Chapter 17: Going off the beaten track
When Su Hexiang heard Chen Cheng say that this place was going to go bankrupt, his face immediately fell!
His voice was filled with dissatisfaction and disdain as he said coldly, "Chen Cheng, there are some things you can't say! If you weren't my roommate, you'd probably get beaten up if you said something unlucky like that in a place where others are making money!"

Chen Cheng asked back: "I'm telling the truth, why should I be beaten?"

"truth?"

Su Hexiang snorted coldly and asked disdainfully, "Do you know how good the business is here? Can't you see how many people are here? Can't you see how many people are waiting outside to come in?"

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting tense, Kong Desheng quickly advised Chen Cheng: "Chen Cheng, it's such a big deal, we can't just comment on it. Just drink a glass of wine and it will be over. Hurry!"

Chen Cheng leaned back on the small sofa in the booth and said seriously, "But I think this place is really going to go bankrupt. It looks glamorous, but it's just struggling to hold on."

He sat here and observed for an hour, and had a clear judgment of the store's business situation.

With business so bad, no matter how rich Su Ziqiang's family is, it is impossible for them not to be anxious.

The reason why I told Su Hexiang that I felt this place was about to go bankrupt was because I had to let Su Ziqiang know what I was saying.

What he wanted now was to have a chat with Su Ziqiang in person.

This would not only destroy Su Hexiang's plan, but might also allow him to establish cooperation with Su Ziqiang, killing two birds with one stone.

Nowadays, even the nightclubs in Yanjing and Shanghai are just starting to explore, with outdated concepts and simple gameplay.

In Chen Cheng's mind, there is experience accumulated from spending eight figures in nightclubs, which is twenty years ahead of them.

In his opinion, if he were to run this disco, the business would surely turn around soon.

It has been three or four days since Chen Cheng was reborn. He has a desire to start a business, but he has no capital.

I paid the tuition today, and I only have about two thousand yuan left.

With this little start-up capital, you can only do some small business these days.

In fact, when Chen Cheng was considering whether to drop out of school, he thought about setting up an Autohome account first.

Among vertical portals, Autohome can be regarded as one of the most successful. Not only did it successfully list on the U.S. stock market, but its valuation at its peak also reached 10 billion U.S. dollars.

Li Xiang had to wait until 2005 to transform into Autohome, so he had plenty of time to develop in advance.

After reporting to the university, he was more inclined to try social networking sites like the campus network, because he was a college student himself and starting from the college student group, he had innate advantages and should have great potential.

Although the idea is good, the start-up capital is a big problem.

Not to mention anything else, just looking at the cost of computers, desktop computers cost thousands or tens of thousands, and laptops start at more than ten thousand. How can you afford them?
Moreover, if you want to build a portal website or social platform, servers and bandwidth will also be a problem.

Cloud services were not yet popular back then, so if you wanted to build a website, you had to at least rent a shared virtual host, which would cost several thousand dollars a year.

If the traffic is large, an independent physical server will be needed, and the rental and hosting fees will be higher. A social platform like Xiaonei is not a project that can be started with tens of thousands of dollars. Even Mark Zuckerberg started Facebook with an angel investment of 500,000 US dollars.

So, after observing that the business here was not good, he wanted to use his experience to exchange some start-up capital from Su Ziqiang.

But I was just a freshman from another place, with no money, no power, no background, and even no pager. It was extremely difficult to attract the other party's attention.

So he decided to take a different approach.

Only by taking an unconventional approach can you hit the target with one blow.

Su Hexiang had no idea that he had become a part of Chen Cheng's way of earning start-up capital.

He was furious at the moment. He stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray and pointed at Chen Cheng, saying coldly, "Chen Cheng, we're roommates. I don't want to sound harsh! But I want to ask you, as a freshman from Fancheng, what qualifications do you have to comment on other people's multi-million dollar investments? Can your family even afford it?"

Seeing that Su Hexiang was already getting carried away, Chen Cheng smiled nonchalantly and said casually, "I'm just stating my opinion. If you don't like it, you can ignore it, but you can't say I'm not qualified to comment."

Su Hexiang was anxious: "You are just not qualified!"

Chen Cheng smiled and said, "Everyone can comment on a famous star's song or performance. Why can't you comment on your uncle's disco?"

After saying that, Chen Cheng smiled meaningfully and continued, "Besides, aren't you a little too sensitive? Even if your uncle heard it, he wouldn't be as excited as you, right?"

Su Hexiang was furious.

I am using this disco as a stage today to put on a show for the five of them.

Chen Cheng's criticism here is clearly an attempt to undermine his own reputation.

Chen Cheng's words also made him think, so he asked Chen Cheng with a sneer: "Okay, Chen Cheng, I'll call my uncle over. Do you dare to say what you just said to him again?" Chen Cheng smiled and thought to himself: Children are easily excited. I will lead you by the hand and you will go wherever I tell you to go.

And Su Hexiang's scheming was like a defenseless elementary school student in front of him, and his badness was so innocent.

Just deliberately provoke him a few words and he will start running in the direction he expected.

So, Chen Cheng smoked a cigarette and said calmly: "I like to tell the truth. Even if you ask your uncle to come over, I will say the same thing to his face."

Su Hexiang sneered. He was waiting for Chen Cheng to say this.

As long as Chen Cheng dares to take up this matter, he will immediately go to his uncle and tell him about it.

He understood Su Ziqiang's character and that he was very concerned about his reputation. If he stirred up trouble a little, he would definitely come over and give Chen Cheng a lesson.

If that happens, not only will Chen Cheng be slapped in the face, but others will also be more wary of him.

Like Chen Cheng, he also wanted to kill two birds with one stone.

Having made up his mind, he stood up and said with a chuckle, "Okay, I'll call my uncle over, and you can discuss your opinion with him in front of him."

"sure."

Chen Cheng was waiting for this sentence and said very seriously: "Since he is your uncle, I can help him analyze it."

Su Hexiang was so angry that he laughed and nodded, "Chen Cheng, you are really capable! Wait!"

He looked around and didn't see Su Ziqiang, so he walked directly behind the DJ booth, where Su Ziqiang's office was.

As soon as Su Hexiang left, Wang Yifei immediately asked worriedly, "Chen Cheng, are you crazy? That Su Ziqiang looks like someone who's not someone to be trifled with. Aren't you afraid he might hit you?"

"Yeah!" Kong Desheng was also a little nervous and said, "Chen Cheng, you are still too impulsive. Business people are afraid of bad luck. If you say his business is going to fail, he will definitely be very angry."

Zhuang Haitao said, "Chen Cheng, Su Ziqiang will be here soon. You should apologize to him right away. Maybe he'll let it go for Su Hexiang's sake."

Liao Pengfei didn't say anything. He pondered for a while and then said to Chen Cheng, "Chen Cheng, you're blinded by one thing! I did the math. The entrance fee here is twenty yuan, a bottle of beer costs twenty or thirty yuan, and the starting price for a fruit plate is thirty-eight yuan. Sunflower seeds that cost one yuan a bag outside are only fifteen yuan when put on a plate. The profit margin is terrifyingly high. How can a place like this not make money? It's making a lot of money, isn't it?"

Chen Cheng smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, just wait and see."
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Su Hexiang felt both angry and expectant.

He came to a secret door behind the DJ booth.

This secret door is actually a thick soundproof door.

Su Ziqiang's office is here. He usually entertains friends who come to chat and discuss matters here.

However, Su Hexiang was not in a hurry to knock on the door. He was organizing his words in his mind, thinking about how to complain in a way that would not seem so deliberate.

At this moment, Su Ziqiang was sitting opposite two young women in the office, smoking a cigarette with a sad look on his face.

One of the two young women sitting opposite him was holding an account book with a frown on her face.

The woman had long wavy golden hair and wore a body-hugging halter dress, which exposed her fair shoulders and collarbones almost completely. She wore high-heeled shoes with stilettos, which made her look fashionable and sexy.

She has a very hot body, at least 1.7 meters tall. Although she is thin, she is very well-proportioned, and the plump parts are also quite plump.

Although the woman's makeup was a bit heavy, it was obvious that her facial features were very good. Her pair of round and full almond eyes were captivating, and her exquisite and tall nose was a work of art. Her willow-like beauty was slightly frowned, and she looked like someone who was not easy to mess with.

Next to the blonde beauty sat a girl with an embarrassed expression.

This girl is not as mature as the blonde beauty, but she looks even prettier than the blonde.

Her oval face was the size of a palm, and her peach blossom eyes shone with a moist luster. Although her nose was not as high as that of the blonde beauty, it was small, delicate and just right. Her lips were slightly thick and looked plump, which were exactly the plump lips that women would compete to pursue many years later.

She was not as tall as the blonde beauty, about 1.65 meters, but she was more plump than the blonde beauty. She was wearing a light gray professional suit, which gave her the air of an intellectual beauty. She also wore black myopic glasses, which made her look quiet and charming.

The two women had very different styles and looked to be around 23 or 24 years old, a few years younger than Su Ziqiang.

At this time, the blonde beauty finished reading the account book in her hand and her expression was dumbfounded.

She threw the account book in front of Su Ziqiang and asked excitedly, "Brother, what the hell are you doing? You promised me that opening a disco would make money. I invested three million, so why are you losing money after just two months?!"

(End of this chapter)

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