There are a total of thirty-six projects for the startup competition.
These include categories such as design, catering, tutoring, and communication services.
Not many high-end, cutting-edge projects, but there are two software development projects, a website platform creation project, and a data analysis project.
However, one startup project is even more absurd.
The project category is listed as Digital Technology.
But upon clicking, the project related to digital is actually photography.
"This is like selling dog meat under the guise of a sheep's head! I thought they were developing some kind of digital technology!"
Gao Fei muttered as he stared at the screen.
Out of the thirty-six startup projects, apart from software creation, website platforms, and data analysis, the rest are ordinary and commonplace.
The total investment for the startup projects is two million two hundred thousand Dragon Country currency.
The two software creation projects have the largest investment, with each project receiving one hundred thousand Dragon Country currency, totaling two hundred thousand.
Next are the website platform development and data analysis projects, each receiving eight thousand Dragon Country currency in startup funds, totaling one hundred and sixty thousand.
As for the other startup projects, they each receive an average of fifty to sixty thousand Dragon Country currency.
"No wonder I applied for thirty thousand in startup funds and caused so much anger. The average investment for thirty-six projects is still only sixty thousand."
Gao Fei mused to himself and continued to read.
The following files contain the startup projects that were not approved.
After a rough read-through, there's no specific difference between the rejected projects and the approved ones.
If the projects are the same, why weren't they approved?
The competition organizers must understand the principle of survival of the fittest!
Gao Fei was full of questions and scrolled down with his mouse.
When he reached the last column of the unapproved projects, he couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise.
"Reason for rejection: Insufficient funds! This is utter nonsense!"
Gao Fei clearly remembered that last year, after the college entrance examination results were announced, the admissions office teachers from Jingda University visited him and told him about the various excellent conditions of the startup competition.
Among them was the total amount of startup funds available to support student entrepreneurship.
At that time, Director Xu Qing of the admissions office mentioned that the total amount of funds to support student entrepreneurship was six million.
Furthermore, during the military training last semester, Li Changhuang also mentioned that the total startup funds were six million, all used to support student entrepreneurship.
With a total of six million in startup funds and only two million two hundred thousand used, there are still three million eight hundred thousand in startup funds remaining unused.
Yet, many startup projects are now being rejected with the reason of insufficient funds.
There is a big problem here!
Gao Fei was certain that this year's startup competition was definitely filled with underhanded dealings.
However, even though he knew there were issues with the competition, he only had a document stolen from the encrypted internal network and no solid evidence to prove any fraudulent operations by the competition.
If the document were to be released, the school and the police would likely target him first, bringing him more trouble.
Moreover, he had no intention of participating in the competition; instead, he planned to sabotage it.
"The more problems, the better. At least dying won't be too painful!"
Gao Fei stopped paying attention to the startup fund issue.
Instead, he systematically recorded all the identical startup projects that were both approved and rejected.
...
April 10th, 6 AM.
While Zhang Cheng, Li Shuishui, and Xu Mingyang were still asleep, Gao Fei had already gotten up and gone downstairs for his morning run.
The morning running routine from the military had become his daily habit.
Even when filming, apart from night shoots, he would usually run about three kilometers.
Moreover, it was precisely because of his consistent habit of morning runs that he had seen very good therapeutic effects for the sequelae left by the simulator.
In the chilly dormitory area, besides Gao Fei running, there were also eight or nine freshmen from the first year running.
Two of them were freshmen from Class 5 during the military training period.
They all planned to join the army after graduating from university, so they persisted in their training regardless of whether it was a holiday or during their studies.
After running three kilometers, Gao Fei returned to the dormitory, took a quick hot shower, and then sat in front of his computer to check the data report sent by Jin Qiqi.
The presale tickets for "Black and White Edge" on April 10th were also sold out instantly.
According to the regulations of the General Administration, each film is allowed to release three million tickets daily.
Except for the lackluster performance on the first day of presale on April 4th, "Black and White Edge"
The presales for every subsequent day were snapped up as soon as the channels opened.
For the film sales on video streaming platforms, after the over thirteen million purchases on the first day, the daily sales have remained between five and six million.
The website sales for the other ten films have also remained around three to four million.
"As long as the data fluctuations in the next five days are not too significant, Feihe Pictures is already firmly in the top three!"
Looking at the data on the spreadsheet, Gao Fei roughly calculated and compared. As long as the current data remains stable, winning the top spot should not be a problem.
"Morning, Lao Gao!"
"Whoa, working so early? No wonder you make money!"
Just as Gao Fei was compiling the data, the other three roommates also woke up.
Xu Mingyang and Li Shuishui had classes on the North and South campuses this morning, so they quickly washed up and left with their backpacks.
Zhang Cheng had a bicycle, so he wasn't in a hurry.
He smoked a cigarette first, then leisurely went to wash up, and while putting on his shoes, he looked at the computer screen in front of Gao Fei.
"'Black and White Edge'... presale statistics... video streaming website sales data..."
Zhang Cheng read the words on the computer aloud.
When he saw the eight-digit numbers at the end, he was stunned: "Lao Gao, are the numbers at the end of your movie... box office revenue?"
"No, it's the number of movie tickets sold!"
"Number of movie tickets!"
Zhang Cheng's eyes widened, and he looked at the eight-digit movie ticket sales at the beginning: "A movie ticket costs twelve yuan. With over ten million tickets sold, that's over a hundred million in revenue!"
"How is that possible? Over a hundred million still needs to be split with the cinemas, then taxes paid, and after splitting with the company partners, the amount received would only be around ten to twenty million."
Gao Fei was just giving a rough estimate.
To know the total income, they would have to wait until the ten-day screening period ended and then calculate.
Seeing Gao Fei's calm analysis, Zhang Cheng couldn't sit still.
An income of ten million, unless it was a sudden windfall, he might never see so much money in his lifetime.
"Ten million, damn it! You were already earning millions per month in the military, your current savings must be over a hundred million by now!"
"A hundred million? Old Zhang, do you really think money is that easy to earn!"
Gao Fei counted on his fingers: "I bought a villa during the New Year, and also invested in film and television companies. My current savings are less than a hundred million, probably around seventeen million something. I haven't checked my account, so I'm not sure of the exact amount."
Most of his money was used for simulating careers, as it was his trump card as a transmigrator, and he couldn't reveal it.
But hearing him nonchalantly say his savings were less than a hundred million, only a little over seventeen million,
Zhang Cheng's eyes turned bloodshot with envy and jealousy.
Other people in college had savings of ten million or more.
As for him, Zhang Cheng, he still relied on his family for living expenses when he was in college, and he was basically broke at the end of each month.
"Lao Gao ah... hehe.... that, uh..."
Zhang Cheng scratched his nose, the words stuck in his throat.
"Just say what you want, why are you being so coy!"
"Okay, I'll say it directly!"
He took a deep breath and said, "Can you help your brother make some money? As long as it's profitable, I'll do anything you ask. Even if it's being an extra or a laborer on set, I'm willing!"
Gao Fei shifted his gaze from the computer to Zhang Cheng. Seeing his flushed face and awkward demeanor, he smiled and asked, "Helping you make money isn't impossible, but what about your studies?
If you fail your exams because of making money, wouldn't that make me a sinner!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Cheng immediately handed over his course schedule, stating that his classes were different from Li Shuishui and Xu Mingyang's.
He was majoring in psychology and only had nine classes a week, so he could manage.
"Alright, you go to class first. I'll give you news on how to make money in the next few days."
"Thanks, brother!"
Zhang Cheng, having received his affirmation, happily went to class, already dreaming of getting rich.
After everyone left, Gao Fei also closed his computer and prepared to report to the department building.
Although he had already been granted permission by the department leaders to skip classes and only attend exams, now that he was back at school, he had to meet with the leaders.
Moreover, he had other matters to discuss with the department leaders.
It only takes about half an hour to walk from the dormitory to the Computer Science department office building.
However, Gao Fei, who had forgotten to wear his mask and hat, was immediately surrounded by senior female students waiting outside as soon as he stepped out of the dormitory building.
Along the way, he was also stopped by many classmates for photos and autographs.
The half-hour walk took him over an hour to reach the department office building.
"Good heavens, I didn't expect the senior girls to be as crazy as the fans outside!"
Gao Fei looked at his torn jacket with a helpless smile, took it off, and stuffed it into his backpack.
He then looked at the mirror in the restroom and quickly cleaned the lipstick marks on his neck.
After tidying himself up, he walked towards the dean's office.
...
Dean's office.
Gao Fei sat at the desk, facing a balding, white-haired old man.
This person was Professor Li Chenghao, the Dean of the Computer Science department.
It was Professor Li who recommended Gao Fei to serve as a technical consultant for Tengfei Technology Company after Gao Fei had dominated the antivirus software market during his holiday.
However, Gao Fei had been busy filming after returning to Beijing and planned to visit Tengfei Technology next week to meet with the founder senior.
"Xiao Gao, aren't you busy promoting your movie recently? Why did you suddenly decide to come back to school?"
Professor Li Chenghao asked, adjusting his glasses.
"Dean, the movie promotion is all done. Now we just need to wait for the results! After all, I'm still a student at Jingda University, and returning to study is the main thing!"
"With your current computer skills, which teacher in the department could be your advisor? You could even teach students!"
After a bit of casual talk, Li Chenghao got to the point: "When you called me yesterday, I was in a faculty meeting.
Teacher Jiang mentioned you had something urgent to discuss. Tell me, what is it?"
"The startup competition!"