Chapter 461: Chasing Girls
On the evening of August 31st, freshman year began with evening self-study.
It is called evening self-study, but in fact it is just classmates getting together to introduce themselves and get to know each other.
After the evening self-study session, several people from dormitory 303 came out of the teaching building.
Wang Dazhuang said, "When I passed by the teaching building, I saw a billboard saying that there is a discount for installing a phone. Should we install a landline in our dormitory? This will save us from having to run to the phone booth downstairs when we want to make a call in the future. It will also be convenient for us to contact our families."
Ni Cong said: "I have no objection."
Lu Yiming naturally wouldn't object: "Okay, count me in."
Wang Dazhuang said, "Don't you have a cell phone? I don't think you'll need this phone, so you don't have to pay for it."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "We're all in the same dormitory, why do we have to be so clear about it? If my cell phone runs out of battery and I use the dormitory landline to dial a number, do I still have to pay you?"
Ni Cong looked at Chen Chusheng. He was the only one who had not expressed his opinion.
"Hey, squeak, are you pretending or not?"
"squeak."
Ni Cong snapped his fingers and said, "OK, unanimous approval. Lao Wang, I'll leave this matter to you. You can contact them tomorrow."
"good."
The next day at noon, during the lunch break, Wang Dazhuang contacted the mobile company and installed a telephone in the dormitory.
Wang Dazhuang wrote the phone number on a sticky note and stuck it on the wall below the phone, saying, "This is the phone number."
Ni Cong couldn't wait to say, "Let me try. I'll call my family."
After Ni Cong finished the call, the others also made calls to inform each other of their new contact information and to report that they were safe.
Lu Yiming called Shi Qingxue and told her that the dormitory had installed a telephone. Then he remembered what Wang Dazhuang had said about the social gathering and asked, "Do you want our dormitory to hold a social gathering with yours this weekend?"
To put it bluntly, college life is also a small society. Here, you not only have to prepare for future employment, but also start "experimenting" in your emotional life.
Shi Qingxue said: "Let me ask."
After a while, Shi Qingxue said, "They all agree that the time, place and format of the party will be decided by you boys."
"good."
After hanging up the phone, Lu Yiming told a few roommates about the social gathering. Wang Dazhuang and Ni Cong were so excited that they wanted to lift Lu Yiming up and throw him into the sky.
“Yeah!”
"Lu Yiming is awesome, good brother! You are truly my half-brother!"
Seeing the two people's excitement, Lu Yiming couldn't help but complain: "Isn't it just a social event? Is it really okay for you to be so excited?"
Wang Dazhuang glared at him fiercely and said, "You are a full man who doesn't know the hunger of a hungry man!"
Ni Cong echoed: "Yes!"
Lu Yiming said, "They said we can decide the time and place, and what to do. I think it should be the weekend, then we can have dinner together and go to karaoke, how about that?"
"OK."
Student gatherings usually involve three things: eating, barbecuing, singing karaoke, and walking and shopping, which are things that only young couples do.
Saturday came quickly and the social gathering was scheduled for six in the evening. However, Wang Dazhuang and Ni Cong woke up at seven in the morning. After washing up, they went to the barber shop together and got a shocking hairstyle. Then they rummaged through their boxes and found the clothes they thought were the most handsome to put on.
It turned out to be only eleven o'clock in the morning.
Lu Yiming couldn't help but laugh and said, "I want to see how you two spend the afternoon."
Wang Dazhuang, Ni Cong: “…”
In dormitory 501, Wu Mengmeng and several other girls were also dressing up.
Shi Qingxue sat cross-legged on the bed reading a book.
"Shi Qingxue."
Liu Huijun, who was drawing her eyebrows, spoke.
"ah?"
Shi Qingxue raised her head and asked, "What's wrong?"
Liu Huijun asked, "How did you get together with Lu Yiming? Did he confess his love to you after you graduated from high school? Or did you taste the forbidden fruit when you were in high school?"
Shi Qingxue blushed slightly and said, "What do you mean by tasting the forbidden fruit? We didn't..."
Sun Xiaoxia, who was applying powder, asked, "Oh, what era is this? This kind of thing is very common, there's no need to be shy. But I see that your eyebrows haven't grown yet, so I guess you don't have that. That Lu Yiming is so lucky to have a beautiful girl like you. In class these few days, the boys in the class wanted to dig out their eyeballs and put them on you."
Wu Mengmeng smiled and said, "I don't know what's so charming about Lu Yiming. I've seen several boys courting you these past two days, including a few handsome guys, but you didn't even bother to look at them."
Shi Qingxue thought about the process of how she and Lu Yiming got to know each other and fell in love. She couldn't finish talking about the ups and downs even if she talked for three days and three nights, so she just said vaguely: "Things like feelings can't be measured by anything. If you like someone, you like him. He and I have known each other for many years. We met by chance in elementary school and we were in the same class in high school. Is it a natural progression?"
"There are so many more stories. You have to tell us someday."
"Yes, it must be fun."
Shi Qingxue changed the subject and urged, "Hurry up, it's already three o'clock in the afternoon. You can't be late for the first social event, right?"
Half an hour later, everyone met at the school gate.
"Xiaoxue."
Lu Yiming couldn't help but stare at Shi Qingxue who was wearing a light pink dress.
Although it was not the first time he had seen it, Lu Yiming just felt like he could never see enough of it.
Shi Qingxue smiled sweetly: "Lu Yiming."
"Hey, you're showing off your sweetness right after we met. It's so sweet that it makes my teeth fall out." Wu Mengmeng covered her cheeks and said with a wink.
Liu Huijun urged, "Hey, handsome Lu, why don't you introduce your roommate?"
Lu Yiming quickly introduced several of his roommates.
Shi Qingxue also introduced several of her roommates.
After introducing each other, Shi Qingxue naturally stood beside Lu Yiming, and Lu Yiming took Shi Qingxue's hand without hesitation.
Naturally, Ni Cong and the others tried their best to get close to the other girls.
A few people strolled on the road for a while and then went to a barbecue restaurant to eat barbecue.
While the girls were choosing dishes, Wang Dazhuang and Ni Cong sandwiched Lu Yiming in the middle and looked at him with envy.
Ni Cong said: "Sister-in-law is really beautiful, she is the most beautiful girl in dormitory 501."
Wang Dazhuang shook his head and sighed, "More than that, I think even in the entire College of Arts, there are probably few people who can compare to my sister-in-law's looks and temperament. And the two of them are childhood sweethearts, it's really infuriating to think about it, why didn't there be a girl like this who liked me when I was in high school?"
Ni Cong laughed and said, "I know how to answer this question, probably because they are not blind."
Wang Dazhuang was furious: "Damn, if you don't hit me I'll die, right?"
Lu Yiming imparted his experience calmly: "Good girls are afraid of clinging to men. If you take the initiative, there will be a story. I think they are all good-looking. Those who are from the Faculty of Arts naturally have a certain temperament. Even if their facial features are not fairy-level, they are still the type with temperament and worth looking at."
Wang Dazhuang agreed, “Indeed.”
When the girls came back, Wang Dazhuang and Ni Cong each chose a girl and showed their courtesy to her.
The only one who didn't move was probably Chen Chusheng. He just sat there, barbecuing and eating. Even when the girls came over to chat with him, he couldn't say a few words for a long time.
Lu Yiming felt a headache watching from the side.
Is this the legendary straight man of steel?
I can't even bend it.
However, everyone has their own way of living, so Lu Yiming naturally cannot interfere .
In order to prevent the girl from feeling disappointed, he had to take on heavy responsibilities, make jokes and play the role of a jack of all trades.
Because they were so excited about chatting, the barbecue lasted until 10 pm, and the plan of singing karaoke had to be put aside for next time. After sending the girls to the dormitory building, Lu Yiming said goodbye to Shi Qingxue and the others with his roommates.
On the way back, Ni Cong and Wang Dazhuang were still very excited. After all, it was the first time for them to have such an intimate chat with a girl tonight.
The two felt they had a chance, but were unsure, so they asked Lu Yiming, after all, he was the only one in the dormitory with "experience".
Lu Yiming spread his hands and refused to give any advice: "You ask me, who should I ask?"
Afterwards, he felt that it was not a good idea to not be involved in this matter, so he said: "You guys, please be patient. This is the first time we meet. You should take it slow in the future. I can let Shi Qingxue be your insider."
Wang Dazhuang suddenly realized what was going on. He slapped his forehead and said, "How could I have forgotten this? We have an 'inside help'."
In the dormitory, Shi Qingxue, who had just finished taking a shower and put on pajamas, received a call from Lu Yiming and quickly ran to the balcony to answer it.
"Hello?"
"Xiaoxue."
"Hmm? What's the matter?"
"When I came back just now, Wang Dazhuang and Ni Cong asked me whether the two girls they liked liked them."
After listening to Lu Yiming's words, Shi Qingxue hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Well... I don't think it's possible."
To put it bluntly, if you want to pick up girls, you either need to be pretty or rich. If you don't have both, then forget it.
Of course, there are all kinds of things in this world. There is always a shortage of fools. It is not impossible to succeed by cheating, deceiving, or even being a bootlicker.
But how likely this is depends on whether you are willing to take the gamble.
There is no doubt that those who lose the gamble will have a bumpy love life.
"Okay, I got it."
Lu Yiming didn't ask any further questions. Which girl who was able to get into Fu Ri University on her own in the 1990s didn't have high aspirations?
Want to win her over after just one meeting?
Go to bed, you can dream about anything.
After hanging up the phone, Lu Yiming realized that Wang Dazhuang and Ni Cong were looking at him eagerly.
"How about it?"
Lu Yiming did not lie to them and said bluntly: "The effect is not very ideal."
When the two heard this, they immediately became anxious.
Wang Dazhuang frowned, even his forehead wrinkles appeared: "How can it be not ideal? Weren't we chatting well just now?"
Lu Yiming sighed and said, "If they were chatting well, that's because the girls don't want to reject you openly. If they really wanted to chat well, did they make an appointment with you to meet again in private?"
“Ah… this…”
The two were speechless for a moment. They were not really stupid. When the excitement subsided, their IQ took over again and they couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.
Lu Yiming, however, consoled them by saying, "It's impossible to succeed in chasing a girl in one try. If it doesn't work this time, try it next time. There are so many girls in Fudan University, you still have many choices."
Ni Cong is more open-minded and said, "There are plenty of fish in the sea. If they don't like me, forget it. I'm too lazy to waste my energy."
Wang Dazhuang curled his lips and said, "No, I can't give up. Wu Mengmeng is my ideal type!"
Lu Yiming couldn't help but look at Wang Dazhuang's slim figure again, and four words suddenly popped up in his mind: Make up for what you lack.
“Come on!”
Although the results were not ideal, they were young after all and there was nothing to worry about. Wang Dazhuang wanted to persist, while Ni Cong gave up. Lu Yiming felt that there was nothing wrong with these choices.
Because they had drunk a lot of wine, everyone went to bed quickly.
The next day was Sunday. There were no classes and everyone slept until noon. After washing up and eating, Ni Cong went to the next dormitory to play cards.
Not long after he left, the phone in the dormitory rang, and Lu Yiming picked up the receiver.
"Hello?"
A man's voice came from the other side: "Hello? Hello, classmate, is Ni Cong here?"
Lu Yiming said: "It's next door, I'll call it over for you."
"Thanks."
Lu Yiming called Ni Cong back from next door.
Ni Cong picked up the receiver, said a few words, and then hung up.
After hanging up the phone, Ni Cong said, "Brothers, help me. My cousin called me just now. Something happened in his company, and he urgently needs a few people to fill the void."
Wang Dazhuang, who was lying on the bed thinking about strategies to woo girls, asked, "Your cousin? What does he do?"
Ni Cong said: "After my cousin graduated from university, he quit the job arranged by his family and came to Zhonghai to start a business and set up a company."
"This guy is smart, but he has been restless since he was a child and is very troublesome. As a result, he is almost going bankrupt. The company hasn't paid wages for three months, and almost all the employees have left. Today, the investor is coming to inspect, so he hopes we can go over to make things more presentable."
When Lu Yiming heard this, he immediately laughed: "Does your cousin still want to cheat investors' money and continue to burn it?"
Ni Cong was also helpless: "He is now in a dilemma. He thought that making domestic games was promising, but he scraped together some money to start a company. After attracting investment, he didn't produce any results. In order to make a living, he borrowed some money. Now he can only make the game and get his money back if he gets financing. Otherwise, he will be in debt."
Lu Yiming joked: "Wow, this is a really big deal. But it's okay, don't we still have bankruptcy protection?"
Ni Cong squinted at him and said, "Do you think those people won't come to him if he files for bankruptcy protection?"
Lu Yiming thought about it and said, "That's right."
Then, he suddenly remembered that Ni Cong said his cousin ran a gaming company, and he immediately became interested: "Then why are you still talking nonsense? Let's pack up and go put out the fire."
Not long after, Ni Cong brought everyone to the company founded by his cousin Jiang Rongfa - Junzi Interactive Network Technology Co., Ltd.
The company is located on the 21st floor of an office building, with an area of only more than 30 square meters and a total of eight workstations, which looks quite shabby.
That's it, there are still five positions available.
"cousin."
Ni Cong and his men knocked on the door and came in.
When Jiang Rongfa saw the four people coming, he immediately felt radiant and greeted them warmly: "Welcome, welcome. Ah Cong, these are your classmates, right?"
Ni Cong said: "These three are my roommates. He is Lu Yiming, he is Wang Dazhuang, and he is Chen Chusheng."
"Welcome. I'll make you some tea and we can chat over it."
Lu Yiming looked around and said with a smile: "Boss Jiang, your company is a bit small."
Jiang Rongfa smiled helplessly and said, "There's nothing I can do. I have no money. That's how it is."
Ni Cong said: "Cousin, you called us here to show off. Are you planning to continue to deceive investors into giving you money?"
"What do you mean by cheating?"
Jiang Rongfa said dissatisfiedly: "This is called continuous financing, what do you know? Stop talking nonsense. If you can get the financing done, I will treat you to a big dinner tonight! And I owe you a big favor."
Then he took out a pile of information and said, "Memorize it as soon as possible. If the investors ask you questions later, you'd better answer them to avoid being exposed."
He is really desperate now and is trying every possible means. If he doesn't get some money to stay alive, both the company and he will go bankrupt.
From an investor's perspective, Lu Yiming flipped through Jiang Rongfa's business plan. The more he read, the more he shook his head. He said bluntly, "Your plan is not good. Even the coal bosses who cheat people and have a lot of money are not as rough as you."
Jiang Rongfa was a little unhappy when he heard this and asked, "What do you mean?"
In his opinion, even though his company was in a mess, it was not the right of a student who had just entered college to point fingers at people.
Lu Yiming threw the plan aside and said, "It means exactly what it says. Your idea of starting a business is wrong."
Jiang Rongfa was a little angry. His business was not going well to begin with, and now he was being criticized by a junior. He was immediately extremely unhappy and looked at Lu Yiming with a cold face: "What do you think? Why not tell me?"
Lu Yiming saw the unconvinced expression on his face, but he didn't care much. If it weren't for Ni Cong's relationship, he wouldn't bother to talk nonsense with Jiang Rong.
However, for now he is still quite interested in Junzi Interactive Network Technology Co., Ltd. After all, people who can form their own R&D team and create original works, and who have such ideas and can put them into practice, are worthy of admiration regardless of success or failure.
It’s a pity that if we really follow the path envisioned by Jiang Rongfa, it will definitely be a dead end.
Lu Yiming said bluntly: " Although the game you are making has not been launched on any host platform and mainly runs on computers, its core mode is still a host game, right? The reason why you changed the name to an Internet game, I guess you probably want to take advantage of the popularity of the Internet and cheat investors' money, right?"
