Lin Yi returned to Lin'an with his parents, and then stayed at home for another two days. After reporting to Lin's parents and Lin's mother, he went to Shanghai as agreed with Gu Caiwei.
He did not immediately meet classmate Xiao Gu, who was preparing to debut, but met her boss Peng Yuchen in a sparsely populated cafe near the company.
This place was chosen by Peng Yuchen. It seemed that not only did she not want Lin Yi to appear in the company, but she was also very careful not to let others hear the conversation, so she chose the most remote corner of the store.
In any case, Lin Yi said hello to her first: "Long time no see, Mr. Peng."
"haven't seen you for a long time."
Peng Yuchen had been looking at Lin Yi since he came in, and he still couldn't take his eyes off him until he sat down opposite, so Lin Yi had to ask first:
"Don't Mr. Peng recognize me?"
Peng Yuchen actually nodded: "I really don't recognize you. I have just been observing how you are different from the boy I met at the Golden Arch Gate in Lin'an almost two years ago."
Lin Yi knew that she was definitely not talking about appearance, because he was no different from his senior year in high school, and there would be no change in his dressing.
"Did Mr. Peng find anything?"
"One thing, I think you are more confident."
A person's psychological state can be expressed through tone of voice, expression, body movements and even walking gait.
For people like Peng Yuchen, observing others anytime and anywhere is not only a skill, but has become an instinct.
Lin Yi was noncommittal and asked: "Didn't I feel confident before?"
Peng Yuchen recalled that he felt a little weird when he first met him. Although he had never discussed Lin Yi's attitude towards Gu Caiwei as a trainee with the Gu family and his daughter, it could be seen from the facts.
It seemed that he at least had no objection.
For a high school student, if this choice were not due to ignorance, I am afraid that it would not be called "unconfident" in any way, but would be close to arrogance.
Peng Yuchen did not say these words, but asked: "What do you think?"
Lin Yi replied: "I think it's not so much that I'm more confident, but rather that I'm more determined."
Peng Yuchen tasted the word "firm" for a while, and then said: "I asked Xiao Gu to tell you in June that I wanted to meet you, but I haven't met you until now. It's difficult for classmate Lin Yi to make an appointment."
Lin Yi didn't feel embarrassed. Based on their first-hand friendship, there was no obligation to keep the appointment. The reason for coming today was entirely because of Gu Caiwei.
"Gu Caiwei told me right away, but I was busy with other things at the time and just took time out. And President Peng told me to just come and visit before my debut, so I think it's not too late today."
Peng Yuchen didn't dwell on this, and didn't seem too anxious to talk about business. Instead, he asked, "I heard from Xiao Gu that you started a business in college. Are you busy with this recently?"
"That's right."
There is nothing to hide. To a certain extent, Lin Yi came here today just to let Peng Yuchen know about this.
"Actually, it didn't start just recently. I started a business with two classmates as soon as I entered university. It has been nearly a year."
Peng Yuchen seemed to be interested in this topic and asked: "What did you do?"
Lin Yi first asked: "It's a takeout website. I wonder if Mr. Peng has ever ordered food on the website or using the mobile app?"
Peng Yuchen replied: "I don't have one myself, but it seems that the young people in the company have used it."
Lin Yi explained: “What we do is very simple in principle, which is to move the original traditional takeout business to the website and connect online and offline through the Internet, creating convenience for both producers and consumers.
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Peng Yuchen’s evaluation is: “The simpler the business, the more likely it is to become bigger. Majek’s Factory A is not complicated in principle.”
"The most remarkable thing about successful people is often not their imagination, but their ability to turn their dreams into reality."
She added in her mind: plus luck.
Although he is not a colleague, Peng Yuchen can be regarded as a senior in the business world. Lin Yi reluctantly took this as a compliment and went on to introduce his experience in the past year.
"We started preparations in September last year, and then launched a trial run in our school in October. In the winter of last year, it covered all universities in Beijing."
"At the beginning of this year, we received US$1 million in financing from professional venture capital institutions and expanded to nine important cities across the country."
Peng Yuchen nodded, then suddenly changed his tone and asked: "But I heard that you have sold this website, right?"
Lin Yi hadn't introduced the part about them selling the casual takeout website. Peng Yuchen's words obviously revealed that she was by no means ignorant of this, at least she was prepared.
But it’s normal to know. These are all public information.
Lin Yi said generously: "Yes, we encountered some difficulties in June. To be precise, financing was blocked."
"At that time, a well-known group buying website, namely Every Tuan.com, extended an olive branch to us. They gave us a fairly reasonable price. After discussing with my partners, I decided to sell the website to them."
"Sold for $20 million."
Lin Yi didn't mean to show off by putting the amount at the end, but he just happened to get there, but Peng Yuchen still felt resentful in his heart.
She doesn’t know Bu Tuan, but has heard about this upstart Internet company. She doesn’t know much about the specific value of Lin Yi’s takeout website. Why is Bu Tuan willing to spend so much money to buy it?
Outsiders always talk about the entertainment industry where people are stupid and make a lot of money, but it is obvious that the Internet industry is where people are stupid and make a lot of money!
It took such a young kid less than a year to create something, and in the end she was so successful that she had to sell herself, but she was able to get 20 million U.S. dollars, which was more than she had accumulated in half a lifetime!
Of course Peng Yuchen would not say these words out loud. She was not an emotional person and quickly adjusted her mentality.
Successful businessmen understand one thing: only make money you can make, and never be jealous of others.
"It's amazing, so are you busy with the delivery of each group during this time?"
"No, our delivery with each group was completed before the news was made public. I took the school's final exam, and then I was preparing for my next business venture."
Peng Yuchen sighed again. When these young people talk about starting a business, it is as common as "I had dinner yesterday."
However, she did not pursue the question any further. The relationship between the two was obviously not enough to share business secrets, so she finally got back to the point:
"Lin Yi, do you know why I went to all this trouble to find you today?"
"I don't think Mr. Peng came to me specifically to reminisce about old times, nor did he come to care about my entrepreneurial progress."
Peng Yuchen didn't care about Lin Yi's answer, because no matter how he answered, he would speak out his meaning: