Reborn in 2000: I just want to love a few people properly.

"There's been some progress on that startup competition we talked about last time."

The night before last, Xu Bo had mentioned this matter to Xu Yuanping at his teachers' apartment, but he didn't expect Xu Yuanping to have arranged it so quickly.

This isn't something you can just talk about casually; there are mentors involved, and there's money to be made.

Xu Yuanping must have incurred some favors in order to secure this spot for Xu Bo.

"There's a meeting at 7 PM tonight in classroom 107 of the Gongzi Building. Don't forget." Xu Yuanping said before turning and leaving.

Before Xu Bo could express his gratitude, Xu Yuanping hurriedly left, seemingly because he had something urgent to attend to.

"What do you mean?" the three asked, puzzled, from behind Xu Bo.

"Entrepreneurship Competition." Xu Bo didn't explain further. This document hadn't been distributed to the freshmen yet, so they were unaware of this news.

"Holy crap, a startup competition! Xu Bo, are you going to start a business?!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Haoqi thought the entrepreneurship competition was some kind of prestigious event and immediately asked excitedly, "Can you get me in?"

Xu Bo smiled bitterly to himself. Most of these entrepreneurship competitions are things that students are forced to participate in for the sake of academic credits. How many of them really want to start a business?

Moreover, most of the tasks involved are tedious and thankless; it's just a project proposal that can't be put into practice.

"Let me go in first and gather some information. If I start a business, you'll all have to come and help me."

Before they knew it, the group arrived at the cafeteria. Every stall was already packed with people, and it looked like there wouldn't be any good food left by the time it was their turn.

"Let's go out to eat," Xu Bo said to the person behind him, looking at the scene.

Just a short walk from the main gate is a street lined with cheap and delicious food stalls and small restaurants.

It's 11:30 a.m. now, and military training will continue at 1 p.m., so we have two hours to kill.

Especially after Xu Bo, the big spender, offered to treat everyone, the other three readily agreed.

Once on the street, a restaurant called Dong Dongbei Restaurant stood out, especially since it served dishes from Xu Bo's hometown, and the group thought they should give it a try.

Xu Bo thought this restaurant was the worst because the owner wasn't from Northeast China, but pretended to be one and opened a Northeast Chinese restaurant, and the food was terrible.

However, unable to stop the noise from the group, Xu Bo had no choice but to nod helplessly and go inside to sit down. There were very few guests, with only two or three tables of guests scattered around.

After taking the menu, Xu Bo reluctantly ordered two vegetarian dishes that he thought wouldn't go wrong, leaving the rest to his roommates to decide which ones to choose.

"Hello, what dishes would you like to order?"

Each of them chose a dish. At this moment, the waiter came over. Hearing that the voice sounded familiar, Xu Bo couldn't help but look up.

It turned out that this person was the only one who came to complete the work that afternoon during the orientation registration. If it weren't for her, Xu Yuanping would probably have spent the whole afternoon alone and bored.

Clearly, the senior student recognized Xu Bo and said to him with a smile.

"Have you ordered yet? Let me know if you have, junior." Xu Bo then realized what was going on and told his senior about the dishes for everyone.

"You know him?" Du Qinglong said with a smile. He noticed that Xu Bo seemed to know the school very well, as if he knew people everywhere.

"A senior student, the one who helped me during orientation that day."

After Xu Bo reminded them, they all realized that they seemed to have seen this senior before.

"Here, have a few side dishes for you."

Before long, the senior student brought over a few appetizers.

Xu Bo remembered that she was a member of the "startup group", so he asked her to sit down and said a few words.

It wasn't too busy at the moment, and the senior student had heard that Xu Bo was coming over that evening. She was quite curious about him, so she sat down.

After talking with her, Xu Bo learned that the senior student's name was Gu Lin, a local from Hangzhou, and that she was here to help a friend.

The owner of this small shop is from a coastal area in northern China. His son came here to study, so he opened the shop here.

"How did you get into the startup team?" Gu Lin asked curiously.

It seems that this is unprecedented in the history of Hangzhou Dianzi University that a freshman could join an entrepreneurship group.

"Sigh, I guess I'm thinking about improving myself."

Xu Bo's words were pure nonsense, and Gu Lin, being in the startup team, naturally knew what was going on.

There are two scenarios: one is to gain access for academic credits, and the other is being forced to participate by the teacher.

Gu Lin falls into the second category.

"Tch, fine, don't tell me then," Gu Lin said with a grin, clearly dissatisfied with Xu Bo's answer.

Xu Bo could only smile helplessly; he couldn't very well reveal his true thoughts.

"I'm here to recruit talent from startup teams for my own use. My standards are quite high. I'm going to become a legendary figure in the industry."

Anyone who says such a thing would be treated as a lunatic.

Just then, the kitchen staff brought out the prepared food, and Gu Lin, as a waitress, naturally got up to serve it.

When the stir-fried mutton was served, the smell was off to everyone. Du Qinglong pinched his nose, reluctantly picked up a piece of meat, and put it in his mouth to taste it.

He spat it out after only a few chews: "Why is this mutton so gamey!"

Yu Haoqi, still not believing it, tried it himself, but two seconds later he also vomited.

Just as they were about to stand up and ask Gu Lin for her reaction, Xu Bo stopped them.

The three had no choice but to give up and patiently wait for the next dish.

Sweet and sour pork and shredded pork with garlic sauce were served one after another. Gu Lin came over with four bowls of rice, which served as the main course for the group.

Looking at the stir-fried mutton that was almost untouched, Gu Lin said something apologetically.

"The chef probably didn't handle the lamb properly. I'll go talk to him about it, and we won't charge for this dish."

The remaining dishes weren't bad, but they weren't good either; they were barely edible.

They all felt that the meal was a waste of money and regretted not listening to Xu Bo.

"What do you mean 'forget it'! You're not paying for your meal?!" Just as the group had eaten until they were about 70-80% full and were preparing to leave, an angry voice came from the kitchen.

Then a chef-looking man wearing a dirty white apron ran out and came to Xu Bo and the others' table, shouting at them.

"Come on, let me see who says there's a problem." The chef held a large ladle in his hand, looking quite intimidating.

Just as Yu Haoqi and the others were about to lose their temper and start arguing, Xu Bo waved his hand and took out his phone, placing it on the table.

"You want to apologize to us and just let it go like this?"

"You still want me to make a phone call and have someone check up your store."

Xu Bo's words were half true and half false, which was very intimidating, and for a while no one could see through his true intentions.

Hangzhou is a place where hidden talents abound. The chef squinted his eyes and looked at Xu Bo, who sat calmly in his seat, and felt a little scared.

He was somewhat afraid that Xu Bo might be the son of some official, and that if he made a casual phone call, he would be in deep trouble.