Rebirth of the Rich Second Generation's Growth Diary

Chapter 128 Forty-eight Hour Newborn Survival Kit!

After Li Xu raised the question, An Duoduo looked confused for a moment, and Ye Ruida also frowned, completely confused.

Tang Qiaoning sighed helplessly, a wry smile forming on her lips. "You're bringing up something that hurts me again. Our school is pitifully small. At most, we only have twenty or thirty buildings, covering only a few hundred acres."

Li Xu's eyes lit up, and he suggested with a smile: "How about this, let's go to eat near your school today, and I'll tell you my ideas while we eat."

Filled with curiosity, everyone hurriedly followed Tang Qiaoning to the snack street in front of Capital University of Foreign Studies.

After ordering some Chinese stir-fries, An Duoduo got busy. She was gentle and careful. She first rinsed the bowls of others carefully with tea, then picked up the toilet paper and wiped them clean bit by bit. Finally, she filled all the teacups with tea and deliberately pushed the first cup in front of Li Xu.

Li Xu picked up the teacup and took a sip, feeling the tea's fragrance spreading across his tongue. He then put the cup down, his expression becoming serious. He said, "Since we have nothing to do anyway, my idea is that we should create a freshman survival kit within three days. Simply put, it's a campus guide for the freshmen."

As he spoke, he grabbed the brochure in Tang Qiaoning's hand and spoke with a certain amount of confidence, "This thing can be sold for ninety-eight yuan. Let's make one for only forty-eight yuan, and the quality is much better than this. Isn't this a complete dimensionality reduction attack?"

After hearing this, Tang Qiaoning stared at Li Xu blankly for a long time before she uttered, "Is this okay?"

Ye Ruida had a funny look on his face. He glanced at Li Xu and slowly asked, "What exactly do you plan to do?"

Li Xu's lips curled up slightly, revealing a confident smile. He said, "To achieve a dimensionality reduction attack, we must not only outperform them in price, but also in content and media. However, the most important thing for this project is time."

His expression was serious, his eyes firm. "After all, this is a survival kit for freshmen. Time is of the essence."

Li Xu stroked his chin, lost in thought. After a moment, his eyes became sharp and he said firmly, "Forty-eight hours, forty-eight hours to get the thing out."

When An Duoduo heard this, her eyes lit up instantly and she shouted excitedly, "Then what should we do?"

Li Xu narrowed his eyes slightly, thought for a moment, and then began to divide the work. "The first step is to gather information. Let's start with a map. Didn't I just ask if the Capital University of Foreign Studies campus is large? If not, draw a floor plan of the university by hand."

"Then there's the things to keep in mind for freshmen. As long as you know some seniors, it should be easy to get these. Besides that, little tips like study room spotting strategies and freshman elective course guides should also be included."

After Li Xu finished speaking, he turned his gaze to Tang Qiaoning.

Tang Qiaoning was stunned for a moment, but quickly came to her senses. She patted her chest and assured him, "No problem. I'll take care of this part. I've already added several seniors on QQ today, so it won't be difficult for me to get this information."

But as soon as she finished speaking, she hesitated, with an embarrassment on her face: "But the time is so short, if I want to hand-draw the floor plan..." Her words were full of hesitation.

At this moment, An Duoduo suddenly stood up and said loudly: "Let me be responsible for the hand-drawn buildings!"

Everyone's eyes suddenly turned to look at An Duoduo.

An Duoduo grinned at Li Xu, her face brimming with confidence. "When I reported for duty today, I had already become very familiar with the people in the sports team. I'll ask them for help when the time comes. Everyone is in good physical condition, and each person will be responsible for an area. We can get it done in an hour or two. We'll go tomorrow morning, and we'll be able to give you the results by tomorrow morning at the latest."

Li Xu nodded with satisfaction, looked at An Duoduo and said, "Then you will be responsible for this matter."

Then, he tilted his head back, drank the tea in his cup, and said loudly, "Then collect the information and give me the content by noon tomorrow."

After saying that, Li Xu looked at Ye Ruida, who had remained silent the entire time, and said with a smile, "Although it feels a bit like using a butcher's knife to kill a chicken, I need you to help me come up with another hidden strategy to crack the campus WiFi."

This is a battle of wits and courage with telecom operators.

The telecom operators are not very kind. They installed restriction plug-ins in the dormitory, making it impossible to install WiFi. Their purpose is obvious, which is to force everyone in the dormitory to activate broadband Internet.

But for many students, this is really a waste. If there is a WiFi, everyone in the dormitory can access the Internet, and a lot of Internet fees can be saved.

For the top students from Peking University and Tsinghua University, this setting is undoubtedly useless.

But the liberal arts students at Capital University of Foreign Studies can only use copy and paste in Excel, so they can only seek help from science and engineering students from other schools.

However, not everyone has such resources.

Ye Ruida quickly understood Li Xu's idea. He thought for a moment and asked, "Are you planning to put this strategy directly in the booklet?"

Li Xu shook his head and said, "Didn't I tell you? It's a hidden strategy."

Li Xu smiled slightly and said, "Because not everyone uses smartphones yet, we plan to send the electronic version of the new student survival kit booklet via MMS. However, only those who purchase the physical booklet can subscribe to the MMS version of the booklet, and our hidden strategy will be included in the MMS version."

After hearing this, everyone was impressed by Li Xu's design.

Tang Qiaoning looked at Li Xu with admiration and said, "You're truly amazing. I never thought that the thing that brought me bad luck would actually give you a business opportunity. From now on, I'll often be unlucky for you."

Several people burst into laughter.

Although it is a business opportunity, in fact, none of the people present are short of money.

Tang Qiaoning was dressed in an exquisite outfit, and her every move revealed the temperament of a rich girl. Naturally, she had never felt a lack of money. There was a kind of indifference that emanated from her bones.

Ye Ruida sat aside, recalling the last time he participated in a project with Li Xu, he made hundreds of thousands of yuan. For him who was still a student, this amount of money was undoubtedly a huge sum of money, enough to give him great financial freedom, and he didn't even have to ask his family for money for the four years of college tuition.

An Duoduo's family was ordinary, without the wealth of Tang Qiaoning and Li Xu, nor the windfall of Ye Ruida. But her eyes were clear and bright, without a strong desire for money, and her pursuit of material things was very indifferent.

They gather here more for the satisfaction of being able to do something together.

After things were arranged, everyone started to get busy.

The next morning, An Duoduo, along with a group of athletic students, rushed aggressively toward Capital University of Foreign Studies. Before noon, they had sent over exquisite hand-drawn drawings, even annotating the buildings in exquisite detail.

Not long after, Tang Qiaoning also sent over a wealth of strategy information. The next step was to turn this information into a visual booklet.

It's worth noting that Xue Xue specializes in front-end development. After receiving her university admission recommendation, she had nothing to do for the entire year, so she took some courses in visual communication. Creating a brochure like this was a piece of cake for her.

Li Xu contacted Xue Xue, who confidently said, "I have ready-made templates here. Aside from the map, I'll use a computer to draw it in the pixel style you described. The rest of the templates can be used quickly. I'll have the finished product ready for you by 4 p.m. at the latest!"

On the first day of college for others, they are still wandering around the school in a daze.

On the first day of Li Xu's university, he had already started working on the project in full swing.

The other roommates didn't even have the chance to see Li Xu on the first day.

It was not until the next day, when everyone had received textbooks and other materials, that Li Xu had some free time to stay in the dormitory.

There are three roommates in the dormitory. They all wear glasses, and their appearance gives people the impression that "I am a top student."

Li Xu placed the textbooks he had received on his desk. At this moment, a boy named Liu Dongyang took the initiative to greet him.

He pushed up his glasses and said, "Dude, what was your score on the college entrance exam?"

At this moment, Li Xu noticed that the other two roommates were also looking at him curiously.

Li Xu shook his head and said, "I didn't take the college entrance examination."

Suddenly, Liu Dongyang sighed with compassion.

The other two guys next to him burst into laughter.

Li Xu was a little surprised and asked, "What's wrong?"

Liu Dongyang sighed and said, "I'm the only one who took the college entrance examination."

He sighed leisurely, "Before I went to college, I had no idea there were so many ways to go to college."

Li Xu was speechless. It was true. For many ordinary people, the only way to go to college was the college entrance examination.

At this moment, Li Xu had already turned on the computer. The computer screen emitted a soft light, illuminating his focused face. He was carefully checking the draft sent to him by Xue Xue.

After looking at it for a while, Li Xu felt that there was no problem, so he planned to contact a nearby printing shop to get this set of information.

At this moment, Peng Fei got up from the bed, walked gently to the computer, and asked politely: "What are you doing? Can I take a look?" He bent down slightly with a curious look on his face.

Li Xu nodded casually, his eyes still fixed on the screen, and said, "Sure."

Peng Fei took a look, a look of surprise flashing across his face. He raised his voice and asked, "Is this the Capital University of Foreign Studies freshman guide?"

His voice was particularly clear in the quiet dormitory.

Li Xu nodded and responded simply.

Afterwards, several other friends who were busy in the dormitory heard the noise and put down what they were doing and came over. They gathered in front of the computer and looked at the finished booklet with surprised expressions on their faces.

The room was silent for a few seconds, with only the sound of the fan turning. After a few seconds, they seemed to suddenly react and understand what Li Xu's thing was for.

Liu Dongyang opened his eyes wide, mouth slightly open, stunned for a moment, and asked: "Brother, don't tell me that you made this thing overnight, are you planning to fleece those new kids outside?" As he spoke, he scratched his head with his hand, his face full of disbelief.

Some freshmen are taken advantage of by others when they enter school, while some freshmen have already started taking advantage of others when they enter school.

In a four-person room at Peking University and Tsinghua University, sunlight streams through the windows, evenly streaming onto everyone's desk. Compared to other universities, Peking University and Tsinghua University offer far fewer examples of freshmen being harassed, without the messy, unpleasant experiences.

But correspondingly, new students who have just arrived here have fewer opportunities to seize.

Most of the students who are admitted to Peking University and Tsinghua University are eager to do research, and many of them will embark on the path of scientific research in the future.

But there's also a large group of people with strong social skills who spend their days figuring out how to use school resources to make money. People here are intelligent, courageous, and highly motivated; the only thing they lack is spotting the right opportunity.

Since everyone was studying management, the other three people in the dorm naturally had the same gene. Last night, they were still discussing whether they could get a batch of sanitary napkins to sell to the students who were about to participate in military training.

Unexpectedly, my roommate Li Xu, without saying a word, created such a high-end thing in a very short time.

After realizing this, several people showed expressions of admiration.

At this moment, Liu Dongyang suddenly asked, "Why did you choose Shouwai?"

Li Xu handed the New Student Orientation Guide, which was priced at 98 yuan, to Liu Dongyang and said, "Just selling this for 98 yuan, don't you think this isn't a business opportunity?"

Liu Dongyang opened the freshman orientation guide, and the other two also came over to take a look at it for a while.

After a moment, Liu Dongyang closed the guidebook and frowned, saying, "But if that's the case, wouldn't you be the one ruining the place?" Li Xu shook his head and said, "Market competition is just like that. The product speaks for itself, so what does that even mean? It's just a rudimentary form of a business war. Since we're studying this major, we'll likely end up in trade-related industries in the future, so there's nothing wrong with getting familiar with it beforehand."

Li Xu was not worried at all about the possible business conflicts that might arise next. Instead, he felt a strong sense of excitement deep in his heart.

The sunlight outside the window shone freely on his desk. His fingers tapped lightly on the table, and his mind kept outlining the upcoming challenges.

He was well aware that the students who produced this batch of freshman orientation handbooks might not necessarily cause him much trouble.

But the pleasure of suddenly breaking in and destroying the opponent's "nest" in one fell swoop is really somewhat magical.

He knew very well that when he really stepped into the business battlefield in the future, it would be far more than the small-scale operations he had now.

In that cruel business world, conflicts over interests that often involve others' bankruptcy often determine the winner and the loser, as well as life and death, and are extremely dangerous.

In his previous life, he didn't have a clear concept of these things, so he was so miserable. In this life, he decided to start from the school, a semi-socialized place, and practice little by little to accumulate experience.

Liu Dongyang and the other three were standing aside, their expressions showing an expression of uncontrollable excitement.

Their eyes occasionally fell on Li Xu's computer screen. Li Xu's small project was already taking shape, and he hadn't actively extended an invitation, clearly not intending to bring them along. Although the three of them were filled with regret, they were too embarrassed to ask.

Li Xu was naturally able to keenly perceive the emotional changes of the three of them.

However, choosing team members is a matter of great caution for him.

He wouldn't just accept everything because they were his roommates.

He knew that he would need a lot of talents in the future, but before he could fully understand a person's character and ability, his idea was simple: just be friends. As for joining hands to venture into the business world, more consideration and observation were needed.

There is still a long way to go, so take your time getting to know them.

There were originally two days for new student registration, and the schedule for several universities was similar.

Li Xu had to race against time. He had originally planned to make a newborn survival kit within 48 hours, but now almost half of that time had passed.

Li Xu carefully checked it again and then copied the electronic file into the USB drive.

I had dinner with my roommates.

Everyone has just graduated from high school. Most of these roommates are probably not reborn. It can be seen that their minds are still relatively simple.

When chatting with them during the meal, Li Xu was just a listener most of the time. Only when the conversation got dull would he bring up one or two topics to keep the atmosphere of the conversation going.

In the process, he gradually established a preliminary outline of the three of them.

Liu Dongyang is the only college entrance examination candidate. He comes from an ordinary family and is the top scorer in the college entrance examination from a small county.

According to him, there has not been a student admitted to Peking University or Tsinghua University in their county in the past 20 years, and he is the only one, so the county also rewarded him with more than 200,000 yuan.

When Liu Dongyang talked about this, there was not much pride in his words.

Maybe it was true before entering Peking University and Tsinghua University, but after actually coming here, everyone will find out how ordinary they are.

Be in awe of everyone and everything here, and after removing the filter of "my college entrance examination scores are awesome", you will helplessly find that except for a few freaks with super IQ, in this place full of geniuses, what matters is vision and family conditions.

Both Peng Fei and Zhang Chenghui were admitted to Peking University and Tsinghua University through academic competitions.

Peng Fei can write beautiful calligraphy. During dinner, he dipped his hand in the water in the bowl and wrote two lines of poetry on the table. He smiled and said, "My dream is to make money by selling my calligraphy and paintings to support myself."

Zhang Chenghui, from Qiongzhou Province, spoke in his coconut-tinged Mandarin: "Brother, when I get rich, I'll help you realize your dream. I'll buy as many as you write, hahahaha."

Among these people, except Li Xu, Zhang Chenghui probably has the best family conditions. His parents are both in the system of Qiongzhou Province.

His parents' wish was for Zhang Chenghui to enter the government after graduating from university, but Zhang Chenghui's dream was to make a fortune. He had previously mentioned that he wanted to make a batch of sanitary napkins to sell to boys in military training, and that was his idea.

Most of the time they were chatting, and Li Xu didn't reveal much about his family.

At this moment, Zhang Chenghui suddenly realized this and turned to look at Li Xu: "Brother, what does your family do?"

Li Xu just smiled and said, "My father runs a small business."

Everyone exclaimed "Ah" when they heard this, but this kind of "small business" was not a concept in the minds of the three of them.

In Zhang Chenghui's opinion, a small business is probably one worth millions, which is closest to Li Xu's real situation.

Peng Fei and Liu Dongyang's understanding of small business is roughly about opening a breakfast shop and selling buns.

After dinner, Li Xu said goodbye to them because he had important things to do in the future.

I originally planned to go there alone, but unexpectedly An Duoduo called and said she would come over to help.

Li Xu thought about it and asked An Duoduo to meet him at the printing shop on the back street of the school.

Dusk fell, and the streetlights gradually lit up, casting a warm yellow glow across the ground. An Duoduo wore a short skirt, the hem of which swayed gently with her steps, and her slender thighs seemed to be coated with a layer of light under the light, making them particularly eye-catching.

An Duoduo walked quickly to Li Xu's side, her eyes full of curiosity, and asked, "What are we going to do next?"

Li Xu waved the USB drive in his hand and said methodically, "Two things. First, I need to discuss cooperation with the telecom operator. Second, I need to find a printing shop to discuss cooperation." He looked serious, his eyes revealing determination. "Although I have no shortage of money, since we are treating this as a commercial project, we must find a way to reduce costs."

An Duoduo listened quietly, a strange light flashing in her eyes, staring at Li Xu closely. Li Xu noticed her gaze, a smile appeared on his lips, and he asked with some amusement: "What's wrong?"

An Duoduo shook her head, her hair swaying slightly, "This is what I admire most about you."

"Huh? What?"

"Okay, nothing much. Should we go to the printing shop or the mobile operator first?" An Duoduo changed the subject.

Li Xu looked at the time on his wrist. The position of the hands on the dial gave him an idea. He said, "It's too late to go to the carrier now. We can put the MMS subscription on hold for now." A mysterious smile appeared on his face as he said, "When we buy the physical texts, we'll have those students leave their names and phone numbers and activate the service for them. We can also obtain their user information at the same time."

An Duoduo's expression suddenly became a little strange, her eyes slightly widened. After a moment, she looked at Li Xu seriously and said in a strange tone: "Swindler."

"Haha..." Li Xu was very proud.

The way to reduce printing costs is very simple, which is to take advantage of the time difference.

As the night deepens, the printing shop is rented out from 10pm to 6am the next day. It only costs a hundred yuan to rent it in the middle of the night.

In addition to the crisp hard wallpaper on the cover, which makes the entire booklet look more textured, the inside is uniformly made of special exam paper, which is extremely cost-effective.

After some calculations, including the cost of laser cartridges, it was surprising to find that it only cost more than 500 yuan to produce 1,000 sets of booklets for new student survival kits.

The owner of the printing shop was a middle-aged man, slightly plump, with a kind smile on his face.

He walked skillfully to the slightly large fully automatic printer and patiently explained and demonstrated in person, covering every detail from how to put in the paper, to adjusting the printing parameters, to the final binding steps.

Li Xu and An Duoduo listened attentively, their eyes fixed on the boss's every move, and asked a few questions from time to time. After the boss finished his explanation, he gently placed a bunch of keys on the table, gave a few instructions, and turned and left, leaving Li Xu and An Duoduo eager to try in the store.

The two couldn't wait to start making the first sample.

As the printer made a rhythmic humming sound, sheets of paper were spit out quickly, and soon a guide for new students appeared before their eyes.

Li Xu picked up the booklet and flipped through it gently. He was very satisfied with the touch of the paper and the clarity of the printing. Compared with the one Tang Qiaoning had before, there was a world of difference.

All in all, excluding the intellectual cost, the cost of one copy is less than 60 cents.

An Duoduo blinked her big, watery eyes, which were full of surprise and curiosity, and asked, "This thing costs forty-eight yuan a set?"

Li Xu raised the corner of his mouth, nodded confidently and said, "How is it? Not bad, right?"

The only hard part is that I have to stay up all night tonight. Once you become proficient in it, it will be very quick to operate. However, it will still take a lot of time to make a thousand copies.

In the late night, in the quiet printing shop, the only sound was the continuous working sound of the printer.

Li Xu sat in a chair, forcing his eyelids to stay heavy. Every blink seemed to take a lot of effort, and yawns followed one after another. An Duoduo, who was sitting next to him, suddenly whispered, "Why don't you take a break, take a nap, and then I'll take over later."

Li Xu rubbed his sore eyes, looked at the unprinted materials piled on the side, hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded and said, "Okay, you must wake me up later."

After saying that, he leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and prepared to take a short nap for a few minutes.

However, as soon as he closed his eyes, Li Xu fell into a deep sleep.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Xu suddenly woke up with a start. He looked out the window in panic and saw that the sky had turned pale, and a new day had quietly arrived.

He patted his head lightly in annoyance and blamed himself: "Why did I sleep so soundly?"

He turned his head quickly and was stunned by the scene before him.

The one thousand freshman survival kit campus guides were neatly stacked on the table, while An Duoduo was sleeping soundly with her head tilted, lying on a corner of the table.

Her hair was a little messy and scattered beside her cheeks, rising and falling gently with her even breathing.

Li Xu slowly approached An Duoduo, squatted down, and looked at her carefully. Her eyelashes were long and curved, trembling slightly with her breathing, casting a faint shadow on her fair cheek.

It's so touching.

Suddenly An Duoduo's eyelids twitched, and Li Xu quickly took half a step back.

Sure enough, the next second An Duoduo opened her eyes in a daze.

She rubbed her sleepy eyes and then said something, which made Li Xu's mouth twitch slightly.

"I need to pee..."

(End of this chapter)