Several people met in another way.
The other nine were men, and only Meng Jingwei was a woman, which greatly surprised those people.
Afterward, Meng Jingwei traveled with the tour group, making her plans along the way.
Fortunately, her injured leg could walk normally after two days, so it wasn't too serious.
She met with the group with great effort, not wanting to attract too much attention, lest Qing Muye know too much about her.
Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it.
Qing Muye could make her rich, but he could also destroy everything she had by himself.
Therefore, Meng Jingwei secretly prepared her entrepreneurial path in this way, and by traveling together, she got along with the group and felt out their personalities.
While traveling, she also investigated several other well-known e-sports companies and participated in two major e-sports competitions.
Then, she discussed it with the nine members of the "Zilong Legion." In the end, only two people invested, and the other seven were unwilling to invest in high-risk ventures.
After much consideration, Meng Jingwei signed a two-year guaranteed contract with them at an annual salary of 200,000, giving each of the three people a 5% stake. She also hired e-sports company operations, planning, data analysts, referees, club managers, and others at high salaries.
The reason why the seven members of the "Zilong Legion" who did not invest were given such high shares and basic salaries was that Meng Jingwei valued their abilities and value!
After returning to Lancheng, Meng Jingwei directly rented out the seventeenth and eighteenth floors of her building as office space.
Then, she registered the company under the name of one of them: Chaoyun Esports. It was a homophone for Zhao Yun.
Then everyone finalized the contract, perfected the equipment, and began formal operations.
After everything was settled, two months had passed.
During these two months, although Meng Jingwei appeared to be at the wedding company, she would sneak into the elevator to go to the 17th or 18th floor when her colleagues weren't paying attention.
Because these two adjacent floors were commercial residential buildings and not connected in between, they would not be noticed.
After the company officially began operations, Meng Jingwei spent a large sum of money to promote the "Zilong Legion" and started live streaming game commentary. Relying on the fame of the "Zilong Legion," they attracted tens of thousands of netizens to watch the live broadcast that day.
The seven contracted individuals, five formed a team and called themselves the "Zilong Legion," while the other two were responsible for commentary.
After a few days of live broadcasting, the "Zilong Legion," which had been highly anticipated by netizens, gradually emerged, and gained a group of loyal fans.
Meng Jingwei and the planner agreed that for now, they only needed to build momentum for the "Zilong Legion," constantly increasing its popularity, and then compete with e-sports teams, and finally challenge the strongest e-sports teams to gradually increase their fame!
Meng Jingwei felt fortunate to have known such a group of people who were proficient and skilled at playing games.
It was just that there was no initial startup capital.
Now that it was formally established, it seemed to be a natural progression.
Meng Jingwei was overwhelmed with work during these days. She not only had to participate in the marketing of the wedding company but also brainstorm for Chaoyun Esports, exhausting herself.
She had only attended two of Han Junyan's invitations, and they had casual chats over dinner before going their separate ways.
As for Qing Muye and Xiao Cheng, she had not seen them for two months.
As the e-sports company gradually got on track, Meng Jingwei was able to catch her breath and rest in the office of Xiè Huò Wedding.
She had not slept for two or three days and was extremely tired.
*Ring ring ring—*
The phone on the desk kept ringing.
Meng Jingwei squinted her eyes, picked up the phone, and put it to her ear, "Who is this?"
"Who is this? You don't even have my number saved?" Shu Yao's voice came from the other end of the phone.
Hearing Shu Yao speak, Meng Jingwei slowly opened her eyes, "Is there something?"
"It's snowing, it's cold, let's go eat hot pot," she said.
*Gurgle—*
Meng Jingwei's stomach perfectly sang the empty city strategy.
Starving, she really wanted to eat hot pot, so she readily agreed, "Okay."
"Alright, see you at Haidilao later."
After hanging up, Meng Jingwei sat up and draped the blanket over herself onto the sofa.
She looked down at the previous month's sales data on the table, picked it up, and flipped through it. The previous month's sales were only 200,000.
Although there were more than twenty people before, business at the wedding company had grown rapidly, and she had hired more than a dozen people, bringing the total number of employees to forty.
Rent, salaries, utilities, and various expenses totaled 200,000 yuan per month.
Last month's performance was a break-even, which was much better than the month before last, when the total sales were only 50,000.
She closed the file, put on a thick woolen coat, and left the wedding company with her bag.
In the evening, the sky was overcast, and large snowflakes drifted down from the sky with the wind.
Wearing black stiletto heels, Meng Jingwei stood in the thick snow at the company entrance. The biting cold wind blew against her face, whipping her hair against her cheeks. She shivered from the cold, so she wrapped her khaki trench coat tighter and tugged at the red knitted scarf around her neck to cover her face.
Then, she playfully spread her hands to catch the snowflakes. She looked at a six-pointed snowflake falling into her palm. It was cool, and under the dim yellow light, it sparkled before turning into a drop of water. She found it exceptionally beautiful, and her troubled mood suddenly eased.
Half an hour later, she arrived at Haidilao.
She saw Shu Yao at a window seat. She took off her scarf, placed it aside, and sat opposite Shu Yao.
Shu Yao handed her a cup of hot water and tilted her head to look at Meng Jingwei, "My goodness, you look so much more haggard after not seeing you for such a short time. Your eyes are so dark. I wonder what you've been busy with this month."
She genuinely believed that Meng Jingwei had been traveling the month before last and had been diligently managing the wedding company last month.
"Really? Maybe I didn't sleep well yesterday."
Meng Jingwei took the water and took a sip to warm herself up.
In reality, she had not had a good rest for over a month, working tirelessly every day to manage Chaoyun Esports and Xiè Huò Wedding.
After all, she majored in marketing and was adept at planning and operations, so she naturally put in all her effort.
To put it bluntly, the reason she worked so hard was her financial situation.
Qing Muye had promised to compensate her with one hundred million yuan. Sixty million yuan had already been advanced to her and used to buy the necklace she was wearing, but the remaining forty million had not yet been given to her.
Now that she was supporting the operations of Xiè Huò Company and investing heavily in Chaoyun Esports, managing two companies by herself, if there was no further capital inflow, she didn't know how long she could hold on.
Meng Jingwei knew that it seemed like she was deliberately making things difficult.
But it didn't matter. What she wanted was the challenging entrepreneurial life she was living now, to grow gradually, become stronger, and be self-reliant with her own abilities.
She didn't want to rely on others for everything, nor did she want anyone to mock her achievements as being given by the Qing family.
Such denials would only cast a shadow over her life, making it feel meaningless.
"You're a girl, you should take better care of yourself."
Shu Yao and Meng Jingwei's relationship had grown closer. Although they had met less frequently in the past two months, they had kept in touch via WeChat.
Seeing how hard she worked, Shu Yao couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy.