Forcing Me to Be Reborn?!

Chapter 146: Chapter 126 A Game

“What did I do during the summer vacation?” Cheng Zhu fell into reminiscence.

Oh, nothing much, just bought into a game and made over seventy thousand yuan overnight.

Then, with the money, took a trip to Guan Yun County, talked about a partnership with a QQ lingerie factory.

Next, opened an online shop that I don’t know if you could understand the meaning of its name, and casually pulled off some provocative stunts.

Right after that—I struck it rich!

The rise of the QQ Tycoon was just that simple and crude!

But, can I even talk about the above content?

Back in the days with stricter control, I’m not sure if I could even write about this stuff on a platform like Qidian, right?

Not to mention, Cheng Zhu didn’t really understand the two people in front of him.

In his opinion, many older people love to criticize others for vulgarity.

After all, they’re at the stage where… the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

He had no clue what kind of people Dean Zhang and Director Li were, but he was very aware that if some people knew he’d been selling QQ lingerie at his tender age, their first impression would definitely not be good.

They would look at him through… colored glasses.

So, Cheng Zhu started to bluff and his skill at deceiving them was even more heartfelt than when he lied to his parents back then.

He disclosed a bit of his private life first, to add credibility to his story.

“In high school, I dated a girl.”

“Through her, I noticed some trending women’s fashions over the summer break, discovered the business opportunity, and then opened a Taobao shop with my college entry bonus, making some quick money for two months.”

“It was also because of my experiences during the summer that I gained a deeper understanding of the female market and then decided to open a doll machine shop off-campus with this kind of style.”

Well, it definitely isn’t because I’ve been involved with numerous women and have a deep understanding of various types of women, hitting their hearts directly in one shot.

Ha, the things Cheng Zhu did in a previous life, what do they have to do with me in this one? Keep them away from me!

Both university leaders exchanged glances when they heard this.

Once you’re in university, teachers really don’t manage who students date, unless there’s a serious issue with their behavior or they cause some major incident.

Dean Zhang, the Mediterranean old man, was quite gossipy, and he said with a smile like a family elder, “So the girl you dated, is she from our Technology University?”

“No, she’s not, and we broke up over the summer,” Cheng Zhu said.

“Ah, I see. I didn’t expect Cheng Zhu to have experience in e-commerce,” Dean Zhang nodded slightly.

This entrepreneurial path did, to some extent, relate to their School of Information.

After all, the School of Information mainly nurtures people like software developers.

Director Li then asked, “Are you still running the Taobao shop?”

There were also many e-commerce related projects among the college entrepreneurship programs he endorsed.

No help for it, this is Hang City, one of the cities with the richest culture of e-commerce nationwide.

Director Li was very aware that being able to rise rapidly in a short period of time and earn enough to open a shop was extremely scary!

Rather than allocating campus resources to some prosaic projects, it would be better to support this freshman in front of him.

Cheng Zhu shook his head, however, and said, “The trend has passed, there was no need to continue running it, so I opened this doll machine shop instead.”

Hearing this, Director Li nodded, appreciating the young man even more.

He had seen many youths who caught the wave of a trend, tasted sweetness, and on the ebb tide, couldn’t bear to leave.

But when the tide goes out, it’s clear who’s been swimming naked.

Luck plays a part in doing business, right? When fortune comes, you really can’t stop it!

And sometimes, a stroke of luck can mask a lot of issues.

That’s why there’s a saying: When a person’s abilities don’t match their wealth, that wealth will sooner or later return to the hands of someone who does match it.

This saying isn’t necessarily true, but there are indeed many instances of it in reality.

If one succeeds once by chance.

But if they wrap things up successfully at the height of their success and then venture into another field and succeed again… that’s entirely different!

Instinctively, he felt that Cheng Zhu wasn’t from a humble background.

It’s actually quite disheartening, the children from big, influential families are exposed to different things from a young age compared to those from lesser backgrounds, their whole upbringing is different, so besides money and resources, there are many invisible gaps that widen between them.

This fact is quite horrifying, very real, and very cruel.

Thus, the second-generation group is quite a peculiar bunch; this is where some really bizarre wastes are produced, but also where extremely formidable characters are born!

Not to mention, how would most ordinary freshmen behave when talking with the dean and director?

Extremely nervous, unable to make eye contact, stammering… these reactions are common.

Director Li looked at Cheng Zhu and said, “If you have any new entrepreneurial ideas in the future, you could come by the entrepreneurship base at school and fill out a form.”

“Zhejiang Province always pays great attention to college student entrepreneurship, both the school and the government offer various kinds of support.”

“You could apply for it.”

Anyway, for Director Li, he had his own tasks on hand.

Cheng Zhu, smiling, said, “Alright, I’ll probably come to bother Director Li at the entrepreneurship base after a while.”

“Oh?” Director Li asked behind his wooden-framed glasses, “It seems you already have some ideas in mind? Are you planning to work on some new projects after this doll machine shop is on track and no longer needs your personal attention?”

Many physical stores are like this, quite worry-free once they really get on track.

Then, you can spare time and energy for other things.

Cheng Zhu answered the second question first, and employed the legendary tactic: Sincerity is the killer move!

“This doll machine shop won’t be run for too long; these kinds of internet celebrity shops don’t last,” Cheng Zhu said directly.

Director Li looked at the bustling shop upon hearing this.

The serious-looking middle-aged man suddenly furrowed his brows, as if he had realized a severe issue.

“I see you have card top-up promotions in your store?” he asked.

Cheng Zhu understood what he meant immediately.

Many people might have experienced this; for instance, you top up a card in a hair salon or an internet cafe, only to find that, before you’ve spent all the money, damn it, the place closes down, and the owner is nowhere to be found!

With some footbath shops, you might even encounter them being shut down with money still on the card.

You’d feel both upset about the money and relieved that you weren’t there at that moment.

You might even wonder where that familiar technician you knew is now and how they’re faring.

These membership card incidents are very annoying and yet, very common.

This doll machine shop named “Youu Come to Play,” with a student consumer base and many from Technology University.

As school leaders, they certainly needed to take this issue seriously.

It would be bad if a lot of troubling issues arose later, affecting the school’s reputation.

Hearing this, Cheng Zhu assured with a guaranteeing tone, “Director Li, you can rest assured about the membership cards; I have a contingency plan. In the end, everything will be dealt with properly. There won’t be any disputes between myself and the consumer group, and it definitely won’t affect the school.”

After exchanging looks, Director Li and Dean Zhang did not continue to discuss the issue further.

Cheng Zhu then took the moment to answer Director Li’s first question.

“Dean, Director, after entering our School of Information, I have indeed entertained some new ideas,” he even specifically mentioned the School of Information.

“Oh?” Dean Zhang was intrigued and asked, “So what do you want to do?”

After a brief interaction, coupled with the unique experiences they’d just learned about him, both felt they were dealing with a sharp-witted, thoughtful young man.

Let’s hear what he’s got planned!

However, what Cheng Zhu said next caused both of their expressions to pause.

“I plan to make games!”

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Ten minutes later, Dean Zhang and Director Li left “Youu Come to Play” together.

Watching their retreating figures, Cheng Zhu thought to himself, “Why do I feel like they were a bit odd when they heard I wanted to make games?”

He shook his head, not dwelling on it.

As for making games, Cheng Zhu had his own plans.

He hadn’t thought about jumping from a QQ Tycoon to a Game Tycoon.

He had never intended to fully invest himself in the gaming market.

Because he hadn’t interacted much with this field in his previous life, nor did he really understand its ins and outs, personally, he wasn’t into gaming very much.

Cheng Zhu was very clear, it’s not about just getting a few talented people onboard and investing some money to perfectly recreate a hit game from another lifetime.

There are many opportunities related to computers, and games are just one of them.

He had his own roadmap.

Even if he wanted to work on games now, he only intended to tackle small-cost projects.

Or rather, making this game was just one of his moves, preparing for future arrangements.

The game itself wasn’t really what he was after.

Doing business should be like courting, a quiet and inconspicuous approach, laying the groundwork from afar.

“What’s everyone still playing on their phones right now?”

“Still playing games like ‘Temple Run,'” Cheng Zhu adjusted to the current era, making an excellent choice in his mind.

Meanwhile, Shen Qingning in class at school had opened her WeChat Moments countless times already.

She wasn’t opening Moments to check others’ posts but rather looking for likes and replies to her own.

This aloof girl rarely posted on Moments, but last night she shared the song “Happy Worship.”

She did receive numerous likes and comments from her WeChat friends.

But she hadn’t seen the one comment she truly wanted to see.

Like Lin Lu commenting under the song “Happy Worship,” questioning, “Roar! You bad woman, didn’t you tell me you were going to sleep? Why are you still posting songs on Moments?”

Every time a little red notification appeared, she’d check with anticipation.

Only to exit out feeling let down.

In the end, she didn’t know why, but she quietly deleted that Moments post she shared with the song.

After class, Shen Qingning went downstairs alone, got into her white Land Rover, and drove out of the campus parking lot.

Lin Lu wasn’t due in Hang City until the afternoon, having just set out from Shanghai.

With no classes left, Shen Qingning drove off campus and onto a nearby street.

Initially, she drove at a normal pace.

But as she drew closer to “Youu Come to Play,” she unconsciously started to slow down, and it got slower and slower.

Eventually, even though she had driven past it, she decided to turn around and found a parking spot nearby.

Even though she had decided to check out the shop, Shen Qingning didn’t get out of the car right away.

Instead, she looked in the mirror first and noticed her eyes were still slightly swollen, but they were a bit better than when she first woke up in the morning.

After taking a deep breath, she seemed to transform back into that imposing, cool girl, walking toward the doll machine shop, wanting to see if Cheng Zhu was inside.

Turns out, she found Cheng Zhu right away.

He was actually holding a phone, immersively filming two girls dancing sexily on two dance machines.