After being reborn, my sister insisted on marrying me.

Yanjing.

UN General Assembly

College of Applied Arts and Sciences.

Wednesday afternoon.

Three small trucks were parked at the entrance of the United University Entrepreneurship Base, each loaded with dozens of blue and white Tage bicycles.

Brand new from the factory, the logo on the mudguard reflects the sunlight.

Sulei stood next to the car at the front, holding a walkie-talkie in her hand, her ponytail tied half an inch higher than usual.

"Unload the truck on the left first! Yes, that's the one. Those from Renmin University and Tsinghua University, don't bother!"

Her voice was several pitches higher than usual, and her speech was clear and logical.

Guo Yu squatted on the steps at the entrance of the base, holding his laptop. The background data on the screen was being updated in real time.

"The server's cross-campus data distribution is ready, and the GPS positioning accuracy is controlled within five meters. Yesterday, the last batch of smart lock tests all passed." He pushed up his glasses and turned the screen to show Wei Yi.

Wei Yi glanced at the data panel.

The distribution point maps for the four new campuses are densely packed, and the estimated cycling heat of each distribution point has been marked with color.

The area around Renmin University was a deep, almost purple red.

Peking University…

Watching Sulei walk towards them, Wei Yi asked softly, "Is there any hope?"

Sulei jumped off the truck's side panel, dusting off his hands: "We're talking to the logistics department. It's quite challenging; they have students working on similar projects themselves."

She lowered her voice, switching from a reporting tone to a complaining one, "Dai Wei, the founder of ofo at Peking University, heard that we wanted to get into Peking University and went directly to the school's Youth League Committee. I suspect they're the ones who're behind this."

Then, she changed the subject, her eyes lighting up again, "But boss, your wife's sister is really amazing! Renmin University is one thing, but she even managed to get into Tsinghua and Beihang Universities! Those people in Tsinghua's logistics department usually don't even listen to the student union, how did your sister manage to negotiate?"

"She didn't tell me the details. It seems she knew the daughter and wife of a vice principal, who were regulars at my sister's beauty salon."

"Tsk, no wonder. Awesome!" Sulei exclaimed with a gossipy look, but quickly switched back to work mode. "In short, Renmin University, Tsinghua University, and Beihang University will each deploy 1,000 vehicles in the first batch, and they will all be online this weekend. The other four campuses of the United Nations University will each add another 300 vehicles, and they will all be in place this afternoon."

After unloading the last batch of bicycles, Sulei sat on the truck's side panel and drank most of a bottle of mineral water.

His round face was rosy from the sun, and sweat beaded on his forehead, but his eyes were brighter than usual.

Wei Yi walked over and sat down next to her.

"Senior, thank you for your hard work this month."

Sulei twirled the mineral water bottle in her hand twice, then suddenly laughed.

"Now you know how to thank me? When you showed me that business plan back at the driving school, I really thought you were just giving it a try. Two hundred prototype cars, running the data at one campus first, and then we'd talk about it at the end of the year."

She tapped the truck's side panel with her water bottle. "And what do you do? You're already planning to switch campuses before September is even over. Five campuses at the Southwest Associated University, Renmin University, Tsinghua University, Beihang University—eight campuses in total, all being set up simultaneously. Do you know how many phone calls I've made these past two days?"

"How many?"

"Don't ask. Asking will make me look pathetic."

She said this with a sarcastic tone but a smile on her face, jumping off the truck's side panel and patting her pants. "But seriously, this summer so far has been more interesting than the past three years combined. Before, I was in the student council, talking myself hoarse and running around all night just to organize a party and get some sponsorship. Now, at least I've built up a company."

Sulei screwed the cap back on and threw the empty bottle into the trash can.

"My dad initially thought I was being ridiculous. So I sent him the backend data."

"Um?"

"My dad himself didn't understand it. But he knew someone who did. He found an expert, and after a long time, the expert replied, 'Your retention rate is indeed good.'"

Wei Yi laughed: "Then your dad was convinced by your data."

"It wasn't the data," Sulei shook her head, her tone suddenly becoming serious. "It was your business plan. The expert my dad found reviewed the plan and the backend data, focusing on user retention and ride frequency, not registration numbers."

She turned to look at Wei Yi, her expression unusually serious. "That expert told my dad that registrations can be built up through on-the-ground promotions, but retention can't. Tage's 30-day retention rate at the College of Arts and Sciences exceeded 60%, and the average cycling frequency was more than seven times per week on average. If we can replicate this data to other campuses, this model can work."

Wei Yi nodded: "He's right."

"So you know what I'm going to say, right?"

Sulei stood up, hands on her hips, a sly smile of ambition that seemed completely out of place on her round face. "I'm going to cover all twelve campuses of the United University with Tago by the end of October. And then, by the end of the year, I'll cover all the universities in Haidian District."

She paused, then added, "Your wife's sister got into Tsinghua, Beihang, and Renmin University. How can I, as an employee, hold her back? Otherwise, how can I face getting stock options later?"

"Senior, what are you saying? You're not working for me, you're a partner."

Sulei laughed: "That makes sense, but in this company, you're the boss! You've paid for everything so far, I haven't contributed a single penny, so you're the boss, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes. Whatever President Su says is true."

Sulei walked away satisfied, taking out her phone as she went.

Judging from her tone, the person on the other end of the phone was the contact person from the logistics department of Beihang University, and her tone had already switched to professional mode.

Guo Yu peeked out from behind the laptop and, unusually, took the initiative to speak.

"She lost six pounds this month. She almost never eats the lunch I pack for her on time."

Wei Yi remained silent for a while.

He initially gave Sulai 15% of the shares because he thought she was a talented person.

As the vice president of the student union, he was efficient and had a thorough understanding of school procedures.

The key is having connections and influence.

If it can help startups overcome administrative hurdles, that's enough.

She did far more than that in the past month.

From running back and forth between driving school and school alone during the summer vacation, to coordinating with the logistics department, building campus teams, and coordinating cross-school deployments after the start of the semester, she single-handedly supported the offline operations of Tage.

She handled everything: field promotion, site selection, negotiating venues, dealing with school leaders, and arguing with suppliers.

Guo Yu closed his laptop and said something that made Wei Yi even more silent.

"She was still revising the Beihang University's distribution plan at 2 a.m. last night. After she finished revising it, she remembered that she hadn't eaten dinner, so she made herself a bowl of instant noodles, but then forgot to eat them and continued replying to emails."

Luo Xiaofeng, who came to help, stood to the side and heard Su Lai's words the whole time. He exclaimed, "Senior Su Lai is so reliable. If she says she'll do it, she really can."

Zhao Gang walked over after unloading the last few trucks from the truck, dusting off his hands: "Boss Wei really struck gold when he found her at the driving school."

Wei Yi watched Su Lai's back as she made a phone call not far away. She was confirming the last few details of the launch on Sunday with the logistics department of Beihang University at a rapid-fire pace, and she was also holding a stack of unopened drop-off point signs.

Wei Yi, of course, wouldn't admit that he was just incredibly lucky. He corrected him, saying, "She was my chosen partner from the very beginning! That's right, that's exactly it!"

"Huh~"

The others all gave him a look of disdain.

Back in the base office, Sulei posted the list of the heads of each campus on the whiteboard, two rows of densely packed text.

The range of majors is extremely wide, including Chinese language, journalism, computer science, and economics and management.

She recruited them one by one.

She pointed to the top row of the list: "These six people are people I recruited from the student union. They are capable and reliable. Each of them is in charge of a campus and reports cycling data and broken bikes every day."

He then pointed to the rows below, "These are work-study jobs, mainly doing daily inspections and vehicle dispatching. The hourly wage is fifteen, paid daily. Would you like to go through them?"

"You can decide."

"Then it's settled. By the way, Guo Yu from Tsinghua University said we could get a few students to do on-site maintenance; they're quicker to respond to technical issues with smart locks. For Beihang University, I plan to find part-time jobs through the student union's volunteer association."

Wei Yi looked at the list, then at the bluish shadow under Su Lai's eyes.

"Senior."

"Um?"

"You've sacrificed so much for Tage. The way you're doing this makes me feel like I'm just washing my hands of the business."

Sulei laughed: "What do you mean by acting like a hands-off manager? You already are a hands-off manager."

Guo Yu nodded silently beside him. Zhao Gang and Luo Xiaofeng coughed simultaneously.

Wei Yi said helplessly, "Can't you guys give me some face?"

Sulei patted him on the shoulder and said earnestly, "Boss, you can rest assured to entrust the ground promotion and operations to me. This is a sign of your trust in me. You are responsible for handling the funding and strategy, and I will handle the implementation. The division of labor is clear, and everyone will do their job. This company cannot function without anyone. Of course, some people have more shares and some have less, so I don't need to remind you."

She laughed after she finished speaking, but then her expression became serious again.

"I still remember one sentence from the business plan you showed me back then. You said the core barrier to entry in the bike-sharing industry wasn't technology, but economies of scale and operational efficiency. At the time, I thought that was too arrogant, for a freshman who hadn't even started to talk like that. Now that I think about it, you were right. Others can copy technology, and ideas are even easier to replicate. But scale and efficiency are things that no one can copy."

After Sulei finished speaking, she continued to keep an eye on the truck, her ponytail swaying behind her.

The office was filled with unopened smart lock boxes and walls covered with densely packed campus maps.

As Wei Yi watched her retreating figure, another thought suddenly popped into his mind.

In his past life, when he was promoting ofo as a local agent, he witnessed too many chaotic and poorly organized operations.

Bicycles are piled up on the street with no one to manage them, they are broken and no one to repair them, and the QR codes were torn off and it took three days for someone to replace them.

People have become accustomed to this phenomenon, thinking that high wear and tear is normal for shared bikes.

But now he suddenly understood something.

The chaos of the past is not an inevitable result of bike-sharing.

It's because we've lost someone like Sulei.