High School Belle Fell in Love with Me

Chapter 604: Chapter 261: The Conflict Between Ideals and Reality (Part 3)

On the road, Zhang Mansheng called him, wanting to invite him to have New Year’s Eve dinner again this year.

However, Ning Hao found an excuse to refuse.

It’s not worth it.

He was originally a young man with no confidence in life.

Now that he’s finally got a bit of confidence, he doesn’t want to go to Zhang Mansheng’s house to be discouraged.

The two are inherently different kinds of people.

Zhang Mansheng and his wife both have higher education, respectable jobs, and an understanding of the world.

His parents are different; his mother is illiterate, and his father only graduated from elementary school.

After seeing Li Yang, his understanding of the differences between people deepened.

The same internet-addicted teenager, others could get into Jing University, develop an amazing car like Shaking Light, make so much money, and be with such a beautiful girl.

And what about others?

So many students graduate from Jing University each year, but how many truly achieve that?

Globally, so many internet-addicted teens, yet the vast majority are just wasting their lives?

The relationship between him and Zhang Mansheng will be settled cleanly at the first opportunity when that fund clears up.

After having a meal outside on the busy street, even with its complex road conditions, he never panicked once he drove the Shaking Light.

Back in the rented room, he took out his phone and opened an app.

This app is unique to Shaking Light car owners, with all value-added services available.

There is a 24-hour customer service, with various consultation options.

Especially the business consulting, which seems the least useful, but he cares a lot about it.

He wanted to start a business and decided to consult on it.

Once clicked, a form appeared immediately, asking for various information to be filled out.

The first thing was the business direction, followed by personal conditions, requiring you to list a few advantages.

This requirement alone tortured him for a day and a night.

Until the next day, New Year’s Eve, after ordering some takeout, he barely managed to complete it.

Facing one’s capabilities is indeed a very challenging thing.

In his imagination, as a professional player, he should have advantages.

But when he actually put pen to paper, he realized he had no advantages at all.

He didn’t even know where to find a female gaming companion, nor how to split the money with others.

If he needed to take others’ money, what could he offer in exchange?

Rely on his tens of thousands of followers on Weibo? Rely on the title of a professional player?

None of these are realistic.

If he didn’t take others’ money, then what was he aiming for?

Originally, confidently thought he’d come up with a fantastic business direction, but after thinking it through, realized he couldn’t do it at all.

The content submitted was something he forced himself to write, and he was even starting to back out.

Should he just stick with his part-time job honestly?

...

New Year’s Eve.

Li Yang and Jiang Banxia completed an old ritual, and after setting off fireworks, they returned to their new house.

There were quite a few rituals between the two of them; Jiang Banxia recently even brought out her old Champion Scholar’s Notes, wanting to share profits with Li Yang.

That tutoring book, now selling like hotcakes.

Its effect may not be that significant, but Li Yang and Jiang Banxia are so famous that many people, even knowing it’s somewhat outdated, are still willing to buy it for good luck.

Just like making wishes at a temple, who doesn’t know it’s useless?

After all, the little money you spend wouldn’t move the Buddha or gods.

But Li Yang would not give it back...

He said that he bought the copyright outright back then, and now all the profits belong to Yangfan Entertainment.

And tonight, Jiang Banxia planned to act all coy, at worst she’ll do it herself, to see if she can change Li Yang’s mind.

If Li Yang doesn’t change his mind, then she will!

Leaning on Li Yang’s shoulder, she saw Li Yang holding a notebook, not knowing what he was doing.

She stared at it for a while.

"Master Li, taking on private jobs?"

She had figured it out, Li Yang seemed to be consulting for others.

There was one guy among them who had been in business for years, and his company had certain scale but still had no idea what their direction was.

Oh right, that guy dealt with chip design.

The whole company had over a hundred employees, designing chips themselves and then outsourcing production to factories.

The company’s annual revenue was just tens of millions, but it had no clear direction at the moment.

This money... he earned it mysteriously.

It was just a group of college students who haphazardly designed a chip, and then the market demanded it.

They didn’t even know what their chip was used for.

According to them, there are countless semiconductor companies like theirs in the country, none of them big.

This fact, Li Yang knows very well.

In his past life, he saw such a video on Douyin about a small semiconductor company with just dozens of people, counting money while laying down.

Did they have impressive technology? Obviously not.

Even if they did, it was in minor specializations, or they were better at integration.

But such companies ironically were profitable.

The reason was clear to everyone, and Li Yang understood well.

They could make money because their costs were incredibly low, and domestic demand for chips was high.

Even if a big company could design a similar chip, their costs would be too high, not only unprofitable but also incurring losses.

Small companies were different, even if salaries were the same as big companies, the hidden costs of big companies were much higher than wages.

Tens of millions in revenue could net millions in small companies, but would cost big companies tens of millions in losses.

Li Yang had just received such a consultation; the other party wanted to grow larger and stronger, having accumulated some capital over the years.

"Friend, even if I suggest a direction, you’d probably just consider it consumption, since after deciding you wouldn’t change your mind anyway. If you’re interested, come to the Capital City in March to find me, we can have a chat, and I can introduce you to a few like-minded peers."

The other party quickly replied, "Who are you?"

"Li Yang!"