novelraw Chapter 441 179: The Instructor's Ulterior Motives, I Want to Be Dumped Too_2
Chapter 441 179: The Instructor's Ulterior Motives, I Want to Be Dumped Too_2
She immediately realized this was a huge business opportunity with unlimited potential.
"Director Li, this delivery model you mentioned will undoubtedly become extremely popular in the future. It's a huge, untapped business opportunity. If our company could enter the delivery industry, it's very likely we could become as big as Qiandu or Wangyi..."
Li Yuan nodded. The sheer scale of the delivery market was self-evident; the number of delivery drivers alone was in the tens of millions.
"Haha, let me give you all a little inside information," he chuckled. "Food delivery will be one of the company's main future directives. Once the Zhihu website and 'Honor of Kings' game are on the right track, we'll focus our efforts on trying our hand in the delivery industry."
"For now, though, our top priority is still developing the Zhihu website and 'Honor of Kings.' The delivery business isn't so simple."
Starting a delivery service requires a significant amount of capital; it's a real cash burn. Although I'm not short on money now, it's not enough to handle an operation of that magnitude.
Starting small is also pointless. It would be too easy for larger companies to copy the model and then swallow us up. That would be doing all the hard work just for someone else's benefit...
Only after "Honor of Kings" goes online and accumulates a substantial amount of capital will we have the financial power to tackle the delivery industry. For now, the main task is to build the website to attract users, then gradually add various sections to the Zhihu website.
Once we have enough users, we could even spin off a separate delivery website. That also brings up the issue of online payments... In any case, the delivery business is not that simple; the waters run very deep.
Li Yuan didn't know much about these internet industries, having only heard some major news stories. After all, in his previous life, he was just an ordinary office worker who had never started a business.
Listening to Li Yuan's plans, Lin Yuwei, Xie Zheng, Hu Zhenqiang, and the other key members of the company were all deeply shocked, sensing the sheer scale of his ambition.
First a forum website, then a game, and finally food delivery—it was an interconnected chain. If they could actually succeed, it would undoubtedly turn Datang Technology into a super-corporation of the internet world.
A fire of ambition was lit within them. They were so motivated that they each ate several extra bowls of rice during their fast-food lunch.
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After lunch, it was time for afternoon classes.
Li Yuan took Xia Zhijin back to school, made sure he was marked for attendance, and then snuck back to his dorm to begin his grand writing endeavor.
Lately, I've been so busy with my romance that my writing time has dwindled. I can barely even manage my daily quota of ten thousand words anymore. If it weren't for the talents and memories from my rebirth, I'd be stuck writing only one or two thousand words an hour like in my last life. At that rate, I might as well just give up on writing novels altogether.
Why not just enjoy life? Date a few more girlfriends, travel the world, taste exotic cuisines... isn't that a better life? With my current finances, even if I just bought some Bitcoin and stocks in Tengxun, Moutai, Tesla, Apple, and Bicrown Di, I wouldn't have to worry for ten lifetimes...
A short while later, Liu Jia and the others returned from class. Seeing Li Yuan in the dorm instead of out and about, they were all curious.
"Well now, Yuan, did the sun rise from the west? You're actually here alone? We all thought you'd be with your girlfriend."
"Hey, Yuan, let's go shoot some hoops," another said. "Ren Jun, Yu Shihao, and I already have a plan. We're going to practice a bit before our 5v5 match against Computer Science Class 2 this afternoon."
"What's that supposed to mean? Am I not allowed to stay in my own dorm?" Li Yuan stretched lazily and yawned. He had been busy with his romance lately, and the day-and-night exertions were making his body sound the alarms.
"Hmm, I'm free this afternoon anyway. Let's go to the court for a bit. It's been a while since I've dunked; my hands are getting itchy."
At his height of 1.85 meters, he could already touch the rim at this age before his rebirth. With the significant enhancements he'd received, he also made sure to work out. While his vertical leap couldn't compare to the monsters in the NBA, his running jump was still around 85 centimeters. And at eighteen years old, his body was at its peak jumping ability, allowing him to pull off all sorts of dunks.
Liu Jia grinned. "Hehe, Yuan, you're so strong. Go easy out there, don't shatter the backboard."
Li Yuan's eyes lit up, a popular campus story suddenly coming to mind.
It was about a college student who shattered a backboard while playing basketball. He was called out in a school-wide announcement, became famous overnight, and was pursued by countless girls...
Just as Li Yuan was about to change into his basketball jersey, his phone rang.
He glanced at the screen and saw it was an unfamiliar local number.
Whose number is this? Why does it look so familiar?
He muttered to himself. At first, he was going to ignore it, but the last few digits were naggingly familiar, as if he'd seen or heard them somewhere before.
It's probably someone I know, not a spam call.
Thinking this, Li Yuan answered the phone.
As soon as the call connected, a pleasant female voice came from the other end.
"Li Yuan, are you out of class?"
The voice sounded familiar, but he couldn't quite place who it was at that moment. Lately, he had been getting all sorts of calls, mostly from girls and many of them upperclassmen. It gave him a real taste of what they call a "happy problem."
As the saying goes, "A man fears fame like a pig fears getting fat." And Li Yuan was famous, strong, talented, and rich—a max-level attraction for certain types of women.
"Who is this?" Li Yuan asked.
After he spoke, a silence fell on the other end of the line, and he started to grow impatient.
"If you're not going to say anything," Li Yuan said coolly, "I'm hanging up."