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Jiangnan Province has a college student competition called the College Student Entrepreneurship Challenge Cup, which aims to inspire young people's imagination and entrepreneurial spirit. It is a highly prestigious competition during the college stage.

At this point in 2010, the competition still focused on traditional industries, while showing great favor to micro-innovation projects.

However, some more convincing new projects also have the opportunity to stand out.

Later, with the full rise of the Internet industry, this competition gradually evolved into the "Internet+" model, giving rise to countless Internet startup projects and becoming extremely popular.

This competition is held every two years, and Lu Yuan just happened to be in this one.

In fact, Lu Yuan had already set his sights on this competition long before he even entered university.

Participating in the Entrepreneurship Challenge Cup means writing a business plan, giving a presentation and answering questions, and even simulating seeking venture capital.

Although it's called a simulation, in the final stage, there are often a large number of real investors present, bringing real money.

As long as the project is feasible and has investment value, there is an opportunity to obtain financing directly and put the plan on paper into practice.

This is an important platform for ordinary college students to gain the attention of enterprises. As long as they have real strength, they can start their own entrepreneurial journey before graduating from college.

However, the threshold for standing on the provincial stage is not low.

The team must first break through in the school competition to represent the school, and then compete against teams from universities across the province.

Ultimately, not only will the champion, runner-up, and third-place winners be determined and trophies and certificates awarded, but more importantly, whether a project can impress the investors in the audience depends entirely on whether it possesses genuine business logic and data support.

This is by no means a casual homework assignment, but a real business practice that cannot be taken lightly.

Because it is highly specialized, most students have never even heard of it, and even if they have heard of it, they will not be interested because the competition is too difficult.

For a university with such a rich history as the University of Science and Technology of China, it's already quite impressive to be able to field twenty teams. Not to mention some vocational colleges, which have even fewer participants.

In today's traditional industrial sectors, majors such as business management, civil engineering, and computer science are most likely to produce projects because their teaching content is naturally aligned, and these majors are also the main force in such competitions.

Arts and science majors are at a natural disadvantage because it is difficult to develop practical projects; they either don't apply or can only participate as a participant.

Lu Yuan's major, Apparel Engineering, theoretically gives him an advantage in the competition.

The apparel industry is constantly evolving, and with professional knowledge, it's entirely possible to package a successful business project.

The problem is that the core of the clothing engineering major is actually the study of clothing fabrics and ergonomics, with garment making only a small part.

More importantly, the current apparel industry is already extremely mature, and it is extremely difficult to find new projects by following the traditional industrial model.

Lu Yuan knew very well that if the apparel industry wanted to truly usher in disruptive innovation, it had to wait until the "Internet+" era and take the e-commerce route.

However, this approach was not feasible in 2010; at least at that stage, it was difficult to impress investors with a simple business plan.

If Lu Yuan's fast-fashion online store is up and running, and he has solid data support, then maybe he can do that.

The counselor simply sent a notification in the group, asking interested students to sign up and then connecting them with the supervising teachers. There were very few, or rather, no, responses.

Although team formation is not limited to this class, senior students in the same major can be invited, but people are obviously not very enthusiastic.

Lu Yuan was determined to participate, but he did not intend to pursue a career in fashion design; to be precise, he would wait until the time was right.

"Lu Yuan, would you like to participate in the Entrepreneurship Challenge Cup?"

In the office, counselor Zhao Lin looked at the boy in front of her with surprise in her eyes.

This was the first time she had ever seen a freshman so interested in such a hardcore entrepreneurship competition.

The Challenge Cup is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the preparation work is extremely tedious.

If you win an award in the end, that would be great, but if you don't win anything, it would be a complete waste of time and a pointless experience.

Generally speaking, unless it's for extra credits, postgraduate admission, or entrepreneurship subsidies, no one is willing to get involved in this mess.

Moreover, freshmen are still immersed in the free atmosphere of university life. Who would be thinking about extra points or graduate school admissions right away?

"Yes, Teacher Zhao, I want to give it a try." Lu Yuan said earnestly.

"Of course you can try, but you can't do it alone," Zhao Lin said earnestly, scratching her forehead. "Your teacher definitely encourages you to participate in more competitions like this. Even if you don't win, gaining experience and building your courage is good. But the Challenge Cup requires teams of at least four people, plus a teacher to lead the team. Do you have all of that?"

In Zhao Lin's opinion, Lu Yuan is thoughtful and capable, and very likable, but as a freshman in a major like clothing engineering, where it is difficult to stand out, what chance does he have?

Let alone her, any other teacher would not have a high opinion of Lu Yuan. At most, they would praise him for being ambitious and just watch him play along.

She assumed the child was just a newcomer, curious, and wanted to try and see what would happen.

When we compare ourselves with other teams, we'll naturally see the gap. Consider it a lesson in overcoming setbacks.

She didn't discourage Lu Yuan, but instead gently guided him.

Lu Yuan shook his head, looking troubled: "I don't have anything, so I wanted to ask Teacher Zhao if anyone in our major has signed up, and if she could help me get in touch and form a team?"

"Oh, so you're here to find teammates." Zhao Lin suddenly realized, and after thinking for a moment, she said, "Not many people in our major are interested, but there are two senior students who have competition experience. Why don't you ask them if they'd like to compete with you?"

"Seniors? Have they participated in competitions?"

"I participated before. Last year, I teamed up with their seniors, but of course, those seniors have already graduated now."

"How were their grades back then?"

"Well..." The counselor smiled awkwardly, "How should I put it? The project was a bit far-fetched, and it almost made it to the next round."

The counselor was being too tactful; it would have been more accurate to say directly, "The project was impractical, and we were eliminated in the preliminary round."

Later, Lu Yuan looked up their project from back then: a self-service laundry shop in the community.

To put it bluntly, it's simply transplanting the self-service laundry model from Europe and America to China, completely ignoring the realities of the country: Chinese people emphasize separating inside and outside laundry, and it's even more impossible for them to share a washing machine with strangers.

Their kind of project is naturally not viewed favorably.

Although the senior students' past record is somewhat appalling, at least they have practical experience.

After a moment's thought, Lu Yuan decided to go and have a talk with them.

Of course, you can't just ask senior students for help; you also need to find a few reliable helpers in your own class.