With Dean Li Chenghao vouching for him, Gao Fei fearlessly began executing his plan for the "Disgusting Entrepreneurship Competition."
His efforts had already stirred up a storm of public opinion on the campus network forum.
The forum was no longer filled with posts about senior female students successfully fangirling.
Instead, it was abuzz with mockery and doubt directed at his intention to directly confront the entrepreneurship competition.
A portion of people also posted in support, mostly those whose entrepreneurial projects had been rejected, as well as the fangirl senior students and other female classmates.
Gao Fei was quite satisfied watching the posts erupt like bamboo shoots after rain.
The narrative surrounding him and the entrepreneurship competition had been successfully set in motion.
He immediately struck while the iron was hot, using an alternate account to post new threads and provoke new topics.
"Latest news: Gao Fei has put up three million to invest, determined to fight the entrepreneurship competition to the end."
"First-hand, real news: Gao Fei's investment fund isn't three million, but four million. It's rumored he's already contacting investment projects."
After posting these two threads, he used his administrator privileges to pin them to the top.
Immediately, the forum erupted in an uproar once again.
The Peking University students who had been mocking and ridiculing him just moments before fell silent upon seeing these two posts.
They all understood that posts pinned to the top of the forum were verified by the administrators as true and accurate before being displayed.
As for the three previously pinned posts, they had assumed the forum administrators were also mocking Gao Fei, which was why they pinned the posts to publicly make an example of him.
But now, the posts about Gao Fei investing millions to fund projects were again pinned to the top.
The students who were merely watching for entertainment couldn't sit still any longer.
Was Gao Fei truly intending to confront the entrepreneurship competition?
In an instant, speculation ran rampant on the forum.
While people were still debating the veracity of the news, another post was pinned to the forum.
"Investment projects seeking million-dollar funding, gather in this thread!"
As soon as the post was published and pinned, hundreds of students quickly responded with replies and comments.
"Invest in me, I'm developing an energy project. It won't require too much investment, just two million!"
"The person above, energy project development costs in the billions. You're trying to scam money all the way to overseas. Investing in you is worse than investing in me. My project is the Peking University bathhouse, practical for civilian use."
"Gao Fei, I only need three million for investment. I want to buy a piece of land outside the school and build a love hotel to benefit all our alumni, hehe!"
The investment projects in the comment section bloomed in a thousand different forms.
But each project vying for investment was truly hard to describe.
Most people were commenting just for the fun of it; few genuinely needed investment.
Gao Fei, as the original poster, found the replies in the comment section both amusing and exasperating.
Bathhouses, love hotels... Aren't they all students of one of China's top universities? Why are they all so unconventional?
As he was browsing the replies, the private message box of his alternate account suddenly flickered.
Upon opening it, he saw a private message from a classmate named 'Heart Towards Sunshine.'
"楼主 (OP), hello! Are you posting on behalf of Gao Fei in the forum? If so, could you please introduce me? I need his investment."
Just as Gao Fei finished reading the message and prepared to reply, another private message from a stranger flashed.
Soon, nearly twenty private messages arrived, making the message box flicker non-stop.
The content of each message was similar, all asking if he was posting on behalf of Gao Fei and that they had good projects needing investment.
After reading the messages, Gao Fei patiently began to interact with them.
Through various probing questions, inquiries, and by cross-referencing information from stolen documents, he determined that...
Among the strangers in the private messages, ten were students whose entrepreneurial projects had not been approved by the entrepreneurship competition.
After a period of conversation, he recorded the contact information of all ten individuals, planning to meet with them privately.
Gao Fei's strategy was to create buzz on the forum, then guide the public opinion, and finally attract attention with the lure of million-dollar investments.
Everything he did was not only to make all the students in the school pay attention to his confrontation with the entrepreneurship competition.
Secondly, it was to cast a net, to draw out those students who had been rejected by the competition organizers.
Since the purpose was to invest in projects and confront the entrepreneurship competition, these rejected students were crucial.
The main reason was that they already had complete business plans, eliminating the need for Gao Fei to brainstorm ideas.
On the other hand, their entrepreneurial projects were similar to those of Fu Chuan, Hao Yunlai, and others.
This not only involved personal grudges between Gao Fei and three student representatives.
More importantly, using his invested projects to suppress the projects initiated by the competition organizers would be even more infuriating.
The private message box on the forum continued to flicker, but Gao Fei stopped replying.
As long as he could contact the ten entrepreneurs he had just identified and help their projects get off the ground, other rejected entrepreneurs would naturally come to him.
Just as the forum was still hotly discussing the matter of million-dollar investments, the pinned posts were gradually deleted.
Gao Fei's alternate account was also stripped of its administrator privileges.
Simultaneously, a clarification statement appeared on the website forum.
"Dear students, we apologize for an issue that occurred on the website, causing confusion in some account statuses. This led to the appearance of some posts that were misleading and targeted, creating unfavorable rumors and public opinion on the site.
To fix the loophole, the website will impose a four-hour ban on all users. The ban will be lifted after maintenance.
Forum Affairs Group Leader, Yun Zhongfeng."
Following the release of the clarification statement, all posts related to Gao Fei and the entrepreneurship competition were rapidly deleted.
The students of Peking University, who were banned from posting, stared at their keyboards, lost and bewildered.
As for Gao Fei, whose alternate account had been removed as an administrator, his objective had been achieved, and it no longer affected him.
He looked at the social media accounts he had recorded and began adding the ten students whose entrepreneurial projects had not been approved.
As soon as he sent the friend requests, they were quickly accepted.
Once connected, he no longer concealed his identity and directly admitted to all ten of them that he was Gao Fei.
Meanwhile, in the male dormitory for sophomores.
"Damn it, who is stirring up trouble on the forum, and spreading rumors about Gao Fei and the entrepreneurship competition? They're trying to get the entire website forum shut down!"
Zhuang Yunfeng, with a slightly receding hairline and a slender build, stared at the posts needing deletion with a headache.
He had just finished a major class and received news of constant rumors on the forum. Upon returning to the dormitory, he found nearly ten thousand posts waiting for approval in the backend, with over ten thousand more awaiting review.
Even batch deletion would take over an hour.
"Who the hell is behind this? I'm truly impressed!"
After a few curses, Zhuang Yunfeng opened the forum's backend data terminal and frowned at the alternate account that had its administrator privileges revoked.
As a sophomore student in the Computer Science department, his computer skills were not low. As soon as the privileges were revoked, he proceeded to trace the IP address.
However, not only did he fail to find the IP address, but the alternate account was also instantly deleted, leaving him no opportunity to find the person.
"A Level 1 alternate account becoming an administrator, and the IP address cannot be traced, with the account automatically deleting itself? This is truly incredible!"
Zhuang Yunfeng exclaimed angrily twice.
His roommate glanced at the computer and clicked his tongue, saying, "Old Zhuang, are you losing your mind from anger? Besides your junior Gao Fei, who else could possibly invade the forum backend without leaving a trace?"
The moment he finished speaking, Zhuang Yunfeng and his roommate fell silent.
If Gao Fei had hacked into the forum backend, then the rumor about the million-dollar investment must be true!
...
At six in the afternoon, on the back street of Peking University, at Fuqi Restaurant.
Gao Fei sat at the head of the private room, with Zhang Cheng, who was eager to make big money with him, on his left.
Sitting opposite them were three men and one woman, all sophomores from different departments.
They were also entrepreneurs whose projects had not been approved. They had arranged to meet Gao Fei at Fuqi Restaurant this afternoon.
The sounds of pages turning occasionally echoed in the quiet private room.
The four sophomores sat upright, their eyes fixed on Gao Fei as he flipped through the proposal documents.
After a moment, the sound of turning pages finally ceased.
Gao Fei placed the four half-centimeter thick proposal documents on the table and pointed to two boys, one tall and one short. He said, "The two of you, one is responsible for contracting a courier station for sorting, and the other is for game data development.
Have you ever considered merging your projects together?"
The two boys exchanged glances, not understanding his meaning.
Gao Fei patiently explained, "The idea is simple: negotiate cooperation with the five courier stations outside Peking University, and then develop a fixed drop-off and pick-up point project in each dormitory area..."
As he spoke, he essentially replicated the operating model of the "Beehive Station" from his previous life onto the table.
After listening to Gao Fei's explanation, the two sophomores were instantly enlightened and had a general idea and thoughts.
The others listened to Gao Fei's explanation, their eyes gleaming, and they were convinced that the "Beehive Station" Gao Fei spoke of was definitely a very good and innovative project.
After all, they were students of Peking University, and no one lacked intelligence. As long as he explained the general idea, they could grasp the operational techniques.
After discussing the project, Gao Fei also mentioned the investment funds: "Senior Liao, Senior Xu, I can only invest eighty thousand yuan for the initial phase. As long as the Beehive Station pilot project is successful, I will provide further investment!
However, the prerequisite for investment is that you send me the new project proposal by noon tomorrow. Once the proposal is approved, I will have Zhang Cheng deliver the money to you."
Hearing that there would be an initial investment of eighty thousand yuan, Liao Chang and Xu Yong's eyes became fiery, and they immediately nodded in agreement.
In fact, the initial pilot investment for the Beehive Station project would not exceed sixty thousand yuan.
The costs for various aspects of the project were very low. The most important part was the development of the storage/pick-up system.
Among the two, Liao Chang happened to be a sophomore in the Computer Science department. With his current skills, he could develop a rough template for the pick-up system.
Once the system was initially formed, and with Gao Fei's augmentation, the pick-up system could be perfected.
As for why there was an additional twenty thousand yuan for investment?
Of course, it was to win people over and let outsiders know about his generosity in investing.
After discussing the Beehive Station project, Gao Fei turned to the only female entrepreneur among the four: "Senior Gu Lili, I suggest you change your entrepreneurial project from clothing design to high-end cosmetic packaging design."
When Gu Lili heard that her project was being changed to cosmetic packaging design, the first person she thought of was the entrepreneurial representative Lin Lin.
Then, she humbly asked, "Junior, can you tell me why you suggest I change my project?"
"Let's talk about China's clothing industry. Every quarter, every season, there are different styles of product designs. Clothing styles change too quickly.
By the time you finish designing a piece of clothing and prepare it for production and launch, the clothing styles in the industry have already changed. Goods will accumulate, and in the end, you'll go bankrupt.
Furthermore, we are not clothing manufacturers, nor do we have any renowned designers. There's no need to struggle in an industry with such rapid market changes."
After explaining, Gao Fei continued, "Cosmetic packaging only needs to start from a female perspective and then design various styles.
You can invite students from the Academy of Fine Arts to design together. I will also provide you with ideas. As for the sales channels for packaging design, I will help you connect with them. What do you think?"
"Okay! No problem!"
Gu Lili nodded in agreement, without any objection.
In her eyes, the junior Gao, who was brainstorming for her entrepreneurial project, seemed to radiate a glow, becoming more handsome the more she looked at him!
Noticing the change in the senior's gaze, Gao Fei immediately shifted his attention to the last male student seeking investment: "Senior Wang Tao, your entrepreneurial project is local Kyoto snacks. Why not change your focus and make milk tea? What do you think?"
"Milk tea?"
Wang Tao, who was slightly overweight, blinked his eyes: "I've heard of black tea and green tea, but this is my first time hearing about milk tea. Boss Gao, what is this?"
"Simply put, it's like the cold drinks and fruit juices we often drink in the summer."
Gao Fei gave a casual explanation, then described various milk teas from his previous life.
He then spoke about milk tea marketing, such as the "first cup of milk tea in winter," "the first cup of milk tea in spring," "the first cup of milk tea for couples in love," and so on.
Listening to this novel cold drink and innovative sales method, the eyes of everyone present grew brighter.
The few people present were now sincerely impressed with Gao Fei.
"I will create a table for you with the name, flavor, and ingredients of the milk tea. You can then find someone to train."
"The most important thing is the store location, preferably on Houyu Street next to Peking University."
Wang Tao quickly took notes, but when he heard about Houyu Street, he suddenly thought of someone, Hao Yunlai, who was in the same major and grade as him.
After arranging the projects for the four individuals, Gao Fei raised his wine glass and said with a smile, "To our entrepreneurial journey to wealth, cheers!"
"Cheers!"
After eating and drinking their fill, the group headed back to school together.
Before parting ways at the school gate, Gu Lili suddenly turned to look at Gao Fei, stepped forward, and lowered her voice, saying, "Junior, since I'm one of yours now, I'll also reveal a secret about the entrepreneurship competition.
More than half of the thirty-six entrepreneurial projects in the competition were purchased.
Some other projects were secretly arranged by some departments to be awarded to students as prizes for the entrepreneurship competition qualifications."