Promotional expenses?" Lin Ran asked Xia Chan.

"Local forum pinnings, campus posters, and subsidies for part-time students, supplies, transportation and meals..." Xia Chan flipped through her notebook, "It adds up to about 32,000."

Ye Li added, "In other words, our actual net profit is approximately 600,000."

Lin Ran stood up and walked to the whiteboard: "Alright, let's assign tasks."

Upon hearing the words "tasks assigned," everyone sat up straight, perhaps influenced by the cicadas in summer, with each of the 108 people holding a small notebook.

After spending time with Lin Ran, they had gained a general understanding of their boss's tactics.

The boss is like a sophisticated computer, always finding the optimal solution to a problem. Although his ideas sometimes seem far-fetched, his final arrows always hit the bullseye. We're all the same age, and we don't know how his brain works.

"First, one-tenth of this 600,000 miles will be allocated as team bonuses, distributed among everyone according to their contributions."

As soon as he finished speaking, a collective gasp filled the office.

Sixty thousand yuan, divided among a dozen or so people, means each person can get an average of four or five thousand yuan. That should cover their living expenses for this semester.

"Secondly, allocate 100,000 yuan to Ye Li and Xia Chan's two groups to continue their work on the remaining universities in Jiangning after the holiday. The goal is to visit all the universities in Jiangning before November."

"Third, the technical team will be divided into two groups. Wu Chenhao will be responsible for the development of Momo's subsequent functions and the continuous optimization of the server, with a budget of 100,000 yuan. Tang Chen will be responsible for developing a new project with me after the holiday, and the remaining money will all be invested in the new project."

"Boss, what's the new project?" Xia Chan asked curiously.

Lin Ran closed his notebook without answering.

In the autumn of 2010, WeChat was still half a year away from its launch, and there was still a large untapped market in the social networking field waiting to be conquered. And it wasn't just social networking; countless other opportunities awaited it in the next decade.

However, now is not the time to talk about this.

"Let's talk about the new project after the holiday." Xia Chan pouted when she heard this. They knew their boss's problem all too well; he always kept things to himself.

"Now let's talk about something happy. We're going on team building tomorrow afternoon. Any thoughts?"

"Let's go hiking! Purple Mountain!" Zhuge was the first to speak up.

"Climbing mountains is exhausting, let's go soak in a hot spring instead!" Ye Li objected.

"I know a new paintball game base has opened in Jiangning..." Tang Chen rarely showed interest.

"How about we go sing? I can sing for three days and three nights!" Xia Chan raised her hand.

"Amusement park!"

"Barbecue, picnic!"

"Why don't we go to an internet cafe and play some games together?"

……

They all talked at once, arguing amongst themselves.

Lin Ran listened patiently for three minutes before raising his hand to signal for quiet: "Okay, I'll propose a plan, and everyone can vote by raising their hands."

Everyone, look this way.

"Meet at the company entrance at nine o'clock tomorrow morning. We'll charter a car to Tangshan Hot Springs... Don't rush to shout, let me finish." Lin Ran suppressed the noise that was about to rise again, "Soak in the hot springs for half a day, then have a barbecue at the farmhouse next door in the afternoon. Stay there overnight and come back the next morning."

Tangshan Hot Spring is located near Jiangning, only 50 kilometers away from Jiangda University. It's not that Lin Ran is unwilling to spend money, but simply that he feels that the holiday is coming soon and he doesn't want to delay everyone's return home.

"Boss, I have a question!" Ye Li raised her hands.

"explain."

"Is the proprietress going too?"

After Ye Li finished asking her question, the office fell silent instantly. Now that they knew they had two bosses, everyone pricked up their ears to hear how their boss would answer.

Lin Ran thought for a moment and said, "Go."

"Boss! Which boss lady are you taking with you?" Xia Chan asked with amusement.

"...Zhuge, where's the kitchen knife I asked you to buy? Take it out, let's see if Xia Chan's mouth is tougher than the knife."

……

Who should I take? Lin Ran was also pondering this question.

Lin Ran thought about it for a long time and decided to take Huang Lingyue with him first this time.

She had to treat everyone fairly, and since she hadn't met the other employees of 108 besides Ye Li, she decided to take this opportunity to show herself.

After it's over, we can send her straight back to Beilu, and then find an excuse to go back to Jiangning and bring Li Futing back as well. Perfect.

Most importantly, the Tangshan hot springs, the misty pools, and those long, slender legs, slightly red from being soaked in the hot springs…

By the way, should I treat Li Futing's roommate to a meal after I come back from the National Day holiday?

……

After the meeting, Lin Ran kept Xia Chan behind alone.

"There's something I need you to do for me," Lin Ran said in a low voice.

The two were plotting something, and ten minutes later, the office door opened.

Xia Chan's expression was very complex, a mixture of shock, disdain, helplessness, and a hint of knowing "as expected".

She remained silent for a long time before raising her head: "Boss, sometimes I'm really worried... that you might try to take advantage of me, your assistant."

Lin Ran was taken aback, then his gaze swept over Xia Chan, and his eyes became somewhat strange.

I thought to myself, you're just a guy who's got two screws embedded in a steel plate, what a wonderful idea you have.

"Don't worry." Lin Ran patted her shoulder, his tone sincere. "Although I am this kind of person, you're really not cut out for this."

Summer Cicada: "..."