Rebirth of a Top Student's Handbook

"…Professor Gong, among the students you've mentored, are there any whose research abilities you think are quite good? Would you be willing to recommend one to me?"

Gong Yu breathed a barely perceptible sigh of relief as he looked at Zhou Min's excited expression.

This is the Zhou Min he knows.

Be positive and optimistic, full of energy, and always high-spirited.

When Professor Gong remained silent, Zhou Min continued, "My requirements aren't high; I just need someone with a little research mindset. Our research will definitely focus on the application of technology. Compared to your research work, this is negligible."

Gong Yu pondered for a moment and also thought Zhou Min's idea was good.

These national key laboratories are indeed researching some of the most advanced topics.

In this situation, the requirements for researchers' qualities in all aspects will naturally be very high.

Zhou Min's laboratory, on the other hand, is more of a commercial laboratory based on civilian use.

The hiring requirements for this type of laboratory do not need to be too high.

After going through the candidates in his mind, Gong Yu said slowly, "I'll ask around for you tonight. If they're interested, I'll recommend them to you."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Min immediately replied with a smile, "Sure! Then please introduce our company to others; the compensation is definitely top-notch in the industry."

"Top in the industry? Ha..."

Although Teacher Gong didn't say anything, Zhou Min still felt a little embarrassed and annoyed by his laughter.

“How can we not be top-tier in the industry? Besides the basic salary, we also have patent dividends! This dividend ratio is definitely the highest in the industry!” Zhou Min said with a look of dissatisfaction.

Seeing this, Gong Yu could only smile faintly and reply, "Okay, I believe you!"

Before Zhou Min could even feel happy, she heard Teacher Gong ask again, "Is your current budget enough?"

Gong Yu had watched Zhou Min's company grow from the ground up.

In Gong Yu's eyes, Zhou Min's two companies were like two makeshift operations.

There are no fixed working hours, no individual workstations, and no clearly defined job responsibilities or company rules and regulations.

The company's development direction and strategic planning were always decided by Zhou Min on a whim, without much thought or decision-making.

Previously, online education companies could do this without much trouble.

After all, it's an internet company, and its operating costs are much lower compared to other industries.

Moreover, this company has made a good start and will not lack traffic. In addition, its business model is relatively simple, so the company will not have any financial problems.

Moreover, if Zhou Min wanted to, this company would have countless ways to monetize.

Once an online company reaches this level of development, it basically doesn't need to worry about its cash flow.

However, intellectual property companies are different. If it is a patent company that was originally planned as a platform, it will be better.

However, if the company were to focus on self-developed technologies now, its operating costs would increase dramatically.

As the head of a national key laboratory, Gong Yu knows all too well how expensive scientific research is.

He was genuinely worried that Zhou Min's habit of making rash decisions without considering the consequences would not only render her efforts of the past two years meaningless, but might also leave her heavily in debt and unable to recover.

Gong Yu was already thinking about how to recommend a few people in charge of finance to Zhou Min.

"That's definitely not enough! But when I went home this time, my parents gave me another card, which will help temporarily."

Zhou Min is now incredibly grateful that her parents started a business; otherwise, her current situation would definitely be much more difficult.

Gong Yu also knew that Zhou Min's parents ran a small business, so Gong Yu was not optimistic about Zhou Min relying on her family for support.

The help Zhou Min's family could provide was far too little compared to the enormous expenses required for the business plan she envisioned.

After a moment's hesitation, Gong Yu asked again, "Have you considered raising funds?"

If you really want to build up a company like this, it's very difficult to do it with just one person's abilities.

Moreover, if this company really succeeds, Zhou Min alone cannot handle such a large pie.

There will definitely be endless troubles to come. After all, Zhou Min is only a sophomore in college and lacks social experience.

Therefore, Gong Yu felt that under these circumstances, Zhou Min could try to raise funds to bring in some powerful and well-connected partners, which would reduce a lot of trouble in the future.

She will also have more energy to do other things.

There is still a lot of capital that is optimistic about technology projects, and even he receives various invitations every now and then.

Zhou Min's project should attract considerable investment.

"Financing?" Zhou Min hadn't really thought about this question before.

One reason is that Zhou Min doesn't have such connections or resources.

Secondly, the investors who actively approached us were primarily targeting future online education companies.

In the future, online education companies will already be self-sufficient and will not lack funds at all.

Intellectual property companies are always short of money, but unfortunately, no one is interested in them.

In the beginning, Zhou Min tried to promote Huachuang Intellectual Property Company to these people, but after repeatedly hitting a wall, he gave up on this path.

Zhou Min was a little confused when Teacher Gong suddenly brought it up.

As soon as Gong Yu saw Zhou Min's expression, he knew that she hadn't thought about it before.

Out of a sense of duty as a teacher, Gong Yu sincerely suggested: "By raising funds, you can not only solve your current funding problems, but also leverage the connections of investors to gain more customer resources in the future."

Although Gong Yu was not in business, he still knew these basic principles.

To persuade Zhou Min, Gong Yu continued, "These people have extensive connections and their own circles. Their information and networks are what you currently lack..."

This was the first time Zhou Min had heard Teacher Gong talk about so many things outside of professional knowledge.

Zhou Min found it very novel.

When Teacher Gong finally finished speaking earnestly, Zhou Min asked eagerly with a smile, "Or, Teacher Gong, why don't you invest in me?"