Rebirth of the Rich Second Generation's Growth Diary

Chapter 142 Confirm the project!

Everyone is very passionate, and once people are passionate, they will have a good appetite.

Inside the private restaurant, the warm lights are like soft moonlight, evenly sprinkled on the elegantly decorated walls and wooden tables and chairs, creating a comfortable and cozy atmosphere.

When the dishes were served, everyone couldn't wait to pick up their chopsticks and start eating.

Hearty laughter and the sound of tableware colliding intertwined as they enjoyed the satisfaction brought by the delicious food.

Before long, all the food on the table was eaten up.

When they actually started eating, they stopped talking about the project and ordered a few glasses of juice and a few bottles of beer.

Several boys were drinking beer. They picked up the beer bottles, tilted their heads back and drank it, their Adam's apples rolling up and down.

The girls gently picked up the juice cups and took a sip.

Push the cup to change the cup.

Soon they had enough food and drink, and except for four girls who were a little reserved, everyone leaned back in their chairs without any image.

At this time, Lei Yinbing sat up straight, crossed his hands on the table, his expression became serious, and said, "Let's talk about business."

After hearing Lei Yinbing's words, everyone focused their attention on Li Xu.

Everyone present came here without thinking because of Li Xu's words, but except An Duoduo and Ye Ruida who knew that this project was related to the campus card, everyone else was completely in the dark and knew nothing.

Now that we’ve had our meal and relaxed, it’s time to finally discuss the project itself.

Li Xu smiled slightly and took out the campus card from his pocket.

Li Xu asked, "This campus card, whether it's from Peking University or other universities, should be similar, right?"

Tang Qiaoning's eyes lit up, and she raised her hand and said, "Can I take a look?"

Li Xu handed the campus card to Tang Qiaoning. Tang Qiaoning carefully took it with both hands and played with it lovingly. Her eyes were fixed on the card, looking at the photo of Li Xu on it. She muttered quietly, "This photo doesn't capture your true charm."

Li Xu didn't have time to joke around with Tang Qiaoning. He sat up straighter, his expression serious, and said, "Everyone has a campus card."

Liu Yunfei blinked.

Li Xu coughed and added, "Except Liu Yunfei."

He continued, "Campus cards for college students nowadays are all pretty much the same. Besides being student IDs, their main function is just one: electronic cash."

"Whether we're eating in the cafeteria or showering in the dormitory, we use the electronic cash function. Apart from that, this campus card has no other functions."

Lei Yinbing frowned curiously, tapped the table lightly with his right hand, and asked, "Should the campus card have other functions?"

Li Xu's heart moved slightly, thinking that this is the limitation of the vision of people in every era. There is a classic line in a movie that no matter how long a person lives, he cannot transcend the era he lives in.

He couldn't possibly know more than the best of the tribe.

I have only lived to a timeline a dozen years later than others, but I can clearly feel that everything in this era is so backward.

But can people who are truly living in this era perceive it?

Absolutely not.

Even this simple campus.

Even though this campus card has so many disadvantages, such as being easily demagnetized and having limited functions, it is difficult for people today to realize its backwardness because they have not seen things from the future.

Everyone thinks this is reasonable.

Li Xu didn't keep the secret any longer. He reached out and took the card back from Tang Qiaoning's hand.

Tang Qiaoning blinked innocently, a hint of reluctance in her eyes, and her fingers subconsciously grabbed the air.

Li Xu held up the card and said, "When we go to borrow books, we need to use a separate library card. When we enter the dormitory building, we need to show our campus card and ask the dormitory manager to open the door for us. But have you ever thought about..."

"Whether it's borrowing books or access control, these functions can actually be integrated into one card."

Everyone suddenly understood. Ye Ruida raised his eyebrows slightly, supported his chin with his left hand, and tapped the table lightly with his right hand. He said, "Combining these functions into one card is not technically difficult."

What Ye Ruida was thinking at this time was that the two functions of access control and library book borrowing, in addition to the card modification, also required hardware upgrades. But the problem was that hardware upgrades were what Lei Yinbing was good at, and he seemed to be unable to help much in this process. It was impossible for him to just be a bystander this time, right?
Li Xu seemed to see what Ye Ruida was thinking. He smiled slightly and said, "However, these two functions are actually innovative, but the technical difficulty is... not so great."

Li Xu placed the card on the table and tapped it lightly with his fingers, making a crisp sound to attract everyone's attention. He said, "The real pain point is not here."

"Where is it?" Li Xu glanced around, then landed on Xia Xiaohe's face and asked, "Xiaohe, have you applied for a campus card?"

Xia Xiaohe nodded and replied, "It was done the next day after registration."

Li Xu asked her, "What's it like to apply for a campus card?"

Xia Xiaohe thought carefully for a moment, biting her lip slightly, and hesitated for a moment before saying, "I waited in line for a very long time, and then after applying for my campus card, I went to top it up, and waited in line for a long time again."

Li Xu nodded and said, "That's right. This is the biggest pain point. Whether it's processing, reporting a loss, or recharging, it can only be done offline. It's too troublesome."

After hearing Li Xu's words, Shen Mobai, who had been silent until now, suddenly brightened up. He leaned forward slightly unconsciously and blurted out, "I understand. You want to take advantage of WeChat Pay to create an online payment function, right?"

This year is the second year since WeChat Pay was launched. Thanks to the red envelope function of WeChat Pay during the Spring Festival, the number of WeChat Pay users has exceeded hundreds of millions, and it has almost gained users in a viral manner. In comparison, Alipay's user growth rate is not as fast as WeChat Pay.

Lei Yinbing frowned slightly, his fingers tapping rhythmically on the table as he pondered over how to implement this function. He took out his card and then his phone, placing them side by side on the table. He said, "I use WeChat Pay to top up my phone. How do I transfer the money to this card?"

Ye Ruida folded his arms across his chest, lowered his head slightly, and stared intently at the table. After a moment of thought, he said, "You can use the NFC function."

"For example, find a way to use WeChat Pay... and then write to the physical card through NFC."

"But the problem with this technology is that the cards also need to be upgraded and modified to use NFC modules. But if that's the case, why not just use the phone?"

Li Xu listened to their discussion and felt a little emotional. They were indeed a group of smart brains. Although they didn't know the future trends, they had already seen many key things through just a few brainstorming discussions.

There are several major events in this era. The first is the change in payment mode. WeChat Pay and Alipay officially entered people's field of vision last year. In addition, NFC-enabled mobile phones, shouting the slogan that NFC is the future, have also been deployed on thousand-yuan smartphones.

But if they think that their idea is to take advantage of the trend of WeChat Pay and NFC, then they are underestimating themselves as the future reborn.

Li Xu smiled slightly and said, "First, WeChat Pay requires a fee. Although the fee is not large, it is always uncomfortable. Second, although the NFC function can realize online payment, on the other hand, as Ruida said, since we have mobile NFC, why bother using physical cards?" "The second problem is even more fatal." Li Xu said seriously, "Does anyone know the penetration rate of NFC-enabled phones at Peking University and Tsinghua University?"

Everyone looked bewildered, so Li Xu held up five fingers and said, "According to last year's research report... published by Xiaohe's college, last year, the smartphone penetration rate in our school was only 50%. Even if I assume it's increased by 20% this year, it's still only 70%."

"Among these 70% of smartphones, I estimate that no more than 30% have NFC functionality."

Xia Xiaohe was stunned for a moment, her mouth slightly open, and then Li Xu said seriously: "Besides, NFC will not be the future."

But he didn't explain too much.

You should know that when this function first appeared, it was mainly used for offline consumption and payment scenarios, but everyone knows what happened later. Offline payment, scanning QR codes and face recognition, do not require NFC.

After hearing Li Xu's words, the two technical cores Lei Yinbing and Ye Ruida frowned and fell into deep thought.

Lei Yinbing lowered his head slightly and drew circles on the table with his fingers, while Ye Ruida crossed his arms with a hint of doubt in his eyes.

Xue Xue pouted in dissatisfaction, put her hands on her hips, and said, "Okay, Li Xu, stop keeping us in suspense and just tell us what you think."

Li Xu coughed lightly. He had to admit that it was indeed a good experience to take advantage of the information gap of a reborn person and "show off" in front of a group of geniuses of the same age.

Li Xu said seriously, "It's actually very simple to implement the online payment function."

He smiled and said, "I think all students who enter Peking University and Tsinghua University should have a mobile phone. We only need a mobile phone to realize the online payment function."

Everyone was stunned. Xia Xiaohe blinked, took out his old "stick phone", and asked doubtfully, "Will this phone also work?"

Li Xu smiled slightly: "Of course."

……

Li Xu talked about all the ideas of the campus card at once, and then slowly gave everyone time to digest it. He leaned back in his chair, crossed his hands on his chest, and remained silent.

The food on the table had already gone cold, but everyone was still digesting the information. Some people held their chins with frowns; some leaned forward slightly with focused eyes; and some leaned back in their chairs, lost in deep thought.

An Duoduo began to summarize at this time. She sat up straight, placed her hands on the table, and said clearly: "I understand. In short, this card is a card that can continuously add functional modules. Is this how I understand it?"

Li Xu nodded, and Xia Xiaohe added, "The first stage is to complete the basic functional modules of this card."

Tang Qiaoning glanced at Xia Xiaohe, then spoke: "The three functional modules are the consumption module, the access control module, and the library borrowing module."

Li Xu nodded again. Xue Xue was a little excited beside him, waving her hands and swaying slightly. She said, "In the future, as the hardware facilities continue to upgrade, our campus card will become more and more powerful, and the functions will be continuously improved... We can even develop some interesting mini-programs. Li Xu, you are really a genius. I am already looking forward to the complete version of this card."

Li Xu smiled and said, "In the future, we can further integrate the campus card into the city card, but..."

He said seriously, "We need to expand the functional modules step by step. Now our first task is to create a campus card with basic functions!"

Everyone looked at Li Xu, and Li Xu continued, "Now I'll start dividing the work. First, we need to develop this product. You will be primarily responsible for developing the functional modules for drinking ice, access control, and library borrowing."

"As for payment..." Li Xu looked at Ye Ruida and said, "According to my idea, we must develop a set of key algorithms to ensure payment security. In addition, you will also be responsible for the algorithms related to access cards and borrowing."

Ye Ruida nodded and said confidently: "Okay, that's no problem."

Li Xu then turned his gaze to Liu Yunfei and said, "We also need to set up our server. Although most of the physical card's functions don't require a server, expanded functions are necessary. You and Xue Xue will be responsible for the security of the front-end application and server."

At this time, the only three girls who had not been assigned tasks were An Duoduo, Xia Xiaohe, Tang Qiaoning, and Shen Mobai.

Li Xu added, "The initial cost won't be very high. In fact, the Raspberry Pi can already implement the current functional modules. The most expensive part is actually the hardware development, which also involves upgrading merchant equipment and library equipment."

"For this funding, I don't plan to seek the school's entrepreneurship support funds, as that would involve the distribution of equity." He glanced at the crowd, his eyes firm as he said, "I'll take care of the funding. I'll put up 500,000 yuan initially. If everything goes well, we shouldn't need further capital investment."

Li Xu looked at An Duoduo and Shen Mobai and said, "All expenses will be handled by the two of you. Mobai will be in charge of the accounts, and Duoduo will be responsible for the overall management of other aspects, as well as the income and expenditure of funds."

Li Xu was a little careful here. Although he asked Shen Mobai to manage the accounts, the actual funds were still placed with An Duoduo to achieve account separation. However, this did not surprise Shen Mobai. In his opinion, this was a reasonable operation.

Shen Mobai felt a little excited for a moment, and his hands clenched into fists unconsciously. He was naturally sensitive to finance and could now do this job in a practical way. Although it was only the prototype of a team, the operating principles were similar. He had already begun to imagine the next step of work. He also knew a little about Li Xu's affairs. What he had to do now was to work hard to become someone Li Xu trusted.

At this time, Xia Xiaohe and Tang Qiaoning had not been assigned any tasks yet. They stared at Li Xu closely, their eyes full of anticipation.

Tang Qiaoning was the first to lose her patience and asked anxiously, "What about me? What about me? You haven't assigned me any tasks yet."

Li Xu looked at the two of them and smiled slightly, saying, "You two should run around with me for the next while."

In Li Xu's plan, the sales task in a team is also very important. It can even be said that if the business war is compared to a real battlefield, technology and management are just logistical work. The real fighting on the battlefield still depends on sales, and he has to lead the troops personally.

Tang Qiaoning and Xia Xiaohe are people he trusts very much. Li Xu's wish is to train them both to become independent sales leaders. He thinks that he is the marshal and these two will be his left and right pioneers in the future.

Xia Xiaohe blinked and asked, "What do you mean by 'run for a while'?"

Seeing that Xia Xiaohe didn't understand, Tang Qiaoning straightened up with a hint of pride and explained to her, "Look, in our project, besides just getting the product made, we need permission to use a lot of things. For example, why does the school library want to use our campus card? Doesn't applying for the campus card also require academic data?"

"For example, why do those merchants want to use our equipment? Our task is to run these key links smoothly and negotiate with those teachers and merchants."

Then Tang Qiaoning looked at Li Xu and asked, "Do I understand correctly?"

Li Xu nodded and said, "That's about it."

Then he said to Xia Xiaohe, "When the time comes, the three of us will divide the work. This project requires us to visit many places, including some institutions within the school and banks outside."

"I'll take you two out for a run first, and then I hope you can do this independently. Xiaohe, you'll be in charge of the school's merchants, and I'll talk to the school to open up some key links."

"As for Qiao Ning..." Li Xu looked at Tang Qiao Ning and said, "You will be responsible for connecting with those banks. It would be best if you visit all the banks that can be covered."

Tang Qiaoning nodded and said confidently, "No problem!"

Xia Xiaohe looked at Tang Qiaoning silently, with a barely perceptible emotion in her eyes, which was silently hidden. Her fingers gently pinched the corner of her clothes and she lowered her head slightly.

Afterwards, Li Xuyi distributed the rights and interests of this project to everyone. Without a doubt, he would take the lion's share and ensure his absolute control. The specific plans and documents were drafted by An Duoduo and Shen Mobai.

Then everyone asked some detailed questions and raised some difficulties involved. Although Li Xu has the ability to coordinate, there are always some things that he had not thought of.

Everyone put their heads together and brainstormed until very late. Only when the boss reluctantly said it was time to close did everyone leave with a sense of reluctance.

Everyone's blood was boiling!
(End of this chapter)